Anyone have any GREAT music suggestions for me?
Hey I’m new! I’m really looking for something interesting and quality to put on my play lists. I like everything from hip hop to indie – with a major focus right now on female artists/country music/and easy listening. Any ideas?
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Atmosphere
P.O.S
Felt
Murs
Soul Position
Brother Ali
Sage Francis
^^ hip hop.
Air (check out the song La Femme d’Argent)
Zero 7
The Kooks
The Shins
Coconut Records
Lily Allen
Kate Nash
The Postal Service
Maria Mena
^^ That’s more easy stuff, and female stuff.
you could try Imogen Heap – Speak for Yourself.. it’s not country its more subtle electric but it’s real good!!
Female wise I really love Brandi Carlisle but honestly at the moment my favorite male is Amos Lee. He has a beautiful voice.
Wow thanks so much! Those suggestions are pretty much exactly what I’m looking for!
oh yes of course…Brandi Carlisle…Is AMAZING!!
The new Raconteurs CD is very sick.
The Black Keys.
And I like a few songs from the new Kanye CD.
I couldn’t recommend muse enough. Personally life changing.
Interpol are also amazing.
Klaxons, Biffy Clyro, Arctic Monkeys.
Sorry I am old and most of the people I listen to are either dead or members of the Rolling Stones. One new CD I loved (got it last year as a birthday present) was Amy McDonald’s. It was a very good production, regardless of whether one likes the music or not. Job well done.
How about Regina Spektor, Fiona Apple, Feist, and Emily Haines? They’re some great female vocalists.
@cage – Muse is effing amazing. Completely life changing.
I’ll definitely check them out =] and cage Im SO glad you said muse. I LOVE muse.
@shadling. Lurve for Regina Spektor!
@summertimehigh AWESOME!!! I actually prefer muse live.
I have their whole discography, b-sides, rare recordings, bonus, appearances on various artists compilations, vinyls, promo disks, etc.
But nothing, absolutely nothing beats the sound of them live. Mainly because of the different things Matt does with the guitar in each performance.
Even better if you’re there.
even better if its at a tiny gig being recorded for MTV and you;re front row and you meet them after and they sign your plug in baby vinyl and speak to your friend on the phone and the lead singer steals your pen, apologises and thanks you…:D
@cage haha agreed! they are incredible.
Muse IS GREATNESS.
And the Klaxons.
Oh yeah Joss Stone is pretty chill stuff.
this chick is the greatest female vocalist ever to walk the earth, IMO.
@cage loving the black keys. def.
Definately Jenny Lewis!
Rilo Kiley
Tilly and the Wall
Whispertown 2000
Elbow
100% my favourite cd at the moment: “She & Him” – volume one.
Excellent easy to listen to music.
perhaps…Muse? ;-) lol…they are genius though!
edit: and they are amazing in concert although unfortunately i’ haven’t been lucky enough to meet the guys :-(
Menomena is pretty good. Band of Horses is too. Of Montreal I like a lot. It’s a few years old, but Joan As Police Woman’s Real Life is wonderful.
@meemorize – Lurve!
That reminds me… Stars is a good band too.
56 of my Favorite Songs as of Late:
Rising of Scorpio – David Santo
We Are All Accelerated Readers – Los Campesinos!
Messenger – Blonde Redhead
Farmer Chords – Ben Gibbard
Sterling Moss – The Swirlies
Tonight, Let’s All Make Love in London – The American Dollar
Clasp Hands – The Fall
Combustible You – Girls Like Cigarettes
Believer – Ben Kweller
I’m Comin’ Down – Primal Scream
Saturdays – Cut Copy
Wish I was Skinny – The Boo Radleys
We’re Not Supposed to Be Lovers – Dean & Britta
Gimme Gimme Gimme – Dirty Projectors
Some People (Just Get Off on Breaking Hearts) – Meanest Man Contest
Po’ Boy – Bob Dylan
Dance Around the Maypole – Acid Gallery
High School Confidential – Rough Trade
Cigarette Machine – Codeine
Panik – Bratmobile
U R My Fucking Sunshine U Cunt – Les Enfant Bastard
Black and White Town – Doves
The Strain – Blockhead
Girls Who Play Guitars – Maximo Park
Head Dress – Amazing Baby
All My Wasted Days – The Amazing Pilots
Intro/Obsession ‘77 – Atomic Forest
I Want a Break Thru – The Hykkers
I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You – Black Kids
The Way I Feel Inside – The Zombies
Nothing Left to Say – Dance Hall Crashers
I Thought I Saw Your Face Today – She & Him
Florida – Modest Mouse
Foundations – Kate Nash
Faster Than Cars – Kate Tucker
The Cheapest Key – Kathleen Edwards
Leading Man – The Long Goodbye
Can I Call You Mine? – The Long Goodbye
I’m the Man Who Loves You – Wilco
If You See Her, Say Hello – Bob Dylan
Lizzy – Melvins
Time to Pretend – MGMT
Stormy Weather – Pixies
2 Far (ft. Wiley) – Dizzee Rascal
Walk Away Renee – Elliott Smith
That Time – Regina Spektor
The Heart Gently Weeps – Wu-Tang Clan
Wayward Wind – The One AM Radio
My Shadow is a Monday – Lavender Diamond
She Keeps Hoping – Acid House Kings
Handlebars – Flobots
Take the Fifth – Spoon
Let’s Go Smoke Some Pot – Widespread Panic
Jealous Girls (New Young Pony Club Mix) – The Gossip
I Want You Back – Shocking Pinks
Knockout (80kidz Remix) – The Shoes
Create Pandora stations for your favorite artists and songs and see what it comes up with.
i cannot stress jenny lewis/rilo kiley enough – she’s both a female songwriter AND pretty country…
check her out, i hope you like her. rilo kiley is her band, but she does stuff on her own too.
i think i’m repeating some of these because i saw them mentioned up there by other people, but here’s a few of my favourites:
hiphop/rap:
-jurassic 5
-p.o.s.
-flobots
-murs
female singers (i just happened to recently make a playlist for a friend who is going through a female singer phase, so this is a long list i’m copying from the one i made for her)
-she & him
-tilly and the wall
-jenny lewis/rilo kiley/jenny lewis & the watson twins
-the pipettes
-azure ray
-yeah yeah yeahs
-white linen
-au revoir simone
-velvet undeground with nico
-vanessa carlton
-uffie
-tsunami bomb/the action design (TB has broken up, but agent m’s new band is action design)
-the ting tings
-lady gaga
-devices by the terrordactyls (kimya dawson of the moldy peaches sings in this one)
-tegan and sara
-the sounds
-the subways
-robots and butterflies (if you’re into paramore-esque bands, they’re really great! they’re from my area)
-regina spektor
-the pierces
-porcelain and the tramps
-natalie portman’s shaved head (<333)
-liza minelli
-lily allen
-katy perry
-jen wood
-jack off jill/scarlet
-gregory and the hawk
-horrorpops
-hello saferide
-april march
-freezepop
-le tigre
-go betty go
-dancehall crashers
-flamboyant bella
-feist
-broken social scene
-cat power
-the cardigans
-camera obscura
-kapiano
-juliett and the licks
-dresden dolls/amanda palmer
-be your own pet (r.i.p!<3)
-bjork
@uber, i loveeeee them! oh god and crystal castles, did i really not include them? ah. i love girl talk too.
i’m going to borrow all of you guys’ suggestions too. time to last.fm it haha
I absolutely love Alela Diane (check out some great videos she has on youtube!), Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, Anne Heaton (Pieces of Me-awesome song!), Lisa Hannigan, Eleni Mandell (favorite song-Can’t You See that I’m Soulful) and A Fine Frenzy. There’s a lot of variety in these choices, some more, some less country with a bent toward emotional lyrics and acoustic music. I like soulful and poetic music.
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