NationStates Jolt Archive

As some of you may know, I'm a HUGE music fan. I have a grand total of 400GB of hard drive space, and about 90% of that is music. I have literally months of music stored here, and I like pretty much all of it.

Naturally, I like some more than others, and my tastes do vary over time. Right now, I'm obsessing over Billy Talent, an alternative post-punk band from Canada. Rufio is hot too, but I can't find any torrents. :(

Every few months, I go on a downloading spree where I download about 5GB of new music, and I seek suggestions from anywhere I can for new and interesting sounds. So, list some of your favourite bands/albums, so I can steal them to add to my collection.

Some of mine: (bolded = extra hot)

12 Stones, 30 Seconds to Mars, 311, AFI, Air, Aphex Twin, Alanis Morrisette, Arctic Monkeys, Basement Jaxx, Beethoven, Billy Talent, Bjork, Bloc Party, Blondie, Boards of Canada, Bodyrockers, Cake, cKY, Coldplay, Collective Soul, Daft Punk, Dashboard Confessional, David Bowie, Diamond Nights, Disturbed, Death Cab for Cutie, Echo and the Bunnymen, Editors, Electric Six, Faithless, Fall Out Boy, Fiona Apple, Funeral for a Friend, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Green Day, Green Jelly, Interpol, INXS, James Blunt, Jamaroquai, KT Tunstall, Keane, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, Kanye West, Ladytron, LLC Soundsystem, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Motion City Soundtrack, Maroon 5, Missy Elliot, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Muddy Waters, My Chemical Romance, Mylo, Marylin Manson, Maximo Park, NERD, Nerf Herder, Nickleback, Nirvana, NIN, OAR, Queen, Razorlight, REM, Rob Zombie, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstien. Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Ricky Martin, Radohead, Savage Garden, Scissor Sistors, Sevendust, Shinedown, Silverstien, Simple Plan, Snow Patrol, Staind, Sunn O))), Switchfoot, System of a Down, Tatu, Tchaikovsky, Tenacious D, The Beatles, The Bravery, The Clash, The Dandy Warhols, The Killers, The Libertines, The Magic Numbers, The Offspring, The Postal Service, The Pussycat Dolls, The Shins, The Smiths, The Smashing Pumpkins, The White Stripes, The Strokes, Theory of a Deadman, Trapt, Weezer, We are Scientists, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Placebo.

I currently have 31 albums downloading.

EDIT: I am not picky. I will listen to anything, in any genre bar "happy hardcore." Also, I won't make fun of your choice in music. Though I fully expect this thread to devolve into another fight over whose taste in music is "better", I'd love it if you'd all refrain from doing so and simply appreciate music as is.

you're getting deathcab but not postal service?

Well, if you are down for just crazy-ass instrumentals, I would reccomend Indian Classical, like, say, anything by Ravi Shankar. Maybe some Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath...or for real insane old school folk/jazz you might try some Django Reinhardt...Also, I would reccomend Phish.

you're getting deathcab but not postal service?

Eh, I only bolded those that appeal to me at this moment. I've not listened to The Postal Service for a few months so *shrug*. I'm a big fan of every band in that list, I'm just listening to the bolded ones more often right now.

Billy Talent, eh? They've got potential but I'm still waiting for a coherent album. Maybe "II" will show some progress. Here's hoping.

(I'm also surprised the band got play in Scotland. Last I heard they were only really big in Canada).

As far as what I like- I just direct everyone here:

www.geocities.com/corneriarocks

It's my own personal music review Site which I've been running for the past four years now. Contains more about my tastes than I can put in one post.

To the OP: might I interest you in Dala (www.dalagirls.com)? I figure you might enjoy them if you're big on Alanis Morissette.

I heard of Billy Talent from a friend from Georgia, so I assume they've had airtime in America.

Some interesting music there, but Alannis Morrisette = extra hot??? :confused:

A few bands/musicians I've been enjoying listening to this weekend: Arcade Fire, Antony & The Johnsons, Caribou, Cold Chisel, Grandaddy, Machine Translations, Sodastream & Spiderbait.

I heard of Billy Talent from a friend from Georgia, so I assume they've had airtime in America.

I believe "Try Honesty" actually made the US Rock chart, so it received *some* play, but it wasn't literally everywhere like it was in Canada.

Some interesting music there, but Alannis Morrisette = extra hot??? :confused:

A few bands/musicians I've been enjoying listening to this weekend: Arcade Fire, Antony & The Johnsons, Caribou, Cold Chisel, Grandaddy, Machine Translations, Sodastream & Spiderbait.
I broke up with a boyfriend of six months recently. Alanis makes great breakup music :D

Arcade Fire

...

I think they're just too pretentious.

Hmm... Am I right in thinking Canada is undergoing a punk revival or something? At the very least, three of the bands I've been recommended tonight have been Canadian indie/punk bands. Punk is a relatively unexplored genre for me but indie isn't, so if you know of any new punk bands I might not have heard before I'd appreciate a mention ;)

Well, I could list bands that everyone's heard of, but that's boring, and I feel like being a pretentious snob, so....some of the moderately-to-largely obscure stuff I like...

Kyuss, Monster Magnet, Fu Manchu, the Melvins, Electric Wizard, Boris, Sleep, Cathedral, Candlemass, Nebula, Clutch, AstroQueen, Down, Mudhoney, TISM, The Black Keys, The Sonics, Butthole Surfers, Corporate Avenger, Screaming Trees, Love Battery, Spiderbait, Stiff Little Fingers, Angelic Upstarts, The Partisans, Cock Sparrer, Cockney Rejects, The Dwarves, Bad Brains, Refused, The Jesus Lizard, Napalm Death, The Birthday Party, For Squirrels, 65daysofstatic, Explosions in the Sky. That'll do.

Hmm... Am I right in thinking Canada is undergoing a punk revival or something? At the very least, three of the bands I've been recommended tonight have been Canadian indie/punk bands. Punk is a relatively unexplored genre for me but indie isn't, so if you know of any new punk bands I might not have heard before I'd appreciate a mention ;)

Out of my list...

Mudhoney, Butthole Surfers, TISM, Spiderbait, Stiff Little Fingers, Angelic Upstarts, The Partisans, Cock Sparrer, Cockney Rejects, The Dwarves, Bad Brains, Refused, The Birthday Party, The Jesus Lizard

Are all varying shades of "punk" to some degree. The Sonics are 60's proto-punk, so you might like them too.

Oh, I'd recommend Morningwood too.

EDIT: Thanks Kanabia, I have some Stiff Little Fingers, The Sonics and Butthole Surfers on the way.

EDIT2: And Spiderbait.

A few bands/musicians I've been enjoying listening to this weekend: Arcade Fire, Antony & The Johnsons, Caribou, Cold Chisel, Grandaddy, Machine Translations, Sodastream & Spiderbait.

Yay!

Seen them live before? They do a great show.

Morrison Hotel by The Doors
Abraxas by Santana
Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
Music From Big Pink by The Band
Binaural by Pearl Jam
Ten by Pearl Jam
Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix
Homogenic by Bjork
Debut by Bjork

and more...

EDIT: Thanks Kanabia, I have some Stiff Little Fingers, The Sonics and Butthole Surfers on the way.

Awesome. I'd recommend that you start with early Butthole Surfers stuff, just for the original WTF effect.

EDIT2: And Spiderbait.

Ditto, because their earlier work was their best and the most "punk". (closer to Nirvana-style grunge than punk, but eh.)

so... what's this thread about?:confused:

Pretentious music wanking. Join in, it's fun.

Envy, Saetia, Small Brown Bike, Orchid. ^.^

Pretentious music wanking. Join in, it's fun.
and so i have.:D

Hmm... Am I right in thinking Canada is undergoing a punk revival or something? At the very least, three of the bands I've been recommended tonight have been Canadian indie/punk bands. Punk is a relatively unexplored genre for me but indie isn't, so if you know of any new punk bands I might not have heard before I'd appreciate a mention ;)

That depends on what you call "punk". I won't venture a guess since the punk fans themselves can't seem to agree on it and I'd rather not get caught in that quagmire.

Certainly the case can be made for upbeat, uptempo rock or whatever else you want to call it making a bit of a resurgence in Canada: a lot of our most popular bands- Metric, Hedley, Alexisonfire, Simple Plan, Not By Choice, etc.- could fall into that category, and the indie scene is dominated by this stuff. It has, however, been going on for a while though, and some of the "newer" bands have already fallen through the cracks- Sum 41's "Chuck" or "Does This Look Infected?" didn't command the airwaves quite like "All Killer No Filler" did.

On a brighter note, "Wiseman" just hit the MuchMusic Countdown. I can't wait for the storm to form on that one...

Awesome. I'd recommend that you start with early Butthole Surfers stuff, just for the original WTF effect.



Ditto, because their earlier work was their best and the most "punk". (closer to Nirvana-style grunge than punk, but eh.)


It's all good :)

Well, I listen to mostly industrial, ebm, darkwave, that kind of stuff. Occasionally punk and some other random stuff. I don't know if that appeals to you at all, but I could recommend some of those bands...

Some ones I really like right now are The Cruxshadows, Apoptygma Berzerk (yes that is the name of my nation), VNV Nation, Seabound, Razed in Black, Depeche Mode (I'm sure you've heard of them :P ), Covenant, Combichrist, Skinny Puppy... and of course many others...

For punk and alternative, which I usually only listen to when I'm feeling angry or very political, my favorites are Anti-flag, Pennywise, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, and NOFX.

I also admittedly like Fall Out Boy... oh and The Libertines are (were) a great band. Have you heard anything by The Decembrists? Patrick Wolf (I really like that song The Libertine by him) and Blue October might also be worth trying.

:)

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

I like it, but would you put it ahead of their first album?

Well, I listen to mostly industrial, ebm, darkwave, that kind of stuff. Occasionally punk and some other random stuff. I don't know if that appeals to you at all, but I could recommend some of those bands...

Some ones I really like right now are The Cruxshadows, Apoptygma Berzerk (yes that is the name of my nation), VNV Nation, Seabound, Razed in Black, Depeche Mode (I'm sure you've heard of them :P ), Covenant, Combichrist, Skinny Puppy... and of course many others...

For punk and alternative, which I usually only listen to when I'm feeling angry or very political, my favorites are Anti-flag, Pennywise, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, and NOFX.

I also admittedly like Fall Out Boy... oh and The Libertines are (were) a great band. Have you heard anything by The Decembrists? Patrick Wolf (I really like that song The Libertine by him) and Blue October might also be worth trying.

:)

I'm seconding Skinny Puppy and Fall Out Boy. Two very interesting bands.

Well, I listen to mostly industrial, ebm, darkwave, that kind of stuff. Occasionally punk and some other random stuff. I don't know if that appeals to you at all, but I could recommend some of those bands...

Some ones I really like right now are The Cruxshadows, Apoptygma Berzerk (yes that is the name of my nation), VNV Nation, Seabound, Razed in Black, Depeche Mode (I'm sure you've heard of them :P ), Covenant, Combichrist, Skinny Puppy... and of course many others...

For punk and alternative, which I usually only listen to when I'm feeling angry or very political, my favorites are Anti-flag, Pennywise, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, and NOFX.

I also admittedly like Fall Out Boy... oh and The Libertines are (were) a great band. Have you heard anything by The Decembrists? Patrick Wolf (I really like that song The Libertine by him) and Blue October might also be worth trying.

:)
I am partial to some Industrial and Darkwave now and then, but have never really explored the genre well enough to come up with a definitive idea of what makes a good industrial band. I'll try some of your suggestions. I've probably heard some of the Decembrists since I've heard their name before...

For punk and alternative, which I usually only listen to when I'm feeling angry or very political, my favorites are Anti-flag, Pennywise, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, and NOFX.

Best punk band evar.

Best punk band evar.
I have the entire discographies of all these bands, as they're pretty much the staple punk diet. It's new and interesting punk I'm really interested in.

I think I'll call it a day at 43 albums downloading. But please, continue listing your favourite bands... I'm sure I'll download them someday.

what download engine do you use ? kazza etc.....

cause all mine are crap

I have the entire discographies of all these bands, as they're pretty much the staple punk diet. It's new and interesting punk I'm really interested in.

Oh, okay. I generally avoid new punk as so much of it is pop in disguise, and that really doesn't do it for me.

That said, Against Me! are pretty cool from what i've heard.

Hmm.. Well I like the Artic Monkeys!! I am also a fan of U2, House of Heroes... Yeaha. I like most of the stuff you've got!! :D

Oh, okay. I generally avoid new punk as so much of it is pop in disguise, and that really doesn't do it for me.

That said, Against Me! are pretty cool from what i've heard.
I have no objection to pop as long as it's done well :)

I use bittorrent, mostly.

Edit: But since discussion of music pirating is probably borderline already, I won't be elaborating on how to use it :)

Yay!

Seen them live before? They do a great show.

Yep, I've seen them live a few times. At the Big Day Out & Corner Hotel from memory. They're excellent live.

check out my top bands (and thus suggestions) here http://www.last.fm/user/PureMetal/

I've probably heard some of the Decembrists since I've heard their name before... Hm, just to make sure, you could of course always listen to a couple of their full-length songs they put up on their Myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/thedecemberists) (yes, shockingly, they actually have a Myspace page *shakes head sadly*).
Unfortunately, "The Mariner's Revenge Song" isn't on there, but if you ever have a minute of downtime between downloading stuff and need a laugh, you should at least check out the lyrics. (http://www.lyricsdomain.com/20/the_decemberists/the_mariners_revenge_song.html) You just have to love a song that starts like this:

We are two mariners
Our ship's sole survivors
In this belly of a whale
It's ribs are ceiling beams
It's guts are carpeting
I guess we have some time to kill

check out my top bands (and thus suggestions) here http://www.last.fm/user/PureMetal/
I use last.fm but I don't think it's working correctly :(

http://www.last.fm/user/illspirit/

I use last.fm but I don't think it's working correctly :(

http://www.last.fm/user/illspirit/
i notice many a good band in your list :D (surprised to see aphex twin though - cool!)

i notice many a good band in your list :D (surprised to see aphex twin though - cool!)
Oh yeah, I love early Aphex. <3 I think my last.fm plugin is borked though, it's not reporting every song I play - it says I've only played 1968 songs since May 2003... which doesn't sound right lol.

I think i've probably banned most of the bands mentioned here on my Launchcast.

And Mindset, of the bands you listed at the begining, most of them should come with a federal health warning attatched. Alanis Morrisette for christs sake.

Unfortunately i sit here with a puny 2 and a half days worth of music, including a morcheeba album i grow to loathe with a passion.

The decemberists warmed up for Death Cab at central park last year and they were... OK, nothing special.

If you havn't picked up Ida, Sondre Lerche (Who has a new album coming out this year), Placebo (who have a new album out now), MUSE (who have a new album out next month), Goldfrapp (who have a new album out... OK yes i'll stop.

Cat Power, Mandalay, Lemon Jelly, Camper Van Beethoven, To Rococo Rot, Tortoise, Phoenix, Nine Horses, or the Unicorns (RIP).

Of course it wouldnt hurt to add a little Gling Glo in there, Bjork singing incomprihensible icelandic ballroom music certainly add class, well maybe not class as such.

So, list some of your favourite bands/albums, so I can steal them to add to my collection.
I'd rather you support the artists I like buy purchasing thier album.

I think i've probably banned most of the bands mentioned here on my Launchcast.

And Mindset, of the bands you listed at the begining, most of them should come with a federal health warning attatched. Alanis Morrisette for christs sake.

Unfortunately i sit here with a puny 2 and a half days worth of music, including a morcheeba album i grow to loathe with a passion.

The decemberists warmed up for Death Cab at central park last year and they were... OK, nothing special.

If you havn't picked up Ida, Sondre Lerche (Who has a new album coming out this year), Placebo (who have a new album out now), MUSE (who have a new album out next month), Goldfrapp (who have a new album out... OK yes i'll stop.

Cat Power, Mandalay, Lemon Jelly, Camper Van Beethoven, To Rococo Rot, Tortoise, Phoenix, Nine Horses, or the Unicorns (RIP).

Of course it wouldnt hurt to add a little Gling Glo in there, Bjork singing incomprihensible icelandic ballroom music certainly add class, well maybe not class as such.

I love Muse. They're one of my very favorite bands.

Hm, just to make sure, you could of course always listen to a couple of their full-length songs they put up on their Myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/thedecemberists) (yes, shockingly, they actually have a Myspace page *shakes head sadly*).
Unfortunately, "The Mariner's Revenge Song" isn't on there, but if you ever have a minute of downtime between downloading stuff and need a laugh, you should at least check out the lyrics. (http://www.lyricsdomain.com/20/the_decemberists/the_mariners_revenge_song.html) You just have to love a song that starts like this:

We are two mariners
Our ship's sole survivors
In this belly of a whale
It's ribs are ceiling beams
It's guts are carpeting
I guess we have some time to kill

Mariner's Revenge is the best Decembrists song.

Modest Mouse. They're like DCFC, but louder.

I love Muse. They're one of my very favorite bands.

Yeah, mine too... I don't know how I forgot them in my original post.

As some of you may know, I'm a HUGE music fan. I have a grand total of 400GB of hard drive space, and about 90% of that is music. I have literally months of music stored here, and I like pretty much all of it.

Naturally, I like some more than others, and my tastes do vary over time. Right now, I'm obsessing over Billy Talent, an alternative post-punk band from Canada. Rufio is hot too, but I can't find any torrents. :(

Every few months, I go on a downloading spree where I download about 5GB of new music, and I seek suggestions from anywhere I can for new and interesting sounds. So, list some of your favourite bands/albums, so I can steal them to add to my collection.

Some of mine: (bolded = extra hot)

12 Stones, 30 Seconds to Mars, 311, AFI, Air, Aphex Twin, Alanis Morrisette, Arctic Monkeys, Basement Jaxx, Beethoven, Billy Talent, Bjork, Bloc Party, Blondie, Boards of Canada, Bodyrockers, Cake, cKY, Coldplay, Collective Soul, Daft Punk, Dashboard Confessional, David Bowie, Diamond Nights, Disturbed, Death Cab for Cutie, Echo and the Bunnymen, Editors, Electric Six, Faithless, Fall Out Boy, Fiona Apple, Funeral for a Friend, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Green Day, Green Jelly, Interpol, INXS, James Blunt, Jamaroquai, KT Tunstall, Keane, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, Kanye West, Ladytron, LLC Soundsystem, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Motion City Soundtrack, Maroon 5, Missy Elliot, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Muddy Waters, My Chemical Romance, Mylo, Marylin Manson, Maximo Park, NERD, Nerf Herder, Nickleback, Nirvana, NIN, OAR, Queen, Razorlight, REM, Rob Zombie, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstien. Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Ricky Martin, Radohead, Savage Garden, Scissor Sistors, Sevendust, Shinedown, Silverstien, Simple Plan, Snow Patrol, Staind, Sunn O))), Switchfoot, System of a Down, Tatu, Tchaikovsky, Tenacious D, The Beatles, The Bravery, The Clash, The Dandy Warhols, The Killers, The Libertines, The Magic Numbers, The Offspring, The Postal Service, The Pussycat Dolls, The Shins, The Smiths, The Smashing Pumpkins, The White Stripes, The Strokes, Theory of a Deadman, Trapt, Weezer, We are Scientists, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Placebo.

I currently have 31 albums downloading.

EDIT: I am not picky. I will listen to anything, in any genre bar "happy hardcore." Also, I won't make fun of your choice in music. Though I fully expect this thread to devolve into another fight over whose taste in music is "better", I'd love it if you'd all refrain from doing so and simply appreciate music as is.
i suggest damaged by black flag. also, los angeles by x. the argument by fugazi is good too. and don't forget complete discography by minor threat.

i must warn you, though, if you don't like hardcore punk, then ignore the statement made above.

System of a Down, Tatu, Tchaikovsky, Tenacious D
Seeing those names sitting together like that makes me giggle. Especially the thought of poor little Tchaikovsky sitting in the middle, clutching his Symphonies to his chest.

Anyway, I've no idea what "happy hardcore" means, and wikipedia's explanations of musical genre simply make feel tired of life. So, I'll just offer Sharron Kraus, as someone who is, assuredly, neither happy nor hardcore.

Yeah, mine too... I don't know how I forgot them in my original post.
Yeah, I kind of forgot about them too. It must be because of the fact that they're considerably not very well known, even though their music is some of the best I've heard. (Better than that Hawthornes Heights crap I can say for sure). I will now slap my self with a rubber band because of my forgetfullness!

I'm very picky about music, myself. I demand quality in my music and go mainly for classical music.

I'm very picky about music, myself. I demand quality in my music and go mainly for classical music.
I enjoy classical, most definetly. But there are definetly "modern-classical" bands out there. Like The Postal Service, or its sister band, Death Cab For Cutie.

It seems my musical tastes are once again proven to be on a different wavelength than most everyone else around. Here are some of the most recent songs on my playlist (Not necessarily the best I've ever heard, but certainly enjoyable):

Great Big Sea - Berry Picking Time - Nothing beats Eastern Canadian music
The Jungle Book - Bare Necessities - Classic
The Similou - All This Love - A fun new band from Sweden. Yay!
Praise Cats - Shined On Me - Okay, so the grammar stinks, but otherwise...
Reliant K - Be My Escape - The closest thing to punk that I enjoy
The Happenings - I Got Rhythm - There are so many versions to this song, and each one has ups and downs
Wolter Kroes - Wat Een Heerlijke Dag - My Dutch is pretty bad, but it's a fun song nonetheless
Wise Guys - Jetzt Ist Sommer and Weltmeister - These guys are awesome
Mustafa Sandal - Araba - I'm not really a car-loving person, but I gotta love this car song
Nena - Leuchtturm (Both the new and old versions) - I just love catchy tunes

I know that is ten, but if I can suggest another German band it would be PUR; and another Canadian band would be Mes Aïeux, who I saw live, their song Degeneration is super.


P.S.: Keep in mind that Ottawa just flipped from Winter to Summer, without having any Spring (Seriously, a 20-degree shift in two weeks!) so I have been pumping my veins with happy Summer music.

At the moment, I'm all about Rush.

From Rush to Feedback, it's all A+ material. And who knows? They might be making more music in the near future.

So, I'll just offer Sharron Kraus, as someone who is, assuredly, neither happy nor hardcore. So I finally listened to a couple of her songs, seeing how you keep mentioning her (and how you liked Shawn Colvin :)), and while I can't say I like her music too much, I still wanted to ask you what the other artists were you usually bring up in these threads. I know there were more, but I'm having a complete black-out on the names.

Kraus' voice was a bit too grating for my taste, though she reminded me a lot of Nanci Griffith (whose music is, of course, very different); and the music in some of the songs just about drove me crazy :p and reminded me of the little I know of Beth Orton - you listen to her, too?

But there are definetly "modern-classical" bands out there. Like The Postal Service, or its sister band, Death Cab For Cutie.

I am going to have to disagree with you there.

Mindset:

Congrats for having an open mind (and a very open hard drive) for all kinds of music. Let me eclecticize back at you!

XTC (Black Sea and other pre-1984 is punker, The Big Express and after that are more produced and melodic -- all are terrific, but avoid Go2 and White Music like the plague)
Steely Dan (1972 to 1980 and 1999-present, it's all good)
Hector Berlioz
They Might Be Giants (start with 1990's Flood and work backward for weirdness and forward for polish and orchestration)
Thomas Dolby (recommend starting at the beginning -- The Golden Age of Wireless -- and going forward as synth gives way to blend with songwriting)
Terence Trent D'Arby (recommend Introducing the Hardline and Vibrator
Super Sonic Soul Pimps (like R.H.Chili Peppers with a Seattle twinge)
The Bobs (a cappella vocals meet pop, classic rock arrangements, microphone effects and goofiness)
Moxy Fruvous (start with You Will Go To the Moon)
Monte Montgomery (country meets talent; recommend Mirror)
Us3 (the only rap group on famous jazz label Blue Note -- for a damn good reason; recommend Hand on the Torch)
Jill Sobule (all of Morrisette's anger without the angst, a sweeter voice, plus an indomitable willingness to write cleverly about Mary Kay Letrouneau, "Mary Kay"; Israeli prostitutes, "Tel Aviv"; the supposed gay Agenda, "Under the Disco Ball"; the truth about love, "Love Is Never Equal"; her deformed feet, "Big Shoes"; her religion, "Jesus Was a Dreidel Spinner"; and bosses with secret lives "Karen by Night". In case this hasn't shown it, I'm a huge fan.)

Me:total rammstein fan :P

'80s punk/hardcore bands worth checking out: Cryptic Slaughter, Government Issue (their later stuff became more melodic), the Plasmatics, Husker Du, The Replacements

'90s and Newer punk bands: The Epoxies, My Chemical Romance, Bikini Kill, the Gits, the Lunachicks

However, before you check them out, I recommend both Local H and Therapy?, two "alternative" bands.

Therapy?, two "alternative" bands.

How was "Never Apologise Never Explain"? I heard "High Anxiety" and wasn't too big on that one.

How was "Never Apologise Never Explain"? I heard "High Anxiety" and wasn't too big on that one.

It's been downhill all the way since their first 7".

It's been downhill all the way since their first 7".

There was "Screamager" though. I haven't heard it, but it was their biggest hit.

Hmm.... Just listing from the top of my head.

Bad Religion, Anti Flag, Dead Kennedys (when my head is feeling well enough that I don't risk an awful headache from listening to the), NoFX, The Minutemen, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Protest the Hero, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Sham 69, Stiff Little Fingers, Flogging Molly, Rise Against (the only Emo band you'll ever catch me listening to), Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma, Agnostic Front, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish (I like Sellout and some of their stuff... Other parts of it suck), Against Me!, and Operation Ivy on the punk front (and I'm always looking for some good real punk, since it's so lacking these days).

Lately I've picked up some Power Metal as well:

Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Nightwish, Dragonforce, Rhapsody, and Elvenking so far.

mindset,
very almost same taste in music as me u have

try silverchair - early stuff probably, but the latest, diorama, was good too
faker
end of fashion
the strokes
the cribs
wolfmother

New bands that have recently put the hook in me are She wants Revenge (self titled album) and Metric (self titled album).

the go! team, the futureheads, alpha blondy, aphex twin, aphrodite, audio bullies, the beta band, bad company, ram (label), blondie, british sea power, david bowie, dj dangermouse, high contrast, pendulum, concorde dawn, eastern lane, goldfrapp, ladytron, the eels, four tet, fat possum records (label), gang of four, gorillaz, ikara colt, hendrix, kate bush, le tigre, leftfield, m.i.a., mars volta, mercury rev, mogwai, mylo, amplifier, arctic monkeys, autolux, burningpilot, deerhoof, dresden dolls, explosions in the sky, joanna newsom, kano, organ - sinking hearts, the rakes, the kills, pink floyd, pixies, portishead, prodigy, queens, queens of the stone age, r.a.t.m., shimon & andy c., shy fx & t power, sigur ros, skinny man, supergrass, the avalanches, the bees, the cardigans, the clash, the chemical brothers, the coral, the delgadoes, the fall, the stone roses, the streets, the vines, the who, u.n.p.o.c., the kinks, underworld, the klf, asian dub foundation, john lee hooker, johnny cash, sonic youth, the buzzcocks, domino records (label).

well theres my list of favourites copied off my facebook entry. its by no means complete cuz theres loads of stuff i like but dont have and it was just me picking my absolute favourites off my HD player.

edit: just reading through the list, some of them are record labels i particularly like rather than bands. have noted these.

Getcherself some Tragically Hip, Barstool Prophets, Sloan, Tea Party, Midnight Oil, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and of course, Electric Light Orchestra.

Millencolin (swedish punk), Lagwagon (socal punk), Brad Strut (aussy hiphop).

I recommend Mike Oldfield to everyone here. Preferably the original Tubular Bells, but the 2003 version is good too.

I recommend Mike Oldfield to everyone here. Preferably the original Tubular Bells, but the 2003 version is good too.

'Bout that- try to get the Canadian version, which is clean (my best bet would be Amazon.ca). The international version is Copy-Controlled.

How was "Never Apologise Never Explain"? I heard "High Anxiety" and wasn't too big on that one.I don't know, it wasn't released here. :(

'Bout that- try to get the Canadian version, which is clean (my best bet would be Amazon.ca). The international version is Copy-Controlled.

Really? I have it on mp3 but not CD... it must not be the international version, then.

Are you a Tubular Bells fan?

Gorillaz OWN ALL
theve got realy catchy rythems with a bita rap and soul :D
and ever so AWESOMLY COOL music vidios that prtrait a world of madness and how peaple deal in this paralell universe that could so easily be our own...

ROCK ON!!!

So I finally listened to a couple of her songs, seeing how you keep mentioning her (and how you liked Shawn Colvin :)), and while I can't say I like her music too much, I still wanted to ask you what the other artists were you usually bring up in these threads. I know there were more, but I'm having a complete black-out on the names.
People I've mentioned before, I suppose that would be:

Loreena McKennitt (celtic/folk influences, with lyrics that often either reference or rip-off the Romantic poets and Shakespeare, and then they threw in a harp playing Canadian for bonus points; get one of the albums after her first though, as they're more polished)
Fiona Joyce (originally dark folkish, but she's supposed to be "evolving" these days. Into a butterfly, I guess.)
Mia Doi Todd (especially, Come Out Of Your Mine, and even more especially "Jackals")
Rammstein (is there anything I can say that hasn't already been said?)
Rene Gruss (he does purely instrumental peices, heavy on the piano and guitar)
and Hector Berlioz for Romantic era orchestral(the Symphonie Fantastique was the groundbreaking musical perversion of its time, the Dies Irae near the end of Part V still gives me chills).
After that, a fun little musical trick I discovered to make anyone an atheist.
Listen to Electric Hellfire Club and Marilyn Manson (they say there is no God), then listen to "Pat Boone Does Metal" (he proves there is no God), and then listen to some Christian Death Metal, (they reveal that God's followers are huge dorks).
Kraus' voice was a bit too grating for my taste, though she reminded me a lot of Nanci Griffith (whose music is, of course, very different); and the music in some of the songs just about drove me crazy :p and reminded me of the little I know of Beth Orton - you listen to her, too?
Yeah, I get that from a lot of the people I recomend her to, and the music/voice can get be too much at times ("The Song of the Hanged Man", for instance, but I can't help but love the carny feel). The lyrics are the main draw, though.

What has hit my playlist lately:

Tom Waits, BRMC, Uncle Tupelo, Jens Lekman, The Walkmen, Built to Spill, Iron and Wine, The Stooges, Clinic, Clearlake, Wilco, Talib Kweli, White Stripes, Van Morrison, Spoon, The Strokes, Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rogue Wave, Outkast, My Morning Jacket, Method Man/Redman, Destroyer, Low, The Kinks, The Hold Steady, GYBE, Explosions in the Sky, Decemberists, David Bowie, Interpol, Johnny Cash, The Constantines, Neko Case

*snip*
Thanks! I'll check them out. I'll skip Rammstein (my dislike for them knows no bounds) and that "fun little musical trick", though. :p
Now that Rene Gruss, on the other hand, sounds really interesting.

I'm all about Coheed and Cambria right now, and couldn't possibly pitch them enough.

Really? I have it on mp3 but not CD... it must not be the international version, then.

Are you a Tubular Bells fan?

I've never actually heard it...I should, apparently it's really amazing stuff. I'm just big on the Copy Control stuff- that's how I know that the Canadian version is clean.

Try the relatively untapped world of Russian music; some of it really is quite good.

Zveri, in particular, are quality; Splin, Tanci Minus and Zemfira are worth a listen too.

I don't know, it wasn't released here. :(

I've heard it was better...hmmmnnn, if it was never released in the US, maybe it wasn't released up here either. Does the new album have a North American release date yet?

(In other good news- Lacuna Coil tommorow! :D)

Theyre the only band i can think of thts good tht i dont reckon anyone else is likely to mention or have mentioned already. Also, "built to spill", sound amazing from what ive herd on pandora (www.pandora.com) but havent actually got any of their albums yet as the one i want doesnt seem to be available within the uk.

Glenn branca is another obscure one, but im only half into him.

I met sum british composer the other day whose music is so beautiful by the name of lawrence crane.

Those are the only non-obvious ppl i can think of.

oh, one more, ME (www.myspace.com/screenburn). :)

12 Stones, 30 Seconds to Mars, 311, AFI, Air, Aphex Twin, Alanis Morrisette, Arctic Monkeys, Basement Jaxx, Beethoven, Billy Talent, Bjork, Bloc Party, Blondie, Boards of Canada, Bodyrockers, Cake, cKY, Coldplay, Collective Soul, Daft Punk, Dashboard Confessional, David Bowie, Diamond Nights, Disturbed, Death Cab for Cutie, Echo and the Bunnymen, Editors, Electric Six, Faithless, Fall Out Boy, Fiona Apple, Funeral for a Friend, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Green Day, Green Jelly, Interpol, INXS, James Blunt, Jamaroquai, KT Tunstall, Keane, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, Kanye West, Ladytron, LLC Soundsystem, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Motion City Soundtrack, Maroon 5, Missy Elliot, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Muddy Waters, My Chemical Romance, Mylo, Marylin Manson, Maximo Park, NERD, Nerf Herder, Nickleback, Nirvana, NIN, OAR, Queen, Razorlight, REM, Rob Zombie, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstien. Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Ricky Martin, Radohead, Savage Garden, Scissor Sistors, Sevendust, Shinedown, Silverstien, Simple Plan, Snow Patrol, Staind, Sunn O))), Switchfoot, System of a Down, Tatu, Tchaikovsky, Tenacious D, The Beatles, The Bravery, The Clash, The Dandy Warhols, The Killers, The Libertines, The Magic Numbers, The Offspring, The Postal Service, The Pussycat Dolls, The Shins, The Smiths, The Smashing Pumpkins, The White Stripes, The Strokes, Theory of a Deadman, Trapt, Weezer, We are Scientists, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Placebo.


I like your taste in music. Some bands I've been listening to lately are Death From Above 1979, Vitalic, Dungen, (if you don't mind that it's in Swedish) and The Go! Team.

Thanks! I'll check them out. I'll skip Rammstein (my dislike for them knows no bounds) and that "fun little musical trick", though. :p
Everyone has to grit their teeth and listen to In a Metal Mood by Pat Boone at least once in their lifetime. Its one of those rites of manhood you have to pass to truly be a music nerd.
Basically, once you've managed to sit through Boone crooning the lyrics to "Crazy Train" and "Enter Sandman" without tearing your own ears off, you can survive any torture.
Now that Rene Gruss, on the other hand, sounds really interesting.
I first encountered his stuff when it was making its rounds through the Mostly Classical internet-radio thing. His works tend to be long, and so they can be either nice or boring, depending on the person listening.

Well, if you are down for just crazy-ass instrumentals, I would reccomend Indian Classical, like, say, anything by Ravi Shankar.

For Native American panflute, check out Peter Kater! Anything by Peter is worth the purchase but my personal recommendations are How The West Was Lost 1 & 2!!!

For thrash/speed/death/doom/black metal, check out these sites:
http://www.fielding46.freeserve.co.uk/index2.html
http://www.doom-metal.com/

New Age:
http://realmusic.com/

Celtic:
http://www.celticmusic.com/home.shtml

Classical:
http://classical.net/

Okay, I can only base my list off yours...I don't have time to read this whole thread. Here are some of my favorites that you haven't mentioned:

A New Found Glory
Alphaville (check out "Forever Young")
Arrested Development
Barenaked Ladies
Badly Drawn Boy
Belle and Sebastian
Ben Folds
Ben Harper
Bubba Sparxxx
Citizen Cope
Colin Hay
David Gray
Dismemberment Plan
Elbow
Erasure
Feist
Frou Frou
Funky Armenico (check out "Speedy Speedy Flow")
Guster
Imogen Heap
Jeff Buckley
Jimmy Eat World
Jump, Little Children (also known as Jump on their newest album)
Mike Doughty/Soul Coughing
Magnetic Fields
Miss Kitten (check out "Frank Sinatra" with The Hacker)
Modest Mouse
Mono (check out "Life in Mono", especially if you like Mylo)
Neutral Milk Hotel
Nico (check out "These Days")
Phoenix (check out "If I Ever Feel Better")
Roots Manuva (check out "Too Cold")
Sigur Ros (check out "track 4")
Teitur (check out "Josephine")
The Beta Band (check out "Dry the Rain")
The Faint
The Gufs
The Hippos
The Urge
They Might Be Giants
Weird Al Yankovic

That's not everything I have, but I don't have time to list it ALL. I hope you like some of that.

I've heard it was better...hmmmnnn, if it was never released in the US, maybe it wasn't released up here either. Does the new album have a North American release date yet?Not that I know of, but they are on a different label now, so there's a chance it will be released here domestically.

I could always get the import version, but what would probably happen is that 2 weeks later it will be released here domestically.

The best band ever:

http://www.nightwish.com/

They are very innovating yet sticks to the typical heavy-metal style.
I especially enjoy "Dark Chest of Wonders" from their album "Once".

Ho my, when not even Nemi from the metro can stand them... should you be touting them ? :D

Not that I know of, but they are on a different label now, so there's a chance it will be released here domestically.

I could always get the import version, but what would probably happen is that 2 weeks later it will be released here domestically.

Yeah I know...and the domestic version will be $10 cheaper too. :(

I hope it gets a domestic release- it may be an album to watch out for.

Try the relatively untapped world of Russian music; some of it really is quite good.

Yes, there's Rachmaninoff, Borodin, and Tchaikovsky, for example.;)

Not that sort.....:p

Ho my, when not even Nemi from the metro can stand them... should you be touting them ? :D
I cut that one out and stuck it on my wall :p

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