The Music

Fizban140

So I have been kind of lazy with music recently, about 2 years ago I started to broaden my musical interests...which ended up in me just listening to Indie Rock. Anyways I went to Korea for a year and got back in September, completely disregarding all new music for that entire time. Did I miss any big indie rock? I tried to pick up some of the big stuff like Arcade Fire and The Decemberists.

Now more importantly, I want to get more into other genres of music. I should start by saying that I hate most of what I hear of the radio, most rock on rock stations, and all country ever. According to itunes my most listened to music is Ra Ra Riot, The Most Serene Republic, TV on the Radio, Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, The Dodos, MGMT, Menomona, Beirut, The National. Stuff like that is what I listen to almost all the time, although I do enjoy The Protomen and Trail of Dead.

Now with that I want to listen to different music also, I was quite impressed by the soundtrack to Brutal Legend so I am going to use that as a starting point. I am not even quite sure what the intent of this thread is, I just want to see some music I might not have considered I guess. There is just so much music out there I am going to miss the majority of it if I just use pandora or whatever.

Also I was impressed by some underground rap I guess, but most rap to me is pretty boring and standard, not creative and not for me. I am not opposed to anything popular, just has to sound good.

schuss

Some random suggestions:

Bonobo - downtempo
Justice - french techno
Sol - Rap
Mr. Lif - Rap
POS - Rap
Matt & Kim - random uptempo stuff
Cold War Kids - like the stuff you already listed
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes - crazy fun music
Vampire Weekend - yes, in the vein of what you already listen to, but their latest album is great.
The XX - downtempo indie-ish
Band of Horses - their old album, not the new one

Just going based on some of my likes, as well as stuff my GF likes (her tastes nearly mirror yours based on the above). Try some of these and let me know what grabs you and I can supply more.
KEXP - Music that matters is also a great podcast for finding new stuff.

twmjr

Your post just made me really wish I could find my copy of Trail of Dead's debut CD. Here's some more random suggestions from other genres, for the most part, than what you listed that I've been listening to over the past year (not that all of it came out in the last year, but some did):

Passenger for a little singer/songwriter awesomeness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTZ6xZPbjZk

White Lies...have no idea what genre they are, alt-rock, 80ish sound? but I fell in love with them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGEjz12YLiM

Explosions in the Sky..."Post-Rock" (Just about everyone that gets put in that genre and half the people that listen to it hate the label post-rock but whatever. humans have a need to classify things. deal.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKyrULAfvq8

Sigur Ros...absolutely no idea how to classify them genre wise but they are the best thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_MJAOyOeU

Mynabirds...kind of an R&B/slightly country kind of feel??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvPBXE2Ikjs

And finally I'll throw in Hammock for some ambient.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FiJDAyjiGk

mysticjuicer

Check out Mastodon's 'Crack the Skye' album.

Jimmy King

If you liked the soundtrack to Brutal Legend, then this is fucking easy.

Track list is here - obviously check out those bands and particularly the albums the songs you like are on as some of the bands have been around a LONG time and have had their sound change over the years.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Br%C3%BCtal_Legend

A lot of what you'll be wanting is frequently called NWOBHM (the older stuff... Judas Priest, Motorhead, Budgie, etc.) if you want to get all super genre specific or was heavily influenced by the NWOBHM bands, like the thrash stuff, etc. My personal favorite bands on the soundtrack are Judas Priest, Megadeth, Testament, and Children of Bodom although most of the bands on that soundtrack find their way into my playlists on a regular basis.

For some bands not on the soundtrack, but similar (primarily on the heavier end as that's what I really like) check out Exodus, Kreator, Pantera, Bonded By Blood, Fueled By Fire (their second album), Gama Bomb, Exhorder, Lamb of God, and Flotsam and Jetsam. Also early Metallica, obviously.

Beck

The new Kanye record is huge. I mean fucking huge. That's probably the best hip-hop/rap record you're going to hear this fucking decade: Got treasures in my mind, but couldn't open up my own vault/My childlike creativity, purity and honesty/Is honestly being prodded by these grown thoughts/Reality is catchin' up with me/Takin' my inner child, I'm fighting for it, custody

The skit on Blame Game is fantastic, too.

Big indie rock, hit up:

Wavves' King of the Beach
Joanna Newsom's Have One on Me
Deerhunter's Halcyon Digest
Jay Reatard died while you were gone, I think...if you didn't pick up Blood Visions, or his Matador Singles, you should. Especially if you liked the Brutal Legend soundtrack.

SoaL

mysticjuicer wrote: »

Check out Mastodon's 'Crack the Skye' album.

hey you stop reading my mind

and then writing them as posts




Anyways cool music

Warpaint is a very cool rock band
shoegaze?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWVOGaakRE8

Sleigh Bells is a cool noise punk aggressive thing that sounds very raw and exciting

ahh-ahh-ahhh

Kids & Explosions is a dude from Toronto "who makes songs by stealing other people’s songs and making them worse"

you can get it off his site for whatever price you'd like

rapraprap

Deltron 3030 is the coolest rap opera concept album set in the year 3030

yes

Also this last one is a long shot maybe but I am in love with Dr Octagonecologyst right now so

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjKHQeRSvjk&feature=related

Beck

If you're into Dr. Octagon you should find DJ Shadow's Endtroducing.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mt3vZHDiM8

Souls of Mischief are great, too.

schuss

Dr. Octagon is the way, but only if you're already slightly insane.

Soal, tell me more. I think we should have musics together.

Some other fun stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZcmg4-Zm-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuwH_bF5dI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDdTpVrcNvQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKXujEphWS8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVWeqAPQUXc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ame5i5ud67Y

Fizban140

Slowly working my way through some of this, I had already heard half of what Shuss posted and love it.

I liked everything TWMJR posted too, oh and Deltron 3030 is awesome.

Nappuccino

Have you heard of menomena?

Pick up all their albums now.

(links to come after i get back from class)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jvMdFql18U&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z24nM-K5jlI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x-cIeM8s5k&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FXnF07uPyY&feature=related

toolbert

Please go out and get Cage the Elephant's Thank You, Happy Birthday. If you like the Pixies, it's a hands down no brainer. In fact, pick up their first album too. Both are different enough from each other that its great listening to them back to back.

brain operator

Try the Duyster top-100 (yes, the site's in Dutch - you'll understand what you need to understand, I'm sure). It has a melancholy bent, it's that kind of radio show, but every last record on there is excellent.

Kazaka

Apparently this forum thinks these guys sound just like jurassic 5/suck, but
Pysche Origami rules

Fizban140

Working my way through this now, I liked everything shcuss had in that first post except Mr. Lif, not sure why, but I liked POS.

exis

Sorry, this is a bit random. But I just looked through my library at things that I tend to recommend to friends. Not sure if any of this will stick but these are some of my favourite artists.

With the hippin' and the hoppin':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI6iZJOntY8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIZxemPgT3s

Instrumental hip-hop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT0gRc2c2wQ

Weird math-rock?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU

Garage rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOdHND_wt0k

'Stoner rock'?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yr1-BBMaMA

Proto-punk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M52Wo2GveLo&feature=fvst

I don't really know what this falls under ('indie?'):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JkBiP7rPt0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X66k0BL5faQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f43WbnN2tBU&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnrM4UjaQmY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsHITZRCgqs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDBZZ3uvimE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DssIHZfptxI

(this song is amazing and I highly recommend you watch the entire thing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm7LL55EUrQ

garroad_ran

I doubt I have any musical suggestions you'd really dig, but if you don't play a musical instrument, and if it's something that might interest you, it's a fantastic way to broaden your musical horizons. I find that as I teach my students different techniques and things that are possible on their instrument, they start to appreciate musics that they never did earlier.

Fizban140

I have never played an instrument before and people live above me any recommendations?

Nappuccino

electric guitar: can be as loud or soft as you want it to be at any given moment.

keyboard: same deal- great for playing with headphones.

Fizban140

Which is easier to learn?

Nappuccino

Probably the keyboard/piano