What are your lesser-known or weird ways of looking for new music? [more inside]
posted by querty on Oct 31, 2009 - 37 answers

What are the canonical "cocksman" blues performances? [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese on Sep 19, 2009 - 15 answers

What online music retailers would you recommend? I'm interested in CDs, new and used, preferably from an independent outfit. [more inside]
posted by woodway on Jul 26, 2009 - 17 answers

I'm looking for music similar to Within Temptation (symphonic metal, preferably female-fronted). Should be easy, but there's a catch... [more inside]
posted by CrazyGabby on Jun 26, 2009 - 23 answers

Can anyone recommend songs that sound like "Carol Brown" by Flight of the Conchords? [more inside]
posted by Shesthefastest on Jun 11, 2009 - 4 answers

Please recommend music that is similar in style (as close as possible and working outward from there) to the song Diva Dance from the movie The Fifth Element. I would particularly enjoy similar opera, if that exists. Be sure to recommend groups/bands/singers and, if possible, specific songs as examples. Here is the Diva Dance video for comparison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0qy3JHz6X0 Thank you very much!
posted by Nox on May 18, 2009 - 9 answers

I'm looking for "a capella" but not the college barbershop type. Examples would be Bjork's Medulla and Camille's Le Fil. [more inside]
posted by vaguelyweird on Feb 17, 2009 - 32 answers

If I love Duke Ellington and John Coltrane's "In a Sentimental Mood," what other jazz songs should I seek? [more inside]
posted by grrarrgh00 on Feb 9, 2009 - 11 answers

Any recommendations for an inexpensive (but not cheap) classical guitar? I'm looking in the $150-$250 range here. [more inside]
posted by littlerobothead on Jan 2, 2009 - 9 answers

How do I get into noise music? I like early Sonic Youth, late Tarentel, am very well versed in grind and brutal hardcore, like Team Brick, don't like Oren Ambarchi. I prefer shrieking feedback to long drones, distorted guitars to electronic instruments, beats to no beats. I think I prefer the specific to the abstract. For example, I don't understand minimal techno. [more inside]
posted by maryrosecook on Nov 19, 2008 - 26 answers

Best alternative-music podcasts in Western Europe and Latin America? [more inside]
posted by apollo3000 on Nov 6, 2008 - 4 answers

Another "specific music recommendations" thread. [more inside]
posted by LSK on Oct 21, 2008 - 6 answers

MusicFilter: Mrs. Billtron would like more music like the opening song from HBO's True Blood, "Bad Things" by Jace Everett. She likes the sound of Chris Isaak and Junior Brown, which are the closest things in our mp3 collection, but misses the spooky vampire and warewolve ambience of the theme song. Any suggestions? Suggestions should err on the side of New Orleans rather than Nashville, since she just got back from Louisiana and really misses it.

PS I am really enjoying reading Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale at the moment.
posted by billtron on Oct 11, 2008 - 7 answers

Three somewhat specific music recommendation requests. [more inside]
posted by LSK on Sep 12, 2008 - 11 answers

Music recommendations in a very particular vein (well, maybe two): 1. Do Make Say Think and A Silver Mt. Zion collide in a near-fatal accident, the honorable Steve Reich presiding. What (band) results from this impossibly gorgeous union? 2. Rachel's is exquisitely beautiful, yet I've found nothing in the world like them. Is there anything, anywhere at all, that manages to sound something like Rachel's and something like Arovane's "Tides" album? I think it would blow my mind... If it isn't immediately obvious, I like post-rock with purpose, and BEATS. If you can't answer either question, throw me something exciting and intriguing in that vein worth checking out :) [more inside]
posted by dmaterialized on Aug 18, 2008 - 48 answers

Similar-in-style songs to Christina Aguilera's Candyman? I'm helping plan a wedding dance list, and this modern boogie is a lot of fun, but I don't want to be the one that drops "he makes my cherry pop" into this particular dance hall. In other words, it should be clean too. [more inside]
posted by artifarce on Jul 20, 2008 - 12 answers

I fell in love with "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches all over again this week. Can you recommend similar songs or artists, particularly with that amusing juxtaposition of voice samples as part of the track? [more inside]
posted by Bakuun on Jun 8, 2008 - 26 answers

A rap education for an picky atheist feminist weaned on indie, punk and new wave - primarily music but books/essays would be good too. [more inside]
posted by carbide on Apr 25, 2008 - 76 answers

LOS ANGELES LOCAL BANDS, recommend me. [more inside]
posted by klangklangston on Apr 24, 2008 - 21 answers

I love listening to the groaning music of Mark Morgan (the Fallout soundtracks) and Lustmord (dark, dark ambient) while I read. I've been trying to find some similar music, but last.fm insists that Mark Morgan is like all other game soundtrack composers and Lustmord is akin to gothic wailing*. So I turn to you. What other artists make music with this grinding, eerie, screetchingly dark post-apocalyptic quality? * Nothing wrong with gothic wailing, just not when I'm reading.
posted by Skyanth on Mar 27, 2008 - 19 answers

Help introduce me to new indie music and any blogs that cover them. [more inside]
posted by phyrewerx on Mar 25, 2008 - 24 answers

Suggest some mood enhancing music. I find music to be therapeutic, especially after a long day, when I need to keep going. An ideal example would be Frank Sinatra's "That's Life". [more inside]
posted by stashdot on Mar 23, 2008 - 26 answers

Ms Monkey and I are getting married in the fall. Current plan is to walk down the aisle together. What are some songs about monkeys we can walk to? [more inside]
posted by FlyingMonkey on Mar 13, 2008 - 66 answers

Bass Amp Filter: 2 x 10 or 1 x 15? [more inside]
posted by IZ on Feb 13, 2008 - 20 answers

I'm looking for recommendations for books, movies and even music that might be relevant for a group of middle school (7th & 8th grade, ages 12-14) kids who are going to Rome over spring break. [more inside]
posted by bjennings on Feb 3, 2008 - 8 answers

I'd like to get a little more into dub and acquire some albums. I like what I understand to be the more typical kind of tracks: long, rumbly instrumentals and would prefer to largely avoid anything with predominant vocals. Does anyone have any particular albums or artists to recommend? Compilations are a-okay. [more inside]
posted by picea on Jan 30, 2008 - 18 answers

Jazz-heads - help me fill out my Xmas wish-list. Especially seeking those with rec's for (say) quartets to octets featuring Baritone Sax, Trombone, and/or strong and prominent rhythm sections. [more inside]
posted by Ufez Jones on Dec 2, 2007 - 17 answers

I've been listening to Johnny Cash's American V and it is breaking my heart. I'm in a wallowing mood and looking for other such raw emotional songs that are relatively simple (not a lot of instruments). Any genre. [more inside]
posted by beautifulcheese on Nov 28, 2007 - 57 answers

Help me find more music like Flight of the Conchords and Tenacious D. [more inside]
posted by brain_drain on Sep 20, 2007 - 33 answers

Name some good online sources for recommendations and also reviews of recorded performances of classical music. [more inside]
posted by Gyan on Aug 2, 2007 - 4 answers

Jazzy electronic music recommendations? I'm thinking of Squarepusher, some Tortoise, etc. [more inside]
posted by electric_counterpoint on Jul 24, 2007 - 49 answers

Do recommend me music like Aïcha by Khaled. [more inside]
posted by jouke on Jul 24, 2007 - 6 answers

Can you recommend a voice teacher in the Bay Area? [more inside]
posted by scrump on Jul 2, 2007 - 5 answers

I'm going to London for the first time in years for the week of July 8-15. What are some good venues for seeing good, local bands? [more inside]
posted by psmealey on Jun 30, 2007 - 9 answers

Help me find other artists in the more mellow Nick Cave / Leonard Cohen / Murder by Death vein? [more inside]
posted by maldrin on May 3, 2007 - 44 answers

I recently started listening to classical music, but my usual means of finding new albums (radio, friends, overheard-at-the-store, etc.) are somewhat ineffective. Need recommendations! [more inside]
posted by archagon on Feb 19, 2007 - 25 answers

I have a strange affection for the syrupy, slightly outdated, epic-sounding vocal pop of female singers like Eleni Vitali (Greece), Selda Bagcan (Turkey), Lata Mangeshkar (India), and the like. Who else would you recommend in this line? [more inside]
posted by mykescipark on Feb 11, 2007 - 7 answers

Got any band recommendations? [more inside]
posted by 53B3L1U5 on Dec 10, 2006 - 34 answers

It has come to my attention that my five year-old cousins do not have any Christmas music. Recommendations for fantastic albums, please! [more inside]
posted by Soliloquy on Dec 5, 2006 - 25 answers

Keep your eyes on the prize. Never give up. Fight until the end. This is the kind of positive message I'm looking for in music and in movies, and I'm asking for recommendations from the hivemind [more inside]
posted by dropkick on Nov 29, 2006 - 50 answers

Difficult Music Filter: Albums that take *ages* to get into [more inside]
posted by Lanark on Nov 15, 2006 - 87 answers

Help me with Bumbershoot... I need to figure out which day I should go, which bands to catch. [more inside]
posted by hatsix on Sep 1, 2006 - 15 answers

What are some good duets? [more inside]
posted by callmejay on Aug 18, 2006 - 43 answers

Feed me more enchanting musical masterpieces. [more inside]
posted by koenie on May 29, 2006 - 37 answers

I'm taking a holiday from around the 25th of July for 5 weeks to the UK, France and Germany. As well as doing plenty of sightseeing, I'd love to see some great live music by some bands/DJs that might not make it to Australia for a few years. Being in Melbourne, and having never been to the UK before, I have no idea about what source to go to, to find out what festivals or gigs by bands/DJs are coming up. Melburnians know to check their local street press, where do the Brits go to find out all their music news? Please recommend some great websites for news, reviews and schedules. Anything with an RSS feed would be awesome, but I'm not worried if it doesn't have one. A poke around in google found www.virtualfestivals.com which seems to be good for festivals, but not much for gigs. Not like the usual street press that I'm used to reading. I had the thought to go to Reading/Leeds Festivals or Creamfields, but I think they might already be sold out. I also have no idea where to buy tickets from. Are there major ticket agencies to head to? Is ebay a good option? Also, any thoughts, recommendations or live music experiences for festivals, gigs or venues are more than welcome! Thanks!
posted by snarkle on May 8, 2006 - 10 answers

I'd like some recommendations for opera music to be played at a funeral. [more inside]
posted by Rock Steady on Apr 26, 2006 - 24 answers

Music recommendations for someone who has grown up/apart from indie rock. [more inside]
posted by kmel on Apr 13, 2006 - 41 answers

Songs with Vocoders: I recently fell in love with "Middle Class Men" by Syd Matters, which features some beautiful vocals sung through some type of vocoder. [more inside]
posted by geekhorde on Feb 7, 2006 - 33 answers

Know any other songs like "El Matador" by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs? [more inside]
posted by exceptinsects on Feb 1, 2006 - 12 answers

I'd like some J-pop recommendations, please. [more inside]
posted by the_bone on Sep 18, 2005 - 30 answers