Foot.ie recommended

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.

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

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

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.

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

Sufjan Stevens : come on feel the illinoise . Brilliant

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Originally Posted by superfrank

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. .

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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Los Campesinos!

So catchy. And brilliant.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endID=39726387

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

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

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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

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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.

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Originally Posted by monzo

Los Campesinos!

So catchy. And brilliant.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endID=39726387

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

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i recommend this recommendation:)

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

simian mobile disco..;)

brilliant

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

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