Old Fart Inquiry

OK, you three and five stars enlighten me!

Give me a list of the best of the late 80s, 90s and
here to come (short and precise, think!)of the
neo-prog, melodic jazz/rock fusion, dream pop,
slacker prog, etc. Something that truly holds up to the
classics that you've discovered.
Dont do experimental, as it rarely hits an over the top
integration( as in say Pat Metheny -Song for X?). I am
not an extremist it has to have melody and rhythm(off
center is fine) and not take a million listens before
you find something.
Here is a list of some of the things I have heard that
caught my attention from the late 90s and 21st
century:

Craig Chaquico - A Thousand Pictures
Dan Hicks - Beatin the Heat
Alice In Chains - Flies in a Jar/Sap
Beck - Mellow Gold/Odelay
Elastica - same
Mermen - Amazing Health and Happiness
Phish - Rift
Bush - Deconstructed
Larry Carlton - Sapphire Blue
Bozzio Levin Stevens - Black Light Syndrome
From Dusk til Dawn - soundtrack
Wynton Marsalis - Mr. Jelly, Lord
St. Germain - Tourist
Action Figure Party -same

you see I am pretty eclectic mainstream, but anti
noise and psuedo prog.

I like Marillion - Misplaced Childhood, but aint quiet
up to par with the real deal.
Would like to see a true progressive best of for
IQ, Dream Theatre, Pendragon, Porcupine Tree,
Anglagard, etc.
A REAL TOP 5 CANT MISS of what this generation
believes to be the next Magical MysteryTour,
Quadrophenia, Paranoid, Aqualung, Selling England
by the Pound, Close to the Edge, Brain Salad
Surgery, Countdown to Ecstasy, Killer, Full Moon
Fever, Force Majuere, Oxygene. What will you point
your childrens children too?
___________
For the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end

So when the music's over
When the music's over, yeah
When the music's over
Turn out the light
Turn out the light



Edited by DallasBryan

thanks, Petra, I need the help!

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threefates,
I have heard most of the bands you mention, maybe
not the specific CD, as I tried to go for the hyped best
by each artist. Found some OK, nothing to write
home about.

it is a real crap shoot out there, probably listened to
2000 90s/ til now artists found maybe 10-20 that
really caught my attention.

DallasBryan wrote: threefates, I have heard most of the bands you mention, maybe not the specific CD, as I tried to go for the hyped best by each artist. Found some OK, nothing to write home about. it is a real crap shoot out there, probably listened to 2000 90s/ til now artists found maybe 10-20 that really caught my attention.

 

I am not sure if this is what you mean DB but you should check out Proto-Kaw.  They are good.  You can read about their history and stuff here and elsewhere www.protokaw.com

but do it this way get the "early recordings" CD first then listen to thier new one released earlier this year.  Some good stuff and they are working on thier next one due out in July.

need a new catagory in rock, how about
post music!!!

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Post-ROck?

Autoditaker - Mouse on Mars

Laughing Stock- Talk Talk

Young Team- Mogwai

Tortoise- Tortoise

• The amber Light - Goodbye to Dusk, Farewell to Dawn (It's called Post Rock or New Artrock, wrote a review)
• The Amber Light - Stranger & Strangers EP (Coming Soon)
• Sigur Ros - ()
• Paatos - Timeloss
• Methew Parmenter - Astray
• Peter Hammill - Incoherence
• Opeth - Damnation
• The Pineapple Thief - Variations on a Dream

Frogg Cafe - Creatures (I just bought this CD. FC started out as a Zappa cover band in the NYC area. What they play is not a copy of Zappa. It's actually more in the traditional prog vein, however, occassionally you get a Zappa-esque turn of phrase. I'm quickly finding this to be one of the better bands I've heard of the last 50 or so purchases I've made.)

Riverside - Out of Myself (I can't say enough good things about this album. Sure, it's derivative, but it has power, grace and shades of light and dark.)

Guy Manning - A Matter of Life and Death (Manning has 4-5 CD's out. The man has a great storytelling ability, writes wonderful melodies and he's got a very unique voice. There is a lot of Ian Anderson style, though he's not a clone.)

Echolyn - Nearly Everything (IMHO, you can't go wrong with Echolyn. Although they've been called a Gentle Giant clone, I don't hold to that. When I go into my music room, nine times out of ten I'll reach for Echolyn before grabbing a GG album. They have four essential CDs: Suffocating the Bloom, As the World, Cowboy Poems Free and Mei. I would track them down in that order. Of the four, I'd say CPF is the most accessable, the most melodic, with Mei at the other end since it's one tune, 50 minutes long. Heady stuff.)

In the Jazz/Fusion realm:

Allan Holdsworth - Secrets (A very melodic album. My favorite Holdsworth release. It's deep, complex, emotional and contains some of his most melodic playing.)

Mastermind - Excelsior! (Thanks Dick. This one really rocks. Great melody and structure.)

Ohm - Ohm (Chris Poland smokes just about any modern fusionier('cept AH, of course) on this one. Melodic power rock/jazz.)

Blues:

Tab Benoit - Standing By the Bank or These Blues are all Mine (Tab's my favorite blues artist. He always puts on a great show. A mix of blues and cajun music. Tab has a great voice and shreds pretty good on his Telecaster.)

Rock (alternative):

Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Sister Sweetly or Beautiful World (BHTM has many facets, but through it all you get strong melodies, great guitar, solid rythm section, killer lyrics and Todd's smokey voice.)

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