Tell me what you have found to be good new music.

Artist: Fleet Foxes
Song: "Montezuma"
Year: 2011
Genre: neo-electric folk/"bearded hipster music"

 

I'll second Durand Jones & the Indications.

 

Go to Google and search "best albums of 2010" and "2011", etc. Google will pull up album covers, names and genres of 20-30 of the most critically acclaimed albums of each given year. Sample the ones that look interesting to you (or all of them) on Spotify. If you dig something, listen to the whole record. If you like the whole record, listen to more albums by the same artist. If you like those, click on the "Fans Also Like" section on Spotify to see other artists that appeal to the same listeners. Check those artists out. Lather, rinse, repeat.

I never understand when people on this forum talk about how much of a hassle it is to find new music. It's extremely easy, in my opinion. $10 a month for Spotify, access to Google and you're off to the races. You just actually have to listen to stuff and let your curiosity lead you.

What is something you have heard this decade that you enjoyed? There must be something. Start there and expand outwards.

 

The newish bands I like seem to have a retro sound.

Midlake - trials of van occupanther

Tame Impala - lonerism

Ray Lamontage - ourboros

Ty Segall - manipulator

Sufjan Stevens - illinois

 

That Midlake album is such a gem. I’ve liked what they’ve done since okay, but they haven’t matched that one yet.

 

2019 - Death and Vanilla, Jane Weaver, etc, see signature, always great music out there in my experience ... listening on repeat to some Brian Jonestown Masscare from the 90s right now, Thank God for Mental Illness, but before that it was the great Shadow People by The Limiñanas from last year ... The Limiñanas - Shadow People (2018 mix of psych, shoegaze, garage, and yé-yé )

 

For me
Nick cave and the bad seeds
- skeleton tree
- push the sky away

Joe jackson
- fool
- fast forward

Devin Townsend
- epicloud
- empath

Rival sons
- feral roots
- hollow bones

Iron maiden
- book of souls

Wilco
- the whole love
- schmilco

Cold chisel
- no plans
- the perfect crime

Madness
- norton folgate

Leonard cohen
- you want it darker

 

Rolling Blackouts CF. Get it all.

 

Yea, forgot that.
Helplessness blues - fleet foxes, excellent album

 

About 18 months ago, I came across this track wafting from the supermarket speakers and managed to Shazam it.



(track proper starts 1:24 in)

The first Broken Bells album, from 2010, studio genius Danger Mouse teaming up with Shins vocalist par excellence James Mercer. I can't enough of it. Sounds like they threw all of pop/rock history into a blender, and pressed the 'Pet Sounds' button. Tossed a couple mariachi horn samples in for good measure.

 

One more Broken Bells. So addictive...

 

Artist: The New Pornographers
Song: "High Ticket Attractions"
Year: 2017
Genre: power pop

 

I assume the new album from Alabama Shakes lead singer Brittany Howard will be 'good new music'!!

 

Artist: Churches
Song: "Graffiti"
Year: 2018
Genre: 80s-inspired synth/dance pop

 

I saw them last month... so much fun, love them.

 

Jose James - "While You Were Sleeping":



Sounds kind of like an updated Shuggie Otis (musically speaking).

 

Tom Petty: Highway Companion - 2006
With Heartbreakers: Mojo - 2010

 

Here's one track from Low's The Invisible Way:

 

I like the Lemon Twigs' Do Hollywood album, but like this live performance even more: