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I'm having trouble hunting down a artist like Enya but darker, Enya is all well and good but most of her stuff is too upbeat for my tastes, I've tried Gregorian, Enigman, Era and alike but their habit of underlaying a godawful drummachine beat is a massive turn off. Where will I turn for my dark Gregorian ambient mix?
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LuckySevens posted:Anyone know of some bluesy female singers like Fiona Apple? I love that kind of sexy voice and would love to hear some other artists like her. Eva Cassidy had a beautiful voice. Or do you mean stuff more like Regina Spektor and Norah Jones? If so I'm not sure it's "bluesy" that is the most apt adjective. You could try some jazz vocalists as well and see if that's more what you mean. Lena Horne and Billy Holiday are pretty universal starting places.
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Dec 8, 2009 17:17
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LuckySevens posted:Anyone know of some bluesy female singers like Fiona Apple? I love that kind of sexy voice and would love to hear some other artists like her. As said above, those 3 are fantastic (particularly Regina Spektor  ). Katie Melua is great as well. If you want to go more towards Jazz, you can check out Madeleine Peyroux or the like.
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Dec 8, 2009 20:33
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XTimmy posted:I'm having trouble hunting down a artist like Enya but darker, Enya is all well and good but most of her stuff is too upbeat for my tastes, I've tried Gregorian, Enigman, Era and alike but their habit of underlaying a godawful drummachine beat is a massive turn off. Have you heard Julianna Barwick? Her EP Florine just got a mass re-release. http://www.myspace.com/juliannabarwick
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Dec 8, 2009 20:35
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LuckySevens posted:Anyone know of some bluesy female singers like Fiona Apple? I love that kind of sexy voice and would love to hear some other artists like her. More on the pop side, but Mozella has a beautiful bluesy voice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8vbb69fL_Y
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Dec 8, 2009 23:19
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Some of these suggestions are good voice wise, but the music doesn't seem as aggressive as Fiona, something I like, you feel like in all her songs she could break out into full rock and roll at any time. Less nice girls and more bad girls 
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LuckySevens posted:Some of these suggestions are good voice wise, but the music doesn't seem as aggressive as Fiona, something I like, you feel like in all her songs she could break out into full rock and roll at any time. Less nice girls and more bad girls Eleni Mandell has a great voice and she often writes in character as a "bad girl": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6wSVWkfv8w I'd strongly recommend her first two albums "Wishbone" and "Thrill." After that point, she experimented with country and other styles, but those early records are filled with throaty torch-song bluesiness and seductive/unstable femme-fatale protagonists. Have you tried much PJ Harvey? Pretty bluesy at times, definitely very aggressive. "To Bring You My Love" is a good starting point, here a few tracks from it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCyHFQiSvVE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoF90p1OoPI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me8aQA0VlI8 Also, here's something you've gotta see as a fan of Fiona's aggressive side: Her cover of Elvis Costello's "I Want You," with Costello joining her on guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOmhOumh-w
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Garbage Day posted:Also, here's something you've gotta see as a fan of Fiona's aggressive side: Her cover of Elvis Costello's "I Want You," with Costello joining her on guitar. That was fantastic. She's really, really good live. She played at my college a few years ago, just her and a guitar and it was incredible. Only about 40 people in the theater, too.
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I've been searching for a band that sounds similar to Finntroll's Visor Om Slutet album. I have tried various neofolk bands and the like since that's what seems would be similar (yes Finntroll is a black/folk metal band, but the album is a bit of a departure from that), but I haven't really found anything that amazing. Here are some links to some tracks from the album in question. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EqDMrC5p3M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X4BNqE-mIE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FclayNXdxWk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmGActTTzU0 sometimes I do fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Dec 12, 2009 |
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What's some music similar to Swell and Modest Mouse? Lately I've been listening to a lot of Swell - 41 and Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West, but usually stick to hip hop/electronic so I'm not sure where to explore this genre (I know they aren't the same genre, but the albums above have a similar to style imo)
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If anyone knows anything about 60s Cambodian music please enlighten me
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ediment posted:What's some music similar to Swell and Modest Mouse? For Modest Mouse, try mewithoutyou (ignore the lovely emo name, they are fantastic). Any album by them is a pretty good bet, but Brother Sister is my favourite.
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slowdave posted:If anyone knows anything about 60s Cambodian music please enlighten me I guess this is kinda obvious, but check out the Cambodian Rocks compilations.
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plogo posted:I guess this is kinda obvious, but check out the Cambodian Rocks compilations.
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Garbage Day posted:Eleni Mandell has a great voice and she often writes in character as a "bad girl": Great suggestions, I forgot about PJ Harvey, she seems to fit the bill nicely. Thanks all for helping.
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LuckySevens posted:Anyone know of some bluesy female singers like Fiona Apple? I love that kind of sexy voice and would love to hear some other artists like her.  but a few names that I like to listen to when I'm in the mood for stuff like her: Shivaree, Sarah Slean and even Garbage.
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Are there any bands out there other than Zombi who make instrumental, synth-based music that's heavily indebted to 70's horror soundtracks?
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stairway to hippo posted:Are there any bands out there other than Zombi who make instrumental, synth-based music that's heavily indebted to 70's horror soundtracks? You know they're heavily indebted to it because they made them right?
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Technetium posted:You know they're heavily indebted to it because they made them right? What do you mean? e: You're probably thinking about Goblin, who did some of the best soundtracks ever, in my opinion. Pannus fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Dec 10, 2009 |
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Technetium posted:You know they're heavily indebted to it because they made them right? Surely you're thinking of someone else, these guys are from Pittsburgh, safe to say they didn't do giallo soundtracks in the 70's. Also as for another thing to check out, try out Umberto, they have a tape out on Sonic Meditations at the moment. peng2112 fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Dec 10, 2009 |
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Dec 10, 2009 15:07
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Way Past Cool! posted:I guess the obvious answers would be Fripp & Eno or Sonic Youth, but what you may be looking for is jazz-influenced guitar work in general. Sonny Sharrock's Ask the Ages is an all around great guitar album if you're looking for something different. For more "noisy" shoegaze, Loveless is held as the pinnacle, but I'll throw in that Slowdive's "Souvlaki" is THE shoegazer album to measure all others against, so if he hasn't heard that, get on it poo poo could have sworn someone else posted, sorry for the double post.
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I'm looking for modern artists with a serious Devo influence. Examples of the kind of bands I'm looking for include Datarock, POLYSICS, to my boy, Epoxies, and Electric Six. Anybody got any recommendations? Thanks in advance.
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stairway to hippo posted:Are there any bands out there other than Zombi who make instrumental, synth-based music that's heavily indebted to 70's horror soundtracks? *edited shitpost into something more relevant before het smacks down with the banhammer* Compositionally Zombi's more like classic kraut/space/prog like Hawkwind, Ash Ra Tempel, Amon Duul II, Eloy, and Captain Beyond but for more synthy stuff you might try Morgan Geist, Quiet Village, and Lindstrom & Prins Thomas. That '70s horror' sound, if I'm thinking of the same stuff you are like Italian movies, has a characteristic 'disco-ish' element to it, which is experiencing a big revival lately even if there aren't many bands besides Zombi who combine disco and prog directly. These are a little more off the wall but maybe also give Here We Go Magic, Yeasayer, and Maserati a try... kundalini rinsing fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Dec 11, 2009 |
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stairway to hippo posted:What do you mean?  Yeah ignore that, I mix the two up because they did the soundtrack for DotD and called it Zombi, which I confused with the band name. Oh well then just imagine I recommended Goblin and there you go.
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Soylent Heliotrope posted:I'm looking for modern artists with a serious Devo influence. Examples of the kind of bands I'm looking for include Datarock, POLYSICS, to my boy, Epoxies, and Electric Six. Anybody got any recommendations? Thanks in advance. Maybe the Causey Way? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPqlT-Fy-6A
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My dad likes people like Charles Aznavour, Andrea Bocelli, and Janita, and I'm trying to find a DVD of a concert that he'd like. Not from those guys, though, he already has those. It should be something lively, and something you could drink wine with. He likes upbeat and easy listening music, and not something heavy or chaotic. I haven't had the best luck trying to match his musical tastes in the past, but hopefully you guys can recommend something.
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I'm a long time (10 year+) fan of heavy metal. My latest favorites are: Gorod, Augury, Obscura, The Faceless, Cobalt, Agalloch, Alcest Recently I discovered Protest the Hero's Fortress album and really enjoyed it. I tend to read teethofthedivine.com for reviews. I find new bands by looking at what other people have bought on amazon and on itunes or looking for other things on similar labels. I generally prefer European style vocals over the American style, although this is changing as I get more exposure to the recent up and coming American metal bands. There was a period where I didn't listen to much American metal because it didn't excite me. Given the bands above, can anyone recommend a couple other bands that I might enjoy?
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etard knievel posted:*edited shitpost into something more relevant before het smacks down with the banhammer* Thanks man, I'll check out those suggestions.
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I'd like to hear kind of synthy music with a lady speaking soft French over it. Oddly specific, I guess, but I'm thinking kind of like at the end of Poster of a Girl by Metric. Along the same lines, there was a song, I think in the 90's with Gillian Anderson doing vocals. Found the latter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGqQ4EteFyc no broccoli please fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Dec 12, 2009 |
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emminou posted:You might like The Heavy. Songs: Coleen; I'm Not That Kind of Man; Sixteen. Thanks! I actually found out I like Cold War Kids and The Heavy to a lesser extent. Deadstring Brothers seems to be a miss, though it may be the videos on Youtube were such low quality I couldn't feel them. Anyone else have some ideas? quote:I've been in a complete musical dead end for like 7 loving years. I just don't have any connection to anything that seems to be remotely popular or easy to find these days, and I'm sick to death of all the old poo poo. The last group that had more than a song or two I really enjoyed was The Black Keys. Oh, and The White Stripes. I guess I might need to come to terms with the fact that, maybe, nothing is being made anymore that I would like.
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ChaoticSeven posted:I guess I might need to come to terms with the fact that, maybe, nothing is being made anymore that I would like. Well, it's hard when we don't know exactly what you like about the songs that you listed and I can't readily identify one thing that those songs all have in common. R.E.M. is a crowd-pleaser, as well as the Arcade Fire, but again, you may despise these, because I don't know what you're looking for.
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Can any recommend me some artists along the lines of Tom Waits and Nick Cave? I'm mainly after stuff resembling Waits' spooky, experimental kind of style but any recommendations in this general area at all would be appreciated.
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Vannaroth posted:Can any recommend me some artists along the lines of Tom Waits and Nick Cave? I'm mainly after stuff resembling Waits' spooky, experimental kind of style but any recommendations in this general area at all would be appreciated. Try some Johnny Dowd. I particularly like Pictures from Life's Other Side, Temporary Shelter and Wrong Side of Memphis.
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I'm really into bands like The Killers, Modest Mouse and The Hush Sound. Anyone have a few other rad suggestions for albums to go out and buy?
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I'm looking for some good nautical/ocean themed albums to listen to. I don't really want any gimmicky stuff like Alestorm, but metal is fine.
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OrganicRobot posted:I'm looking for some good nautical/ocean themed albums to listen to. I don't really want any gimmicky stuff like Alestorm, but metal is fine. Check out Alchemy Index Vol.II - Water by Thrice, it's by far my favorite ocean themed album.
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OrganicRobot posted:I'm looking for some good nautical/ocean themed albums to listen to. I don't really want any gimmicky stuff like Alestorm, but metal is fine. Isis's Oceanic? Depends how you deal with (sparse) growly vocals but aside from the fact it has an ocean theme anyway, Weight and From Sinking in particular always make me think of the sea.
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Can somebody suggest something that is along the same lines as the soundtrack to Synecdoche, New York by Jon Brion?
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Elder posted:Check out Alchemy Index Vol.II - Water by Thrice, it's by far my favorite ocean themed album. il_cornuto posted:Isis's Oceanic? Depends how you deal with (sparse) growly vocals but aside from the fact it has an ocean theme anyway, Weight and From Sinking in particular always make me think of the sea. Alchemy Index is pretty good, but I'm not much of a fan of the style. And, il_cornuto, I have Oceanic already and it was that, in combination with Ween's The Mollusk, that made me ask for similarly-themed albums. Great album though.
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OrganicRobot posted:I'm looking for some good nautical/ocean themed albums to listen to. I don't really want any gimmicky stuff like Alestorm, but metal is fine. Ahab's The Call of the Wretched Sea is pretty awesome if you dig funeral doom metal.
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