All right. I’m getting a wee bit tired of my music collection and am looking forward to spending a couple dollars over at CDNow or whatnot. I’m looking simply for interesting music, and preferably some up-and-coming bands that I haven’t heard much about. Living here in techno-saturated Hungary, finding good rock music or just good music in general, is striking gold for me. You can also recommend essential classics from the 80s and 90s. All genres welcome, and that includes rap and country.
To give you an idea of the bands in my collection:
The Church
XTC
Throwing Muses
Sonic Youth
Liz Phair
The Pixies
Frank Black and the Catholics
Massive Attack
Stereolab
The Flaming Lips
Portishead
Wyclef Jean
The Soft Boys
Black Rebel Motorcyle Club
The Strokes
The White Stripes
The Vines
The Ramones
You get the picture. The last five bands I only know through friends. They get no play on the radio here. So I may be missing some obvious ones. Oh, and Sigur Ros I’m kinda interested in. Give me some sonic suggestions. What are all the record shop guys listening to these days?