OT: Good music others may not have heard of...

[Dave Ferris]

Originally Posted by jmeloy

Hey Dave, what part of St. Louis? My wife is the same age and is from Kirkwood.

Hi. My wife and I are both from Florissant. McCluer '71 . We met as juniors in HS there. My sis, her husband and kids still live in Ferguson. My wife's sis/husband and her mom are in Lake St. Louis. Almost all of my friends that were musicians either moved away or pretty much quit playing. Not a whole lot of options there for a musician other then playing in a bar. After a certain age, it's gets old...been there, done that. A lot of our old friends are in West County/Chesterfield area or over the river in Collinsville, Edwardsville, Fairview Heights and Belleville.

Really miss the stand up people, the Cardinals, lower cost of living and the less dense populated areas. The traffic gridlock scene gets pretty old here..However it would be hard for my wife and I to go back to live with the weather. We're WAY wimpy from being out here 33 years.

You can run or bike literally every day of the year...except a very few days where it's raining heavily. For running and biking there are two seasons--short sleeve (most of the time) and long sleeve.

[William]

Originally Posted by davidlee

Glad you like him William.
Scott Biram is one of my good friends, great person, fantastic guitar player, strong voice.. Ive toured all over the world with that guy and never get tired of watching his shows...

Very cool. I found him on Pandora while listening to The Black Keys station. When my heel starts tapping and my head starts bopping I know I have a winner.

I may have missed it previously, but you mentioned touring, what do you play?






William

[pcxmbfj]

I've used Spotify.com for a couple of years and they have several apps to find new music.

Music I like I download from a mp3 site.

My latest downloads are the new Bats for Lashes release "The Haunted Man", Cat Power, and Maximum Balloon's self-titled.

MB is a side project for TV on the Radio another group that may not be mainstream.

[Russell]

Here's a couple Baltimore bands I like, hon
Beach House
Wye Oak

[Tom]

www.kpig.com

Every now and then they play way too much Joni Mitchell or one called something like 'Looking for the Dolphins in the Sea' which actually sounds like the man singing it has terrible gastrointestinal discomfort but most of the time they play stuff all over the map that is actually really good music.

Where else would I have heard Ray Wylie Hubbard's latest, 'Mother Blues'?

[jimcav]

listening to some of these "new to me" like Isakov on my lunch break

anyway, 2 that i like:

sufjan stevens earlier stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EzeW5KoPUI

william fitzsimmons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctVf1...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_86...eature=related

[bikerboy337]

I'll second Beach House.... I'm a huge shoegaze fan and groups like Cocteau Twins, M83... this is really really good stuff...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfzFV...feature=relmfu

A fun one I found on NPR, Mariachi El Bronx.... their second album is awsome... hardcore punk band, doing "authentic" mariachi music in full gear.... lots of fun...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5YFj...eature=related

[Plum Hill]

For jazzpianoguy: check out: http://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com/ .

I've been listening to a Big Star compilation. Don't know how they got by me way back when.

[beeatnik]

I think you dudes would dig My Morning Jacket. Also, for anyone here who grew up with FM radio, if you can get past the production and think Stevie Nicks, check out, as mentioned above, Beach House. And, finally, for the dudes who rock the hard jams, Black Mountain and Grinderman (or any Nick Cave for that matter).

The new Sea and Cake is tasty, as well.

[Dave Ferris]

Originally Posted by Plum Hill

For jazzpianoguy: check out: http://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com/ ..

Yeah Greg got in touch with me right after drummer Steve Strayhorn passed away. I sent him some old Full Moon studio clips that I believe are on that site.

If you go to the * Where are they now* section--I'm the seventh guy down..
http://www.stlmusicyesterdays.com/Wh...they%20Now.htm

My old friend, drummer Dennis Martin and his wife Leanne, used to live out in Mascoutah.

[rounder]

Youtube is a great way to find new music -

Notting Hillbillys - When It Comes to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ppQ2_5WsY

Dan Tyminski and Ron Block - Man of Constant Sorrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2JDMkU53Bs

Grateful Dead - Me and My Uncle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1O-2UmTJ9s

Joni Mitchell - Me and My Uncle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp3lJg07u4w

[rbtmcardle]

Sam Cooke. Bring it on home - live at the harlem club http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkLZ_pVwU3k

Chuck Mangione - chase the clouds away - live at the Hollywood bowl - an incredible performance / album - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysogGu8oS2U

Puccini - O Mio Babbino - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9OTShQ_rc

Diana Krall - A Case of You (Joni Mitchell cover) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12IOjYadxDs

[COYO1]

The Devil Makes Three:
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-de...-53da97b5.html

Old Crow Medicine Show:
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/old-cr...-13d2b139.html

enjoy

[pcxmbfj]

Django Django-"Django Django"

First album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDjpOrlfh0Y

[559Rando]

I'll try to flesh this posting out when I'm at home and can add links. Music is huge for me. I have some muzak on my Tumblr (thatdarndaniel.tumblr.com)

Originally Posted by slidey

2. The Troggs - Wild Thing (http://youtu.be/gwRrXjWgkaY)
(snip)
5. Explosions in the Sky (everything)
(snip)
6. Bob Dylan - http://youtu.be/qKOG3yRYoaQ
(snip)
8. Rolling Stones - [snip]
9. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Crazy Life (http://youtu.be/KqZ4FZHEZAI)

Troggs are great and fly under the radar. Explosions are cool listening, and were really doing well for themselves for a while, but I haven't followed them lately.
The other three (Dylan, Stone and Toad the Wet Sprocket) are/were very popular and mainstream Toad, less so. At least since their heyday in the 90s :-)

Originally Posted by mike p

Snow Patrol. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxLta...e_gdata_player
(snip)
Dawes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Frc...e_gdata_player
(snip)
Ray Lamontange. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25Zj...e_gdata_player

I don't mean to stay on a divisive rant, but Snow Patrol and Ray Lamontange are just so....boring! I thought Dawes was OK!

Originally Posted by buldogge

Billy Bragg (prefer solo)
Nick Cave
Neko Case

Yeah! Good stuff! So much good stuff from Bragg. As Conan O'Brien said, the man is one of England's national treasures!

Originally Posted by jazzpianoguy

Dave here from Glendale, Ca. I'm 59. Mostly a runner who crosstrains on mountain and road. (snip)

Dave from Glendale, what a thoughtful and beautiful post.

Originally Posted by jimcav

sufjan stevens earlier stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EzeW5KoPUI

I had all but forgot early Sufjan. That was so good music. Fabulous stuff!

Originally Posted by beeatnik

The new Sea and Cake is tasty, as well.

As is most of the Sea and Cake catalog (and side projects and solo albums), IMO.

A few gems that I always come back to:

• The Zombies - their catalog is quite good, though they're really only known for a few hits during the British Invasion
  
• Colin Blunstone - 'One Year' is a phenominal album. Blunstone was the Zombies front man, One Year his solo debut and it's 70s rock meets classical, heavy on the classical.
  
• Hem - Haughingly beautiful, 'American' music. I'm especially fond of their debut, 'Rabbit Songs', probably for emotional reasons, but all of their albums are great and I think most would say the later stuff is even better.
  
• Goldmund - Minimilist piano music. Great background or meditative stuff.
  
• HUM - Brilliant 90s space rock with thick noisy guitars
  
• Jellyfish - 90s retroband mixes The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Queen and AC/DC. I wish they took themselves more seriously. Spilt Milk is a great album.
  
• Ida - One of the bands I'll never tire of. The later work is easier to get into. Great boy/girl harmonies, mellow, great musicianship.