What are your latest musical discoveries?

Mine:
Mates of State
Feist
Gunjan
Anoushka Shankar
Fridge
I am the World Trade Center
Midwest Prorduct
Clue to Kalo
The Hot Club of Cowtown

I've been telling anyone on DU who'll listen.

Her, and M.I.A. And for some good new new-wave ear candy, The Bravery.

That's about it for me this year.

Why does you ask?

You might like her.

at Matador.com.

I definitely hear some Feist in her voice, and a bit of Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth. There's also someone else she reminds me of, but I can't put my finger on it.

The music's not bad, either. I see the CD's out in January. I'll keep an eye out and...who knows?

Thanks for the tip, bif!

Ever check out allmusic.com? Great source for new music. You can type in someone like Feist and they have a bio, discography and a list of similar artists, which you can click on to go to their pages. It's excellent.

Time to bookmark it again!

You can bet money on it

It's titled The Greatest (NOT a greatest hits.)

Not that long ago?

Good taste you have.....

http://www.skeletonkey.org/skeleton-key/audio.html

Check them out - all of their songs rock but especially Sawdust and Barker of the Dupes

i listened to some tracks of theirs a while back, loved it - then saw that they were coming in concert. I told my friend, who never heard of them to go with me to the show. I wound up not going, he wound up going and said they were ridiculous musicians, insane. I still bitch about not going to that show. . . .

on edit: Skeleton Key is on the Ipecac label. Mike Patton's label. There is a ton of really good stuff on that label you should check out. Like Tomahawk, Fantomas, Moistboyz, Desert Sessions etc. Mike Patton is a genius.

Both are quite excellent.

Pretty much anything by her. But then, I'm almost exclusively into Middle Eastern and ME-flavored music right now.

I thank Amazon for my discovering her - it recommended "Just Another Diamond Day" after I'd bought Syd Barrett's solo stuff, & I thought "what the heck".

"Lookaftering"

Sezen Aksu - great Turkish pop classical singer

Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson - The Gentle Gator, a ballad album

historic recordings of Schubert's string quartets and quintets

Didn't care much for them before 'Z'.

I've become somewhat obsessed with their album "Philosophy of the World", especially the title track. It all began after I bought the book "Songs in the Key of Z". I can't begin to describe what it's like - so very, very, very wrong yet there's something wonderful driving it.

I've also fallen in love with The Langley Schools Music Project, again thanks to the book. WFMU has an mp3 of their version of Bowie's "Space Oddity":

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/BL/0511/im/21_-_Langley_Schools_Music_Project_-_Space_Oddity.mp3

"The backing arrangement is astounding. Coupled with the earnest if lugubrious vocal performance you have a piece of art that I couldn't have conceived of, even with half of Colombia's finest export products in.me." --David.Bowie

classic.

And they also clear my cocktail parties.

to hear children "sing"
It is wonderful. Particularly the version of "Desperado" And I also hate the Eagles. Go figure :)

It's a goup of 16 year old girls from Belgium. Pretty voices doing pop tunes--including some with some pretty raw lyrics.

Guys who used to be in maudlin of the Well. Nice, long compositions with jazz, metal and post-rock. New album Jan 10th.

not really a discovery per se I just really dig it. It's the first album I've bought in a loooong time.

Pelican = Heavy metal instrumentals (think something of a cross between Opeth and Liquid Tension Experiment)

Solefald = Experimental Viking metal

Just stand back and watch them overwhelm.

She's a French Canadian woman who sings and accompanies herself on a cello. I don't know what the heck genre you would call it -- the closest I have heard is Sinead O'Connor's early work
http://www.jorane.com/

I just listened to some her stuff. Hard to categorize, you're right.

A truly amazing jazz combo. They're somewhat in the free jazz vein, but generally keep a steady beat, and they often do covers of well known pop tunes. (eg the Macarena)

their Sex Mob Does Bond disc was tres cool.

I plan to get all their stuff, but Christmas is cramping up our budget for the time being.

Hopefully Santa Claus likes jazz.

The Boatmans Call. Listening to it over and over tonight.

and, of course, Great Aunt Ida.

Every time I get about 2 or 3 songs in and realize that I'd rather just be listening to Talking Heads.

If their lead singer could actually sing. I think they're waaaaaaay overrated. Sorry.

I'm sure I think some of your favourites can't sing, but that's life.

Punk bluegrass at its finest!

Well I'd obviously heard of him ages ago, but hadn't got round to buying any of his music.

I love the modernism of the French organ school, and also love the older German tradition of folk like Bach and Buxtehude - Reger in some senses marries them. He's German and use much of that style (Choral variations &c.), but builds into them some modernism.

This should keep me busy for a while.

My daughter goes to the same alternative high school that (Lesley) Feist graduated from. Thanks for letting me get that in!

Jupiter One
Dancing for Architecture
The Southland

Twentythree - what a fantastic album.

cross between bob dylan and the stones. he opened for susan tedeschi and he was so well received he will have his own gig at the same location

Stacie Rose
Hope 7
The Veronicas
The Like
Julie Gribble
Sufjan Stevens
Amy Rigby
Martha Wainwright
Brandi Carlile
Decemberists
Courtney Jaye
Eisley
Mary Gauthier
Brie Larson (she's a teen pop/rock artist that could last if given attention - I admit to really liking her music quite a bit)
Laura Veirs
Tristan Prettyman
Helen Love (fans of older punk should check her out - very cool music IMO)
Annie
Aslyn
Miss Mary
Hope Partlow (good now, but I'm listing her because her voice stands out - and with more songs like the driving "Crazy Summer Nights" and the charming "Like You Do," she'll get better)
Alexz Johnson
Go Betweens
Rogue Wave
All American Rejects
Metric
Josh Ritter
Mountain Goats
Miranda Lambert
Imogen Heap
Kate Bush (had heard of her, but not much from her before this year)
Jerra
Tegan And Sara

And a few more..

;-)

I'm always looking for new artists to enjoy. I'm constantly collecting, and should probably incorporate music into my career.

about the career thing. I'd love to be a talent scout for a recording company. Or a DJ on a local station. Unfortunately, our public radio station went from alternative, indie rock yesterday to all talk radio.

In these long lists, there's always one important one that I somehow overlook. :-(

I'll have to make a new artist only list - then everyone will be there.

their rock pop rox!

Great band from Houston that mixes Jam, Country, Rock, Southern Rock and even Texas Swing....

:P

great reverb.

Check 'em out if'n you like bluegrass and old timey music.

http://www.adrienneyoung.com/

http://www.uncleearl.net/homepage.htm

Good stuff.

:headbang:

I've rediscovered

PRONG - god they rule
Mercyful Fate - my alltime favorite metal band
Sonic Youth

It's a truly awful radio station that will have me falling over laughing when it plays things like... oh... a Christmas song, part in German, part in English (in the same sentence!) that describes someone setting their kitchen on fire, or "Just a Gigolo" in both languages. It's really horrid for the most part, but very entertaining.

..."The Moon & Antarctica" by Modest Mouse. By far their best album.

He even has a new CD out and everything. Get thee to Amazon, everyone.

I admit..I am smitten with the man, his personality and his music. MrG and I are going to take the kids in May when he comes. :hi:

As part of the Ann Arbor Folk Festival. If you've never seen her, it's well worth it. One of the best shows I've ever seen. I think it's on the 28th at the Ark.

I'll have to check that out. :hi:

Just to gather some more new musicians

I cant name these players yet but i am enjoying listening to smithsonian folk, and smithosian blues on msn radio station.

Never realized how awesome their new album is until about a week ago.

I can't believe I never heard them before.

I especially love their "Goodbye/And Goodbye/Whole Day" collaboration with guitarist Roy Montgomery, but all of their work is great (as is Montgomery's)

Gypsy Punks is my favorite album of the year.

Definitely one of the most interesting bands I've ever listened to.

just found it in my record collection. i have no idea where it came from,i never heard it before,and there`s one or two pops on the album....issued in 1969 or 70. the scruggs clan,baez,doc watson,dylan.byrds,morris bros. really a great album, it was the transformation album for earl who with his sons laid a cornerstone for country rock and roll

Just because it's such a great subject.

www.pandora.com

They play just about everything except for classical. You can tailor it to what you like. I've gotten to listen to the kind of music I like by artists I've never heard of.

Just like witches at Black Masses

http://www.dresdendolls.com/

Bands like:
X Japan (RIP, Hide)
Siam Shade
Malice Mizer
D'espairs Ray
Moi dis moix
Gackt
Luna Sea

Yes; I know it is MUCH too mainstream for most of you; but they just came out of the gate with a serious vengance. New drummer and an affilliation with Pantera has resulted in several hard rocking tracks with vestiges of Gary Cherone, Van Halen,Metalllica, Megadeth, and ZZTop. On one song Billy from ZZ plays and adds a wicked vocal. Another track is a tribute to Dimebag Darrell and includes one of his solos. A third, inspired by Metallica, is reminicent of the Black album or earlier. Of course I am in love with a fourth track because it speaks of a stripper and her boyfriend in a way many I know will find relatable and amusing. This album is guaranteed to stay in my CD/MP3 for quite some time......

Admittedly, I picked up his greatest hits CD after hearing he died, but I've really been enjoying it. Highly recommended.