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Way Past Cool! posted:Actually, I'd suggest starting with John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. It's short and accessible (it even has brief vocal parts). For me anyway, it was easier to get into Coltrane's saxophone-based material than Davis' trumpet. While I don't think you can go wrong with either Kind of Blue or A Love Supreme, I will mention that I first started listening to jazz with Coltrane and so did my other jazz-liking friends. I think he's a good starting point.
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I'm looking for some similar artists to Sick Animation (Marc M.). His CD is pretty much really catchy songs about really taboo subjects. Any kind of Taboo/sexual songs should be fine, I just want something to laugh at and catch myself singing in my head at times. The idea occoured to me when I was watching SNL and that "jizz in my pants" song came up. Catchy, funny.
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DarkSun6890 posted:I'm looking for some similar artists to Sick Animation (Marc M.). His CD is pretty much really catchy songs about really taboo subjects. Any kind of Taboo/sexual songs should be fine, I just want something to laugh at and catch myself singing in my head at times. Don't know the artist but if you're talking taboo subjects... It's Only Right and Natural by The Frogs is your go to album here, if you don't mind a whole bunch of ludicrously gay and offensive humour. Great tunes too. Otherwise, a couple of songs off the top of my head are: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee Dead Kennedys - I Kill Children Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown
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DarkSun6890 posted:I'm looking for some similar artists to Sick Animation (Marc M.). His CD is pretty much really catchy songs about really taboo subjects. Any kind of Taboo/sexual songs should be fine, I just want something to laugh at and catch myself singing in my head at times. Try Disco D - he's insanely vulgar
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JohnnyRed posted:I'm just getting into Sludge Metal and Doom, Stoner, etc. Really into heavy, slow, blues-based riffs over hard backbeats. Stuff I'm currently playing a lot: LISTEN TO COWER DOOD ULTIMATE DOME gently caress
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I think the greatest bands in the world are Bloc Party and Death Cab for Cutie. I've been listening to Pandora, which found a small number of bands I liked among alot of terrible crap. Actually I think I found Bloc Party through Pandora. Given Bloc Party and Death Cab as input, what would you recommend, NMD? <edit> I joined last.fm. So far looks pretty cool, probably better than Pandora for finding stuff. gfarrell80 fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Jan 25, 2009 |
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Way Past Cool! posted:Actually, I'd suggest starting with John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. It's short and accessible (it even has brief vocal parts). For me anyway, it was easier to get into Coltrane's saxophone-based material than Davis' trumpet. Thanks to Way Past and the Baron for these recommendations. Jazz is a huge ocean of precarious awesome, and I couldn't find out where it was safest to dive in. I really want to get into it. Still, to further expand my music tastes, maybe someone could suggest other things. I'm no good at defining music, so all I can say is I want horn music (Jazz, Bebop, Swing, Ska, whatever), and I like up-tempo, though that's not mandatory. Also, twangy surfer music can be cool too (Pulp Fiction Soundtrack, or Honest Bob and the Factory To Dealer Incentives are all I know, sadly). Other than that, maybe a list of the artists in my playlist will express where I'm trying to go. It's ordered from most songs to least. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Mighty Mighty Bosstones Squirrel Nut Zippers Modest Mouse (You can probably ignore this one; had no idea it was this high.) Flogging Molly (Don't recommend Dropkick  )Madness Steroid Maximus (J.G. Thirwell) Reel Big Fish The Specials Sublime Dirty Dozen Brass Band Pulp Fiction Soundtrack Blues Traveler Cherry Poppin' Daddies Cat Empire I also have a few compilation albums of old music (Glenn Miller Orchestra sort of old), but I haven't picked my way through them to get what I want yet. Any old suggestions are also welcome.
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My favorite bands right now are Modest Mouse (their old stuff in particular, but I still really like their new stuff) and Wolf Parade. I love the guitar and bass work in Modest Mouse and I'm looking for something similar. I also really like the vocal delivery of both of these bands. Any recommendations?
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Reposting a previous request that didn't get any love. Been digging Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska recently. Do any of his other albums sound like that? Lo-fi country and a poo poo load of reverb. Aside from Springsteen who else does this? I know my Dylan btw.
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Nigel Tufnel posted:Reposting a previous request that didn't get any love. Check out The Ghost Of Tom Joad, there's not as much in the way of reverb but it is the closest album of Bruce's to Nebraska as far as subject matter and atmosphere. I'd say Tom Joad is more of a downer though.
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sludgepuddleofdoom posted:I liked Method Man's Tical. I liked all of the tracks but my favorite are easily Tical, Bring the Pain, and PLO Style Any recommendations? Does not have to be Wu-Tang. Maybe check out DJ Do Wops 95 live mixtapes? Get a little run through of the rappers poppin off around that time period and pick the ones you like.
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bonnemenagere posted:Wow, another Low and Codeine fan! Man, those are two of my favorite bands, but honestly I have never found anything that holds a loving candle to Frigid Stars but I've found a few that come close. I'll definitely look into those. I actually just got Down Colorful Hill the other day. I have listened to Xiu Xiu, but not that record. The White Birch is by and far my favorite. Oh and, if that's the prime minister of the ukraine, nice avatar. Thanks for the recommendations. Which Smog album should I Start with?
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Ok I remember a thread about where to start with particular artists but I can't find it? I want to know which albums I should start with for the following bands/artists: Matt Elliott (even his work in The Third Eye Foundation) - I've started listening to Drinking Songs and like it a lot. Tortoise Karma to Burn Thanks! Ohms fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Jan 26, 2009 |
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Magnetic North posted:Still, to further expand my music tastes, maybe someone could suggest other things. I'm no good at defining music, so all I can say is I want horn music (Jazz, Bebop, Swing, Ska, whatever), and I like up-tempo, though that's not mandatory. Also, twangy surfer music can be cool too (Pulp Fiction Soundtrack, or Honest Bob and the Factory To Dealer Incentives are all I know, sadly). Other than that, maybe a list of the artists in my playlist will express where I'm trying to go. It's ordered from most songs to least. I know it isn't "cool" in NMD, but I'm a big fan of swing (especially the late '90s revival), ska (I even played sax in a ska-punk band in the late '90s), surf, and rockabilly. I like several of the bands you listed, and hopefully you'll like some of these: Royal Crown Revue (my favorite of the late '90s swing bands; start with the album Mugzy's Move) Brian Setzer Orchestra (modern-day big band with the amazing rockabilly singer/guitarist who used to front the Stray Cats; start with their second album Guitar Slinger if you can, but the first four albums are all golden) Dick Dale (the ultimate surf guitarist -- you rocked out to his song "Miserlou" in Pulp Fiction) Less Than Jake (poppy ska-punk, which you'll love if you like Reel Big Fish; try the albums Losing Streak, Hello Rockview, and the older Pezcore) The Pietasters (maybe my favorite modern ska band; they have a three-CD set that collects their first four albums. Some songs are repeated with live versions, demos, etc, but you really can't go wrong. I think you'll love them.) Bitter:Sweet (very sultry retro-lounge music with lush arrangements, fun dance grooves, and a girl singer with one of the sexiest voices around) Morphine (gloomy mellow rock with a deep-voiced lead singer who played 2-string bass (RIP Mark Sandman), backed up by a magnificent baritone sax player) Portishead (they're often described as "trip-hop," but their mournful, sexy vocals and judicious use of jazz and spy movie soundtrack samples make them timeless and awesome -- you like Steroid Maximus, so I implore you to try their first two albums, Dummy and Portishead) New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble (if you can find their self-titled album, GET IT!) Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers (girl-fronted jump blues and swing) Skavoovie and the Epitones (one of the larger '90s ska bands that avoided a lot of the punk stuff in favor of more swingin' arrangements; get the album Fat Footin'.) Hepcat (modern ska, but much more jazzy/traditional than the ska-punk stuff)
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gfarrell80 posted:I think the greatest bands in the world are Bloc Party and Death Cab for Cutie. I've been listening to Pandora, which found a small number of bands I liked among alot of terrible crap. Actually I think I found Bloc Party through Pandora. Where are you from? Bloc Party kind of came out of a "new wave of new wave" explosion in the UK around 2003 so you might want to check out The Futureheads, Maximo Park and The Kaiser Chiefs. I'm not too keen on any of the above, but I hear a strong influence of Gang of Four and early The Cure albums in Bloc Party, so they might be worth a look too.
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Dr. Video Games 0089 posted:I'm looking for more electro songs that sound "violent" or "badass". Pretty much like these Justice songs : I'd give MSTRKRFT and Boys Noize a shot: MSTRKRFT - The Looks MSTRKRFT - vuvuvu Boys Noize - Lava Lava Boys Noize - Let's Buy Happiness I'm looking for anything in the vein of Envy's more recent stuff, after they took a turn for the more post-rock kind of sound but retaining their hardcore roots. Recommendations similar to the Insomniac Doze album (especially A Warm Room) would be great.
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Korbal posted:My favorite bands right now are Modest Mouse (their old stuff in particular, but I still really like their new stuff) and Wolf Parade. I love the guitar and bass work in Modest Mouse and I'm looking for something similar. I also really like the vocal delivery of both of these bands. Any recommendations? I'm going to suggest you check out Pinback for some reason. Start with their two most recent LPs, "Autumn of the Seraphs" and "Summer in Abaddon." Just a hunch.
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ArgaWarga posted:I'm looking for alt-country. I'm currently in love with Blitzen Trapper–I started loving them because they sounded like Pavement on Wild Mountain Nation, but I'll be damned if they didn't win me over with some of their more country-ish songs. Have you checked out My Morning Jacket? Their early albums have a very alt-country sound similar to Fleet Foxes, and gradually get more complex as you move through their discography. If you're going for albums I'd reccomend It Still Moves. And a few random tracks: One Big Holiday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Q9iAcPjzc Golden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz8qn1_iQ5w Dancefloors (live, skip to :50) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMq7bNRdvhE
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SylvainMustach posted:Oh and, if that's the prime minister of the ukraine, nice avatar. SylvainMustach posted:Which Smog album should I Start with? My personal favorite is "A River 'Aint Too Much To Love," but that album veers more towards alt country. It's probably his most accessible album, but if you're looking for his more down-tempo stuff I think "The Doctor Came At Dawn" Should warm you up nicely to his sound.
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japanese girl posted:I'd give MSTRKRFT and Boys Noize a shot: Excellent recommendations, along with the aforementioned Danger and Sebastian, but could I add Digitalism and Alter Ego to the recommendations? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aR3pRPJBGCQ - Digitalism: Homezone http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4_6Tmpqp3c4 - Digitalism: Digitalism in Cairo http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZKllOr5l-o - Alter Ego: Rocker http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbfnabnUZU&feature=related - Alter Ego: Why Not? I'm hoping someone can recommend me some more bands with a 'Desert Noir' kind of sound. What I'm looking for is alternative rock/country with cinematic sensibilities. Think Ennio Morricone or Robert Rodriguez. The following bands do what I'm looking for really well: Calexico: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lRAsyWnW8dY http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dasTl7zsUoE&feature=PlayList&p=53411A8B11D2EC8E&playnext=1&index=19 Firewater: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Yr7O9bPcc http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=d52mb9xeGwI If I can imagine a gut-shot private-eye driving a convertible through the desert with $500, 000 in stole cash in a motel pillowcase in the backseat to it, I want to hear it. Disco Pope fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Jan 29, 2009 |
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Can anyone tell me where to start with Nick Cave?
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Shangalang posted:Can anyone tell me where to start with Nick Cave? Right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6saDXTw7Kc
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Diligent Deadite posted:I'm hoping someone can recommend me some more bands with a 'Desert Noir' kind of sound. What I'm looking for is alternative rock/country with cinematic sensibilities. Think Ennio Morricone or Robert Rodriguez. The following bands do what I'm looking for really well: Great choices! Try the instrumental group Friends of Dean Martinez (who include some Calexico members): http://www.myspace.com/friendsofdeanmartinez Also Mike Ness, the frontman of Social Distortion, whose solo stuff is a lot more like rootsy honky tonk country/punk/Americana with a dark edge. His album "Cheating At Solitaire" is one of my favorites, and should be right up your alley with songs like "Misery Loves Company" and "The Devil In Miss Jones": http://www.myspace.com/mikeness I'd also have to recommend at least one album by alt-country goddess Neko Case, "Blacklisted," which is the most noir-sounding of all her albums: http://www.amazon.com/Blacklisted/dp/B000X6XGZW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1233332515&sr=8-2
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U.S. MAPLESTORY posted:Right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6saDXTw7Kc Hell yeah, Birthday Party's live album is prob. the best thing Cave has ever released. After that, work your way chronologically, unless you like pussyass piano music better, then go for No More Shall We Part and The Good Son.
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Shangalang posted:Can anyone tell me where to start with Nick Cave? I would say Murder Ballads is the best starter album in his discography, perfect mixture of accessibility and uniqueness. Then probably either Henry's Dream, Tender Prey or Let Love In. But hell basically any album aside from Noctorama is worth your while, you can pretty much plunge in wherever. Bear in mind his style changes alot between his albums and as a general rule of thumb it gets increasingly more accessible the later the release date. Listening chronologically would be drat cool, but if the Birthday Party and the Bad Seed's early records seem too intense or weird for you don't get put off all together, give some of his later albums a listen and then maybe come back to them. Edit: Man, I never get tired of seeing Nick Cave just kick that guy in the video! swampland fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Jan 30, 2009 |
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Shangalang posted:Can anyone tell me where to start with Nick Cave? I'd track down the album 'Live Seeds'. The Bad Seeds are an amazing live band and that album contains some of his best songs. Korbal posted:My favorite bands right now are Modest Mouse (their old stuff in particular, but I still really like their new stuff) and Wolf Parade. I love the guitar and bass work in Modest Mouse and I'm looking for something similar. I also really like the vocal delivery of both of these bands. Any recommendations? Try Built To Spill. It's like Modest Mouse style guitar work filtered through Neil Young.
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Okay this one may be tricky. I love Nine Inch Nails but specifically for their Ghosts I-IV which is an industrial/every other genre instrumental album featuring a wide range of instrumentation and music styles. Are their any other bands or albums that fit this instrumental genre?
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Okay this one may be tricky. Well, it's mostly vocal, but you may like Swans. Their album Children of God is pretty varied instrumentally and has both male and female vocalists. edit: here's the personnel listing if you're interested in what instruments specifically are on the album. Pomplamoose fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Feb 1, 2009 |
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Okay this one may be tricky.
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I just heard Bedouin Love Song by David Broza on SkyFM, and it's one of the coolest songs I've heard in a while, and I would love to hear more like it. So I guess I'm looking for high-energy music with a middle eastern hebew/arabic sound. Edit: And can anyone figure out what album that rendition is from? Neither me nor the YouTube uploader seems to be able to. And in the same vein I recently came across Shpongle, and I really dig the ethnic sound it has going on. Can anyone recommend other electronica (or other "modern genres" or whatever you want to call it) that incorporates ethnic instruments? Black Griffon fucked around with this message at 12:05 on Feb 1, 2009 |
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Diligent Deadite posted:I'm hoping someone can recommend me some more bands with a 'Desert Noir' kind of sound. What I'm looking for is alternative rock/country with cinematic sensibilities. Think Ennio Morricone or If you want to push your horizons a little bit, try out the last two albums by Earth. They started out as an extremely heavy drone metal band, but came back from an extended hiatus playing what basically amounts to extremely slow and bleak country-influenced music much like Morricone. Nothing metal-y about it, but it's certainly got a doom-ridden mood.
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Diligent Deadite posted:If I can imagine a gut-shot private-eye driving a convertible through the desert with $500, 000 in stole cash in a motel pillowcase in the backseat to it, I want to hear it. The first couple Lanterna records (the ones from the mid-90s on Parasol and Rykodisc, iirc) would probably be right up your alley, but I can't find any clips of 'em online :/ Keep an eye out though!! They perfectly match what you're describing!!
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I don't know why, but I'm jonesing for something--anything--like The Hold Steady at this point. There's just something to fascinating about a song almost completely devoid of a catchy chorus, with the talkalong ramblings that are simultaneously hedonistic and sad. It actually kinda reminds me of "Most Likely You'll Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine," but I digress... So, any bands like The Hold Steady, or did they get their rave reviews because they're doing something wholly unique?
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Diligent Deadite posted:'Desert Noir' quote:We're all waiting for the end
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U.S. MAPLESTORY posted:The first couple Lanterna records (the ones from the mid-90s on Parasol and Rykodisc, iirc) would probably be right up your alley, but I can't find any clips of 'em online :/ Keep an eye out though!! They perfectly match what you're describing!! This is a great recommendation, definitely hits that moody desert vibe. Other things you should check out with a similar vibe: Daniel Lanois - Belladonna Labradford - Mi Media Naranja Bruce Kaphan - Slider
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Black Griffon posted:I just heard Bedouin Love Song by David Broza on SkyFM, and it's one of the coolest songs I've heard in a while, and I would love to hear more like it. So I guess I'm looking for high-energy music with a middle eastern hebew/arabic sound. Banco De Gaia, DJ Cheb i Sabbah, Afro Celt Sound System, Thievery Corporation
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SylvainMustach posted:And on another note, I've had a particularly hard time finding anything truly similar to Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. Well, Carla Bley composed a lot of the music they've played over the years, so you might check out some of her stuff. She did a collaboration with Gary Burton (vibraphonist) called A Genuine Tong Funeral that I think is excellent. She has composed a lot of music throughout the years, and I think the LMO and this are my two favorite places to go for her. Also maybe Escalator Over The Hill, which was her first major work. If you dig the experimental large jazz ensemble, try the Jazz Composers' Orchestra or the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Both were formed in the late 60s around the time that Haden and Bley got the LMO together. Diligent Deadite posted:I'm hoping someone can recommend me some more bands with a 'Desert Noir' kind of sound. What I'm looking for is alternative rock/country with cinematic sensibilities. Think Ennio Morricone or Robert Rodriguez. The following bands do what I'm looking for really well: Calexico and Firewater While they dabble in music from tons of other areas, I would say DeVotchKa could be a band you'd like. See if "The Enemy Guns" does anything for you, then jump headfirst into their albums. (that video has nothing to do with the song, it's just the first studio version I found on youtube) scumble fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Feb 2, 2009 |
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Looking for any bands in the vein of In the Woods... Or really any good American black metal that's different, or similar to Wolves in the Throne Room. Also, any Kraut Rock that isnt Neu!, Faust, Can, Kraftwerk, Amon Duul II, Harmonia, Ash Ra Tempel. And quality postpunk (I like Joy Division, Killing Joke, Magazine, PiL, Birthday Party, TG, etc etc), and bands that are like Flipper???? Not necessarily in sound, but aesthetic.
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dgt posted:Also, any Kraut Rock that isnt Neu!, Faust, Can, Kraftwerk, Amon Duul II, Harmonia, Ash Ra Tempel. If you're into the more ambient, electronic style of krautrock check out Tangerine Dream, Popol Vuh and Cluster, or pretty much anything Klaus Schulze was involved in. As far as more prog rock type bands, Cosmic Jokers, Triumvirat, Grobschnitt, Agitation Free and Eloy are good.
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