Recommend me some music.

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Recommend me some music.

Post by saysadie » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:10 am

Long story short- I've been keeping myself out of the loop [musically] on purpose for some time. It's time to rectify that.

I need the names of absolutely every worthy music act* and album within the past 2 years. And I need them yesterday. :o Thank you. :)

*Do not mention The Killers however. I can't stand them.
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Post by Brendocon » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:51 am

Grrr. Argh.

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Post by saysadie » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:59 am

Dialup. I did try to load the thing but my comp doesn't like it and I am impatient. Asides, this is specific. Means I don't have to trawl through comment after comment of irrelevancy.
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Post by IronHide » Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:04 am

Depends on what you're lookin for.

Say Anything has some good stuff. New LP isnt bad. Tim Armstrong is comin out with a new album soon. +44 is whats left of Blink 182 (sans Tom). Gym Class Heroes has grabbed my attention, worth checking out if you like a bit of the ol hip-hop. Cobra Starship is another fun band.

Lots of opportunity out there.

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Post by saysadie » Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:18 am

IronHide wrote:Depends on what you're lookin for.
pretty much anything. Except The Killers. And Country. :up:
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Post by Obfleur » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:07 am

Can you visit myspace?

Sigur Rós.
Beautiful music from Iceland. The music that's currently up on their Myspace-page was made in 2002.
I'd really recommend their latest album Takk. You can listen to some stuff from it here (hoppípolla music video). The video is super awesome.
Or listen to Untitled #4 from their album Untitled here (untitled #4 (a.k.a. njósnavélin / the nothing song)).

Albert Hammond Jr. (from The Strokes).
Brilliant!
Buy his album Yours To Keep. Their's bunnies and birds and squirrels on it!
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Post by Brendocon » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:08 am

saysadie wrote:Dialup.
Teh suck. :(
Means I don't have to trawl through comment after comment of irrelevancy.
Are you suggesting that we'd do such a thing?

Fair comment.
Grrr. Argh.

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Re: Recommend me some music.

Post by KingMob » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:06 pm

saysadie wrote:Long story short- I've been keeping myself out of the loop [musically] on purpose for some time. It's time to rectify that.

I need the names of absolutely every worthy music act* and album within the past 2 years. And I need them yesterday. :o Thank you. :)

*Do not mention The Killers however. I can't stand them.
King Creosote, album is KC Rules OK. Laid-back modern Scottish indie-folk stuff, very melodic, whimsical, romantic, funny. He's a lovely chap. Listen to '678'.

If you just want a sampler kind of thing, Rough Trade various CDs are always gold IMHO.
http://www.roughtrade.com/site/content. ... =cc06.html
That's the latest but they have a whole heap of different types. The Singer-Songwriter one is my current fave. :)

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Post by divebomb » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:07 pm

A little known band called Wham. Apparently the lead singer is a bit of a dish and every inch the ladies man, they are part of the 'popular music' persuasion.
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Post by spiderfrommars » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:05 pm

Gruff Rhys, Yo La Tengo, The Rogers Sisters, Guillemots and Macca's new 'un.

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Post by angloconvoy » Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:01 pm

Ai Otsuka...yeah, sorry, living here has turned me onto some j-pop. Its fun.

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Post by sprunkner » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:25 pm

The Stills, the Frames, Iron & Wine.
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Post by der2 » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:42 am

Definatley the Frames, check out 'Set List' if you can, their live album, Then 'Fitzcoraldo', they're Irish and cracking live.

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Post by sprunkner » Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:30 am

AHA! Another Frames fan on the board! Be my pal!

This site has some good live bootlegs (all kosher with the band): http://www.archive.org/
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Post by der2 » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:07 pm

oh yeah man, might be biased because I'm Irish, but they are right good. As I said they're live shows are the best, nothing like them with friends and a few beers.

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