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nesbit37
Dec 12, 2003
Emperor of Rome
(500 BC - 500 AD)
Thanks for the two French recommendations, I checked them both out and they are pretty close to what I am looking for.

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kingcobweb
Apr 16, 2005

nesbit37 posted:

Thanks for the two French recommendations, I checked them both out and they are pretty close to what I am looking for.

Oh boy oh boy wait until you can understand the lyrics :)

Dominus Vobiscum
Sep 2, 2004

Our motives are multiple, our desires complex.
Fallen Rib
Looking for anything similar to Combichrist or Front Line Assembly. I'm trying to expand my industrial horizons some.

doctor iono
May 19, 2005

I LARVA YOU

DARYL loving HALL posted:

For Gorillaz? They only have one other album...

Sorry, I meant other artists.

Skilleddk posted:

There's so many different types of songs on that album, better tell us which you enjoy most. Check out their release album too, they got some remix cd's too.

I can honestly say that I love every song on the album, but how about something along the lines of Dirty Harry, El Manana, or All Alone?

pwnyXpress
Mar 28, 2007
I'd like more music similar to Thrice's Vheissu.

Yergie
Jan 22, 2007
Let me see, I've been listening to a lot of Patterson Hood, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, and Drive-By Truckers, with a little Pavement since yesterday.

So I guess I'm looking for loud stomping southern rock and more indie rock starting points.

Yad Rock
Mar 1, 2005

Yergie posted:

Let me see, I've been listening to a lot of Patterson Hood, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, and Drive-By Truckers, with a little Pavement since yesterday.

So I guess I'm looking for loud stomping southern rock and more indie rock starting points.

Check out Dumptruck and their album For the Country. Also, you can't go wrong with The Gun Club's debut album Fire of Love. The former is alt-country and the latter is more like "punk blues" as it's been described. But you should definitely enjoy them!

Digital Casing
Oct 17, 2008

by Lowtax

Yergie posted:

Let me see, I've been listening to a lot of Patterson Hood, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, and Drive-By Truckers, with a little Pavement since yesterday.

So I guess I'm looking for loud stomping southern rock and more indie rock starting points.

Son Volt has the singer from Uncle Tupelo. They just came to my city last week with Cowboy Junkies.

monkeyboydc
Dec 3, 2007

Unfortunately, we had to kut the English budget at the Ivalice Magick Ackcademy.
Alright, I'm going to have some trouble describing this I think, as I'm not completely familiar with genre names and whatnot.

I've been listening to a lot of electronic-ish stuff lately. Bands like, MGMT, The Postal Service, Owl City, Crystal Castles (but mainly just the kinds of things they do with the synths, their lack of lyrics irritates me), Daft Punk (share the problem with lack of lyrics and repetition that I have with Crystal Castles though), Holy gently caress (lyrics would be nice), Ratatat, and all of the synthesizer work in the Yeah Yeah Yeah's new album is cool.

But the bands I mentioned previously feel like they share a lot in common sound-wise with a few other bands I've really been enjoying lately, bands that I wouldn't think would be considered electronic. Silversun Pickups (more their first album than their second), Metric, The Killers to an extent (Mr. Brightside, Smile Like You Mean It), and The Strokes a bit also (Reptilia, Between Love and Hate). Maybe some Muse songs? A little bit similar to Hysteria and Bliss?

I think what I like about all of them is the catchy keyboard/synth stuff in some of the bands and the guitar work in others. If I'm making any sense at all and someone has anything similar to recommend (it would be the perfect music if it has what I was discussing earlier, combined with cool lyrics) I would be eternally grateful.

If there's anyway I can clarify further or if their are any questions I can answer, I would be happy to. Anything to get recommendations for some cool new music! Thanks for suggestions in advance, I'll listen to everything that's recommended.

Ashenai
Oct 5, 2005

You taught me language;
and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse.
Help me NMD, I'm really tired of having the musical tastes of a 16-year-old girl.

Here's the lowdown: I listen to lots of retarded poo poo. Bubblegum dance, loving Katy Perry, Within Temptation/Krypteria, Loreena McKennitt, uh... okay, get this, I like to listen to Caramelldansen. Caramelldansen! I mean, jesus christ. ATC. Djumbo. Smile.dk. Groove Coverage. Lots of dance music from the 80s. Alphaville. Mike Oldfield (the mindless pop stuff, Poison Arrows and Man in the Rain, not the cool unenjoyable stuff like Amarok.)

I don't think I'm completely hopeless, though. I accidentally discovered Human Resources by The Countdown (okay, it was in the FPS Prey), and I really liked it. I'd like to get into more music that I'm not embarrassed to admit to.

What I need is a "gateway drug" that can get me into "good music." I realize the term is snobbish and meaningless, but I don't care. I wanna buy and enjoy albums that don't have anime girls and/or peaceful woodland scenes on the cover. :(

I realize this is a pretty weird request, but there you have it. I'd like to see myself as a person with discerning tastes in music, and let's face it, Poker Face from Lady Gaga isn't gonna do this for me. I need something that's melodic and that I can easily get into, but that I can follow to find more meaningful and challenging music.

Am I making sense at all? Please help me, before I start listening to Gummibär on repeat again :smith:

Threatis
Sep 28, 2005

congrats on figuring out how to use a machine with 4 buttons

Ashenai posted:

Help me NMD, I'm really tired of having the musical tastes of a 16-year-old girl.

Here's the lowdown: I listen to lots of retarded poo poo. Bubblegum dance, loving Katy Perry, Within Temptation/Krypteria, Loreena McKennitt, uh... okay, get this, I like to listen to Caramelldansen. Caramelldansen! I mean, jesus christ. ATC. Djumbo. Smile.dk. Groove Coverage. Lots of dance music from the 80s. Alphaville. Mike Oldfield (the mindless pop stuff, Poison Arrows and Man in the Rain, not the cool unenjoyable stuff like Amarok.)

I don't think I'm completely hopeless, though. I accidentally discovered Human Resources by The Countdown (okay, it was in the FPS Prey), and I really liked it. I'd like to get into more music that I'm not embarrassed to admit to.

What I need is a "gateway drug" that can get me into "good music." I realize the term is snobbish and meaningless, but I don't care. I wanna buy and enjoy albums that don't have anime girls and/or peaceful woodland scenes on the cover. :(

I realize this is a pretty weird request, but there you have it. I'd like to see myself as a person with discerning tastes in music, and let's face it, Poker Face from Lady Gaga isn't gonna do this for me. I need something that's melodic and that I can easily get into, but that I can follow to find more meaningful and challenging music.

Am I making sense at all? Please help me, before I start listening to Gummibär on repeat again :smith:

well, thank god i got on this before it was an endless string of LISTEN TO OPETH or YAY FRANK ZAPPA posts.

here are 4 different songs. Tell me which 2 are more interesting to you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVqNnqEDO8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGwonG3iGaI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clY2RAgXpM0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZUbuVokKc8


once you do that, i can give you a few recommendation on stuff you may like. Think of it as a choose your own adventure.

The Mechanical Hand
May 21, 2007

as this blessed evening falls don't forget the alcohol
Hey pals. I've been looking out for some good times "jazz" music. I say jazz like that because I'm not quite sure what style of jazz "The Seatbelts" fall under (the guys who did the music for the Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack). I really dig the jazz songs from the show both crazy and frantic (like NY Rush) to the slower sad saxophone songs. That said, I don't even know where to start. I have Coltrane's "Giant Steps" and the Ellis Marsalis Quintet playing Thelonius Monk as well as Coltrane + Monk's Riverside recordings, and I enjoy those but I guess I want stuff more along the lines of what the Seatbelts do.

Threatis
Sep 28, 2005

congrats on figuring out how to use a machine with 4 buttons

The Mechanical Hand posted:

Hey pals. I've been looking out for some good times "jazz" music. I say jazz like that because I'm not quite sure what style of jazz "The Seatbelts" fall under (the guys who did the music for the Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack). I really dig the jazz songs from the show both crazy and frantic (like NY Rush) to the slower sad saxophone songs. That said, I don't even know where to start. I have Coltrane's "Giant Steps" and the Ellis Marsalis Quintet playing Thelonius Monk as well as Coltrane + Monk's Riverside recordings, and I enjoy those but I guess I want stuff more along the lines of what the Seatbelts do.

if you're looking for stuff like The Seatbelts, you're into more big band style stuff. I know nothing about the newer Big Band scene, but checking out early stuff like Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, and Count Basie.

Jedi Knight Luigi
Jul 13, 2009

The Mechanical Hand posted:

Hey pals. I've been looking out for some good times "jazz" music. I say jazz like that because I'm not quite sure what style of jazz "The Seatbelts" fall under (the guys who did the music for the Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack). I really dig the jazz songs from the show both crazy and frantic (like NY Rush) to the slower sad saxophone songs. That said, I don't even know where to start. I have Coltrane's "Giant Steps" and the Ellis Marsalis Quintet playing Thelonius Monk as well as Coltrane + Monk's Riverside recordings, and I enjoy those but I guess I want stuff more along the lines of what the Seatbelts do.

First off, don't forget Miles Davis.

You would also definitely like the Soil and Pimp Sessions. They are Japanese jazz combo, and if you like The Seatbelts' Cowboy Bebop stuff, then there's no way you won't like Soil and Pimp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYKVvysl-Mo&feature=related

In regards to the video itself, every band needs a frontman that just walks around and acts cool. :dance:

Threatis
Sep 28, 2005

congrats on figuring out how to use a machine with 4 buttons

Jedi Knight Luigi posted:

In regards to the video itself, every band needs a frontman that just walks around and acts cool. :dance:

it's called a band leader. take a look at early jazz and there was tons of guys like this.

Ashenai
Oct 5, 2005

You taught me language;
and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse.

Threatis posted:

well, thank god i got on this before it was an endless string of LISTEN TO OPETH or YAY FRANK ZAPPA posts.

here are 4 different songs. Tell me which 2 are more interesting to you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVqNnqEDO8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGwonG3iGaI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clY2RAgXpM0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZUbuVokKc8

once you do that, i can give you a few recommendation on stuff you may like. Think of it as a choose your own adventure.

Okay, listened to all four of them two or three times.

1) Starts out really interesting, reminded me of the Cranberries or something. I like the Cranberries. Then it's like the singer says "I know exactly what an enjoyable melody is like, but gently caress YOU I'm going to go horribly flat in the middle of every second bar instead."

The instrumental parts were quite good, though. Just the singer annoyed me. PICK A drat KEY, STICK WITH IT.

I actually liked this song a lot more on the second listen, so it might be something that grows on me (I've had songs like that.) It still kind of sounds like they took a really good song and then wrecked it, though.

2) This style of music is completely uninteresting to me.

3) I really enjoyed this one. Awesome beat, great synth instruments, powerful melody that sticks in my head. 0:45-1:13 I definitely recognized, those exact two bars were in a popular song that I also liked, the name of which escapes me at the moment.

Incidentally 0:01-0:45 feels like a completely different song, which is also pretty good.

4) I was quite close to liking this, but it would be a million times better if the singer didn't strain (yell) quite so much. I realize this is actually really mild, I've heard songs with "real" yelling, but this, this and this is what men singing should sound like. You're not my real dad, stop yelling at me. :(

In short: I enjoyed Calvin Harris the most, by a mile. The second one is not interesting to me at all. Cat Power and Hot Water Music were both interesting. Maybe Cat Power a little bit more.

Thanks for your (hopefully continued) help, this is pretty cool :)

Threatis
Sep 28, 2005

congrats on figuring out how to use a machine with 4 buttons
alright, So in the case that you like Calvin Harris you should check out things like: Kissy Sell Out, Erol Alkan, Crookers, Bloody Beatroots, Switch, Jokers Of The Scene, and pretty much all similar outfits

here's a couple youtubes for reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChTSR_tEXsw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65GVn1b2k0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGGlQZp_S_Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DO6Y9_5e7A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8BzBU43gTU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obOwy4XAz2Y

edit: also just bumped into my head were a few more artists:

The Juan McLean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc3E696qN-c

Mylo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAQ-UrcsBi0

James Figurine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjE1NpoEprY

Threatis fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Aug 7, 2009

Cyril Sneer
Aug 8, 2004

Life would be simple in the forest except for Cyril Sneer. And his life would be simple except for The Raccoons.

monkeyboydc posted:

Alright, I'm going to have some trouble describing this I think, as I'm not completely familiar with genre names and whatnot.

I've been listening to a lot of electronic-ish stuff lately. Bands like, MGMT, The Postal Service, Owl City, Crystal Castles (but mainly just the kinds of things they do with the synths, their lack of lyrics irritates me), Daft Punk (share the problem with lack of lyrics and repetition that I have with Crystal Castles though), Holy gently caress (lyrics would be nice), Ratatat, and all of the synthesizer work in the Yeah Yeah Yeah's new album is cool.

But the bands I mentioned previously feel like they share a lot in common sound-wise with a few other bands I've really been enjoying lately, bands that I wouldn't think would be considered electronic. Silversun Pickups (more their first album than their second), Metric, The Killers to an extent (Mr. Brightside, Smile Like You Mean It), and The Strokes a bit also (Reptilia, Between Love and Hate). Maybe some Muse songs? A little bit similar to Hysteria and Bliss?

I think what I like about all of them is the catchy keyboard/synth stuff in some of the bands and the guitar work in others. If I'm making any sense at all and someone has anything similar to recommend (it would be the perfect music if it has what I was discussing earlier, combined with cool lyrics) I would be eternally grateful.

If there's anyway I can clarify further or if their are any questions I can answer, I would be happy to. Anything to get recommendations for some cool new music! Thanks for suggestions in advance, I'll listen to everything that's recommended.

Try The Tough Alliance, Passion Pit, Midnight Juggernauts, and the Presets. The new Franz Ferdinand album has some good synth tracks too.

For the most part though, unfortunately, you've pretty much hit on all the good ones.

ConMoon
Jun 8, 2008

This attic is spooky. I wish those bullies would just leave me alone.
I really dug De La Soul's 3 Feet High And Rising. Are there any other De La must-haves?

kingcobweb
Apr 16, 2005

Ashenai posted:

Help me NMD, I'm really tired of having the musical tastes of a 16-year-old girl.

Here's the lowdown: I listen to lots of retarded poo poo. Bubblegum dance, loving Katy Perry, Within Temptation/Krypteria, Loreena McKennitt, uh... okay, get this, I like to listen to Caramelldansen. Caramelldansen! I mean, jesus christ. ATC. Djumbo. Smile.dk. Groove Coverage. Lots of dance music from the 80s. Alphaville. Mike Oldfield (the mindless pop stuff, Poison Arrows and Man in the Rain, not the cool unenjoyable stuff like Amarok.)

I don't think I'm completely hopeless, though. I accidentally discovered Human Resources by The Countdown (okay, it was in the FPS Prey), and I really liked it. I'd like to get into more music that I'm not embarrassed to admit to.

What I need is a "gateway drug" that can get me into "good music." I realize the term is snobbish and meaningless, but I don't care. I wanna buy and enjoy albums that don't have anime girls and/or peaceful woodland scenes on the cover. :(

I realize this is a pretty weird request, but there you have it. I'd like to see myself as a person with discerning tastes in music, and let's face it, Poker Face from Lady Gaga isn't gonna do this for me. I need something that's melodic and that I can easily get into, but that I can follow to find more meaningful and challenging music.

Am I making sense at all? Please help me, before I start listening to Gummibär on repeat again :smith:

Since you liked that Calvin Harris track, you might like some synthy stuff. One of my favorites is New Order. Here's a more guitar-based song of theirs, and here's their most famous song, the best-selling 12" single of all time.

There's nothing wrong with 80s dance-pop. The Human League are fantastic, and you've probably heard this song on a Swiffer ad or whatever.

Aside from that, here's a few shots in the dark, like Threatis did:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd9nKsKC7Ow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlQY3Gmalxo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFuujExs03A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN9x6zckn18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_tK1xw8AzA

There's a 75% chance that the band you're looking for is The Smiths, though.

MoPZiG
Jun 6, 2006

Need some more polka-pop? stuff in the vein of Leningrad or Gogol Bordelo. Preferably with inscrutable ruski lyrics.

Hooplah
Jul 15, 2006


Twisted Aristocrat posted:

Any recommendations for someone who enjoys these two Lightning bolt songs in particular?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ2ni-bYL_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7fVK1mA2zg

Perhaps you could try Zu? (I'm really not sure what to call these guys... noise rock? Jazz? whatever)

Here's a studio version of one their tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qi5xUQLJ2U&feature=related
and this is a live song from the same album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0FKoyUwjxM&feature=related

oh hey try melt banana too

Jedi Knight Luigi
Jul 13, 2009

ConMoon posted:

I really dug De La Soul's 3 Feet High And Rising. Are there any other De La must-haves?

"De La Soul is Dead" is the other album to have by them, it's their second. After that, I couldn't stand 'em anymore.

If you like De La Soul, you will love A Tribe Called Quest. I love all 5 of their albums, and the Anthology does indeed have the best tracks of those albums. Pick it up.

And don't forget about Digable Planets.

me your dad
Jul 25, 2006

ConMoon posted:

I really dug De La Soul's 3 Feet High And Rising. Are there any other De La must-haves?

Buhloone Mind State is a fantastic album and definitely shouldn't be overlooked. It's got some of their best songs - Eye Patch, Patti Dooke, Breakadawn, I Am I Be, and more. In my opinion I Am I Be is one of the best rap tracks from the 90's.

Stakes is High is also pretty good.

me your dad fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Aug 9, 2009

Final Fart Buttball
Jun 24, 2005
This is probably going to sound really, really broad but I'm interested in asking this: if I say I wanted to hear more songs with similar characteristics to Elliott Smith's "I Didn't Understand", what songs come to mind? I'm not just asking for your favorite a capella music, mind you, but it can be. Preferably something as depressing

edit - the more words I write, the more stupid my request sounds? sorry

Final Fart Buttball fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Aug 9, 2009

Stagger_Lee
Mar 25, 2009

Final Fantasy Baseball posted:

This is probably going to sound really, really broad but I'm interested in asking this: if I say I wanted to hear more songs with similar characteristics to Elliott Smith's "I Didn't Understand", what songs come to mind? I'm not just asking for your favorite a capella music, mind you, but it can be. Preferably something as depressing

edit - the more words I write, the more stupid my request sounds? sorry

reaching, but, Mirah - "Cold, Cold Water", Belle & Sebastian - "The Boy Done Wrong Again, the Smiths - "London"

edit: big star - "thirteen", discography of Nick Drake

Stagger_Lee fucked around with this message at 08:21 on Aug 9, 2009

Final Fart Buttball
Jun 24, 2005

Stagger_Lee posted:

reaching, but, Mirah - "Cold, Cold Water", Belle & Sebastian - "The Boy Done Wrong Again, the Smiths - "London"

edit: big star - "thirteen", discography of Nick Drake

While I sincerely appreciate you wanting to help, I'm already familiar with all of those songs...well, kind of - I have Nick Drake's discography but I've never actually listened to any of it. Maybe your comment will inspire me to listen to one of his albums finally!

Elliott Smith did a good cover of "Thirteen" but you probably already knew that

Bean_
Oct 6, 2006

by Ozma

Ashenai posted:

GIVE ME SOMETHING OTHER THAN LADY GAGA AND KATE PERRY AAHHHHHHH!

lol.

I can't go off of what the other couple of guys posted about, because I don't know/follow those bands, but I think I might have some stuff you could possibly get into.

If you don't like harsh male vocals (ie-strained all the time), you might dig Anthony Green and his projects.
a) Anthony Green solo- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEPgnsyOy-0
b) Anthony Green w/ Saosin (acoustic)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqsJeeVXZQE&feature=related
Now if acoustic is too girly but you dig his vocals, try his w/ band work.
c) Anthony Green in Saosin- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n0Zi_LDA6I
d) My FavoriteAnthony Green in Circa Survive- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOZlAunMb8o

If you like this stuff, you also might like Anberlin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjDBGGkinkw

Lily Allen could also be something easy and cool to get into. I know that everyone I know is impressed with me liking her :smug: She's pretty fun to listen to, and has had a couple of hit songs (ie SMILE):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K2paoITayM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qa28ZrHPcc&feature=related

Also, if you've never gotten into them, Incubus could be GREAT for you. I'm hard pressed to think of anyone who doesn't like at least a few of their songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY4FvpmmbiU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbCnn7ug40E&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A-vfaspLHM&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvZY3-y4l8Q&feature=channel

If you like any of this, let me know, and I can pull up some more stuff.

monkeyboydc posted:

But the bands I mentioned previously feel like they share a lot in common sound-wise with a few other bands I've really been enjoying lately, bands that I wouldn't think would be considered electronic. Silversun Pickups (more their first album than their second), Metric, The Killers to an extent (Mr. Brightside, Smile Like You Mean It), and The Strokes a bit also (Reptilia, Between Love and Hate). Maybe some Muse songs? A little bit similar to Hysteria and Bliss?

I think what I like about all of them is the catchy keyboard/synth stuff in some of the bands and the guitar work in others. If I'm making any sense at all and someone has anything similar to recommend (it would be the perfect music if it has what I was discussing earlier, combined with cool lyrics) I would be eternally grateful.

Only bands I can go off here are Muse and Killers.
You might like some Mute Math:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAtXKS9ZxvM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1pFZDflEgM

Bean_ fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Aug 9, 2009

Jagbag
Oct 5, 2008

monkeyboydc posted:

Alright, I'm going to have some trouble describing this I think, as I'm not completely familiar with genre names and whatnot.

I've been listening to a lot of electronic-ish stuff lately. Bands like, MGMT, The Postal Service, Owl City, Crystal Castles (but mainly just the kinds of things they do with the synths, their lack of lyrics irritates me), Daft Punk (share the problem with lack of lyrics and repetition that I have with Crystal Castles though), Holy gently caress (lyrics would be nice), Ratatat, and all of the synthesizer work in the Yeah Yeah Yeah's new album is cool.
Definitely try out Golden Silvers. Their album True Romance is quality synth-driven britpop.

If you're into the Silversun Pickups, I should assume you already know about the Smashing Pumpkins, but just in case, the Smashing Pumpkins. You should look into the genre of shoegaze, too. Dreamy vocals, layered guitars, and all that. Autolux, Lush, Galaxie 500 and My Bloody Valentine are good starting points. The first three are more similar to the Pickups, though MBV is the band of the genre. Their first album and their second album present very different sounds, but they're both highly recommendable listens.

Cyril Sneer
Aug 8, 2004

Life would be simple in the forest except for Cyril Sneer. And his life would be simple except for The Raccoons.

Man, this is a wicked song. Thanks dude.

kingcobweb
Apr 16, 2005

Cyril Sneer posted:

Man, this is a wicked song. Thanks dude.

Yeah, this is one of my all-time favorites. It's actually "stand on the word," though, not "stand on the world." If you like it you should check out other Larry Levan mixes and just early disco in general :)

Cyril Sneer
Aug 8, 2004

Life would be simple in the forest except for Cyril Sneer. And his life would be simple except for The Raccoons.

kingcobweb posted:

Yeah, this is one of my all-time favorites. It's actually "stand on the word," though, not "stand on the world." If you like it you should check out other Larry Levan mixes and just early disco in general :)

Oh, I have. I don't care for most of it though - the song you posted sounds very different than typical disco sound.

If you have more, I'd love to hear it.

kingcobweb
Apr 16, 2005

Cyril Sneer posted:

Oh, I have. I don't care for most of it though - the song you posted sounds very different than typical disco sound.

If you have more, I'd love to hear it.

Well, it depends what you mean by "typical disco sound." It definitely is fairly unique in that it's one of those things that's not what we think of as falling neatly into the "disco" category along with Gloria Gaynor or whatever, but the songs that got played in Paradise Garage were a lot more varied. I'd recommend the Fabriclive 36 mix, which is fantastic disco, and the "Disco Not Disco" series of compilations. An example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48xdD_ITwLY

I realize that I said "early disco" and that really isn't accurate; a lot of this great poo poo was made after the general public was over it.

blindwoozie
Mar 1, 2008

hellfaucet posted:

Gipsy Kings, Sir Richard Bishop, Charlie Byrd, Larry Coryell, DeVotchKa, Calexico

I appreciate the recommendations, but I'm looking for I guess more Spanish/Latin sounding or influenced guitar. I don't know how I forgot about the Gipsy Kings, I'll definitely check them out. Also, I already have a bunch of Calexico and I love it.

Omena
Aug 29, 2008

One day we will die
and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
Can anyone recommend me bands like Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains and Wingnut Dishwashers Union?

I'm a huge fan of the lyrics more than anything. Songs about drugs, drunks and drifters are awesome.

KICK BAMA KICK
Mar 2, 2009

Yergie posted:

Let me see, I've been listening to a lot of Patterson Hood, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, and Drive-By Truckers, with a little Pavement since yesterday.

So I guess I'm looking for loud stomping southern rock and more indie rock starting points.

In addition to what's already been said, I'd add My Morning Jacket (their earlier stuff is closer to what you're describing, but it's all excellent) and also check out Jason Isbell of the DBTs' first solo album Sirens of the Ditch (not liking his more recent one with the 400 Unit myself).

You might also enjoy some of the '60s and '70s country-rock that inspired a lot of these groups -- Neil Young, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead and The Byrds all incorporated that as one major influence among many to varying extents during their careers; I would call The Band and the Flying Burrito Brothers must-listens as well. Ask if you want specific albums.

As for indie starting points, Guided by Voices usually appeals to Pavement fans (start with Bee Thousand or Alien Lanes; try Mag Earwhig! if those are too haphazard and lo-fi for you). Stephen Malkmus of Pavement was also a collaborator with the now-defunct Silver Jews, and they'd be a good bet for you as their earlier work also shows a bit of alt-country influence (start from the beginning and go forward).

Cyril Sneer
Aug 8, 2004

Life would be simple in the forest except for Cyril Sneer. And his life would be simple except for The Raccoons.

kingcobweb posted:

Well, it depends what you mean by "typical disco sound." It definitely is fairly unique in that it's one of those things that's not what we think of as falling neatly into the "disco" category along with Gloria Gaynor or whatever, but the songs that got played in Paradise Garage were a lot more varied. I'd recommend the Fabriclive 36 mix, which is fantastic disco, and the "Disco Not Disco" series of compilations. An example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48xdD_ITwLY

I realize that I said "early disco" and that really isn't accurate; a lot of this great poo poo was made after the general public was over it.

That song you linked to earlier isn't particularly funky (which I don't generally care for), and it isn't sung by a sassy black lady (which I also don't generally care for) - so it managed to avoid the aspects of disco I dislike. Which is why its so interesting to me, as those aspects pretty much define the genre.

I'll check out the Fabriclive mix. I'm actually familiar with the Fabric collection (I've got a few CDs), and I'm always impressed by it.

Threatis
Sep 28, 2005

congrats on figuring out how to use a machine with 4 buttons

Cyril Sneer posted:

Man, this is a wicked song. Thanks dude.

and if you want something a bit more contemporary in this field: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhZyz0z2tHs

I810BUX
Aug 10, 2007

Cheesu~~
I love Baroness, and am really excited about the new album they are releasing in October. What do you guys have for me? A personal favorite song of mine is Teeth of a Cogwheel.

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coleman francis
Aug 8, 2007

Tap tap
The ketchup bottle
None will come
Then axolotl
Hair Elf
Can anyone recommend me bands like Boom Boom Satellites (specifically tracks like on the painted desert)? Any band really that produces long, synth heavy instrumentals with great atmosphere would be most awesome.

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