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mcsmooothearl t1_jdyn9x3 wrote

Reply to expanding my taste by jj4540

Skim through these to see if you like anything - I listen to these on the regular:

#Failure

…There’s 19 years between the following consecutive albums … and you’d never know it. These guys are also known as “Your favorite band’s favorite band.”

“Fantastic Planet” (1996)

“The Heart Is A Monster” (2015)

#First Wave Hello

… these guys disbanded in 2008, but left two awesome albums:

“The Lord and Its Penguin” (2006)

“God Bless, Devil You” (2008)

Both of the above named bands are in the “space rock” category, but First Wave Hello are maybe a bit less “space” and more “indie experimental”

Oh! One more band (genre: noise riff-pop) I really love:

#Sleigh Bells

“Treats” (2010)

“Reign Of Terror” (2012)

“Bitter Rivals” (2013)

“Jessica Rabbit” (2016)

…and for something considered weird but I’ve listened to them both constantly for 20+ years :

Bombay The Hard Way: Guns, Cars,and Sitars (1998)

Bombay 2: Electric Vindaloo (2001)

One last thing (yeah, rrrrright, buddy 😂) - Spotify [all the following playlists are on Spotify] says “melancholy” is one of your preferred genres? You gotta check out my Elliott Smith playlist - a CD-R length of what I consider his best: (note: there’re two camps of Elliott Smith fans - those like me, who prefer his last three albums, and those that prefer the first three): as much as Nine Inch Nails channels my anger, Elliott Smith reflects my sadness.

I did the same thing with (Smashing Pumpkins playlist). Billy Corgan can totally ROCK … but he’s also sensitive/melancholy AF!

Beck is another musical genius that is diverse … I had to make a BECK (-down) playlist for his sad, melancholy stuff and a separate for his upbeat, funky good-time stuff … BECK (+up) playlist.

Three other music acts that I enjoy (I’ve once again play-listed their top-tier stuff … if you don’t like the songs on the playlist, you REALLY won’t like the rest of their stuff!) that I suggest you check out are:

Tame Impala

and

Oasis

and

Moby

… and now I’m gonna shut up (for real 😂) Good luck on your musical journey!

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ConnorCMcKee t1_jdyn1g0 wrote

Reply to Daft punk by elgochomocho333

Good choice! I see a few good recs already. Here are a couple albums that haven't been mentioned yet:

Royksopp - The Inevitable End (try the track Skulls)

Power Glove - Playback (try the track Firebird)

Basement Jaxx - Attack The Block Soundtrack (try the track The Ends)

Chaos Generator - SID DREAMS (try the track BETAMAX BEAT)

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NukeHand t1_jdylo5d wrote

Reply to Songs for driving fast by TechnicalFault3410

Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod, Prodigy - Rhythm Bomb, Dope Stars Inc - I’m Overdriven, Sugar Ray - Mean Machine, The Atom Age - Ms. Death Texas, Sebastion Gampl - Under Control, Scandroid - Phoenix, Blood Sucking Zombies from Outerspace - Dr. Freudstein, and of course… Van Halen - Panama .

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ivoiiovi t1_jdykmdc wrote

Reply to comment by ivoiiovi in expanding my taste by jj4540

as to classics you NEED to listen to. I don’t like many classics but I’ll offer a few that others may not:

Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante (seriously.. and if you survive it, try their other two albums. the first album was very influencial on nu-metal while being not-at-all nu-metal)

Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (and everything else, but that’s a good start, along with the ’Come to Daddy’ EP)

King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (for the instrumentals and beginning of them being one of the most influencial prog bands, especially on the metal side)

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (total classic of instrumental hip-hop)

… I suck at ”classics” unless we’re talling weird stuff that probably goes nowhere near your tastes.. all else I can think of that may fit is Björk but you’re already into it (she’s a good one to web out from in ways I suggested above, having worked with sooooo many people, from Mike Patton to Bogdan Raczynski to etcetc)

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ivoiiovi t1_jdyj10e wrote

Reply to expanding my taste by jj4540

The way it was for me before streaming services and suggestions from algorithms, was that I would go read about artists I like via wikipedia or discogs. I have a pretty expansive and eclectic music library and almost everything came from following threads like that.

I remember seeing some version of Napalm Death at a festival and kind of liking it, that led me to the internet where I read about the original lineup and a guy called Mick Harris.. I saw he did a project called Painkiller which was mixing grindcore with jazz and dub and thought that may be cool so I bought a vinyl blindly on ebay… HOLY F*€K, John Zorn. that was then an ever expanding spiral as that guy is as prolific as they come and has worked with more people than I could count, and almost any style of music you could imagine. Following threads from the bass player I discovered Praxis, Mix Master Mike/turntablism in geberal, Buckethead, Jonas Hellborg, a load of great dub and funk, even going backwards in time to a love of Parliament via the Bootsy/Bernie connections with Laswell.

I have basically zero interest in Napalm Death and pretty low interest even in Zorn (despite his brilliance). None of the above demonstates my taste, but I found so much great music just by following those threads from every instance where I heard something I really enjoyed.

also it’s often worth checking other artists on the same record labels as most of the somewhat independent labels show some sort of interlinking qualities even where style varies (this is how I am currently exploring electronic music through my Aphex Twin obsession, with other Warp projects like Autechre and Squarepusher hitting me hard!).

Discogs is the best for finding actual working links between projects, and Wikipedia is great to find the out histories and influences of certain artists you like, which may lead to great discoveries :)

also if you really like a particular artist, find a sub of forum about them or something close and go ask there.. these places are all a mixed bag but usually there are passionate people with a lot of good suggestions :)

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