Tell me what to listen to. [Music Recommendations]

Chop Logic

I have been out of the musical loop for a very long time. I've been listening to the same stuff forever, so I was wondering if you guys could reccomend me some new stuff to listen to. These are my favorite bands:

Old Against Me!
Architecture in Helsinki
At The Drive-In
Bigwig
Billy Bragg
The Books
The Broadways
Cap'n Jazz
Defiance, Ohio
Eluvium
Explosions in The Sky
The Falcon
Ghosts & Vodka
Girl Talk
Gorillaz
Iron and Wine
Joan of Arc
Lifter Puller
Mf Doom
The Microphones
Old Modest Mouse
Mogwai
Mountain Goats
Neutral Milk Hotel
Refused
Russian Circles
Sage Francis
A Silver Mt. Zion


Thats a good sampling. Basically, I like punk, indie, hip hop, folk punk, acoustic stuff, jazz, and post-rock. Thanks a lot for any reccomendations.

Also, obviously you don't have to do this, but if you could post a specific album of song I should check out, or even link me to a song or something, that'd be great. A lot of times people will reccomend me a band and I won't know which one of their 13 albums to start with, hah.

Thanks a lot for your time.

Silvoculous

Godspeed You! Black Emperor is the best post-rock band I know of.

You might enjoy Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" is my favorite album by them. An easily digestible five tracks strung together as a coherent whole.

Deadfall

Whenever someone asks for punk recommendations, I always feel obliged to point them to the album, "Full Circle," by Pennywise. Easily my favorite album of all time:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tv6w254fuRw&feature=related

If you like folk-punk, check out The Tossers. Mostly Irish folk with a punk flavor:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6u4vI_mtsiU&feature=related

kitch

Drive Like Jehu
Dälek
These Arms Are Snakes
The One AM Radio
Universal Order of Armageddon

Numero

Laura
Jesu
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Islands - Arm's Way
The Thermals - The Body, the Blood, the Machine
Sleep - Holy Mountain
Mono - Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined
KMD (Doom's old group w/ now dead brother) - Black Bastards
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Okkervil River - The Stage Names

supertall

Wintersleep - Welcome to the Night Sky
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic

Lord Cecil Eaglelaser

Well I see Defiance, Ohio, so I'm going to suggest:

Beat Happening
Rumbleseat
Rosa
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb (Front Seat Solidarity is one of the greatest records ever made)
Tom Frampton-This Revolution Will Not be Amplified
Michael Hurley-most of his records are good but especially 'Have Moicy!'
Pretty much any Brian Jonestown Massacre record, but Take it From the Man is my personal favorite.
Murder City Devils
And I always suggest Lou Reed's 'Blue Mask' because it's amazing.

OremLK

You sir have interesting and very good taste in music.

Here are a few bands you may not hear about here that might be up your alley.

Oceansize (Post-rock, post-metal, post-something, mostly instrumental - try Effloresce)
Homesick for Space (Art rock shoegaze something or other - try Unison)
Ef (Damn fine post-rock in the vein of EoTS with more instruments and scarce vocals - try Give Me Beauty...)
Jaga Jazzist (nu-jazz, experimental, electronic - try What We Must)
Red House Painters (indie goodness - try Rollercoaster)
The Dear Hunter (indie/prog, quite good - try Act II: The Meaning...)
The Most Serene Republic (experimental/indie/shoegaze - try Phages)

Okay, that's about all of the more obscure stuff I can think of that's in your palette based on what you already listed. Enjoy!

Vorus

Sufjan Stevens-Come on Feel the Illinoise is a great album with a number of absolutely fantastic songs

Battles-Mirrored is my favourite album but is a little weird. Everyone should give it a shot though

Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon is pretty much essential to any music collection

Willeth

Why don't you like new AM!, if you don't mind me asking?