# suggest some new (good) music to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342 "2010-06-15T19:40:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cyningablod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342/1 "2010-06-15T19:40:50Z")
I’m bored and am looking to discover some new music. Please suggest some to me. First, though, a caveat about what I just can’t bring myself to listen to: -hip-hop/rap -country -most classical -death metal or misanthropic/Satanic/Nat’l Socialist black metal (If you don’t know what this is, don’t ask.) …so don’t bother telling me to listen to Stone Kold Boyz’n’Hood Death Killaz’ _In Yo Face Pig!_, or Twang P. Yokel’s _Banjo Doo-etts with Mah Sister-Wife_, or Rotting Christ’s newest EP, _In Hitler wir vertrauten_. And to give you some idea of what I might enjoy, based on what I DO listen to: Ambient/enigmatic/progressive instrumental: Enigma, Delerium, Lësiem, Patrick O’Hearn, Ronan Hardiman Heavy metal/industrial metal: Metallica, Megadeth, Queensrÿche, Primordial, Opeth, Meshuggah, Nine Inch Nails, Rob Zombie, Ministry Neue Deutsche Härte: Rammstein, Eisbrecher, Oomph! Adult (female) singer/songwriter rock: Sarah McLachlan (especially her old stuff, before she went all “Enya”, and shit), Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow. So who should I check out? ---
**Author:** ![Cyningablod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342/2 "2010-06-15T19:43:18Z")
p.s. Rotting Christ, IIRC, might actually be the name of a real black metal band. From Greece, I think maybe… 😕 If this is the case, scratch that last satirical “EP” title…I haven’t the foggiest notion what their most recent release is titled, nor do I care. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342/3 "2010-06-15T19:44:46Z")
I’d check out Laura Viers and St. Vincent for the female singer/songwriter stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342/4 "2010-06-15T19:50:14Z")
I’ve really enjoyed One\_eskimO. I don’t know much about them, but I love their song “Kandi,” which sent me on a iTunes jag. It seems they opened for Tori Amos last year, so there you go. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342/5 "2010-06-15T23:18:42Z")
> [@Cyningablod](#): > > Adult (female) singer/songwriter rock: Sarah McLachlan (especially her old stuff, before she went all “Enya”, and shit) Touch, Solace, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Sarah? That’s me too. Solace is my favorite album by her because a lot of it is so _weird_! How great is “Black” anyway? Ok, I have to do it. Those who know what’s coming can move on to the next post. There are 6 songs in the player [on this page](http://www.myspace.com/happyrhodes). Listen to the first 5 if you have time (“Oh Holy Night” is the 6th, for Christmastime). Headphones are good. If you give those 5 a fair chance and don’t like them, move on to someone else. If you’re interested in what you hear, there’s plenty more to be heard, on MySpace and elsewhere. She has 11 albums, and every single one of them can be heard via [streaming audio](http://rhodesongs.com/music/index.html) or audio-only [on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/user/happyrhodesalbums) for free. Not to mention tons of live clips on YouTube. If it’s not your thing, it was worth a try, yeah? ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342/6 "2010-06-16T00:13:32Z")
Matisyahu. That song “One Day” is great. ---
**Author:** ![Cyningablod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342/7 "2010-06-16T03:01:55Z")
Thanks for the replies. I’m slowly checking out the suggestions I’ve gotten so far. Will post responses once I’ve had time to listen to all. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342/8 "2010-06-16T05:10:29Z")
I’ve just been enjoying Ellen Allien’s new CD, [Dust](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BS-UKHLZdI). Cool, ambient-ish techno with wispy, electronically distorted female vocals. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342/9 "2010-06-16T05:23:24Z")
> [@Cyningablod](#): > > Ambient/enigmatic/progressive instrumental: Enigma, Delerium, Lësiem, Patrick O’Hearn, Ronan Hardiman [Ulrich Schnauss](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s50jAWtCdQ) [The Orb](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIx2X8MSZF4) [Banco de Gaia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVM9M6i9ZoU) [Air](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH5bL_XbO64) [Jonsi & Alex](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4j-4FElT8E) ---
**Author:** ![lexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342/10 "2010-06-16T05:52:18Z")
You might enjoy [Pelican](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbV-3wvIJd0) if you don’t already know them. Very good instrumental, ambient, progressive metal band from Chicago. 2005’s _The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw_ is their best album, but last year’s _What We All Come to Need_ is very good as well. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-new-good-music-to-me/543342/11 "2010-06-16T06:29:21Z")
I’m also going to throw Quicksand’s song “Fazer” in here. Cool song. 108’s song “Arctic” is cool, too. Judge’s “Take Me Away” is similarly awesome.