help me rebuild a music library

[Rhone]

So I'm 32, and for the most part completely stopped listening to music about 10 or 12 years ago. Why? Lots of reasons, I guess, including starting grad school and having little free time, getting tired of the stuff I had, having a crappy stereo that nothing sounded good on...

Anyway, I had an epiphany a while back that I really liked music and missed it and wanted it back in my life. My first purchase with my poker earnings (I only started playing last spring) was a nice Onkyo stereo, and now I want to start buying more music. I'd also like to expand my tastes a bit.

The problem is, having been away from things for so long, I have very little idea what's out there. So help me out, guys.

Some things I used to love that I feel I've outgrown now: REM, the Cure, the Smiths...

What I used to love that I still love: U2, most classical music (I don't need help with the Classical, though)

One group I just discovered that I love now: Les Nubians

When I listen to the radio I find I have eclectic tastes. I like rock, most jazz, folk, some R&B. I'm definitely not into metal or rap, or the pop most teenagers seem to listen to.

I'd be grateful for some interesting recomendations, and like I said I don't mind pushing my boundaries (Les Nubians was a completely new direction for me...I listened to a few tracks at a local record store and fell in love with it).

Thanks!

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart
Auf der Maur - Auf der Maur
Muse - Absolution
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Audioslave - Audioslave
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea


Make sure you're up to date on your Radiohead. If you really quit listening in 93-95, then I highly suggest you pick up at least Ok Computer and The Bends and maybe Kid A or Hail To The Thief. Also pick up a couple Smashing Pumpkins while you're at it too.

[IndieMatty]

Dude, all good except that AudioSlave album sucks.

Me and my friends know the Coheed dudes...good to see them on your list. Second Stage Turbine Blade needs to be purchased in unison.

[ThaSaltCracka]

get the new Pinback and both Shins CD's.

[Rhone]

I realized after the first response (I haven't even heard of any of those groups... [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]) that I have a second question, which is if there's a good web site where I can listen to sample tracks...

[ThaSaltCracka]

download iTunes, but don't buy anything. they'll give you 30 second previews of nearly every single song for each artist.

[bwana devil]

...And you will know us by the trail of the dead (aka Trail of Dead)


try www.allofmp3.com and you can get the entire songs.

it starts out in russian and you must change to english veresion. songs are about five cents to download.

[astroglide]

www.listen.com $10/month, legal (as opposed to allofmp3), all you can eat streaming

[Daniel Hoerr]

By the sounds of your past interests, I'd suggest http://pitchforkmedia.com. They're a great source for cutting edge new stuff without buying into the MTV2 generation.

One of my current favs is The Arcade Fire - Funeral [Merge Records] - which was #1 of their top 50 albums of 2004.

Yummy.

[jakethebake]

I don't talk to people who use phreses like, "I want music back in my life." [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]