Essential Indie/Alt Listening??

DerekD Goldfish

Karl Hungus wrote:

I'm of the firm belief that everyone should have some Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in their Collection.

Its my belief they should have all Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and a heathy dose of The Birthday Party

nlgbbbblth

Karl Hungus wrote:

I'm of the firm belief that everyone should have some Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in their Collection.

my favourite Nick Cave records are
1 The Boatman's Call
2 Your Funeral, My Trial
3 Henry's Dream
4 Tender Prey
5 The Good Son

I didn't get the most recent double album - presumably you recommend it?
Great reviews

also is the triple CD of b sides worth a purchase?

PiE

wrafter wrote:

Menomena - I Am The Fun Blame Monster

Also:

Nina Nastasia
Oceansize
Okkervil River
Porcupine Tree
The Sea and Cake

Karl Hungus

nlgbbbblth wrote:

my favourite Nick Cave records are
1 The Boatman's Call
2 Your Funeral, My Trial
3 Henry's Dream
4 Tender Prey
5 The Good Son

I didn't get the most recent double album - presumably you recommend it?
Great reviews

also is the triple CD of b sides worth a purchase?

Didn't get those myself either, so I'm afraid I'm of no help to you.

pyure

agree with most of the stuff posted, but just a couple to add that no-ones mentioned: moldy peaches, pure class! also anything with kathleen hanna is brilliant, particularily bikini kill

nlgbbbblth

pyure wrote:

agree with most of the stuff posted, but just a couple to add that no-ones mentioned: moldy peaches, pure class! also anything with kathleen hanna is brilliant, particularily bikini kill

saw Bikini Kill play a great gig in Charlies with Bis and Team Dresch
it was around the time of Reject All American, 1996.
Their first mini album is cool too esp Carnival

Badly Drunk Boy

nlgbbbblth wrote:

my favourite Nick Cave records are
1 The Boatman's Call
2 Your Funeral, My Trial
3 Henry's Dream
4 Tender Prey
5 The Good Son

I didn't get the most recent double album - presumably you recommend it?
Great reviews

also is the triple CD of b sides worth a purchase?

Don't know about the b-sides but the newest stuff is very good. I've probably got all his stuff, except live stuff and compilations.

My favourites are From Her To Eternity, Murder Ballads, Tender Prey, Henry's Call, and The Boatman's Call. I'm sure that'll change but it'll do for now...

jayneemac

jeez people, how can ye not mention THE EARLIES?

ronano

I looked and looked for six by mansun but alas i could not find it in Dublin however a friend had a copy and it's fantastic

Barryoh2004

PiE wrote:

Oceansize
The Sea and Cake

Damn right. finally another fan of those bands.

John

The Nick Cave b-sides is well worth it, lots of unreleased stuff on it. It's a far better overview of the Bad Seeds than that Best Of from a few years ago. All the Bad Seeds related bands are exceptional. So I second the sentiments that everyone should have healthy doses of Bad Seeds and Birthday Party and supplement with Barry Adamson, Neubauten, Dirty 3, Die Haut, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls, Anita Lane and whatever else I've neglected.

Nea

Ween
Best Band Ever!

treefingers

didnt read through this thread, so most of these were probably discussed already, but for what its worth here is some essential indie/alt (i'm going to be liberal with the meaning of these phrases!) listening....

joy division
velvet underground
radiohead
sigur ros
explosions in the sky
M83
ted leo and the pharmacists
pixies
nick drake

and probably loads more, but these just sprung to mind right off the bat......

grimsbymatt

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers.

Best. Album. Ever.

Chad ghostal

Tegan and sara..
after someone here recommended it to someone else..
pretty good, likeable from the very start.... lots of catchy tunes..