I accept your challenge, your plan seems to be working -at least temporarily.
All NEWish artists here and I'll be dissapointed if you've heard of any of them.
1 As I mentioned before, Yeasayer. They do these brilliant psychadelic, world music inspired dance-rock tunes. Check them out.
2 Raphael Saadiq. Having suddenly become a huge Motown fan. I think this guy is a legend. Saw him on Later With Jools Holland, like most of the new music I discover*.
(If it's not on one of The Guardian blogs. As it happens when you start to become an adult, think you're middle class and support anything vaguely resembling what you almost understand as 'left wing' I've started reading The Guardian website)
*WARNING Parenthesis ahead.
3 Speaking of Motown and Jools Holland: Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears are also just as amazing.
4 The Phantom Band. I took up at least an hour of my time trying to retrace the steps of my last week that lead me to finding out this band so I could remember their name, so you can do me a favour by listening to them. It's kind of sampley, krautrock inspired dreamy, dark folk rock. From Glasgow like a lot of good new bands nowadays.
5 Not technically a new band but getting increasingly less obscure. I was actually told about them forever ago but only recently took an active interest in them: Animal Collective. Hard to describe their sound; summery, experimental shoutiness doesn't quite capture it really. They're from Brooklyn NY again like a lot of new artists (Yeasayer, Bat for Lashes....).
Notable not-so-recent artists you probably don't know (but tell me if you do): Tom Waits, Wilson Pickett, Blonde Redhead, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, Commadores, Dick Dale, Jamie T, The Meters, Paul Simon, Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrman, TV on the Radio.... I'm too tired to go on.
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HAH. I HAVE HEARD OF ANIMAL COLLECTIVE.
Vaguely :D
The others not a clue though lol! I can’t say that Phantom is my style, listening to it. I like the backing music, but his voice seems a little too... Untrilly for my taste xD This is why the majority of my music is synthed or very good female artists, I guess. I like the lyrics though!
HA I am now going to laugh at you because I have heard of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Animal Collective and I think I said I didn’t know Yeasayer in school but I do. I just needed to see it written down :L.
But I only know them all in passing so it’s still a very good list. You are the only person to give me pretty much all new bands :). I knew I could rely on you.
Really glad you pointed out Yeasayer cause I already love them after one song. Enough said.
Raphael Saadiq. My first comment has to be about his glasses :P THEY ROCK. Not normally into motown but I don’t find him as cringily cheesy as normal.
Saw Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears on Jules. I like them but I feel they are a bit samey. I cant tell the difference between any of their songs :L. But I could say that about Bat for Lashes and I adore her (BTW she is not from NY she’s from Brighton :L. 100% British). I must say I like Get Yo Shit.
The Phantom Band although a little alarmed at the title of one of their songs “I Like My Hole” after listening to them I am pleasantly surprised. Noah and the Whale instantly came to mind although not as folky. Its weird to hear the Scottish accent mixed in lol.
Animal Collective … Like. Its like medolic, techno folk-pop :P. Modern instruments but the songs almost feel old.
Only know Sonic Youth & Jamie T from the list.
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Annoyed and but also a bit pleased you've heard of some of these.
What does 'untrilly' mean?
Bat for Lashes lived in New York for a while and wrote some songs there but she recently moved back to her homestead at Brighton so I wasn't really right there.
I also said Raphael Saadiq was Motown but it's actually a bit more kind of retro soul. He did a song with Stevie Wonder that got some airplay and has worked with Jay Z.
And yes his glasses rock.
I guess when I get into certain genres, I don't really care if it sounds samey sometimes
I haven't thought of 'I Like My Hole' that way. Sick.
And that's a good discription of Animal Collective.
This list that took me quite a while to do I thank you for reading and listening. x
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