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... for a bloke that never grew out of Sabbath/GnR/Velvet Revolver/Nirvana or early to mid nineties rock n roll etc?
Never been into indie stuff such as the Kasabian era etc which left a number of years gap in my life, and I really need to invest in a new record collection....?
Go backwards?
The doors/stones/led zep/the who/jimi hendrix..... Queen? etc.
bet even if you have some of their stuff, there's still some more to discover. Otherwise I love DnB. 😀
Back in time is good! Just put a load of Doors stuff on my playlist the other day, as it happens.
Some other good stuff that I've been in to of late;
The Answer (Just good old rawk and rowl!)
Blues Traveller (Funky, fascinating jam stuff)
Ben Folds Five (Interesting, amusing, intelligent)
I am currently a big fan of country music like Townes Van Zandt
[url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/rediscovering-music ]Look here if you missed this thread[/url]
I am currently a big fan of country music like Townes Van Zandt
I, too, am enjoying the Van Zandt, Tower Song especially.
Elsewhere, nobody told me Radiohead were a pretty damn good band. 👿
I take it OP that you're already well into Alice in Chains (not mentioned above, but still holding up nicely in 2013). 8)
I really like this snappy little bright and breezy number but then, I am old and a bit out of touch... 😀
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You could do worse than check out Blood Red Shoes and The Joy Formidable.
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@ binners 🙂
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You could do worse than check out Blood Red Shoes and The Joy Formidable.
....but not a lot worse than The Joy Formidable, IMHO.
Clutch, OTOH, there's a band.
😆
Why go backwards ??
Why not try another Genre ?
Maybe because you were in the Rock world you let slip some other fantastic music, stuff maybe you dismissed out of hand because you were a "rocker". There's some most excellent House/Techno/Deep/industrial that could, for you, be worth seeking out. Don't dismiss this as some sort of "change your view" monologue, but more of a pointer towards some kicking sounds that have a similar beat (heavy, rhythmical, loud etc..) and make your feet tap and your shoulders move.
I'm a massive fan of stuff in the rock but not much in recent years has impressed, the latest VanHalen album with DLR back was shite for instance...
Soundcloud is a great place to start, Oliver Schories/LukeVegas/Room84 for starters.. You may not like it, worth giving it an hour of investigation though Shirley...
God I used to fancy Hannah from S Club 7. That's brought back some memories.
Avenged Sevenfold
NiN?
QotSA?
Rolo Tomassi??
[b]Dizraeli and the Small Gods[/b]
These are my favourite at the moment. Discovered them at The Beat-Herder Festival. Excellent live, every member is massively talented & the lyrics are witty, humorous, inspiring and thought provoking.
This video is sooooo tight:
Loads of good stuff on their YouTube channel.
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God I used to fancy Hannah from S Club 7. That's brought back some memories.
Rachael Stevens FTW.
@ BikeBouy - I didn't mention it but I have a parallel for some commercial yet eclectic & crossover R&B, & hard rap/garage (LL cool J, Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Limpbizkit, Jay Z, Eminem, Sean Paul) pretty much anything with a hard beat, even some of Beyonce's stuff, plus Reggea and soca beats courtesy of a west indian wife and many trips on the Carribean buses...
....but not a lot worse than The Joy Formidable, IMHO.
Have you actually
seen[i] them, or heard them for that matter?
Disclosure.
Down with the kidz option- try "I was born I have lived I will surely die" by Young Guns. It's all a bit Smash Hits with guitars but still, proper tune
Failing that, let's have a mighty Converge/Fed Up double whammy. Converge for fury, Fed Up for tunes. And fury.
Yes, I own a copy of The Big Roar and it sounds like a cross between the Delays and epileptic fit in a cymbal factory piped through a plastic tube and recorded with a D90 on the wrong bias setting-[i] to my ears/neurons[/i].
But, different strokes for different folks.
EDIT: I'd say [url= http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/20/joy-formidable-big-roar-review ]this[/url] sums it up.
[i]Yes, I own a copy of The Big Roar and it sounds like a cross between the Delays and epileptic fit in a cymbal factory piped through a plastic tube and recorded with a D90 on the wrong bias setting[/i]
Shit! Sounds brilliant! Must dig it out when I get home 🙂
LOL OK - I'll send you my copy for postage monies only.
EDIT: Another suggestion [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_(band) ]Justice[/url]
K57, cool, just pointing out some "other stuff like"
There are some great DJ's coming out of Berlin/Munich and Hamburg, simple search on that out to help.
Having written it down, it seems I like "angry" music. 😕
You need some Tame Impala and Band of Skulls in your life
If you like a bit of retro sounding rock, what about Wolfmother?
if you like it blues tinged, then the early Black Keys albums??
I had (And still have) similar taste in GnR, Nirvana etc. but have brached out a bit to milder indie music since meeting the wife (shes not a fan). Currently enjoying Daft Punk and a new found love of Basement Jaxx
For recent(ish) similar music, try "Them Crooked Vultures" - super group of Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones. Not as good as you would hope but good ol' bluesy rock. And while i mention Dave Grohl, after years of great singles and poor albums, the last Foo Fighters album "Wasting Light" is about the best they have done since "colour and the shape".
Victorian trout conspiracy 🙂 saw them at belladrum.......fantastic!
I've turned to teenage screamo now I've hit 30. A Day To Remember are one of my current favourites, but also i'm into folky stuff and still a lot of punk.
So my commute playlist normally consists of ADTR, Ben Howard, Killswitch Engage and Mumford and Sons. It's a bi-polar train journey somedays.
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Wolf People. You will love this.
+1 for Blood Red Shoes
the wife still winds me up, most of my ipod music is 90's stuff...
found this classic pearl jam concert on youtube last night.. about 4 weeks before TEN came out.
EPIC!
Have you heard the new Pearl Jam track 6Music have been playing recently, called [i]Mind Your Manners[/i]. Sounds like they've drafted in Motorhead.
Pearl Jam + Motorhead. What's not to like?
😯
....but not a lot worse than The Joy Formidable, IMHO.Clutch, OTOH, there's a band.
Heard of Clutch, never heard them. So, just had a run through a bunch of their tracks on YouTube. Well, I might well have done, but they're pretty indistinguishable from many other southern rock/blues bands out there. I'd find them difficult to tell apart from The Jim Jones Review, TBH. Or ZZTop.
I kind of grew out of that thirty years ago. I don't mind it, but there's so little light and shade in so much of that headsdownnononsencemindlessboogie, I just can't listen to too much of it.
How about Queens of the Stoneage?
[i]Just put a load of Doors stuff on my playlist the other day[/i]
Oh my.. Apocalypse Now has just started on ITV4!
Videos for my post earlier now I'm not at work
Holy crapolla! I was just about to the recommend Stoned and Starving as well, ace tune.
Try [url= http://www.battfest.com ]wellie free, online festival this weekend from the comfort of your own home... 3pm till 1 am[/url]
OK, last shot [guess which tab I still had open on this PC]...
RX Bandits best album -
- The Resignation.
Quite a shock coming from their previous stuff, I had to listen to it a few times to get over the layers and the shock of it all, but it's so damn rewarding. Exciting, beautiful; inventive yet discordant and in tune at the same time. Not that accessible though, I understand, and you DO need to listen to the whole thing, not just this track 😉
Best gig of my life that was, in 't Cavern Club, in Exeter
If its rock stuff you're after, take a look at Alter Bridge, Mastadon, Atreyu, Creed, Monster Magnet, Stone Sour etc.
If you want more of a metal selection then: Sylosis, Periphery, Sikth, Killswitch Engage, Gojira etc
If you want to stay 90s sounding or darker sounding have a look at Down, Skid Row, Korn, Coal Chamber, incubus etc