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Harry Privates posted:Where can I start with Yo La Tengo and Built to Spill? 
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KevinHeaven posted:Get Substance, its a 2 disc compilation of their best songs from about 1981-87. If that's not enough, get Power, Corruption and Lies as well as Brotherhood. These guys come up a lot, and it's always this (very much correct) advice. Their back catalog is mostly superb, although I recommend stopping at Technique. That was their last truly great record. Republic is interesting from a "Downfall of Factory Records" perspective, and it contains the last classic genius single they would ever record. Everything after (and including a lot of the Republic tracks, and I like that record more than I should) just sounds like phoned in gay disco.
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Jun 12, 2010 14:17
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Where do I start with Einstürzende Neubauten?
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Jun 12, 2010 18:38
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Where do I start with Ani DiFranco and Electric Light Orchestra?
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Jun 12, 2010 23:02
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KevinHeaven posted:Where do I start with Einstürzende Neubauten? Halber Mensch and that one that begins with a Z are the best of their early ones. Kollaps is a bit all over the place but good anyway. The later stuff has some highlights but doesn't compare to the first few LPs, Silence Is Sexy is probably the best of the '90s albums.
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Jun 12, 2010 23:41
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WeaponX posted:Where do I start with Ani DiFranco? She has a staggering number of releases out there. Her self-titled first album is total girl-powered singer/songwriter loving and makes a decent entry point for her folkiest material. Not a Pretty Girl, Dilate, or Little Plastic Castle are also very good (possibly in that order), however they are much more deliberately produced studio rock with some scattered bits of jam sessions and poetry. The Living In Clip 2-disc recording is her best live album and covers a bunch of her first few years with some good stage banter. And the Revelling/Reckoning double album shows off a more mature sound with a range of styles (some jazz, blues, and cool instrumentals) mixed in with the folk/rock and pop-esque stuff.
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Jun 13, 2010 01:52
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WeaponX posted:Electric Light Orchestra? If you like Beatles-y rock, you have to get Out of the Blue and A New World Record. If you're more into prog-y music, I'd say get their debut.
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Jun 13, 2010 02:18
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Where do I start with Royce Da 5'9? Really liked his contributions on various Eminem albums.
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Jun 13, 2010 13:49
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BeigeJacket posted:Wheres a good place to begin with Pat Metheny? I'd check out Path Metheny Group's live album Road To You. Then check out the tracks Last Train Home, Letter From Home, and Beat 70.
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Jun 13, 2010 15:15
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Where do I start with Sublime and Red Hot Chili Peppers?
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Jun 13, 2010 18:36
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Baram posted:Where do I start with Sublime?
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Jun 13, 2010 19:16
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Baram posted:Where do I start with Sublime? They only have three actual albums. Their self-titled third one (after Bradley Nowell OD'd on heroin) is their best and has most of their radio hits on it. Get the 2-disc Deluxe version if you can find it. The other two are fairly uneven, but 40oz. To Freedom is a little less B-sidey and more listenable than Robbin' The Hood. The real B-side album (Second-hand Smoke) is okay. I haven't heard the live album (Stand By Your Van), but the first major tribute album (Look At All The Love We Found) does have some pretty interesting bands on it. Note: I don't know anything about the post-death reformations (Long Beach Dub Allstars/Shortbus and Sublime With Rome). e:f;b. ThaGhettoJew fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Jun 13, 2010 |
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Jun 13, 2010 19:18
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Baram posted:Red Hot Chili Peppers? Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Work your way back from there, maybe also try Californication if you like their modern pop-rock sound.
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Baram posted:Red Hot Chili Peppers? Stay away from Stadium Arcadium. Listen to Blood Sugar Sex Magik, if you like that then you might like some of their funkier 80's stuff on Mother's Milk (Knock Me Down, Taste The Pain, Fire, Higher Ground etc). If you're not so keen on their funk side, check out By The Way, it's a really good pop/rock record with loads of catchy songs. Californication has some of their best singles of their entire career (Scar Tissue, Californication, Otherside, Road Trippin', Around The World). One Hot Minute (album) is a change of pace, they got a Dave Navarro from Jane's Addiction on the guitar and the album had a different feel to it.
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Jun 14, 2010 12:21
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Where would people recommend I start on with Blind Melon and Alice in Chains? I've been a grunge fan for a while and it's increasingly been getting my goat that I've never really given either of these bands as much attention as they deserve.
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Sheriff Falc posted:Where would people recommend I start on with Blind Melon and Alice in Chains? I've been a grunge fan for a while and it's increasingly been getting my goat that I've never really given either of these bands as much attention as they deserve. Aside from the extremely overplayed "Man in the Box", and mostly overlooked "We Die Young" their first album Facelift is incredibly mundane and irritating hair metal. There's a great song in the opener, but for the most part you can ignore the album. Dirt is probably their best contribution to that flanneled 90's sound, and is definitely a nice thick slab of junkie rock. I would so very much start here. I was never a fan of the tree legged dog self-titled album, but your mileage may vary. Aside from Dirt I strongly suggest you seek out the two mostly acoustic ep's Sap and Jar of Flies. Some of the band's best work outside of Dirt can be found here. Their MTV Unplugged release is pretty keen as well, especially since it does wonders to showcase the harmonies Cantrell and Stayley put into the songs.
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hatelull posted:Aside from the extremely overplayed "Man in the Box", and mostly overlooked "We Die Young" their first album Facelift is incredibly mundane and irritating hair metal. There's a great song in the opener, but for the most part you can ignore the album. Dirt is probably their best contribution to that flanneled 90's sound, and is definitely a nice thick slab of junkie rock. I would so very much start here. I was never a fan of the tree legged dog self-titled album, but your mileage may vary. Thanks, I'm going to pick Dirt up on iTunes and see how I fare with it. To the person a couple of pages back who wanted Steely Dan recommendations: Can't Buy a Thrill and The Royal Scam were always standouts to me. The reason I recommend them is because The Royal Scam firstly features guitar more heavily than most of their albums, so it might be more accessible to somebody not used to the jazzy style. It also has some great standout songs (Kid Charlemagne, Caves of Altamira, The Fez, The Royal Scam) and no tracks that really let the album down. Can't Buy a Thrill is great because it is quintessential Steely Dan and features some of the strongest work the band ever put out: Do It Again, Reelin' In the Years, Midnight Cruiser and Kings are all outstanding songs.
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Where would be the best place to start with Melt Banana?
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Rubber Biscuit posted:Where would be the best place to start with Melt Banana? Not sure if it's the best (having not listened to their discography), but I enjoyed Cell Scape.
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Sheriff Falc posted:Where would people recommend I start on with Blind Melon and Alice in Chains? I've been a grunge fan for a while and it's increasingly been getting my goat that I've never really given either of these bands as much attention as they deserve. For Blind Melon, I'd recommend the self titled. It's got the hit everybody knows which is No Rain, and it's also got amazing stuff like Tones of Home, Soak The Sin, Paper Scratcher, and so on. It's really just a fantastic album from front to back, so it's a great place to start.
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hatelull posted:Aside from the extremely overplayed "Man in the Box", and mostly overlooked "We Die Young" their first album Facelift is incredibly mundane and irritating hair metal. There's a great song in the opener, but for the most part you can ignore the album. Dirt is probably their best contribution to that flanneled 90's sound, and is definitely a nice thick slab of junkie rock. I would so very much start here. I was never a fan of the tree legged dog self-titled album, but your mileage may vary. Facelift rules dude. "Man In the Box,"" Sea of Sorrow,"" Sunshine,""Bleed The Freak,""Put You Down,""It Aint Like That,""I Know Somethin (Bout You)" and "Love Hate Love" are all great songs. I find the influence of Hair Metal on the album to be pretty interesting.
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My friend recommended that I listen to Venetian Snares about 4 years ago. I finally am wanting to branch out more into that style of music, but his discography is giant. Where do I start? Thanks 
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Holy Dread! posted:My friend recommended that I listen to Venetian Snares about 4 years ago. I finally am wanting to branch out more into that style of music, but his discography is giant. Where do I start? Thanks Rossz csillag alatt született and My Downfall for his stuff with modern classical in it (this is what most people listen to) or Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole if you're looking for his more traditional breakcore stuff.
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wlokos posted:For Blind Melon, I'd recommend the self titled. It's got the hit everybody knows which is No Rain, and it's also got amazing stuff like Tones of Home, Soak The Sin, Paper Scratcher, and so on. It's really just a fantastic album from front to back, so it's a great place to start. Thanks a lot. I'm going to pick this one up too.
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micropenis posted:I'd check out Path Metheny Group's live album Road To You. Then check out the tracks Last Train Home, Letter From Home, and Beat 70. Thanks, really liking this. Never quite realised how much Phish borrowed from this guy (in their earlier days anyway)
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Where do I start with Sparks?
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dailydares posted:Where do I start with Sparks? Kimono My House is by far their best. Propaganda and Angst in my Pants are really good too. In Outer Space is good, but a little more standard 80s pop stuff. I also like No. 1 in Heaven.
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insomne posted:Rossz csillag alatt született and My Downfall for his stuff with modern classical in it (this is what most people listen to) Is there more like this? I really like those two albums, but not so much the plain old breakcore stuff.
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ultrafilter posted:Is there more like this? I really like those two albums, but not so much the plain old breakcore stuff. I'm not really sure. I'm not too into breakcore but you can try more IDM-ish music like Aphex Twin or Boy Is Fiction or a bunch of other stuff if you haven't checked those guys out already.
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Sheriff Falc posted:Where would people recommend I start on with Blind Melon and Alice in Chains? I've been a grunge fan for a while and it's increasingly been getting my goat that I've never really given either of these bands as much attention as they deserve. I just want to second that you pick up Dirt and Jar of Flies. Both are great. Jar of Flies is, to this day one of my 10 favorite albums of all time. Their Unplugged album is also worth owning, but only after you have the essentials.
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dailydares posted:Where do I start with Sparks? No. 1 in Heaven if you're interested in their synthpop output. Angst In My Pants if you're interested in their new wave output. Lil' Beethoven if you're interested in their orchestral pop output (the genre they're the most consistently good in).
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Where to start with Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly? I'm very much an album-oriented person, and I look with disdain upon Greatest Hits compilations, but it seems that despite actually releasing albums, most early rock 'n' rollers are only available nowadays via such compilations.
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Buddy Holly only released three albums whilst he was alive and had a smattering of posthumous singles so TBH unless you feel like splashing out on the whole discography you're probably best off just grabbing a decent compilation CD. I can't speak as much for Roy Orbison, but Rock n' Roll in general was a singles-based genre until the mid to late 60's, so you're probably best off doing the same with him.
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Recently I was going through my playlist on iTunes, and I realized that Lou Reed pops up here and there (Trainspotting soundtrack, Adventureland soundtrack, new Gorillaz album, etc) and is usually the best track to be found. I don't actually have any Lou Reed stuff outside of this though, and I've just realized this probably means I'm missing out. Where do I go from here?
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Wolfsheim posted:Recently I was going through my playlist on iTunes, and I realized that Lou Reed pops up here and there (Trainspotting soundtrack, Adventureland soundtrack, new Gorillaz album, etc) and is usually the best track to be found. I don't actually have any Lou Reed stuff outside of this though, and I've just realized this probably means I'm missing out. Asked on the last page... A Violence Gang posted:Transformer. (Assuming you mean post-Velvet Underground, otherwise start with them.) And for VU, start with The Velvet Underground & Nico.
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Next question: how do I get into dubstep? I know literally nothing about the genre and couldn't name a single artist. As someone who mostly listens to contemporary classical and indie/alt-rock... where should I begin?slowdave posted:If you have 70-80 bucks to spare, the Works boxset is definitely worth getting. I got this boxset. I do not regret it.
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Popcorn posted:Next question: how do I get into dubstep? I know literally nothing about the genre and couldn't name a single artist. As someone who mostly listens to contemporary classical and indie/alt-rock... where should I begin? the biggest label in dubstep is Hyperdub, and their 5-year anniversary 2-cd compilation, titled '5 : 5 years of Hyperdub', is a very solid smattering of the best names in dubstep. I'm also a huge fan of Starkey and Skream's LPs, both of those are solid starting points. Additionally, Zomby's 'Where Were U In 92' was one of my favorite albums of 09, but it's so rooted in rave that it might not be a good starting point. EDIT: there are people who know way more about this stuff than I do, and they will be able to give you better recs. Still, '5 Years...' is a solid starting point.
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Where do I start with Elvis? Like, back when he was cool, before he got all fat and Christian/country or whatever. I know literally nothing about Elvis but apparently he's pretty famous. K thx~*
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Handen posted:Where do I start with Elvis? Like, back when he was cool, before he got all fat and Christian/country or whatever. I know literally nothing about Elvis but apparently he's pretty famous. K thx~* Like any monster pop star, Elvis's appeal is only halfway the music. His showmanship is incredible but he's wasn't consistently better than a lot of other rockabilly artists out there. Farts Domino fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Jun 21, 2010 |
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I went through this whole thread and I didn't see it, so, where do I start with The Black Keys?
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