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14:52 / 22.01.05

I'm in one of those moods where I'm almost frantically desperate for new music. I have about 6GB filled on a 20GB iPod and I know there's a ton of great stuff I haven't heard yet.

Here's a snapshot of my iTunes list:

The 6ths
Air
Ambulance LTD
The Arcade Fire
Beck
BRMC
Blonde Redhead
Blur
Boards of Canada
Bright Eyes
Broadcast
Broken Social Scene
Chemical Bros.
The Constantines
Da Lench Mob
The Dandy Warhols
David Holmes
The Deadly Snakes
The Dears
Death Cab For Cutie
Death in Vegas
Deathray
The Delgados
Deltron 3030
Depth Charge
Dillinger Escape Plan
The Distillers
DJ Food
Doris Svensson
The Duke Spirit
Elastica
Eminem
The Faint
Fantomas
Franz Ferdinand
The French Kicks
The Go! Team
Gorillaz
Graham Coxon
Handsome Boy
Modeling School
The Hives
Interpol
Iron and Wine
Jet
Kid Koala
The Killers
Lali Puna
Le Tigre
Leftfield
Lovage
Madvillain
The Magnetic Fields
Martina Topely-Bird
Metric
Missy Elliott
Modest Mouse
Morcheeba
Morrissey
Mr Bungle
The New Pornographers
Nick Cave
Nirvana
The Notwist
The Pixies
Portishead
The Postal Service
Prodigy
Propellerheads
Pulp
Radiohead
RJD2
Rob Swift
Sam Roberts
Scissor Sisters
Secret Chiefs 3
The Secret Machines
Self
The Shins
Sleater-Kinney
Slowdive
The Smiths
Snow Patrol
Spiritualized
Super Furry Animals
Tomahawk
Tricky
TV on the Radio
The Vines
The Walkmen
Ween
Weezer
The White Stripes
The Wrens
The X-Ecutioners
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

If you had the patience to scan down the entire list, and noticed some glaring omissions, please let me know. "If you like (x) then you really should get (y)" is the kind of thing I'm looking for. Points will be DEDUCTED for mocking any of the bands listed.

Thanks!

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

16:35 / 22.01.05

Bright Eyes, Cameron? I mock you forever.

However: I reccomend to you The Fiery Furnaces (I think you might be better off going for the first album Gallowsbirds Bark and the new EP first. Called EP, oddly!), Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Electrelane (who I'm sure all have their own threads should you need to conduct further research. Although every recorded Sonic Youth album would probably take up a fair wodge of pod-space) and M.I.A. (website). She's new, and everybody should have music by her as soon as humanly possible.

Oh oh. You have Jet, as well? Cameron, it is ok to take off the really bad stuff and replace it with better things. Nobody should listen to Jet. Just get some AC/DC, or something. Some Stooges.

To be honest, I can't tell if I'm just saying bands I like or things I'd think you would like... I think it's fair to say that most of the stuff I've mentioned would fit in to the sort of musical variety you have on offer there, though.

Pavement! Cat Power! The Flaming Lips! The Rolling Stones! The Who! The Beatles! Au Revoir Simone, website here!

17:08 / 22.01.05

Yeah, I've been mulling over removing Jet and Bright Eyes both, actually, as I only really like one song by each and usually skip by the others when they come on random play.

Thanks for the recommendations, I'll check them out forthwith...

17:26 / 22.01.05

Oh, and, just because I haven't listed the Beatles or the Stones here, doesn't mean that I've never heard of them. I just don't mention them because they're pretty obvious.

I'm looking for stuff that's new to me, bands I've never heard of but should have.

I'm Rick Jones, bitch

17:28 / 22.01.05

Death Cab for Cutie? I thought you were cool, man.

Anyway, Devo. Get Devo.

I'm Rick Jones, bitch

17:31 / 22.01.05

And some Cure, if you're into that whole ice-cold Interpol vibe. I like 17 Seconds as an album, probably just because it has "A Forest" on, which is one of my top tracks ever.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

17:33 / 22.01.05

Yeah, sorry. I should have guessed, I was just seeing what wasn't on the list glaring omissions-wise! Got a bit overenthusiastic. I often overlook some obvious stuff by accident. Have you heard the New Pornographers? They're always worth a mention. M.I.A. is the most gleaming and spangly shiny new thing I've mentioned there, probably.

Glad to see my instincts were pretty much right on re: Bright Eyes and Jet!

I'd be interested to hear, as well, what you make of whatever music you end up getting.

17:47 / 22.01.05

Prolapse - The Italian Flag

Probably my most listened to album on my iPod. Loud enough to be heard on the tube, which is always useful, and probably one of my favourite things ever. Also:

Brian Wilson - Smile

Makes you do what it says on the tin, handy in these dark, cold winter months...

17:56 / 22.01.05

re: The Faint:
Mouse on Mars made their way onto my IPod, showed up in a shuffle, and really impressed me. (Track: Actionist Respoke)
Muse (Track: Plug-In Baby) and Clinic (Porno, The Second Line), likewise. I'm not sure why I downloaded any of them, but they're what I've been looking for lately.

re: The Dandy Warhols
Zia's husband-o-be reccomended, the girl making the movie about them reccomended, and the movie about them turned out to really be about The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
1. The Dandy Warhols cover 'Stars', the first song Anton of the BJM wrote.
2. The BJM - Tracks - Anenome, BSA, Wisdom, Servo, Who?, Not if you were the last Dandy on earth, Super-Sonic

Os Mutantes are wonderful Brazilian psychedelic rock from the late 60s and are perfect Pod Fodder. (Tracks - Bat Macumba, She's My Shoo Shoo or A Minha Menina - english vs Portuguese versions), Belle and Sebastian cover A Minha Menina.

I rediscovered DJ Shadow this week, after not listening to him for... what, eight, nine years? Likewise Kruder and Dorfmeister. I use my iPod in my car mostly, so that has a lot to do with late night drives home.

re: Slowdive
Asobi Seksu (Literally: Sportfuck) have some nice shoegazey tracks (Walk on the Moon, I'm Happy but you don't like me)

Re: Dears/Shins/Walkmen:
Sea Ray (Nicholas Ray, Revelry, Hall of Fame) have played with and sound something like The Dears. They also broke up yesterday.
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (The Ballad of the Sin Eater, Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone, Hearts of Oak, Timorous Me, Under The Hedge) have a sort of Shins-y vibe at times, but are a bit more Mod Punk.

Re: The Killers
Stellastarr (My Coco, In The Walls, Jenny), and Longwave (Exit, pool Song, Everywhere You Turn) are Nw York bands with similar sounds.

17:58 / 22.01.05

>>>Have you heard the New Pornographers?<<<

Yep, they're on the list above.

18:02 / 22.01.05

Thank you iconoplast!!

18:10 / 22.01.05

You know - if you're got soulseek, I'm iconoplast there as well...

18:28 / 22.01.05

Definitely check out Phoenix. Both their albums are great, but the most recent, Alphabetical, is probably the best. And Elysian Fields, who have Jennifer Charles, the vocalist on Lovage. It's not quite as good on that album, but definitely along the same lines.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

18:49 / 22.01.05

Gah! I just don't seem to be paying any attention today!

uncle retrospective

21:19 / 22.01.05

Melt Banana cellscape. It's a crazy mash of styles; noise and J pop but everyone I've lent it to loves it. Great, great stuff.
Mclusky The difference between you and me is I'm not on fire. Brilliant. Noisy in a White Stripes sort of on the louder stuff (Lightsaber cock sucking blues is a must) but change styles enough to keep things interesting.
The new Chemical Brothers album is fried gold.
Oh and get the live version of the Man don't give a fuck by the Super Furry Animals, 22 minutes of happiness.

uncle retrospective

21:22 / 22.01.05

You don't seem to have any Orbital. Shame on you. You need the Brown album (it's the second one, it doesn't have a title) In sides is very good as well.

D Terminator XXXIII

22:40 / 22.01.05

Mikael Simpson I cannot recommend enough.

00:23 / 23.01.05

While they probably were over-hyped last year, and I can definitely see why anyone in the UK might never want to see their pale, glassy-eyed faces ever again, I still think The Libertines might fit quite well into the above list, especially their first album, Up The Bracket. They are a pampered, retrogressive, overly-exposed druggy disaster area I suppose, but they're still quite interesting with it. Y'know, good tunes and all that, and there's a genuine, properly thought-out artistic vision in there somewhere I'd say, unless I totally miss my guess.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

01:54 / 23.01.05

No.

08:19 / 23.01.05

i would totally second Phoenix, having just gotten into them myself, and add that you might want to consider Laub, AGF, Swayzak, Prefuse 73, and Boom Bip (probably Seed to Sun rather than the collaboration with Doseone).

12:05 / 23.01.05

I've just got an 1 gig upgrade for my iPAQ, and was considering turning the albums I've chosen to include on there into a Best of 2004 list. All of these count as recommendations, Cameron:

Annie - Anniemal
Boredoms - Seadrum
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
Johnny Cash - My Mother's Hymn Book
Khonnor - Handwriting
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Maroons - Ambush
Mike Ladd - Nostalgialator
Mono - Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined
Noxagt - The Iron Point
Thee Silver Mountain Reveries - The Pretty Little Lightning Paw EP
Theodore Unit - 718

I've also included these personal favourites (don't leave home without them):

El-Producto - Fantastic Damage
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
Melt Banana - Cellscape
The Postal Service - Give Up

And these I didn't give enough of a chance when they were originally released:

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui UXO
Aphex Twin - Drukqs

And these last two because they're unspeakably cool:

The Pillows - FLCL OST
Hunting Lodge and Mugstar split single

I'm considering replacing The Postal Service with The Soft Bulletin by The F'Lips. It's just a better album, more useful to have in an emergency. It's like aural Rescue Remedy.

01:21 / 24.01.05

gotta have some buck 65 especially with the new album coming out on the 25th

04:05 / 24.01.05

some stuff in my ipod ya might like... electromicroglitchhouse and other related noodlings

Lusine - Iron City
Brothomstates - matala (my current fav song)
Brothomstates - rktic-pulse
Mr Projectile
Akufen (anything and everything by him)

07:54 / 24.01.05

On an Interpol/ Walkmen tip what about some Joy Division? you'll never regret that one- which leads onto New Order- the lighter dancier side of the same coin....

On the American Indie thing of Modest mouse/ weezer etc get some Pavement- you could do a lot worse than getting Slanted and Enchanted / Crooked Rain redux versions that've just come out with an extra squillion tracks. Also if you like Modest Mouse what about some Talking heads- the modest mouse dude totally rips his singing style off David Byrne- theres a live album called the name of this band is the talking heads whiich is my favourite thing by them- but then all the earlier albums are pretty great...

On a white stripes/ Rolling Stones/ Garage Rock thing try looking up the Nuggetts compilation- there's some fucking great treats on that- its a compile of lots of one hit wonder garage rock treats such as Question Mark & The Mysterians, The Seeds, The Monks The Sonics etc a great way of finding new music- and what filesharing was invented for...

On a Franz Ferdinand/ Elastica thing check out The Futureheads, Wire & KaitO all great spikey punk pop... and my persobal tip for this year Clor who sound like beck and Pavement but electroish...

god thats enough for now- Cameron it'd be cool to let us know what you get & do or Don't like- see who's on track and who's not...

13:05 / 24.01.05

Yeah, I'm in the process of compiling everything, at least one track (usually more) of everything that's been recommended so far in this thread. I will report back shortly!

Everyone's recommendations are very much appreciated!

13:41 / 24.01.05

this may be too late, but i forgot to recommend Ladytron and Shalabi Effect.

14:20 / 24.01.05

What about a bit of Can, Cameron? Try Halleuwah or Oh Yeah.

22:27 / 24.01.05

I didn't see the Misfits on your list. Or Black Flag. And keep Bright Eyes, you know you love that entire Lifted album, so do I, it's ok we don't have to tell Suede.

lonely as a cloud...

08:28 / 25.01.05

If you like The Postal Service, I'd recommend Nina Hynes. Very pleasant young lady, similar style. Plus she does a very sexy version of The Stooges' I Wanna Be Your Dog live. Mmmmm.

at the scarwash

14:08 / 25.01.05

M. Stewart:

If you don't already have some, the addition of Howard Devoto's post Buzzcocks band Magazine would fit well. Great lyrics, frigid postpunk snarly guitarly soundscapes, etc. And although you didn't like them in context of the film, a few of Seu Jorge's David Bowie covers from Life Aquatic might grow on you, in the right context.

15:17 / 25.01.05

On the subject of Bowie- a distinct lack of on yer ipod Cameron- go and get everything between Space Oddity and Lets Dance and enjoy!

22:27 / 25.01.05

Um, teensy thing, I couldn’t help noticing you’ve got Slowdive but you’re missing any My Bloody Valentine or Ride. I mean, it’s your ipod and all, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it done that way 'round before, is all. It’s like you’ve skipped all the lovely rich food and just gone straight to the belch.

23:27 / 25.01.05

Oh yeah, Aural Rescue Remedies... you'd better get some Shangri-La's, Kenickie and The Fall on there too.

Some other related (to the original list) omissions, IMO: Stereolab, Boom Bip, Mogwai, The Velvet Fucking Underground, Kraftwerk, Nina Nastasia, Public Enemy, The Projects, Annie, The Slits, etc etc etc...

00:03 / 26.01.05

okay, thanks everyone immensely for the suggestions so far. Now for the reviews:

The Fiery Furnaces - Hmm. I think I like it, but I'm not sure. It sounds like one of those bands that doesn't grab me immediately but I will learn to love. So they get a pass.

MIA - I like Galang, but that's all I've been able to find.

Au Revoir Simone - Very nice. Doesn't make me want to get up and dance, but I like it.

Couldn't find any Prolapse.

Mouse on Mars - No. A little too chaotic and cacophonous, at least from the recommended track.

Clinic I like.

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Yes yes yes! How have I not known of them before, especially with the Dandy Warhols connection? I dunno, but I'm glad I do now.

Ted Leo and the New Pharmacists - Yep, I like this so far.

Stellastarr I like, same goes for Phoenix.

Elysian Fields I used to have, after I first heard Lovage, but ended up removing it. A bit too dour for me.

McLusky - Worth it for the album and song titles alone. Occasionally gets a little too shouty-noisy for my tastes but songs like "That Man Will Not Hang" definitely get earn the band a pass.

The Libertines I didn't like at all. Sorry.

Ladytron is a band I'd heard and I knew I liked but never bothered getting any of it. Now I have!

These are only the ones I've had time to download, there's still a lot left to try (and yes, I download, but everything I decide to keep, I will go purchase a legit copy).

Special note about Bowie - I like Bowie as most do but my studio partner ONLY listens to Bowie and I'm sick of it.

Thanks again for the help guys, I appreciate it. The only downside is that my hunger for music is increasing exponentially...

I'm Rick Jones, bitch

05:22 / 26.01.05

Did you like "Deisel Power" by Prodigy, Cam? I was listening to Kool Keith's "Black Elvis" album today and it's really awesome. If you still like Deltron even just a little bit, I'd bet a small, conservative sum this would launch you into orbit on a geyser of spunk (Keith does the whole "out there" MC thing a little better than Del and he gave Automator his first break, which speaks for his taste in production).

Non-sequitur tip: "Chill Out" by the KLF. It's been deleted but Amazon tends to have it in stock most of the time, and it's great weird ambient music for when you're tired without being all coffee table (fantastic to fall asleep to wearing headphones, too). It's got Elvis singing "In The Getto" and Stukas divebombing, wow!

I see you list Franz F: I caught Gang of Four play a hometown show on monday and they blew me away. Most of the hyped funk/punk stuff owes them big. A friend tells me the early stuff is the stuff to get.

Seconding whoever said Ladytron. First album is kind of hard disco, second is darker and more electro.

I'm going to recommend Devo again because they fucking rule. People call them new wave or punk but they really do predate both. Key Albums: Harcore Devo Volumes 1 + 2 (out of print so soulseek these, you could always pm me to exchange usernames hint hint), Q. Are We Not Men? (produced by Brian Eno), Duty Now For The Future! Don't just judge em on Whip It.

Hope this helps!

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