# Recommend me some new music!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 4, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731 "2008-06-04T08:02:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/1 "2008-06-04T08:02:52Z")
I want some new tunes! I am bored with the mainstream radio droll and top 40 sludge.
In the past few days I have discovered _Rilo Kiley_ and _The Shins_, and I like most of what I have heard. I would love to get some Doper-approved recommendations for more additions to my music library. I’m open to anything!
but, please, no Country, and no Metal. Nothing common like U2, Tom Petty, Green Day, etc, Cause I probably already have it.
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### Author:  [@WoodenTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WoodenTaco)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/2 "2008-06-04T08:26:20Z")
Some gypsy punk is always cool: [Gogol Bordello](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE-oHVC8H40)
Personally, I think [TV on the Radio](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73qBnuzrjx0) is fantastic, too. They’re very new sounding.
[Gomez](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKJJRnuCwF4) is a bit better known, but doesn’t get nearly the credit they deserve, I think.
Finally, [Andrew Bird](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRk2iHkOcNE) is simply marvelous.
Great to get a chance to share music. I’m excited to see other dopers’ replies.
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### Author:  [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/3 "2008-06-04T11:13:24Z")
I second the recommendation for TV on the Radio, love 'em.
So many great bands out there! How about [Earl Greyhound](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWzuJh45BVI) [Death From Above 1979](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzNrYRqH35Q) or [Arctic Monkeys](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30w8DyEJ__0)
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### Author:  [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/4 "2008-06-04T11:37:37Z")
Get yourself on Google and check out The Liberation Dance Party at DC9 in Washington DC. They record their entire 4+ hour djset on their website as an MP3 - it’s a great way of finding out what is hot and upcoming on the indie/electric/dancepunk scene
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### Author:  [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/5 "2008-06-04T13:38:57Z")
Very obscure, and rather costly, but worth every cent:
Self, _Gizmodgery_
The entire album was created using toy instruments, and it’s a great listen. Amazon has used copies for $30.
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### Author:  [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/6 "2008-06-04T14:35:02Z")
I’m not sure how common these are, because I don’t listen to the radio anymore, but I’ve never heard any of them in TV commercials. It kind of depends on the age of the listener, I guess.
Arctic Monkeys
The Black Keys
Black Angels
Heartless Bastards
Firewater
Gogol Bordello
Interpol
Morphine
The Phenomenauts
Stellastarr
The Tragically Hip (common in Canada)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Some bands that I know have been on the radio, but are still uncommon enough that you may have missed them.
Helmet
The Hives
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Joy Division (and New Order)
Primus (and its side bands Sausage and Les Claypool & the Holy Mackerel)
The Smiths (and Morrissey, but the Smiths is better)
Soul Coughing
The Strokes
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/7 "2008-06-04T15:23:48Z")
I love _The Shins_ even though they didn’t change my life. I would recommend _Trashcan Sinatras_ - nice Scottish guitar band, that I recently introduced to some scots at work and _Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros_. Their second and last album **Streetcore** is the better of the two but **Johnny Appleseed** off the first album is my favourite song of all time (as of this date…check back in a week or 2 for updates).
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### Author:  [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/8 "2008-06-04T15:37:53Z")
Lately I’ve been enjoying Vampire Weekend’s album and Irish indie popper, So Cow.
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### Author:  [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/9 "2008-06-04T16:54:55Z")
If you don’t know them already, check out [pandora.com](http://pandora.com) and last.fm. You type in a band, it plays similar music. I prefer last.fm, but that’s probably because pandora doesn’t work outside the US. Wankers.
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### Author:  [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/10 "2008-06-04T18:56:27Z")
Los Campesinos!
They’re fun and poppy and the only way that I’m staying awake at work this afternoon.
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### Author:  [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/11 "2008-06-04T19:15:05Z")
Some of these songs are newer than others, but you should find some thing you like:
AFI - The Missing Frame
Against Me - Thrash Unreal
Angels & Airwaves - The War
B-52’s - Funplex
Be Your Own Pet - The Kelly Affair
Blaqk Audio - Stiff Kittens
Bravery, The - Time Won’t Let Me Go
Decemberists, The - O Valencia
Fiction Plane - Two Sisters
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
Fratellis, The - Flathead
Fun Lovin’ Criminals - Scooby Snacks
Hives, The - Tick Tick Boom
Jimmy Eat World - Big Casino
Just Jack - Starz In Their Eyes
Low Light Supercharger - Everything Everything
MGMT - Time To Pretend
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Mute Math - Typical
Nada Surf - Popular
OK Go - Get Over It
Papa Roach - Forever
Paramore - Crushcrushcrush
Puddle of Mudd - Psycho
Queens of the Stone Age - 3’s & 7’s
Rise Against - The Good Left Undone
Rock Kills Kid - Paralyzed
Rogue Wave - Lake Michigan
She Wants Revenge - These Things
Shiny Toy Guns - On a Rainy Monday
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Starting Line, The - Island
Switches - Drama Queen
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
VHS or Beta - Can’t Believe a Single Word
Yorn, Pete - Undercover
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### Author:  [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/12 "2008-06-04T19:53:18Z")
Great suggestions so far, thanks Everyone!
I have heard Gomez before, but I found some songs that I didn’t realize they did.
Andrew Bird is on my to-get list.
I Downloaded some stuff from the Strokes and the White Stripes ( **Furious\_Marmot** , I swear I saw the White Stripes in your list, I don’t know how they popped into my head)
I still have lots of listening to do!
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### Author:  [@eldowan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eldowan)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/13 "2008-06-04T20:50:07Z")
[QUOTE=CoG888]
I want some new tunes! I am bored with the mainstream radio droll and top 40 sludge.
In the past few days I have discovered _Rilo Kiley_ and _The Shins_, and I like most of what I have heard. I would love to get some Doper-approved recommendations for more additions to my music library. I’m open to anything!
but, please, no Country, and no Metal. Nothing common like U2, Tom Petty, Green Day, etc, Cause I probably already have it.
[/QUOTE]
You might check out _Brad Sucks_ – [http://www.bradsucks.net](http://www.bradsucks.net) . its rock, with a little electornic additions. The about the album on his site is neat – “Fan-funded and professionally manufactured – thanks to everyone who helped make this album possible!”
If you are on the hunt for new music, check out these two sites:
[Jamendo.com](http://Jamendo.com) – completely free for personal use music. Free download, free burning, streaming online.
[Magnatune.com](http://Magnatune.com) – independnt label that allows streaming of full albums over the internet. 50% of all sales go directly to the artist. You decide the price for an album $5 - $18. When you buy, you get the right to distribute a copy or two of each album to friends.
Sorry for the whoring of the two sites. I’ve no connection other than a satisfied user
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### Author:  [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/14 "2008-06-04T20:56:24Z")
OH!! Just thought of another one. One of my absolute faves: Steven Burns. Yes, that Steven Burns. His album is nothing like watching Blue’s Clues, I promise.
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### Author:  [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/15 "2008-06-04T20:57:16Z")
Spoon
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### Author:  [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/16 "2008-06-04T21:04:42Z")
Here are two very cool stations that provide streaming audio and playlists where you can discover all sorts of new music:
[http://www.grockradio.com/index.php](http://www.grockradio.com/index.php)
[http://wber.monroe.edu/site/html/index.php](http://wber.monroe.edu/site/html/index.php)
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### Author:  [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/17 "2008-06-04T21:15:13Z")
3 more that I’ve been enjoying lately:
Animal Collective, Panda Bear, and The National. I should also put a plug in for Broken Social Scene and Stars.
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### Author:  [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/18 "2008-06-04T21:16:31Z")
I second WBER. At least when I was listening to it online (2002-2005) it was my major source of new music. A good mixture of semi-popular alternative and somewhat more obscure stuff, depending on the particular DJ of course.
ETA I don’t listen to it anymore because I’ve always only had dialup at home and my new work place doesn’t allow streaming.
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### Author:  [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/19 "2008-06-05T15:54:36Z")
Oh yeah, lame self promotion time, check out my music, you might like it.
[http://www.bigmonsterlove.com/music.html](http://www.bigmonsterlove.com/music.html)
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### Author:  [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-music/451731/20 "2008-06-05T16:02:55Z")
If you like _Rilo Kiley_, you may want to look into some of Jenny Lewis’ solo material as well.
Also, you’d probably find most artists on the Arts and Crafts label to be right up your alley. My personal faves in their roster are _Stars_ and _The Most Serene Republic_.
Oh, and you MUST look up _The Decemberists_ if you’ve enjoyed _The Shins_ so far. Trust me on this one. 🙂
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