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.
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.
My go to favourite band is AFI, and they have a great back catalogue to dig into as they’ve been going since the 90s but have changed their style with the times (although always sort of emo/punk adjacent). I flip flop on my favourite album from them, currently I’d say it’s Sing The Sorrow but sometimes it’s Decemberunderground.
My taste changes frequently though, so for something with a completely different style, I find myself constantly returning to Personal Protocol by 8485, a wonderful hyperpop EP with Drum & Bass influences.
I hope you get something out of any of this, and would love to hear what you think!
Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes is pure 90s hardcore gold. But I think Black Sails in the Sunset has to be my favorite.
Black Sails is definitely my favourite pre-STS album. Absolutely solid front to back
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”
“Softly” by Gordon Lightfoot is one of my favorite songs. On the surface it appears to be about a woman but I don’t think it is. I was listening to it one time when it just popped into my head, “Holy shit. He’s talking about the moon.”
I thought about writing him to ask if I was right and I kind of regret that I didn’t while he was still alive. The man was a poet of highest caliber. If you like or can at least listen to folk music, the album “Gord’s Gold” lives up to it’s name.
I was listening to old punk rock and Kamala’s Too Nice by Screeching Weasel came on, which was really amusing in the current American political landscape. https://youtu.be/EjlhlqcCTjM
If you like this one you’ll probably like the whole My Brain Hurts album.
Blanco White, British artist with Spanish/Latin influence. ‘The wind rose’ from his EP is such a good song and I think it reflects his style still. https://open.spotify.com/track/2B2iGPBD6RBWJ11uxtb34t?si=GidmWC2uSoSiDvwbw8XmyQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A18WIUFEZRfWSRDhfnmO9NB
“Giordano’s dream” (both parts) are an amazing listen too. https://open.spotify.com/album/0ZiiZQCm1aez7Kt77j78QG?si=5e5wSsbETP2dNLOLlMVxhg
If you’re into metal music, Sons of Texas is an underrated band. They’re no longer together, but they put out a couple of good albums.
Also check out Cardinal Black, it’s a blues/rock outfit, and really good.
I do love me some metal. Its my walking music. Ill check them out, thanks!
A couple of my favorites, in no particular order…
Dessa - Mineshaft II Dessa writes some of the most evocative, lyrically dense songs I’ve ever heard.
The Gits - Guilt Within Your Head The Gits were a Seattle-based punk rock band that were poised to blow up big in the early 90s. Tragically, lead singer Mia Zapata was murdered just 4 days after they signed their first major contract.
Titus Andronicus - (I’m) Screwed A long-running and critically acclaimed hard rock band that’s avoided finding mainstream success. One of the best live acts I’ve seen.
I’d like to add Whirlwind by The Gits to this list.
My favorite band is Enter the Haggis. I’ll give you a couple choices:
Swallowed by a Whale - one of their newest.
Gasoline - one of their most popular ones, a bit country-leaning.
To the Quick - a solid instrumental.
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
Black Sabbath, War Pigs.
The instrumental build up and the depressing message are absolutely brutal and an amazing glimpse into heavy metal’s origin.
I can hear the amazing intro to this song just from reading the title.
R.E.M. - Reckoning
The place where jangle lives.
At this point in time.
David Bowie: Station to Station
Depeche Mode: Music for the Masses
The Beatles: Revolver
Bauhaus: In the Flat Field
Super Furry Animals - Radiator
Been my favorite since mid 00’s. As someone from the US, they were never very big here, and I get tons of looks from people if I tell them this. They were pretty successful overseas from the looks of the concerts. I didn’t mind. Whenever they toured here, I got to see them in super small venues, which was great. Sadly, they haven’t put out an album in over 15 years and doubt they will. They all have side projects and kind of moved on but never officially broke up. I can only hope they will return one day. Side projects are really good as well, thankfully.
I don’t know if I can pick a favorite artist, my tastes are too varied. There’s a ton of good suggestions in this thread, so a couple album recommendations I have that I don’t see are:
Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire II
Rheostatics - Melville
