This is something I've been meaning to do for a while.
Just a list of bands that I particulary enjoy listening to.
Mostly for you,
rosehiptea but whoever else should read this, feel free to give some of these bands a listen. All good music.
Edit: Forgot to lj-cut this ><'
I wasn't quite sure how to go about this.
Listing every band I like would have been just a little too time consuming.
So I decided to limit it to mostly european and german bands,
as most of them are probably rather unknown, over in America.
Any provided links to samples are legal files, directly provided by the artist, or rather, their record labels.
There we go:
Danko Jones - They're actually a canadian band, so I wonder if you've heard of them before?
Seems their songwriter/ singer had his share of trouble with females
but aside from that, some really good and rocking music.
"Dance"
http://www.kulturmejeriet.se/badtaste/mp3/danko_jones_-_dance.mp3"Heartbreak's a Blessing"
http://www.kulturmejeriet.se/badtaste/mp3/danko_jones_-_heartbreaks_a_blessing.mp3 Beatsteaks - German rock band. Haven't heard much of their music, myself, yet.
But what I heard so far, I do like a great deal.
"Shut Up Stand Up"
http://media-server.amazon.com/media/B00004NRWP001003/Beatsteaks-Shut%20Up%20%26%20Stand.mp3"Shine Shoes"
http://media-server.amazon.com/media/B00004NRWP001004/Beatsteaks-Shine%20Shoes.mp3 Phillip Boa&The Voodoo Club - Another german artist. Not quite sure about the genre.
I mean...essentially it's rock...I think. All good, though.
"Enter the Chase, Love!"
http://www.phillipboa.de/download/Enter%20the%20chase%20love.mp3"Deep in Velvet"
http://www.phillipboa.de/download/Deep%20in%20velvet%20(The%20Locust%20Mix).mp3"I dedicate my Soul to You"
http://www.phillipboa.de/download/I%20dedicate%20my%20soul%20to%20you.mp3"Judy Devil"
http://www.phillipboa.de/download/Judy%20Devil.mp3 Nick Cave&The Bad Seeds - I have no idea how well known this guy is, over in America.
(While I think he's from England, he could as well be from America, I don't even know about that for sure ><')
Uh well...
"Bring it On"
http://content.epitaph.com/Anti/Nick_Cave_And_The_Bad_Seeds/86668-Nocturama/mp3/04-Bring%20It%20On.mp3 Sophia - Yet another german rock band ^^'
"Oh my Love"
http://www.cityslang.com/mp3/sophia_oh_my_love.mp3"Holidays are nice"
http://www.labelsplayground.de/labels_tonspion/15_sophia_holidaysarenice_radioedit.mp3 Muse is another band I'd like you to give a listen to.
By now they're internationally quite popular, so by any chance you might have heard of them before.
A friend of mine first got me into their music and by now they're one of the most favorite bands of myself.
No direct links to downloads, however their website (
http://www.muse.mu )
does provide a few samples of their music.
There were a bunch of other bands and artists I was going to recommend but I couldn't find any free samples, so...meh. Also, I realise this is mostly just Rock...(Now, personally I don't think that's bad, but...)
I do listen to a lot of other genres, such as Jazz or Classical Music,
there's just no particular Artists I could recommend, I just like those styles of music, in general.
And when it comes to "Pop" music, most of the bands I like, you probably know yourself, already...
Anyway, hope you listen to and eventually like some of the above music...
Laters