Best new music you've recently discovered?

[bif]

Mine:
Bombay Dub Orchestra
Estrella Morente
Jeffrey Gaines
Azam Ali
Vienne Teng
Wailin' Jennys
Damien Rice
Vetiver

[Forkboy]

1. Let's see....

The Angelik Process
Khlyst
Bogus Blimp
Blut Aus Nord
Funeral Mist
Hair Police
Black Elk

...to name a few. :)

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. New to me, at least--I've discovered these within the past 6 months or so (with Myspace links)

Madrid de los Austrias

Brazilian Girls

Grinderman (new Nick Cave project)

Emilie Simon

Françoiz Breut

And I dig the Bombay Dub Orchestra; Six Degrees puts out a LOT of good stuff (I have several albums by people like Karsh Kale and State of Bengal on their label)

[Forkboy]

4. Those Grinderman songs are very cool

Thanks for that link.I had no idea what Nick Cave was up to.Last thing I heard from him was the soundtrack for The Proposition (he also wrote the screenplay).

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. Yeah, I saw "The Proposition"...

good film (rather bleak, but good).

And he's supposed to be going into the studio this summer to record a new Bad Seeds album, too.

I'm really digging what I've heard of Grinderman, though; rocks harder than anything he's done since "Murder Ballads", at least (and maybe since his days with the Birthday Party).

And on edit: Here's the video for "No Pussy Blues" (directed by John Hillcoat, who directed "The Proposition"):http://youtube.com/watch?v=4adzzRE8oAk

[Forkboy]

7. Excellent vid,thanks!

These songs remind me of Birthday Party with a dash of Jon Spencer/Pussy Galore (not as sloppy,obviously,but the same vibe).I'll be keeping an ear out for this one!

[graywarrior]

3. Brandi Carlile

http://brandicarlile.com/

[asthmaticeog]

6. That Vetiver album is pretty damn good.

Lately I've gotten hip to:

Van She
Telepathe
Scanners
Home Video
Yura Yura Teikoku
MIA (the German band, not the Sri Lankan rapper, who is also very good, though)
Cassetteboy

[Mojambo]

8. A few

Hello Saferide (I really like this)

http://www.myspace.com/saferide

I've also been playing

Kimya Dawson
Paul Baribeau

And I may never stop listening to the Thermals latest album.

[stuntcat]

9. José González's song Heartbeats

And I love anything/everything by Antony and the Johnsons lately
(these aren't that New maybe but they're new to ME)

[dysfunctional press]

10. flunk- a norwegian band.

nt

[YankeyMCC]

11. Finnish group Varttina

The music is a bit on the dark theme side

http://www.varttina.com/main.site?action=siteupdate/view&id=2

[mainegreen]

12. Psilodump!

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator:%22Psilodump%22

[Courtesy Flush]

13. I only discover old music

I just learned of Kirsty McColl. She was already dead before I even heard of her.

I'm also just starting to appreciate the Grateful Dead.

I'm not exactly on the cutting edge!

[seemunkee]

14. I was checking these out last night

I am robot and proud - happy beats http://www.myspace.com/iamrobotandproud
Ms John Soda - techno reminds me of 80s German http://www.msjohnsoda.de/
Peesseye - noisy droney stuff http://www.myspace.com/peeesseye
Zbigniew Karkowski - Harsh noise http://www.myspace.com/zbigniewkarkowski

[ileus]

15. 63 Eyes

[itsmesgd]

16. Kate Havnevik

Very mellow stuff

[unpossibles]

17. The Aggrolytes and Firewater

The Aggrolytes are funky, soulful reggae (think "Pressure Drop" era Toots & The Maytals

Firewater is fun and kinda weird. Think Tom Waits, David Byrne, with a bit of Soul Coughing.

[liontamer]

21. I love Firewater!!!

I'm glad someone else has discovered them.

[Forkboy]

29. Love Firewater,which shouldn't be a surprise because I loved CopShootCop

I just played The Ponzi Scheme last night.

[u4ic]

18. Savourna Stevenson

similar in style to Loreena McKennitt
saw this guy play here, and really liked him: http://www.iaincampbellsmith.com/
Nathan, a sort of country/folk/rock band from Winnipeg

[riverdeep]

19. Best source of new music

The best source of new music I've discovered, and I'm kicking myself for not knowing about this earlier, is the internet radio service called Pandora, at www.pandora.com/ It's totally free, no audio adds, some unobtrusive banner ads, and easy to use. Not affiliated with them, just love em.

You put in an artist or song you like, and artists that are related come up. You can have individual radio stations for each mood, up to 100 separate ones, or switch between all of them at random. I discover new music I love at LEAST once an hour.

Here's a few I've found:

Explosions in the Sky-band out of Austin, hypotizing spiritual rock, instrumental

Toubab Krewe-African influenced band, great song writing,instrumental

Tarnation-Indie country rock, does the definitive version of "Little
Black Egg"

Shonen Knife-I'd heard of this band before but never got to hear them. Silly, fluffy, happy and addicting Japanese girl-rock.

Meshsuggah-Seriously heavy band from Scandanavia, effective polyrhyms, don't listen when you have a headache coming on.

[stuntcat]

23. I found TOO much at Pandora

It rocked, but I found so much I would never have heard of, it's been hard to catch up with it all. I was like Shocked how much stuff there is on there that no one I know has heard of.
I haven't signed on there a few weeks, it sucked up a weekend when I did sign on :wow:

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. Not exactly recently

Been a few months.

But... the Ditty Bops. http://www.thedittybops.com/

They're adorable and witty and they sing like angels. :loveya:

[bikebloke]

22. Adrienne Pauly

La Grande Sophie
Olivia Ruiz

I've found some fresh creativity in French pop. At least to me.

[Redneck Socialist]

24. Crooked Still

They've got an alt-country, bluegrass, americana thing going on. Very nice.

http://www.crookedstill.com/

Give 'em a listen, you just might like 'em.

[stuntcat]

26. ty

wOOt :thumbsup:

[Xipe Totec]

25. Van Gogh's Ear

Spanish group:


(Roses) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj0oTw6i-8w

[wildhorses]

27. thanks to billyskank, i recently discovered this--

Kula Shaker "Govinda" (YouTube):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCWwoLXVWOQ

[mvd]

28. OK, I here are some..

I just discovered in 2007:

Adrienne Pierce
The Ditty Bops
Jill Cunniff solo work
David & The Citizens
Sloan
Maria Taylor
Amy Winehouse
Jesse Malin
Julia Othmer
The Postmarks
Dean & Britta

There are also albums coming and just released from artists I knew about like The Pierces, Brandi Carlile, Fountains Of Wayne, The Shins, Avril Lavigne, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Barenaked Ladies (the Are Men CD is even a bit better than Are Me)

[ghostsofgiants]

31. You're really late on Sloan.

:P

[mvd]

32. I know

They just aren't very popular in the U.S. - but I found them. Great power pop for sure!

[ghostsofgiants]

34. I prefer their older stuff.

"Coax Me" and "Th eLines That You Amend" were favourites of mine when I was a young'n, haha.

[mvd]

36. I got their new one, called Never Hear the End Of It

It's ambitious, without dragging on. Some neat blasts of sound. Will check out their old stuff, too.

[GenDem]

30. Rufus Wainwright

'Poses' on a recommendation by a fellow DUer. CD just arrived on Friday. I listened to it obsessively all weekend. I have one of Loudon Wainwright III's CD's and was curious about his talented children. Just ordered two more Rufus CD's from Amazon yesterday. This is my very favorite singer/songwriter at the moment.

I have a Wailin Jenny's, Damien Rice, and a Vienna Teng CD, too They are three of my favorites. :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

33. Shortly before Christmas I discovered Portugal. THe Man, and raved about them constantly.

http://www.myspace.com/portugaltheman

Late January I discovered these two local bands who both kick ridiculous amounts of ass.
http://www.myspace.com/geinusband
http://www.myspace.com/swords666

Dustin Kensrue, from the band Thrice, recently put out a solo album which is pretty good.

I'm not really sure what other new stuff I've heard recently.

[Initech]

35. Explosions In The Sky

I picked up their new CD last night - fucking amazing instrumentals.

[Rob H.]

37. Muse - "Black Holes and Revelations" and

Phoenix - "It's Never Been Like That"