USCHO Music Thread 3: They Heard Me Singing

[Slap Shot]

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There is all kinds of great music being played today if you know where to search. My sources include iHeart radio (much better than Pandora for variety), last.fm, The Current 89.3, pick an artist you like/find a video on YouTube/look on the right for stuff that pops up/explore, Hennepin County Library (and I assume others in major metro areas), I read reviews from RS and Spin and then fine the music online to check out to see if it's worthy, etc, etc.

Bless my sons because they listen to some very cool music compared with their peers and have actually started to influence some of them to expand their own listening into alt rock both new and old. They were telling the other day about Portugal the Man, Bloc Party, Band of Horses, Sponge, Polica, Black Keys, OneRepublic, Oasis, etc, etc all of which came from my thumb drive plugged into the car.

I will never grow tired of trying to find something new. That and just listening to music every day is a huge part of what keeps me alive.

[MissThundercat]

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I'm glad I have friends who are musicians, because they're constantly telling me about new artists. That's how I found out about The National, Interpol, Over The Rhine, Florence + The Machine, The Used, Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, etc.

Also, I don't want to listen to sad songs all the time. I'm looking for music that can be cheerful, without being sickeningly sweet. Any suggestions?

[The Rube]

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I'm glad I have friends who are musicians, because they're constantly telling me about new artists. That's how I found out about The National, Interpol, Over The Rhine, Florence + The Machine, The Used, Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, etc.

Also, I don't want to listen to sad songs all the time. I'm looking for music that can be cheerful, without being sickeningly sweet. Any suggestions?

Happy music? Always look to ska and reggae.

[Kepler]

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Happy music? Always look to ska and reggae.

This. Although vicious ska is often amazing.

[rufus]

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Also, I don't want to listen to sad songs all the time. I'm looking for music that can be cheerful, without being sickeningly sweet. Any suggestions?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...qH7rSmNyKU5pUx

Listened to Take It Up a lot in the weeks following 9/11.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uxb...qH7rSmNyKU5pUx

[Slap Shot]

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Bob rarely is the music I listen to depressing, although that's not s 100% gaurantee. Check out links if stuff I've posted here they you've not yet discovered.

Although I recommend The Samples right off the bat as a band I think you'd enjoy based upon the artists you've noted being a fan of and it's pretty upbeat stuff. My Mirning Jacket, Maroon 5 (not my style but...), Bruno, Portugal the Man...

[rufus]

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And I just listened to this the other day. A nice brew of New Orleans funk and soul, and Robbie Robertson's roots-based rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ez8...gf7YIqBwE90YYw

[rufus]

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And since St. Patrick's Day is coming up.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/room-to-roam-mw0000316330

Couldn't fnd a youtube collection of the whole album without some other stuff either added in or left out.

[MissThundercat]

Did find some cheerful music in my collection. I found Cloud Cult, Over the Rhine, Florence, Oasis, Amy Winehouse, later Counting Crows, the Weakerthans, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, R.E.M, Dropkick Murphys...

[MissThundercat]

Did find some cheerful music in my collection. I found Cloud Cult, Over the Rhine, Florence, Oasis, Amy Winehouse, later Counting Crows, the Weakerthans, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, R.E.M, Dropkick Murphys...

"Happy Hippopotamus" is a go-to for when I need my sports lifted. Really hard to be sad when listening to Cloud Cult.

[Kepler]

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"Happy Hippopotamus" is a go-to for when I need my sports lifted. Really hard to be sad when listening to Cloud Cult.

Anything by TMBG for me.

[MissThundercat]

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Anything by TMBG for me.

The first time I heard TMBG was on Tiny Toon Adventures. "Istanbul (not Constantinople)" and "Particle Man."

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Essential John Denver. Riding the last of my western vacation wave.

[MissThundercat]

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Mazzy Star: "So Tonight That I Might See"

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Mazzy Star: "So Tonight That I Might See"

Great album. I want a woman with Hope Sandoval's voice.