Well, here are a few of my votes:
Bjork: "Vespertine."
Amon Tobin: "Supermodified."
Stereolab: "Sounddust."
Clem Snide: "The Ghost of Fashion."
Simian: "chemistry is what we are (lp)."
David Byrne: "Look into the Eyeball."
The Bjork album is yet another stylistic departure for her, this time into a soundscape of understated beats, women's chorus, electric harp, and more; and all this is somehow woven into incredibly infectious tunes.
Amon Tobin is my hero in the drum-n-bass scene, a Brazilian guy with a flair for mind-blowingly complex and nuanced songs with a great beat and very intelligent forms. This is his most cohesive and exciting album to date.
The Stereolab album is a quirky combination of peppy euro-pop, fun electronics, and a bunch of percussion players on marimbas and such. It's really just an enjoyable album with lots of pretty sounds scattered throughout.
I've mentioned Clem Snide here before, but this new album is really growing on me. Slightly cryptic, but always intelligent lyrics are blended with a fairly upbeat, country-influenced rock sound and lots of horns, strings, etc. Any album with a song called "Joan Jett of Arc" can't be bad.
I just picked up the Simian album, but it's kind of a crazy concoction of 60s-esque psychedelia, British indie rock, and experimental electronic stuff. I guess I'm falling into a pattern of liking stuff with crazy instrumentation and uncategorizable genre, but it's all really good, I swear! Incredible 4-part vocal harmonies on this one, too.
And, finally, David Byrne's latest solo effort. I've been fairly disappointed in his other solo albums since the Talking Heads, but this one is surprisingly interesting, with a sort of resident string quartet playing along with his odd musical sensibilities. These songs are much more dramatic and gripping than he has been in a long time.
Okay, so that list (and the ensuing description) was probably too long, but I just can't help myself. As for which albums DB fans would enjoy, probably the Clem Snide album is most similar (at points, it sounds quite a bit like AFM, except for the VERY different quality of the lead singers' voices). But hey, I figured it's worth throwing stuff out here from other styles, since there are so many people here with diverse tastes.
Anyway, please forgive my rambling nature...
-Scott
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Well, here are a few of my votes:
Bjork: "Vespertine."
Amon Tobin: "Supermodified."
Stereolab: "Sounddust."
Clem Snide: "The Ghost of Fashion."
Simian: "chemistry is what we are (lp)."
David Byrne: "Look into the Eyeball."
The Bjork album is yet another stylistic departure for her, this time into a soundscape of understated beats, women's chorus, electric harp, and more; and all this is somehow woven into incredibly infectious tunes.
Amon Tobin is my hero in the drum-n-bass scene, a Brazilian guy with a flair for mind-blowingly complex and nuanced songs with a great beat and very intelligent forms. This is his most cohesive and exciting album to date.
The Stereolab album is a quirky combination of peppy euro-pop, fun electronics, and a bunch of percussion players on marimbas and such. It's really just an enjoyable album with lots of pretty sounds scattered throughout.
I've mentioned Clem Snide here before, but this new album is really growing on me. Slightly cryptic, but always intelligent lyrics are blended with a fairly upbeat, country-influenced rock sound and lots of horns, strings, etc. Any album with a song called "Joan Jett of Arc" can't be bad.
I just picked up the Simian album, but it's kind of a crazy concoction of 60s-esque psychedelia, British indie rock, and experimental electronic stuff. I guess I'm falling into a pattern of liking stuff with crazy instrumentation and uncategorizable genre, but it's all really good, I swear! Incredible 4-part vocal harmonies on this one, too.
And, finally, David Byrne's latest solo effort. I've been fairly disappointed in his other solo albums since the Talking Heads, but this one is surprisingly interesting, with a sort of resident string quartet playing along with his odd musical sensibilities. These songs are much more dramatic and gripping than he has been in a long time.
Okay, so that list (and the ensuing description) was probably too long, but I just can't help myself. As for which albums DB fans would enjoy, probably the Clem Snide album is most similar (at points, it sounds quite a bit like AFM, except for the VERY different quality of the lead singers' voices). But hey, I figured it's worth throwing stuff out here from other styles, since there are so many people here with diverse tastes.
Anyway, please forgive my rambling nature...
-Scott
Bjork: "Vespertine."
Amon Tobin: "Supermodified."
Stereolab: "Sounddust."
Clem Snide: "The Ghost of Fashion."
Simian: "chemistry is what we are (lp)."
David Byrne: "Look into the Eyeball."
The Bjork album is yet another stylistic departure for her, this time into a soundscape of understated beats, women's chorus, electric harp, and more; and all this is somehow woven into incredibly infectious tunes.
Amon Tobin is my hero in the drum-n-bass scene, a Brazilian guy with a flair for mind-blowingly complex and nuanced songs with a great beat and very intelligent forms. This is his most cohesive and exciting album to date.
The Stereolab album is a quirky combination of peppy euro-pop, fun electronics, and a bunch of percussion players on marimbas and such. It's really just an enjoyable album with lots of pretty sounds scattered throughout.
I've mentioned Clem Snide here before, but this new album is really growing on me. Slightly cryptic, but always intelligent lyrics are blended with a fairly upbeat, country-influenced rock sound and lots of horns, strings, etc. Any album with a song called "Joan Jett of Arc" can't be bad.
I just picked up the Simian album, but it's kind of a crazy concoction of 60s-esque psychedelia, British indie rock, and experimental electronic stuff. I guess I'm falling into a pattern of liking stuff with crazy instrumentation and uncategorizable genre, but it's all really good, I swear! Incredible 4-part vocal harmonies on this one, too.
And, finally, David Byrne's latest solo effort. I've been fairly disappointed in his other solo albums since the Talking Heads, but this one is surprisingly interesting, with a sort of resident string quartet playing along with his odd musical sensibilities. These songs are much more dramatic and gripping than he has been in a long time.
Okay, so that list (and the ensuing description) was probably too long, but I just can't help myself. As for which albums DB fans would enjoy, probably the Clem Snide album is most similar (at points, it sounds quite a bit like AFM, except for the VERY different quality of the lead singers' voices). But hey, I figured it's worth throwing stuff out here from other styles, since there are so many people here with diverse tastes.
Anyway, please forgive my rambling nature...
-Scott
