I’m watching “The real reason algorithms are bad for art” by Digging the greats and can’t remember the last time I asked real humans for recommendations for music. At one point, he is going around asking people of artists/albums that they recommend. I thought that was a cool idea. Then I thought, what if I asked lemmy/mastodon/ect and see what you all recommend?
Who is your favorite artist and what song/album would you recommend?
I’m looking to expand my horizons a bit.
I’ll start.
There’s a local band called the red coats. I think they only have one album. I can’t find a Bandcamp link but their music is here should you like to hear them. My wife and I saw them live at tiny little shops.
Hey that’s cool. I get my music from “all songs considered” (new music Friday), the NPR podcast.
Last thing I enjoyed was the new album “embers” by God is an astronaut.
Stephin Merritt is the greatest songwriter of my generation. My favorite song is “100,000 Fireflies” but another good one to start with is “All My Little Words”.
My favorite local band is Chicago’s Zapruder Point. The song that got me hooked was “You Are Not Your Own” but my favorite overall is the heartbreaking “Big Sister (I Never Had)”.
PSA: All the links I posted have their tracking info trimmed off, which is best practice when sharing links.
Over all Beethoven and his fifth piano concerto.
Bloodsport OST Paul Hertzog. Literally everything on this album is a masterpiece. If you haven’t zoned out to this album or watched the movie you’re doing yourself a disservice.
R.E.M. - Reckoning
The place where jangle lives.
Too many genres, artists, decades to choose one, I’ll pick one, hope you’ll enjoy. Cassius - The sound of violence
