Gresh
03-03-2004, 09:34 AM
I guess I'm like most folks here - always on the lookout for new music that I may like. I've trolled this board for a long while and have picked up many "new to me" groups/artists that I really love - so, in that respect - many belated thanks to the members of this board who have shared their love of music.
To that end, I'd also like to share a fairly new method I have used in finding new music (other than this board). I recently, started subscribing to a magazine called Time Out New York (I'm pretty sure they have Time Out editions for other cities) and I have "discovered" a whole bunch of artists that are new to me. Sometimes its pretty hit and miss stuff but it seems almost every issue I find an artist that I really appreciate. In the last few months I have learned about:
Camera Obscura - Scottish, in the same vein as Belle & Sebastian - who I really like.
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Sophisticated dance/pop. Sorta Saint Etienne ish.
Walkmen - yeah they've been fairly huge here in NYC awhile and were in the car commercial...but they blew me away on first listen. A cross between the Pogues and Stereolab is how I heard them described once.
Franz Ferdinand - I hear a bit of Cars influence, kind of a tweaked 80's sound.
I could go on but you get the point. I used to find music in The Alternative Press but I found that went downhill a few years ago. Anyway, Time Out New York does have on line site but if anybody here would like me to post the weekly music picks I could do that as well.
Gresh
To that end, I'd also like to share a fairly new method I have used in finding new music (other than this board). I recently, started subscribing to a magazine called Time Out New York (I'm pretty sure they have Time Out editions for other cities) and I have "discovered" a whole bunch of artists that are new to me. Sometimes its pretty hit and miss stuff but it seems almost every issue I find an artist that I really appreciate. In the last few months I have learned about:
Camera Obscura - Scottish, in the same vein as Belle & Sebastian - who I really like.
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Sophisticated dance/pop. Sorta Saint Etienne ish.
Walkmen - yeah they've been fairly huge here in NYC awhile and were in the car commercial...but they blew me away on first listen. A cross between the Pogues and Stereolab is how I heard them described once.
Franz Ferdinand - I hear a bit of Cars influence, kind of a tweaked 80's sound.
I could go on but you get the point. I used to find music in The Alternative Press but I found that went downhill a few years ago. Anyway, Time Out New York does have on line site but if anybody here would like me to post the weekly music picks I could do that as well.
Gresh