Okay, I’ve been in kind of a musical rut lately. I need some new stuff that gets me going. I’m going to list some stuff right off the top of my head that I like, and if anyone likes something on the list of and finds one of their other interests to be in the same league, please tell me.
My interests are very divers, and I can narrow it down to anyone I feel has talent and a unique sound. I like exceptional lyricists.
I should mention also that I don’t really care what language it’s in. In fact, I’d like to hear some stuff that I’d never hear anywhere else. Whether it be in Spanish, French, etc. is little concern to me.
Okay, here goes.
The lighter side:
Iron & Wine
Beth Orton
Ben Harper
Rufus Wainwright
Jeff Buckley
Wilco
Cocorosie
A little louder:
The Mars Volta
Gov’t Mule
TV on the Radio
Muse
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Tool
90s grundge (Alice in Chains, Soundgarden [Superunknown], Pearl Jam, etc.)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Explosions in the Sky
Orchestral-ish/big band/instrumental:
Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra
Thomas Newman*
Yann Tiersen
Bach
Rokia Traore
Rap/Hip-hop:
Blackalicious
Jurassic Five
For those of you who listen to French music:
Camille (but, mostly her most recent album Le Fil)
La Rue Ketanou
Tryo
Christophe Mali
George Brassens
Pauline Croze
(some) Mickey 3D (“Je m’appelle Jane” and “Les Hommes Raisonables” type stuff)
This is by far not all, but it’s all I can think of right off the top of my head.
In closing, I would really like traditional music from around the world. Old field/slave chants from the South, African music, Russian, whatever. I just want stuff that’s got the juice. Moreover, I’ve been looking for some Indian percussion music. I know a lot of trip-/hip-hop groups loop Indian beats – but I don’t who – I’m looking for either new or old.
If anyone can suggest good technics for finding new music too, I’d appreciate it. I’ve tried Pandora (though, not recently) and Amazon related seraches (looking at the “those who bought this album also bought”)
Also, more generally, if there’s anything that people feel is good to have on in the background while you’re writing or painting, or whatever it is you do, I’m interested.
Thanks.
- I would REALLY like someone who writes music like Newman. Nearly anything by him gets my going.