Alternative music

[Miss-Tiff-Eyed]

I wasn't sure where to put this, but I'm looking for some good songs to download, other than rap.


Any suggestions, drop them here!

[Gemcee]

I will give you some artists that i listen to regularly that aren't hip hop.

smashing pumpkins
pixies
breeders
janes addiction
sonic youth
tragically hip

[Dex Aspen]

Sade
Jack Johnson
William Elliot Whitmore
Allison Krause
Shihan (poetry)


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[Miss-Tiff-Eyed]

Thanks guys! I'll check some of those I don't know out.

[MANE]

Arctic Monkeys
Citizen Cope
Dave Matthews Band
Saul Williams

[Miss-Tiff-Eyed]

Thanks MANE.

Keep 'em coming guys!
You can drop specific songs as well.

[intellectual]

the mars volta (questlove likes them, so you have to, jk, but yes, they will change your life)
radiohead -kid a, thats the album
the veils-lavinia is a good song to start with
omar rodriguez lopez- experimental stuff
broken social scene- indie pop, sappy and genuine
godspeed you black emperor!- ambience
explosions in the sky-ambience
at the drive-in- punk screamo
can- 70s psychadelic, kanye's 'drunk and hot girls' sampled them
death from above 1979- funky dance music
bjork- anything really, try 'post'
bright eyes- acoustic emo with really good lyrics
cursive- shameless emo, try 'burst and bloom ep'

trying to be diverse here

the roots of orchis- acid free jazz
the album leaf-same
zechs marquise-same
miles davis- jazz fusion, try bitches brew
thelonious monk- anything will do

hmm...

cold war kids- bluesy indie rock
queens of the stone age- heavier, good lyrics and melodies
john frusciante- good melodic guitarist
red hot chili peppers- not a fan, but ^ is guitarist and flea bassist
king crimson- psychadelic
the grateful dead- mmmhhmh
frank zappa- really good guitarist, soulful r&b influenced funk
refused- screamo, try 'the shape of punk to come'
cap'n jazz- pioneers in emo, might be outdated
arctic monkeys- british dance rock w/pretty good lyrics
flight of the conchords- funny folk rock w/some hip hop
free moral agents- really good keys
Muse- the mars volta lite
Coldplay- muse lite
circa survive- experimental emo, guy has really high voice
fugazi- cool
smashing pumpkins- cool
sonic youth-real cool
thom yorke- of radiohead,electronic
arcade fire- kind of like broken social scene, but i dont like as much
wilco- country
kayo dot----really reall really cool,,,
venetian snares- same
pink floyd- surely youve heard of them
porcupine tree- pink floyd for the 21st century
elliot smith- if you like being depressed
Modest Mouse- fun
Daft Punk- dance
dinosaur jr.
Battles- hard to get into for some, but worth it
Animal Collective- psych folk
sunn O)))
beehtoven- no shit, check out the 9th and 4th symphonies
mozart- everything, i'll put more classical music up later if anyones interested
Beep Beep--haha
sigur ros- IMPORTANT, i love
Brian Eno
Circle Takes The Square
Dillenger Escape Plan
Tool- not much of an endorsement,but ppl like it, not me....
pavement
lightning bolt- to have sex to
james brown- to have sex to
tera melos
hella
tv on the radio- song 'wolf like me'
a silver mt. zion
gorillaz
and close with led zeppelin, bc they're hated on too much, and unreasonably


i'll put more later, this is like asking me to count to infinity...123456789101112131415161718192021222324 25262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849 505152535455565785960616263646566676869

[Dex Aspen]

Clutch
The Animals
Obituary
Deftones
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Bolt Thrower
Jane's Addiction
Ralph Stanley
Ray Wylie Hubbard
...


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