Recommend me ANY music

[Jack of Arcades]

I'm looking for non-indie stuff. I don't care if it's techno, jazz, pop, classical, metal, rap, new, old, etc. Whatever you like listening to and have been diggin' lately, just spout it off and I'll do my best to get a copy of it and I'll give it a short review.

Oh, preferably recommend albums. Don't just throw out an artist.

[_Kevin_]

Currently, I lean towards the heavy metal/hard rock camp (I won't mention anything by metallica since that's obvious). The 2 best albums I bought this year

Black Label Society - Mafia
Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists

Other albums I've purchased (some with mixed feeling) are

Megadeath - Greatest Hits
Nickelback - All the Right Reasons
Seether - Karma & Effect
Sevendust - Next
Shinedown - Us & Them
Trapt - Someone in Control

[Jack of Arcades]

Kev,

My roomate's a huge Trapt fan so I hear her play it a lot. Nickelback, Shinedown, and Seether I've heard from various places (I recall vaguely liking the first Nickelback album) and I've been generally unimpressed. I'll look into the other things, though. Thanks!

(I actually was big into the first Disturbed album and still listen to it once in a while)

[whiskeytown]

Kate Rusby - I'd recommend "10" - English Folk singer

she's who I listen to when I don't wanna go on tilt -

RB

[xorbie]

Cannibal Ox - Cold Vein

[shadow29]

Iggy Pop and The Stooges
? & The Mysterians
Velvet Underground

Oh, and Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music

Oh yeah!

edit- saw that you wanted albums. grab the Best Of albums, they're fine.

[Jack of Arcades]

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Cannibal Ox - Cold Vein

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Had it for a while. Not a big fan.

[Jack of Arcades]

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Iggy Pop and The Stooges
Velvet Underground
Oh, and Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music

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Duh. I'll look into ? and the Mysterians.

[Eurotrash]

I hear the Spin Doctors have a new record.

[xorbie]

eyedea - the many faces of oliver hart

[David04]

One Be Lo-S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.

[imported_CaseClosed326]

Mae - The Everglow

not sure if you will like it, but I do.

[Paluka]

I'll give you 3 genres:

The Weakerthans
Neurosis
Combustible Edison

[Buckmulligan]

ryan adams 29

[Jack of Arcades]

definitely been meaning to download the weakerthans. that said, I'm asking for specific albums.

[TimM]

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(I actually was big into the first Disturbed album and still listen to it once in a while)

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If you don't have Believe get that one too.

Old:
Bach

New:

Metal/Hardcore:

(Band - CD if listed)

In Flames - Whoracle
H.O.R.S.E the Band (this group is in a genre known as nintendocore)
Between the Buried and Me
The Red Chord
Nightwish

Alt(?):
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Rap:
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP
Dr Dre - The Chronic 2001
D12 - Devil's Night, D12 World
Everything by:
Tupac
Snoop Dogg
Notorious BIG
Nas
Jay-Z
Ol' Dirty Bastard(especially the Osirus album)

Rock:
Weezer
Green Day - Old stuff first, then try new stuff
The Killers


meh I'm giving up, I'm tired

[Harv72b]

My all-time favorites (that not everybody owns) include:

Barenaked Ladies - Rock Spectacle
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Fenix TX - Lechuza
Flogging Molly - Within a Mile of Home
Nerf Herder - My E.P.
Savatage - Dead Winter Dead

[TimM]

S.O.A.D. - Hypnotize

[CallMeIshmael]

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definitely been meaning to download the weakerthans. that said, I'm asking for specific albums.

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Reconstruction site is their best, by a long shot. But, Im still not that fond of it.

[Jack of Arcades]

well, just about everyone of your rap and rock recommendations puzzle me.

[CheckRaise]

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S.O.A.D. - Hypnotize

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I second that here are some other ones:

Hard Rock/Metal

In Flames - The Jester Race
Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache
Thrice - Illusion of Safety/Artist in the Ambulance
Avenged Sevenfold - Waking the Fallen

Hip Hop:

Bone Thugs and Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
Too Short - Married to the Game

Misc:

Armor for Sleep - What to Do When You're Dead
Park - It Won't Snow Where You're Going
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
The Mars Volta - Tremulant EP

[fluxrad]

Here's one no one will mention but everyone likes:

Sublime - 40oz. to freedom.

Also try:

John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Muddy Waters - Any greatist hits album
John Lee Hooker - same
Pavement - Crooked Rain/Crooked Rain
Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

Wow. Those were some random-ass picks.

Rap:
Mac Dre: Thizzelle Washington, Ronald Dregan

[CallMeIshmael]

Download some Creed... just 'cause.


For real though... Stuff that isnt talked about on these boards that I really really really dig (though, it seems likely that you've heard it all)

Exile in guyville - Liz Phair
I see a darkness - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
American Water - Silver Jews
Low - Bowie
Marquee Moon - Television

Gorham swears by Bricolage - Amon Tobin.

Give Born to Run - Springsteen another listen... it might be as good as an album gets.

Also, FWIW, I should finish 1.5 GB torrent of NMH stuff tomrrow or the next day. In addition to all the studio stuff, it includes some rare tracks, rare demos, 2 sets of unreleased demos and maybe 15 concerts (all (or almost all) from the post ITAOTS era). If any one is interested, I could put it up somewhere.

[uw_madtown]

Hmm, let's see if I can dig up some rec's that haven't come up much in the music threads around here...

Hip Hop / Rap
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A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm and The Low End Theory
Atmosphere - The Lucy Ford EPs, God Loves Ugly and You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Dr. Dre - The Chronic and 2001
Jay-Z - pretty much every album
NWA - Straight Outta Compton

Stuff Indie Peoples Like But I Don't See Mentioned Much
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Beta Band - The 3 EPs and Hot Shots II
Cake - pretty much every album
Daft Punk - Discovery
Neko Case - Blacklisted
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Guilty Pop / Rock Pleasures Of Mine
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Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy
Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales and In Between Dreams
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (yes, I like this album.)
Lit - A Place in the Sun
Something Corporate - Leaving Through the Window
Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit (piano-pop solo project of SC's lead singer, with Tommy Lee on drums)

And a couple albums I've been name-dropping in threads but haven't seen pop up in many other's lists/posts:

Oranger - New Comes and Goes
Junior Senior - D-D-Don't Stop the Beat and Hey Hey My My Yo Yo

And I'll tack on some general love for Rage Against the Machine, Reel Big Fish, Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt, Matchbox 20 and Third Eye Blind.

Now that my indie cred is shattered, I'll go in crawl into a corner and listen to some Neutral Milk Hotel so I feel clean again.

[IndieMatty]

I reccomend this all the time. Gravediggazz-Six Feet Deep. Best Rap Album EVAR!!

[siccjay]

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I reccomend this all the time. Gravediggazz-Six Feet Deep. Best Rap Album EVAR!!

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awesome cd

[dizong]

Dieselboy - A Soldier's Story
Rush - Caress Of Steel
Black Sabbath - Sabotage

I also listen to dnbradio.com frequently for my electronic fix

dizong

[CallMeIshmael]

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And I'll tack on some general love for .... Matchbox 20

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OMFG... YOU ARE ON NOTICE!!

[Paluka]

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Reconstruction Site is amazing.

[Jack of Arcades]

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And I'll tack on some general love for .... Matchbox 20

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OMFG... YOU ARE ON NOTICE!!

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I saw them in concert.

[IndieMatty]

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I reccomend this all the time. Gravediggazz-Six Feet Deep. Best Rap Album EVAR!!

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awesome cd

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hasnt left my rotation in 10 years

[CallMeIshmael]

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And I'll tack on some general love for .... Matchbox 20

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OMFG... YOU ARE ON NOTICE!!

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I saw them in concert.

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Voluntarily? With a girl?

Check out Interpol, either of their albums "Antics" or "Turn on the Bright Lights", both are awesome.

[Jack of Arcades]

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And I'll tack on some general love for .... Matchbox 20

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OMFG... YOU ARE ON NOTICE!!

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I saw them in concert.

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Voluntarily? With a girl?

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with a girl.

[IndieMatty]

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Check out Interpol, either of their albums "Antics" or "Turn on the Bright Lights", both are awesome.

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Never heard of em...

[Eurotrash]

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Check out Interpol, either of their albums "Antics" or "Turn on the Bright Lights", both are awesome.

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Never heard of em...

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lol hipster sarcasm. I knew this thread was just a clever trap to lure all of the unsuspecting Korn and Nickelback and Gwen Stefani fans in.


then you all pounce, Indie style

[Jack of Arcades]

d00d, I love Gwen Stefani. seriously.

[uw_madtown]

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d00d, I love Gwen Stefani. seriously.

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I want her to have my babies. And not just because she's hot. Although LAMB is annoying 70% of the time. But her No Doubt stuff? /images/graemlins/heart.gif

[CallMeIshmael]

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lol hipster sarcasm. I knew this thread was just a clever trap to lure all of the unsuspecting Korn and Nickelback and Gwen Stefani fans in.


then you all pounce, Indie style

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Wait... do you not like these indie music threads? Because, I had no idea... you know what you really need to do... instead of ignoring these theads, OPEN UP EVERY ONE OF THEM AND COMPLAIN.



Also... while we're at it... ANSWER MY PM... I DONT CARE IF MY ACCOUNT IS FULL, YOU KNOW MY MOST POPULAR GIMMICK ACCOUNT, NOW USE IT.

[IndieMatty]

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Check out Interpol, either of their albums "Antics" or "Turn on the Bright Lights", both are awesome.

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Never heard of em...

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lol hipster sarcasm. I knew this thread was just a clever trap to lure all of the unsuspecting Korn and Nickelback and Gwen Stefani fans in.


then you all pounce, Indie style

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JoA says no indie music. And this guy reccomend the biggest indie band in the last 5 years, hell one of the most popular rock bands in the last few...

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well, just about everyone of your rap and rock recommendations puzzle me.

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why?

[uw_madtown]

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And I'll tack on some general love for .... Matchbox 20

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OMFG... YOU ARE ON NOTICE!!

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Quiet, Pavement hater.

[Eurotrash]

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Wait... do you not like these indie music threads? Because, I had no idea... you know what you really need to do... instead of ignoring these theads, OPEN UP EVERY ONE OF THEM AND COMPLAIN.

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lol owned. nice


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Also... while we're at it... ANSWER MY PM... I DONT CARE IF MY ACCOUNT IS FULL, YOU KNOW MY MOST POPULAR GIMMICK ACCOUNT, NOW USE IT.

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are you implying what I think you're implying...? /images/graemlins/blush.gif

[Jack of Arcades]

because the specific albums you recommended are easily not the best for that artist. the killers suck. and everyone else is cliche and obvious.

[Eurotrash]

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because the specific albums you recommended are easily not the best for that artist. the killers suck. and everyone else is cliche and obvious.

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then you all pounce, Indie style

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[Jack of Arcades]

lol. I just can't imagine anyone recommending those eminem and dre albums over others they've made. like I said, the killers suck, and I don't think anyone really needs to recommend tupac and biggie

[CallMeIshmael]

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And I'll tack on some general love for .... Matchbox 20

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OMFG... YOU ARE ON NOTICE!!

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Quiet, Pavement hater.

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I'll take not liking Pavement, an overrated though certainly talented and important indie rock band over liking Matchbox 20, arguably the second worst band of our time, any day.

[Eurotrash]

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Matchbox 20, arguably the second worst band of our time, any day.

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what is the worst?

[CallMeIshmael]

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Matchbox 20, arguably the second worst band of our time, any day.

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what is the worst?

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Creed


EDIT: I mean.. MB20 can be argued as the second worst. But, I really cant see them being argued as being worse than creed.

[uw_madtown]

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And I'll tack on some general love for .... Matchbox 20

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OMFG... YOU ARE ON NOTICE!!

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Quiet, Pavement hater.

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I'll take not liking Pavement, an overrated though certainly talented and important indie rock band over liking Matchbox 20, arguably the second worst band of our time, any day.

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Wow. I don't even know you any more.

I mean, worse than Nickelback? Worse than the Backstreet Boys? Worse than 3 Doors Down?

You disgust me. Get on AIM so I can give you verbal lashings.

[Ulysses]

CMI,

Maroon Five owns one of those two spots.

[CallMeIshmael]

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And I'll tack on some general love for .... Matchbox 20

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OMFG... YOU ARE ON NOTICE!!

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Quiet, Pavement hater.

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I'll take not liking Pavement, an overrated though certainly talented and important indie rock band over liking Matchbox 20, arguably the second worst band of our time, any day.

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Wow. I don't even know you any more.

I mean, worse than Nickelback? Worse than the Backstreet Boys? Worse than 3 Doors Down?

You disgust me. Get on AIM so I can give you verbal lashings.

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Clearly these are all options (though I was thinking more along the lines of rock... backstreet obviously blows, but I just dont compare them).... Ill be on tomorrow, and I will try once again to show you the errors in your ways... but, Im dead, and Im hitting bed in like 10.

Yeah ok, so I should have read the OP more closely instead of just the thread title /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Another suggestion then: Lyrics Born - Later That Day

[CallMeIshmael]

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CMI,

Maroon Five owns one of those two spots.

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Marron Five, MB20 and three doors down were the three that came to my mind first when thinking of the second worst band. (Again, creed OWNS this category). Nickleback is bad, but I dont think they're in this league.

[Jack of Arcades]

good charlotte.

Trip Hop:
Portishead - Dummy, Portishead
Massive Attack - Blue Lines, Mezzanine
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Lamb-Lamb

As far as rap goes, if you haven't listened to "The Wash" soundtrack, you must.

And I do enjoy the new Slipknot album.

[CallMeIshmael]

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good charlotte.

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I remembered you saying that a few days ago... no, Im sorry dude... they are not MB20 bad imo... though they are clearly balls.

[CheckRaise]

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lol. I just can't imagine anyone recommending those eminem and dre albums over others they've made. like I said, the killers suck, and I don't think anyone really needs to recommend tupac and biggie

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Well Dr. Dre has only made two albums The Chronic and 2001.

[thatpfunk]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000BRD6T4.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Dan Rutter]

Guns n Roses - Use Your Illusion CDs get both, they are amazing.

Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

Warren Zevon - The Wind

Jerry Cantrell - Bogey Depot

Mad Season - Above probably what I would consider the best album ever.

[nomadtla]

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Also, FWIW, I should finish 1.5 GB torrent of NMH stuff tomrrow or the next day. In addition to all the studio stuff, it includes some rare tracks, rare demos, 2 sets of unreleased demos and maybe 15 concerts (all (or almost all) from the post ITAOTS era). If any one is interested, I could put it up somewhere.

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I've been looking up a lot of the bands you and Madtown have mentioned in recent threads. I'm an indie noob but would love to hear some of this. Hate to make this thread more indie related but your PM's are full.

To bring things back to the more popular. I am not afraid to admit I own all MB20's albums, and love me some U2 both new and old.

[xLukex]

Dude goes to CMU, what can you expect?

Hip hop:
Big L- Lifestyles Ov The Poor And Dangerous
Binary STar- Masters Of The Universe
DJ Shadow- Entroducing (or any Elusive stuff)
GZA- Legend of the Liquid Sword
L'Roneous And Elusive- Dreamweavers
Masta Ace- Disposable Arts

Hardcore:
Built Upon Frustration- Resurrected (From Pittsburgh, more metal)
Annihilation Time- II
Betrayed- Addiction
Cro Mags- The Age Of Quarrel
Desperate Measures- Never Enough Time
Final Word- Fools Like You
Floorpunch- Fast Times At The Jersey Shore
Guns Up!- All This Is
Integrity- Humanity Is The Devil
Killing Time- Brightside
Life Of Agony- River Runs Red
Outbreak- You Make Us Sick
Ringworm- Birth Is Pain
Stretch Arm Strong- Rituals Of Life
Think I Care- Mongrel
Warriors- War Is Hell (Might be more your taste)

Note that these are all in alphabetical order for a reason.

[MonkeeMan]

http://users.bigpond.net.au/Yardbirds/Rave%20up%20-%20midi.jpg

Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up

[shadow29]

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Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up

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EXCELLENT!!

[gorie]

try these for something a little different if you don't already know them:

os mutantes - s/t (late 60s brazilian band)

monks - black monk time (60s american GIs stationed in
germany making truly unique rock'n'roll. nothing like them.)

sam the sham & the pharoahs - best of, or whatever.(60s rocknroll. the dudes that sing 'wooly bully' and 'lil red riding hood')

wailers - 'boys from tacoma' (60s instrumental rocknroll.)

gories - anything by the gories. /images/graemlins/smile.gif early 90s garage/punk/rocknroll from deeeetroit.

falcons - i found a love (60s r&b/soul, lead by wilson pickett. great stuff)

lyres - on fyre, ahs 1005 (80s, boston based, post-DMZ. garage/psych/rocknroll)

[shant]

I bought it like 6 months ago, but for some reason haven't really been listening to it until lately, and I'm really loving it:

Mos Def - The New Danger

[gorie]

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Iggy Pop and The Stooges
? & The Mysterians
Velvet Underground

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[Crveballin]

Ill go for singles here instead of albums:

Rock: O.A.R - Love and Memories, If She Only Knew
Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance
Morrissey - The First of the Gang to Die, Irish Blood English Heart
Disturbed - Stricken
Keane - Somewhere Only We Go

Pop
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You
Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

Reggae
Matisyahu - King Without a Crown

Techno/Trance
DJ Aligator - doggystyle (highly recommend), Black Celebration
ATB - Long Way Home
Andain - Beautiful Things
Dj Igal - Angel Eyes (Remix)
Dj Tinman - Forever and a Day
Narcotic Thrust - When the Dawn Breaks
Paul Oakenfold - Flesh

Thats enough for now.

[thatpfunk]

this has been fun to listen to recently... keeps me nice and relaxed:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000AA3SAE.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

and the cd i probably listen to more than any other:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002IQMKM.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Jack of Arcades]

shadow, gorie, pfunk, and born 2 loose are making this thread worthwhile

[Ulysses]

Jack,

Bran Van 3000 - Glee.

[TheRover]

sweet a thread not limited to 2005 or indie stuff...


Black Widow - IV
Cosmic Dealer - Crystillization
Eric Burdon & War - ...Declares War
Gravestone - Doomsday
Gila - s/t
Hawkwind - Space Ritual volumes 1&2
Johnny Winter - White Hot and Blue
Mark Knopfler - Milano 2005 soundboard boot
New Riders of the Purple Sage - s/t
Norman Haines Band - Den of Inquity
Robert Plant and the Strange Sensations - On Stage Paris bootleg
Rush - Fifth Order of Angels boot
Salem Mass - Witch Burning
Tapiman - s/t
The Helpful Soul - First Album
The Underdogs - Wasting Our Time
Third Power - Believe
Leslie West - Leslie West Band

I'll make another post with easier to find stuff later. Tell me what you think of anything you find.

[shant]

ODB - Nigga Please
The Roots - The Tipping Point
Felt - Felt 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet

[Jack of Arcades]

felt's okay, the roots are meh and I really need to listen to ODB.

[Jack of Arcades]

you'd be surprised how hard it is to find some popular stuff for previewing purposes. I managed to get ahold of the disturbed album and it's pretty decent and catchy. it'd be better if it wasn't so cliche nu metal, but I like it.

[shant]

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IMO, the album I reccomended is underrated and really fun to listen to.

[TheRover]

mainstream yay

AC/DC - Angora Cleveland Bootleg
Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
Booker T & the MGs - Green Onions
Charles Mingus - Oh Yeah
Cream - Disreali Gears (any album, really)
David Gilmour - s/t
Deep Purple - Book of Taliesyn, Machine Head
Eric Clapton - From the Cradle
Frank Zappa - '
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Jeff Beck's Beck, Bogart, Appice
Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick, Stormwatch
John Lee Hooker - Mr. Lucky
King Crimson - Red, Earthbound (just for the live version of 21st...)
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Son
Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith
Pink Floyd - Division Bell (most dislike this)
Rainbow - Rising
SRV & Double Trouble - Blues at Sunrise
Strawbs - From the Witchwood
Traveling Wilburys - Vol.1
Yes - Close to the Edge
Yardbirds - Cumular Limit
Zebra - s/t

eh...I figure if I list a few hundred albums I'll hit something you like. Pick and choose as you want.

[bugstud]

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you'd be surprised how hard it is to find some popular stuff for previewing purposes. I managed to get ahold of the disturbed album and it's pretty decent and catchy. it'd be better if it wasn't so cliche nu metal, but I like it.

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their lead (dramain? or somethin) is an amazing talent. ego problem, but whatever. I really need to see the next show when they come through.

if you like melodic stuff, though, the in flames recs are good, though even earlier than jester's would be good. Nevermore, Opeth and the like are good picks. daveymyck needs to pop in and school me on some more obscure recs than this though, he's my source on this stuff. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[MonkeeMan]

http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~rthomas/v/images/ew-cover.jpg
T. Rex - Electric Warrior

http://www.techwebsound.com/Bloomfield,%20Kooper%20&%20Stills%20-%20Super%20Session.JPG
Bloomfield, Kooper & Stills - Super Session

http://musicmoz.org/img/editors/jen/boz%20scaggs%20front2.jpg
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs

[wiggs73]

In the rap/hip-hop genre, I'll throw out:

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders or Low End Theory
Little Brother - The Menstral Show
GZA - Liquid Swords
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Cormega - The Testament
Nas - Illmatic
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Outkast - ATLiens or Aquimeni
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife or Do You Want More or Things Fall Apart
The Streets - Original Pirate Material or A Grand Don't Come for Free (this is a weird British(?) rap group. both their albums are really hit or miss, but the 'hits' are really good IMO)
Sage Francis - Personal Journals (won't like it unless you're really into underground rap/hip-hop)
Common - Like Water for Chocolate

[PokerBob]

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definitely been meaning to download the weakerthans. that said, I'm asking for specific albums.

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Reconstruction Site is amazing.

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i prefer Left and Leaving, but they are both brillinat. imo Fallow sucks.

[PokerBob]

halloween alaska - too tall to hide (kinda electronic)
his name is alive - stars on ESP (weird math stuff...pretty voiced gal)
whiskeytown - strangers almanc (alt country)
the cult - Love (rock)
sebadoh - bakesale (indie stuff)

[PokerBob]

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definitely been meaning to download the weakerthans. that said, I'm asking for specific albums.

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Reconstruction site is their best, by a long shot. But, Im still not that fond of it.

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that is becuase you suck at musicing. now get on your bike and get to vegas.

[UncleRemus]

I tried to get some stuff from genres not yet recommended.

Links go to amazon.com for easy sampling of the albums. If this isn't kosher, I apologize and will remove the links.


http://images.overstock.com/f/102/3117/8h/www.overstock.com/images/products/muze/music/102458.jpg
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (http://tinyurl.com/apdjx)


http://www.amarokprog.net/photos/1976_8429.jpg
Kevin Gilbert
Thud (http://tinyurl.com/ddv73)


http://www.ssmt-reviews.com/images/california/cg3+2.jpg
California Guitar Trio
CG3+2 (http://tinyurl.com/97bhn)


http://www.levykauppax.fi/cover/normal/3/38/3871.jpg
Mr. Bungle
Mr. Bungle (http://tinyurl.com/7d5jn)


http://www.rockdetector.com/assets/img/covers/18916.jpg
Genesis
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (http://tinyurl.com/9k3q9)


http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Cedes/ImagesPochettes/BeethovensLastNight_TransSiberianOrchestra.jpg
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Beethoven's Last Night (http://tinyurl.com/79h7r)

[istewart]

Plastic Ono Band.

[MrTrik]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm looking for non-indie stuff. I don't care if it's techno, jazz, pop, classical, metal, rap, new, old, etc. Whatever you like listening to and have been diggin' lately, just spout it off and I'll do my best to get a copy of it and I'll give it a short review.

Oh, preferably recommend albums. Don't just throw out an artist.

[/ QUOTE ]

To try out some cool downbeat check out anything by the following:

1. Thievery Corporation
2. The Dining Rooms
3. Morcheeba

It'll get ya laid if you play it at the right time with the right chick.

[Maulik]

Jack of Arcades,

Try Muse - Absolution is great.

[Rick Nebiolo]

Good stuff I've been playing lately:

Lucinda Williams:
- Cart Wheels on a Gravel Road
- World Without Tears

Emmylou Harris: Wrecking Ball

Cowboy Junkies:
- Trinity Sessions
- Caution Horses

Ned Sublette: Cowboy Rumba

Maria McKee: (self titled solo album)

Over the Rhine: Good Dog Bad Dog, The Home Recordings

Soundtrack to "Last of the Mohicans"

Keep in mind I'm 51 years old and some/many people think I'm a nit. Perhaps my opinions should be disregarded.

~ Rick

[nomadtla]

[ QUOTE ]
this has been fun to listen to recently... keeps me nice and relaxed:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000AA3SAE.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg



[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah I've been listening to this one a lot recently too. He's something different and has a very mellow sound.

Also I recomend Dream Theater: Metropolis
Sit down with it and some candles (or low lighting) and read through the lyrics as you listen. Then find your own meaning to the story. I love concept albums.

[Paluka]

[ QUOTE ]

Hardcore:
Cro Mags- The Age Of Quarrel
Integrity- Humanity Is The Devil
Killing Time- Brightside


[/ QUOTE ]

Brightside and Age of Quarrel are classics. But you have to be kidding me with Humanity is the Devil. Those Who Fear Tomorrow is what Integrity is all about. It is a hardcore classic and makes Humanity is the Devil look like a pile of steaming dung.

[IndieMatty]

[ QUOTE ]
Good stuff I've been playing lately:

Lucinda Williams:
- Cart Wheels on a Gravel Road
- World Without Tears

Emmylou Harris: Wrecking Ball

Cowboy Junkies:
- Trinity Sessions
- Caution Horses

Ned Sublette: Cowboy Rumba

Maria McKee: (self titled solo album)

Over the Rhine: Good Dog Bad Dog, The Home Recordings

Soundtrack to "Last of the Mohicans"

Keep in mind I'm 51 years old and some/many people think I'm a nit. Perhaps my opinions should be disregarded.

~ Rick

[/ QUOTE ]

Excellent call on the Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack.

[Harv72b]

Just realized that not everybody recognizes this as the greatest album evah: Toad the Wet Sprocket's "Fear". I'll never tire of that disc.

[mrkilla]

Greatful Dead and or Phish, and I cant recommend Albulms just live concerts. Go Grab any Dicks Picks (the Dead) from prior to 76 or any Live Phish from 90-96
THe have them in stires, usually there 2 disk sets. If you like it you can download tons more for free.

If you really start to dig the Jam Bands you can dive into , Disco Biscuits, Moe, Govt Mule and Medski Martin and Wood as well as about 20 others I can't name but rock.

If you like trancey/trippy stuff, Try DJ Logic - Project Logic

[MonkeeMan]

[ QUOTE ]
Greatful Dead and or Phish, and I cant recommend Albulms just live concerts. Go Grab any Dicks Picks (the Dead) from prior to 76 or any Live Phish from 90-96
THe have them in stires, usually there 2 disk sets. If you like it you can download tons more for free.

If you really start to dig the Jam Bands you can dive into , Disco Biscuits, Moe, Govt Mule and Medski Martin and Wood as well as about 20 others I can't name but rock.

If you like trancey/trippy stuff, Try DJ Logic - Project Logic

[/ QUOTE ]

For Dead albums check out:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007LTIK.01._PE8_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Workingman's Dead

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drg600/g603/g60315dwslv.jpg
American Beauty

[mrkilla]

I guess working mans dead would be the standard, but I don't own any studio albulms from either band so I couldn't tell you. Though Skeletons from the Closet is the standard albulm in most Juke Boxes

[MonkeeMan]

I'm not a big greatest hits fan, but that's me.

[ QUOTE ]
lol. I just can't imagine anyone recommending those eminem and dre albums over others they've made. like I said, the killers suck, and I don't think anyone really needs to recommend tupac and biggie

[/ QUOTE ]

To be honest, I just named the killers off the top of my head because I didn't have many rock groups listed. Also, you said whatever we've been listening to lately, not the best, I reccomended the albums of those artists that I've been listening to. If you want the best, that's subjective, and you should have said "I want the best." Do you think old green day sucks? I haven't listened to old weezer, but I like the stuff I've heard of them. Anyway, if you're gonna be a prick about my reccomendations, being what I've been listening to lately, I suggest go with what somebody else reccomended, Mac Dre.

[coolhandkuhn]

Billie Holiday - Billie's Best
Mofro - Blackwater
Gomez - Bring It On
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2 disc set)
Martin Sexton - Live Wide Open (2 disc set)
Jeff Buckley - Mystery White Boy (Live)
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Chris Isaak - Speak of the Devil
Ray LaMontagne - Trouble
Reckless Kelly - Under the Table & Above the Sun
North Mississippi All Stars - 51 Phantom
Amos Lee - Amos Lee
The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion

[Ulysses]

Rick: Good stuff. It's probably time for a female singer/songwriter thread.

Harv: That Toad album is pretty good, but sounds a little dated imo.

Jack: You check out that BV3K album yet? It rules.

[turnipmonster]

Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine + Four and More. this is his second quintet kicking ass at carnegie hall. Miles said the band got in a huge fight before the show and everyone was mad as hell at each other and that's why it kicks so much ass. tony williams, then 18, also lights a fire under everyone else better than anyone on this record.

Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello - Painted From Memory. I think these are some of the best songs ever written. this album is perfect.

Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra - Concert in the Garden. My personal favorite living composer, easily the most unique composer in jazz today.

Fred Hersch and Bill Frisell - Songs we know. Fred is a Bill Evans disciple and Frisell is Frisell. Very textural album considering it's a piano/guitar duo.

Ben Monder - Excavation. very very modern compositions for guitar, bass, drums and voice (wordless).

John Coltrane - The Olatunji Concert. this is Trane's last recording before he died, with Alice Coltrae, Rashied Ali, Jimmy Garrison and Pharoah Sanders. Extremely noisy and avant garde, but possibly some of the most searing music every recorded. Trane sounds like he is staring down death on this.

[zephed]

John Paul Jones-Zooma

[zephed]

[ QUOTE ]
try these for something a little different if you don't already know them:

os mutantes - s/t (late 60s brazilian band)

monks - black monk time (60s american GIs stationed in
germany making truly unique rock'n'roll. nothing like them.)

sam the sham & the pharoahs - best of, or whatever.(60s rocknroll. the dudes that sing 'wooly bully' and 'lil red riding hood')

wailers - 'boys from tacoma' (60s instrumental rocknroll.)

gories - anything by the gories. /images/graemlins/smile.gif early 90s garage/punk/rocknroll from deeeetroit.

falcons - i found a love (60s r&b/soul, lead by wilson pickett. great stuff)

lyres - on fyre, ahs 1005 (80s, boston based, post-DMZ. garage/psych/rocknroll)

[/ QUOTE ]
YOU FORGOT
THE SONICS-HERE ARE THE SONICS

[Predator314]

The best CD I bought this year was released in 1999. It's from a band called Union. The band has Bruce Kulick from Kiss and John Corabi from Motley Crue. I'm not a big Kiss or Crue fan, but this cd is great. It's hard to find in my area though, but you can get it here:

Union (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000JCDB/qid=1135971209/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-0810041-0626262?v=glance&s=music)

Some other good CDs I bought this year (I'm probably skipping a bunch, but I buy anywhere from 5-10 CDs a month on average.

Black Label Society - Mafia
Nickelback - All the Wrong Reasons
Disturbed - 10,000 Fists
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Essential SRV

I'm drawing a blank right now. I'm at work. I've bought some real turds this year, but these are above are pretty good. Trust me on the Union CD. If you want to sample some songs, my favorites are "Robin's Song" and "Love (I don't it anymore)".

[Ulysses]

Predator,

"John Corabi from Motley Crue."

Come on, now.

[Jack of Arcades]

[ QUOTE ]

Jack: You check out that BV3K album yet? It rules.

[/ QUOTE ]

haven't been able to find it but I've heard a little bit of it and I agree.

[whiskeytown]

[ QUOTE ]

whiskeytown - strangers almanc (alt country)


[/ QUOTE ]

For what it's worth - I picked this name after listening to Pneunomia - though I picked it online before I picked it as the nic. for this board.

RB

[thatpfunk]

this band is pretty indie/hipster but i can't remember anyone ever posting about them. Le Tigre, a very "different" sound, but fun to listen to when I'm getting ready to go out. Kinda feminist/political punkish/8th grade garage band energy and sound:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002X9NWQ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Another CD I absolutely love (and hipster but I haven't heard anyone talk about it either), Nouvelle Vague. All '80's punk covers, not exactly how you would expect to hear them. I really /images/graemlins/heart.gif this cd and I am a sucker for female vocalists:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0007YMVOW.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[CallMeIshmael]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]

Jack: You check out that BV3K album yet? It rules.

[/ QUOTE ]

haven't been able to find it but I've heard a little bit of it and I agree.

[/ QUOTE ]

Have you heard 'Drinking in LA' yet?.. because if you havent, its SOOOOOOO good.

[Riskwise]

Muse, not just absolution but all their albums.
http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lglp0863.jpg

[cwsiggy]

[ QUOTE ]
If you really start to dig the Jam Bands you can dive into , Disco Biscuits, Moe, Govt Mule and Medski Martin and Wood as well as about 20 others I can't name but rock.


[/ QUOTE ]

ditto on the Martin Modeski and Woods -great band. You can download their shows from Archive.org or Etree.org

some "electronica" recommendations.... am I the only one on this entire 2+2 community who likes this stuff????

Pole Folder - Zero Gold --- best electronic "artist" album in the past few years - definitely check it out.

Sasha and Digweed - Northern Exposure North/South - all time classic progressive house music mix - Nothing comes close to this mix in terms of quality - will never be topped

Balance 005 - James Holden - pixie trance master's trippy mix

Everything But the Girl - Back to Mine - DJ mix of their favorite songs - perfect mellow music.

Richard Dorfmeister - Richard Dorfmeister Presents A Different Drummer Selection ---great mellow DJ mix of reggae tunes from one of the best downtempo artists around

LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression - the all time classic drum and bass album

[johnnycakes]

Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run the Game
1965
Folk

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg900/g991/g99126disp9.jpg

Only album he realeased. It's amazing.

His story is heartbreaking and interesting. This article (http://www.blueangel.demon.co.uk/jcfrank/froots.html) is a pretty good bio. It was written in 1995. Jackson died in 1999.

[mike l.]

jazz:

arthur doyle-the songwriter

enjoy!

[Jurollo]

Circa Survive - Juturna
The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse
Cartel - Chroma
Mae - Destination: Beautiful
Copeland - In Motion
Fall of Troy - Doppelganger

Cartel, Mae and Copeland are all emo bands
TREOS and Circa Survive are similar technically sound rock bands
Fall of Troy is crazy and screamy


P.S. Trapt is terrible, as is Shinedown, etc... pop rock, yuck... Nickelback?!?! Puke!
Enjoy OP!
~Justin

[J.Brown]

Mushroom Jazz--Mark Farina

there are 5 in the series, i love 4, but they are all Great!

cheers. J.

[Jurollo]

I second Mae - Everglow, and Mars Volta as the only great cd's I saw in this whole thread.
~Justin

[xLukex]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]

Hardcore:
Cro Mags- The Age Of Quarrel
Integrity- Humanity Is The Devil
Killing Time- Brightside


[/ QUOTE ]

Brightside and Age of Quarrel are classics. But you have to be kidding me with Humanity is the Devil. Those Who Fear Tomorrow is what Integrity is all about. It is a hardcore classic and makes Humanity is the Devil look like a pile of steaming dung.

[/ QUOTE ]

Vocal Test!
Hollow!
Psychological Warfare!
>
Micha

In my humble opinion.

So far we have Magic, poker, and hardcore in common. What is next?

[CheckRaise]

[ QUOTE ]
Circa Survive - Juturna
The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse
Cartel - Chroma
Mae - Destination: Beautiful
Copeland - In Motion
Fall of Troy - Doppelganger

Cartel, Mae and Copeland are all emo bands
TREOS and Circa Survive are similar technically sound rock bands
Fall of Troy is crazy and screamy


P.S. Trapt is terrible, as is Shinedown, etc... pop rock, yuck... Nickelback?!?! Puke!
Enjoy OP!
~Justin

[/ QUOTE ]

Fall of Troy is awesome, I second that recommendation. Copeland is also decent.