What's your latest musical discovery?

[bif]

Mine are:
Bliss
B.T.
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Fleet Foxes
and Jem

[Deep13]

1. I still can't play any instruments. nt

[Bake]

2. The theremin.

A really spooky instrument.

Bake

[KansDem]

4. I picked up one of these during Campaign2008

Democratic Stuff

[redqueen]

3. Detroit Social Club

[bif]

6. I think I've heard of them

What kind of music do they play?

[redqueen]

8. I'm bad at genres...

I guess it's blues/rock?

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=69552192

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. I found the Rush: Exit Stage Left CD I lost a couple months ago. Plus Contemporary Noise Quintet.

If one likes bitchin' jazz, like Don Ellis, the Contemporary Jazz Quintet is fantastic!

Just discovered them a few months ago.

[KansDem]

7. Johnny Hartman

YouTube

[bif]

9. The stuff he recorded with Coltrane are amazing

[KansDem]

12. I came by him quite serendipitously last summer...

Someone let me borrow a few CDs. I now play both him and John Coltrane along with the rest of my CD collection of jazz...

When the weekend rolls around, I pour myself a scotch and put on John and Johnny, and soon the wife and kids are a million miles away...

[Rambis]

10. Irish trad band Osna

http://www.osnamusic.com/members.html

[Bucky]

11. Those screaming flying monkeys

[ghostsofgiants]

13. No Age.

I'm at work, so sadly I am lacking in links.

[ACTION BASTARD]

14. Mine are:

~ Ronald Jenkees (You Tube musician done good)
~ Soilent Green - Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction
~ Kings Of Leon - Only by the night
~ TV on the Radio - Dear Science
~ Saturdays=Youth by M83
~ Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Perpetual Flame

[Initech]

15. Nothing new...

...but I've been digging out some gems from my collection that I forgot about like:

Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral, My Trial
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
John Lee Hooker - Hooker Box Set
Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

[XemaSab]

16. Shearwater

http://www.shearwatermusic.com/

Perfect accompaniment to

http://www.shearwaterjourneys.com/

[bif]

17. Lots of music to look into!

[bif]

18. Shearrwatter is excellent by the way

Thanks for the tip

[rcrush]

19. Xandria

I think its goth metal or something like that. But I like women singers like her and that chick from Evanescence.


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

[gmoney]

20. Pandora.com

It's great for discovering new stuff in a similar vein to music you already like.

Check out the the canadian band, Stars, too

[rcrush]

21. Pandora rocks.

I use it to fall asleep to every night with some acoustic ambient mix stations lol.

[bif]

22. allmusic.com is an excellent resource too

[mvd]

23. Great calls on Grace Potter and Fleet Foxes

I think I'd like Jem, too, but I'll have to hear more.

Some other new discoveries from this year:

James McMurtry
Karmina
She & Him
All Girl Summer Fun Band
Cara Luft
Laura Marling
The Love Willows
Marie Digby
Duffy
The Submarines
Francisca London
Rosi Golan
Katy Petty
Uh Huh Her
Meiko
Lauren Harris
The Bridges
Maggie Walters
Lenka

[bif]

26. Hey there!

Once again, we have similar taste in music. Duffy is quite cool. Have you heard Adele?

[mvd]

27. Yes - I'll try her out due to your recommendation

:hi:

[Yukari Yakumo]

24. Mech

They sound a lot like Ozzy.

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

[enigmatic]

25. Precious Taft!

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/stairway-to-stardom-precious-taft.html

[mzteris]

28. Vitamin String Quartet

They play orchestrated versions of popular rock songs. No - NOT like "muzak" at all. More like Transiberian Orchestra kinda sorta.

Anyway, it's cool. My 15 yo "punk" son likes it. Especially to dance ballet to.