Bored of music - need suggestions.
 

Okay I'm sick of listening to mainly alt-rock (or whatever you want to call it) so I thought I'd ask for some suggestions of current bands that actually know what the fuck they're doing. I know it's a bit weird coming on to a SY board saying that I'm sick of rock, but that is the situation.

Please, by all means, recommend some good rock, but not just mediocre stuff that's alright. Some recommendations for good electronic music would be welcomed as well. Not techno or its variations though, as highly regarded as they are, I don't really like it. Hell, recommend anything, so long as it's ball bustingly good.

Look forward to some suggestions to get me a bit more interested in music again. I'm in a rut and need to get out.

Here's a somewhat mainstream suggestion for you (I suggest them because they, er, get my mojo goin')

The Avalanches

If you haven't already heard of them, group from Australia that does some electronic stuff. Mostly upbeat. I like blaring them in the car and dancing like a jackass.

The album that most recently busted my balls was Out To Lunch by Eric Dolphy. Even if you don't like Jazz, give it a try. Of course, it's not very new...

Thanks for the recommendations I'll check them both out. I love jazz! Just bought another Miles album today. Thinking of getting some more "out there" shit like sun ra but I want some modern stuff as well so...

noumenal, do you get vinyl? I'm just asking because I found a nice blue note re-issue of that album. Just wondering if you know whether they're any good or not.

I say give can a shot if you haven't... chk chk chk too. Not the most unknown type things, but i myself haven't left the realm of alt-rocky too far.

ANd while we're reccomending, does anyone know any good krautrock/electro-rock music?

I don't really do the vinyl thing, sorry.

Here are some more Jazz recommendations:

Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun
Sun Ra - Atlantis
Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Marilyn Crispell - Band on the Wall

Electronic Music that blew my mind:
Ryoji Ikeda - 0 Degrees Celsius

electronic music:

bola - fyuti, soup, gnayse
plaid - anything and everything
jello - voile
sierpinski - this geography is ours

newer music not alt-rock

I second !!! (chik chik chik)....Their album LOUDEN UP NOW is great

I recommend CORNELIUS, from Japan. he is fantastic. his first album FANTASMA and his second album POINT are must-haves. MUSTHAVES!!!!

I recommend

Rap/ Hip-hop:
Noah23
Sixtoo
Hangar 18
Mr.Lif

Rock:
Animal Collective
Grandaddy
Preston School of Industry
Q and not U
Robot Kill City

Metal:
Goatsnake

No-wave / Noise:
Sonic Youth
Arab on Radar
AIDS Wolf
Wolf Eyes
The Flying Luttenbachers
The Hospitals
Lightning Bolt
Thurston Moore
Free Kitten

Sludge:
Khanate
Sunn0)))
Wraiths
Boris

Dance:
Diplo
Debbie Deb
Dntel

Hardcore & Emo:
Daitro
Raein
Converge
City of Caterpillar

Punk:
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Minor Threat
Fugazi

Acoustic:
Jim O'Rourke
Elliott Smith

Folk & Blues:
The Silver Jews
Robert Johnson

Jazz: (I need some reccomendations myself, I'm definately checking out Noumenal's list tonight)
Sun Ra

If you don't already, listen to The Jesus and Mary Chain :)

Some free-folk bands:
Jackie-O Motherfucker
Sunburned Hand Of The Man
Davenport
No Neck Blues Band
Pelt

i've been gorging on black metal and guided by voices lately.

black metal:
darkthrone
immortal
blut aus nord
velvet cacoon
leviathan
urgehal
1349
deathspell omega
haemoth
graveland
ondskapt
blasphemy

guided by voices:
alien lanes
bee thousand
suitcase
propellor

also really been enjoying Mouthus - Slow Globes for some sort of far out psych gloop.

Toilet....
Try Satanic Warmaster and Watain!

Go with the Dead man, you can never go wrong with the Dead.

I suggest listening to some Skin Graft shit. It never gets boring.

I second that. http://www.skingraftrecords.com

Make sure you check out:
RUINS
AIDS Wolf
The Flying Luttenbachers
Arab on Radar

What is Beherit's The Oath of Black Blood like? I like some of the songs I've heard, which is not much. Really raw and primitive, rather than "pure black metal" it's more like thrash/death metal played in black metal style.

dunno, but i'm sure it'll be easy to find on slsk

the Chinese Stars are good too. Don't forget them.

Also for rap I suggest:
Danger Doom
Quasimoto
Handsome Boy Modeling School

Japanese shit:
OOIOO
Mono
Afrirampo

how can someone be bored of music, i will never know

listen to bardo pond and comets on fire
and acid mothers temple and ghost

electronica:
pita
venetian snares