I’m watching “The real reason algorithms are bad for art” by Digging the greats and can’t remember the last time I asked real humans for recommendations for music. At one point, he is going around asking people of artists/albums that they recommend. I thought that was a cool idea. Then I thought, what if I asked lemmy/mastodon/ect and see what you all recommend?
Who is your favorite artist and what song/album would you recommend?
I’m looking to expand my horizons a bit.
I’ll start.
There’s a local band called the red coats. I think they only have one album. I can’t find a Bandcamp link but their music is here should you like to hear them. My wife and I saw them live at tiny little shops.
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Based on my year end wrap up things Pearl Jam is my favorite band. I’m in the top 0.01% of listeners on Tidal, and the same was true when I was on Spotify.
They just came out with a new album called “Dark Matter” that is quite good (though I think I liked the last album a bit better). I’d put “Riot Act” as my favorite album of there’s, but I think I might point you toward a song on what is probably my least favorite album (Back Spacer), Unthought Known
Pearl jam is my favorite band also, and Riot act is probably also my favorite album of theirs.
If you like Pearl jam, I’d recommend my favorite album of all times: Soundgarden’s Superunknown.
Some of my lesser-known, non-grunge favorites:
- “Hitomi ni utsuru keshiki” - Luminous, Mayuko
- “Strange fruit” - Nina Simone
- “Boulevard of broken dreams” - Maiya Sykes, Postmodern jukebox
- “Mr. Rattlebone” - Matt Maeson
- “Stubborn beast” - Bear’s den
- “Blue eyes” - Springbok nude girls
- “Farsi prayer” - Lisbeth Scott
- “Hey ma durga” - Krishna Das, Baird Hersey, Prana
- “Bright morning stars” - The wailin’ Jennys
- “Hymn 1, Axion esti” - Vassilis Tsabropoulos
- “La danse de mardi gras” - The Balfa brothers
I was also going to recommend Soundgarden’s Superunknown.
I’m also stoked to see Blue Eyes by Springbok Nude Girls in your list. Their albums Neanderthal 1, After Life Satisfaction and Surpass The Power are both fantastic and weird.
Let’s skip favorite and instead answer fun find that I’ve come back to a few times: Brothers of Metal - Kaunaz Dagaz (it is in English, lol). It’s viking metal, and as went through highschool with Blind Guardian and Rhapsody, it’s great to find bands still making banging fantasy metal https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzad__XGDbQ&si=atuCBlgpMSQ9UkRL
I’ve also been a fan of Bloodywood lately. Think an angrier Hybrid Theory Lincoln Park, but from India and with some fusion going on. Machi Bhased is a good toe in the water https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=3kLKYWDQVec&si=xsmCHcr6llZdaAWc as is Dana-Dan: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=uo6OC34QjY0&si=6SxQ6T9MwvRUdlJF
Older rock: Red hot chili peppers- Zephyr song, or, Dark Necessities.
Goofy/fun: Ninja sex party (NSP)- Parent’s house
The problem for me with suggesting music is that I really like all my music so I just want to recommend it all. There’s too many to suggest!
Love me some NSP. We have their albums.
Dark Necessities just came out a few years ago. Blood Sugar Sex Magic is still my favorite album from them, and that you can safely call older rock, although I’d categorize it more as funk.
I have no idea how to categorize music, it seems everyone defines it by their own standards so I just wrote down something I felt generally categorized it.
Those are my recommendations nonetheless
I listen to so many different kinds of music so it is hard to nail down a favorite. Instead I’ll give you the most recent artist I saw live-Jazz guitarist Julian Lage. I saw his trio in Chicago last night and it was an unreal experience with how tight the group was. Truly masters of their craft. Here is one of my favorite tracks of his “Tributary”
Hey that’s cool. I get my music from “all songs considered” (new music Friday), the NPR podcast.
Last thing I enjoyed was the new album “embers” by God is an astronaut.
Beborn Beton – Truth (Album)
R.E.M. - Reckoning
The place where jangle lives.
I’m on a synthwavey kick right now so I’m calling out Maximum Love.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iDI0sHLIeFIkZk6BKJBVQ?si=N-DjClfbQIK4WLL5Lmr0pQ
Porter Robinson - Nurture
Just saw him live last night, absolutely incredible concert.
I do have a lot of favorites from over the years but I still find new bands/albums I fall in love with. So instead of recommending any old favorites I will give you my album of the year (thus far) from a band I didn’t really enjoy before.
Caligula‘s Horse - Charcoal Grace
Absolutely fantastic album and I would strongly recommend listening to it from start to finish.
Thanks for new and fresh vs old favorite! I posted something similar further down, will be sure to check this out.
At this point in time.
David Bowie: Station to Station
Depeche Mode: Music for the Masses
The Beatles: Revolver
Bauhaus: In the Flat Field
Probably Janelle Monae - Archandroid. I love Afrofutrist funk like (Parliament-Funkadelic). It appeals to my 2 identities as a space nerd and the funkiest of the funky. Archandroid was sort of the peak of her sticking close to that genre. (Her three early works called the Metropolis Saga — Metropolis, an EP, Archandroid, and The Electric Lady — form a whole story.) The albums have multiple Suites like classical works so the themes change even within the albums. But Archandroid is my favorite part. And you can totally nerd out on it forever and still find new things.
I’d have to go with a Meshuggah - Demiurge acoustic cover from a few months back, parts of it keep getting stuck in my head
Cake - Pressure Chief
The flow from song to song on this album is near flawless. I think it is their most cohesive album, although they are all great. Motorcade of Generosity is a close second for me.
Comfort Eagle has some great songs but I agree, Pressure Chief has the best flow overall.
Never There is an amazing song.
One of my favourites that’s not known very much is Meg Myers. She puts raw emotion into her music.
