I’m watching “The real reason algorithms are bad for art” by Digging the greats and can’t remember the last time I asked real humans for recommendations for music. At one point, he is going around asking people of artists/albums that they recommend. I thought that was a cool idea. Then I thought, what if I asked lemmy/mastodon/ect and see what you all recommend?
Who is your favorite artist and what song/album would you recommend?
I’m looking to expand my horizons a bit.
I’ll start.
There’s a local band called the red coats. I think they only have one album. I can’t find a Bandcamp link but their music is here should you like to hear them. My wife and I saw them live at tiny little shops.
You can never ever go wrong with the Miles Davis album, Kind of Blue.
An outstanding recommendation.
Cake - Pressure Chief
The flow from song to song on this album is near flawless. I think it is their most cohesive album, although they are all great. Motorcade of Generosity is a close second for me.
Comfort Eagle has some great songs but I agree, Pressure Chief has the best flow overall.
Never There is an amazing song.
Country Curious by Lola Kirke
Suffer in Heaven by Chelsea Grin
Hard Groove by The RH Factor
Empress Rising by Monolord
Old RockHounds Never Die by Odetta Hartman
Barefoot Surrender by Barefoot Surrender
Yours Until the War is Over by Amigo the Devil
Science Fiction by Church of the Cosmic Skull
Bilo IV by David Maxim Micic
Quiet World by Native Construct
More Power. More Pain. by Gideon
Here are some of my favorites in no particular order from no particular genre that aren’t generally well known as far as I am aware. I hope you enjoy some of them!
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Dire Straights, On Every Street.
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Picking a favorite artist is hard, but I recently got a CD for the For Squirrels album Example a few days ago. Absolutely in love with it, every single song on it. Especially the CD version of Mighty K.C., which feels like an extended version of what plays during the official music video on yt.
Can’t say who’s my favorite, but they’re definitely up there.
I dont have favorites but I’d recommend the following
The Gets/Gilberto album. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getz/Gilberto
Also Coltrane for lovers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltrane_for_Lovers
Bee Gee’s greatest hits https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_(Bee_Gees_album)
Also Thievery Corporation’s discography
And if you want hip hop I’d recommend BlackThought of the roots, MF DOOM, a tribe called quest and Nas…
Over all Beethoven and his fifth piano concerto.
Bloodsport OST Paul Hertzog. Literally everything on this album is a masterpiece. If you haven’t zoned out to this album or watched the movie you’re doing yourself a disservice.
The Sword band, and their second album Gods Of The Earth.
It is burned into my brain. Epic viking rock opera created by a garage band in Texas.
At this point in time.
David Bowie: Station to Station
Depeche Mode: Music for the Masses
The Beatles: Revolver
Bauhaus: In the Flat Field
Choosing a favorite is hard and it changes a lot for me. This time I’ll choose Porcupine Tree and recommend their album In Absentia.
The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Hotel California - The Eagles
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Boston - Boston
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Abbey Road - The BeatlesStephin Merritt is the greatest songwriter of my generation. My favorite song is “100,000 Fireflies” but another good one to start with is “All My Little Words”.
My favorite local band is Chicago’s Zapruder Point. The song that got me hooked was “You Are Not Your Own” but my favorite overall is the heartbreaking “Big Sister (I Never Had)”.
PSA: All the links I posted have their tracking info trimmed off, which is best practice when sharing links.
Black Sabbath, War Pigs.
The instrumental build up and the depressing message are absolutely brutal and an amazing glimpse into heavy metal’s origin.
I can hear the amazing intro to this song just from reading the title.
