Lost touch with music - help me find my groove again!

[Roseylea]

Wasn't there some sappy movie about how someone or other lost her groove, then found it again?

Well since I had dd and ds (i.e. since six years ago) I have really lost touch with new music, and I keep thinking I muts do something about that. The other music thread got me thinking and remembering how much I used to love music. Even before we had the dc wer were travelling in Asia for a while where you could only get Madonna on MTV so in all honesty I've really well and truly lost my groove...!

So could any of you more culturally literate than I types help me find my groove?

To point you in the right direction I used to love:

The Manic Street Preachers
The Indigo Girls
The Flaming Lips
REM
Sterophonics (before they got boring)
The Beautiful South
The Cure

And lots of others whom I'm too brain-addled to remember. I also used to love 80s gay euro-pop (like Erasure and the Communards) and oldies like Bob Dylan and Simon and Garf.

So what is out there nowadays that I might like?

Arcade Fire
The Killers
Au Revoir Simone
Charlotte Gainsbourg

Have a listen to MGMT, Chuck Prophet and Bon Iver on MySpace. Heard all of them on Radio 6 and really enjoyed them. Hoping to see them live this year too

oooh thank you! Sorry I wandered off last night! I'll spend a bit of time listening to them later.

Wineplease do you have to be a member of MySpace to listen to music on there?

No, just google the names mentioned and that should link you to the site. Most bands have 3/4 songs on their site to listen to.

Enjoy

The Kooks
The Wombats
The Pigeon Detectives
The Cribs
The Editors
The Enemy
Franz Ferdinand

Hot Chip (electro pop goodness)
Clor (only did one album before they split, but it's fantastic)
Nina Nastasia (my favourite singer-with-guitar ever - intelligent, emotional, dark, gorgeous songs)
Diane Cluck (sounds a bit like Joni Mitchell)
Futureheads (just released a new album, not heard it yet but their other two are fantastic and they're ace live)

agree totally with frankiesbestfriend - add to list The Courteeners - brilliant newish band from Manchester.

and their first album out tomorrow 'St Jude'

try this Gabriella Cilmi

d'ya have a digital radio?
if so, start with 6music. they play lots of new stuff, but enough older music of the kind you mention to feel non-threatening and comfy.

In fact, Roseylea, I'd be happy to do you a random mix CD if you like

Goldfrapp !

Well, REM's new album is a return to form apparently
Agree you will like the Killers and Arcade Fire

The natural successor to Erasure & co seems to be the v. enjoyable Scissor Sisters (well they are in my house ). The Pet Shop Boys last one, Integral, was excellent. And there is always Mika I suppose...

The Flaming Lips are still going - have you got Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots or whatever they called the album?

Recently I've also loved The Zutons, British Sea Power (I think they are a Marmite band though) and The Broken Family Band.

love British Sea Power too Marina

Have you seen them in concert MaryAnn

The Killers
The Kooks
Amy MacDonald
Ghosts
Regina Spektor
Tiny Dancers
The Upper Room (are they still going? they were getting quite big in 2006...)

I heard Amy Macdonald being made over as elevator muzak on Radio 2 UQD. Intriguing programme and I loved what they played of her music...

Marina - no, haven't - haven't seen anything for tooo long

LOL Stella lost her grove...based on a true story and the author's real luscious toyboy turned out to be gay!

You really need to take more care of your groove in future

It sounds as if Gabriella Cilmi sings "rather get my jammy words in first"!

Message withdrawn

abba

Rosey, also try listening to Six Music and Stuart Maconie and some of the other Radio 2 presenters (Steve Lamacq for example)
and also a subscription to Word magazine (treat yourself )
I've discovered lots of new bands from reviews there and also their free monthly CD of their favourite tracks
You don't mention world music but that's how I found out about bands like Tinariwen, Amadou et Mariam, Taraf de Haidouks etc

Try Elbow, Guillemots and Paloma Faith (has an amazing voice!)

Oh, and your "80s gay euro-pop" streak may be satisfied by Scissor Sisters, but if not then try Alphabeat, BWO and Mika.

can second marina's suggestion of Word magazine