As a "Rocker" you might check some of these more straight forward recent 'rock' LPs:
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (loud - all females)
SPOON - Gimme Fiction (new classic)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (very different than Elephant)
With your jazz bend:
Sam Prekop - Who's Your New Professor
Keren Ann - Nolita
For some great 'sounding' alternative/ Lo-Fi/ new-folk **:
Antony & The Johnson - I am A Bird Now (haunting voice if you can get away from thinking about Tiny Tim ! and aren't put off 'bout gender bending etc.)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Iron & Wine - Woman King (Jezebel sings out on my Kharmas - beautiful Lo-Fi sound !)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (real indie - a new Arcade Fire ? - Talking Heads influence to say the least)
Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Decemberists - Picaresque
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (its no Heartbreaker and should have been edited to one CD, but there are some alt.country songs among the 2 discs -- If you don't know Ryan, you definitey should pick up the Mobile Fidelity SACD version of 'Heartbreaker' -- Makes me realize how good SACD can be and why I bought my emmlabs gear)
Over the Rhine - Drunkard's Prayer
Elliott Smith (posthumous release From a Basement on the Hill)
Dears - No Cities Left (another famous Montreal band (besides Arcade Fire etc. -esp if you're a Smiths or Morrisey fan !!)
** Buy at your own risk ! Some you may either love or hate !!! All are critically acclaimed (if that means anything ???) And, they all to various degrees sound good or excellent on my system.
For some great exposure to the next IT alternative band etc. : Check out:
www.pitchforkmedia.com
www.cokemachineglow.com
www.metacritic.com (overall summary of print and 'net reviews of virtually all recent releases)
http://kcrw.com/show/mb (Nic Harcourt's Morning Becomes Eclectic -- with streaming video of in-studio concerts)
By the way, if you don't know The Arcade Fire, this is a band you should try to see live before they really get big (or die). David Byrne is one of their biggest fans and they are similarly big Talking Heads fans and heavily influenced by them. They have two CD's (demo EP and their only LP - Funeral). Neither are superb soundwise but listenable. More importantly, neither captures their sound live, when 6 of them plus friends start playing and swapping instruments (accordian, drums, violins etc.) Very theatrical ... alternative rock version of say watching the Blue Man Group.
Hope you find something here.
Regards,
Lawrence
BTW Good to see your back Fmpnd.
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (loud - all females)
SPOON - Gimme Fiction (new classic)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (very different than Elephant)
With your jazz bend:
Sam Prekop - Who's Your New Professor
Keren Ann - Nolita
For some great 'sounding' alternative/ Lo-Fi/ new-folk **:
Antony & The Johnson - I am A Bird Now (haunting voice if you can get away from thinking about Tiny Tim ! and aren't put off 'bout gender bending etc.)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Iron & Wine - Woman King (Jezebel sings out on my Kharmas - beautiful Lo-Fi sound !)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (real indie - a new Arcade Fire ? - Talking Heads influence to say the least)
Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Decemberists - Picaresque
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (its no Heartbreaker and should have been edited to one CD, but there are some alt.country songs among the 2 discs -- If you don't know Ryan, you definitey should pick up the Mobile Fidelity SACD version of 'Heartbreaker' -- Makes me realize how good SACD can be and why I bought my emmlabs gear)
Over the Rhine - Drunkard's Prayer
Elliott Smith (posthumous release From a Basement on the Hill)
Dears - No Cities Left (another famous Montreal band (besides Arcade Fire etc. -esp if you're a Smiths or Morrisey fan !!)
** Buy at your own risk ! Some you may either love or hate !!! All are critically acclaimed (if that means anything ???) And, they all to various degrees sound good or excellent on my system.
For some great exposure to the next IT alternative band etc. : Check out:
www.pitchforkmedia.com
www.cokemachineglow.com
www.metacritic.com (overall summary of print and 'net reviews of virtually all recent releases)
http://kcrw.com/show/mb (Nic Harcourt's Morning Becomes Eclectic -- with streaming video of in-studio concerts)
By the way, if you don't know The Arcade Fire, this is a band you should try to see live before they really get big (or die). David Byrne is one of their biggest fans and they are similarly big Talking Heads fans and heavily influenced by them. They have two CD's (demo EP and their only LP - Funeral). Neither are superb soundwise but listenable. More importantly, neither captures their sound live, when 6 of them plus friends start playing and swapping instruments (accordian, drums, violins etc.) Very theatrical ... alternative rock version of say watching the Blue Man Group.
Hope you find something here.
Regards,
Lawrence
BTW Good to see your back Fmpnd.