I'm bored of my collection. I'm looking for uptempo rock/alternative stuff to work out to. Been listening to a lot of White Stripes, Gnarls Barkley, Chili Peppers, Emminem, Mountain Goats (bit more low key, but such great lyrics). I never listen to the radio and haven't for a decade, so I guess I'm asking for suggestions on who are the best bands out there I probably should be listening to. I suppose I could just go to Pandora.com and write down what they say I should like, but meh, I'm bored of listening to what I like.
I'd suggest the following: Vampire Weekend [indie music that fuses African poly-rhythms with traditional pop] Belle & Sebastian [low-key indie pop with fantastic lyrics and melodies, much like the Mountain Goats] Big Star [guitar-driven power pop] Teenage Fanclub [guitar-driven power pop] The Strokes [guitar rock] The Stone Roses ['60s-influenced guitar pop combined with acid-house dance] I could give more suggestions, but I guess you should see if I'm correctly predicting things you'd enjoy, first.
Vampire Weekend is pretty damn pro. I'd suggest Fanfarlo but I dunno if they really are your kind of rock. PS I second MGMT they are pretty pro too.
as usual I'm all over the musical landscape. Some current favs (some just new to me)... Chicha Libre-Sonido Amazonico! The Kills-Midnight Boom Bob Marley- Live 1973-75 Thievery Coorperation- Radio Retaliation Flying Lotus- Los Angeles Sean Hayes- Flowering Spade Greyboy- 15 years of West Coast Cool Todd Snider- Tales from Moondawg's Tavern Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago John Hammond Jr.- Wicked Grin I've also been picking up a lot of great live shows via bit torrent feeds STOMP
Thanks for all the great suggestions, guys. I tend to play the same damned music over and over for five years, get fed up, and reload with about 1000 new songs. This should get me started again. I'll bump this when I've had a chance to listen to everything.
They were in my last rotation, and I'm pretty tired of them now. However, if you like their sound, you might try to Aquabats. "Pizza Day" is a funnier, better version of "Story of my Life." A great song about how pizza friday was awesome in grade school, lame and uncool in high school, and then a distant fond memory when the real world hits you in the face and nobody makes food for you anymore. And the song "Super Rad" is an epic rocker that always puts me right back into fourth grade when I was constantly fighting aliens and ninjas. I can't wait for my sons to be old enough to roll their eyes at me and tell me it's teh gay. The Aquabats are a happy version of Social Distortion.
I knew you'd have a list for me. I was hoping Radiohead wasn't on it. I've tried to listen to them several times, just because you say they're good, and other than "Creep" it's just not my thing. I actually just downloaded some Stone Roses songs yesterday, and I really like them. I'll definitely give these a shot.
I know this was already suggested by ADP, but I'm so down with all the Killers stuff. Their first CD is more uptempo, but all of their stuff is unique and very cool. Also the best live band I've seen in a very long time. Good stuff!
Also was thinking, if you're down with a more Euro sort of keyboard sort of sound then Franz Ferdinand is fairly cool. Good energy to their music. I also like the garage band feel to the Artic Monkeys.
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