[Moved to AO]: Looking for new music.
Lately I am finding myself not too interested with music that is being played on the radio. I am in the mood for music that can't be heard on the radio or mtv. Any suggestions? For example: Yesterday I found a Jazz band named Bad Plus. These guys are great but I've never heard them on any of my local stations. Another band I found by browsing the CD collection at Borders is Apples in Stereo.
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<strong>What are some bands that you really like?, push us in a dirrection. . .</strong><hr></blockquote>
I want to expand my music listening horizon. What do you listen to?
EDIT: Btw, my music is HIGH quality - encoded with LAME at 224 kbps . Sure, it's bigger, but it makes a difference if you're listening to songs on headphones.
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1 | A Quiet Revolution
6 | Adorable
7 | Afghan Whigs
40 | Air
43 | Airport
48 | Alfie
50 | Alison Krauss & Union Station
51 | Alpinestars
57 | And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
62 | Andy Votel
65 | Avalanches
74 | Badly Drawn Boy
131 | Badly Drawn Boy & Andy Votel
132 | Barber
133 | Beach Boys
231 | Beatles
252 | Beck
253 | Bernard Butler
277 | Beta Band
288 | Black Box Recorder
294 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
299 | Blondie
300 | Blur
338 | BMX Bandits
339 | Bob Dylan
363 | Boo Radleys
364 | Box Tops
365 | Brian Eno
366 | Bruce Springsteen
367 | Byrds
377 | Captain Soul
378 | Charlatans
397 | Chemical Brothers
418 | Cherrystones
419 | Clash
433 | Clientele
437 | Clint Mansell (Featuring Kronos Quartet)
438 | Coldplay
459 | Cosmic Rough Riders
460 | Dave Tyack's Dakota Oak
462 | David Bowie
466 | David Holmes
471 | Death In Vegas
490 | Digital Droo featuring Steve Ballmer
491 | DJ Food
492 | DJ Shadow
505 | DOT
508 | Doves
537 | Edward Ball
538 | Electronic
557 | Elton John
562 | Embrace
569 | Euphoria
570 | Felt
573 | Flaming Lips
599 | Folk Implosion
610 | Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
612 | Gustavo Santaolalla
613 | House of Love
644 | Hurricane #1
645 | Ian Brown
657 | Iggy Pop
658 | Interpol
669 | Jesus & Mary Chain
694 | John Squire
704 | Joy Division
713 | Keren Ann
737 | King Biscuit Time
739 | Kubelik/Bavarian Radio Symphony
740 | La's
741 | Leftfield
742 | Lemon Jelly
743 | Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke
744 | Lo-Fidelity Allstars
745 | Lou Reed
746 | Love
747 | Madonna
751 | The Magnetic Fields
752 | Manic Street Preachers
786 | Mansun
868 | Marvin Gaye
877 | Massive Attack
913 | Mellow
914 | Mercury Rev
932 | Michael Head
943 | Misty Dixon
944 | Moloko
945 | Mum&Dad
946 | My Bloody Valentine
947 | Neil Young
954 | New Order
1000 | New Radicals
1001 | Nightmares On Wax
1002 | Oasis
1047 | Orb
1049 | Pastels
1050 | Patti Smith
1056 | Paul McCartney
1062 | Paul Oakenfold
1063 | Paul Weller
1101 | Phosphorous
1102 | Pimsleur
1103 | Police
1110 | Ponga
1111 | Portishead
1113 | Primal Scream
1198 | Primal Scream, Irvine Welsh, and On-U Sound
1200 | Prince And The Revolution
1202 | Pulp
1214 | R.E.M.
1275 | Radiohead
1334 | Red Hot Chili Peppers
1335 | Richard Ashcroft
1362 | Ride
1374 | Rutles
1394 | Saint Etienne
1401 | Shack
1428 | Sirconical
1430 | Sleeper
1431 | Slowdive
1432 | Smiths
1434 | Sparklehorse
1439 | Spiritualized
1493 | Stephen Malkmus
1498 | Stone Roses
1533 | The Streets
1537 | Suede
1583 | Super Furry Animals
1593 | Supreme Vagabond Craftsman
1594 | Teenage Fanclub
1596 | Twilight Singers
1612 | U2
1691 | Uncle Tupelo
1702 | Underworld
1704 | UNKLE
1720 | Velvet Crush
1721 | Velvet Underground
1728 | Verve
1762 | Weather Prophets
1763 | Who
1764 | Wilco
1795 | Wilco & Billy Bragg
1806 | William Orbit
1807 | Wings
EDIT: Geez, cmon, I know "their" should be spelled "there." ARGH
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<strong>Afghan Whigs (one of my faves). If you want I could set up a Direct Connect hub for you sometime and you could "borrow" them.
EDIT: Btw, my music is HIGH quality - encoded with LAME at 224 kbps . Sure, it's bigger, but it makes a difference if you're listening to songs on headphones.
[ 02-22-2003: Message edited by: Bioflavonoid ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
I also am interested in expanding my musical tastes. Not sure what a Direct Connect hub is but would love to hear some of your music.
The Sim Redmond Band (local group). . . folkish/zimbabweish
Bright Eyes. . . very good, weird, not on radio
Belle and Sebastian. . . indie rock kinda
10,000 Maniacs. . . college student band, folk
Beck. . . depends on album
Desaparecidos. . . punk
Ben Folds Five. . . piano rock
Cursive. . . alt rock
Pulp. . . not so sure
Sigur Ros. . .cool icelandic band
Radiohead. . . rock
Semisonic. . . alt rock
And of course hungarian punk rock: Alvin es a Mokusok
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I also am interested in expanding my musical tastes. Not sure what a Direct Connect hub is but would love to hear some of your music.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Actually, Direct Connect is a little weird, I'm not completely sure how to use it, so how about using Limewire? <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=10275&db=mac" target="_blank">http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=10275&db=mac</a> Sure, it's not the best, but it'll get the job done. I'll put all of my music up and you can download whatever you please. I'll post my username sometime this week.
If I were to buy some albums (if I didn't already own them) I'd get 1965 and Black Love by The Afghan Whigs. I promise you excellent music beyond any of the bands you hear on the radio - and that's the honest truth ( I couldn't tell you how much I love this band). If you like that, I have more suggestions. But, for now, spare a few bucks and buy these EXCELLENT albums - they are among my all-time favorite albums.
LINKS: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000DFRU/qid=1046063970/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/102-9925827-6844124" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000DFRU/qid=1046063970/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/102-9925827-6844124</a>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002HLG/qid=1046063970/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/102-9925827-6844124" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002HLG/qid=1046063970/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/102-9925827-6844124</a>
<a href="http://www.ramzet.com" target="_blank">Ram-Zet</a> - Incredibly original, psycho, and beautiful metal. I cannot get enough of these guys and girls. They have harsh male vocals, clean female vocals, violins, piano, heavy drums, and some sweet guitar riffs.
<a href="http://www.sentenced.org" target="_blank">Sentenced</a> - Finnish somewhat melodic depressive metal band. All of their albums after Amok tend to be about the dark and depressing side of life.
<a href="http://www.LacunaCoil.it" target="_blank">Lacuna Coil</a> - Italian goth-metal band with female and male vocals. This band can do no wrong.
<a href="http://www.winds.nu/" target="_blank">Winds</a> - A jaw dropping Norwegian neo-classical, progressive metal band. Beautiful, heavy, impressive. Gotta love the tasteful strings useage.
<a href="http://www.mydyingbride.org/" target="_blank">My Dying Bride</a> - One of the best and most well known doom metal bands. While they no longer have their trademarked violin, the band continues to amaze me. Emotional is the key word here.
<a href="http://www.archenemy.net/" target="_blank">Arch Enemy</a> - Yes folks, women can indeed do death metal voices just as well, if not better than the men. Check this out: <a href="http://www.centurymedia.de/century/media/videos/ravenous_high.wmv" target="_blank">http://www.centurymedia.de/century/media/videos/ravenous_high.wmv</a>
<a href="http://www.novembre.nu/" target="_blank">Novembre</a> <a href="http://www.rapture.tk/" target="_blank">Rapture</a> <a href="http://www.katatonia.com/" target="_blank">Katatonia</a> <a href="http://www.nevermore.tv/" target="_blank">Nevermore</a>
Ehh, enjoy.
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Go to their dj's favorites lists.
Enjoy.
Seriously, check it out.
<strong>Go to college radio websites.
Go to their dj's favorites lists.
Enjoy.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I would agree here. I haven't listened to commercial radio in 15 years.
You get a wide variety of musical genres on college radio. And hardly any advertising. Some colleges offer streaming radio.
I listen to <a href="http://www.wprb.com/" target="_blank">WPRB FM</a> online sometimes.
Rap/Hip-Hop:
Jurassic 5
Talib Kweli (dopest MC out there right now)
Mos Def
Beatnuts
Dilated Peoples
Dead Prez
Deltron
Common
Cocoa Brovaz
Chino XL
Canibus
Xzibit
Redman
Method Man
Wu Tang
Eric B & Rakim
Blackalicious
Gangstarr
Black Eyed Peas
Kardinal Offishall
Tahir
Mystic
2Pac
The Roots
Pharcyde
Aesop Rock
Latryx
KRS One
Outkast
Bone Thugs N Harmony (216!!!!)
Swollen Members
ATCQ
Pharoahe Monch
R&B:
Boys II Men
Joe
Brian McKnight
Musiq
Jon B
Case
Jagged Edge
Monica
112
Ginuwine
R Kelly
Carl Thomas
Craig David
Tyrese
Usher
Aaliyah
Pop/Other:
Michelle Branch
Vanessa Carlton
Mariah Carey
Louie Devito
Amanda Perez
Alicia Keys
Christina Aguilera
Phil Collins
Im sure I forgot some
my ichat/aim id is [email protected]
<strong>Lately I am finding myself not too interested with music that is being played on the radio. I am in the mood for music that can't be heard on the radio or mtv. Any suggestions? For example: Yesterday I found a Jazz band named Bad Plus. These guys are great but I've never heard them on any of my local stations. Another band I found by browsing the CD collection at Borders is Apples in Stereo.</strong><hr></blockquote>
If you like Apples in Stereo try listening to The Flaming Lips, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Choral, Guided by Voices, Wilco, Sonic Youth, The Shins, and Cake.
Also listen to WOXY a radio station out of Ohio for great alternative rock. They have a stream under the Alt/Modern Rock section of iTunes radio.
-The Dandy Warhols (Alternative rock, sort of)
-Ween (rock...ish?)
-Catch 22 (punk/ska)
-Reel Big Fish (Ska)
-Alien Fashion Show (Neo swing)
-Bush (rock)
-Moby (techno, sort of)
-The Pettit Project (alt. rock, sort of like Weezer from what I've heard)
-The Glenn Miller Band (Old time swing)
-Dave Matthews Band (mellow rock)
-The Rent Soundtrack (a nice medly of different styles. I'm compelled to reccommend this one... being that I am a rent-head after all )
-John Meyer (mellow rock)
-Heavy Vegetable (alt. rock)
-Saves the Day (alt. rock)
-Erykah Badu (mellow R&B)
-Silverchair (Austrailan grunge rock)
Unfortunately, I don't know the artists of some of my favorite music, so I can't reccommend it. It's all on a mix cd for the soundtrack of a recent play I was working on. If I can come up with any more names, I'll post them