# Help an old guy find new (to him) music.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-an-old-guy-find-new-to-him-music/535770>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 11, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-an-old-guy-find-new-to-him-music/535770 "2010-04-11T21:42:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-an-old-guy-find-new-to-him-music/535770/21 "2010-04-14T10:46:54Z")

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[quote=“KarlGauss, post:1, topic:535770”]

I never tire of listening to **Sigur Ros** , **Radiohead** (especially _Amnesiac_ and _OK Computer_).

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If you aren’t scared of a bit of electronics and weirdness have a listen to [Fever Ray](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VedQP_j4JoU), it’s one of the very few recent offerings I absolutely adore. It does depends a little on whether are not you like her voice.

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**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-an-old-guy-find-new-to-him-music/535770/22 "2010-04-14T14:27:29Z")

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Based on your appreciation of Grizzly Bear and Sigur Ros, try: [The Besnard Lakes](http://www.thebesnardlakes.com/)

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-an-old-guy-find-new-to-him-music/535770/23 "2010-04-14T17:26:03Z")

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I have a few suggestions for you in my [Current(ish) Songs for Old(ish) Farts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551304) thread. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-an-old-guy-find-new-to-him-music/535770/24 "2010-04-14T21:49:50Z")

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A life without NWA (and all the careers it helped spawn/incubate) isn’t a life I’d like to live.

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