can anyone recommend me some good music? (read: not crap!)

[punqsux]

im kinda going in circles with what i lissen to and am looking for something maybe not a diffrent style, but just stuff i might not have lissened to already.

i mostly like hardcore (desperate measures, strech armstrong, good clean fun, good old school 80's stuff) punk (bad religion, bouncing souls, rise against, strike anywhere) 80's (suggest anything...i LOVE the 80s!!) and folk (johnny cash, amanda rogers, one line drawing)

but dont tie yourself to thiose generes, i like some crap-punk, and some hip hop (read: not rap)

anyways help me out!

edit: some good japanese pop is good too!

[SneakyPenguin]

My two favorite things right now are MC Chris (www.mcchris.com) (nerdcore hip hop), and Rammstein (www.rammstein.com) (German Industrial). I'm not too big on much else, but those are pretty good. You can even get an entire MC Chris album free on his site.

[punqsux]

hmm, i dont really care for rammstien. but ill check out this mc chris fellow

[Lootr2Core]

what the heck is reccoment?

[punqsux]

oops! edited!
looked like a starmask topic ^^

[bignick]

A Tribe Called Quest, early Outkast.

[forty9er]

Trapt.

[epobirs]

Go exploring. Check out stuff you've heard of all your life but never really heard. One advantege to this is much of it may be available to borrow at your local library at no cost.

[Owen]

For Japanese stuff you can try Puffy Amiyumi. If you watch the Teen Titans cartoon, they sing the theme song.

[Zmonkay]

AC/DC
Hot Hot Heat
The Streets (Wierd, but good British Hip Hop)
Iron Maiden
MC Cris (Anyone who watches Adult Swim should already know him :) )
Goldfinger
Lucky Boys Confusion
Rage Against the Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sublime

If you like anime music, try the soundtrack to Noir, and really anything by Yuki Kajiura

[Lootr2Core]

Cross Canadian Ragweed,

Great Big Sea

the mountain goats

[muncle]

Travis - Love Will Come Through
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
A-ha - Take on Me
Any NOFX song
Blink182 - Not Now
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
Rick James - Give It To Me Baby
Michael Jackson (Pre-Molester) - Thriller
Styx - Mr.Roboto
Also, look up the Garden State soundtrack, all those songs are good... Hope that helps! I'm looking for songs too, to put on my iPod!

[GuilewasNK]

edit: some good japanese pop is good too!

Well I am not an expert by any means but I like The Pillows (they do the themes on Fooly Cooly). Ride on a Shooting Star is a fun song.

some hip hop (read: not rap)


I'm guessing you mean no gangsta rap (not a fan of that myself). I think old school Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff is awesome. Also, Doug E. Fresh is pretty cool.

[willardhaven]

Puffy AmiYumi is good stuff...

If you like metalcore, check out Zao or Coalesce.

Dillinger Escape Plan is a must.

[Slipknot9762]

(not crap) meaning-"not cRAP"

[muncle]

O yeah, some more
Our Lady Peace
Yoko Kano (I think) - Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack
^^^With the Seatbelts
The Ramones - Spiderman
The Who - Batman
Less Than Jake - Laverne & Shirley...sounds good!

[ex0]

(not crap) meaning-"not cRAP"
Meaning not Slipknot

[Zmonkay]

yeah, I forgot the Pillows. I've got the imported FLCL soundtrack, and outside of the wierd japanese skits from the show, the music is really good.

[TorchFX]

Unearth is a great metal/hardcore band. Atreyu fits right in with them as well. In Flames, Soilwork, Killswitch Engage are great metal bands. Metal's all I listen to, so I can't really recommend anything else. Except for Maiden. They're 80's, they're metal, they're awesome.

[SneakyPenguin]

edit: some good japanese pop is good too!

Well I am not an expert by any means but I like The Pillows (they do the themes on Fooly Cooly). Ride on a Shooting Star is a fun song.

I will second the Pillows. It's awesome J-Rock, and it's pretty hard, all things considered. It is J-rock though, so don't expect death metal. If oyu like them, you should check out Dir En Grey.

I think a Japanese death metal group would be awesome.

[Tenacious D]

The Mars Volta - they have a couple of members from At The Drive-In (another good band)

Badly Drawn Boy - kinda folksy, pop, rock, etc.

[punqsux]

(not crap) meaning-"not cRAP"

while i utterly despise rap acts(acts being all they are) like 50 cent or eminem or something, but theres some good groups out there like grand buffet, the roots, jurassic 5, the o. i try to give everything a chance, because in pretty much every kind of music, theres something worth lissening to.

im downloading a couple mc chris and trapt songs right now. ill report back on how those go. please dont post any bands that regular the radio. im pretty much forced to lissen to the radio at work, and the best thing on it right now is 311's cover of love song. and 311 sucks donkey balls

[Admiral Ackbar]

The Toadies is something different. Alternative on the grunge side. Rubberneck is a good album and kinda funny too, since all the songs deal with some type psychosis. Pyromania, serial killing, obsession, etc. The first couple tracks are iffy but it takes off after Possum Kingdom.
.

[deathcabforcutie]

death cab for cutie man.. all the way, its the best shit you'll ever hear

[punqsux]

toadies rock XoD ive had the cd rubberneck for prolly 10 years now lol. i saw them in 2002 right before they broke up, did they ever get back together?

[GuilewasNK]

(not crap) meaning-"not cRAP"

while i utterly despise rap acts(acts being all they are) like 50 cent or eminem or something, but theres some good groups out there like grand buffet, the roots, jurassic 5, the o.

NOW I see what you are saying. I have to agree with Big Nick, A Tribe Called Quest and Outkast are pretty cool. I also recommend De La Soul (especially their first album "Three Feet High and Rising").

[punqsux]

new rule: no death cab Xop

[Admiral Ackbar]

toadies rock XoD ive had the cd rubberneck for prolly 10 years now lol. i saw them in 2002 right before they broke up, did they ever get back together?

I dunno. Their only song that gets air time is Possum Kingdom. Maybe because of the subject matter. But I think the best song on that album is I Burn. It just oozes with sexual energy and seductiveness. For a song not about sex it's probably one of the most seductive rock songs in recent memory.

[willardhaven]

trapt is pretty bad... they're in the same ballpark as puddle of mudd and limp bizkit...

[TorchFX]

If you like hardcore, then you should really check out Unearth. You won't be disappointed.

[willardhaven]

^ agreed, Unearth is quality.

[pimp_daddy_smurf]

well ill reccomend some good punk(hardcore and just plain punk rock)

-DRI
-AFI
-the offspring
-thrice
-the misfits
-the adolescents
-TSOL
-ten foot pole
-H20
-the Ramones
-the clash
-pennywise
-anti flag
-bloodhound gang
-the used(could be classified as emo in a few of their songs)


ska
-less than jake


emo
-grey matter(actually on my top 5 list)
-jimmy eat world

[thatstoobad]

if you never picked up the Paint It Black album that came out last year, you totally need that. if you don't know, it's called "CVA". the singer is the guitar player from kid dynamite and lifetime, and it sounds a lot like kid dynamite, but a little rawer and a little angrier.

mono (from japan, not the techno group) put out an album last year called "one step more and you die". they have that whole mogwai, godspeed you black emperor thing going on, but i like them more than both of those bands. the ebst song off the record is called "com(?)", but might be a chore to download because it's a bit under 15 minutes.

mirah puts out some really good stuff on k records. a friend introduced me to her and described her as a female onelinedrawing, which i find to be a fairly valid comparison, although her stuff is a bit more eclectic. if you want to check out one of her songs, i suggest "cold cold water", off the album "advisory committee".

i'd say something about rocket from the crypt, but i'm guessing you know who they are.

another band that i'm guessing you know is terror, but if you don't know them, and like real hardcore (not unearth or any other crappy band that the kids call hardcore) then you need to pick up something of theirs. i haven't heard the new cd yet, but "lowest of the low" is absolutely great.

if you'd like anymore suggestions i'd be happy to oblige.

[RAMSTORIA]

what you need is some really good castle metal. something that conjures up dragons and swords!
Check out Dimmu Borgir, Vehemence, As Hope Dies, Unearth (mentioned before), Undying, Bloodrose, With Passion, Dead to Fall, The Year of our Lord, oh the list goes on and on... but check out these for sure
http://www.dimmu-borgir.com/
http://www.withpassionmetal.com/
http://www2.lut.fi/~evmikkol/ (Bloodrose)

[SupremeNumNuts]

Modest Mouse
System of a Down

[goldengraham]

Stone Temple Pilots (definitely a goodie)
Velvet Revolver (kinda hardcore, good stuff)
Audioslave
The Strokes
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jane's Addiction
Jet (I expect good stuff for years to come)
Franz Fredinand (same as above
Def Leppard
Lynard Skynard
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin

[Pizzicato Five]

Check out THE DUDOOS from Japan.

[robdees]

On the folk-rock tilt try the Nadas; awesome band from my area. They were Playboy's "best band you've never heard of" a few years back and have been getting some press in Rolling Stone recently. You can listen to some tracks from their "Transciever" album on Amazon. I've been rediscovering Toad the Wet Sproket recently too' not quite 80's but early 90's anyway. For kinda pseudo hard rock maybe try Breaking Benjamin. My current fave punk band is Alkaline Trio, all their stuff is good. Looks like you've got a lot of music to check out Punqsux, good luck!
I've picked some ideas for new music from this tread too, so thanks all.

[thatstoobad]

Stone Temple Pilots (definitely a goodie)
Velvet Revolver (kinda hardcore, good stuff)
Audioslave
The Strokes
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jane's Addiction
Jet (I expect good stuff for years to come)
Franz Fredinand (same as above
Def Leppard
Lynard Skynard
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin

way to read.

please dont post any bands that regular the radio.

way to spell lynyrd skynyrd wrong, too.

[peteloaf]

ROCK STAR CLUB!!!
ROCK STAR CLUB!!!
ROCK STAR CLUB!!!

www.rockstarclub.com

[MorbidAngel4Life]

what you need is some really good castle metal. something that conjures up dragons and swords!
Check out Dimmu Borgir, Vehemence, As Hope Dies, Unearth (mentioned before), Undying, Bloodrose, With Passion, Dead to Fall, The Year of our Lord, oh the list goes on and on... but check out these for sure
http://www.dimmu-borgir.com/
http://www.withpassionmetal.com/
http://www2.lut.fi/~evmikkol/ (Bloodrose)


gotta remember Old Mans Child, Agathodaimon, and Cradle of Filth- 3 of the best black etal bands of all time. and for power metal, try Sentenced(love oreinted metal) and Iced Earth.

www.agathodaimon.de
www.cradleoffilth.com (you can dl their new song Gilded C*nt there.)
http://www.oldmanschild.tk/
www.icedearth.com

[Mr. Anderson]

Three words:

THE POSTAL SERVICE

[msdmoney]

(not crap) meaning-"not cRAP"
That expression is tired.

I will add some more hip hop; hopefully I can change some perceptions of the genre for those who have prior adversity. I have reccomended these before so they have descriptions too.

1. J-Live: Them That's Not - A triumph of both concept, delivery and content. J-Live discusses a "get rich quick" rapper much akin to most of the artists, rap or other, you see on mtv or hear on the radio all the time. His flow increases and decreases with the rise and fall of the rapper in the story. Also my second favorite rapper.

2. Common: Used to love H.E.R. - An extended metaphor, see if you can guess it before he divulges it in the last line of the last verse. Makes the song all come together in a way not always immediately apparent on a casual listen.

3. Cunninlyguists feat. Masta Ace: Seasons - A time line of hip hops rise and decline likened to the changing of the seasons spring-winter. You may not get many/most of the references if you aren't a hip hop fan, but you should be able to follow the ideas.

4. Blackstar (Mos Def and Talib Kweli): Thieves in the Night - Another comment on the industry and so much more. Mos delivers one of the best verses ever given in hip hop IMO.

5. Nas: Halftime - Nas defines the term flow in this song. Used to the slowed, dumbed down rhyme structure of most rap with a single rhyming word each line? Nas alliterates, rhymes three words in a row, and uses every poetic trick in the book. In fact you could pick just about any song from his first album "Illmatic" considered one of the top rap albums of all time, to illustrate this.

6. Zion I feat. The Grouch: Silly Puddy - Spiritual song with an almost techno beat, very catchy, especially the intro.

7. J-Live: The Fourth Third - J-live talking about a relationship that didn't work out. If you wanna hear a rapper capable of expressing deeper and more meaningful emotions and phrases than the typical, "I love you baby, wanna buy you nice things girl, will you be my girlfriend, etc" a la P. Diddy, this song is it.

8. Mos Def: Travelin' Man - Mos is pure charisma on the mic, nuff said.

9. Binary Star: Honest Expression - another song about the state of hip hop, its a popular topic. Great song with a Bruce Lee intro.

10. J-Live: Epilogue

[RAMSTORIA]

gotta remember Old Mans Child, Agathodaimon, and Cradle of Filth- 3 of the best black etal bands of all time. and for power metal, try Sentenced(love oreinted metal) and Iced Earth.

www.agathodaimon.de
www.cradleoffilth.com (you can dl their new song Gilded C*nt there.)
http://www.oldmanschild.tk/
www.icedearth.com

how could i forget old mans child and cradle of filth!

[goldengraham]

Three words:

THE POSTAL SERVICE

If he said No Death cab earlier, I doubt he's gonna like the postal service either.

[MorbidAngel4Life]

gotta remember Old Mans Child, Agathodaimon, and Cradle of Filth- 3 of the best black etal bands of all time. and for power metal, try Sentenced(love oreinted metal) and Iced Earth.

www.agathodaimon.de
www.cradleoffilth.com (you can dl their new song Gilded C*nt there.)
http://www.oldmanschild.tk/
www.icedearth.com

how could i forget old mans child and cradle of filth!

I love Midian. best.cd.ever.

[peteloaf]

Ok besides Rock Star Club (the greatest rock band in the world) I'd recommend:

If you like punk:
Husker Du - Zen Arcade or New Day Rising
This is absolutly the one of the best bands ever. I realy shouldn't have to say much about them except that Zen Arcade is a double album recorded in 48 hours that is BETTER THAN EVERY OTHER PUNK ALBUM EVER.

Naked Raygun particularly Throb Throb
Naked Raygun was HUGE in Chicago in the 80's & they were notorious for having turned down many, many major label offers. Musicaly they were a very very good punk band, they had a very uncofortable to be macho during the Reagen years kinda sound.

If you like Hard Core:
The Mad Capsule Markets
The are a Japanese band that doesn't fall into the crap umbrella known as J-rock. The are a legitametly good hardcore band that does some experimentation with drum & base and pop.

IF you want to try a new sound completly try the following albums:
Ministry - The Land of Rape & Honey OR The Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Waste
Front 242 - Front by Front OR 6:21:3:11 Up Evil
Cocteau Twins: Treasure
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Susanne Vega - 99.9 farenheit degrees
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Balads
The Birthday Party - Hee Haw

Back to the greatest band ever, Rock Star Club, I will make you a deal.
Buy ANY of there albums, listen to it for one month, if you don't like it I will give you DOUBLE your money back. - www.rockstarclub.com

This deal is for punqsux only.
PM me if you are interested

[Mr. Anderson]

Three words:

THE POSTAL SERVICE

If he said No Death cab earlier, I doubt he's gonna like the postal service either.

He said no Death Cab? Oopsie. Didnt see that. My apologies. Then go with some Flaming Lips. Cant go wrong with that. And of course the Beastie Boys.

[jennie25]

Freezepop is bomb man, I really dig thier music

also, if you have any interest in techno at all, check out Da Rude's Rush and Sasha's 2 disc cd, I can't remember the name of it... hope you enjoy

[MorbidAngel4Life]

Freezepop is bomb man, I really dig thier music

also, if you have any interest in techno at all, check out Da Rude's Rush and Sasha's 2 disc cd, I can't remember the name of it... hope you enjoy

I agree, Darude and Sasha are awesome, but you hear Sandstorm EVERYWHERE. its played at the Joe Louis Arena all the time during Red Wings games.

[Wet Ninja]

If you like folk rock, you might like my favorite band, Carbon Leaf. Their third and fourth albums have a celtic-infused mandolin rock sound to them, but their most recent album has a more mellow pop-rock sound, something like Counting Crows or John Mayer. They're pretty unique, and very talented; the lead singer writes really good lyrics. They recently signed to Vanguard records, but before that, they won an American Music Award (AMA) for the Best Unsigned Band in America, and they played live on the AMA award show. They put on a great live show, so if they're in your area, check them out. On their website (http://www.carbonleaf.com), you can download four songs off each album (six off their live album), except for their newest CD. The newest CD does stream while you're on their website (http://www.carbonleaf.com) though. Check 'em out.

[Backlash]

A couple CDs I have that are pretty good that most people have never heard of:

metal:
Monster Voodoo Machine - SufferSystem

ska:
Dance Hall Crashers - The Old Album

[Mr Unoriginal]

Here are a few bands that usually never get on the radar but are fairly big in their own circles. Most of these I would say are "love em or hate em" but definately check em out.

Beat Happening
Moldy Peaches
Fugazi
Hayden
Brassy
Dinosaur Jr.
Petra Haden
Possum Dixon
the Rentals
That Dog
Sparklehorse
Soul Coughing

Lemme know what you think, I'm very interested to get anyone's opinion on these bands.

[punqsux]

Here are a few bands that usually never get on the radar but are fairly big in their own circles. Most of these I would say are "love em or hate em" but definately check em out.

Beat Happening
Moldy Peaches
Fugazi
Hayden
Brassy
Dinosaur Jr.
Petra Haden
Possum Dixon
the Rentals
That Dog
Sparklehorse
Soul Coughing

Lemme know what you think, I'm very interested to get anyone's opinion on these bands.

well since you wanted to know, of the bands ive heard of i love fugazi and dino jr. and i dont like soul coughing, possum dixon, or the rentals. havent heard the rest tho

[karmapolice]

Let me name some off:

Faith No More
Bjork
Cornelius
Mark Bolan and T. Rex
Secret Cheifs 3 (This band is fucking awesome...You must check them out)
Belle and Sebastian
Clockhammer
Future Sound of London
Amon Tobin
King Crimson (Major Influence for TOOL...A dark version of YES)
Mr. Bungle (Try their album California)
The Toots and The Maytals (Big Influence on Bob Marley)

Thats all I can think of for right now...PM me if you like any of em!

[Mr Unoriginal]

Let me name some off:

Faith No More
Bjork
Cornelius
Mark Bolan and T. Rex
Secret Cheifs 3 (This band is shaq-fuing awesome...You must check them out)
Belle and Sebastian
Clockhammer
Future Sound of London
Amon Tobin
King Crimson (Major Influence for TOOL...A dark version of YES)
Mr. Bungle (Try their album California)
The Toots and The Maytals (Big Influence on Bob Marley)

Thats all I can think of for right now...PM me if you like any of em!

Mr Bungle definately. Not a band out there that sounds close to them.

[daikaiju]

I totally second My Bloody Valentine - Loveless.

One of my favorite lp's ever - Kevin Shields is my guitar hero.

A few others I've been digging on lately (not neccessarily new stuff)....

Caviar-The Thin Mercury Sound ...think Beck meets The Psychedlic Furs meets a wall of Marshalls

The Appleseed Cast - Low Level Owl Vol.1 / Vol. 2 ...2 seperate cds best listened to as a whole. Awesome trippy delayed out ambient songs that aren't keyboard driven. They're a traditional 4 piece but sound like they're from Venus. Fantastic stuff.

Longwave - The Strangest Things ...u2 meets Television ... excellent catchy songs with a great spacey 80's vibe

The Jealous Sound - Kill Them With Kindness ...ex-Knapsack frontman's newer project. Catchy hooks, big guitars, and one of the most unique rock voices out there. Great songwriting.

Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom ...The most creative use of sampling in a band ever IMO. Standup string bass player...drums that are guaranteed to make your booty shake - and M Doughty's excellent deadpan delivery of the hippest cat beatnik poetry freakout you've ever heard. If you like Cake...they SUCK in the shadow of the Cough.

and that's just a few from the top of my head...

[daikaiju]

oh...and reading the updates...if your into Dinosaur Jr...J Masics is my second favorite guitarist! Sadly, he's broken Dinosaur Jr. up, but the logical progression continues with J Mascis and the Fog - they've got 2 lps out, and if you like the Dino, it's more of the same! Great stuff!

[Journey]

Check this site out:

http://musicplasma.com/

Plug in a few bands that you like and it gives you a graphic of bands similiar to the band you put in....It's really cool......I've found alot of cool bands that I would have never heard of before.

[LV-426RS]

try out some Bis

[chess380]

Slick Rick, Nas's Illmatic, anything of Jay-z's, Biggie, and tupac. Can't help you with the rock.

[captainofindustry]

The Flaming Lips, Massive Attack, Mogwai, Godspeed You Black Emperor, old Busta Rhymes,


edit - I'll throw some Blur in there also....


and Cake.

[Mr. Anderson]

If you like more adult, slow style stuff, go for some Keane. Good stuff.