Music suggestions required

[juliet]

I am plugging away merrily on the old-albums bit of my 101 things list, but there's also something on there about new bands, and about getting recommendations from my friends. Obviously, this is an excellent opportunity to merge the two together.

So: anyone suggest me some bands I may not already know/know of? (For those unfamiliar with my existing tastes: the 30GB of music I have on this laptop is heavily biased towards indie (esp of the mid/late 90s variety), with a fair chunk these days of minimal techno, psytrance, Scooter & other similar silly rave music, musicals, 60s rock 'n' roll, 80s pop, some gothish stuff (Covenant: goth happy hardcore!), & classical of various sorts. But I will listen to most stuff at least once.)

ION: bravely opened fridge again this morning & found dead cockroach, so I suspect I left the fridge door a smidge open over the weekend (bad environmentalist, no biscuit) & then it died of cold overnight when I shut it properly. It has been disposed of.

IOON: why am I not working on the deadline I have today? Because my brain is still bleeding out of my ears and as soon as I've got some of the easy things off today's to-do list I am going to have a little nap. Hopefully when I wake up again I will be competent to deal with complicated things like articles.

IOOON: I want to go surfing (sea! sea good!), but am clearly too knackered to cycle all the way to Bondi & throw myself at waves for two hours, so will refrain. TOMORROW.

Comments

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

New music? Hmm. Not sure that I understand the concept - although I did recently pick up the Stiff Little Fingers Incendiary Device album ...

At the moment I have Swarf, Dropkick Murphys and FSOL ISDN in my manbag for my CD Walkman.

[juliet]

It needs only to be new to *me*! Thus all of the bands listed there would qualify. (I have heard of all of them, & I've prob actually heard SLF, Dropkick Murphys, & FSOL, but not knowingly, kinda thing.) So recommend me one in particular :)

[abi]

I can do a plug for current favourite Oxford band Little Fish and see what you think of them. I think they're ace. Bit like PJ Harvey if you like that sort of thing.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Stiff Little Fingers - early political punk, similar(ish) to The Clash, Buzzcocks, etc.

Dropkick Murphys - Oirish punkish - although actually, I'd recommend Flogging Molly above them.

Future Sound of London - ambient, but exact feel depends on the album - Dead Cities sounds like the name, Lifeforms is more organic, and I can't describe ISDN especially well.

Swarf - gothish, female vocals, EBMish tunes. I'm not particularly good at this describing music thing!

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Bit like PJ Harvey
Is that how they got their name?

[wezpez.livejournal.com]

Well I am currently obsessed with all thing Elbow, but I imagine they're not new to you so...must...try...harder!

mostly old but....

[(Anonymous)]

arab on radar
beefheart
chance and the contortions
coachwhips
le fly pan am
mf doom
kool keith
oneida
pink & brown
flying luttenbachers
silver apples
silver jews
these animal men

[juliet]

Flogging Molly has turned up elsewhere as a recommendation as well! I might give that a go, thank you!

And I really *should* have listened to SLF before, I suspect. Esp given that I do like That Kind Of Thing.

[juliet]

Cool, that sounds interesting, thank you!

[juliet]

Yeah, I do already know Elbow :)