Salamu alaykum
 

Hi. Last.fm has apparently reached the limit of its usefulness in finding new music so I have come here. It can only do so much with overly broad genres, when you like free jazz you can get anything from Coltrane to Naked City. I mean, I like Coltrane and Naked City, but when you get into meaningless labels like "indie" or "avant-garde" it just becomes impractical to sift through the duds.

Hail Satan.

Welcome to the ranks of Music Banter! I have a question; what time period do the majority of your favorite songs tend to come from?

I never really thought about it before but I think the majority are actually fairly recent. Within the last 10 years at least. Drone didn't really exist in the 50s I guess.

I think you'd really like the sixties (but then again, I try to get everyone into the sixties :laughing:).

Anyway, here's a drone song written in the 1940s, and performed in the 1960s:

I really never expected to see something like that. That's like... metal from the 1800s or something to me.

The 60s were a great time for music though. Bert Jansch, Bob Dylan, Sun Ra, The Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, Charles Manson, I think King Crimson and Townes Van Zandt got some albums in there before the end. Good times.

I feel you. I gave up on last.fm when it suggested Azealia Banks, claming she was highly similar to Bjork and iamamiwhoami.

...How do you remember your username to log in?

...At least I have a name..

Nameless joined before you did, so they should be welcoming you! :laughing:

Welcome to MB.

Last.fm has given me some goods recs for more simple things, but I could see why it'd fail with what you're looking for. You might find Rateyourmusic more useful in that aspect. Nice taste, btw.