Ask Lemmy

Too many genres, artists, decades to choose one, I'll pick one, hope you'll enjoy. Cassius - The sound of violence

How many desert island discs do I get? I'll do three lesser known ones

Make it all show - Skating Polly. I love the vocal styles, not sure I'd reccommend the band (I do have tickets this year though)

Masters of reality - Masters of reality. Not so much a band as a producer pulling talent and doing odd projects. Not a track on this I don't sing along to though... especially the instrumentals.

Rakshak - Bloodywood. Sometimes I need flute solos in my life, sometimes I need someone to aggressively tell me that shit is going to be ok.

3 more known ones.

Dummy - Portishead. Original pirate material - The streets. New levels new devils - Polyphia

• Artist: The Beatles
• Album: Revolver
• Song: Tomorrow Never Knows

R.E.M. - Reckoning

The place where jangle lives.

I do have a lot of favorites from over the years but I still find new bands/albums I fall in love with. So instead of recommending any old favorites I will give you my album of the year (thus far) from a band I didn’t really enjoy before.

Caligula‘s Horse - Charcoal Grace

Absolutely fantastic album and I would strongly recommend listening to it from start to finish.

Beborn Beton – Truth (Album)

"Srontgorrth" by Nagelfar. If you really want to expand your horizon. Lol

I listen to so many different kinds of music so it is hard to nail down a favorite. Instead I’ll give you the most recent artist I saw live-Jazz guitarist Julian Lage. I saw his trio in Chicago last night and it was an unreal experience with how tight the group was. Truly masters of their craft. Here is one of my favorite tracks of his “Tributary”

https://youtu.be/cEqgeN27Hhk?si=fx2xrvgOIy-w7GtG

Lard - The Power of Lard

Jello Biafra from the Dead Kennedys and the members of Ministry, two of my favourite bands, collaborated and made some truly amazing heavy music.

Dan Britt - I'm Dead Inside

Recently came across this tune and can't get enough of it.

TV on the radio - Ambulance

Ditto this one.

Portishead - Wandering Star

Finally, you can't go wrong with this classic from my youth.

Super Furry Animals - Radiator

Been my favorite since mid 00's. As someone from the US, they were never very big here, and I get tons of looks from people if I tell them this. They were pretty successful overseas from the looks of the concerts. I didn't mind. Whenever they toured here, I got to see them in super small venues, which was great. Sadly, they haven't put out an album in over 15 years and doubt they will. They all have side projects and kind of moved on but never officially broke up. I can only hope they will return one day. Side projects are really good as well, thankfully.

I was listening to old punk rock (from my own collection, not some algorithmic channel) and Kamala's Too Nice by Screeching Weasel came on, which was really amusing in the current American political landscape. https://youtu.be/EjlhlqcCTjM

If you like this one you'll probably like the whole My Brain Hurts album.

Blanco White, British artist with Spanish/Latin influence. 'The wind rose' from his EP is such a good song and I think it reflects his style still. https://open.spotify.com/track/2B2iGPBD6RBWJ11uxtb34t?si=GidmWC2uSoSiDvwbw8XmyQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A18WIUFEZRfWSRDhfnmO9NB

"Giordano's dream" (both parts) are an amazing listen too. https://open.spotify.com/album/0ZiiZQCm1aez7Kt77j78QG?si=5e5wSsbETP2dNLOLlMVxhg

My favorite band is Enter the Haggis. I'll give you a couple choices:

Swallowed by a Whale - one of their newest.

Gasoline - one of their most popular ones, a bit country-leaning.

To the Quick - a solid instrumental.

Choosing a favorite is hard and it changes a lot for me. This time I’ll choose Porcupine Tree and recommend their album In Absentia.

One of my favourites that's not known very much is Meg Myers. She puts raw emotion into her music.

Porter Robinson - Nurture

Just saw him live last night, absolutely incredible concert.

"Softly" by Gordon Lightfoot is one of my favorite songs. On the surface it appears to be about a woman but I don't think it is. I was listening to it one time when it just popped into my head, "Holy shit. He's talking about the moon."

I thought about writing him to ask if I was right and I kind of regret that I didn't while he was still alive. The man was a poet of highest caliber. If you like or can at least listen to folk music, the album "Gord's Gold" lives up to it's name.

A couple of my favorites, in no particular order...

Dessa - Mineshaft II Dessa writes some of the most evocative, lyrically dense songs I've ever heard.

The Gits - Guilt Within Your Head The Gits were a Seattle-based punk rock band that were poised to blow up big in the early 90s. Tragically, lead singer Mia Zapata was murdered just 4 days after they signed their first major contract.

Titus Andronicus - (I'm) Screwed A long-running and critically acclaimed hard rock band that's avoided finding mainstream success. One of the best live acts I've seen.

My go to favourite band is AFI, and they have a great back catalogue to dig into as they've been going since the 90s but have changed their style with the times (although always sort of emo/punk adjacent). I flip flop on my favourite album from them, currently I'd say it's Sing The Sorrow but sometimes it's Decemberunderground.

My taste changes frequently though, so for something with a completely different style, I find myself constantly returning to Personal Protocol by 8485, a wonderful hyperpop EP with Drum & Bass influences.

I hope you get something out of any of this, and would love to hear what you think!

Massive Attack - Risingson

Instead of my favorite, which is very well known, I've chosen to promote a different awesome song in an adjacent genre:

Destiny Potato - Addict

Excellent song, and the buildup + guitar solo = chefs kiss

Hey that's cool. I get my music from "all songs considered" (new music Friday), the NPR podcast.

Last thing I enjoyed was the new album "embers" by God is an astronaut.

If you’re into metal music, Sons of Texas is an underrated band. They’re no longer together, but they put out a couple of good albums.

Also check out Cardinal Black, it’s a blues/rock outfit, and really good.

AURORA!!

I'd recommend The Gods We Can Touch, and when you're done with that What Happened to The Heart. If you're wondering who she is, maybe listen runaway, you'll probably recognize that. Hope you enjoy! :)