Listeners Block

ShoulderChip

I have hit listeners block!

I really do not know where to look next for more new music

so I would really appreciate some reccommendations,
although it will take me a time I promise to reply to every single person who reccomends me stuff

I have thrown down my top bands from last.fm (which isn't 100% reliable) but is a good indicator of what I like

I am liking post-rock stuff lately for the first time - like explosions in the sky, sigur ros, the album leaf etc.

I have also gotten into Kanye West which surprised me a helluva lot and I really don't like any other hip hop I have heard so far but would be open to anything special

I've been loving Bloc Party, Yeasayer and The National lately

Ultimately my hero is Sufjan stevens and if anyone know anything like him it would be savage

thanks for any help guys!

Sufjan Stevens
of Montreal
Death Cab for Cutie
Arcade Fire
Belle and Sebastian
Sigur Rós
The New Pornographers
Stars
Modest Mouse
Bright Eyes
The National
TV on the Radio
Bruce Springsteen
The White Stripes
The Beatles
Beirut
Iron & Wine
Radiohead
The Decemberists
Grizzly Bear
¡Forward, Russia!
Flight of the Conchords
The Raconteurs
The Postal Service
Brian Wilson
Kimya Dawson
MGMT
Bon Iver
Kanye West
Foo Fighters
Bill Hicks
Maxïmo Park
Interpol
Elliott Smith
The Mars Volta
Kings of Leon
Muse
Los Campesinos!
Spoon
Willy Mason
Editors
Red Hot Chili Peppers
John Lennon
The Veils
Nirvana
Architecture in Helsinki
Wolfmother
The Zutons
Bell X1
Wolf Parade
Cold War Kids
Eagles of Death Metal
Beck
Thom Yorke
Yo-Yo Ma, Ennio Morricone
Fleet Foxes
Bloc Party
DeVotchKa
Good Shoes
The Welcome Wagon
Green Day
!!!
Vampire Weekend
Eminem
Animal Collective
The Saw Doctors
Yeasayer
The Killers
Neutral Milk Hotel
David Bowie
Mew
Final Fantasy
M83
Soundtrack
Broken Social Scene
Rufus Wainwright
Band of Horses

lordgoat

Wilco are a huge ommission from your list, i'd say go with yankee hotel foxtrot and see what happens.

Also if you're feeling brave, find Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners and listen to it straight through, you might br surprised.

No skipping on either of these albums.

ShoulderChip

lordgoat wrote: »

Wilco are a huge ommission from your list, i'd say go with yankee hotel foxtrot and see what happens.

Also if you're feeling brave, find Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners and listen to it straight through, you might br surprised.

No skipping on either of these albums.

Thanks I have gone about getting both of these, a bit dubious about the second I must say but we will see what happens

jefreywithonef

The lack of Pixies stand out from that list. They've had considerable influence over the likes of Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, Nirvana, Foos, and probably a few others.

Get some Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Husker Du and The Replacements into you as well, they've a wealth of brilliant material.

NapoleonInRags

Try these:

Timber Timbre
Samamidon
The Antlers
Okkervil River
Okay
Shearwater
The Tallest Man on Earth
Beach House
Low
Yo La Tengo

ShoulderChip

Monzo wrote: »

The lack of Pixies stand out from that list. They've had considerable influence over the likes of Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, Nirvana, Foos, and probably a few others.

Get some Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Husker Du and The Replacements into you as well, they've a wealth of brilliant material.

I love the Pixies song at the end of fight club so I might try again to get into them, the rest I havent heard of aside from Nic Cave, will give them a go

NapoleonInRags wrote: »

Try these:

Timber Timbre
Samamidon
The Antlers
Okkervil River
Okay
Shearwater
The Tallest Man on Earth
Beach House
Low
Yo La Tengo

I got inot okkervill river in a huge way lately, and I just got beach house and low so I will definitely try the rest out cheers

S.M.B.

Joanna Newsom

Aridstarling

Its so wierd to see Animal Collective sandwiched between Eminem and the Saw Doctors...

Try some Why? for hip-hop/indie crossover, some Godspeed You! Black Emporer (and sister act Thee Silver Mt Zion Orchestra) for all your post rock needs. Ride, Galaxie 500, Sunset Rubdown and Local Natives to round out my list.

X-Calibre

I have a pretty similar taste in music to yourself so I'll list some music I've gotten into recently and some others you might like.

Feist - Female singer songwriter. Very original catchy stuff. I started with the album 'Let it Die' and it's great.

Balmorhea - Instrumental band with post rock and classical elements. I started with their new album 'Constellations' and love it. Definately going to start listening to some of their older stuff.

Wild Beasts - Great band playing the Academy this month.

And So I Watch You From Afar - Cracking Post/Math Rock. One of my favorite bands going at the moment and they put on an amazing live show. Playing ALT this month.

The Books - Experimental duo. Really nice quirky music . Recommend probably starting with the album 'The Lemon of Pink'.

Would also backup some of the posters above in recommending Joanna Newsom, The Tallest Man On Earth and Godspeed You Black Emperor.

S.M.B.

.....and mogwai.

Creamy Goodness

ehh...

Weezer
Idlewild


are two glaringly shocking omissions

Sauron

Seems we also share musical tastes quite a bit. I'll list a few myself:

If you're into Post-Rock, try out Battles. Their album Mirrored is a frightening display of technical talent; they're also good fun, and don't take themselves too seriously.

A big omission for me was The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin is one of the best albums I've ever heard. Highly recommended.

Try Deerhunter for some absolutely gorgeous indie rock. Check out the album Microcastle.

Portishead - "Trip-hop" band from the 90s, after hiatus released an album in 2008. If you like Radiohead, check them out; There's even a video somewhere of Thom and Jonny covering this song. The latest album is Third.

Phoenix for some well-crafted pop/rock/electro type stuff. The album is Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.

Try out The Beta Band - The Three E.P.'s for some great spaced-out, loopy jams with a bit of revolution no.9 antics thrown in as well; you might remember it from that scene in High Fidelity.

Field Music might appeal to your Beatles preferences, among other things; really talented musicians. The new album Field Music (Measure) is well worth a listen.

In terms of Irish bands, make sure to check out Villagers - Conor O'Brien is the best Irish songwriter going right now imo, and they haven't even released their debut album (coming out in May). If you can find it, check out The Hollow Kind EP. Fantastic stuff.

Also, I second Joanna Newsom - unbelievable talent (if you aren't irritated by her voice); try The Milk-Eyed Mender to start.

Hope you find something there...

rcaz

MASSIVE +1 on The Soft Bulletin.

Kold

There are other genres apart from Alternative rock and Pitchforkcore that are just as rewarding and interesting.

Time to go listen to it.

S.M.B.

Go on......

rcaz

Kold wrote: »

There are other genres apart from Alternative rock and Pitchforkcore that are just as rewarding and interesting.

Time to go listen to it.

Two works that really changed my musical diet/outlook on music:

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (probably most people's first jazz album) and Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird.
Took me a while to get into jazz and classical stuff, but once I did, man... :cool:

Start at the end...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zKdjmBKjHI

(That french horn never fails to grab my attention...)

Blisterman

If you like Kanye West, you could check out other music he produced.

Common - Be is superb
He's also done some good stuff for Jay Z over the years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West_production_discography

lordgoat

At least give him an album Kold if you're going to snipe.

Let us know what you listen to ShoulderChip and what ya think.

Kold

I'll give 3.

'Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase', 'Blu & Exile - Under the Heavens' and 'BT - This Binary Universe', go.

pappyodaniel

Listen to the Broken Bells. Dangermouse collaborative with James Mercer from The Shins, best thing I've heard in a while.

Kold

I don't get why you'd want to get a load of stuff that sounds like the stuff you already listen to.

Grab some Balmorhea, Deru, Pretty Lights, Autechre, Ceephax Acid Crew, Childs, Deltron 3030.

People like Bjork and Thom Yorke are definitely listening to this sort of stuff, try and branch out.

cashback

If you've never listened to DJ Shadow's Endtroducing, fix that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzHRGoKca0

I'd also recommend My Morning Jacket based on the list you provided.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OMpaFvTOFk

One_Armed_Dwarf

I would recomend Joanna Newsome aswell and you could try
(Smog)
Tom Waits
Arab Strap
Twilight Sad
Tindersticks
Pavement
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Will Oldham

some of them might not be to your taste but i listen to alot of the music on your list and these are some of my favourite artists. (Sorry if any of them have been mentioned already I just skimmed over the thread)

rcaz

Kold wrote: »

People like Bjork and Thom Yorke are definitely listening to this sort of stuff, try and branch out.

One of the things I like to do is find out who my favourites listen to and see what I like, then find out who they listen to, and follow a few paths like that. I've found some great music that way.

And everyone should know some Autechre and Deltron 3030 [and, therefore, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien]

Great suggestion of DJ Shadow, cashback! OP, If you find out you like DJ Shadow, check out The Avalanches too.

Kold

El Pr0n wrote: »

One of the things I like to do is find out who my favourites listen to and see what I like, then find out who they listen to, and follow a few paths like that. I've found some great music that way.

3 or 4 years ago, Thom said he liked Modeselektor so I looked them up and haven't looked back since.

rcaz

A combination of Radiohead and The Flaming Lips got me into Autechre and Aphex Twin. Same for me.

MajorThom

Foals - New album out in may and doing a heineken green spheres gig in dublin as well
Fionn Regan - New album just out and also saw him in cork last week and thoroughly enjoyed it
Passion Pit - Played in the savoy in cork last week and supposedly were awsome.
Wild Beasts - Have a few dates in Ireland coming up in the next 2 weeks. Be warned though you should start with their 2nd album 'Two Dancers' 1st.


On a little aside OP, I think your selection of music need a round of applause apart from Eminem and the Saw Doctors of course, but we all have our weaknesses Bravo Sir/Madam -Great taste

DevilMayCry

For more uptempo indie rock ..............................

You could try Tokyo Police Club's first EP (A lesson In Crime) the follow up album
was a bit meh, but the EP IMO is outstanding.


Tokyo Police Club - Nature Of The Experiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9JnllKBz-0

Also the much maligned and now disbanded "The Rakes" first two albums (Capture/Release, Ten New Messages)
are much better than people give them credit for and if you like bloc party you should like them.

The Rakes - The World Was a Mess But His Hair Was Perfect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3D56t4Z8Vg

For more breezy folksy sound...............................

You could try Turin Brakes first album (The Optimist) which is very good, they went to sh*t after this though
Turin Brakes - State of Things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3h3GN4adzE

Erlend Øye's first album as The Whitest Boy Alive (Dreams) is essential and a brilliant summer album,
I just love the guitar sound on this album, criminally underrated.

The Whitest boy alive - Golden Cage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOP37A1EhEs

For some electronic stuff...................................

Last years self titled Moderat album is pretty good (Moderat = Modeselector + Apparat)

Moderat - Rusty Nails

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoxUiqUpkw4

Apparat again this time with Ellen Allien, I like this album ALOT, it may not be to everyones tastes though so check samples first.

Ellen Allien & Apparat - Do Not Break

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

I will end with my favourite mix cd of all time (I am more into electronic than indie BTW)
which is only €6.49 from play.com for 2 cd's (bargain) and if you like this type of music essential.
Really emotive and almost depressing at times electronic, glitch, techno with a hint of indie,
(note there are 2 diff versions the youtube is the american version).

James Holden's At The Controls (check the youtube page the guy has the whole album up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwLuqCoEBo)

:pac:...

jill_valentine

Kold wrote: »

I don't get why you'd want to get a load of stuff that sounds like the stuff you already listen to.

This isn't really what the guy is driving at.

He knows what he likes already - which is a fairly decently diverse spectrum, btw - but he's looking for suggestions with those in mind; Rather than more of exactly the same, or the implication that his personal taste is "wrong", or the always popular "Your tastes are too narrow. Here, this is precisely and exactly what I like" posts .

Coming into an Alternative/Indie forum to be a bit smug about alternative and indie music is just not cricket, is it?

DevilMayCry

jill_valentine wrote: »

This isn't really what the guy is driving at.

He knows what he likes already - which is a fairly decently diverse spectrum, btw - but he's looking for suggestions with those in mind; Rather than more of exactly the same, or the implication that his personal taste is "wrong", or the always popular "Your tastes are too narrow. Here, this is precisely and exactly what I like" posts .

Coming into an Alternative/Indie forum to be a bit smug about alternative and indie music is just not cricket, is it?

And what is wrong with this ???

People are hardly going to post recommendations to stuff that they don't like, because you can't "honestly" recommend stuff you don't like.

The Pontiac

One_Armed_Dwarf wrote: »

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Will Oldham

I'm a bit surprised not to see Bonnie 'Prince' Billy on the list too, seeing as the likes of Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens and Bon Iver are there. The Op has a great taste btw. Will Oldham is simply one of the greatest songwriters ever! I'd recommend these two as starters...Get ready for some seriously dark, haunting and beautiful music.



And Everyone should own this album..



and this, which is possibly the best live recording ever..



and this..



If you like Iron & Wine you'll love Calexico. Beam is always playing/collaborating with them and actually wrote all the songs on the album In the Reins. This album is pure class..



And major +1's for The Pixies, Wilco, Nick Cave, Portishead and The Flaming Lips. I'd also recommend Massive Attack, Andrew Bird, M Ward, Eels, Elbow, Lcd Soundsystem and Stina Nordenstam. And all of Nick Drake's albums (pure timeless). I'm listening to a lot of The Cure lately, and to be perfectly honest most of their stuff sounds like it was only made yesterday. I'm really getting into the atm. Oh and my sig (if you can find the time) from the great man himself.