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[ashke516]

What are you listening to these days? I'm always on the look-out for new music (at least new to me), so some music suggestions please!

To give you an idea of some of the stuff I already have and like: Interpol, Pulp, Rage Against the Machine, Cowboy Junkies, Gorillaz, Happy Mondays, Tool, LCD Soundsystem, Audionbullys, Sublime, Violent Femmes, Feelers, Muse, Nick Cave, Rage Against the Machine, REM, Chilli Peppers, Nirvana, Charlatans, Smashing Pumpkins, Shihad, Killers, Pixies, White Stripes, Filter, Nine Inch Nails, Live, Belle and Sebastian, Datsuns, The Cure...

Thanks!

[Satori]

I spot a kiwi, kia ora! "Feelers", "Shihad", "Datsuns" was a bit of a give away.

May I recommend another kiwi band from Wellington called "Fat Freddies Drop" which you've probably heard about. They have a full album out now which is incredible, called "Based on a True Story" and is sublime fusion of reggae, dub, funk, soul, jazz, and futuristic electronica.

Also "Nesian Mystic" from Auckland, top class hip hop/RnB with strong polynesian flavours.

[Satori]

To everyone I recommend two post-Graceland Paul Simon albums that were sinfully ignored. "Rhythm of the Saints" and "Songs from The Capeman". A true genius of the music world still at the peak of his powers.

[flotsam]

Find everything by Neutral Milk Hotel and DJ Shadow's(with the Quannum Projects MCs) live set on BBC Radio 1. It's absolutely brilliant.

[VanIslander]

www.pandora.com

[discostar23]

figurine (sound like postal service)
stars- just plain good
rilo kiley-poppy but cool
feist- excellent excellent excellent
mylo-get u moving
martha wainwright-rufus' sister with appeal
stereo total-german electro brillant


props to the audiobullys

[ashke516]

[ashke516]

[ddeubel]

IF YOU WANT KOREAN, TRY BIG MAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dd

[ashke516]

Thanks discostar23, I'll check out your suggestions too! Keep 'em coming everyone!

[SPINOZA]

A dig into the past is essential, OP. So many forgotten gems. Try these:

The Zombies - A rose for Emily (60s, melodic)

The Ruts - Babylon's burning (UK Punk, 1979)

The Damned - Neat, neat, neat (UK Punk, 1977)

Kraftwerk - Tour de France (techno, 1982)

Pink Floyd - Let there be more light (dark Psychedelic, 1968)

[Son Deureo!]

Try The Beta Band and Portishead.

I second ddeubel, you might want to give some Korean bands a try:

Jaurim
Cherry Filter
Crying Nut
Seotaeji
Rumblefish

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[flotsam]

For Korean I recommend Pureun Saebyeok. Just look for their two albums which are marked with their English name: Bluedawn.

[Woland]

My musical tastes tend to run to things people have never heard of, in part because of years in Turkey listening to Turkish music and 6 months recently in Armenia, where I got to listen to lots of Russian and (for some strange reason) French stuff. But another part is just liking obscure things. So, from my home playlist:

Good stuff in English:

John Wesley Harding: The self-proclaimed king of gangsta folk. I like all of it, but based on what you've written above, you might like the AWake (extended version) and Confessions of St. Ace albums best. He often gets labeled as a lower-case Elvis Costello because of vocal and lyric similarities but has done more to differentiate himself in recent years.

Warren Zevon: Again, all of it, but perhaps especially Life'll Kill Ya.

(NB: I saw JWH open for Zevon years ago in Chicago. Talk about a weird, but good combination)

Neville Brothers: New Orleans influenced funk r & b

Sam Phillips: Again, all of it: The Indescribable Wow, Cruel Inventions, Omnipop, Martinis & Bikinis. Fan Dance may be a ways outside some people's tastes.

The Mavericks: Note perfect country pop. I like What A Cryin' Shame and Music for all Occasions (esp. All You Ever Do is Bring Me Down w/ Flaco Jimenez).

More: John Prine, Tish Hinojosa (border music sung in Spanish and English), Lucinda Williams, Leon Russell, Elvis Costello, Iris DeMent, Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers

I lived 13 years in Chicago and am a huge blues fan. There are too many great blues artists to name here. Three great collections that are worth having are Mean Old World (4 CD box tracing the history of the blues) and the Alligator Records 20th and 25th Anniversary Collections, which provide a broad overview of modern blues, especially in Chicago.

In Turkish:

Sebnem Ferah: Labeled as the Bjork of Turkey, but really more rock-n-roll (hard rock) focused. She writes all her songs, does all the vocal parts, and has a reputation for being very smart. Many really like her first album, Kadin (Lady), but I'm more partial to Kelimeler Yetse... (If Words were enough...).

Pamela: Despite her English name (last name, Spence), she sings in Turkish. Sehir Rehberi (City Guide) was the best rock album of the year there two years ago. Istanbul is a great song.

Ozlem Tekin: Former partner of Sebnem Ferah in Volvox, Turkey's first all female rock-n-roll band. She's moved in more of funk direction. Try Tek Basima (All by Myself).

Mor ve Otesi (Purple and Beyond): The best rock band in Turkey, hands down. You can hear touches of everything from Pink Floyd to the Beatles in their music. Dunya Yalan Soyluyor (The World is Lying) is the best album I heard in Turkey.

More: Teoman, Candan Ercetin, Burcu Gunes. The best pop song of any kind that I heard in many years is Gulsen's Of...of.... Totally catchy. It had the whole country singing along a few years back.

In Russian:

Gosti iz Budushchego (Visitors from the Future): The most consistent pop that I heard there, largely written by Eva Pol'na. The one album I have is Bol'she chem Pesni (More than a Song).

A'Studio: Their new singer, Katie, does surprisingly well in English, but my favorite is Uletayu (I'm flying away) from the album of the same title.

Uma 2rman: Quirky jazz rap kind of stuff from a duo. Hard to describe Some of it I hate, but songs like Praskovya and Tennis Bolshoi, I like.

More: Brat'ya Grimm, Gruppa Pod"em (with Karina M). I also have to admit that my guilty pleasure is Zhanna Friske, the Kylie Minogue of Russia. Maybe it has something to do with how she looks coming out of the swimming pool in the video to Gde-to Leto (Somewhere it's summer).

In French:

Mylene Farmer: Avant que l'Ombre..., which has the song you'll never hear on American tv or radio, *Beep* them all. It played every day on Armenian tv for a while.

Amel Bent: I like her song, Ma Philosophie, but wasn't too impressed by the other stuff I heard on her Un Jour d'Ete album.

This is a long list, I know and I've put in descriptions because I think so much of it will be unfamilair to people. I hope you'll take a chance on some of them.

I know there are some people here who will say that all Korean music is rubbish, but, if in answering the OP's request, you might throw in what you think is good in Korean music right now, I'd appreciate it. I always try to cultivate an ear for local sounds. I still have some Han Yeong Ae from my time here before and like that.