# Suggest me some MUSIC! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174 "2008-08-25T06:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/21 "2008-08-26T20:43:46Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] Seconded By the way, have you been to [Pandora.com](http://www.pandora.com) yet? IMHO it’s one of the top, oh, five things that are great about the Internet. Lessee… The Dope, Google, Wiki, Pandora, YouTube. Yeah, top five sounds right. [/QUOTE] [Music Roamer](http://www.musicroamer.com/) Is a good site to show you musicians that are similar to ones you like. Also [Music-Map](http://www.music-map.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/22 "2008-08-26T20:45:18Z")
Moved to Cafe Society, our forum for the arts. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/23 "2008-09-02T18:52:59Z")
I think I’ve got a pretty good sense of what kind of music you like. However, you say you want to expand your collection and are afraid to try new things, so I will try to suggest some that aren’t like anything on your list. That said, I’d recommend the following _absolutely 5-star_ albums (please go to AllMusic or a similar site, they can explain them much better than i) : Billy Bragg - Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Robert Wyatt - Nothing Can Stop Us Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On a Gravel Road Split Lip Rayfield - Never Make It Home (Thrash Bluegrass!) Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/24 "2008-09-02T22:42:17Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > Talking Heads > Kyuss (the band that Queens of the Stone Age used to be) David Byrne by his lonesome [ain’t bad](http://everythingthathappens.com/). (though, of course, this release was with Brian Eno). ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/25 "2008-09-03T00:46:36Z")
The Hold Steady, _Boys and Girl in America_ More or less classic rock. Great lyrics, with a recurring cast of characters who mostly happen to be drug-addled losers. Losers who seem to know an unusual amount about John Berryman and Catholicism. Hipsters will tell you to buy their first CD, but hipsters always say that. Song to download: “Stuck Between Stations” Wilco, _Sky Blue Sky_ Not my favorite Wilco record, but it fits your list and it’s new. In its best places it sounds oddly like 70s AM radio with a lot more kick. And Nels Cline is a heroic guitarist. Song to download: “Impossible Germany” Tom Waits, _Rain Dogs_ Maybe the high point of Waits’ throw-the-banjo-down-the-well-and-sing-through-a-bullhorn period. Actually, I’d suggest the “Brawlers” disc off _Orphans_ but I don’t think you can buy it alone. If you’re loose with money, buy _Orphans_. Song to download: “Jockey Full of Bourbon.” Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins, _Run Devil Run_ A great country-rock record. She’s witty, she writes great melodies, and she’s adorable. Song to download: “The Big Guns” Big Star, _#1 Record/Radio City_ The great forgotten records of the early 70s. Just beautiful, happy music, like the high points of _Revolver_ with a little Memphis in place of the druggy haze. Actually, I don’t know how to describe it, but almost every song has floated up into my iPod’s top 100. Song to download: “When My Baby’s Beside Me.” The Faces, _Long Player_ or _Ooh La La_ The great forgotten band of the early 70s. I’ve been on a big Ronnie Lane kick lately and have come to believe that the Faces are criminally overlooked. Probably because there’s no one left on earth who can take Rod Stewart seriously. It’s a lot to get over, those late 70s videos. But these are great records – sloppy, sweet, loud, funny. Song to download: “Sweet Lady Mary.” If you already have “Stay With Me” and “Ooh La La” And pick up a greatest hits CD by Cheap Trick. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/26 "2008-09-03T04:01:37Z")
1. Social Distortion for Bad Religion My favorite punk band. Mike Ness is great and also has a solo alt-country CD. Good stuff. 2. Buzzcocks for Offspring The progenitors of pop-punk, but still true to its roots 3. Wolfmother for AC/DC Great Australian hard rock. Missing them at Bonnaroo 2006 is one of my musical regrets now that they’ve split. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/27 "2008-09-03T04:45:18Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Optimus Rhyme (ultra nerdcore…I’m not usually a fan of this genre) I have lists miles long, but you are going to get great suggestions anyway and the boards are acting up still so I will give you just one AWESOME pic based on your fandom of Optimus Rhyme you must check out MC Frontalot. Check it (youtube links) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_jwme7s263k/hqdefault.jpg "MC FRONTALOT") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jwme7s263k) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OWeXVS5lLBo/hqdefault.jpg "Which MC Was That? (MC Frontalot fan video by Dom Mah)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWeXVS5lLBo) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9qoGqVq9EXw/hqdefault.jpg "Charity Case") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qoGqVq9EXw) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fxAk-m8_qPo/hqdefault.jpg "Questionable Content...set to RAP?!?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxAk-m8_qPo) ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174/28 "2008-09-03T05:02:33Z")
Bah! I can’t leave it at that. Ok 4 more from my, “everyone should be listening to these bands why aren’t you” file. Again, Youtube links. Voxtrot [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d492obKr2KM/hqdefault.jpg "Voxtrot Troubadour "Mothers Sisters Daughters and Wives"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d492obKr2KM) Wolf Parade [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nv5uo8ASXws/hqdefault.jpg "Wolf Parade - Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv5uo8ASXws) Gogol Bordello [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tIkrA8etwdg/hqdefault.jpg "Gogol Bordello - When the Trickster Starts A-Pokin") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIkrA8etwdg) The Thermals [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/A4Iobo18U9w/hqdefault.jpg "The Thermals "Pillar of Salt" music video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Iobo18U9w) The Pogues [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TaHMG_SvUkw/hqdefault.jpg "The Pogues Streams Of Whiskey") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaHMG_SvUkw) Ok, I feel better. Enjoy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-some-music/461174.md?page=1)