The "I Have No Idea Who The Hell That Is" thread

[clutnuckle]

Portishead, Ghost Mice, LCD Soundsystem, and a great deal of Talking Heads material (if you're anything like me, you'll like some of their songs on an album and despise the rest, so expanding your horizons on them is your best bet).

With every fiber of your being, avoid The Unicorns!

[dankrsta]

@Stone Birds

Hatfield and the North keeps popping up as a recommendation on my last.fm, because I have a lot of Henry Cow plays. All I know is that it's a progressive, jazz-rock band from Canterbury scene. I haven't listened to it yet, but I youtubed some of their songs and I have a feeling I wouldn't like it.

[Charlemagne]

Go for Ghost Mice! Really great stuff there, actually anything Chris Clavin is involved in is awesome. Then I would also recommend Mumford & Sons and Wintersleep two very solid bands.

[Guybrush]

Originally Posted by dankrsta

@Stone Birds

Hatfield and the North keeps popping up as a recommendation on my last.fm, because I have a lot of Henry Cow plays. All I know is that it's a progressive, jazz-rock band from Canterbury scene. I haven't listened to it yet, but I youtubed some of their songs and I have a feeling I wouldn't like it.

Hatfield and the North is a pretty integral band from the Canterbury as their two studio albums are some of the finest to ever emerge from the scene. Richard Sinclair who was previously in Caravan had, along with keyboardist Steve Miller, gotten more interested in exploring a jazzier sound. These influences are appearant on the Miller/Sinclair songs on Caravan's Waterloo Lily from 1972 .. After that album, they both left Caravan and Richard Sinclair formed Hatfield and the North a little later with Phil Miller (Steve Miller's brother), Pip Pyle and Dave Stewart.

They're jazzy, complex but catchy and melodic. In short, awesome

edit :

Richard Sinclair likes to write songs, for example Let's Eat (Real Soon) which was released as a single before their first studio album.



but the bulk of their stuff is instrumental ..



.. with occasional appearances by the "Northettes", the band's female trio who did angelic, boy choir-ish vocals (they are generally not regarded official band members).

[Jedey]

Originally Posted by Stone Birds

hey mods if there's a thread exactly like this delete mine

basically the thread title gives away the point of this thread, every single day i hear about hundreds of different bands or artists i have never heard, and obviously i can't listen to all of them so how in the world do i pick out the ones i won't end up regretting later? by asking someone about them of course!

just a few names i came across within an hour:
Renaissance
Sleepy Sun
Hatfield and the North
Mumford and sons
crystal castles
LCD Soundsystem
The Unicorns
Strawfoot
Wintersleep
Treepeople
Ghost Mice
Talking Heads
Portishead
Lulu

Everything you need to know about Lulu, she may have had more hits in England but I think this is all that made it in America.

To Sir With Love

[Flyingpig437]

Originally Posted by Stone Birds

hey mods if there's a thread exactly like this delete mine

basically the thread title gives away the point of this thread, every single day i hear about hundreds of different bands or artists i have never heard, and obviously i can't listen to all of them so how in the world do i pick out the ones i won't end up regretting later? by asking someone about them of course!

just a few names i came across within an hour:
Renaissance
Sleepy Sun
Hatfield and the North
Mumford and sons
crystal castles
LCD Soundsystem
The Unicorns
Strawfoot
Wintersleep
Treepeople
Ghost Mice
Talking Heads
Portishead
Lulu

not heard of most of them.
Hatfield and the north are o.k
Talking heads are highly recomended
and Lulu is just some silly showbiz type slapper who i seriously advise you to avoid listening to

[downwardspiral]

Man, The Jesus Lizard are sublime for sure. I should listen to them a lot more than I have.

Also to the original poster, Treepeople are amazing. They're Doug from Built To Spill's other band. Check out Just Kidding, absolute killer of an album.

Bands I hear a lot of but have never listened to/heard of before this forum:

Karnivool
Swans
Melt Banana

[dankrsta]

Originally Posted by downwardspiral

Swans
Melt Banana

Melt Banana is a crazy Japanese noise rock band.



As for Swans, I could talk about them all day. But if you haven't heard anything, I think a good place to start would be Children of God album, from 1987, because it still has the remains of that abrasive sound of their earlier period, but is more melodic and musically more developed, which is something they'll follow through the 90s.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by downwardspiral

Man, The Jesus Lizard are sublime for sure. I should listen to them a lot more than I have.

Haven't really heard any Jesus Lizard but I believe they formed from Scratch Acid who I loved. I think the vocalist and bassist both came from Scratch Acid.

[storymilo]

I'd make sure to check out Talking Heads and the Unicorns if I were you. Especially Talking Heads... god they're awesome.