Name a group, band, artist, or track you're really into right now
I'm about to take a long flight and am looking to expand my music library.
EDIT: Thanks so much, everyone! I've got 10.5 hours of music on my new playlist thanks to you all!
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. About to release their 27th album and have covered pretty much every genre so no matter what you like, there's probably a record for you. My favorite is the Flying Yellow Microtonal Banana, full of great tracks, but Billabong Valley has broad appeal.
King gizzard are exceptional, only downside is that it can be a little intimidating with 27 studio albums to choose from for a first listener! Honestly a good method to pick based on what you like is from their album covers, they do a pretty good job summing up what it'll sound like imo.
The other way to navigate it is if you get into the storyline of the Gizzverse, the fictional universe that is referenced throughout their songs, but not in chronological order. Trying to piece it together has encouraged me to branch out and listen to albums I otherwise might have ignored.
I love KGLW but I don't like the microtonal stuff.
To each their own. That's part of what makes KGLW so fascinating. They're a band that two people with very different musical tastes can both love equally!
Propagandhi - At Peace https://youtu.be/CDhTf3eaeoM
I was about to suggest this, can’t wait for the album
And if you want John K Samson doing indie rock with alt-country influence, the Weakerthans are fantastic. I highly recommend listening to Reconstruction Site straight through.
His solo stuff is great as well.
MF DOOM
Such a vast discog, love the King Geedorah record
"Ask anyone" is a good track about him by lice (Aesop Rock and homeboy sandman).
Machinae Supremacy - Sidology 3 -- metal covers of songs from old video games actually also using a SID chip.
Sleep Token. New album coming soon too.
Hump Back - 「番狂わせ」(Upset)
/watch?v=zlcn57wdr9E- Will likely have to watch it through Invidious or a VPN with an exit node in Japan, afaik it region locked to Japan only... ;-;The band was somewhat recently featured on Bocchi the Rock with one of the scenes in the linked video being adapted into the cover page.
*Track from their newer album:
「がらくた讃歌」(Ode to Trash)
/watch?v=XtuzSsFWKikThe Rumjacks. Irish punk / rock / folk and very good.
The original singer had some issues, and was replaced by another singer with a great voice :)
Glass Beams
Khruangbin
I can feel Khruangbin lower my stress within 10 seconds.
Yup. Very few bad songs too. They’re consistently great. Zionsville is my current high water mark for them. Just gorgeous. I never saw the appeal of the pedal steel guitar until that song.
This music video is my favorite piece of art in general too, be sure to read the description of the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjQSSYOTXzk
I don't think I've heard that, gonna check it out. I really like all the stuff they did with Leon Bridges, I wasn't ever really a fan of that type of like country/r&b or what ever it is until then, but damn those albums/EPs are great.
I tried to go see them open for Toro y Moi one time, and Toro cancelled so it was just them for the whole set and they started just doing hip-hop covers in their style to extend their set and it was hands down one of the best shows I've ever been to.
Oh nevermind! Zionsville is on my favorite album they've done. I don't know the track names because I usually just throw on a whole album at once
This will likely be my favorite for a long long time. Just so relaxing.
https://open.spotify.com/track/3hpvCB2XjiN6RVedOQ2437
All the music on the show Letterkenny is amazing and whoever curated that is a genius. I especially like Peaches, Fuck The Pain Away.
https://youtu.be/3cV6pnvCVM4
From what I know, Keeso himself is the guy.
Agreed, some of the best music selection for a show of all time.
Don't sleep on the Shoresy soundtrack either.
I haven't gotten to Shoresy yet but yes I hear that. Keeso is a gem, should be on stamps. His performances are just meticulously crafted.
Oh man, Letterkenny walked so Shoresy could run. You're in for a treat.
Also I LOVE that they used French Canadian music on the show! It's so nice to hear. I will start Shoresy soon, just Letterkenny echoing in my head a bit right now. Sometimes I just play the episodes and only listen because I find the dialogue comforting as I work.
Hell yes, I already several songs from the show on my regular playlists.
It's just so perfectly selected. Not much music I would normally listen to, but it's all really lovely to have discovered.
Lol that song has been around forever. Still a banger!
I remember dancing to it at alternative music night at the bar when I was 23.
Chumbawumba
On the Day the Nazi Died. Good track.
https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=a+speculative+fiction+propagandhi
A Speculative Fiction - Propagandhi
Absolute banger, and prophetic no less. But really just everything Propaghandi has put out has been in heavy rotation the last 6 months
Twelve Reasons To Die might be my favorite solo wu album
Pat the bunny recently came out of retirement and released a new album called Friends in Real Life. It's quite good, as is pretty much everything he's ever done.
This.
I'm not obsessed with Wisp
it's much deeper than that
Passage Du Desir - Sturgill Simpson. His whole catalog is solid if you like more classic country (Merle/Willie)with some experimental elements.
Colin Stetson is a fantastic ride. He plays instrumental music, but he's playing lower-pitched instruments *wrong.".
Mics on the keys are picking up rhythmic clicking acting as the percussion. He is sometimes shouting through the instrument. The end result sounds like a chase through the woods in the dark.
I'm glad you like it!
I found him some time ago and it's great to unwind after a tough day. I'll play it on my Bluetooth speaker in the shower.
Windhand. Sort of a psychedelic doom metal with groovy elements and a haunting, ethereal female vocalist
Listened to them a bit in my metal days, impressed to see them have over 80k monthly listeners on Spotify now!
Meshuggah. I’ve known them for a while but only recently saw them live for the first time. Heaviest metal band I’ve ever seen live so far.
green day all day rn, my girlfriend got me their entire discography and ive been loving it. saviors is an amazing album on top of their classics
Idc about Coachella usually but been loving the banter between them and Charli
I got back into Ratatat recently and love the vibes in everything
Always been a Clutch fan, but I've been listening to Three Golden Horns a lot the past few days.
Nothing new, Alan Parsons Project.
Pyramid
Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allen Poe
Eye in the Sky
Ammonia Avenue
The Turn of a Friendly Card
I Robot
i stumbled across magic city hippies two years ago and still have like 10 of their songs on heavy rotation. i love their easy poolside vibe. really smooth. feels like a summer party.
what would i do
queen
corazon < seemed ridiculous at first, but really grew on me. happy energy.
Justice - Neverender
Cool song, cool video
Oh dank, I had no clue there was a video. Good callout, the new album was great
Cradle of filth - nymphetamine
The female vocals are amazing and beauty and the beast dynamic is done perfectly.
Orion and To Live Is To Die are better, IMHO. :)
Don’t be. I’m just sharing an alternate opinion.
Do you get though that I said “in my humble opinion” and posted a smile? Do you get, though, that other people may like Metallica and have different songs they like and would have the urge to reply to your comment as if it were the Metallica thread? Do you get that, though? Do you?
You sound insecure. I wasn’t trying to bring you down. Be confident. Own your opinions.
Have a nice day.
Not so much a particular artist but more of a genre: Instrumental covers of video game music. I haven't listened to much else in the last couple years:
In particular this acoustic guitar version of Gerudo Valley from Ocarina of Time:
https://youtu.be/lktkMoh2IF4
And this piano version of Wood Carving Partita from Symphony of the Night:
https://youtu.be/GjKuTFnnpYM
https://youtu.be/JARfNkd7eoI
This Jungle Hijinx cover is incredible.
Fontaines DC, the most recent album. Plus the cover Porter Robinson did of Favorite from that album.
That song with Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman, Right Back to It.
Nilufer Yanya album My Method Actor
Joshua Ray Walker, anything by him is so good.
The new Skrillex album is quite possibly his best.
8485 - I don't want to hurt him
It's hyperpop
I was obsessed with Duress at one point in lockdown, underrated artist
Breaking benjamin
Stitched up heart, New Year’s Day, September mourning,
-chick singer led goth metal bands
I'm digging independent artists Melancholic crossroads and Emily Jeffri right now.
Check out the album Glitter by Pasteboard. It's some good Japanese Shoegaze.
The Eurovision 2025 playlist is out! It's a good time listening ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest, then you get to root for the song you like best. If you've never got into it, it's a good time to give it a listen.
Been getting into Snapped Ankles and High Vis lately. Also, been enjoying Warmduscher. Snapped Ankles needs a North American tour. Are you listening? 😁
Juniore (French indie pop)
SLIFT's album UMMON has been on heavy rotation in my playlists for some time now.
My fave album for takeoffs is The Campfire Headphase by Boards of Canada, especially after taking an edible https://open.spotify.com/album/6uO5B6km2Dco28tOBmZtSU
The Heavy
Kaleo
Free by Crush 40.
Also, Soul Coughing (El Oso since I only have that single album from them). Specifically Blame, $300, and Pensacola. This is my much more serious answer.
Polkadot Stingray
And anything else on my Japanese music playlist :D
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1qp2kWRqMd77nsVXr2jG5um4DpMWNn5Y
Dogpark Dissidents anarcho queercore punk band, need I say more?
"Ha de sarar" from Maro
Time for you to get into some American Football Never Meant (music video)
Stone cold classic, good to see other emo bands like Penfold back too (praying for a Europe/UK tour)
I recently discovered the band Mar Malade and its really great!
Penelope Trappes, specifically her new record A Requiem. Lovely stuff, the album closer in particular gives me Lisa Gerrard vibes
Been listening to The Meffs a lot lately.
Kygo. Just really really good music (especially the latest album "KYGO" and "Thrill of the Chase".
The Deli
doseone’s new album with Steel Tipped Dove is EXCELLENT. dose deserved so much more fame than he got.
rest in peace, Alias.
I'll check that out, no idea he was still making music! And yeah rip Alias, loved Anticon and his own material back in the day (that Deep Puddle Dynamics record <3)
You have great taste! I saw him during a Subtle tour back in the day.
If you haven’t heard his album with Alias, Less is Orchestra, it’s one of my favorite albums of all time. I could not recommend it more.
Ah awesome, would have loved to have seen cLOUDDEAD at the time myself, enjoyed most of the stuff on Big Dada too.
Gave All Portrait, No Chorus a listen and dug it (was that a Cannibal Ox ref in the first track?!), will add the Alias/Dose One collab to the list... thanks!
Ooo pleeease check out Less is Orchestra, it’s seriously amazing. I’ve had multiple friends ask who it was when in my car, even friends who don’t like that kinda music. I think it’s in my top five albums of all time right now.
Zoomst They have one studio album and 90 monthly listeners on spotify but have a great prog sound. Aweizawei is my favorite from the album so far.
Their Dogs Were Astronauts - Progressive, Djenty. Hard to pick a favorite track or album.
Opeth - Started as progressive death metal but they have gotten more chill and progressive and experimental over time. Favorites for me are Blackwater Park (on the harsher end of the spectrum), Windowpane (chill end of the spectrum), Reverie / Harlequin Forest.
Northern Portrait.
Latest album is titled “The Swiss Army” and was released in 2022.
Kanaan
Reign Wolf
Goodbye June
The Chats
Smoko by The Chats is an absolute masterpiece
That is the song that introduced me to them!
I remember seeing all the hype for that record when it came out but didn't get it until catching them live at Outbreak fest, immense stuff
Destiny Potato
Scuba "Three Sided Shape". The album (Triangulation) is really cool, too!
Aviators, I like a lot of their game inspired music such as A Thousand Eyes, inspired by Bloobourne and some of their personal creations such as "Godhunter," and "My Church"
Egg by Mr. Bungle.
The new Deafheaven album is amazing.
Snooze - I Know How You Will Die - Out of left field discovery. They have a really diverse sound scape. It's mostly metal but does a good job of not following a set genre of metal.
BCNR - Forever Howlong - is a grower, not a shower. At first I didn't really like Tyler's songs because she left absolutely no room for anything to breath. But I've done a 180 on them as I find her voice so soothing.
dang, I think we'd be great friends! The Snooze album is most likely going to be my album of the year, and I also strongly agree, new Deafheaven is fucking great. Looking forward to the new Vildhjarta too, whenever that drops!
Litany
Hmmmm Not exactly what you are asking about, but i love the energy of "Kickstart my heart" by Motley Crue and "Get it on" by Turboneger.
Both starts hard sang continues in the same fashion. I want more og that energy and rhythm.
"Stand up and shout" by Dio is close, but it feels tiny bit harder/faster.
Anybody got other songs in the same vibe/ energy. Not a slow build up. Just 1-2-3-4 rock!
I think they anglified it to Turbonegro. It can be the official name nowv and for a while... My bad inn that case 😄
According to Wikipedia it's an English and Norwegian name
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbonegro
https://no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboneger
I'm sure you can call them whichever you want
The Heavy / Short Change Hero. I just discovered them a couple weeks ago and this song has been stuck in my head ever since. I do 30 minutes on the exercise bike every morning and I just put that song on and belt out the lyrics to it at like 6:30am, much to the dismay of everyone else in the house, but they can suck it cause that song is just so goddamned singable.
In this moment. It's kinda... Synth metal?
Carpenter Brut?
Never heard of him, just googled it and the description sounds similar. I'll check it out tomorrow as I'm about to go to bed, but thanks for something new to check out!
Synth metal is right up my alley and I'd call Carpenter Brut the king of it.
Few tracks I'd recommend in particular:
Hairspray Hurricane
Turbo Killer
Le Perv
There's way more than that but that's a good start. Of his albums, Trilogy is more synth, Leather Teeth is middle, and Leather Terror is more metal, but all of them go extremely hard
Just checked a few of his videos on you tube and I'd say leather teeth is my favorite and the closest to in this moments style.
In this moment leans heavier in the dark/nü metal stuff with a lot more lyrics. The singer has an absolutely angelic voice and then dives deep into a growl and switches back and forth often several times in one song. Her melodic voice is like a sirens call, hypnotizing you. Then she switches and you're ankles are dragged to hell as she yells at you. It's fucking amazing and I really hope she doesn't kill her vocal cords doing that. It's seriously hauntingly beautiful.
But after checking out a few of those videos, I gotta say thanks for your recommendation, it's dope AF and I just made a new Pandora station thanks to you. 👍
Update: still listening to it. My kid is gonna fucking love listening to this in my mx-5. This is absolutely our jam. Thanks again.
Glad you like it! I'm curious which singer you are referring to since as far as I know all the vocals in Carpenter Brut songs are via collaboration.
Some other of my favourite songs from him:
The Good Old Call
Vances De 87 (Carpenter Brut Remix)
Lipstick Masquerade
MANIAC
Looking for Tracy Tzu
Listen to the first song in Trilogy, "Escape from Midwich valley". It starts out like of slow but the end perfectly sets up the rest of the album as very heavy synth
Be careful driving while listening to CB, driving under the speed limit may be an effort in futility while you listen!
Also, if you listen to Leather Terror, there's 2 songs in there that have to be played back to back and its unbelievably hard. That would be Day Stalker and Night Prowler. Try listening to them back to back. Night Prowler starts extremely heavy
The singer I was referring to was the singer from In This Moment, which I was comparing carpenter brut to, for reference. But yeah I'm definitely digging it as well as a few other artists I've never heard of on this playlist.
You might like aggrotech music
That's sick too. Started out kinda like knife party and then went a different direction. I like it.
YouTube music playlist of some of my favorite bands.
(we don't need this) fascist groove thang
The newest album release by Unlease the Archers
https://youtu.be/Xx5Le0L7rOs
Love music that contains storytelling
Fit For An Autopsy
More specifically, their new album just came out, The Nothing That Is, it slaps so hard I haven't listened to anything else since the CD came in.
Lucid Planet II https://youtu.be/pzdvidK-w4k
psychedelic prog rock
and I'm still a little stuck on Dax Riggs' 7 songs for spiders
...but I just can't believe it.
Then some folks on Lemmy pointed me to Tipper so I've been hearing Forward escape for a few weeks.
smattering of new fleshgod apocalypse and persefone.
I learned about Tipper through a music discord, excellent sound design
Artist: Bear Ghost
Album: Jiminy
Song: Sirens
The whole album is great and I'm always trying to get more people to listen to this band.
The Armed and Idles. Seriously can't get enough of them.
Japanese Breakfast, the latest single Picture Window has been living in my head rent free since I first heard it
Massive Breakz and Def Cut are pretty dope
Literally everything by Cleopatrick and Primitive by not enough space
Sylvan Esso - With Love
Marco Castello, very chill italian indie jazz artist
Tallah
Recently found dadrock band Geese. So good. And their lead guy, Cameron Winter, also just released a stunning solo album.
British band "Jungle" has been in heavy rotation for me the past ~6 months. Specifically watch their music videos and the dance choreography. I suggest playing the entire album "Volcano" as one video.
Stromae & Pomme - Ma Meilleure Ennemie
Some days I just listen to it on repeat for hours.
The Hooters - 500 Miles
outkast speakerboxxx/the love below. its like 2 hours perfect for plane ride
HappyHappy: Cream Cheese. Song
This is my favorite new to me song of the month: https://pearlcharlesmusic.bandcamp.com/track/does-this-song-sound-familiar-12-version
tagged as rock, desert rock, folk rock, garage pop, psych folk, psychedelic pop
For me it's a track by an artist called tuki:
ひゅるりらぱっぱ - HYURURIRAPAPPA
https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/3rm4MVBCHs52iYaCqj5XQG
you probably won't like this but I like it
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yky23HBjcKMbd7tB7sdL6?pi=GalLbA3LQm2DE
Sevendust, Black Out the Sun, the whole album in order is epic.