Music recommendations (non-mainstream tunes you recommend)

[daveleau]

Hi everybody!

I am spent. I have no more tunes to DL. I need recommendations of some good stuff please. Here are some ideas for you as well:

mix:
Massive Attack (great trance tunes)
Kruder and Dorfmeister

Metal:
Pitchshifter
Rammstein

Rock:
Jump Little Children (local band that partly made it)

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. My personal tastes are like my recommendations (mixed tunes, metal and rock) but I like anything but country. Of course this is more for everyone's enjoyment, not just mine so please fire away with recommendations.

Dave

Geez, my apologies Socal. This is the second post of mie today int he wrong forum. just a brain freeze.

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[gyoung]

I liked the Why Store a lot. There were a local band when I was in college. They had a song that made the national airwaves "Lack of Water" a few years back.

This by far wasn't one of their best songs.

Look for their old stuff. Their albums from before they signed a national contract.

Album #1 "Welcome to the Why Store"
Album #2 "Inside the Why Store"

I don't know how to describe their music, I guess a little bit of funk and groove.

[eagle1]

I know a lot of people don't like this because it makes opunk soft but it's the best music I have heard! It's called Emo (short for emotional) and it's music it's great . If you play guitars or bass, you are going to like this even more!!!!

Some bands that are great...:

The Juliana Theory
The Get Up Kids
Yellowcard (new cd rocks--old stuff is good but not great)

and if you like acoustic, Dashboard Confessions!

If you need any other, post a reply..

[glitterin]

a local band Garden of Souls, there are some great songs for downloading on the site.

[waferdog]

Well, I need to put a word in for a band from Minnesota known as Left Foot Blue. They've released two albums, and I love it. I could make some tunes available for you on Napster if you set up a time with me. Their music is hard to define to a genre. If anything, I would put a bar rock label on them, but even that is not accurate.
http://leftfootblue.20m.com/

Waferdog

[OSPA]

Well, I don't know what is mainstream and what isn't, and I really don't care, but...

Sentenced is a good metal band.
Their new stuff (Crimson album) is great, and their older stuff is good too.
Different styles between new and old.

[club_med]

[list=1]
Morcheeba
Mandalay
Portishead
Jestofunk
Orbital
Thievery Corporation
Moloko
Bjork
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Check out 'Protection' by Massive Attack.

cm.

[daveleau]

Thanks all.
cm- i have Protection and love it. I try to DL whole albums and store them that way, and that one is one of my favorites right now.

Theivery Corp is great as well. The rest I will HAVE to check out.

Keep em coming.

Dave

[HomeYield]

my favorite band right now is Cold (*not Coldplay that sings Yellow*). They have been around awhile but have really awesome stuff. I dl'ed their latest album and I like every song on it and you know how rare it is to find a CD where you like every song on it.

[fshanda]

Brian Eno-David Byrne

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

I just looked at the cd cover and cant believe this album is 20 years old. It sounds as current as the day I bought it. Of course it was on audio cassette first then repurchased on cd.

Definitly give this album a listen.

Fshanda

[flea]

Hmmm.

Lamb (bit similar to portishead, but less depressing)
Dave Brubeck (Jazz, take 5 is excellent)
(hed)pe(Rap metal)
One MInute Silence(ditto)
Oh, and while im on rap mertal, Rage Against the Machine rule, or did rule.
Queens of the Stone Age(rock)
The fight club soundrack
Otis reading (sitting on the dock of the bay)

I have twisted musical tastes http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Sixpac]

how about

DJ Soul Slinger

or my fav...

Ray Guns

Sixpac>>>

[zskillz]

well, I don't know how you feel about a ska, funk reggae sort of sound, but I reccommend giving my band a listen to!
www.twelvecents.com (http://www.twelvecents.com)

-Z

[daveleau]

So...you like the WWF... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif Pretty cool stuff Z. Thanks.
Dave


I love the WW...I love the WWF...I love the WW...I love the WWF. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[gfunkmartin]

I suggest some of these bands:

AFI (punk rock, some influence by the Misfits)
Arlibido (Canadian something or other, really quite catchy)
Less Than Jake (need I say more)
NOFX (more great punk)
Supergiant (a little Baltimore punk band)
Suicide Machines - their first album (Destruction by Definition)
Also, I'm a big fan of Lords of Acid
So, look for SEV, they do a great rap-core show
And, look for "40 oz to Freedom" by Sublime

Happy Hunting,
Jason

[daveleau]

Oh, I think Rage Against the Machine will still rock. They are going to come back out with the old Soundgarden lead singer. They already ghave 20 songs and are headed to the studio. His name escapes me now though.

[gyoung]

Chris Cornell... former SoundGarden lead singer... now with Rage...

[surrealchereal]

OK Here's one way out there, but pretty cool. I'm into Indian Pop, World music. (well one of the genera's I'm into)
Check this guy out,

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook: Remixed STAR RISE. (http://the-raft.com/nusrat/) This is a great CD.

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[sburns]

Try anything by a group called WEEN. They are the first group that I've heard in a long time that has some truly different stuff out there. One of their better albums is THE MOLLUSK.

[fshanda]

Been uploading my cd collection to my computer. Just came across one of my favorite bands XTC.
White Music
Drums and Wires
Go 2
Black Sea
English settlement
There are more albums but these are a few of my favorites.

Fshanda

[codybear]

this thread makes me feel ancient http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif


I have no clue who these "groups" are

[Ritalin Kid]

Here's the Ritalin Kid's top 10.

1. Less Than Jake (great band)
2. Sum 41
3. Goldfinger
4. Fifteen (have a great social message)
5. The Ataris
6. Nerf Herder
7. MxPx (lots of great tunes)
8. GOB (newest album "Life sccording to GOB"
is the one to look for)
9. Good Charlotte
10. Five Iron Frenzy (they're a christian
band that doesn't try to shove Christ
down your throat. Their older albums
are better than their newest album.)

enjoy......

[n715dp]

Try "Generic Band" = based here in Tampa, pretty good. Friends of mine.

[[Neo770]]

If you like metal and tolkien books you will love Blind Guardian. Go to http://www.mp3.com/bg they have a whole album based on the Silmarillion.(Nightfall in middle earth)

[Madcap]

Pre-packaged Product. Great band by a guy I work with. Go to the free music section for mp3's. His name is noise
http://www.rebellionrecords.8m.com/index.html

[scotter]

Any thing from Steve Morse or the Dregs/ Dixie Dregs, Shadowfax, Micheal Hedges, George Winston, Montreux, Mark Isham, William Ackerman just to name a few http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif and anything on Windham Hill Records

[club_med]

flea you reminded me, yes Lamb is great too ! how could I forget them, I knew my list was incomplete ! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

cm.

P.s. daveleau if youd like to do some trading contact me, i could upload some tunes to my MyPlay (http://www.myplay.com) account.

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[zskillz]

well dave, thx for giving it a listen. I'm not sure what other songs are available at the website, but if you can listen to a song on the king of the ring album called "everyday change"... that's probably my favorite song to play

good luck!
-Z

[flea]

Yeah, im sure the new Rage (or wahtever there new name will be, i think theyre changing it) will be good,. as with Zack's solo stuff, but i doubt either could beat the Zack De La Rocha / Tom Morello Combination.

Let me add The Unoin Underground (NuMetal) and Gomez (Indie) to the list while im here.

Interesting to find annother Lamb fan, they dont seem to be all that popular, but then again my freind who i borrowed the cd from heard them on mtv2.

-Flea (listening to a live RATM album http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif)

[Barney]

Here's some stuff I recommend:

-Dire Straits. Great guitar play and lyrics. I haven't found anything else quite like this.

-Foo Fighters. I guess it's a bit more mainstream, but their music rocks.

-Jamiroquai. The make funk/disco music, but they also made a few reggae songs. Again, there's nothing quite like what they make.

[superraton01]

I am age 46 so heres some music for us
baby boomers:
Everclear,
Rage,
Eminem (the marshall mathers album),Lil Kim, lil bow wow.
Limp Bizkit.
Me first and the gimme gimmes

[LemonHead]

I know they aren't mainstream over here but i'm not sure bout the states - Stereophonics (ok take the pi$$, i can take it!!). Also Travis.
They both make inoffensive music that anyone can listen to.

Turin Brakes, and also how can i not recommend Radiohead!

[fshanda]

Hey Ritalin you like Good Charlotte also. I didn't know if they were heard much outside the D.C.,Maryland, Virginia area. I took my son to see them play At the WHFS Nutcracker Christmas concert last year. It was my sons first concert and Good Charlotte put on a excelent show. Green Day, Fuel,Moby, Disturbed and Lifehouse also played. Green Day was great but Good Charlotte was the next best band playing that night IMHO.

Fshanda http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[madfish]

well, my favroite is www.djlithium.com (http://www.djlithium.com) he is out of Vancouver BC, Canada, trance, has an ftp sever to get his sets free, make sure you grab the album covers off it too. he also broadcasts online with kasterBlaster, he own streaming software get it at www.kyxpyx.com. (http://www.kyxpyx.com.) you need winamp to hear him online, I got all his sets and I'm the first one he tells when he has a new one comming out, he has one coming the 4th july. he's a great friend... E me if you have questions about him and his stations...
A nother trance dj is dynamo from mp3.com, he has some good sets too, I like space rocking cowboy, I got his sets already burned too... madfish

[surrealchereal]

Superraton01 dude! You're getting there but with your great age, you are getting a little senile. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gifAll your list are mine, but! It's spelled E-v-e-r-l-a-s-t..
Whitey Ford Sings the Blues.... Rocks!! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
(yes, I know, and yes I know you spelled it right the first time)
Doh! did I mention I'm older? hmmmmmmm?

Hey F/Tony, you left out the early Suicide Machines!

eiiiiehh I must commit Hari Kari, I misspelled suicide


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[RobRich]

My favorite group:

303Infinity (http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/34/303_infinity.html)

Another long-time fav of mine:

Paul Oakenfold (http://www.pauloakenfold.org)

Catch ya' later,
Robert Richmond

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[Tron]

Cinematic Orchestra
The Herbalisers
just anything from Ninjatune

chkout Furture Sound of.. jazz, London
Paris... and GONG

and the Asian Dub Foundation

Peace wolF<< P.S.: for kicking D&b and Dncehall-mixes http://www.mp3.at/playlists/kunstwerk.m3u
to play wt realplayer.

[superraton01]

surreal: check out
everclear, esp the song "i will buy
you a new car" which on napster is found by searching for "i will buy". [me first and thegimme gimmes also has a version of that song.]
straight out of torrance! NOT!
also great oldies:
the dead kennedys
nwa
public enemy
guns n roses (soon touring and coming out with new music but without slash)
janes addiction (ocean size)
I have great respect for anyone who has a flexible enuf mind to listen to new music and not be stuck listening for the thousandth
time to what was popular when they were teenagers (led zepellin, grateful dead,etc).

[Fat|Tony]

Well, i'm into the whole Ska/Punk scene too so, here are my favs:

1. Less Than Jake (one of the few non-boy bands to come out of FL)
2. Lagwagon (punk)
3. NoFx (punk)
4. Millincolin (punk)
5. Mu330 (ska)
6. Mustard Plug (ska)
7. Mad Caddies (ska/punk)
8. The Aquabats (silly silly ska band)
9. Swingin' Utters (punk)
10. Wizo (german punk (NOT OI!))
11. Save Ferris (ska)
12. RxBandits (ska)
13. Unsung Zeros (local punk)
14. Unwritten Law (punk)
15. The Urge (skacore (hardcore ska))
16. Skanin' Pickle (SkaFunkRastaPunk (self proclaimed))
17. Goldfinger (ska/punk)
18. Bad Religion (great punk, been around longer than metallica, It's not anti-christ stuff, they're just a bunch of athiests)
19. Falling Sickness (ska/punk)
20. Bouncing Souls (punk)

Note these are in no specific order.

F|T

[Madcap]

Sorry the site I mentioned above has moved to
http://www.angelfire.com/ego/rebellionrecords/

[ginkgo08]

1. Medeski, Martin & Wood
2. Lake Trout
3. Dr. Didg
4. Amon Tobin
5. Soulive
6. DJ Logic
7. Jurassic 5
8. Common
9. Big In Japan
10. Clutch

[deltaf508]

Plumb (Reeeeaaaally cool)
Fourth Estate (local group in Colo. intramental progressive rock - zskillz, you may know of them)
The Cynic Project (smooth techno style)

Just a few of my favs.

Gary

[msbrown2]

If you are into the college/frat rock scene (like Jump Little Children) then definitely check out Weekend Excursion. They are probably the biggest band in the Carolinas right now. They just did a Budweiser commercial that aired on Friends last week. They have also been on shows like Dawson's Creek and such. Another awesome local to NC is the John Dupree band. Amazing voice and jamming acoustics.

[club_med]

Lucid are also good.

cm.

[DUD]

One of the great original punk bands has re-united...MENSTRUAL FLOW...and they have recently released a throbbing live CD from their "On The Rag Tour". The CD is called "Flowing Live!".

[Iczer1]

1. Misfits (20 years of terror! Try "American Pyscho" {new school 'fits) and "Last Caress" (old school 'fits)

2. Pitchshifter (Talk about change! From An industrial Death metal band, to an industrial band, to a Techno Industrial band, to a speed tech metal band, and recently Agro Rock. Try "(a higher form of) killing" {old school 'shifter} and "Microwaved" (new school 'shifter

3. Ultraspank (awesome band with lots of potential. You could call it a metal version of emo core... try "5" and "stuck")

4. Liquid gang (Hailing from my hometown , philly... never made it big but did have one mainstream release, give "breakdown" a whirl)

5. Bad religion (Punk music with an actual message! Try "Were all gonna die" and "A walk")

6. Bouncing Souls (great party songs, anthems, and songs about your younger days. try "Here we go", "I like your mom", "84")

7. Stabbing westward (Another band that likes to go through different music making methods. Listen to "Shame" and "Save yourself")

8. Tori amos (Huh you say? Hey this girl can make music that anyone with an open mind can enjoy. Try "Waitress" And "Crucify")

9. Vision (fast punk with stadium back-up vocals, try "Closed minded" and "the kids still have alot to say")

10. AFI (Speedy whinny punk at it's best, listen to "Perfect fit" and "Total immortal")

11. Static-x (yea yea yea, there sorta mainstream.... listen to "this is not" and "Burning inside" {awesome ministry cover!})

12. Happy 2b hardcore series (Mad fast and crazy rave music....when NY underground is just too slow for ya)