[JimiAces]

just sitting looking through itunes, i listen to my ipod a lot at work and i'm just finding that i listen to the same albums over again. i'm currently off for a week and i've just been paid so looking to get something new before i go back.

I have downloaded a few albums from recommendations i've seen on here before but i find it fairly difficult to pick from the massive lists!

a few of my current favourites:

Bon Iver - For emma
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
Lightspeed Champion - Falling Off the Lavender Bridge
Led Zeppelin - II,III,IV

I also listen to AC/DC, GNR, OCS, Nick Cave,damien rice, The beatles


any recommendations would be good

[Uzeless]

Scritti Politti's 'White Bread, Black Beer' is one of the best albums I have ever heard! You would do yourself a massive favour by giving it a try!!!!

[JimiAces]

thanks i'll check it out!

can you recommend any songs that i can listen to on youtube?, any that i find are a bit... ahem...different a lot of neon and reggae going on there

[systemsdead]

Try Bonnie Prince billy-I see a darkness an outstanding dark moody album very much like cave/rice also have a fondness for Nick drake well worth checking his 3 albums out real classics.

[JimiAces]

thanks i'll try that, I have nick drake - five leaves left and bryter later.

Also enjoy neil young, jeff buckley etc if thats any help??

[karkus30]

Originally Posted by JimiAces

thanks i'll try that, I have nick drake - five leaves left and bryter later.

Also enjoy neil young, jeff buckley etc if thats any help??

Wide choice.......hmmmm.

For your Grandaddy enjoyment. The Flaming Lips-Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Radiohead-OK Computer, Secret Machines-Now here is Nowhere

Buckley-thats an odd one because he was influenced by the sound of Nirvana/Leonard Cohen/Led Zeppelin and his dad Tim Buckley. Take your pick. he was very different to Nick Drake who was more like John Martyn -Solid Air and Tim Buckley.

Neil Young.......phew,take your pick but I'm guessing that you go for the songwriting stuff of Harvest and After the Gold Rush and not the different style of Weld/Ragged Glory/Rust ?

[JimiAces]

Originally Posted by karkus30

Wide choice.......hmmmm.

For your Grandaddy enjoyment. The Flaming Lips-Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Radiohead-OK Computer, Secret Machines-Now here is Nowhere

Buckley-thats an odd one because he was influenced by the sound of Nirvana/Leonard Cohen/Led Zeppelin and his dad Tim Buckley. Take your pick. he was very different to Nick Drake who was more like John Martyn -Solid Air and Tim Buckley.

Neil Young.......phew,take your pick but I'm guessing that you go for the songwriting stuff of Harvest and After the Gold Rush and not the different style of Weld/Ragged Glory/Rust ?

i have to say you are fairly good!

i have and enjoy almost all of the names you mention here

i haven't heard the secret machines and i've not delved into Tim Buckley but i'll definately give them a go!

Thank you!!

[brian s]

I found Nick Cave's The Birthday Party to be a bit of a rip off of The Pop Group. So you may wish to give them a listen.

Regards
Bri

[JimiAces]

thanks bri, i'll give that a try too

i'll may need to add a bit more to my itunes balance now!

thanks to everyone, i didn't expect such a good response, i cant wait to try them all out!

[tobydickenson]

If you are not on there already, another option is last.fm. You can get a page of recommendations of other artists after importing your itunes play counts. I find their recommendations are good for "filling in the gaps" of artists very similar to your normal listening habits.

If you want something more diverse - but still to your taste - you can also check out the charts of other users who listen the same artists.

(shameless self-promotion follows) Finally exitahead.co.uk can list all the items ebay matching your last.fm recommendations, so you can probably pick up some CDs for peanuts.

[Uzeless]

I don't know how old you are JimiAces, but I defy anyone to listen to the Electric Light Orchestra and not like them. Especially the 'Time', 'Out of the Blue' and 'Secret Messages' albums.

[pmc]

+1 on last.fm. I've found so many great bands on there.

Given your taste in music, take a look at

My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves is one of the best rock records of the last 10 years, with a twist of country.

Drive-By Truckers - Classic sounding southern rock. Take a listen to The Dirty South or Decoration Day

Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf is another classic modern rock album.

Muse - THE BEST ROCK BAND IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW!!

[Curly99]

heres a few:

Neil Young - Freedom
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Fleet Foxes
Nick Cave and the Birthday Party have both been mentioned have a listen to Grinderman
Anything by The Who
Iggy Pop + The Stooges
Kingdom of Rust - The Doves
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian
Killing Joke

Curly

[shb367]

Have you got Black Ice? Probably ACDC's best since Back in Black

[JimiAces]

oooh, so much choice now!!

@tobey, i have used last.fm but not much, most recently been using spotify to listen to free music but that doesnt recommend albums so i think i'll give it another go and i'll check out your site

Uzeless - I like ELO but i have only heard the usual (evil woman, turn to stone,mr blue sky etc.) a colleague at work bangs on about them all the time so its probably about time i had a proper listen!

Curly - thanks for the list, got the older doves and kasabian albums but not these two. i'll give them a try, love the who, not heard Killing joke i'll give em a try

shb367 - another album i've not got round to buying - i love all the old stuff so i'll definately be buying that one!

Lat.fm - Here I Come - so much to listen to....Drool!

[JimiAces]

Originally Posted by pmc

+1 on last.fm. I've found so many great bands on there.

Given your taste in music, take a look at

My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves is one of the best rock records of the last 10 years, with a twist of country.

Drive-By Truckers - Classic sounding southern rock. Take a listen to The Dirty South or Decoration Day

Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf is another classic modern rock album.

Muse - THE BEST ROCK BAND IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW!!

thanks for those, i love muse, really like QOTSA.

Someone else on here also recommended my morning jacket, so i'll give that a go.

Drive-by-Truckers - sounds good, i love the eagles, skynyrd etc so i'll give it a try!

[OKGuy]

Allman Brothers – Live at Fillmore East (Deluxe Edition)
Travelling Wiburys – Vol 1&2
Alison Krauss & Union Station – Live
The String Cheese Incident – On The Road (Eugene,OR 08-06)
Widespread Panic – Live In The Classic City
Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive (Deluxe Edition)
Widespread Panic – Driving Songs
Yonder Mountain String Band – Mountain Tracks Volume-3
Whiskeytown (Ryan Adams) – Strangers Almanac (Deluxe Edition)
Los Lobos – Just Another Band From East LA
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Weld
Lynyrd Skynyrd – One More From The Road (Deluxe Edition)
David Gilmore – Live From Gdansk
Eva Cassidy – Live At Blues Alley
Bruce Springsteen (with the Sessions Band) – Live in Dublin
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (Mastersound Gold-Disc)
Grateful Dead - Reckoning
Grateful Dead – Nightfall of Diamonds
Nanci Griffith – Dustbowl Symphony
Nanci Griffith – Flyer
Carol King - Tapestry (Remastered)
Michele Shocked – Akansas Traveller
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Gov’t Mule – The Deepest End (live in Concert)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Acoustic
Ry Cooder – My Name Is Buddy
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage – Ragin’ Live
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (Live from the Hollywood Bowl)
Clapton & Winwood – Live From Madison Square Garden
Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
Ray Lamontagne – Trouble
Dave Matthews Band – Beyond These Crowded Steets
Bob Dylan - Dylan (Boxed Set)
Moe – Warts and All ‘live’ Volume 6
Foo Fighters – Skin & Bones
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman – Been All Around This World
Madeline Peyroux – Careless Love
Chicane – Behind The Sun
Richard Hawley – Late Night Final
Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Global A Go-Go
Ryan Bingham – Mescalito
The Clash – Sandinista
Johnny Cash – American IV
Steve Earle – I feel Alright

That's ya lot.... for now

[RMCF]

Try out:

The The - Infected - a work of genius from the 80s
anything by Little Barrie, The Black Keys
and Love Tattoo from Imelda May.

[pmc]

Originally Posted by RMCF

Try out:

The The - Infected - a work of genius from the 80s
anything by Little Barrie, The Black Keys
and Love Tattoo from Imelda May.

Little Barrie are great

[Sonic67]

Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight
Bloc Party - Intimacy
Delays - You See Colours
Fields Of The Nephilim - Dawnrazor
Puressence - Don't Forget To Remember
Superbus - Wow
The Upper Room - Other Peoples Problems
Within Temptation - Mother Earth

[Rikwaller]

Originally Posted by Sonic67

Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight
Bloc Party - Intimacy

+1 for these two, These are included in my favourite albums ever.

[brian s]

Originally Posted by OKGuy

Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (Live from the Hollywood Bowl)

That's ya lot.... for now

That's a big list for a recommendation. I saw Van live once for one number when he sang Moon Dance with The Gil Evans Orchestra.

Regards
Bri

[JimiAces]

thanks everyone, i have now signed up to last.fm and i cant get enough of it!!

[pmc]

Originally Posted by JimiAces

thanks everyone, i have now signed up to last.fm and i cant get enough of it!!

Now you can join the AVForums group

AVForums – Group at Last.fm

[JimiAces]

Originally Posted by pmc

Now you can join the AVForums group

AVForums – Group at Last.fm

thanks, Joined

[Matt W]

Given what you've got in your list already:
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
M Ward - Hold Time
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Two Gallants - What The Toll Tells

[cunny678]

Have you tried any Krokus? Sounds a bit like AC/DC!!

There Metal rendezvous is the best in mp opinion. This is the live version of Heatstrokes from that album:- YouTube - Krokus - Heatstroke

Lots of good songs on the album - its a cracker!!