Suggest New Music

I need some new music to add to my collection. I’ve been listening to the same couple of CDs for the last 4 months. Please help me by recommending your current favorite!

Leave your suggestions in the comments, I’ll post my purchases here afterward.

The Purchase

So after much time spent listening to samples from the recommendations I received, I settled on five albums. Three came from suggestions, one I’ve been wanting for a long time and one is the soundtrack of a movie my wife and I saw recently and loved. For better or worse, here they are:

  • Arcade Fire: Funeral
  • The Decemberists: Picaresque
  • Feist: The Reminder
  • Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy
  • Once: Soundtrack

Recommendations

Here is the list of all recommendations (that I didn’t purchase, but maybe you will?):

  • Atmosphere
  • Page France
  • The Mountain Goats
  • Bowerbirds
  • The National
  • The Hold Steady
  • Sufjan Stevens
  • Rodrigo y Gabriela: Rodrigo y Gabriela
  • José González: Veneer
  • Kimya Dawson
  • Mirah
  • Brooke Fraser
  • Portishead
  • Abandoned Pools
  • The Spill Canvas
  • SoftLightes
  • Leslie Hall

A big thank you to everyone who gave their 2¢ and feel free to keep the suggestions coming… I may buy more soon!

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Posted September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm in Community | Permalink

14 comments:

  1. Sunny Thaper:

    http://www.last.fm/user/Ynnus

    You might be better off checking Jimmy/Matt/Dana’s music though as they are closer in genre to you.

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  2. Curtis Miller:

    Sunny,

    Thanks for the link to your Last.fm, but that only tells me what you’ve been listening to recently/over time. If you had to recommend a single artist/album that someone should get right now, what would it be?

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  3. Brian:

    I have no idea what type of music you enjoy. I have a creative solution, though.

    Check out some of the results here: http://google.com/search?q=stinkweeds+site%3Acrankysince1979.blogspot.com

    Those are album purchases from a local Phoenix web designer. Skim through them, look up and listen to samples, and purchase accordingly.

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  4. Dana:

    I’ve told you! The Decemberists! Also try Page France, The Mountain Goats, Okkervil River, Bowerbirds, etc.

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  5. Jason:

    Yeah, I’m with Dana. Might also give ‘The National’, ‘The Hold Steady’ and ‘Sufjan Stevens’ a shot. Here’s my music: http://www.last.fm/user/3twenty3

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  6. Ms. Herr:

    Not so new in terms of release dates, but among my absolute favorites is Rodrigo y Gabriela (album of same name). Great acoustic latin guitar, no lyrics, but with a empassioned rock intensity.

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  7. Curtis Miller:

    Brian, don’t worry about my tastes, what do you enjoy and recommend?

    Dana, I figured you’d suggest that. Thanks for your other recommendations, too. I’ll look into them.

    Jason, thanks, man. I’ll look into those.

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  8. Curtis Miller:

    Ms. Herr, I first heard Rodrigo y Gabriela when they released their self titled album. They are awesome guitarists. Good suggestion!

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  9. Jason:

    A little slower, but you might want to check out José González, his ‘Veneer’ album. http://www.last.fm/music/Jos%C3%A9+Gonz%C3%A1lez/Veneer

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  10. Dana:

    I agree with all of Jason’s, particularly Sufjan Stevens and Jose Gonzales. Those two men are fantastic. Also try Feist, Kimya Dawson, and Mirah if you like women who sing.

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  11. connor:

    last.fm/user/condormcs

    Lots of indie shit

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  12. Ralph:

    You should take a listen to Brooke Fraser Jennifer calls her my other girlfriend because I listen to her so much. Her music is toward a Christian slant. Her lyrics are deep and meaningful and her voice is exquisite.

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  13. Dana:

    I have four of the five albums you just bought. Nice choices. All of them, seriously.

    September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
  14. xavier smash:

    check out Faust Arp! they've got an 8-track EP … they're like Radiohead meeting Sonic Youth in a dark alley to watch Minor Threat seduce Bon Iver.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4nxtNO3pBM

    November 16th, 2011 at 2:29 am

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