derby's Quick and Dirty Guide To Good Music for Youngsters with Open Minds

[derby378]

I figure with all this talk about lousy music floating around the Lounge, I should help point some of the youngsters on DU towards some good music that they're not likely to encounter in the media at large - gotta keep them boy bands and autotuned divas coming, you know, so that Big Daddy can buy himself another yacht!

So here you go, boys and girls - this selection is diverse enough that just about everyone should find something they like. Enjoy!

Laibach - Under the Iron Sky

Swans - A Hanging

Astronautalis - The Wondersmith and His Sons

Tenhi - Saivon Kimallus / Siniset Runot

Dimmu Borgir - Gateways

Tom Waits - Hell Broke Luce

Kate Bush - Lake Tahoe

Bohren & der Club of Gore - Midnight Black Earth

[kentauros]

1. Or, have a look at these sites

and find your own ways
(although I do like about half of the ones you posted

All Music, All Blogs

WFMU's Beware of the Blog

Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music

[derby378]

3. Ishkur? That guy is a treasure

He's like the Anthony Bourdain of electronic music.

[kentauros]

5. That's a good anaolgy for his expertise :)

I hadn't looked at his site in a while, and so I spent another hour I didn't have last night going through the Hiphop section. I'm not much of a fan of hiphop, though there were a few people I recognized and still liked (Coolio, Public Enemy.)

[hifiguy]

4. I thought I was one of the only people who

knew about Ishkur. He (She?) is a little too tough on epic trance, though. Ishkur is also a little down on J/Kpop for my tastes.

Felix da Housecat! Armin van Buuren! Ayumi Hamasaki!

[kentauros]

6. I stopped last night on the Jpop section.

I'll go through it some tonight.

Of course, Ishkur is absolutely right that Kraftwerk started it all

[hifiguy]

7. Kraftwerk in Europe and the US

and the brilliant Yellow Magic Orchestra in Asia.

If I could meet one person in music for dinner and a few drinks it would be Ryuichi Sakamoto.

[derby378]

8. I think he's intrigued by Neil & Iraiza, however

It's a "different" sort of shibuya-kei, but my understanding is that Ishkur digs it.

[HopeHoops]

2. That first one was rather freaky, but definitely good. I didn't think anyone did that anymore.

The days of art rock are pretty much over, but I'd put that in that category.