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Oissin_ [Edit] [Delete] 120 replies 20:59 March 2nd, 2013

I was just having a bath, and I realised, as far as I know, I had never heard a song by Teenage Fanclub. I was quite surprised by this, and decided to post a thread about it.

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Ride, Slowdive

politelydeclined | 2 Mar '13, 21:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Great bands
  
  Favourite songs from each:
  Souvlaki Space Station - Slowdive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LIO138Z-A
  
  Dreams Burn Down - Ride http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5zTuVhNs5c
  
  Antelope @politelydeclined | 2 Mar '13, 23:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
How was the bath?

El_Goodo | 2 Mar '13, 21:08 | X | ^ This | Reply

Oissin_ this'd this
- Was alright.
  
  Oissin_ @El_Goodo | 2 Mar '13, 21:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It was a bit too hot, actually. 4/10
    
    Oissin_ @Oissin_ | 2 Mar '13, 21:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Good bath review
    
    Here's where someone better than me gives you a link to the best Teenage Fanclub song that blows your mind.
    
    El_Goodo @Oissin_ | 2 Mar '13, 21:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Happy to oblige
      
      Maybe listen next time you're in the bath
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9buNckusos0
      
      orangejuice @El_Goodo | 2 Mar '13, 21:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Thanks :)
        
        Kindof sounded how I expected it to, but probably better.
        
        Oissin_ @orangejuice | 2 Mar '13, 21:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Fuck Sparky's Dream
        
        The Concept is the best Fannies somg ;-)
        
        El_Goodo @orangejuice | 2 Mar '13, 22:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        rainmaker this'd this
        
        The Concept is brilliant :)
        
        but to me Sparky's Dream is one of the best songs ever written. Could have gone with so many though, Guiding Star is another favourite
        
        orangejuice @El_Goodo | 2 Mar '13, 23:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I Need Direction
        
        kostenurky @orangejuice | 3 Mar '13, 10:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Alcoholiday
        
        With honourable mentions for Everything Flows, Norman 3, Start Again & Baby Lee.
        
        ThirstyDog @kostenurky | 3 Mar '13, 11:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        uchg
        
        It's December. December rules.
        
        KRaudive @ThirstyDog | 3 Mar '13, 23:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Everything Flows
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ow-xyGsukE
        
        hanshotfirst @KRaudive | 4 Mar '13, 15:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Dan_S this'd this
        
        I first fell in love with TFC when they did a John Peel session.
        
        I taped it off the radio but my attempts to buy anything from them were thwarted by Glaswegian humour, the lack of internet and living in buttfuck, north Wales. On the Peel Session they announced at the start of The Concept 'Here's our new single. It's called The Glove.... I didn't write it but I had a hand in it'. HMV in Chester were adamant that there wasn't a single by Teenage Fanclub called The Glove. Boy did I feel stupid when I realised.
        
        El_Goodo @orangejuice | 3 Mar '13, 12:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        orangejuice this'd this
Realised today I've never knowingly heard Sven Vath

Was going to mention it in a different thread but this one seems better.

Also Alt-J.

Steved | 2 Mar '13, 21:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Sven Vath's best 2 songs
  
  L'esperanza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hi_D3IR6Jw
  Face It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkd9noYxnE
  
  The album versions are longer and probably better.
  
  deep-blue @Steved | 2 Mar '13, 21:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- * I meant for L'esperanza
  
  ("Face It" is already the album version)
  
  deep-blue @Steved | 2 Mar '13, 21:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I've heard Sven Vath mixes
  
  but I'm not sure I even knew he was anything other than just a DJ.
  
  jimitheexploder @Steved | 3 Mar '13, 11:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - He's also a producer
    
    He made some solo albums
    
    deep-blue @jimitheexploder | 3 Mar '13, 11:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I put him in the same sort of boat as Richie Hawtin
    
    In that I know he's both a producer and a DJ but I've never made any of his stuff. I've heard loads of Richie Hawtin on mixes though but I don't think I've ever heard any Sven Vath, and considering how (somewhat bewilderingly) huge he is that surprises me.
    
    Steved @jimitheexploder | 3 Mar '13, 13:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Palma Violets

I get the idea they're a bit of a non-event outside the UK.

silver-crescent | 2 Mar '13, 21:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I don't think I've ever heard them
  
  in the UK
  
  I assume that they're the new Kayas
  
  soapy @silver-crescent | 2 Mar '13, 21:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  -dan- this'd this
  - They're not as bad as that.
    
    They're the new Vaccines.
    
    Oissin_ @soapy | 2 Mar '13, 21:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - thats pretty bad
      
      soapy @Oissin_ | 2 Mar '13, 23:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Yeah, but not quite as bad as the Kayas
        
        They're a bit better than the Vaccines, actually, tbh, but still not very good at all.
        
        Oissin_ @soapy | 2 Mar '13, 23:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- They're pretty much a non-event in the UK as well.
  
  Oissin_ @silver-crescent | 2 Mar '13, 21:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  aactv, El_Goodo, furio, and kilgore-trout this'd this
- NME writes a lot about them
  
  deep-blue @silver-crescent | 2 Mar '13, 21:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Which is why I probably dislike them so much!!!
    
    It seems that anything NME go big on, I really dislike. It's almost an automatic reaction that if NME like it, then I won't.
    
    Saw Palma Violets at Liverpool Psych Fest last year. They were completely underwhelming and dull.
    
    TheGrudge @deep-blue | 4 Mar '13, 15:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Modest Mouse

Nothing (except Float On).

deep-blue | 2 Mar '13, 21:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Listen to Lonesome Crowded West
  
  Yesiamaduck @deep-blue | 2 Mar '13, 23:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Lonesome Crowded West is the best album to get into their music?
    
    deep-blue @Yesiamaduck | 2 Mar '13, 23:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - It's hard to say
      
      they had changed significantly from that point to Float On but it's probably their most critically acclaimed album (that or Moon & Antarctica)
      
      If you really like Float On then I suggest you start with Good News For People Who Love Bad News
      
      Yesiamaduck @deep-blue | 2 Mar '13, 23:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I'd probably recommend Good News
        
        it's accessible enough for a new listener while having enough similarities to their old stuff that you can get a good feel for whether this is the band for you or not.
        
        Also this is probably my favourite song from Good News
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPhnOKmhbBw
        
        JaguarPirate @Yesiamaduck | 3 Mar '13, 03:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Agreed
        
        that and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank are probably their most accessible. In saying that though, I started with Moon & Antarctica, and that's still my favourite album by them.
        
        Antelope @JaguarPirate | 3 Mar '13, 03:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I started with Good News, because of Float On
        
        I feel like a lot of people think I should be embarrassed about that fact, but I'm sure it is true for a LOT of people. I still really like that record a lot. It's definitely a great starting point, because there are so many songs in which Isaac Brock does what he does best, but in a way that is refined enough that you can ease into it. It's also got some GREAT pop songs on it, and a couple incredibly pretty ones (One Chance is beautiful).
        
        As for We Were Dead... I always felt like it was accessible to the point of being paint-by-numbers Modest Mouse.
        
        I'm getting off topic, I apologize.
        
        ThisTemporaryLife @Antelope | 3 Mar '13, 08:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        JaguarPirate and Lambchops this'd this
Neutral Milk Hotel

SarahIsPi | 2 Mar '13, 22:11 | X | ^ This | Reply

skellywager, very_small_monk, kostenurky, ethricdouble, friday55, robluvsnic, urbanfox, and andyvine this'd this
- Here, just listen to the whole thing
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2NJ-alquqM
  
  Oissin_ @SarahIsPi | 2 Mar '13, 23:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  ThisTemporaryLife this'd this
- http://psycosis.bandcamp.com/album/in-my-g4-over-da-sea
  
  shucks @SarahIsPi | 3 Mar '13, 09:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- you aint missing
  
  much haha
  
  fistyness @SarahIsPi | 4 Mar '13, 14:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Fall

IncaInk | 2 Mar '13, 22:19 | X | ^ This | Reply

Steved and Antelope this'd this
- oh my dear
  
  you ain't lived
  
  theintl @IncaInk | 5 Mar '13, 08:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  pentargo this'd this
Camera Obscura

Bauhaus
Fela Kuti

rainmaker | 2 Mar '13, 22:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Fela's not a band,
  
  but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERwFrp7Yvc0
  
  -dan- @rainmaker | 2 Mar '13, 22:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - This is actually great
    
    Similar thing to the Herbie Hancock stuff I've got.
    Cheers.
    
    rainmaker @-dan- | 2 Mar '13, 22:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
Never heard a song by Velvet Underground or Ed Sheehan..

Don't know why, but those two came to mind at the same time.

Acquiescence | 2 Mar '13, 22:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Abandon X100
  
  KRaudive @Acquiescence | 3 Mar '13, 23:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
Deftones

The Blue Nile
Adebisi Shank
Future of the Left
Sharon von Etten
Blondes
Chromatics
Antlers
Aztec Camera
Japandroids
Lana Del Rey
Grimes
Crystal Castles
Actress
Errors
Django Django
Frank Ocean
Magnetic Fields

-dan- | 2 Mar '13, 22:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Oh wait, no, I've heard a few Magnetic Fields songs
  
  Don't remember any of them, but I'm sure I did listen to them.
  
  Not looking for recs btw, if I wanted to listen to 'em I would. Cheers.
  
  -dan- @-dan- | 2 Mar '13, 22:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Drake
    
    -dan- @-dan- | 2 Mar '13, 22:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I know you said you weren't looking for recs, but
    
    listen to Future of the Left. They are good.
    
    Oissin_ @-dan- | 2 Mar '13, 23:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    TheWza this'd this
- ^This to Frank Ocean and Lana Del Rey
  
  Steved @-dan- | 2 Mar '13, 22:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Crystal Castles
  
  Two songs from each album:
  
  Crimewave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqMp91DahSU
  Black Panther http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR3XB-982Bg
  
  Celestica http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsxNUl1IHnE
  Baptism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vStjmYxetY0
  
  Kerosene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR2QIJdtgiU
  Sad Eyes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuMkILY0s_Q
  
  deep-blue @-dan- | 2 Mar '13, 23:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  silver-crescent this'd this
  - Those are almost my exact favourite two from each album.
    
    I'd probably switch Black Panther with Untrust Us.
    
    in_limbo @deep-blue | 5 Mar '13, 04:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- don't bother with most of them
  
  but AZTEC CAMERA are essential, and Magnetic Fields are pretty great
  
  politelydeclined @-dan- | 3 Mar '13, 00:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - And FOTL they are pretty fucking great
    
    Yesiamaduck @politelydeclined | 3 Mar '13, 00:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Oissin_ this'd this
- Are you not curious Dan?
  
  What with people banging on about them all the time?
  
  El_Goodo @-dan- | 3 Mar '13, 10:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I don't think I've ever heard any of them being banged on about by anybody
    
    whose music taste I respect.
    
    -dan- @El_Goodo | 4 Mar '13, 23:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Deftones
  
  are an odd one, I know I've heard them quite a lot. White Pony was a big album when I was at college. And I know I've gone on to hear a few of their albums since but I can never remember a single thing about them ever. When I listen I go, oh this is good. Then when its done its like nothing happened and I never recognise a tarck if its played without the name being said. There is somthing really nothingy about them, but they're still good, its odd.
  
  jimitheexploder @-dan- | 3 Mar '13, 10:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Oissin_ this'd this
  - Yeah, I get that with Deftones as well.
    
    It annoys me because I really feel like I should like them from what everyone else has said, and I listen to them and they're really good, and then I completely forget about them, just like you said.
    
    Oissin_ @jimitheexploder | 3 Mar '13, 20:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - that's because they already achieved perfection in 2003
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP4dFHSd-iw
      
      Severed799 @Oissin_ | 5 Mar '13, 00:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- For
  
  - Grimes, start with Visions (esp. the songs Oblivion, Genesis, Be a Body).
  - Errors, start with Have Some Faith in Magic (esp. the songs Pleasure Palace, The Knock, Magna Encarta & Holus-Bolus).
  - For Chromatics, start with Kill the Love (esp. the song Into the Black).
  
  deep-blue @-dan- | 4 Mar '13, 15:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
used that Pitchfork People's List as a prompt

Modest Mouse
The Postal Service
Joanna Newsom
Iron & Wine
Tom Waits (this is shocking)
The Decemberists
My Morning Jacket

orangejuice | 2 Mar '13, 23:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Postal Service is easy
  
  Just one album, Give Up, plus some extra songs.
  
  Their best known song is "Such Great Heights": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wrsZog8qXg
  
  Very pleasant music.
  
  deep-blue @orangejuice | 2 Mar '13, 23:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
- I'd tell you to go for
  
  Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse and the Woman King EP by Iron & Wine
  
  soapy @orangejuice | 2 Mar '13, 23:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
  - I don't listen to enough MMJ to recommend, but:
    
    Modest Mouse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc6l5w1mhqg
    
    The Postal Service - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcqQDM-qOG0
    I obviously recommend Give Up, because it is a flawless diamond, but also because it's the only record. If you like it, get Dntel's Life Is Full of Possibilities, because that is where it all started.
    
    Joanna Newsom - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STwVx6ynYjk
    Start with Ys or Have One On Me, which offer a lot of different things, especially if you like music made by wood elves who play the harp.
    
    Iron & Wine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7O-s4xBGmE
    (NOTE: Woman King is not the song that I would generally choose to represent Iron & Wine, but it marked a definite turning point. Everything before the Woman King EP was whispery and singular, and everything AFTER was big, bold, and pretty experimental. His current live shows are big band affairs, and his records have begun to reflect that. I think it works. Some people do not.) I recommend Our Endless Numbered Days (if you like your folk rock peaceful) and The Shepherd's Dog (if you like it slightly experimental and all over the place)
    
    Tom Waits - I've chosen two songs:
    Martha (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Mse62NFl4), which represents his sentimental and beautiful side, and Hell Broke Luce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fju9o8BVJ8), which represents his GONNA FUCKING YELL LIKE A MADMAN side. These are likely my two favorite tracks, and they are from either end of his career. Both are worth the listen, I hope. I recommend every album, but Closing Time, Bone Machine, Bad As Me, and - if you're feeling crazy - Swordfishtrombones. Every album is a classic in its own way.
    
    The Decemberists - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYwkmPKsctQ
    The Decemberists have a lot of different sides, and one of the best ones is incredibly sad. These songs are usually very solitary, like Of Angels And Angles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTwh01MLSjY). They are also a very, very fun band. I recommend Picaresque.
    
    ThisTemporaryLife @soapy | 3 Mar '13, 09:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - ooh I forgot to talk about Modest Mouse a little more
      
      I'll shut the hell up because I talked about them above, but I recommend Good News For People Who Love Bad News, and from there, go for either The Moon & Antarctica or The Lonesome Crowded West. Both are incredible, and you can't go wrong with either one.
      
      ThisTemporaryLife @ThisTemporaryLife | 3 Mar '13, 09:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Strong posting.
      
      El_Goodo @ThisTemporaryLife | 3 Mar '13, 10:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Thank you. I try.
        
        ThisTemporaryLife @El_Goodo | 3 Mar '13, 11:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        See...
        
        I don't get why everyone is saying start with Good News... and then move on to Lonesome Crowded West/Moon&Antarctica. Surely just go straight to the best two and start with them?
        
        spaffy @ThisTemporaryLife | 5 Mar '13, 08:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Modest Mouse is a difficult band.
        
        Not "difficult" per se, but Isaac Brock has a lot of tendencies that have a habit of turning people off. The Lonesome Crowded West starts off with a meandering, yowling "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine." While this is an amazing song, I probably wouldn't have appreciated it if I had started with that record, when I started listening to Modest Mouse.
        
        And for The Moon & Antarctica, it's a visceral, heartwrenching piece, that I've never felt can be taken on a purely track-by-track basis. It loses itself in crevasses on a regular basis (see: the appropriately hypothermic "The Cold Part", or the outrageously tense breakdown in "Life Like Weeds"), and the weight begins to feel unbearable the farther away from "3rd Planet" you get.
        
        Some bands/artists have bodies of work that command you start with the good albums before you get to the GREAT albums. I think that Medulla is one of Bjork's best albums, but I would never tell someone to start there.
        
        Maybe I'm just bad at explaining things.
        
        ThisTemporaryLife @spaffy | 5 Mar '13, 10:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        As a minor silly braggy side-note
        
        I passed Brock on the street yesterday when I was on my way somewhere. I said "Hey" and he said "Sup?" and we kept walking. My wife said, "Who was that?" and I said, "Oh, that was Isaac Brock," and our friend started wigging out.
        
        Good times. Great dude.
        
        ThisTemporaryLife @ThisTemporaryLife | 5 Mar '13, 10:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Plenty, although this is all I can think of at the moment:

Slint
Sigur Ros
Vaccines
Futureheads
Travis
Spacemen 3
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (I've listened to The Birthday Party, though)

theonlyindiegolfer | 3 Mar '13, 05:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Slint rules
  
  KRaudive @theonlyindiegolfer | 3 Mar '13, 23:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - god
    
    this made me listen to Spiderland again, and fuck me, it might be the best guitar record ever made. It's a late on Sunday night type of thing - maybe the best late on Sunday night guitar record.
    
    KRaudive @KRaudive | 3 Mar '13, 23:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Spicer this'd this
    - think i'll listen to it tonight (it's Sunday!!!) and report back to yall
      
      theonlyindiegolfer @KRaudive | 4 Mar '13, 02:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
I got told off yesterday

For not having heard Yeah Yeah Yeahs. So, them.

Blue Nile
Aztec Camera
Vampire Weekend
Beck
Bjork
Kanye (last 4 I've heard songs by, but not a whole album)
Phoenix
Deerhunter
Built To Spill
Spoon
Titus Andronicus
Stereolab
M83

Used the Pitchfork list too: http://pitchfork.com/peopleslist/

Infinite_Jest | 3 Mar '13, 10:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- christ,
  
  you really need to listen to Aztec Camera, Beck, Bjork, Kanye, Deerhunter and Stereolab
  
  politelydeclined @Infinite_Jest | 3 Mar '13, 12:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  PickledOeuf this'd this
M83, Beck, Bjork, Deerhunter?

Holy cow, have you got some fun awaiting you when you get off your arse...

kostenurky | 3 Mar '13, 10:10 | X | ^ This | Reply

El_Goodo this'd this
- Any recommendations on where to start?
  
  Infinite_Jest @kostenurky | 3 Mar '13, 10:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - For Bjork
    
    I would honestly start with 'Debut' and just move forwards from there. If it's not grabbing you then start with one of the 'classics' (Post or Homogenic)
    
    orangejuice @Infinite_Jest | 3 Mar '13, 10:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    TheWza and Antelope this'd this
    - But Debut IS a classic, just like Post and Homogenic.
      
      Acquiescence @orangejuice | 3 Mar '13, 11:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Agree
        
        It's actually my favourite. I just meant in terms of 'consensus classics'
        
        orangejuice @Acquiescence | 3 Mar '13, 11:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I approach everything from quite a pop angle, so my picks reflect that
      
      Beck:
      I'm perhaps not the man to ask, as I like his singles and really only one and a half of his albums. It doesn't help that he goes off in different directions all the time. For my money:
      
      Lonesome Tears
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj159fkw7Cg
      The most epic break-up album ever.
      
      Devil's Haircut
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3rBVb3v4g
      DJ-Shadowesque drums, riffage.
      
      M83:
      I'll ignore Midnight City because as much of a 'choon it is, some people find it too close to cheese.
      Unfortunately I can't find my favourite M83 song which is actually a remix of Abstrakt Keal Agram's 'Jason Lytle'
      Teen Angst
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMirdNSKbho
      It's possible to just lose yourself in this when played at high volume. The more shoegazey/dream pop end of his spectrum
      
      Kim & Jessie
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abqy3DdAzHI
      
      Bjork:
      Post + Homogenic are her masterpieces, with Homogenic edging it for me, but if you're going to just pick tracks, Joga and Bachelorette are my faves, although her vocals on Bachelorette are so epic that they might overpower you at first listen.
      
      Joga
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BSMcVRgloY
      I feeeel emotionaaaal landscapes...
      
      Hyper-ballad
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CSiU0j_lFA
      aka the Channel 4 Racing theme tune of yester-year
      
      Deerhunter:
      
      Desire Lines
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mBSOtdOjoc
      I would have thought you'd have heard this somewhere but not know what it is. Certain clothes shops like to play this to increase their cred. Deerhunter are best when they write these harmonic jam songs, that just start spiralling off at the end. Worth sticking around to the end of the song.
      
      Octet
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVn_b_5EHdw
      He also specialises in hypnotic trancey drum / guitar funk outs.
      
      kostenurky @orangejuice | 3 Mar '13, 12:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Thanks
        
        Lonesome Tears is my sort of thing, and I like Lost Cause so I'll look into that album more.
        
        Tentatively enjoying M83 and will investigate further. Haven't got to the others yet.
        
        Infinite_Jest @kostenurky | 3 Mar '13, 19:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Homogenic is a masterpiece.
        
        yuggy @Infinite_Jest | 5 Mar '13, 15:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'll do Stereolab
    
    Ping Pong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_XswHm514w#
    French Disko: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kB9LRZ0sAs
    For a full record Mars Audiac Quintet is probably the best entry point.
    
    El_Goodo @Infinite_Jest | 3 Mar '13, 11:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Thanks for that, I was away to post Stereolab
      
      hanshotfirst @El_Goodo | 4 Mar '13, 15:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Vespertine
    
    One of the greatest albums of the last 20 years. If you don't like that you should probably check that you have a pulse. Or a reflection.
    
    bornin69 @Infinite_Jest | 3 Mar '13, 12:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - SO if I don't like Bjork I'm a vampire...
      
      How "today". At some point Bjork crawled up her own ass. I don't do weird for weird's sake.
      
      theintl @bornin69 | 5 Mar '13, 08:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Deerhunter
  
  Cryptograms and Fluorescent Grey EP
  
  Are prob the best bits the rest is all on a kind of par bar the debut whic his just ok.
  
  Microcastle/Weird Era Cont, Rainwater Cassette Exchange, Halcyon Digest. All kind of sit on plain. I dunno if any of them are the accessible one. They're all pretty odd with the odd ral catchy one and all the catchy ones are still on a kind of par.
  
  jimitheexploder @kostenurky | 3 Mar '13, 11:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - the most accessible Deerhunter record has gotta be
    
    Microcastle, hasn't it?
    
    kostenurky @jimitheexploder | 3 Mar '13, 12:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I don't think any of them are that accessible
      
      Microcastle just happened to be their breakout rather than being any more accessible than the others. They all kind of have one or two really nice catchy ones then a lot of mucking about, i na good way of course haha.
      
      jimitheexploder @kostenurky | 3 Mar '13, 12:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - plus its a double album
        
        might be a bit of a mission to get into. Cryptograms is THE album for me with Deerhunter, so yeah stuff accessibility when you can just have a plain flant out ace record instead.
        
        jimitheexploder @jimitheexploder | 3 Mar '13, 12:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        it's not really a double album though is it
        
        anyway yeah, Cryptograms <3
        
        Severed799 @jimitheexploder | 5 Mar '13, 00:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
- For M83
  
  1) If you like more abstract/ambient stuff:
  - start with "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts". Then "Before the Dawn Heals Us", "M83" (self-titled debut) and "Digital Shades, Vol. 1". Then the rest (mentioned below).
  
  Some songs:
  Run Into Flowers http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtdan_m83-run-into-flowers_music?search_algo=2
  In Church http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTVFyThJqsM
  0078h http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_MGr6RPXHs
  Teen Angst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMirdNSKbho
  Don't Save Us From the Flames http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpT0rrtwpLg
  Coloring the Void http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdZldQH4ItI
  Caresses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMBZMWdvOEU
  Sitting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYFkJQh3I4w
  
  2) If you like more classic songwriting:
  - start with "Saturdays=Youth". It's their most accessible and overall best album. Follow it with the double album "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" (the one with Midnight City). Then the rest (mentioned above).
  
  Some songs:
  Graveyard Girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCkk0-az5TA
  Couleurs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrv0F-WTio4
  Kim & Jessie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abqy3DdAzHI
  We Own the Sky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzge5vY72hE
  Midnight City http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX3k_QDnzHE
  Reunion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJQQrjVmQG0
  Steve McQueen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Iqskd_Vq8
  OK Pal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAFlBd7SNcE
  
  Top quality band.
  
  deep-blue @kostenurky | 3 Mar '13, 11:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Good post.
    
    M83 is a great band. Glad to see someone who likes both of the directions the project has gone in and not just one or the other.
    
    I swear it always seems like people are all like "fuck midnight city, they haven't put out anything good since Dead Cities!!!11" OR "Dead Cities is boring as hell and they've only been good S=Y"
    
    theonlyindiegolfer @deep-blue | 4 Mar '13, 02:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I hate these people
      
      I like all M83 albums, more or less.
      
      deep-blue @theonlyindiegolfer | 4 Mar '13, 14:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Muse

None of my friends believe me!

friday55 | 3 Mar '13, 11:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
I've only ever heard one Adele song (the one in Skyfall, which I think is called Skyfall)

I don't remember ever listening to My Bloody Valentine.

theguywithnousername | 3 Mar '13, 11:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- For My Bloody Valentine, start with Loveless
  
  Then m b v, Isn't Anything, and the EPs collection.
  
  Probably their most accessible (and best IMO) song, "Soon": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4-5gHR3_Kg (the album version is much longer)
  
  deep-blue @theguywithnousername | 3 Mar '13, 12:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - hmm
    
    This is weird, I don't remember ever knowingly listening to them, but I recognise that song.
    
    silver-crescent @deep-blue | 3 Mar '13, 23:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Also it only took a few minutes on youtube to realise how wrong I'd been not to check them before. Only Shallow <3
      
      silver-crescent @silver-crescent | 3 Mar '13, 23:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- LOVELESS
  
  let me repeat... LOVELESS.
  
  At first listen you'll think the CD is defective.
  Second listen you'll think they're trying to be too clever
  Third listen you'll think what's all the fuss about
  Fourth listen you'll be in pop dreamland.
  
  Yes, I classify Loveless as a pop record. It is.
  
  kostenurky @theguywithnousername | 3 Mar '13, 12:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Antelope this'd this
Interpol

dorftrottel | 3 Mar '13, 12:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I was in this boat until two weeks ago
  
  Get 'Turn On The Bright Lights'
  It's now become one of my favourite albums of all time for oh so many reasons.
  
  rainmaker @dorftrottel | 3 Mar '13, 23:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Having lived overseas

For most of the period 1999 - 2006 there are loads of these! The most Dis-loved probably being Idlewild. It's likely I've heard SOMEthing but can't call to mind the sound of the singer's voice or a single chorus, riff, nothing.

A few random others that passed me by completely:

My Chemical Romance
Fall Out Boy
Incubus
Ryan Adams
Kosheen
The Kills

sidrrrs | 3 Mar '13, 23:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Kills - start with Midnight Boom
  
  Short, punchy, and awesome album. Their best. Then the other albums in any order.
  
  For Kosheen - start with Resist (their debut). It includes their most known singles. Follow it with Damage (my favorite Kosheen album). Then Kokopelli (it's quite rock) and Independence (their newest album).
  
  deep-blue @sidrrrs | 4 Mar '13, 15:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Pavement

...and I actually *own* crooked rain crooked pavement. I just haven't listend to it because I bought it right after I bought an iMac without a cd drive -_-

JHorace | 4 Mar '13, 09:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
what.

*crooked rain crooked rain* obv.

JHorace | 4 Mar '13, 09:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dinosaur Jr

I know only one song, "Feel the Pain". Cool video too.

deep-blue | 4 Mar '13, 14:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The album that song is on (Without A Sound) is probably my favourite and I'd say it's accessible
  
  The stock answer though is 'You're Living All Over Me'
  
  hanshotfirst @deep-blue | 4 Mar '13, 15:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- you've heard them all then
  
  Severed799 @deep-blue | 5 Mar '13, 00:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Surely you've heard Freak Scene?
  
  If you're only going to know one Dinosaur Jr song, it oughtta be Freak Scene:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxLpEX2bt8w
  
  robluvsnic @deep-blue | 5 Mar '13, 01:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - You're right. This too.
    
    I found on my HDD a videoclip recorded from VH1 some years ago...
    
    deep-blue @robluvsnic | 5 Mar '13, 09:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yup. Freak Scene or their cover of Just Like Heaven
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJLOr8S2d2E
    
    Can't go wrong with anything off You're Living All Over Me or Bug tho'
    
    Dan_S @robluvsnic | 5 Mar '13, 12:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Low

robluvsnic | 5 Mar '13, 01:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
Sleater-Kinney

in_limbo | 5 Mar '13, 04:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
Artists I should check out but never got around to it or barely slipped my toe in the water.

Grateful Dead
Leonard Cohen
mastodon
Sprklehorse
Swervedriver
The Yardbirds
Blue Cheer
Pavement
Deerhunter
Neutral Milk Hotel

TheGrudge | 5 Mar '13, 11:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
Arab Strap

Which is quite weird as I really like Malcolm Middleton. I've been playing A Brighter Beat fairly constantly for the past couple of months.

Clair_de_Lune | 5 Mar '13, 15:05 | X | ^ This | Reply

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