Morning call - Beck

Animal by Def Leppard

Okay, but honing your craft by playing it in front of an audience or having a second opinion of a producer are both invaluable things that many self-produced artists don't have nowadays, which can and do produce mediocre results. You said that there is more good music nowadays, and I don't really agree with that statement. There is more music, but I wouldn't say that there is more "good" music, if anything I would say there is about the same amount of "good" music, with a LOT more mediocre stuff to wade through to find the "good" stuff.

Sigur Ros - Festival and Ara Batur

Wow,did she kill your dog or something? Also when did being in the gutter start being a qualification on how to be a great artist?

I actually listened to an album of her (because it was in the list of 1001 to listen before you die) and some spare songs from other albums. Not my cup of tea.

I find her music more dreamy than depressing.

I always wonder...how well do you know their fans...I mean I like both artists you mention, but am completely unaware of how their fans are.

What about Lana Del Rabies?

Note:I didn't like the beatles but i listen a album from them in my free time and now i'm a fan from them

but i'm obviously talking about recorded music

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming by M83. "Intro" makes me tear up every time.

Brokencyde - Yellow Bus

Right, but you're making it sound like you need to record music to make it, when tons of artists honed their craft by playing music live for years before they recorded anything.

Well said. I wish their older albums were on vinyl.

John Frusciante - The Empyrean

4hero - Les Fleur

Probably have more, this just popped into my head first.

don't force yourself to listen to it, just listen to it when you have free time and nothing to do and maybe you'll like it

Jan Hammer's 'The First Seven Days '

Wanderer by Dion & the Belmonts

White pony by Deftones hits different

Nobody makes a better case for the metric system either.

Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains, kind of melancholy too though

Agreed but I prefer The Bends. I often listen to it on the early bus when it’s dark outside. But it’s getting lighter so I won’t have the pleasure for much longer.

Siamese dream by Smashing pumpkins