Music people should listen to instead.

[Insert Dara o'Briain stand up footage here].

Instead of banging on about how modern music is terrible, how about we recommend music to each other that we may not have heard before, and why we might like it?

http://ravenous.bandcamp.com/

Totally awesome hook based noisy rock. Some real melancholy anthemic stuff, but very fun. You gotta turn this up LOUD.

https://soundcloud.com/dearreadermusic

Poppy sort of stuff, pretty melancholic again, though. Minor left-field influences, with a couple of tracks that really charge forward and build into an amazing crescendo of brilliance. You might dig it if you're into Florence & the Machine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-k4Dx8TxyM

Prhizzm is, for me, the absolute best in electronic music. Every track is a journey, leaving you nowhere near where you began. The way every element interacts perfectly with each other, the shifts in key, the emotion it puts you through is fucking masterful. Unfortunately, he gave up music, and releases are very hard to come by unless you don't mind searching for MP3s.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFUzvbkEvRk‎

These guys make really pleasant music you can fall asleep to. It's like a lullaby blanket. This track in particular speaks to that. I hope they become incredibly big, there needs to be more music like this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsPorTyaI8c‎

Something heavy to end the list. Toadliquor are like a noisier version of The Body, lots of screeching and wailing in between the crushing guitars. If you want to rock the fuck out, this is the one!

So, what else could you recommend?