My NY resolution is to listen to some new music... recommendations please

[yogabird]

At a pub quiz recently there was a round on each decade since the 60's.

60's we scored 14/20
70's 16/20
80's 20/20
90's 6/20
00's 0/20

This performance, combined with a newspaper article which said that you need to keep doing and experiencing new things to keep your brain young and to stay in touch and to fend off the dreaded Alzheimers made me realise that 2008 was the time to listen to some new stuff. What should it be?

Start by listening to the radio a lot
then buy what you like!

Arctic Monkeys are really good

And if you like Artic Monkeys then try Reverend and the Makers too.

Countess, there;s not much music on radio 4 and i do like that a lot I put Radio 1 on in the car the other day but felt like my granny when she used to say it's just noise and shouting adn you can't hear the words!!!
Just off to youtube to check out the arctic monkeys - doesn;t gordon brown like them?

You're gonna have to give us a bit of help: from the decades you DO know, what do you like? Then we will know what to recommend perhaps?

try radio 6 - on digital, or on sky
I hear loads of good music on there, but I never remember to buy it

Kasabian - try the Empire CD
Kooks - Seaside
Kaiser Chiefs - Yours truly angry mob
Killers - Sams town

4Ks - spooky [grin[

Goldfrapp, Scissor Sisters, Coldplay are all good bands...

Muse, Editors

But instead of finding these depressed young men profound as I used to, they make me giggle. I still enjoy the music though!

But defo get the Killers' first album first, cos it's a classic...

I'd also recommend Ray LaMontagne - he's my gravelly Americana hero of choice at the moment....

Two ways as well as radio - to find out what you like is to buy a magazine with a CD included (eg Mojo, Uncut, Mixmag (does that still exist?) all kind of different genres) or look for women's/home mags that sometimes include them as a freebie. And also maybe use something like iTunes to get quick trials of songs, browse genres, dig out other people's playlists and then you can buy/download single tunes quite cheaply... IMHO iTunes is brilliant for music newbies cos you can try EVERYTHING and anything...

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arctic monkeys much too loud!

10 000 maniacs
fairground attraction
everything but the girl
clannard
seal
simple minds
u2
the waterboys
big country
some oasis
blur
rem
narah jones
katie melulah
stacey kent
martha & the muffins echo beach = fab
wham
human league
blondie
duran duran
texas
abba
the eagles
nancy griffiths
the communards
the beautiful south
the housemartins

a bit stuck in the 80's i know

off to do all the K's now from minimum on youtube - thanks

The Easy Star Allstars - Radio Dread

it is a reggae cover version of Radiohead, sounds crap but v good

they also have done Dub Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd cover

will prob be on Youtube

kooks

killers

kaiser chiefs & kasabian

off to try yours now lapin since we have so much in common they're sure to be great about being so out of date but i am trying now

I would suggest:
Duffy - welsh girl,Dusty springfield ish
Band of Horses - american ,guitars,tiny bit neil young
Joe Lean and the jing jang jong - excellent british guitar pop
Sons and Daughters- scottish,have v gd 2nd album out,v distinctive sound(loudish)
also,Robert Plant and Alison Krauss album Raising Sand- really really good.
If you go to you tube there are usually clips of any artists,so you can try before you buy...

Ray LaMontagne liked a lot monkeybird
coldplay too
snow patrol

am i getting more up to date?

watch Later with Jools Holland

think it is on repeat somewhere or other

always has new bands on

thanks girls, interstellar, dh has jkust got back with a film for us to watch and objects to the noise of youtube but yours do sound really interesting and i was having such a nice time listening too but better show willing he's made and effort by not getting something full of guns and car chases

Ooh,also PJ Harvey - white chalk, piano and amazing beautiful vocals,vastly different than any of her other stuff

i am liking arcade fire

The dresden dolls and the polyphonic spree are always worth a listen, also placebo and eels

ray lamontagne - trouble