Music recommendations?

TackleBox · 03-19-2008, 02:28 PM

I was looking through my musical library and I feel like it hasn't changed much the past few years. Anybody got any suggestions for something new to try? Some of my favorite artists are Keane, System of a Down, Zeppelin, Breaking Benjamin, Death Cab, Flogging Molly, Josh Groban, and stuff like that.

I guess this is also a cheap way to meet people with different musical tastes.

Charley Phogg · 03-19-2008, 02:42 PM

Not sure what to recommend with your musical tastes. Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Caetano Veloso, and Sound Tribe have been some favorites lately.

grieves · 03-19-2008, 02:51 PM

Blind Melon
Against Me
Akron/Family
Albert Hammond Jr
All-Time Quarterback
American Football
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead...
Animal Collective
Apples In Sterio
Archers of Loaf
Baak Gwai
Band of Horses
Beck
Bedouin Soundclash
Ben Folds
Ben Harper
Benton Falls
Beta Band
Black Keys
Bloc Party
Breeders
Brian Jonestown Masacre
Broken Social Scene
Built to Spill
Cake
Califone
Cat Power
Chromeo
Citiizen Cope
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
The Clash
Cold War Kids

That should keep you busy for awhile...

burnt_hiphophead · 03-19-2008, 06:56 PM

Pandora Radio - Listen to Free Internet Radio, Find New Music

You can put in an artist/song/genre that you like and it will play you other songs based off of that. Only works if you're in the U.S. now, though (such bullshit)

№1 · 03-19-2008, 07:18 PM

Pandora is cool but if you have a really weird taste, like I do, then it can start to repeat shit.

CAKE

Dread Zeppelin

Rusted Root

The Polyphonic Spree

Lord Sitar

Sometimes I just turn on WinAmp radio and click random links, hour or so of Tibetan chants or African bush music, whatever I zone out while I'm here.

AK+ · 03-19-2008, 07:23 PM

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Cat Power

i agree.

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Cat Power - Moon Pix

TackleBox · 03-19-2008, 10:02 PM

Thanks for the Pandora tip. I posted earlier in hopes I can spew out a few random artists I like and somehow get different artists spewed back that I also like. This does it automatically! Awesome.

Paranoid Android · 03-19-2008, 11:17 PM

Radiohead, Muse, Nine Inch Nails & Matthew Good.

highanddry · 03-20-2008, 04:52 PM

You might like ..

Spoon,
Sparklehorse
Radiohead
Muse
Phantom Planet
John Lennon

stoner_logic · 03-20-2008, 04:55 PM

go buy London Calling by the Clash. then eventually youll get to Bach and Handel etc.

thelaethe420 · 03-20-2008, 09:08 PM

i dont even know where to start

slightly stoopid
steel pulse
john browns body
rebelution
the roots
ziggy marley
bob marley
damian marley
tribal seeds
Solders of jah army
midnight
half pint
peter tosh
the expendabes
pepper
groundation
Gregory Isaacs

NorcalCarl · 03-21-2008, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mя. Gяiєvєs

Blind Melon
Against Me
Akron/Family
Albert Hammond Jr
All-Time Quarterback
American Football
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead...
Animal Collective
Apples In Sterio
Archers of Loaf
Baak Gwai
Band of Horses
Beck
Bedouin Soundclash
Ben Folds
Ben Harper
Benton Falls
Beta Band
Black Keys
Bloc Party
Breeders
Brian Jonestown Masacre
Broken Social Scene
Built to Spill
Cake
Califone
Cat Power
Chromeo
Citiizen Cope
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
The Clash
Cold War Kids

That should keep you busy for awhile...

Nice selection. I listen to a few of those bands and really like them. I even checked out a few others from that list like 2 or 3 but so far no winners. Are any of those bands similar to Chromeo?

Business Cat · 03-25-2008, 11:12 PM

Slint

herbinator45 · 03-25-2008, 11:23 PM

some east coast indie rock like North of America, State Champs, The Inbreds, and Sloan are all pretty dope.
as far as classic reggae, i'm more of a toots and the maytals and barrington levy man. if you want to check out some of zeppelin's and the beatles influences, check out some bo diddley and huey 'piano' smith.
El Paso, At the Drive-In and the mars volta are all pretty much the same parts and all pretty dope. atdi especially; the volta had one of my favourite records haver [de-loused] but their other work has been pretty hit and miss to me. atdi's always been a favourite though.
i grew up listening more so to non-gangster hip-hop like Arrested Development, the prince and jazzy jeff, the pharcyde, kurious, d.dumile [doom, zev luv x, viktor vaughn, etc], and my all time favourite Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf.

Jerbear · 03-25-2008, 11:50 PM

Ween
Radiohead
Incubus
The Black Keys
The White Stripes

**Captain Cannabis** · 03-26-2008, 03:03 AM

i would say explore the roots music. go back before rock and explore blues. delta blues, country blues, whatever. it is the music that inspired the musicians of the 60s. if you like that you will at least find it interesting.

Blues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i also like ska and reggae. weird folk music is pretty cool too. african guitar summit rules. ali farke toure, pa joe, alpha yaya diallo, madagascar slim, kofi ackah, adam solomon, donne roberts, might popo and ry cooder are all worth checking out.

try expanding your collection globally. get some stuff from africa, australia, india, etc and give it a fair shot. theres good music coming from everywhere if you look for it. also going to shows and supporting local bands is cool. live music pretty much blows away any recording

grieves · 03-26-2008, 03:13 AM

Cornershop
Counting Crows
Cream
Credence Clearwater Revival
Damian Marley
Dandy Warhols
Dave Matthews
David Bowie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death From Above 1979
The Decemberists
Deep Purple
Deefhoof
Dinosaur Jr.
Dismemberment Plan
Dispatch
Donnas
Doors
Doug Martch
Drive-By Truckers
Dropkick Murphys
The Eagles
Eagles of Death Metal
Easy Star All-Stars
El Guincho
Elliott Smith
ELO
Emerson, Lake, Palmer
Eric Clapton
Eric Johnson
Everclear
Everlast
Exies
Feist
Figurines
Flaming Lips
Fleetwood Mac
Flogging Molly
Foghat
Foo Fighters
Foreigner
Frank Black
Franz Ferdinand
The Fratellis
Fugazi

**Captain Cannabis** · 03-26-2008, 03:15 AM

its cool to me that some local bands get props from people who live far away

Being · 03-26-2008, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Cannabis

i would say explore the roots music. go back before rock and explore blues. delta blues, country blues, whatever. it is the music that inspired the musicians of the 60s. if you like that you will at least find it interesting.

Blues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

good fucking idea. once i started doing this, i just found all new kinds of music that i like.

i love how radiohead has been mentioned so many times.

radiohead
white stripes
shins
kings of leon (first cd is my fav)
squarepusher
funkadhelic
ween
weezer
phish
bill monroe (srsly, his greates hits cd is one of my fav cds period)
tool
andy guthrie
modest mouse
raconteurs (first cd was decent)

just a few

TackleBox · 03-27-2008, 08:46 PM

Thanks for the suggestions, everybody. I've tried out some of what's been posted, and I'm finding some good stuff.

It's going to take a while to go through everything I want to try, but good music is always worth the effort to find.

03-19-2008, 02:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
TackleBox YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 13 Thanks: 8 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Music recommendations? I was looking through my musical library and I feel like it hasn't changed much the past few years. Anybody got any suggestions for something new to try? Some of my favorite artists are Keane, System of a Down, Zeppelin, Breaking Benjamin, Death Cab, Flogging Molly, Josh Groban, and stuff like that. I guess this is also a cheap way to meet people with different musical tastes.

03-19-2008, 02:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Charley Phogg A Devious Degenerate Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 463 Thanks: 21 Thanked 22 Times in 19 Posts	Not sure what to recommend with your musical tastes. Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Caetano Veloso, and Sound Tribe have been some favorites lately. __________________ Too drunk to light the bong, to stoned to write this song.

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grieves Hittin' That What Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Terra Sancta Posts: 7,882 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 420 Thanked 219 Times in 105 Posts	Blind Melon Against Me Akron/Family Albert Hammond Jr All-Time Quarterback American Football And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead... Animal Collective Apples In Sterio Archers of Loaf Baak Gwai Band of Horses Beck Bedouin Soundclash Ben Folds Ben Harper Benton Falls Beta Band Black Keys Bloc Party Breeders Brian Jonestown Masacre Broken Social Scene Built to Spill Cake Califone Cat Power Chromeo Citiizen Cope Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! The Clash Cold War Kids That should keep you busy for awhile... __________________ One half of all the two leggeds on the scene are too timid to dream Cos failure is far too depressing it would seem So they take whats given Thats your decison, I just don't consider that living If I'm to die whether or not I try I might as well let the dice fly

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burnt_hiphophead Yahoooooooooooooooooookan Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 618 Thanks: 32 Thanked 26 Times in 20 Posts	Pandora Radio - Listen to Free Internet Radio, Find New Music You can put in an artist/song/genre that you like and it will play you other songs based off of that. Only works if you're in the U.S. now, though (such bullshit) __________________ Wildcard, bitches! - Charlie Kelly

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№1 Banzai Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 8th dimension Posts: 8,911 Thanks: 32 Thanked 108 Times in 78 Posts	Pandora is cool but if you have a really weird taste, like I do, then it can start to repeat shit. CAKE Dread Zeppelin Rusted Root The Polyphonic Spree Lord Sitar Sometimes I just turn on WinAmp radio and click random links, hour or so of Tibetan chants or African bush music, whatever I zone out while I'm here. __________________ "History is'a made at night! Character is what you are in the dark!" John Whorfin --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Planet Ten

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TackleBox YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 13 Thanks: 8 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the Pandora tip. I posted earlier in hopes I can spew out a few random artists I like and somehow get different artists spewed back that I also like. This does it automatically! Awesome.

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thelaethe420 YaHookan Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i dont even know where to start slightly stoopid steel pulse john browns body rebelution the roots ziggy marley bob marley damian marley tribal seeds Solders of jah army midnight half pint peter tosh the expendabes pepper groundation Gregory Isaacs __________________

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Captain Cannabis i hate emus Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: oslo Posts: 10,507 Thanks: 362 Thanked 276 Times in 194 Posts	i would say explore the roots music. go back before rock and explore blues. delta blues, country blues, whatever. it is the music that inspired the musicians of the 60s. if you like that you will at least find it interesting. Blues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia i also like ska and reggae. weird folk music is pretty cool too. african guitar summit rules. ali farke toure, pa joe, alpha yaya diallo, madagascar slim, kofi ackah, adam solomon, donne roberts, might popo and ry cooder are all worth checking out. try expanding your collection globally. get some stuff from africa, australia, india, etc and give it a fair shot. theres good music coming from everywhere if you look for it. also going to shows and supporting local bands is cool. live music pretty much blows away any recording __________________ fuck the monkeys

03-26-2008, 03:13 AM	#17 (permalink)
grieves Hittin' That What Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Terra Sancta Posts: 7,882 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 420 Thanked 219 Times in 105 Posts	Cornershop Counting Crows Cream Credence Clearwater Revival Damian Marley Dandy Warhols Dave Matthews David Bowie Death Cab for Cutie Death From Above 1979 The Decemberists Deep Purple Deefhoof Dinosaur Jr. Dismemberment Plan Dispatch Donnas Doors Doug Martch Drive-By Truckers Dropkick Murphys The Eagles Eagles of Death Metal Easy Star All-Stars El Guincho Elliott Smith ELO Emerson, Lake, Palmer Eric Clapton Eric Johnson Everclear Everlast Exies Feist Figurines Flaming Lips Fleetwood Mac Flogging Molly Foghat Foo Fighters Foreigner Frank Black Franz Ferdinand The Fratellis Fugazi __________________ One half of all the two leggeds on the scene are too timid to dream Cos failure is far too depressing it would seem So they take whats given Thats your decison, I just don't consider that living If I'm to die whether or not I try I might as well let the dice fly

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Captain Cannabis i hate emus Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: oslo Posts: 10,507 Thanks: 362 Thanked 276 Times in 194 Posts	its cool to me that some local bands get props from people who live far away __________________ fuck the monkeys

03-27-2008, 08:46 PM	#20 (permalink)
TackleBox YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 13 Thanks: 8 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the suggestions, everybody. I've tried out some of what's been posted, and I'm finding some good stuff. It's going to take a while to go through everything I want to try, but good music is always worth the effort to find.