The "Recommend me some new music?" Thread

hefferboi · 09-01-2012 04:05PM #1

We've been getting lots of these threads, so why not a big sticky for recommending music? Post what you're into or what kind of stuff you're looking for and people can recommend things you might like!

Note this isn't just for posting songs you think other people should listen to, this is for asking for and responding to requests for suggestions!

- El Pr0n

Can anyone recommend a few songs or albums for me? Or if there's a website where I can see any new songs? Want to update my ipod.

I've a playlist here with the kinda stuff I like:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=FL6CrQoLgc1XmF8SpPjUzCVw&feature=mh_lolz

rcaz · 09-01-2012 05:26PM

Why not look up the people who make your favourite music and find out who they listen to themselves? Always works for me.

Sinfonia · 09-01-2012 05:37PM

Also Amazon and iTunes Store (among other places) would have a "People who bought this also bought..." thing.

SilverScreen · 09-01-2012 10:37PM

I propose a new stickied recommendation thread since so many people are starting threads like these.

hidinginthebush · 09-01-2012 10:42PM

Check out Music Map you put in an artist name and it gives you suggestions.

rcaz · 09-01-2012 10:53PM

Zero1986 wrote: »

I propose a new stickied recommendation thread since so many people are starting threads like these.

Yeah I was thinking the same. Ooh, my first sticky, can't wait :pac:

rcaz · 09-01-2012 10:59PM

Thread stuck!

Malice · 14-01-2012 07:57PM

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Check out Music Map you put in an artist name and it gives you suggestions.

There is also Music Plasma which does more or less the same thing.

Sinfonia · 18-01-2012 06:01PM

Gimmeh some musics that sound like these two things. Plz.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFP5HZ_799o

-Vega- · 22-01-2012 11:42PM

Hey folks.

this song..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZP9IxR7njI

I love it ! Love that gypsy feel and the remix behind it, have any of you heard anything similar in pace? Its fantastic, would love some more!

-Vega- · 23-01-2012 11:37AM

a thread for this is a bad idea. Not enough people look thru threads, some people read thread titles and will recognise the song mentioned and post in it, rather than troll thru 100 pages of what about this song and what about that song.

Please just leave my thread where it is because I promise you, it wont get answered here.. and thats the point of this forum. I actually might have found something if you left it where it was, is this forum about helping its users or making everything nice and tidy?

-Vega- · 23-01-2012 11:38AM

for example, not ONE on topic response so far. These people will never get suggestions posted back unless its by the mod who actually has to crawl through this thread which could end up at 50 pages.

hidinginthebush · 23-01-2012 01:01PM

Sinfonia wrote: »

Gimmeh some musics that sound like these two things. Plz.

Maybe it's just me, but I'd recommend you check out "Sigur Ros" and "Godspeed You! Black Emperor", I get that sort of vibe from those two songs.

rcaz · 23-01-2012 02:12PM

-Vega- wrote: »

a thread for this is a bad idea. Not enough people look thru threads, some people read thread titles and will recognise the song mentioned and post in it, rather than troll thru 100 pages of what about this song and what about that song.

Please just leave my thread where it is because I promise you, it wont get answered here.. and thats the point of this forum. I actually might have found something if you left it where it was, is this forum about helping its users or making everything nice and tidy?

A thread for this is a great idea. People that want to talk about finding new music can come here and see what others want, and ask for requests themselves. If people aren't going to bother posting, that's a problem with the people, and not with the forum, right?

In the last month or so we've had loads of threads asking for recommendations, they always get maybe one or two responses and then die out. Having that many almost-empty threads coming through here to die makes for a messy forum that's hard to manage. Why not just have it all in one/

This forum, as far as I'm concerned, is about making a nice and tidy collection of threads that are easy for users to navigate through. Having stickies on popular topics means all similar discussions are in the same place, so people looking for those discussions can find it all at once. Which makes perfect sense to me.

I can't listen to anything right now, but when I get home this evening I'll have a listen to some stuff and see if I can make any recommendations. But Vega, you're looking for music similar to Hans Zimmer, one of the most popular film composers ever. Why don't you check out his other work and see if you like any of that too? He's done a lot.

-Vega- wrote: »

for example, not ONE on topic response so far. These people will never get suggestions posted back unless its by the mod who actually has to crawl through this thread which could end up at 50 pages.

Weren't you just proven wrong by hidinginthebush?

Scubadevils · 23-01-2012 05:21PM

Sinfonia wrote: »

Gimmeh some musics that sound like these two things. Plz.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFP5HZ_799o

Jimmy Tamborello who forms part of the Postal Service also has a project called Dntel. I've only one album but love it... [it was just reissued in 2011 for its 10th anniversary on both CD & vinyl, I got my copy on CD sometime around its reissue but intend to grab the vinyl soon too]

http://www.discogs.com/Dntel-Life-Is-Full-Of-Possibilities/master/28396

Dntel - Why I'm So Unhappy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn3O4mawboc

Dntel - Umbrella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By56XR1U8nQ

You might also try Bibio, could be a bit random but give him a shot... this taken from his 2009 album 'Ambivalence Avenue'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgGsnYpT3zg

-Vega- · 24-01-2012 03:59PM

Sticking to my guns.. wont find what im looking for here now. Thread views and page browse views are very fifferent. But it's ok, I don't want to make your job harder by adding a single thread to the music section. Thanks for your 'help' .

rcaz · 24-01-2012 04:01PM

-Vega- wrote: »

Sticking to my guns.. wont find what im looking for here now. Thread views and page browse views are very fifferent. But it's ok, I don't want to make your job harder by adding a single thread to the music section. Thanks for your 'help' .

You're very welcome.

Malice · 24-01-2012 05:41PM

-Vega- wrote: »

Sticking to my guns.. wont find what im looking for here now.

You're looking for Gypsy music right? So, rather than complaining, why not be a bit proactive and do as I've just done - go here and search for "gypsy music". That'll give you links to a bunch of articles to read through and give you artist names like Django Reinhardt, Joscho Stephan and Damian Draghici. Plug any of them into a YouTube search and you'll get a load of videos to browse.

hidinginthebush · 14-02-2012 10:37AM

Maybe better suited for the electronic music forum, but anything like like this (the parts between 1:06 - 2:00 and 2:25 - the end are what I'm lokoing for [ie the parts that don't have the annoying happy-hardcore high pitched lyrics]):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYYyMu3pzL4

I heard it in a pub a while ago and was completely captivated by it. It's just so awesome! I ask as I haven't a clue what genre this even is (usually a metal head), but my god it's awesome!

Malice · 14-02-2012 01:02PM

hidinginthebush wrote: »

anything like like this

That's Dubstep (or at least some variant of it). From a metal perspective it's gained a lot of exposure through Korn's recent album, The Path of Totality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUOlc_j4rMA

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrsDfQ-qmjs

thesultan · 23-02-2012 10:32AM

Saw him live two weeks ago. Very impressed.

-Vega- · 27-02-2012 02:02PM

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Maybe better suited for the electronic music forum, but anything like like this (the parts between 1:06 - 2:00 and 2:25 - the end are what I'm lokoing for [ie the parts that don't have the annoying happy-hardcore high pitched lyrics]):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYYyMu3pzL4

I heard it in a pub a while ago and was completely captivated by it. It's just so awesome! I ask as I haven't a clue what genre this even is (usually a metal head), but my god it's awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJVmu6yttiw&ob=av2e

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULS27Wak6-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvRt-NEuV28

see what u think of these, if u want more..I got a full arsenal baby!

hidinginthebush · 28-02-2012 01:01PM

-Vega- wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJVmu6yttiw&ob=av2e

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULS27Wak6-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvRt-NEuV28

see what u think of these, if u want more..I got a full arsenal baby!

I wasn't completely sold on the second one, but the 1st and 3rd songs were completely awesome!

I'm really loving this "dubstep", as the kids call it

-Vega- · 28-02-2012 09:41PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3smFSEKsY_4&feature=fvst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a0e9_XoJ2I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea9J6SjxD-Y

All good, not all dubstep tho

rcaz · 29-02-2012 10:50AM

If you like your wobbly dubstep, here's a tune I heard on a mix the other day that immediately jumped out at me. Not usually my thing but this track is really good I reckon. Instra:mental - No Future (Skream remix).

And definitely check out Burial! Etched Headplate, Untrue.

-Vega- · 02-03-2012 01:11AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VZG1ANKeGs

I like this remix, Burial Mt Eden Dubstep. Good shtuff!

D'Agger · 20-03-2012 06:52PM

Came across an Artist called Sol a while ago with his great song 'Stage Dive' - finally got around to listening to his album last week (Yours Truly) and love it some tracks below:

Nice, chilled out, happy rap music without the usual 'look at all my money' bullshít! This music has soul imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHmhC80_Bzg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAXxH4ANiAs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJNKMNIZBd4

Sack · 25-03-2012 01:19PM

In The Willows

http://www.redbullbedroomjam.ie/band/in-the-willows/

https://www.facebook.com/inthewillows

garancafan · 25-03-2012 02:20PM

http://youtu.be/tNI8nKpCifY

GLaDOS · 18-04-2012 09:24PM

Looking for some good movie soundtracks.

Preferably ones with good instrumental/ atmospheric music.

I have 28 Days later and listening to Inception now and liking what I'm hearing.

This is the type of thing I'm looking for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSYYEDXaGo0

Have lots of writing/studying coming up with college and I like this sort of stuff for concentrating

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hidinginthebush · 18-04-2012 11:39PM

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Looking for some good movie soundtracks.

Preferably ones with good instrumental/ atmospheric music.

I have 28 Days later and listening to Inception now and liking what I'm hearing.

This is the type of thing I'm looking for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSYYEDXaGo0

Have lots of writing/studying coming up with college and I like this sort of stuff for concentrating .

I can't listen to the track you posted right now, but if you like the 28 days later soundtrack, definitely check out "Godspeed you! Black emperor". The f#a# infinity album in particular is brilliant. One of the tracks is the epic theme from 28 days (best in the movie, IMO), but it was omitted from the official soundtrack at their request:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9USJgkruTw

If you're into that, their whole discography is brilliant!

Other honourable mentions in the post-rock genre that I'm familiar with would be "explosions in the sky", check out their "the earth is not a cold dead place" album. Pretty atmospheric alright!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0o8JCxjjpM

You should also check out God is an astronaut and and so I watch you from afar. I don't really know them but they're pretty highly regarded in that part of the musical world.

Post rock is great studying music, used to love sticking it on in the library doing my thesis. Ah takes me back!

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