# Give me 5 new music CDs I must buy/download **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295 "2007-04-16T03:49:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/1 "2007-04-16T03:49:16Z")
I’m looking for ideas for some new (released in the past few years) music to listen to. I typically listen to all manner of rock, hip hop/rap or electronica or combinations thereof so anything along those lines. I just don’t have time to sample the thousands of artists out there. So that’s pretty much it. What CD’s are out there that I MUST listen to? ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/2 "2007-04-16T03:52:27Z")
Amy Winehouse ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/3 "2007-04-16T03:56:37Z")
Nexus, Cocooned, and A Perfect Dream by Sarah Fimm. She’s an independent downtempo/trip-hop artist from New York and my most favorite musician. I don’t have two more. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/4 "2007-04-16T04:00:34Z")
[QUOTE=cherry] Amy Winehouse [/QUOTE] I came in specifically to mention her. _Back In Black_ is the best album I’ve heard so far this year. Also _Speak For Yourself_ by Imogen Heap is excellent – lovely, ethereal female vocals that would appeal to any fan of lighter electronica or trip-hop. ---
**Author:** ![berff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@berff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berff)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/5 "2007-04-16T04:02:58Z")
These are all fairly popular so you may have already listened to them, but some of my personal favorites are: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible New Pornographers - Twin Cinema White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped ---
**Author:** ![Gentle\_Robot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gentle\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gentle_Robot)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/6 "2007-04-16T04:07:24Z")
The most recent albums I’ve liked are Spoon - Gimme Fiction Decemberists - Picaresque Fountains of Wayne - Traffic & Weather ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/7 "2007-04-16T04:08:59Z")
[QUOTE=Gentle Robot] Decemberists - Picaresque [/QUOTE] Wonderful, and I liked their most recent album, _The Crane Wife_, perhaps even more. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/8 "2007-04-16T05:11:05Z")
With audio links for your pleasure… [The Brothers Martin](http://myspace.com/brosmartin) - self-titled. Jason and Ronnie Martin have been two of the most consistently strong pop songwriters for the past decade in their respective bands (Starflyer 59 and Joy Electric), but now they team up and make a record heavily informed by their long-standing influences; the Smiths, New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, and so on. One of my favorite records in quite a while. That song “the harsh effects of time” is THE JAM. [Patrick Wolf](http://www.myspace.com/officialpatrickwolf) - “The Magic Position” - Young UK songwriter’s strongest record to date. Heavily influenced by Bowie, with laptop electronics and his own live strings mixed in. [J Dilla](http://www.myspace.com/jdilla) - “Ruff Draft” - Also known as Jay Dee, this swan song collects stuff that he was working on at the time of his untimely death last year. One of the weirder and more interesting beatmakers of the past decade, this is a fine send-off. [Sarah Nixey](http://www.myspace.com/sarahnixey) - “Sing, Memory” - Formerly the headmistress of the sardonic English trio Black Box Recorder, Sarah’s gone solo and gone pop. It’s a pretty slick dance-pop record, but if you’re already a BBR fan and you love her voice, you’ll dig it. If you don’t already know/love Black Box Recorder, go pick up all of their records TODAY. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/9 "2007-04-16T05:22:29Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] [Sarah Nixey](http://www.myspace.com/sarahnixey) - “Sing, Memory” - Formerly the headmistress of the sardonic English trio Black Box Recorder, Sarah’s gone solo and gone pop. It’s a pretty slick dance-pop record, but if you’re already a BBR fan and you love her voice, you’ll dig it. If you don’t already know/love Black Box Recorder, go pick up all of their records TODAY. [/QUOTE] I love her voice in BBR! How dance-poppy is her solo stuff – would a fan of the snarky darkness of BBR enjoy it? I don’t even know what she looks like, but I always imagined her as very sexy in a cold, bitchy way, with knee-high riding boots and a ruler she’d happily spank you with. EDIT: It was easy enough to just check out her Myspace, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/10 "2007-04-16T07:01:57Z")
Thanks VCO3! I loved Black Box Recorder back in the day, but had no idea what Sarah Nixey’s been up to lately. [QUOTE=msmith537] What CD’s are out there that I MUST listen to? [/QUOTE] Happy Rhodes - Many World Are Born Tonight. [You can download and listen to over half the album here](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/index.html). If you like what you hear, you’ll like the rest of the album too (with the possible exceptions of “Roy” and “Proof”). If you like it enough to buy it, it’s available at either CD Baby or iTunes. If you like it enough to buy it, you’ll probably like just about anything else she’s done. If you like her voice but not so much the “electronicness” of that album, try the next album down on that page, The Keep. It’s mostly acoustic. Ish (there are some electric guitars here and there, but it’s a very beautiful and quiet album). ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/11 "2007-04-16T07:22:21Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] I came in specifically to mention her. _Back In Black_ is the best album I’ve heard so far this year. Also _Speak For Yourself_ by Imogen Heap is excellent – lovely, ethereal female vocals that would appeal to any fan of lighter electronica or trip-hop. [/QUOTE] Amy’s very cool, yes, and Imogen is a goddess (partly because of her voice and music, which I’ve liked since her first album, _i Megaphone_, was released in 1998, partly because she’s really really nice in person, partly because she puts on a great live show, and partly because she adores Happy Rhodes). Her blog on [her MySpace page](http://www.myspace.com/imogenheap) is adorable and is always fun reading. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-5-new-music-cds-i-must-buy-download/400295/12 "2007-04-16T10:56:37Z")
[QUOTE=berff] New Pornographers - Twin Cinema [/QUOTE] Turns out I have this on my iPod already but haven’t listened to it all that much yet. I’ll start here.