anything I post on the ongoing thread "What’s on your turntable tonight".
I’ve been trying, to keep that long thread alive. I hope you all will join me there.
I’ve been trying, to keep that long thread alive. I hope you all will join me there.
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Foster the People album Torches. The best album in 2 decades. I get their music. I get their hooks. It took a while but then I realized this is great stuff!!! Ok the lyrics on one of their best songs "Pumped up Kicks" was weird to have on the airwaves before Sandy Hook. Every song on that album is a gem. I feel like 1/2 of them should have been in the top 10. I feel like they should have been one of the biggest bands in the world if they had kept up their momentum. The 2nd album was a major disappointment. Oh well. |
TOM OVANS Like a cross between Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and Dylan in terms of quality lyrics and, ummm, unconventional voice...he's frikkin' amazing CARLA BRUNI Yes, THE Carla Bruni, the French model, escort to the stars, now turned chanteuse. What a great writer and singer. Kind of breathy voice, in a sense, and very much like a latter day Edith Piaf. |
Basic Channel: BCD Burial Mix: Rhythm & Sound Chain Reaction: Matrix-Various Films Hallucinator-Landlocked Fluxion-Vibrant Forms Fluxion-Vibrant Forms II Monolake-Hong Kong Vainqueur- Elevation Porter Ricks-Biokinetics Maurizio: MCD Rhythm & Sound: CD Round One to Round Five: 1993-1999 Basicchannel.com Mojave 3-Ask Me Tommorow His Name is Alive-Livonia 4ad.com |
Some interesting (surprised to see here) responses. Some of mine are the same and some more mainstream than others: Patrick O'Hearn Orbital Brian Eno Harold Budd Miles Davis Talk Talk Radiohead Arvo Part Steve Roach XTC Positively Dark Richard Burmer Aphex Twin Michael Brook Buckethead John Serrie Dino Pacifici Jeff Pearce Peter Gabriel Tone Ghost Ether Ronnie Earl CD |
1. Eddie From Ohio (Virginia soul music, great lyrics. great music - I LOVE these guys) 2. Michael Tomlinson (smoothest voice I have ever heard - GREAT folk music and acoustic guitar). Phil Roy, another great folk/rock guy with great deep lyrics. 3. Tower of Power (yes, they have been around for 36 years and are my all time favorite band - but still not enough people appreciate them - best soul/funk band ever with the tightest horn section ever) 4. If you like female jazz vocals, then try Renee Marie, Jackie Allen, Carla Cook or Tierney Sutton. For male jazz vocals try Philip Manuel (for this matter, check out all the artists on the MaxxJazz label) 5. Keller Williams and his former band The String Cheese Incident 6. Bela Fleck and Victor Wooten (you should just throw RAW MEAT at this guy he is such a MONSTER bass player) 7. If you like jazz trumpet (as I saw one of you does) try Tim Hagans, Chuck Findley or Wayne Bergeron 8. If you like Crosby Still & Nash - try David Crosby's most recent group CPR (Crosby, Pevar and Raymond -- one of which is his son). 9. Jamie Cullum. This kid is a 22-23 year old piano playing rocker who just put out an album of Frank Sinatra/Harry Connick meets alternative type of music. He does some Cole Porter tunes, a Hendrix tune some of his own and one by Radiohead and does them all well IMHO. His version of "I get a Kick Out of You" is a blast. Cool smooth voice and delivery and fun, catchy, feet tappin piano work (even if not a giant of jazz yet). Fun stuff. |
Compilations (search various) and other bands (LYCIA, MIRA, etc...)on the PROJEKT label: http://www.projekt.com/projekt/artists.asp Same as above from the CLEOPATRA label: http://www.cleorecs.com/ JENNIFER HOPE http://www.jenniferhope.com/ ANGELS OF VENICE http://www.angelsofvenice.com/ |
A few of my lesser known favorites: Universe Zero James Chance (and the Contortionists) Michael Hurley Fracois Hardy Serge Gainsbourg (at least not well known in the states) Paris Combo Apples in Stereo Glenn Branca Os Mutantes Motor Totemist Guild Half Japanese Roky Erickson (solo post 13th floor) Panther Burns Amps for Christ (don't let the name fool you- very unusual) Kahimi Kari Cornelius Mostly eclectic pop/ experimental |
Bands you would have to search for: Freak Kitchen: INCREDIBLE band from Sweden. Start with the album MOVE, then move on to any of the other 5 or so. There is a new one to be released in October, I think. Artrosis: Rock/metal from Poland with haunting female vocals. Check out 'In the flowers' shade' for songs in English. Most of the rest are in Polish. Passenger: Helmet meets Depeche Mode (wish I could remember who said that first), from Sweden. Very good metal with a taste of electronica. In Flames: Side project of Passenger frontman, much harder. Superfix: Awesome but now defunct, from L.A. via Sweden Thyrane: Great metal band from Finland Holly McNarland: Very talented female vocalist from Canada, check out the song 'Do you get high?'. It has nothing to do with what you might think. Waiting for you at your local record store: Him: heartagram.com, lovemetal, from UK, many to choose from Lacuna Coil: where Evanescence learned alot of their tricks, from Italy. 'Comalies' is easiest to find. The Cruxshadows: Similar to Sisters of Mercy, but never tell them I said that. From Florida. Many to choose from but my favorite is 'Telemetry of a fallen angel'. Nightwish: Metal band from Finland with a classically trained female opera singer in the lead. Many discs out...all good. OK, I'm a freak...I know. Hope someone gets some fun out of that. |
My list is such big that I even forgot about: Magma, Nina Hagen, Fredy Studder, Diamanda Galas, Pekka Pohjola, Charlie Mariano, Evan Parker, Jah Wobble, Hugh Hopper, Alan Gowan, Lonnie Plaxico, Anthony Braxton, Daniel Binelli, NYJG(New York Jazz Guerilla), Pierre Moerlen, Guesch Patti, Bordo, Hektor Zazou, LHasa, Molvaer Nills Petter... |
Hey Slappy, I am a big Oribtal, Massive Attack and Underworld fan- I am shocked there is another fan here! Scottht- While I like the Flaming lips a lot and am looking forward to there new release, its a very acquired taste. I have shared there music with a few friends and always get the same weird looks! For me I enjoy sharing new music with people in general but a few favorites: Thomas Dolby- You've gotta look beyond "she blinded me with science" Eva Cassidy Rosanne Cash Jennifer Warnes- she never let's anyone down :) Michael Bublé Arvo Pärt Greg Brown To quickly name a few. |
The Chills (Heavenly pop from New Zealand) American Music Club (Brooding, just reunited after 10 yrs) Modest Mouse (Quirky pop, awesome production) Death Cab for Cutie (Pop with stellar hooks & ambience) Built to Spill (Neil Young meets Buffalo Tom) Eric Matthews (Burt Bacharach-type; Brilliant composer) Mark Lanegan (Intense folk) Screaming Trees (Lanegan's former hard rock quartet) Virginia Rodriguez (Brazilian voice of an angel) Salif Keita (Malian master of beat & groove) |
This may be a no-brainer, but I've really enjoyed exposing folks to Eva Cassidy. In my group she's not well known, if at all, but some to recall "Fields of Gold" from the Olympic's. Numerous of them have gone out and bought her recordings. Makes me feel good to know that I have improved their day. For those of you who have missed her, you shouldn't hesitate any longer. |
Marakanetz, And here i thought i was probably the only "pink dots" fan on audiogon. great music. Seen em twice, wonderful live show., I have around 7-8 of thier 100 billion albums. (grin) Ill throw these out.... Tear garden Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Orbital Massive Attack Lotus Twilight Circus Underworld Mad Season Coldcut |