If You're Into... then Maybe You'd Like... A quest to find more great music

[ClaireAvril]

Hi Everyone

Just wanted to start this thread because lately I have been introducing myself to a few new artists that I am really diggin...but I want MOREEE .. Music is my life - so I hope there's some other hardcore music lovers out there who will share their favs.

There are so many artists out there who aren't mainstream but are brilliant and deserve to be found. Or maybe there are some artists who are big.. but I've just been blind.
For me, finding a new artist/band who is really good is like finding gold. What would I do without music?

So I will start....
So if you like Amy Winehouse you should enjoy...
- Adele (from the UK).. different sound, but same powerful, soulful voice with great lyrics
- Jennifer Hudson
- Duffy (UK)
Can you add anyone else to this list? Someone with great vocals and meaningful lyrics.
and i'd like to add.. i think some of the best music these days is coming out of the UK.

I've been getting into some Electronic music too..
If you like MIA (one of the best artist's of today IMO) you may enjoy:
- MGMT
- Yelle (french singer)
- Kid Sister (friggin wicked shit)
- Roisin Murphy

Some other artists I enjoy so if you have any more recs
Sarah McLachlan
Jann Arden
Tori Amos
Kanye West
Common mmmmM
Al Green
The Killers
Beres Hammond
Lily Allen
Aaliyah
Prince, Luther Vandross, Marvin Gaye, Dinah Washington, Miles Davis
Sade
Zaki Ibrahim
Uh Huh Her
Erykah Badu
This doesn't even scratch the surface.

I like all types of music r&b, hip hop, rap, pop/rock..jazz, classical, world, reggae, even some alternative
- as long as there is some sort of structure to it. More than just... let me take you to the club, i got lots of money, lets get it on.

Music should make you think, make you question, make you laugh, make you cry. etc.

What albums should I have right now??.. what artists should be on my IPOD?

Hope to get some feedback.

C

 

[florabundance]

Right now I have to recommend to ANYONE the following:
-Jazmine Sullivan's 'Fear' album. Her voice is ridic.
-Nina Sky. Their song Curtain Call has been out for a while...other ones available for (illegal) download are On Some Bullshit and Really Didn't Matter

-Kings of Leon new album
-Lady Gaga
-Beyonce's track Radio is just hotness

 

[Shadowy Lady]

^^ I second Lady Gaga. I also love David Guetta. If you are into techno type music, you would enjoy his music as well

 

[ClaireAvril]

Quote:

Originally Posted by florabundance Right now I have to recommend to ANYONE the following: -Jazmine Sullivan's 'Fear' album. Her voice is ridic. -Nina Sky. Their song Curtain Call has been out for a while...other ones available for (illegal) download are On Some Bullshit and Really Didn't Matter -Kings of Leon new album -Lady Gaga -Beyonce's track Radio is just hotness

OH yaa.. Nina Sky.. I loved their harmonies. I just remember a couple of their other songs when they first came out.. orr.. got big and didn't hear any more. Def gonna check that out..

Jazmine's album is one I have been meaning to get since its release. So far the onces she's released from that album have been really good. Great voice.
Kings of Leon.. never heard of but will check out!!

Thanks!

 

[Shenanigans]

If you like The Killers, try:

~ Modest Mouse
~ Franz Ferdinand
~ Death Cab For Cutie
~ Kaiser Chiefs
~ Jet
~ The Fratellis
~ The Hives
~ Arctic Monkeys
~ All-American Rejects
~ Bloc Party
~ Ok Go
~ Snow Patrol
~ Hellogoodbye
~ Panic! At The Disco

If you like Kanye West/Common, try:

~ Lupe Fiasco
~ Estelle
~ Kardinal Offishall
~ Keyshia Cole

If you like Sarah McLachlan/Jann Arden/Tori Amos, try:

~ Melissa Etheridge
~ Chantal Kreviazuk
~ Lisa Loeb
~ Michelle Branch
~ Dido
~ Shawn Colvin

I'm pretty eclectic, but most of my favourite stuff is good old rock'n'roll/alternative (Foo Fighters, Econoline Crush, Incubus, The Trews) and I'm a sucker for a good dance beat.

 

[florabundance]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClaireAvril OH yaa.. Nina Sky.. I loved their harmonies. I just remember a couple of their other songs when they first came out.. orr.. got big and didn't hear any more. Def gonna check that out..

They've DEF improved for the better since Move Ya Body and all the raggaeton stuff...i'll find some links to live performances so u can hear more

 

[xsnowwhite]

Well I am very bad at grouping things but I will name some ideas if you're into alternative... in the parenthesis i put a song by them you def. should listen to!
- 3OH!3 (don't trust me)
- innerpartysystem (don't stop)
- tickle me pink (typical)
- MGMT

 

[Simply Elegant]

I don't really have anything to add, but if you're in the US you can use pandora and it finds similar music for you.

 

[SingFrAbsoltion]

^ also amazon, I've found some amazing bands through their recommendations. I won't add anything though, I'm bad at categorizing music

 

[chocolategoddes]

if you like Pharell, Kanye, or Lupe Fiasco then you might like
Cool Kids or Kid Cudi. It's hip hop with more "imagination" i'd like to say.

 

[beauty_marked]

Kid Cudi. my life.

 

[rbella]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shenanigans If you like The Killers, try: ~ Modest Mouse ~ Franz Ferdinand ~ Death Cab For Cutie ~ Kaiser Chiefs ~ Jet ~ The Fratellis ~ The Hives ~ Arctic Monkeys ~ All-American Rejects ~ Bloc Party ~ Ok Go ~ Snow Patrol ~ Hellogoodbye ~ Panic! At The Disco

Love every single one of those!!!!!!!!! I love the Fratellis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also:
Beck
The Raconteurs
Spoon
The Shins
Ugly Casanova
Fleet Foxes

 

[belle89]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chocolategoddes if you like Pharell, Kanye, or Lupe Fiasco then you might like Cool Kids or Kid Cudi. It's hip hop with more "imagination" i'd like to say.

I LOVE the Cool Kids. They're so good live. I <3 Mikey Rocks.


If you like Kanye or Lupe Fiasco, then you will LOVE Wale

 

[stronqerx]

try the sounds, im really lovin` them rite now

 

[shea_47]

MIA. She's hip hop/r&b/does her own thing. But I'm into similar music to you, and her stuff is dancy, upbeat, yet incredibly meaningful.

 

[Zantedge]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shenanigans If you like The Killers, try: ~ Modest Mouse ~ Franz Ferdinand ~ Death Cab For Cutie ~ Kaiser Chiefs ~ Jet ~ The Fratellis ~ The Hives ~ Arctic Monkeys ~ All-American Rejects ~ Bloc Party ~ Ok Go ~ Snow Patrol ~ Hellogoodbye ~ Panic! At The Disco

I'm not saying these are in the same genre or anything but if you like any of the above bands you'd probably like some of these:


Primal Scream
Mando Diao
The Hellacopters
Gluecifer
Valient Thorr
Toadies
Turbonegro
We Are Scientists
Death From Above 1979
Guster
The Kooks
The Redwalls
Silvertide
Teddybears
The Vines
Fear of Music
The Living Things
Unwritten Law
Darkest of the Hillside Thickets

 

[ClaireAvril]

oooh.. just did a myspace throwdown.. from some new shit.
I forgot how fun Myspace was and how easy it is to find great music!!

Sam sparro.. electro funk
the noisettes.. think it was like afro rock or something.
and santogold.. hopefully i can find these albums at the local HMV

Definitely gonna check out some of the above artists..



giddy up!

 

[ClaireAvril]

Quote:

Originally Posted by stronqerx try the sounds, im really lovin` them rite now

the sounds!!! = perfect..
im gonna hunt down that album

 

[darkwater_soul]

If you like Tori Amos / Elvis Presley's voice

then try the male equivalent -

Chris Isaak. YUM.

If you like Lily Allen/ Sade -

try
Peggy Lee
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Eartha Kitt
Otis Reding

 

[Hilly]

If you like Ska,

then go for Dance Hall Crashers.