The Music Thread

[Phienyx]

I am a music freak.  I love music, which mand that I always have my iPod with me and no matter how many songs I have, its not enough.  Anyone like me knows that sometimes there are times when you have the urge to look for new music, but don't have any idea of what to look for.

That being said, I'd like to ask some of you for ideas for good artists/songs to download.  I'll start by offering one group I have recently discovered that I like alot.

Ghinzu

[Anonymous]

Well, as a disclaimer umm..I like jrock alot, i know enough to not be confused by the sounds coming from them but if you can put past not knowing the language jrock is pretty good.  Off the top of my head.  Here are a few bands that I like, mostly prog metal.


Opeth
Dreamtheater
John Petrucci
Joe Satrianni
Serenity
Vaus Plaus(sp?)
Liquid Tension Experiment
An Endless Sporadic
Apocalyptica
The Fall of Troy
Mars Volta
At the Drive-In
Sparta
Modest Mouse
Deftones
Andromeda

-Jrock Starts Here-
Miyavi
Sads
Sadies
Galneryus
The Pillows
l'Arc en Ciel
Girugamesh(sp)
An Cafe
AKFG
The Black Mages
The Candy Spooky Theater
Dir en Grey
FLOW
Luna Sea
Uverworld
Orange Range

[Subb]

I'm like Phienyx, I have my iPod with me all the time and I always listen to it - if you look at my last.fm you'll see that I've had a profile since Janurary and I've already listened to 6500 odd tracks. I listen to mostly everything except  Rap and R'n'B - they're wank (although I do listen to Outkast). Here's some of the stuff off my iPod!

AC/DC
AFI
Alice in Chains
Andre 3000 (Outkast)
Audioslave
Beastie Boys
The Beatles
Beethoven
Biffy Clyro
Black Label Society
Blur
The Chemical Brothers
Chopin
Crystal Castles
Daft Punk
Danzig
The Darkness
Dave Matthews Band
Death From Above 1979 << Listen to them, awesome stuff.
Death in Vegas
Deep Purple
Deftones
Desert Sessions
Disturbed
Dorp
Eagles of Death Metal << Another recommendation
Elbow
Electrix Six
Femme Fatale
Flight of the Conchords
Foo Fighters
Godsmack
Green Day
Hans Zimmer
HIM
Incubus
Iron Butterfly
James Brown (Oh yeah, bishes)
Jane's Addiction
Jimi Hendrix
John Fusciante
Johnny Cash
Journey
Jubilee
Juliette and the Licks
Justice
Kasabian
Kentucky AFC
Kings of Leon
Korn
Kyuss
Led Zeppelin
Lifehouse
Lightning Bolt
Limp Bizket
Linkin Park
Malcolm Middleton
Marilyn Manson
Mark Lanegan Band
Massive Attack
Men Without Hats
Metallica
Mindless Self Indulgence
Motley Crue
Motorhead
Mountain
Mr. Huw
Mudvayne
Muse
Nine Inch Nails << One of my favourite bands
Nirvana
Oasis
Offspring
Om
Ozzy Osbourne
Paolo Nutini
Paramore
Peaches
Pearl Jam
Pink Floyd
Pixies
Placebo
Portishead
Priestess
Primal Scream
Probot << Davey Grohly
The Prodigy << Awesome
Propellerheads
Puscifer
Queens Of The Stone Age << My Favourite band of all time
The Raconteurs
Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rob Dougan
Rob Zombie
Rocket From the Crypt
RX Bandits
Scars on Broadway
Serj Tankian
Sex Pistols
Slipknot
The Smashing Pumpkins
Soundgarden
The Stooges (Iggy Pop) << Love Iggy
System Of A Down
Taking Back Sunday
Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld
Tricky
UNKLE
The Vines
Voodoo Johnson
The White Stripes
Y Rei << Welsh Funk Band
30 Seconds to Mars

[likwidtek]

Honestly the best way I have found to discover new music whether it is popular or not is Pandora.  I've found so many cool bands that way through the music genome project.

Just start with a couple of your favorite bands and it will suggest music with similar musical traits and feed them to you.  You train it over time with thumbs up or thumbs down what you like.  It's free and amazing.

[Manic Velocity]

I'm obsessed with post-rock, currently.  The very mellow stuff that is moody but not depressing.  The bands that I'm currently listening to are:

The Album Leaf
Do Make Say Think
Explosions In The Sky <--- really dig these guys
God Is An Astronaut
Mogwai
Mono
Talkdemonic
65daysofstatic <--- more electronica than post-rock, but still very good

[Anonymous]

hey manic have you heard of "Godspeed you black emperor"


good stuff and in the same ballpark.

[Phienyx]

Muse is currently one of my favorite bands though I discovered them about 3 years ago.

[Anamodiel]

Britney Spears.

[Subb]

Any one got last.fm? That's another good way to find out new bands!