I apologise in advance...

[METALMAN]

eh yeah basically just looking for some new music to listen to. And now with the wonder of Spotify I can check it before I get it too. Wonderful.

Anyway I'd welcome any sort of recommendations from anyone, any genre and from anytime.

Particular things I'd like to hear more of are:

British/Celtic Folk/Folk Rock

Americana

Post-Rock

Ambient

Alternative Country

Orchestral stuff

Some psychedelic but not total naff stuff

jangly rock stuff

folk/folk rock in general

scary ambient music. Like side two of Bowie's "Heroes" but scarier.

Any instrumental jazz

Electronic jazz

Jazz fusion

Husker Du kind of stuff

wussy indie pop. Belle & Sebastian for example.

epic post-rock

jazz music with piano at the epicentre

music with trombone

music with rotary/hammond/rhodes organ

art rock...anything from Roxy Music to...Art Brut(?)

good punk music. Not pop-punk. I've had enough of Green Day, blink-182, Offspring, New Found Glory to last a lifetime. Not rubbish punk either.

jerky post-punk. gang of four/talking heads etc.

hick music

...or anything really. thanking you!

Edited June 10, 2009 by metalman

[YI]

A Big Yes And A Small No - http://www.myspace.com/abigyesandasmallno

Efterklang - http://www.myspace.com/efterklang

Slow Club - http://www.myspace.com/slowclub

Zoey Van Goey - http://www.myspace.com/zoeyvangoey

The Motet - http://www.myspace.com/themotetmusic

Kyte - http://www.myspace.com/kyteband

The Low Anthem - http://www.myspace.com/lowanthem

Lucero/Ben Nichols - http://www.myspace.com/lucero (his acoustic stuff, is bloody outstanding)

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - http://www.myspace.com/tokyoskanet

Dredg - http://www.myspace.com/dredg

Two Cow Garage - http://www.myspace.com/twocowgarage

Scott Reynolds And The Steaming Beast - http://www.myspace.com/steamingbeast

Diamond Watch Wrists - http://www.myspace.com/diamondwatchwrists

Owen - http://www.myspace.com/mybandowen

Brightblack Morning Light - http://www.myspace.com/brightblackmorninglight

Edited June 10, 2009 by YI

[ADG]

Ally Valentine - http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/ally.valentine

Anna Roland - http://www.archive.org/details/AnnaRolandAbandonedCities

Brad Sucks - http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/bradsucks

David Cloyd - http://www.myspace.com/davidcloydmusic

Deastro - http://www.myspace.com/deastro

EL Heath - http://www.myspace.com/elheathmusic

Evan Greer - http://www.myspace.com/evangreer

Gay Death Probe - http://www.myspace.com/gaydeathprobe

I'm From Barcelona - http://www.myspace.com/imfrombarcelona

Ingrid Michaelson - http://www.myspace.com/ingridmichaelson

Mark Gunnery - http://www.archive.org/details/MarkGunneryWhatYouSaid

Michael Celedon - http://www.myspace.com/michaelceledon

Pete and the Pirates - http://www.myspace.com/peteandthepirates

Secrets in Stereo - http://www.myspace.com/secretsinstereo

Snailhouse - http://www.myspace.com/snailhouse

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - http://www.myspace.com/boris

Talk Less, Say More - http://www.myspace.com/talklesssaymore

The 100th Monkey - http://www.myspace.com/100thmonkeyband

The Satellite Nation - http://www.myspace.com/thesatellitenation

The Spinto Band - http://www.myspace.com/thespintoband

We Show Up On Radar - http://www.myspace.com/wsuor

[MalaCloudy Black]

Vince Mira - http://www.myspace.com/vincemira

[LittleDaniel]

Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution - http://www.myspace.com/banditsoftheacousticrevolution

Camera Obscura - http://www.myspace.com/cameraobscuraband

Man Man - http://www.myspace.com/wearemanman

The Men They Couldn't Hang - http://www.myspace.com/tmtch

The Minutemen - http://www.myspace.com/theminutemen

The World/Inferno Friendship Society - http://www.myspace.com/worldinferno

[Ignition]

GodSpeed You Black Emperor- post rock, instrumental, genius

65daysofstatic - Dance mixed with post rock. A lot of build up and big crashes.

Mono - The most amazing japanese band ever. Instrumental, nu-classical. Awesome - if in the right mood. Huge songs, with minutes of build up at a time, but amazing background music or thinking music.

[YI]

GodSpeed You Black Emperor- post rock, instrumental, genius

haha.

[ROC]

I'll give you some music...SLAYER. HIGH ON FIRE. THE ONE WITH THE ARMENIAN GUYS. THE ONE THAT SUCKS ASS. UHM...MACHINE HEAD!

[Lowerdeck]

Best I can think of for Jazz: Roy Hargrove Quintet

[viv menly]

I came across this guy the other day, I really like his music. Acoustic-y folk pop. Nice.

www.myspace.com/deluxerecordings

Hello all btw, just looking around the forum, seems pretty cool!

Edited June 14, 2009 by viv menly

[Ignition]

whats wrong with godspeed you black emporer YI? From what he's posted, I think he'd like them.

[YI]

They're shit. And the reason it got a "haha" is earlier that same day/or a day or so before, can't really remember, me and Metalman were actually talking about how shit Godspeed are. They're absolutely dull as fuck.

[Nerf]

Metalman and I*

Also, Tangerine Dream. If you don't like them, you're a gay.

[livid]

The band Sleep Sun is pretty good; been listening to them a lot lately.

[VerbalPuke]

"good punk music. Not pop-punk. I've had enough of Green Day, blink-182, Offspring, New Found Glory to last a lifetime. Not rubbish punk either."

What is rubbish punk exactly? I could probably help but don't want to give you "rubbish".

"jerky post-punk. gang of four/talking heads etc." - The Stranglers, Suburban Lawns, Swell Maps, The False Prophets, Pere Ubu (technically not post punk, but sort of fall into this category), Television (same as Pere Ubu, not post punk but sound similar to what you described). There are a couple of compilations called "Rough Trade Shops" that have are dedicated to post punk, as well as the "URGH! A Music War" set of live shows. Actually, the Urgh! A Music War can be found on youtube.

[METALMAN]

Sorry I haven't got back to you before this. All these suggestions look interesting and I definitely look forward to delving into them! (Y)

Oh and as for Godspeed!, I must admit not to liking them very much at all(although considering how fickle I am that could well change ) but I can certainly understand why other people might like them, so each to their own, eh?

I'll definitely check out your other suggestions when I get the time though Ignition. Mono in particular sounds fantastic.

Just a pity that every time I seem to post one of these "i've got loads of spare time to listen to music" threads I start to get a life again and don't have any time to check it out. >_>

Edited June 21, 2009 by metalman