A long weekend…

[guenievre]

Well, really it wasn’t that long. In fact, I wish it had been longer, as I didn’t get as much done as I planned, but enough thinking about that.

As I was blockaded in my sewing room for much of the weekend, I listened to a lot more music than usual. And as a confession? My music taste hasn’t really changed that much since, well, high school. This is kind of sad. Not to mention it was getting a bit repetitive…

So, people with better music taste than I, what should I be listening to that’s come out in the last 5-10 years, since I quit listening to the radio? My taste in music runs slightly angsty, leaning heavily on Tori Amos and Better than Ezra, but ranging as far as Disturbed/Korn/etc into the “harder” rock side of things… not so much into folksy, definitely not into country at ALL.

(And yes, I know about Pandora, but I’m hoping for more personal suggestions…)

Mirrored from Erminespot.

Comments

[pallasathene82.livejournal.com]

I second the Guster. I also recommend Maroon 5 and Jason Mraz. My Genius button also suggests John Mayer and OAR. Oh! And Snow Patrol! And Eve 6 if you want to do a little-more early-2000's punk. I also the somewhat more obscure Dexter Freeebish and Duncan Sheik. And Fiona Apple/Dar Williams/ Vienna Teng/Ani DiFranco/Tracy Chapman for singer-songwriters. Moxy Fruvous too if you like BNL. And on the rock front, Carbon Leaf (which is Celtic-based and coming to Cat's Cradle next week), and the Tragically Hip.

I've personally mostly gotten into folk/Celtic like Nickel Creek or the Wailin' Jennys or Hem.

I get my newish music from the online radio show "Radio Paradise" which plays lots of stuff, including Bob Marley and 70's Classic Rock and Singer-songwriters and indie bands.