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I'm sure someone else will have a better suggestion but the early albums kind of remind me of the New York Dolls
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Looking for something with the vibe of the first two Roxy Music albums. The Eno-less third album isn't doing it for me and what I've heard of Avalon didn't either. I guess what I mean is, I love how elastic Ferry's voice is, but with the artsier arrangements. These first two RM albums are so good and so different from their later stuff people are getting bootlegs of their early shows just to hear longer versions of the songs. You probably already know Gong but they had similar attitude at times. Be sure to check out Debris - Static Disposal, it's way heavier but the RM vibes are there. Some other stuff if you're not afraid to get weird: Simply Saucer - Cyborgs Revisited Desperate Bicycles - Remorse Code Nothing People - Late Night Factrix - Scheintot Chrome - Alien Soundtracks Most of the above don't have vocals as good as Ferry's (who does?) but there's this 70s/80s weirdness there.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Looking for something with the vibe of the first two Roxy Music albums. The Eno-less third album isn't doing it for me and what I've heard of Avalon didn't either. I guess what I mean is, I love how elastic Ferry's voice is, but with the artsier arrangements. Sparks.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Looking for something with the vibe of the first two Roxy Music albums. The Eno-less third album isn't doing it for me and what I've heard of Avalon didn't either. I guess what I mean is, I love how elastic Ferry's voice is, but with the artsier arrangements. Split Enz first two or three albums?
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What about They Might Be Giants? I've heard Flood but never really looked into any of the other albums.
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ultrafilter posted:What about They Might Be Giants? I've heard Flood but never really looked into any of the other albums. For They Might Be Giants, since you’ve already heard Flood: Lincoln is probably the next point, and has good song craft, while being quirky and weird. Apollo 18 was the follow up to Flood, and at times can be a little less quirky (See the Constellation and Narrow Your Eyes are pretty straight ahead alt rock songs) but also has Fingertips, a collection of short song snippets that was initially sequenced to make shuffle play a lot of fun. John Henry is their first band album, and has the End of the Tour and Destination Moon, two of their best.
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ultrafilter posted:What about They Might Be Giants? I've heard Flood but never really looked into any of the other albums. ?? Last time someone asked about TMBG, your response sure sounded like you are familiar with other albums. El Gallinero Gros posted:TMBG Sir Nose posted:Sure. Then work backward before you go forward. ultrafilter posted:Same, but stop after Severe Tire Damage unless you really like what you've heard.
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That's really weird cause I definitely don't remember the albums other than Flood. That's the only one that I've spent any time with, so maybe I did a dive at some point and just forgot about it?
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ultrafilter posted:That's really weird cause I definitely don't remember the albums other than Flood. That's the only one that I've spent any time with, so maybe I did a dive at some point and just forgot about it? There's a couple music threads where I've made some effort posts and re-read those posts years later and been like "When the gently caress did I ever listen to this band that much??"
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ultrafilter posted:That's really weird cause I definitely don't remember the albums other than Flood. That's the only one that I've spent any time with, so maybe I did a dive at some point and just forgot about it? You know I was wondering if you blew up a case of account sharing in an extremely stupid way but I can definitely buy this, especially if you don’t log your music obsessively.
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Okay, where do I start with the La’s?
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You mean the band from Liverpool who only have 1 album? If so, I'd get that album.
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Should have imagined there was a thread like this. For background, I do not have especially complicated music tastes and I know nothing about music, having never learned an instrument or theory. These days, I'm mostly listening to soundtracks/ambient/dance provided to me by Pandora as something to listen to while working. All that being said: Where do I start with The Residents? For whatever reason, avante-garde music and especially The Residents intrigues me, but I haven't gotten around to trying to listen to them until now. I listened to most of their first album and it's sort of what I expected, considering when it came out (on vinyl in the 60s, so it bleeds into each other in a way that doesn't really survive well once CDs happened and everything's a track). The closest thing I have to compare it to is Steroid Maximus, which I think I've heard described more "industrial" but that might have been simply a lack of adequate categorization, since Wikipedia calls it avante-garde among other things. Life In The Greenhouse Effect and Aclectasis being probably my two favorites from that band, though those are just the two that I can think of off the top of my head. There's some considerably weirder poo poo on those albums, but I can't remember which specifically. (If you've got other suggestions off that, I welcome them as well. Just like The Residents, Foetus has a zillion albums.)
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Cemetry Gator posted:Okay, where do I start with the La’s? They only had the one album but the band Cast formed out of The La's. All Change by Cast is well worth a listen after you've done The La's album.
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Magnetic North posted:Should have imagined there was a thread like this. For background, I do not have especially complicated music tastes and I know nothing about music, having never learned an instrument or theory. These days, I'm mostly listening to soundtracks/ambient/dance provided to me by Pandora as something to listen to while working. All that being said: Commercial Album, it's 40 songs, each is 1 minute long. Other than that, I don't know. My friend who was really into Residents at one point told me their live albums are really worth seeking out.
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There was a frequent poster in the vinyl thread that was all about The Residents and would provide deep dive effort posts on those guys. I forget the name though, as that thread became super overwhelming for me. You might try and seek those posts out.
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hatelull's talking about caligulamprey. here's their posts in the vinyl thread, they do make a few starter suggestions here and there: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3417644&userid=109578caligulamprey posted:If you want to go for something a little more palatable, Demons Dance Alone is an easily digestible, haunting album the band recorded right after 9/11. It's an easy listening and probably the highlight of their current (?) state. It's my go-to for a suggestion for their more pleasant side. hexwren fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Jan 3, 2025 |
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 Thank you all. I found that goon but it turns out they have posted in that thread an absolute shitload 
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Where's a good place to start with A Place to Bury Strangers?
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NuclearPotato posted:Where's a good place to start with A Place to Bury Strangers? There might be better posts from people who are bigger fans but I think they are a pretty good "chronological" band as they definitely morphed and changed over time. Alternatively, I'd probably start with their first self-titled, make sure you listen to "Everything Always Goes Wrong" of their second album (easily the best song they ever recorded in my opinion), and then jump up to one of their last two albums to hear their new sound. If you like the new stuff more then maybe go backwards chronologically, otherwise jump back to the second album and go from there. For me personally I don't really go back to them that much anymore. I find that on most of their albums there are always a couple good to great songs and the rest just fades to memory. Edit: I guess maybe a spotify or apple "This is APBS" playlist might not be the worst for them. Voodoofly fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Jan 7, 2025 |
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Just start at the beginning, and do the EPs that aren’t remix albums. Remix albums are only if you super love the band. The first album is the best IMO, second album is second best, and the rest are fine. “Onward To The Wall” and “Hologram“ are the two essential EPs if you want to skip the rest. After the second album they don’t really have that much of a difference between following albums, so do as close to the latest album (last month) as you want.
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I started by using the movie Dig! as a jumping off point into the parts of their catalogue I enjoyed the most, but imo the earlier you go in the catologue the better.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Brian Jonestown Massacre Honestly, just listen to Wooden Shjips instead because they're better at everything BJM try to do and also Anton Newcombe is a stupid gently caress https://x.com/antonnewcombe/status/1691251070746476544 Terminally Bored fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Jan 16, 2025 |
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The Wooden Shjips side project Moon Duo is also pretty great if you want more droney psychedelic vibes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrkzB8VcEXM
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Where do I start with jazz fusion? I've been really into Jimmy Chamberlain Complex the last couple of weeks, namely the albums The Parable (more jazzy) and Honor (more rocky) and I would like to spread out.
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owl_pellet posted:Where do I start with jazz fusion? I've been really into Jimmy Chamberlain Complex the last couple of weeks, namely the albums The Parable (more jazzy) and Honor (more rocky) and I would like to spread out. Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report are two of the biggest and most important bands in the genre. If you want to go back to where it all started there's Miles Davis' Bitches Brew. Return to Forever are on the calmer, more piano-focused side of the genre; Tony Williams Lifetime are on the more explosive and drum-focused side which I imagine a group led by Jimmy Chamberlain touches on.
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Chick Corea Elektric Band Spyro Gyra
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Herbie Hancock and Jaco Pastorius are two other big early fusion artists.
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Yeah Jaco and Herbie both played with Chick Corea as well, so pretty much any lineup with those guys regardless of band name is gonna be some good fusion. Also Al Di Meola
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Thanks for the suggestions all. So far I've listened to some Tony Williams Lifetime and Mahavishnu Orchestra. Both good!
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If Bad Bunny’s “Baile Inolvidable” has been on repeat in my house lately, what else should I dive into?
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where do i start w the beatles. no really, ive heard like 4 songs and they were ok
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cumpantry posted:where do i start w the beatles. no really, ive heard like 4 songs and they were ok 1962-1966 and 1967-1970.
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cumpantry posted:where do i start w the beatles. no really, ive heard like 4 songs and they were ok You've heard 3 dozen songs but just didn't know it was the Beatles Just grab the compilations as mentioned and list what songs grab you, their sound changes so much from the early days to the end that it's impossible to say what's the best place for you to start. Basically they started off as 60s N*Sync and ended up as Radiohead.
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I picked up “1” at a thrift store recently. How is that for covering The Beatles? I noticed there were no tracks from the white album while I was ripping it, so it seems like a lot of essential songs were missing.
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