I'm a concert reviewer and I'm into Yoav. It's really special. Especially live.

I recently reviewed Agnes Obel, check out her song "Riverside". Also reviewed Iron & Wine, which I think is better on the album. He really plays around live, rearranges stuff like you wouldn't believe. Or go back and listen to Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On". I also dig The Kills. Have a small daughter so don't get to turn it up so often! :-)

When I lived in Louisiana there was a band called Givers that was really big there. They are kind of an indie-pop and they're a lot of fun. Pretty percussive, very dance-able.

Recently I saw a video with a Ludovico Einaudi piece as the background. Immediately following that, I found a few of his other works, and proceeded to buy his CDs. That's right, BUY with real money, not just torrent! :)
It's not everyone's cup of tea as it were, but I really enjoy his piano works, so if you're looking for some beautiful piano melodies, then check him out.

Already quite a few things to check out!

Yoav live was fantastic. His show was too short though, and even if he wanted to stay on (he actually argued quite a bit with the stage manager) and the crowd was begging, he couldn't make it longer. I'll certainly be there next time he comes.

As for Marvin Gaye, he's never too far. One of the most beautiful voices soul has ever had.

Agnes Obel is pretty good. Thanks for that.
It reminds me a bit of Tori Amos and that genre, something not heard as often since the early/mid 90s.
I like Iron & Wine as well. Not without some connections with a band like Belle and Sebastian.

Checked out the Givers as well. Good sound. I'm sure they're really fun in a live show. Somewhat in the same genre, I think of Vampire Weekend.

The Russian band DDT is always worth a listen if you like a Slavic Dire Straits sound. Not new, but awesome.

Theyre not new but check out Pete Rock and CL Smooth's The Main Ingredient. Best flows I've ever heard.

I've been a Meat Loaf fan since the '70s, but "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v_4O44sfjM&ob=av2e) simply blew me away!

White Stripes , I like their minimalism, the equipment they use and the fact that they have a female drummer.

That young Bieber fellow is the bee's knees. Baby, baby, baby, oh!

@Putin: If you enjoy White Stripes, you must check out Death From Above 1979, also a 2-man band. It's a touch more hardcore, I think, but very effective.

I must confess to no particular liking for Meat Loaf. Similarly, Christina Perry did not have on me the effect it had on you, SpeakerToAliens. Thanks for the reference though, cause I had no knowledge of her at all.

As for Pete Rock and CL Smooth, I like them. Somewhere between ATCQ and the Roots maybe...

And I must confess that DDT and Bieber have failed to make me interested, though I will readily concede that the former obviously has more to offer than the latter.

DDT obviously has more to offer if you know Russian. If you want to hear a crazy primal Russian sound, Vladimir Vysotsky's "Pesnia o druge" is worth five minutes of your time.

Don't mind if I do! Right after this live Franz Ferdinand song I hear blaring in the background!

Ha, I recognize Pesnya o Druge. Great song. Not sure what you mean by primal though.

I liked that one much better than DDT's.

@Putin: By "primal" I am simply referring to the raw vocal edge that is typical of the Russian bardic style of popular music. It's a good thing.

Ah yes. It is a good song for learning Russian. I heard it on Nu Pogodi.

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I get most of my music from Breaking Bad.

Recent discoveries? Kate Havnevik, though I don't know how long she's been around. There's also Florence + The Machine, who I've known about for about a year now, but worth mentioning as she's severely unknown.

"Somewhere between ATCQ and the Roots maybe... "

Meaning you like ATCQ better and Roots less? Or the other way around? The first order is correct, the second order is vastly misguided. Lol.

Or did you just mean they are a like a cross between the two? Haha.

Oh yeah and I assume you've heard of Odd Future, especially Earl Sweatshirt but if you somehow missed that train I suggest checking them out they are extremely thought-provoking.

I meant that their style was at the confluent of ATCQ and The Roots.

And though their sounds are quite different, don't mess with The Roots!

By the way, have you seen this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCxZB6GOtoM
There's a second part if you like that.

I was a little preoccupied in the last month but I still managed to find some worthwhile, though not exactly fresh, artists:

Angerfist - a little ahead of Neophyte, i.e. the best gabber there is. Also likes to sample Eminem a lot, look for In A Million Years to see an example.
Bain Wolfkind - a very sleazy downtempo Southern rock, the aesthetics are somewhere between neofolk and blues
Thy Light - depressive suicidal black metal made by a guy with classical music background, compared to the rest of the realm of DSBM, the vocals are easy to bear for an untrained ear
Technology of Silence - industrial dark ambient, successfully invoking post-apocalyptic sceneries
Cloetta Paris - synthpop with really innocent vocals, catchy melodies and well structured progression in songs

Wolves in the Throne Room. Great modern black metal from Portland. Playing in my home town this weekend.

Oh yes definitely seen that - loved it lol. Loved knowing like all of them and thinking "WHAT THEY LEFT OUT ___"

Not often I am up to date on anything remotely called popular culture lol

no but yeah have you heard of OFWGKTA

OFWGKTA???

Got me there!

Cachimbo, hints already present ITT ;)

And Wolves in the Throne Room is probably the USBM band I respect the most although I think that black metal is somehow lacking in the States, especially compared to other metal genres.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDDoJAIL3g&ob=av2e

You're welcome

@Thucy OFWGKTA is boss

@Onar -- I don't think anyone should call Florence "severely unknown". She's been on Saturday Night Live and toured with U2 as well ...

and to add something new, Okkervil River is a rock band I have been loving this past year

@Ulytau: I thought it might have something to do with Odd Future, but it's only this morning that I researched it.

And no, I obviously don't know them yet. I'll check them out later today, them, and the other suggestions Uly made as well.

@ Hugo: not bad, but I can't say it got me.

I'd say Florence is known enough. I think one of her songs even made it on Glee (oh, and don't you geeks pretend you don't know what that is...!). I like some of her songs a lot, like her voice.

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@WardenDresden: Yes, Ludovico Einaudi is a genius. I really like a lot of his sound. I Giorni is fantastic. Dietro Casa is another of my favorites.

And talking of Meatloaf, has anyone seen the literal video version of "I'd Do Anything For Love" ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdKz3_tcW1E

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Well...

I've just listened to Nas in African-American Literature...

And he just might be the first author/musician/artist I've encountered in a LONG time who I not only now have a viceral hatred of artistically, but personally, for what he seems to be writing for...

Well, that's a story for another thread, isn't it? And he's not exactly new, is he? ;)

So a pointy head told you to like him, so you like him. Sounds like the obi I know.

I like Mumford in Sons are doing, their music had to grow on me but when it did I really took to it.

Visceral hatred for personal reasons is something I have yet to develop towards musicians I hate for artistic reasons.

mumford and sons, excuse me, I as usual am typing like Im drunk

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And generally, hatred means too much work, mocking or apathy are my usual modes of behaviour towards bad music. I reserve hatred mostly for the fans since they keep it going. I can't really hate on someone who's raking cash from his music, money is a legitimate reason to produce shit and I respect it.