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Location: Round Rock, TX | While reading (and posting) on another thread, dealing with the relevance of today's music, it occurred to me, and others, that one great source of new music is having a friend/band mate/descendant turn you on to it. In that vein, this thread is here to let us share, in a collected, list-y kind of way, new music that we find relevant,
Here are the rules (posted here so that you'll all have something concrete to ignore)
1. The music has to have come out since 2000 (bonus points if the artist did, too).
2. List your top 5, OK 10. If you have more than 10 let some other people post then post some more.
3. The music has to be widely available. If I can't get it in my local record store or order it from Amazon or download it from the web what good is that to me (or anyone else)?
4. The main point (OK, one of the main points) of this thread is to help us all cut through the 90% to get to the non-crap. So, please, no touting of your friend's/descendant's band. Of course, if someone else recommends your f/db then that's a whole different thing.
5. Finally, this is a place to make recommendations, not to criticize someone else's recommendations. Thank you for your patience and forbearance.
Now, ignore away...
My recs
The Decembrists. For those who think AOR is gone check out their latest The Hazards of Love
Manchester Orchestra. Check out Mean Everything to Nothing
Ray LaMontagne. My favorite of his is Till the Sun Turns Black. My [current] favorite track is Can I Stay.
Sufjan Stevens. I like 'em all, but I recommend Come on Feel the Illinoise
My Morning Jacket. I've thought for a while that these guys were one of the best live bands ever, but wuth Evil Urges they've emerged as a great studio band as well.
Shivaree. I bought this album because of the name, but the music hooked me like crazy. The album is I Oughta Give You a Shot in the Head For Making Me Live in this Dump. Their followup Who's Got Trouble continues the goodness.
Citizen Cope (aka Clarence Greenwood) Every Waking Moment
Burial. What is dubstep? I dunno but I like it. Burial's Untrue album makes me think of what would happen if you left the microphones on overnight in a haunted studio.
Bohren & Der Club of Gore. Along with Burial this is a prime example of music you could not have gotten in the 60's. Dolores is my favorite of theirs. I don't have the slightest idea why I like this band. I shouldn't. It's like melancholia on morphine, but I find it strangely compelling and "weirdly cool".
More later... |
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Location: GA USA | THE WOOD BROTHERS. My favorite find of late. I was intruduced to them by Pandora dot com. See them live!
The Black Keys - makes me move & groove.
Death Cab for Cutie - not a devoted fan, but I like them
Grayson Capps, thanks to Beal
Jack Johnson - one of the artists our whole family agrees on.
+1 for Ray LaMontagne. "Jolene" is such a great song. I can't really relate to the life experience, but the song is so passionate I almost think I can. |
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Location: NJ | raconteurs
white strips (although I am mixed about their stuff)
wolfmother (even though it is rehashed led zep) |
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Posts: 2246
Location: Yucaipa, California | Government Mule
David Gilmour "On An Island"
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (Bonnaroo 2009) |
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Posts: 8307
Location: Tennessee | There is an amazing crop of artists and music out there ... just some of who have caught my fancy in one way or another over the past few years ...
Old Crow Medicine Show
Drive-By Truckers
Old 97's
Kings of Leon
Dashboard Confessional
Los Lonely Boys
Angels and Airways
Fleet Foxes
Lucero
Vertical Horizon
... and lots more ... |
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Posts: 4389
Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Don't want to repeat any of the above ...
The Subdudes
foutains of wayne
Rachid Taha Barra Barra |
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Location: St Louis | I posted a few of mine on that other thread but I wii post them here again just for kicks:
Chase The Sun
The Buddaheads
Albert Cummings
Ansley Lister
Back Door Slam
Derek Trucks
Cafe R&B
Matt Schofield
North Mississippi All Stars
Scott Henderson
Sugarcane Collins |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | Checking back I see that several that I was gonna mention, in this 2nd round have already been listed. Here are some more worthy additions that haven't...
Amos Lee - Great soulful voice. A good pick for those who like singer/songwriters
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
The Explorers Club - Freedom Wind is like the great lost Beach Boys album. They even made the artwork look like an old worn LP cover.
Eef Barzelay - Lose Big. First of all, the name Eef Barzelay is just plain fun to say. Second it has a great album cover and, hey, the music is good, too.
Muse - Absolution. They've had a couple of albums come out since this one that I like, but this one remains my favorite. Great music for getting out on the highway, rolling down the windows and getting a speeding ticket.
There are also some recent cover albums that IMHO deserve a mention.
Moody Bluegrass - Goes to show that good music transcends genres.
True Love Waits and Hold Me To This - Christopher O'Riley plays solo piano versions of Radiohead and makes it more than work |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | It's not altogether new (unless you've never heard it before) but I just can't recommend Rebuild The Wall by Luther Wright & the Wrongs to enough people.
Jonathan Coulton
Pink
Lily Allen
The New Pornographers
Feist
Joel Plasket |
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Posts: 7247
Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Haven't really hit on any new artists that haven't been mentioned which is interesting... but certainly new music from recent ones.
Lily Allen
Foo Fighters
Green Day
Kings of Leon
Paramore
Pauley Perrette |
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