Foot.ie recommended

[Thomo]

I thought i'd put this up, as a thread for people to reccomend music for each other. as someone who is always looking for new music, it'd be good to hear some good new music.

I'll start the ball rolling.

Matisyahu - hacidic ( sp?) jewish reggae! sounds a bit starnge i know, but its amazing! Jerusalem, youth, and king without a crown are good places to start.

Nacho pop - mexican band, very good hooks, featured heavily on the sountrack to Amorres perros. Recommend lucha de gigantes as a track to check out. ( i've not heard much but liked the songs i did hear)

Frank turner- british based folk singer, formerly lead singer of a post hardcore thrash band, million dead, now doing heartfelt, politically twinged folk music, and touring uk and ireland regularly. tracks to check out include, thatcher ****ed the kids, once we were anarchists, back in the day, sunshine state, or the real damage.

[sligoman]

Just listening into Newton Faulkner since yesterday-Rock/Alternative/Acoustic.

Another I like is Eskimo Joe, an Australian band. Alternative Rock catagory.

[superfrank]

I take it this is for lesser known artists.

I'd suggest:
Sun Ra - Great jazz visionary. Brilliant musical style and he's great at reworking classics too. Definitely worth a listen.

Parliament - Great band if you like your funk.

Funkadelic - Essentially the same band as Parliament but a different style. Maggot Brain sounds very similar to Jimi Hendrix and is part of the psychedelic rock style. Later albums are just as good but move in a funkier direction.

Zapp - Funk/dance band from the 80's. Well worth a listen if you're into bouncy, up tempo stuff.

Nappy Roots - Great hip hop act. Better than a lot of newer hip hop groups and not as "negative" as all hip hop is portrayed.

[Marked Man]

Kinski. Sort of a sonic youth/spaceman 3 hybrid. New album is class ("Down Below it's Chaos").

[anto1208]

Sufjan Stevens : come on feel the illinoise . Brilliant

[Marked Man]

I take it this is for lesser known artists.



Parliament - Great band if you like your funk.

Funkadelic - Essentially the same band as Parliament but a different style. .


Wouldn't have thought that Parliament/Funkadelic counted as lesser known artists, Superfrank.
Though the other names you mention are certainly lesser known to me.

[superfrank]

Well I hadn't heard of them til I started listening to hip hop.

[Marked Man]

Fair enough.
I suppose my puzzlement is due to me living stateside, where they were both huge when they were around, and are still quite well known now.

Another recommendation is Liars. They're labelled "Dance Punk" which I really don't get. Good, experimental rock music.

[stann]

Good idea, this.
Though the 'This week's playlist' thread is handy for checking out tunes not heard before / for ages, this'll provide even more stuff to root out.

So (and apologies in advance if these are not unknown enough)...

For any for whom dance is not a dirty word, A Skillz & Krafty Kuts make the most excellent bouncy funky breakbeat and both their own recordings and mix CDs are well worth checking out.

Am not a huge Blues fan but am liking Seasick Steve's really raw sound, three strings and a shoebox, very Robert Johnson / Charlie Christian, or so I'd imagine. :D

In the sadly-no-more camp would have no problem recommending Thin White Rope to anybody who likes guitars and loudness and oddness. Psycho Country Punk at it's finest.

[inexile]

lifehouse - american band that dont seem to be very popular over here but i think are very good, kind of romantic soft rock music

sia - similar to above just from australia - i think

[tetsujin1979]

there's a track that Phantom FM are playing from an unsigned Irish act, think it's called "No Reasons", pretty good, anyone know it?

Bands I've been listending to lately are Yellowcard, Nada Surf and Deathcab For Cutie

[jebus]

Check out Scottish band Urusei Yatsura (later Yatsura), and you'll be amazed how they practically slipped under the radar as they are ten times the band that most of the muck are today

[monzo]

Los Campesinos!

So catchy. And brilliant.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=39726387

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/36347187

[noby]

Might I draw your attention to my Pelle Carlberg 'thread', that's dropping like a stone? He is still my flavour of the month.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Check out Scottish band Urusei Yatsura (later Yatsura), and you'll be amazed how they practically slipped under the radar as they are ten times the band that most of the muck are today

Actually shared a billing with them at a gig years ago in the UK. Not too shabby at all.

I heard Joanna Newsome for the first time this weekend and I thought she was excellent. Not for the faint hearted mind. Reminded my a bit of The Handsome Family.

[SligoBrewer]

Los Campesinos!

So catchy. And brilliant.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=39726387

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/36347187

i recommend this recommendation:)

[Thomo]

ok some feedback on so far. the stuff i've got hold of and really liked from this thread:

Sufjan stevens- absolutely blown away by this guy. chicago is probably one of the best songs i've heard in a long time.

Newton Faulkner: again very cool, esp his cover of teardrop, beautiful cover of a beautiful song.

Nappy roots: solid hip hop, growing on me slowly.

Parliament - funktastic! esp liked atomic dog

[SligoBrewer]

simian mobile disco..;)

brilliant

[Neish]

Some from my Myspace site
The Black Angels
http://www.myspace.com/theblackangels

dieselbone R.I.P
http://www.myspace.com/dieselbone

The Black Keys
http://www.myspace.com/theblackkeys

Echobeat
http://www.myspace.com/echobeat

Le Tigre
http://www.myspace.com/letigre

[bellavistaman]

Status Quos new album, unreal! In Search Of the 4th Chord. http://http://www.statusquo.co.uk/
Legends.

[SaucyJack]

if nobody's mentioned them, I'd highly recommend My Morning Jacket, awesome band.

[Neish]

Status Quos new album, unreal! In Search Of the 4th Chord. http://http://www.statusquo.co.uk/
Legends.

:o:o:o
I suppose you think Bon Jovi rock too

[bellavistaman]

I suppose you think Bon Jovi rock too
Eh, no. Were half way there good for a jump around when full up though.


Some from my Myspace site
The Black Angels
http://www.myspace.com/theblackangels

dieselbone R.I.P
http://www.myspace.com/dieselbone

The Black Keys
http://www.myspace.com/theblackkeys

Echobeat
http://www.myspace.com/echobeat

Le Tigre
http://www.myspace.com/letigre

Your clearly sooooooooooooooo cool.:rolleyes:

[colster]

Midlake
http://www.myspace.com/midlake

[Plastic Paddy]

I know they've been around a wee while but I have really enjoyed listening to The Arcade Fire this summer. I saw them in full flow at the Latitude festival in July and was blown away by the force of their performance (but then I had been drinking scrumpy cider and smoking de herb all day) - there is something utterly entrancing about their fusion of guitars and full string section that just brought a lump to my throat. I haven't had a band do that to me for many years no matter what state I've been in at the time. :)

Alternatively if it's a groove you're after then you could do worse than check out some Calvin Harris. 80s-style disco funk; cheeky tunes and very catchy. Acceptable in the noughties.

What always gets me going properly is some good old-fashioned techno and house music. Sander Van Doorn from the Netherlands is a relatively new kid on the block but he always delivers a good hard dance set and isn't afraid to use rock and disco classics in ways that keep surprising you. Phil Kieran from Belfast has been fusing a rock sound with the techno and tribal house sound, for which he is mainly known, for his band Alloy Mental recently - well worth a listen too if you like your music down and dirty.

Enjoy.

:ball: PP

[kingdom hoop]

Krafty Kuts make the most excellent bouncy funky breakbeat...

Damn right, their first tune on MySpace, Dynamite Love, certainly had me bouncing around the sitting-room. Great shout. Gives a good run to AC/DC's TNT for most appositely entitled explosive song too.



What always gets me going properly is some good old-fashioned techno and house music.

Heehee, if you like old fashioned electronica you could do worse than check out Cerrone's tune 'Supernature' on MySpace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=96398434. A 1977 original given a bit of a modern twist and kick but it's still got that infectious Space Invaders sound. Sorry if I took the 'old-fashioned' too literally!

For something a bit more modern, and the way of the future if I have my way, I give an official foot.ie recommendation (:ball:) to Sneaky Soundsystem. They come from a land down under and the men are certainly at work. (ugh, sorry about that one.:o) Huge in Oz, not so sure about this part of the world yet though. What can I say about them? Ah, if you're trying to get a girl into the electro sound then they're a good departure point. Don't let that put you off though, their, eponymous entitled, album is fukcing fantastico. My new Mylo album, if you know what I mean. If you don't, you're thick. Anyway, check 'em out, pronto.

(500 posts eh, yeeuuuuu! Who would've thunk it? It's taken passion, determination, stuff like that really. Overall though, fun fun fun! Thanks for listening. Yes, listening, not reading, you know I speak ty'all! Right, enough of that, 1000 here I come!)

[Neish]

Your clearly sooooooooooooooo cool.:rolleyes:

I sure am

[kingdom hoop]

You idiot! You forgot the 'cool' smilie. I was almost convinced!

[bellavistaman]

I sure am

Wouldnt doubt it, if i get to harps next week, i will buy you a pint, ill be the one with the quo t-shirt:D

[noby]

I'm no big fan of the Quo, but that's a great album title, in a self-parodying sort of way.

[bellavistaman]

Pure **** take like.

[Marked Man]

Galerie Stratique: Like a cross between Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada, with very short instrumental tunes.

Tone: Mostly instrumental guitar rock. As if Fugazi decided they wanted to sell a lot more albums.

[NavanBohs]

If anyone is into metal, do yourself a favour and get Machine Head's latest album, The Blackening. Then go book your tickets to go see them in the Olympia in November.

[Dr. Ogba]

there's a track that Phantom FM are playing from an unsigned Irish act, think it's called "No Reasons", pretty good, anyone know it?

Bands I've been listending to lately are Yellowcard, Nada Surf and Deathcab For Cutie

Good man tets, Nada Surf are class- Let Go is one of my favourite albums...quality stuff
Wouldn't be mad about Yellowcard though...:p


In a bit of an "Alt-Country" (if there's such a thing) phase at the moment:

Wilco - have been around for years and just released a more "mellow" new album "Sky Blue Sky" this year...Check out their Live 2CD album "Kicking Television" for some of their finest moments. Playing 2 dates in Vicar Street in November for those of you interested!

Okkervil River - 2 latest albums "Black Sheep Boy" and "The Stage Names" are quality...mellow and rocking in equal measure. Might be worth checking out if you like Arcade Fire. Also playing in Dublin in Whelans in December...

[stann]

Damn right, their first tune on MySpace, Dynamite Love, certainly had me bouncing around the sitting-room. Great shout. Gives a good run to AC/DC's TNT for most appositely entitled explosive song too.

Hehe the name had me scratching me head, it's a good one though. The tune is actually a mash he did at the end of his brilliant Fabriclive mix CD, pairing 'There They Go', a collaboration with Dynamite MC, and his mix of 'In Love With You' by The Freestylers.
Speaking of which they are well worth checking out too, specially a track called 'Boom Blast'. The Deekline and Wizard remix is another aposite title. Short clip a couple of screens down here. (http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Freestylers/)



My new Mylo album, if you know what I mean. If you don't, you're thick.

:D The best recommendation anyone could make. Will check them out.

[kingdom hoop]

:D The best recommendation anyone could make. Will check them out.

Good man stann! For your pleasure from now on everything I post will make some reference to Mylo. So yeah, my next recommendation to you is Hystereo, who of course are Ireland's answer to Mylo. Well, maybe not exactly but they do have an excellent electro-type album, less groovy than Mylo but pretty easy on the ears at the same time. To my, admittedly pathetic, knowledge it's one of the only electro albums from Ireland in recent years. (any others??) But it's up there near enough to Etienne de Crécy and Vitalic offerings in my unhumble opinion.

Anyway, the album is called 'Corporate Crimewave', I guess I can send it to you via YouSendIt if you'd like. For the time being you can placate yourself with a few sneak listens on Juno, Beatport etc or some of their remixes on MySpace. Actually, that should be rebrands, not remixes, a phrase they've seemingly coined quite cleverly. It kinda connotes more of an overhaul and new identity for the tune. Cunning.

[a.a.d]

I would highly recommend

The Go! Team - they are one of the bets live acts I have seen in a long time - there new album has also just been released, and I would say that everybody on here has heard them at least once as there used by a lot of the sports stations as backgreound music

also Reverend and the Makers - good band also

[superfrank]

I would highly recommend

The Go! Team - they are one of the bets live acts I have seen in a long time - there new album has also just been released, and I would say that everybody on here has heard them at least once as there used by a lot of the sports stations as backgreound music
I like some of their stuff but imo they can be hit and miss with their music.

[noby]

Harsh criticism there Frank, assuming you're basing that on one album. I haven't heard the second yet either, but the first had a lot to offer.

[superfrank]

Simply going on Thunder, Lightning, Strike! but I still believe it. Haven't heard any of the new one but personally I found myself switching the album off after Bottle Rocket. Until then I like it but then I think it goes downhill.

[noby]

But it's an album. Albums have fillers. That is their nature, unless it's an astounding album. Something that tends to get lost in this age of singles and downloads.