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 on Oct 11, 2008 - 7 answers
Three somewhat specific music recommendation requests. [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 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 on Apr 25, 2008 - 76 answers
LOS ANGELES LOCAL BANDS, recommend me. [more inside]
posted 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 on Mar 27, 2008 - 19 answers
Help introduce me to new indie music and any blogs that cover them. [more inside]
posted 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 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 on Mar 13, 2008 - 66 answers
Bass Amp Filter: 2 x 10 or 1 x 15? [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 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 on Nov 28, 2007 - 57 answers
Help me find more music like Flight of the Conchords and Tenacious D. [more inside]
posted 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 on Aug 2, 2007 - 4 answers
Jazzy electronic music recommendations? I'm thinking of Squarepusher, some Tortoise, etc. [more inside]
posted on Jul 24, 2007 - 49 answers
Do recommend me music like Aïcha by Khaled. [more inside]
posted on Jul 24, 2007 - 6 answers
Can you recommend a voice teacher in the Bay Area? [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 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 on Feb 11, 2007 - 7 answers
Got any band recommendations? [more inside]
posted 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 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 on Nov 29, 2006 - 50 answers
Difficult Music Filter: Albums that take *ages* to get into [more inside]
posted 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 on Sep 1, 2006 - 15 answers
What are some good duets? [more inside]
posted on Aug 18, 2006 - 43 answers
Feed me more enchanting musical masterpieces. [more inside]
posted 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 on May 8, 2006 - 10 answers
I'd like some recommendations for opera music to be played at a funeral. [more inside]
posted on Apr 26, 2006 - 24 answers
Music recommendations for someone who has grown up/apart from indie rock. [more inside]
posted 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.
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posted on Feb 7, 2006 - 33 answers
Know any other songs like "El Matador" by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs? [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2006 - 12 answers
I'd like some J-pop recommendations, please. [more inside]
posted on Sep 18, 2005 - 30 answers
I will be in Venice during the first week of September, and would like recommendations for things to see during the Biennale. [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2005 - 5 answers
I'm looking for songs about gratitude/giving thanks. [more inside]
posted on May 18, 2005 - 32 answers
eurotrashfilter >> names of goofy europop/dance bands to put on the ipod and take to the gym? the kind you would never tell your friends about?
posted on Feb 10, 2005 - 35 answers
I absolutely heart Mark Mothersbaugh's "Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op" from the Life Aqautic Soundtrack. Does anybody make music like this?
Epic Bleep Bloop Lo-Fi Casio Dance Music?
posted on Feb 8, 2005 - 20 answers
In the past few days, I've discovered the Adagio from Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto. Which other themes are beautiful & memorable, from all music?
posted on Jan 15, 2005 - 33 answers
What MP3 blogs are you reading/listening to at the moment?
posted on Jan 9, 2005 - 15 answers
It's the last straw, I'm officially tapping my toes to U2's Vertigo, courtesy of Morning Comes Eccectic on KCRW, this has got to stop. My seraches for streaming MP3's has been a bust. I listen to Flaresound and SomaFM, but really would like to find some more organic music for here at work. Bossa Nova would be great. I've completely given up on streaming jazz, I can't find anything that isn't either smooth (gak!) or includes Sun Ra into the mix (beating a trombone to death with a live chicken, while perhaps having artistic merit, isn't good office music.)
Latin jazz? Be-bop? Brazillian music?
Only qualifiers. Must be 128K stream, must be web based, (I don't want traffic reports from Helsinki interrupting my Metafiltering) Anyone got any tips?
posted on Nov 24, 2004 - 15 answers
I am newly hooked on Kaki King. What other offbeat virtuoso(ish) acoustic guitarists in the same vein would you recommend (can be old or new, but with the same lighthearted spirit as KK)? Lip piercing optional.
posted on Nov 1, 2004 - 8 answers
HellFreezesOverFilter: I'm actually interested in finally giving electronica a chance. The only previous songs of the genre I've appreciated were tracks by Moby (esp. "Flower") and Fatboy Slim ("Going Out Of My Head") and the Avalanches ("Frontier Psychaitrist"). Most of you know my sensibilities well enough to make reccomendations. (for those who don't, here's an idea.) Fire away, kids.
posted on Oct 29, 2004 - 57 answers
I'm putting together a playlist for an election-results-watching party (Go Kerry!). Any recommendations for songs relating to the current administration?
So far, I've got: Ani DiFranco's 'Self Evident', Saul Williams' 'Pledge of Resistance' and Eminem's Mosh from the recent post. I know I've heard others, but can't seem to find them right now.
Any genre is OK, just curious as to how much I can find, my google-fu doesn't seem up to the task of finding political songs without too much stuff from the Vietnam era.
posted on Oct 26, 2004 - 40 answers
Trip Hop (or downtempo or whatever): I love Tricky, Massive Attack, Hooverphonic, Portishead, Laika, Lamb, Sneaker Pimps, Martina, etc. What other, new acts have a similar sort of dark, humid and metallic aftertaste?
posted on Sep 16, 2004 - 45 answers
I've been (intentionally) listening to some songs with pipe organs in them that sound like this [MP3, 0.8MB]. Can anyone recommend modern songs that happen to use these instruments? As in singing, perhaps blues/folk/indie, rather than centuries old church ditties. Thanks.
posted on Sep 5, 2004 - 17 answers
Finding music like other bands.... [+]
posted on Aug 12, 2004 - 10 answers
Help for my burgeoning interest in electronica/ambient? [Nope. There's no more inside. Don't even bother looking.]
posted on Jun 22, 2004 - 41 answers
Prog Rockers? It's safe to come out... even if only for a couple minutes. That's it, c'mon. I'm looking for people's opinions when it comes to "desert island" must-have progressive rock album classics from the 60's, 70's, and 80's. Can you recommend a few?
posted on Jun 22, 2004 - 35 answers
Three of my favorite bands (and three of the best live bands I've ever seen): Shotmaker [mp3s: 1 2 3], Sweep the Leg Johnny [1 2 3] and Rockets Red Glare [1 2 3]. What else would I like in this vein?
posted on Jun 21, 2004 - 16 answers
Are there any really, truly great bands? [more inside]
posted on Jun 17, 2004 - 88 answers
music type/genre question - the background track on this page from this site is wonderful stuff from a fellow named louis sclavis - while i like his stuff, i'm more interested in finding out what the specific style of the song used for the background track is? and if readers have any suggestions for more artists doing stuff in this style?
posted on May 13, 2004 - 9 answers
What's your favorite movie soundtrack album?
posted on Mar 27, 2004 - 90 answers
Recommendations for a good music lyrics search engine?
posted on Jan 14, 2004 - 12 answers
I'm looking to buy a music keyboard for up to £300. I basically want one that's as near to a proper piano as I can, but my needs are: 61 keys (preferably weighted), connectivity to a computer (therefore not much need for extra bells and whistles on the actual keyboard), touch sensitivity, option for pedal/sustain, and a really good array of spectacular sounds. Can anyone help with a make/model? I can't find anywhere that gives an unbiased view of buying a keyboard...
posted on Dec 26, 2003 - 10 answers
I read Pitchfork every day for their pretentious (yet current) album and single reviews, as well as their often well put together special editions (such as the current year-end edition). My question is this: are there any other webzines that cover underground music to the same extent that are worth a daily visit?
posted on Dec 22, 2003 - 11 answers
