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$70 in iTunes giftcards...now what?
tachyon
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So by B-Day and Fathers day are pretty close together, and for some reason different family members independently got me about $70 in itunes. This is great, except for the fact I have no idea where to start spending.
No genre is safe! Suggest anything! For instance I have an existing library that ranges from James Carter (Sax God) to Dave Matthews/Rusted Root/The Doors (I went through a hippy phase in HS) to Timberlake (Wife convinced me=P) some classics like Steve Miller Band, Floyd, Zeppelin, some Final Fantasy Orchestrated numbers, some Christian Ska and big band.
*I know, I'm a little out there*
Thanks in advance
No genre is safe! Suggest anything! For instance I have an existing library that ranges from James Carter (Sax God) to Dave Matthews/Rusted Root/The Doors (I went through a hippy phase in HS) to Timberlake (Wife convinced me=P) some classics like Steve Miller Band, Floyd, Zeppelin, some Final Fantasy Orchestrated numbers, some Christian Ska and big band.
*I know, I'm a little out there*
Thanks in advance
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Also: Jeff Buckley.
If you're in the US, you could try out pandora and see what it comes up with.
Is the Christian Ska band The Skashank Redemption, by any chance?
No on Skashank (they are not on itunes =( ), actually Supertones(Some Five Iron Frenzy too). The big band group is Denver and the Mile High Orch.
Tokyo Ska sounds awesome from the few clips I heard.
Pulled the trigger on The Magic of Wizard's Dreams w/ Christopher Lee. Not sure on the others, and from the reviews iTunes is missing some fan favs.
I was looking at Heroes. I may grab that, but would still have about $20-$30 bucks to diversify my library, so keep these great (and obscure to me) music recommendations coming!
If you want to hear some new bands, Pandora's obviously the best choice, but also look at the soundtracks to Garden State and Last Kiss, they both have a big variety of mostly lesser-known artists.
My current favorites are:
Modest Mouse
Architecture in Helsinki
Imogen Heap
The Shins
TV On the Radio
And bands I will frequently be found listening to:
Sufjan Stevens
The Decemberists
The Flaming Lips
The Violent Femmes
The Unicorns
The Postal Service
The Raconteurs
The White Stripes
Neutral Milk Hotel
Cloud Cult
Death Cab for Cutie
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Cardigans
Built to Spill
Broken Social Scene
Bright Eyes
Belle and Sebastian
The Animal Collective
The Arcade Fire
Beirut
Of Montreal
:^:
took out her barrettes and her hair spilled out like rootbeer
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Journey (fuck you, Sopranos), particularly Frontiers or Raised on Radio
James Taylor = if they have One Man Dog its a nice album with a few instrumentals
Peter, Bjorn, and John = Writer's Block
Eric Prydz's single Call on Me (plus the video, although iTunes only carries the daytime/less risque version)
I would agree with everyone else that the TV shows are a better value though, since it's not hard to find CD's for not much more than on iTunes.
ignor everyone else, prioritise Saul Williams.
Wow, I'm not familiar w/ his work. I may be doing him injustice when I say this, but he's a great poet.
check out this, this and this
I never finish anyth
Arcade Fire
Bloc Party
Broken Social Scene
Death From Above 1979
Hot Chip
M.I.A.
Metric
Modest Mouse
MSTRKRFT
Nine Inch Nails
Of Montreal
Stars
Sufjan Stevens
The Chemical Bros
The Mars Volta
The Rapture
Thom Yorke
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Ella ja Aleksi
Fixed
3ds friend code: 2981-6032-4118
thanks. Geddy Lee is the fucking man!
I never finish anyth
Stuff that everyone should own
Pearl Jam
RHCP
more Pearl Jam
Goo Goo dolls
Hendrix
Evan more pearl jam
Chris cornell
Heavyier stuff if thats your thing
Filter
NIN
RATM
Gonga
Other
Vangalis
Dandy Warhols
Icubus
Kings of Leon
Rick Wakeman
Oh and Rush's latest "snakes and arrows" is indeed awesome as is alot of there stuff
Eric Clapton: Unplugged (whole album)
Pearl Jam, about 9 of my favorite songs of theirs
Bob Seger, from the greatest hits about 7 songs
And some various Hendrix songs from his Blues album, along with a little bit of Santana
If you like electronic anything, you'll probably like these guys. They're a French band, though they sing in English; I can't for the life of me figure out why that is.
Check out "Everything is Everything" and "Victim of the Crime" off of Alphabetical, then "Too Young" and "If I Ever Feel Better" off of United. Their new album (It's Never Been Like That) never really grew on me, but "Long Distance Call" is a good song.
If you like electronic anything you like stereolab more.
Plus they're an English band that has some songs sung in french.
Also, Ratatat is interesting; they're almost all instrumental, built mostly upon sampling awesome guitar riffs. Check out the album Classics, specifically "Lex" and "Wildcat" to start.
Yes. But pick up Funeral before Neon Bible.
I would also like to recommend Sufjan Steven's Illinois.
For when you want hard rock.
I recommend Satellite (album)
Yes!!!
If you don't like 'Chicago', 'John Wayne Gacy Jr.', or 'Decatur...', I will be astonished.
Also i recommend SECRET MACHINES. They still pretty unknown and have 2 albums out,
NOW HERE IS NOWHERE and TEN SILVER DROPS. If you just want to dabble a bit, check out these songs:
SAD AND LONELY
NOWHERE AGAIN
LIGHTNING BLUE EYES
ALONE, JEALOUS, AND STONED
Get music by MUSE. Hands down the most talented trio in modern rock today, and that's not opinion, the bible says so.
Check out:
STOCKHOLME SYNDROME
KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA
SUPERMASSIVE BLACKHOLE
Get either Kona Town, No Control, or In With the Old
If they're not your thing, then I'll go ahead and recommend Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jamiroquai, Megadeth, Death, Opeth and Nine Inch Nails.