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Reply #30 posted 08/02/14 11:29am

namepeace

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Not very often I pop into this forum as I find the taste in music limited, Americacentric and uninspiring. This thread hasn't done a lot to change my thoughts on that. Lol A Winged Victory for the Sullen, The War on Drugs, Real Estate, Smoke Fairies, Rodrigo y Gabriel, Band of Skulls, Paul Johnson, Wolf Alice, Todd Terje, St Vincent, Letta Mbulu, Ibibio Sound Machine, Tune-Yards, Gary Clark Jr, ...the list goes on. Open your ears, open your mind. There is a wealth of music, more so than at any other time. There are too many albums released each week than I have time to listen to. By a long, long way. Just because you don't like something does not mean it lacks merit

Some would say you contradicted yourself in a supreme display of hypocrisy.

But I'll just say you taught YOURSELF a lesson.

Bravo.

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Reply #31 posted 08/02/14 12:04pm

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Good question! But I would have to say Nobody! This generation is really lacking.

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Reply #32 posted 08/02/14 2:40pm

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I'm taking it that the OP at least means artists who came out 2000 and beyond.

Van Hunt
Bad Rabbits
Goepole
Ledisi(not sure if she was out before 2000)
Robert Randolph and the family band
Robert Glasper
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Reply #33 posted 08/02/14 3:29pm

ilo

namepeace said:

ilo said:

Not very often I pop into this forum as I find the taste in music limited, Americacentric and uninspiring. This thread hasn't done a lot to change my thoughts on that. Lol A Winged Victory for the Sullen, The War on Drugs, Real Estate, Smoke Fairies, Rodrigo y Gabriel, Band of Skulls, Paul Johnson, Wolf Alice, Todd Terje, St Vincent, Letta Mbulu, Ibibio Sound Machine, Tune-Yards, Gary Clark Jr, ...the list goes on. Open your ears, open your mind. There is a wealth of music, more so than at any other time. There are too many albums released each week than I have time to listen to. By a long, long way. Just because you don't like something does not mean it lacks merit

Some would say you contradicted yourself in a supreme display of hypocrisy.

But I'll just say you taught YOURSELF a lesson.

Bravo.

[Edited 8/2/14 11:32am]

You misunderstood me. I thought my final comment also suggests that it is also possible to dislike something because it lacks merit.
The Org. Making pretentious pricks of most of us since it's inception wink

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Reply #34 posted 08/03/14 1:05pm

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ilo said:

Not very often I pop into this forum as I find the taste in music limited, Americacentric and uninspiring.
This thread hasn't done a lot to change my thoughts on that. Lol :)

A Winged Victory for the Sullen,
The War on Drugs,
Real Estate,
Smoke Fairies,
Rodrigo y Gabriel,
Band of Skulls,
Paul Johnson,
Wolf Alice,
Todd Terje,
St Vincent,
Letta Mbulu,
Ibibio Sound Machine,
Tune-Yards,
Gary Clark Jr,
...the list goes on. Open your ears, open your mind. There is a wealth of music, more so than at any other time. There are too many albums released each week than I have time to listen to. By a long, long way. Just because you don't like something does not mean it lacks merit smile

Yeah, I'm not that big of a music enthusiast.

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Reply #35 posted 08/03/14 1:34pm

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Fingersnap

This Leon Else is interesting

Jesse Boykins III

Holly Miranda

Dry The River

http://www.npr.org/event/...e-feedback

Harts

Devendra Banhart

Victoria Williams

Y La Bamba

Karen Dalton (well, not present day, but RIP)

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Reply #36 posted 08/12/14 5:47pm

namepeace

ilo said:
namepeace said:

Some would say you contradicted yourself in a supreme display of hypocrisy.

But I'll just say you taught YOURSELF a lesson.

Bravo.

[Edited 8/2/14 11:32am]

You misunderstood me. I thought my final comment also suggests that it is also possible to dislike something because it lacks merit. The Org. Making pretentious pricks of most of us since it's inception

No, it was the first sentence that highlighted that point clearly.

So with that I'll ask you . . . you gave us some interesting new artists to pursue, but how many of the artists others listed have you actually heard?

If the answer is, "few or none," then I'd say you gave yourself another great tip:

"Open your ears, open your mind."

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Reply #37 posted 08/12/14 5:52pm

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Tyson Speede - he's got a voice and solo album that will make you swear it is Sylvester!

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Reply #38 posted 08/13/14 1:34am

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SeventeenDayze said:

May I speak on behalf of Naughy Kitty and myself when I say....

Word!

Further:

- Michael Franti

- Carlos Santana

- The Roots

And I still listen to Miles Davis, too.

And I listen to a couple of Dutch bands, mostly singing English:

- Di-Rect

- Kensington

- KANE

- Anouk

- Trijntje Oosterhuis

What do you mean it's not in the computer?

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Reply #39 posted 08/13/14 3:14am

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You gotta dig deep but there are definitely some really great new artists out there. Here's who I'm liking at the moment:

Psychedelic/Rock:

Tame Impala

Temples

Electronic/Dance/House:

Disclosure

Jagwar Ma

Movement

Le Youth

Gorgon City

Detroit Swindle

R&B/Soul:

Jessie Ware

Janelle Monae

Alternative:

Glass Animals

Dan Croll

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Reply #40 posted 08/13/14 6:32am

SirComeSpectio n	Anthony Hamilton Janelle Monae Prince Miguel Mint Condition Jill Scott Monica Blaire Marsha Ambrosius Bad Rabbits Van Hunt Ledisi Liv Warfield Frank Ocean The New Congress MPLS Linken Park Alice Russell Meshell Ndegeocello Ceelo Green Kameron Corvet Frank McComb John Legend Pop music is becoming the all purpose, non purpose music of the ages.
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Reply #41 posted 08/13/14 6:09pm

MickyDolenz

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Mediæval Bæbes

Shemekia Copeland

Osdalgia

Joss Stone

Nelly

Ed Motta

Lila Downs

Soil and PIMP Sessions

Sheena Ringo

Ruby Ibarra

Rose Elinor Dougall

Catherine Ireton

Oumou Sangare

Esperanza Spalding

La Santa Cecilia

Vintage Trouble

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

Lizz Wright

Joyce (Moreno)

Trijntje Oosterhuis

State Cows

Mariachi Divas

Jill Scott

Giovanca

Tasha Taylor

Gretchen Parlato

Lina (Shelina Wade)

Shelby Lynne

Eric Benet

La India

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Reply #42 posted 08/24/14 9:51am

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Raul Midon

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Reply #43 posted 08/24/14 11:55am