Another recommend me some music based on the following artists thread

rlw

Alvin Brothers.  All the bases covered in one.  Check out the latest one - Common Ground

If you like a bit of Americana/alt-country style stuff also check out Rodney Crowell - pretty much any album contains some fabulous songs and really ace playing.  Early work is very country and latest is much more Americana - standouts are Diamonds & Dirt, Tarpaper Sky and The Outsider.

NervousJohn

Glossary. Deeply obscure but brilliant Americana.

Phil_aka_Pip

thecolourbox;41576" said:

Really old Blues and jazz records where they soudn like theyre recorded in a tin of Heinz beans

I have an EllPee on the Yazoo label entitled Guitar Wizards 1926-1935. Artists I recall from that compilation are Carl Martin, and Tampa Red. If you like Robert Johnson you might like these.

Iamnobody

John Spencer Blues Explosion

koneguitarist

rlw said:

Alvin Brothers.  All the bases covered in one.  Check out the latest one - Common Ground

If you like a bit of Americana/alt-country style stuff also check out Rodney Crowell - pretty much any album contains some fabulous songs and really ace playing.  Early work is very country and latest is much more Americana - standouts are Diamonds & Dirt, Tarpaper Sky and The Outsider.

Play a lot of Rodney Crowell on my Show, not so keen on Dave Alvin though. Try Irene Kelly, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Hayes Carll, and dig out some old Freddie King!

thecolourbox

Thank you everybody! Sorry been away from the thread for a while, but i am thinking of getting Spotify and adding a load of these bands into a new playlist on shuffle, then just letting it run and see what grabs me

koneguitarist

I am on spotify, and my band does playlists that we send to each other that we can all add or remove songs from, to form set lists of songs we want to do. Brilliant for discovering new artists.

10thumbs

Have only just discovered Beth Hart.

Sings this one to an audience of appreciative guitars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHch2KDaHjE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM2N4BeRkFE

robwright

Brendan Benson - great power pop songwriter

David Ford - fucking genius (and an antidote to 'polite' singer-songwriters!)

The Cardigans album 'Long Gone Before Daylight' - not a fan of the band generally but this is an amazing album!

Bernard Fanning - Powderfinger frontman - 2 great solo albums

thecolourbox

As a bit of an update, I've added most of the above artists to a "new music" playlist on Spotify, some interesting listening in there. Few comments on some of them so far, though I've not listened to them all enough to fully say of course

Hound Dog Taylor - brilliant, just brilliant. I can say no more

Beth Hart - Seems I've already heard her, on a Joe Bonamassa cd my dad insisted on having on in his car for weeks on end, I didn't really like her on that, her own stuff not really my thing either. 

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - I feel like I should like this but it just won't sit right with me. Guitar sounds are ok but all the recordings sound so dry, like what things sound like if you record direct to something without any room ambience whatsoever. I'm not keen on his voice either, I prefer higher register voices I think, and without the twang (that Beth Hart also seemed to have, a snarly twang)

Rodney Crowell - heard this kind of stuff a lot from my country loving uncle, not really doing it for me though he is a very good player

Black Angels - only one of theirs has come up on shuffle but it was awesome, very dirty sounding guitars but also ambient, a real good atmosphere going on

Circulus - they seem fun

Django Django - no thanks, bit synthy and like advert music for me

North Mississippi Allstars - sounds cool, very Seasick Steve but I won't hold that against them haha nice background music, again quite fun

Will keep going though as I'm determined to find something new (to me) that I like. 

EricTheWeary

Win on Hound Dog then! This is the iconic photo of his hand. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xWjoeLNcmQo/R-_nj_Ex7hI/AAAAAAAABM8/eR-V-U7My_4/s320/hound_dog_taylor.jpg

Moss

Matt Berry (It Crowd/Toast/Snuff Box)'s solo work is really nice - kind of psychedelic folk 

Moss

Also forgot - Father John Misty is a must listen

thecolourbox

EricTheWeary;688347" said:

Win on Hound Dog then! This is the iconic photo of his hand.



http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xWjoeLNcmQo/R-_nj_Ex7hI/AAAAAAAABM8/eR-V-U7My_4/s320/hound_dog_taylor.jpg

One of the most disturbing pictures I've ever seen...

Thanks guys am enjoying this project

EricTheWeary

I think it ran in his family, each Taylor had an extra finger.

thecolourbox

It was more disturbing because I had to stare at it for ages trying to work out what was wrong with the hand...

DarnWeight

thecolourbox said: ...
Velvet Underground & Lou Reed in general...

They're not exactly a new band, but if you love VU/Reed, there's an extremely good chance you'll love Yo La Tengo.  Start with the I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One LP from '97 and lose yourself in their back catalogue.

bingefeller

Moss said:

Matt Berry (It Crowd/Toast/Snuff Box)'s solo work is really nice - kind of psychedelic folk 

I'm a one track lover...

strumjoughlamps

The Bellrays
At the Drive In
Kerbdog
Love Battery
Jale

therooster

Hey mate

We have a lot of crossover in what we like so its possible you might like some of the following (as I do!):

The Vaccines

Gaslight Anthem

Powderfinger

Gary Clark Jr