# SDMB Music Service **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600 "2005-11-05T04:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/1 "2005-11-05T04:06:09Z")
Okay, we have a varied crowd – give 4-6 bands of your favorite style and see what other dopers come back with: Pentangle Steeleye Span Mediaeval Baebes Fairport Convention Who else would I like? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/2 "2005-11-05T04:10:17Z")
Blackmore’s Knight Altan The Battlefield Band Boiled In Lead June Tabor The Oyster Band ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/3 "2005-11-05T04:12:41Z")
Not really the same style…but all sort of indie-ish, in their own ways. [Spoon](http://www.spoontheband.com) [Self](http://www.selfies.com) [Ted Leo and the Pharmacists](http://www.tedleo.com/) [Sufjan Stevens](http://www.sufjan.com) [Guster](http://www.guster.com) [The Features](http://www.thefeatures.com) ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/4 "2005-11-05T04:13:43Z")
Haha I totally missed the point of this thread, I think. My bad! I just posted some bands I like. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/5 "2005-11-05T04:16:47Z")
Nick Drake and Sandy Denny jump to mind. Must be the folk influence. Not sure Mediaeval Baebes really fits on that list of similar artists. For similar to them, check out Miranda Sex Garden (2nd best band name of all time IMO). ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/6 "2005-11-05T04:21:06Z")
Oh, I was supposed to list mine also… Love Spirals Downwards Black Tape for a Blue Girl Hooverphonic TV on the Radio ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/7 "2005-11-05T04:24:03Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > Oh, I was supposed to list mine also… > > Love Spirals Downwards > Black Tape for a Blue Girl > Hooverphonic > TV on the Radio Trespassers William ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/8 "2005-11-05T05:05:46Z")
Tears For Fears Radiohead Mesh (the UK one) Yoko Kanno Cat Stevens Beck ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/9 "2005-11-05T06:05:28Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Tears For Fears > Radiohead > Mesh (the UK one) > Yoko Kanno > Cat Stevens > Beck With that username, why doesn’t TFF surprise me? 😉 Sufjan Stevens. Multi-instrumentalist with varied influences, from folk to middle eastern, and a knack for combining them all and making it work. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/10 "2005-11-05T07:50:14Z")
Heidi Berry Happy Rhodes Rasputina Chainsuck Dead Can Dance The Moon Lay Hidden Behind a Cloud Eddie Reader/Fairground Attraction Grace Darling Bel Canto The Be Good Tanyas ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/11 "2005-11-05T07:59:11Z")
> [@ddgryphon](#): > > Okay, we have a varied crowd – give 4-6 bands of your favorite style and see what other dopers come back with: > > Pentangle > Steeleye Span > Mediaeval Baebes > Fairport Convention > Who else would I like? Judee Sill Devendra Banhart The Incredible String Band John Martyn Josephine Foster Joanna Newsom ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/12 "2005-11-05T08:01:59Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > Oh, I was supposed to list mine also… > > Love Spirals Downwards > Black Tape for a Blue Girl > Hooverphonic > TV on the Radio Pretty disparate list there, but I kind of see where you’re going (dark, moody stuff with electronic touches) - A. R. Kane Cocteau Twins This Mortal Coil My Bloody Valentine Pale Saints His name is alive ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/13 "2005-11-05T08:07:21Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Heidi Berry > Happy Rhodes > Rasputina > Chainsuck > Dead Can Dance > The Moon Lay Hidden Behind a Cloud > Eddie Reader/Fairground Attraction > Grace Darling > Bel Canto > The Be Good Tanyas Cocorosie Kate Bush Shivaree Antony and the Johnsons Lydia Lunch Tarnation ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/14 "2005-11-05T08:10:24Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Tears For Fears > Radiohead > Mesh (the UK one) > Yoko Kanno > Cat Stevens > Beck Mercury Rev Ester Drang A Band of Bees Starflyer 59 Harry Nilsson Ride ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/15 "2005-11-05T08:11:39Z")
Here’s mine, by the way: Sunburned Hand of the Man Odetta Ash Ra Tempel Can Magazine Tom Tom Club ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/16 "2005-11-05T15:42:18Z")
This is cool – don’t forget to pass on your list of bands so others can suggest for you – the more people who see this, the more bands we may not have heard of, we’ll have to check out! Keep it up! ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/17 "2005-11-06T05:16:10Z")
Yeah, guess it didn’t pan out, huh? ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/18 "2005-11-06T06:13:00Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > Yeah, guess it didn’t pan out, huh? I don’t know, I’ll take 14 posts of 4+ bands each as sucessful enough to keep me busy for a while – anyone else post here, feel they got something good out of it? ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/19 "2005-11-06T06:21:03Z")
I was just bummed that nobody did my bands. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600/20 "2005-11-06T06:54:00Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > Here’s mine, by the way: > > Sunburned Hand of the Man > Odetta > Ash Ra Tempel > Can > Magazine > Tom Tom Club How about The Soft Boys? Have to admit yours are a bit outside of my experience, but since you took the time to do mine (and everyone elses;)), it’s only fair that I take a little time to do yours. Only one I’d heard of before was Tom Tom Club, but it seems like you were going for a sort of pre-alternative alternative. Am I even close? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-music-service/329600.md?page=2)