The ULTIMATE Recommendations Thread
 

..or not. We've had countless threads like this in the past but I figured it's time for a new one. In here you suggest and/or ask for bands based on your preferences and people will (hopefully) try to help out as soon as they can.

Some rules you should follow:

-consult the band list, first and foremost
-don't barrage your post with 51543524626099 generic uber obscure bands that no-one will care about
-suggest only [B]5 bands max[/B] at a time, no need to name-drop
-include their sub-genre when you mention them
-put a brief description of the bands you're suggesting if possible, linkage to sites is helpful too
-yousendits have their own thread
-NO ADVERTISING
-it's ok to ask for bands in other genres, as long as it's permissible (no "if you liek FFAF chek out MCR" plz)

enjoy.

Also, some music resource sites:

[url]http://www.allmusic.com[/url]
[url]http://www.epitonic.com[/url]
[url]http://www.insound.com[/url]
[url]http://www.music-map.com[/url]
[url]http://www.pitchforkmedia.com[/url]
[url]http://www.tinymixtapes.com[/url]
[url]http://www.rateyourmusic.com[/url]
[url]http://www.soundclick.com[/url]

So far the sub-genres are:

[B]Alt/Indie Rock:[/B]

!!!
10,000 Things
Afghan Whigs
Amusement Parks on Fire
..And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Arab Strap
The Arcade Fire
Archers of Loaf
Apostle of Hustle
Aqualung
Aqueduct
Art Brut
Athlete
Aveo
The Awesome Machine
Badly Drawn Boy
Beat Happening
Beck
Bjorn "Stringmachine" Berge
Big Black
Biffy Clyro
The Black Heart Procession
The Black Keys
Black Mountain/The Pink Mountaintops
Sarah Blasko
(The Jon Spencer) Blues Explosion
Bob Hund
Braid
Brainiac
Broadcast
Broken Social Scene
Bright Eyes
Jeff Buckley
Calexico
Castanets
Cat Power
Cave In
The Cooper Temple Clause
Cop Shoot Cop
Cougars
The Cranes
Cursive
Dead Moon
Deadly Snakes
Death Cab for Cutie
Death From Above 1979
Deerhoof
Denali
dEUS
Dinosaur Jr.
The Dismemberment Plan
Do Me Bad Things
Dresden Dolls
Earlimart
Elysian Fields
Enon
The Evens
Fairweather
Faith No More
Feeder
fIREHOSE
The Flaming Lips
Friends of Dean Martinez
John Frusciante
The Futureheads
Girls Against Boys
Guided by Voices
Glay
The Go! Team
Grandaddy
The Great Lake Swimmers
Gregor Samsa
Halo of Flies
PJ Harvey
Head Automatica
Heavy Vegetable
Hot Hot Heat
Hot Snakes
I am Kloot
The Icarus Line
The International Noise Conspiracy
Interpol
Jane's Addiction
Jawbox
Jawbreaker
Jets to Brazil
Joan of Arc
Juliette and The Licks
Karate
Kings of Convenience
Les Savy Fav
Low
Make Believe
The Make-Up
Manic Street Preachers
The Mars Volta
Maximo Park
Mclusky
Medications
Melvins
Mercury Rev
Metric
Mew
Mineral
Minus the Bear
The Mint Chicks
Miss Antartica
Missy Higgins
Modest Mouse
Modey Lemon
Mojave 3
The Mooney Suzuki
Motorpsycho
Moving Units
Murder by Death
Murder City Devils
My Morning Jacket
Mystery Jets
Nada Surf
The National
The National Bank
New Wet Kojak
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Nine Black Alps
Out Hud
Panthers
The Paper Chase
Pavement
Pedro the Lion
Phoenix
Phoenix Foundation
Pixies
Pleasure Forever
Polvo
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Primal Scream
The Promise Ring
Public Image Limited
Q and not U
Queens of the Stone Age
Radiohead
Rainer Maria
REM
The Replacements
Damien Rice
Rilo Kiley
Rocket from the Crypt
Rufus Wainwright
Ryan Adams
Sebadoh
Shellac
Silver Jews
Sarah Slean
Sleater-Kinney
Slowreader
The Smashing Pumpkins
Elliott Smith
The Smiths
Sonic Youth
Sparklehorse
Special Needs
Spiritualized
Spoon
Stars
Stellastar
Stereolab
The Stone Roses
The Subways
Sunny Day Real Estate
The Sunshine Underground
Super Furry Animals
Talking Heads
Tangiers
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Tenacious D
Test Icicles
Thingy
Timesbold
Trans Am
Turin Brakes
TV on the Radio
The Unicorns
Velvet Teen
Violent Femmes
Tom Waits
The Walkmen
M. Ward
We Versus the Shark
Ween
Weezer
Weird War
The White Stripes
Wilco
Wintersleep
The Wrens
Yo La Tengo

[B]Country:[/B]

Jimmy Buffet
Johnny Cash
Neko Case

[B]Electronica:[/B]

Air
Aphex Twin
Autechre
Basement Jaxx
Boards of Canada
Brian Eno
Caribou
Daft Punk
Euphone
Four Tet
Fischerspooner
Jackson & His Computer Band
Jaga Jazzist
Kaada
Kid 606
Lemon Jelly
Manitoba
Matmos
Minotaur Shock
Mouse on Mars
Mu
PLAID
The Postal Service
Prefuse 73
Ratatat
Roni Size
S.O.L.O.
Shpongle
The Soft Pink Truth
Squarepusher
Two Lone Swordsmen
Young Gods
Zero 7
Zongamin

[B]Folk:[/B]

Angels of Light
Animal Collective
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Andrew Bird
Tim Buckley
The Decemberists
Devendra Banheart
Nick Drake
Thomas Dybdahl
Bob Dylan
José Gonzales
Iron and Wine
Mojave 3
My Morning Jacket
Neil Young
Neutral Milk Hotel
Okkervil River
Red House Painters
Six Organs of Admittance
Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co.
Sufjan Stevens
Sun Kil Moon
Ugly Casanova
Woven Hand

[B]Indie Pop:[/B]

Architecture in Helsinki
Belle and Sebastian
The Comas
The Delgados
For Stars
Ivy
Komeda
Magnet
Moldy Peaches
Travis Morrison
Oh No! Oh My!(formerly named The Jolly Rogers)
Pinback
Archer Prewitt
Saturday Looks Good to Me
The Shins
The Starlight Mints
Tegan and Sara
Tilly and The Wall

[B]Krautrock:[/B]

Can
Faust
Neu!

[B]Other:[/B]

Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Black Eyes
Boredoms
Boris
Captain Beefheart
Carnival in Coal
Current 93
Death in June
Einsturzende Neubauten
Esquivel
Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
The Gerogerigegege
Hella/The Advantage
Kaizers Orchestra
Kayo Dot
Lightning Bolt
Masonna
Maudlin of the Well
Merzbow
Mr. Bungle
Nils Petter Molvaer
Ken Nordine
Patrick Wolf
Pelican
Psychic TV
The Residents
Richard Cheese
Ruins
The Shining
Xiu Xiu
Frank Zappa
John Zorn/Naked City

[B]Post-Hardcore:[/B]

Arab on Radar
Big Black
Cap'n Jazz
The Chinese Stars
Drive Like Jehu
Effigies
Ex-Models
Fugazi
Hot Water Music
Husker Du
Nation of Ulysses
Off Minor
Quicksand
These Arms are Snakes
Transistor Transistor

[B]Post-Punk:[/B]

James Chance & The Contortions
The Cure
Echo & The Bunnymen
The Fall
Gang of Four
Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Joy Division
Magazine
Minutemen
Mission of Burma
Naked Raygun
New Order
Pere Ubu
The Ponys
Roxy Music
Suicide
Swans
Television
This Heat
Wire

[B]Post-Rock:[/B]

1-Speed Bike
65 Days of Static
A Silver Mt. Zion
The Album Leaf
Amplifier
Bark Psychosis
The Dirty Three
Do Make Say Think
Dreamend
The Durutti Column
Fly Pan Am
Flying Saucer Attack
Explosions in the Sky
Gastr Del Sol
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Hope of the States
Inlantic
June Of 44
Mogwai
Mono
Mum
Pele
Rachel's
The Red Sparowes
The Sea and Cake
Set Fire To Flames
Sigur Ros
Six Parts Seven
Slint
Talk Talk
Tortoise
Unwed Sailor
The Workhouse
Yawning Man

[B]Psychedelia/Neo-Psych:[/B]

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO
The Apples in Stereo
Bardo Pond
Beulah
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Circulatory System
Comets on Fire
Dead Meadow
Dungen
Ghost
Gong
Of Montreal
The Olivia Tremor Control
Shuggie Otis
Silver Apples
Soft Machine
United States of America
The Zombies

[B]Rap/Hip-Hop:[/B]

A Tribe Called Quest
Afu-Ra
Aesop Rock
Antipop Consortium
Beastie Boys
Binary Star
Blackalicious
Busdriver
Cannibal Ox
Curse Ov Dialect
Dalek
Darkleaf
De La Soul
Deltron 3030
Digable Planets
Dilated Peoples
Dr. Octagon
Edan
Eric B. and Rakim
Gang Starr
Gorillaz
Handsome Boy Modelling School
Jedi Mind Tricks
Jurassic 5
KMD
K-Os
Kid Koala
Kool Keith
Latryx
Madvillain
MF Doom
Mr. Lif
Mos Def
Murs
N.W.A.
Nas
Outkast
Peanut Butter Wolf
Public Enemy
Quasimoto
The Roots
Roots Manuva
Sage Francis
Slug
Slum Village
Soul-Junk
Warren G
Wu Tang Clan

[B]Soul:[/B]

James Brown
Solomon Burke
Terry Callier
Curtis Mayfield
Otis Redding
Stevie Wonder

[B]Shoegazer/Dream Pop:[/B]

Bethany Curve
Galaxie 500
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Lilys
Lush
M83
My Bloody Valentine
The Radio Dept.
Ride
Slowdive
Spacemen 3
Swervedriver

[B]Stoner:[/B]

The Atomic Bitchwax
Corrosion of Conformity([I]Wiseblood[/I] album)
Electric Wizard
Fu Manchu
High on Fire
Kyuss
Masters of Reality
Monster Magnet
Nebula
Orange Goblin

[B]Trip-Hop:[/B]

The Avalanches
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Blockhead
Cibo Matto
DJ Krush
DJ Shadow
Rob Dougan
Lamb
Lovage
Massive Attack
Portishead
Sneaker Pimps
Tricky
Ulver
UNKLE

I won't include bands that would be discussed in other forums in the list.

Definitely a good idea to keep all this stuff in one place.

oh well, guess i'll use this thread instead.

im looking for bands which describe a kind of bitter sweet music. like "i love the world because its so beauitful and i love all my friends but it sucks because life is moving so quickly at the age of 18"

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im going to recommend (although i guess lots of people know bout these already)
1) neutral milk hotel - lo fi folkish, lovely
2) the decemberists - kinda like nmh, but i think much more acessible than them
3) belle and sebastian - british popish mellow romanticised kinda music
4) super furry animals - happy rocky kinda experimental band
5) my bloody valentine - great 90's beautiful white noise band

kinda mixed bunch, but their my top 5 bands at the moment.

edit: i think we're suppose to ask for some bands, but nobody's asked anything yet plus i think you cant go wrong with the above few.

So are we supposed to just randomly recommend any band we want? Or are we supposed to wait for people to ask for suggestions, and then reply to them?

I think we do both.

I recommend Tilly and the Wall.

Tap dancing Indie pop.

I put up Ween.

Awesome lo-fi comedy rock.

You can recommend any band you want, but as I said include a short description with it and their sub-genre.

Off Minor - Insturmental heavy Emo/Post-Hardcore band
The Comas - Indie Pop

I thought Off Minor had vocals?

PiL - Good to go back to and see just how far ahead they were on Metal Box. (Man, thats 3 posts in 1 day I've plugged them).

[QUOTE=Happymeal]

-don't barrage your post with 51543524626099 uber obscure bands that no-one will care about.


[/QUOTE]

We are in Alt/Indie.
You cannot do this to us.

righto:

1. Amplifier (Post-rock) - Mega-riffs, heaviness and plain amazing. Alos, their singer sings with a quite a mellow voice so it makes the guitar, bass and drumwork sound ever mightier.

2. Muse (Neo-classical, operatic rock) - Probably already well known to most people but they are just a fantastic band. Riffage, piano, almost classical music at times with a great singer. Also, a brilliant live band.

3. The Secret Machines (Not sure) - A newish band that have never really broken into the mainstream. Their debut album is very good and is really worth a listen if you like long, structured rock songs.

The Delgados. Scottish Pop.

Hello, anyone wish to recommend me some alt rock along the lines of QOTSA? I'm in the mood for that sort of sound currently.

[QUOTE=pinkyeti]We are in Alt/Indie.
You cannot do this to us.[/QUOTE]

fix'd.

[QUOTE=The Ashtray Girl]Hello, anyone wish to recommend me some alt rock along the lines of QOTSA? I'm in the mood for that sort of sound currently.[/QUOTE]

I'd suggest Nebula, although they're more stoner rock. Still, good band.

Nebula probably fit, yeah. Maybe The Awesome Machine, too.

Could anyone recommend me some good/the best Swans and Melvins albums?

^ try [I]White Light From the Mouth of Infinity[/I]. I've only head some songs but they're good stuff. And you can't go wrong with [I]Houdini[/I].


I'll start adding some more bands in the list, but I won't spoil everything for you guys.

65 DaysofStatic - A bit more bite than your usual post-rock band.

bah, I'll add a couple more.

dEUS - Alt/Indie rock, I really like them.

Orange Goblin - Stoner Rock, really great band who don't seem to have many fans.

Murder by Death - Alt/Indie rock?! I don't know what genre they are, maybe someone else can classify them, but they are good.

Really good list there, Happymeal.

The Workhouse - (Post-Rock) wonderful mellow guitar band, similar to Eplosions in the Sky.

ya forgot neko case happy meal!

Neko Case - new alternative country, one of the loveliest voice i've heard (check blacklisted for a album)

elliot smith - "sad" music so to speak. heartfelt indie really melancholic but beautiful lyrics music. (XO's a good album)

Metric - Alternative dance pop/rock. in cahoots with BSS and folk.

Fu Manchu - Another good band that would fit under the stoner label

Aveo - Smiths-esque alternative rock.

Travis Morrison - "poppy" effort from ex-Dismemberment Plan frontman. Really quirky synth pop.

Cave In - These guys over the years have changed alot. They used to be veryvery prog rock/alternative with massive guitar sounds, but they could also be very heavy with the odd screamo moments. However with their last album 'Antenna' they have gone for a more mainstream sound, almost pop-like in some songs.

Head Automatica - Current project from Caryl Palumbo, the singer from Glassjaw. However HA sound nothing like Glassjaw. HA are disco/pop/funk/all round good time music with beautiful vocals from the usual screamer.

The Cooper Temple Clause - Essentially a brit rock band, but a hell of alot more experimentation. With their set up including a keyboardist and a samplist aswell as your usual two guitars, bassist, drums and vocals, their music can go in all different directions, from your heavy brit rock to weird use of samples.

Do Me Bad Things - Anothe band that covers alot of ground with their music. The music underlying the vocals could be called metal but is basically very heavy rock most of the time with heavy guitar sounds, but the vocals ae a complete contrast. With 5 vocalists that rotate from being backing vocalists like a gospel choir almost from gruff main vocals from one of them sounding almost Lanegan-like, also a gal who can hit basically ANY note they have created a new sound and are very entertaining to listen to and amazing live.

Nils Petter Molvaer - Really chill-out modern jazz. If you like that kind of stuff, the cd Khmer is definitely worth checking out. Nils Petter himself is plays trumpet, and layers atonal guitars and ambient effects on top of breakbeats, and solos over them. Brilliant.

Kayo Dot - A band that is impossible to put into one genre. A single song can sound like a grindcore song, a modern classical piece, and can have the dreamy post- rock atmosphere at different times. The band has 17 members in it, I believe, and out of mesh of instruments, comes out a really beaufiul, strange music.

PLAID - An English electronica duo. Their sound is almost disturbing... strange sounds and effects are all over the place. I find them to be brilliant, but it is also a hard listen. Their "Double Figure" album is highly recommended.

[QUOTE=jaredong]oh well, guess i'll use this thread instead.

im looking for bands which describe a kind of bitter sweet music. like "i love the world because its so beauitful and i love all my friends but it sucks because life is moving so quickly at the age of 18"[/QUOTE]

The Flaming Lips. "Do You Realize?" is basically that exact message. They do a lot of songs about life and what not. They did some noise pop but also did some alt. stuff.

Awesome thread!!

My 2 sugestions for Indie Pop:

-Starlight Mints (just catchy indie pop, I like it)
-Apples in Stereo (just like Starlight Mints, happy music)

Mum is a good electroncish band. It's really mellow and not really ambient, but just I don't know really how to classify.

The Album Leaf is another electronic type band that I can't describe well.