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Skilleddk posted:

I've recently listened to Björk, and was instantly hooked. Looking for more similar stuff, even though I know she's a very unique artist. Last.fm search didn't give much, I mean, Portishead and PJ Harvey are not similar at all.

Favorite album by her is Post if that helps, and favorite songs are Hyper-Ballad and Enjoy
I find Bat For Lashes to be fairly similar to Bjork. Check out her debut album.

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IS A CRACKBABY posted:

So I need some music. I'm into many types of music, but my favorite has to be Indie/Folk, such as the following;

-Sufjan Stevens
-Neutral Milk Hotel
-Iron and Wine
-Fleet Foxes
-Andrew Bird
-Wolf Parade

Could I get some bands/artists that are similar to these?
Check out Akron/Family's self-titled album if you want some folk/indie that's perhaps a little more experimental. I really can't recommend it highly enough.

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Skilleddk posted:

I'm trying to get more into Shoegaze genre. Already heard My Bloody Valentine, M83 and Slowdive. Didn't really like MBV, M83 is good, but I already love Slowdive, what other bands are there like them?
Definitely go with Cocteau Twins, as Way Past Cool said. I always think of Slowdive and Cocteau Twins as more dreampop than shoegaze but I guess they're still pretty similar. Also try Asobi Seksu's 'Citrus', and maybe Primary Colours by The Horrors, which is sort of shoegazey post-punk that sounds awesome.

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Surfer Rosa Parks posted:

Ive been really into Boris for a while now and looking to branch out, what other Japanese Noise-artists should I look at?
I haven't actually listened to Boris but if you're looking for Japanese rock/noise then you should try the album Vision Creation Newsun by Boredoms, Bambi's Dilemma by Melt Banana and downy's third untitled album (it's called Mudai in Japanese). They all totally own, here are some selected tracks from each of them

Heart - Boredoms

Spider Snipe - Melt Banana

Zen - downy

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Skilleddk posted:

Well, I've heard all of the bands you guys mentioned. I really like Slowdive, Swervedriver, M83 and MBV, but listened through them to death. That's why I'm looking for more stuff, and Alcest's and Jesu stuff seemed great.
These aren't exactly heavier shoegaze records but if you just want more of the genre in general you should try Asobi Seksu's 'Citrus' and Lilys 'Eccsame the Photon Band' or 'In the Presence of Nothing'

Also I dunno if you like hip-hop at all but you might like to check out Dalek, they combine rap with a sort of industrial/shoegaze/noiserock production. They're loving awesome and are one of the most original hip hop groups around right now. Here's a quote from wiki:

quote:

Dälek's music is dark, noisy and atmospheric, equally inspired by industrial music like Einstürzende Neubauten, the layered noise of My Bloody Valentine and the dense sound collages of Public Enemy...They have been described as trip-hop, glitch-hop, and metal- shoegaze-hip-hop

If you're interested look for their album Absence

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Count Harper posted:

Recently, however, I began listening to Rin Toshite Shigure and they're quite good. I want to find more Japanese music that actually has artistic merit, without having to sift through terrible pop songs that sound like anime theme music, as well as bands that blatantly rip off their influences. I'm not really looking for typical pop at all, actually. Anything obscure would be great, at the risk of sounding like a pretentious rear end in a top hat. Thanks!
Try Shiina Ringo. She pretty much writes pop/rock music but it's very original and she fucks about with lots of different types of instrumentation and often quite complex song structures. Try her album Karuki Zaamen Kuri no Hana, I think it's her best and most experimental. Here's a couple songs from it:

Kuki

Shuukyo

Also you might like to try downy, they're a pretty awesome rock band that have a very realised melancholy sound in all of their stuff. It's pretty haunting, depressing and often ethereal stuff but it rocks too. Some songs:

Zen

Hidari no Shu

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also Dadjacket I've never heard of Tujiko Noriko but she sounds kind of awesome and I'm going to get an album so thanks!

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I don't know Holst's Planets so I can't comment on whether they're good recommendations or not, but to be fair Uematsu is still a great composer regardless of the fact that his music is primarily used in videogames

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Donny J posted:

This might seem as an odd request, but I'm helping a friend of mine compile a soundtrack for a film he's working on. It's a romance, but not a chick flick (think a much, much worse, student produced Garden State/Eternal Sunshine kind of vibe). The songs him and I have come up with thus far:

Run - Snow Patrol
Any Other World - Mika
Cold Desert - Kings of Leon
Love You 'Till the End - The Pogues
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (overplayed, I know, great song nonetheless)
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
No Surprises - Radiohead
Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
Glosoli - Sigur Ros
Scenic World (Lon Gisland EP) - Beirut
Postcards from Italy - Beirut
The Great Escape - Patrick Watson
Sonho Dourado - Daniel Lanois
Your Hand in Mine - Explosions in the Sky
SRXT - Bloc Party
Wake Up - Arcade Fire

Obviously there are a few different genres included in the list above, and he's not going to use all of them, but any songs that have a similar feel to any of the ones above would be awesome. Emotional songs that have a great buildup like Run, Hoppipolla, Glosoli, SRXT and Fake Plastic Trees would especially be helpful, but any suggestions would be great.
Just a few:

Broken Heart - Spiritualized
Anthems for a 17 Year Old Girl - Broken Social Scene
Fake Empire - The National
Thursday - Asobi Seksu
Comforting Sounds - Mew
Consequence - The Notwist
Shoes - Akron/Family

hopefully at least one of these is something like what you're looking for

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HatchetDown posted:

Also songs that begin acoustic or classical and break into something hard such as:

Grace by Lamb of God
Fade to Black by Metallica
The Regulator by Clutch
Stone the Crow by Down
Not exactly what you asked for but you might like Opeth. They're metal but they often switch it up and have parts with really nice acoustic guitar and then get heavier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvLn8j4c5l4

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I've been really enjoying listening to Fats Waller's "Ain't Misbehavin'" album recently, I want more stride piano like it. I don't really like jazz type stuff when it gets all noodley and wanky, and I like there being a whole band rather than just piano or what have you. I tried listening to some Scott Joplin but it turned out to be just piano and it was kind of boring.

tl;dr, more stuff like Fats Waller

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Chinaski posted:

I don't know if this will make sense because I don't have any examples but I like songs that build and build and build on a riff you'd expect to suddenly break into something else but never does. They just keep building up to nothing.

Sort of like what Lightning Bolt does from time to time but I'm not necessarily looking for something aggressive. It can be any type of music.

Any thoughts?
Maybe this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcTNaFepfd4

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Iraff posted:

I've been addicted to shhoegaze these last few months, but I sort of feel like I've gone through most of the classics. I've explored all of MBV, Slowdive, Swervedriver, Chapterhouse, Ride, and the like. I'm also very familiar with popular nugaze like M83 and Ulrich Schnauss.

Can anyone recommend some lesser known shoegaze or nu-gaze?
Lilys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJJ3ujvWoYU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-nmvKKF9o

Bowery Electric

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_wx_R9BW-8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lczCBvKW_TE

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Unmistakeable Fire posted:

Can you guys recommend me some long psychedelic rock type jamming songs from the late 60s early 70s? I stumbled onto a couple songs while I was shuffling that I have like that and I'll list them so that you can get an idea of what I'm thinking about. Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix, Spoonful by Cream, Gadda Da Vidda by Iron Butterfly. Basically anything in that 15 minute range.
Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

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Popcorn posted:

Looking for pretty, melancholic piano ballads like Radiohead's "I Want None of This", Jim Morrison's solo performance of "Orange County Suite" or this performance of "Wild Goose Chase" by Dark Dark Dark. Any suggestions?
maybe some Grandaddy

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yeah Can are the quintessential krautrock band. Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi and Future Days are all completely amazing. I'd also second Amon Duul II, and listen to Faust as well. Faust IV is the first album I got by them and it's wicked

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shiro posted:

Can anyone recommend something similar to Piana or the AOKI Takamasa + Tujiko Noriko album 28? Something along the lines of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ebxbkyoyo and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GavUt8FZMnk

Also I was wondering if there are more artists like dälek.
dalek are pretty unique, I've not heard much like them at all. Closest I've found is some of the stuff on Oddateee's Halfway Homeless album, which is pretty good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-zqVhVDd3Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL2AxOjLuok

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T. W. Forsthye posted:

I'm looking for existential music. I believe that this is not descriptive in any way. Bear with me

Muse - micro cuts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdOHxh9-1Yo
Lightning bolt - 2 towers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTPLcst4OL8

Lyrics don't matter; the relative popularity of the band doesn't matter.
Dire, impenetrable, aggressive, incomprehensible, avant-garde, at times violent.
The sonic equivalent of Salvador Dali.

I'm excited by unforeseen possibilities and I hope someone else will benefit from this too.
here are some noisy and abrasive ideas

If you like that Lightning Bolt song you should definitely check out Boredoms, they're one of the best noise rock bands imo. Super Ae is probably the most similar album to the 2 Towers song but they have other great releases too. Here's a bit that's somewhat similar to 2 Towers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct6LNcH0G44

also I don't know if you like hip hop at all but Dalek do some really cool noisy shoegaze stuff, if you're into rap at all have a listen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i789TMw49rE

(turn up the volume they are both best heard loud as gently caress)

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Tree Goat posted:

Then you are in luck!
This is more or less a PYF thread by now, but it hits a lot of the high points.
this post has a lot of good musicians to check out

one more I'd add is Akron/Family, their self titled album and the split EP they did with Angels of Light are both fantastic and are quite folky albeit with a psychedelic tinge sometimes. If you like this song then you should give them a go as their s/t is really amazing and quite unlike anything I've heard before

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Dick Danger posted:

Entry level Hip Hop connoisseur signing in. I've been listening to nothing but hip hop for months now, but have very little in my library beyond Das Racist, Outkast, Deltron 3030 and a little Public Enemy.
What now?
probably try and find out what you like in hip hop then look for more of it

but here is some stuff I really like anyway:

Roots Manuva

A Tribe Called Quest

Dalek

Shape of Broad Minds

Themselves

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Boredoms, Melt Banana, Acid Mothers Temple, Dalek (noise hip hop? yes)

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Devil Wears Wings posted:

I'm looking for some good modern shoegazey/dreampop music to add to my collection.

I really enjoy the classics (MBV, JaMC, Cocteau Twins, Slowdive, Ride, Catherine Wheel, etc.). Of the newer "nu-gaze" bands that I've heard, I most enjoy The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Radio Dept., Longview, School of Seven Bells, the Silversun Pickups' first album, and to a lesser extent Asobi Seksu's first two albums; as well as electronica-based stuff like M83, Ulrich Schnauss, and Tycho (I REALLY wish I could find artists that sound similar to those three).

I tend to dislike the really lo-fi, noisy stuff (Vivian Girls, No-Age, Deerhunter, etc.), since it all just sounds like a sloppy version of Psychocandy to my ears.

I, like so many posters before me, am deeply curious.
you'd probably like City Center's self-titled album, it's all very atmospheric and dreamy with tons of textures and stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNDBjdKEGQ4&t=1m55s

maybe get some stuff by Lilys, I'd recommend the album Eccsame the Photon Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-nmvKKF9o

also you've probably heard them but The xx's debut album was excellent dreampop

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Hob_Gadling posted:

I'd like to add some modern classical music to my playlists. I've listened to all the old masters and like especially Bach, Sibelius, Musorgski and Elgar. I don't like most of Wagner, Mozart leaves me "meh" and Roma-styled music is not for me.

Please don't recommend Philip Glass or any soundtracks from movies.

What should I try?
Arvo Part is an amazing modern composer, and he's still alive albeit very old. A fair bit of his stuff has been in films but most people probably couldn't name his music

this particular piece was in There Will Be Blood,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vdgZAJVnes

he has many other fantastic works, if you like this get Tabula Rasa as it contains this piece and a few other equally fantastic ones

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Man With Scissor posted:

Looking for any catchy (not too cheesy) j-pop or j-rock. I have absolutely no experience with these genres so feel free to recommend the first thing that comes to mind.
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Shiina Ringo
Salyu
Asian Kung-Fu Generation

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busydelicious posted:

For awesome catchy japanese music, I'd have to recommend capsule.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6UurRhIgD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nUbhbEp65s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OGG1JQDY1g

I absolutely love them. They used to be really j-pop, but their sound has changed enough that I sort of think of them as the japanese equivalent of daft punk. Is only my humble opinion, btb.

hey this is pretty cool, they seem to have a lot of albums though so could you recommend the best ones? Specifically looking more for the jap daft punk stuff more than j-pop but if there's one which is a mix that could be good too

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Captain Frigate posted:

I'm looking for some more music like lushlife or just in general hip hop with more relaxed backing tracks. Maybe something like Nujabes?

Additionally, in a similar vein, I'm looking for some good trip-hop tracks/artists. I've been listening to RJD2, DJ Shadow, and Kid Koala and I'm looking into something sort of like this. Thanks in advance!
that Omega One track kind of reminds me of this track, I think it's mostly the drums but they're not dissimilar imo and I love this song and the album it's on

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moss piglet posted:

Looking for beat oriented lo-fi, fake vinyl crackling, female vocalists, reverbed horn samples, stuff like that;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV_ihMAJN3k
I don't really have anything to recommend but this is really great so thanks :allears:

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Hedrigall posted:

Music i loving love lately includes Midlake's latest album The Courage of Others, Yeasayer, Little Dragon, The Suburbs by Arcade Fire, all of Faunts' stuff, and the new Cut Copy album Zonoscope.

I'm on a new band bender at the moment, so does anyone have any good recommendations from the above? I'm trying to think of common elements that may be helpful. They all seem to have a sort of retro vibe about them, but they range from very organic/acoustic stuff that Midlake does to electronic stuff like Faunts and Cut Copy. They also are pretty much very harmonic and warm sounds. Ugh, I dunno how describe music. But all of the above has been very pleasing for me.

you may like Tennis' new album Cape Dory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpNCfJDzDb4

also maybe The Morning Benders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeE82XyNkyM

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where do I begin with Blonde Redhead? And which albums are considered their best?

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not quite sure what I'm looking for, idk what it's called specifically but stuff like Letherette and S Maharba. Beats stuff, sampling, instrumental hip hop, boom-bap maybe? I really don't know but I really like what I've heard by these two. here's a couple of tracks if you dunno what they sound like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti98HXfseXY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sHxY_5VCNg

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screaden posted:

Belleruche might be what you're after, it's a little less hip hoppy, but I hear a lot of similarities.

http://youtu.be/7bBLhDngS_8
this isn't bad but I'm definitely after less songy stuff and more hip hoppy samples and beats. I'm not even sure the two tracks I posted are particularly similar but I group them together for some reason

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Sad Mammal posted:

I'd like to hear more hip-hop that sounds "noisy", or something that sounds raw and stripped down. A couple of examples of what I'm looking for would be Death Grips and Dalek
some stuff by Oddateee sounds Dalek-y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYdrtKd2nDA

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Achozen posted:

Highly seconding this, but that's because I am biased. :allears:

yeah idk if Doseone is similar to Busdriver really but he is brilliant

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delicious beef posted:

Can anyone recommend me good chilled out summer electronica/hip hop like Javelin? Anything like these two:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmThvaJGvAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB6Obk2fO64

you might like Letherette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfjrFd7xJKY

also maybe Young Montana?, he has a new album out but idk if all of it is quite like this track which is I think similar to what you're looking for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZT0wlH4y8k

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i'm currently obsessed with Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" - what of her other stuff is as good? I probably also want stuff that's of a similar style but that's not a definite, if there's something quite different but really good then go ahead and recommend it

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Amazon Review posted:

Any recommendations for late 70s/80s British art rock or punk other than the canonized greats like Joy Division, Wire, This Heat, Public Image Ltd. and The Pop Group?

you've probably heard them but they weren't mentioned so perhaps Gang of Four

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Apocron posted:

Hi everyone, looking for a present for my brothers birthday but I'm having trouble despite searching for a while.

Essentially he likes dancy, electronic upbeat stuff. So he's always been a fan of Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk and Jamiroquai. In the past I bought him Justice which he liked and I know he also digs Calvin Harris. But I'm having real trouble finding other upbeat dancy music, every line of inquiry I follow seems to either lead into more melancholic reflective stuff, heavier electronic sounds or even rap. I'd really appreciate it if anybody had some suggestions.

Thanks.
maybe capsule, they're kind of daft punky although you're probably looking for their later stuff like this as apparently they used to be less dancey and more j-pop

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I'm looking for pretty songs that have great string arrangements. Not looking for classical, more like alternative contemporary-ish stuff. Here are some examples of the kind of thing I mean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6vW2uWsro0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDnRsL_kB1Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9xPNaq9uec

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aliencowboy posted:

I'm looking for something similar to Fever Ray/The Knife/Zola Jesus/Tearist. Electronic music, (preferably) female vocals and a healthy amount of eccentricity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stjF2txQ8II
Zeigeist are quite a lot like The Knife

http://youtu.be/SyCtQDYQ9bc

also you probably know them but Crystal Castles?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-v3sVWT8pA&feature=related

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Douche Bag posted:

How about some lo-fi,sloppy, three chord rock? Something like Cheap Time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9uR15dXCbQ

reminded me somewhat of The Intelligence, King Khan and Jay Reatard

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