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Originally posted by ericg75:

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Originally posted by m.leland:
That's probably true for anyone that gets into music in any year. I didn't really start my own collection until 1996, and there was plenty of "awesome" and "easy" stuff to discover from 1995 and prior.

You beat me to the punch. I don't think there's more or better music coming out in the 2000s than there was at any other given time. When I was a teenager in the early 90s I thought everything that came out was the best thing ever too. Looking back 15 years later, I realize only a handful of it was truly great.

I think you guys misunderstodd what I was saying. In fact, what I meant was something pretty close to the opposite of what you guys thought I meant. What I was saying is that if you get into music at a late date, there's all kinds of stuff from previous decades that you've never heard of or listened to out there for you to discover on your own. And it's easy to do because these aren't obscure artists we're talking about here but renowned ones.

I just recently got Ani DiFranco's discography, and her early stuff is so amazing. Her recent releases haven't been so grea though (minus Knuckle Down.) Imperfectly and Not A Pretty Girl are sooooo fantastic. Dilate's pretty good too, mainly because it has Shameless.

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Originally posted by Medicated Soap:
I just recently got Ani DiFranco's discography, and her early stuff is so amazing. Her recent releases haven't been so grea though (minus Knuckle Down.) Imperfectly and Not A Pretty Girl are sooooo fantastic. Dilate's pretty good too, mainly because it has Shameless.

I liked DiFranco's stuff up through Dilate, but I'm pretty indifferent towards here later stuff. It's not bad, just nothing I haven't heard from her before.

I had an opportunity to catch her live about 5 years ago, and she's pretty good live. The added bonus to an Ani DiFranco show is the sheer number of chicks making out in the audience.

Hmm.... I liked To the Teeth and the first disc of Revelling/Reckoning.

I was just recently handed two albums that I now have on infinite repeat

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains - The Big Eyeball in the Sky
Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

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Originally posted by stereo:
I agree that the 2000s aren't better than any other decade, that everyone has a time like this, and that it's easier to find out about new artists now.

This site has provided me with a lot of recommendations, and so my music collection is mostly limited (with the exception of some Aphex Twin and NMH) to 2000-present. A lot of older albums just aren't talked about, aren't available online, or aren't available in stores around where I live, (Iowa has to be one of the worst places to live for an indie fan. Not THE worst, but it's bad.) so it's harder to find them.

But now that I think I have a reasonable idea of what kinds of music I like, I think it will be easier to go back through influences of the bands I like now and find some things I like. I hope so, anyway.

It's overwhelming.

Stereo, if you live near the Iowa City area, there is a phenomenal record store called "Real Compact Discs" (i believe it's on Linn St.), you should check it out if you haven't already. If you want more info about it then let me know.

also, if you order something they don't have in stock (which i rarely have to do), it comes to the store the very next day. to me, thats better than waiting a week when ordering from Borders or Barnes and Noble.

I'm in the same boat as well - I can't really remember but it's only been a couple years since I started seriously buying music. And it is hard to buy stuff from past decades when there's so much good new music out there also competing for attention.

So perhaps this is the best place to ask - I must confess I don't actually own anything of Bob Dylan. If you were to buy one Dylan album to start with, which one would you pick? (Please don't list ten b/c I can't afford it!

Also, would you recommend one of the numerous Dylan comp CDs? Sometimes I tend to go the comp route with earlier music b/c it's just easier. Maybe I'm missing out by not getting a whole album but oh, well...

As far as music I just discovered goes, I really love Serene Velocity: A Sterolab Anthology, Joni Mitchell - Hits and Blue, and from 2006, Joanna Newsom and Bat for Lashes.

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Originally posted by blueskyoas:

So perhaps this is the best place to ask - I must confess I don't actually own anything of Bob Dylan. If you were to buy one Dylan album to start with, which one would you pick? (Please don't list ten b/c I can't afford it!

It just depends on what you're into. If you like folk music, I'd go with Freewheelin'. If you like more blues influenced stuff, I'd go with Blonde on Blonde. I personally think Blood on the Tracks is the best of his work. Lyrically he's at the top of his game. It really feels more like an album than all of the other Dylan stuff I've heard. I kinda feel like if you don't like Blood on the Tracks then Dylan just might not be for you. Anyone is welcome to argue with me about that, though

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Originally posted by blueskyoas:
Also, would you recommend one of the numerous Dylan comp CDs? Sometimes I tend to go the comp route with earlier music b/c it's just easier. Maybe I'm missing out by not getting a whole album but oh, well...

Truth be told, it's tough to recommend one good starting point. You pretty much have to recommend 5 or 6. I would probably go with a compilation. I'd either go with the double-disc The Essential Bob Dylan or Greatest Hits vol 2.

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Originally posted by blueskyoas:

So perhaps this is the best place to ask - I must confess I don't actually own anything of Bob Dylan. If you were to buy one Dylan album to start with, which one would you pick? (Please don't list ten b/c I can't afford it!

Forget comps with Dylan. The best place to start is with "Bringing it All Back Home" and "Highway 61 Revisited." Go buy them both now. They're his best and truly capture Dylan at his most important phase. If you want to go further, just progress chronologically with "Blonde on Blonde", "John Wesley Harding", "Nashville Skyline." Make sure to get "Blood on the Tracks" as well.

And for the love of god, you don't need to fork over $15 for each of these. Any good used cd store will probably have all of these. Or download them illegally. They're 40 years old, for christsakes.

I just bought Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros. Excellent warm, slow album. I understand the metascore (87) for this album. Just incredible and unique

oh man.. what a start to a new year. a month in and i've found some pure gems .. mostly from the forums here. due to the volume of albums, im going to post a top 5 (no specific order) of albums new to me in 2007

The Goslings - Grandeur of Hair (although im not as well versed in noise as some other members here, i'd have to say that this one sounds like no other.. blends so many styles together. the drumming is so epic)
Kelpe -- Sea Inside You
Venetian Snares -- Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett
Fennesz -- Endless Summer (most rewarding album ive encountered)
This Heat -- This is 1

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Originally posted by GG Allin:
Kelpe -- Sea Inside You

Excellent call, man. I just recently listened to that album, and I really love it. I also got turned on to Kelpe from these here forums.

Of all the ambient electronic-type stuff I listen to, Kelpe lays down the best beats. Truly good stuff.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:

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Originally posted by GG Allin:
Kelpe -- Sea Inside You

Excellent call, man. I just recently listened to that album, and I really love it. I also got turned on to Kelpe from these here forums.

Of all the ambient electronic-type stuff I listen to, Kelpe lays down the best beats. Truly good stuff.

its the alpha male of ambient electronics. some of the beats are out of this world.. as soon as I heard Ice Cream Handle Knife, i knew that the album would be special. Have you checked out his other albums? recommended?

I think that's his only full-length. He's also got an EP called Sunburnt Eyelids that's pretty good. It's just 4 songs and it came out in 2005.

Thanks, guys. And I'll check the used CDs for sure!

Perhaps it's because I wasn't around for Dylan's "heyday", but I've heard all of Dylan's stuff and I prefer his last 3 albums over anything else (I love it all, but for some reason I connect with those more than anything else). Mississippi remains my favorite Dylan song ever.

Also, I wouldn't call it "new to me" music because I first listened to it a few years back, but I'm revisiting Olivia Tremor Control's "Dusk at Cubist Castle" and although I remember liking it then, I feel like I'm hearing it with new ears this time! This one really is a gem (and to think I came across it while looking for something else).

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Sea Inside You

Ooh, yes that album is phantasmagorical. (real word, I don't know/care).

I finally re-bought "Music Has the Right to Children" after breaking my copy. I remember I loved the album, but having listened to it since...2004? Anyway, it was like rediscovering the album again. It is so eerie/mind-boggling/incredible. I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!! It might be one of those desert CDs, and maybe one of this genre's best - even compared to my favorite Eno record "Here Come the Warm Jets".

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Originally posted by Glisten:

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Originally posted by stereo:
I agree that the 2000s aren't better than any other decade, that everyone has a time like this, and that it's easier to find out about new artists now.

This site has provided me with a lot of recommendations, and so my music collection is mostly limited (with the exception of some Aphex Twin and NMH) to 2000-present. A lot of older albums just aren't talked about, aren't available online, or aren't available in stores around where I live, (Iowa has to be one of the worst places to live for an indie fan. Not THE worst, but it's bad.) so it's harder to find them.

But now that I think I have a reasonable idea of what kinds of music I like, I think it will be easier to go back through influences of the bands I like now and find some things I like. I hope so, anyway.

It's overwhelming.

Stereo, if you live near the Iowa City area, there is a phenomenal record store called "Real Compact Discs" (i believe it's on Linn St.), you should check it out if you haven't already. If you want more info about it then let me know.

also, if you order something they don't have in stock (which i rarely have to do), it comes to the store the very next day. to me, thats better than waiting a week when ordering from Borders or Barnes and Noble.

I do live very close to Iowa City

I usually spend all my CD money at Record Collector (or Best Buy, sadly...but there aren't many options), but I'll have to check that place out. I haven't heard of it before. So thank you

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Originally posted by brandondash:
Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

Good, good choice. My second favorite album of the decade, right after Elephant.

Some albums I've bought this year:
Grizzly Bear - Horn of Plenty 2-disc set, I bought it at their show (which was great)
Múm - Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK
Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy, ...I Care Because You Do
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Menomena - I Am The Fun Blame Monster!
Death From Above 1979 - Romance Bloody Romance (the originals are better)

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Originally posted by sunset3:

Also, I wouldn't call it "new to me" music because I first listened to it a few years back, but I'm revisiting Olivia Tremor Control's "Dusk at Cubist Castle" and although I remember liking it then, I feel like I'm hearing it with new ears this time! This one really is a gem (and to think I came across it while looking for something else).

Dusk at Cubist Castle was a completely "new to me" album from last year. I also agree that its a complete gem. The first half of the album could easily stand side by side with any great 60's psychadelic pop album like Odyssey and Oracle. It does lose its way through the end of the Green Typewriters segment, though, and I skip the long ambient track every time. Overall, its a brilliant album. Highly recommended to anyone who hasn't heard it.