Your Music Deep Dive Recommendations

[rajillustration]

So I've been on Lock-down for...a long while, and so I got sick of all of my playlists and I can't really work alongside podcasts and I decided to do music deep dives into musicians that have a large library and just listen to...their entire library. Musicians I either completely overlooked or ignored the first time around, or ones I've kinda forgotten about--musicians that have cult followings, musicians that molded their own niche, or musicians that are just kinda classics I should know better.

So, not saying this is just for me or anything, I'm sure we're all looking for a deep dive eventually, but if you were to recommend a music deep dive into a particular artist(s)--who would you recommend?

(In case you are curious, so far my music deep dive has gone: Radiohead, BTS, Hatsune Miku, Ween, Nine Inch Nails, AC/DC, Meatloaf, Grimes, Touhou (just the whole Touhou library regardless of musician), Gorillaz, and currently revisiting the Beatles because I haven't really listened to their discography since the 4th grade.)

Thinking about adding Johnny Cash, Metallica, Led Zeppellin, Cher...still just adding to the list...

So yeah, who's your deep dive and why?

[CytricAcid]

Todd Rundgren and Peter Hammill are my reccomendations, both artists i'm absolutely obsessed with. check out their bands too, Utopia and Van Der Graaf Generator as well. They both have a LOT of music in their belt.
Todd Rundgren also produced Meatloaf, if you're curious...

For comparison: Todd Rundgren has 22 albums solo, plus 10 with Utopia; Peter Hammill has 38 albums and 13 with Van Der Graaf Generator. These also don't count live albums.

[rajillustration]

Oh shoot that's a ton of content, too! Thanks, I'll have to check them out.

[CytricAcid]

Todd for one has done a lot of different genres! You'll definitely find a lot of interesting hidden gems in his discography. Peter I'm not nearly as familiar with, but his 70s work, both solo and with VDGG is absolutely gut wrenching.

[VibrantFox]

This is definitely a cool topic. I think it's safe to say I'm still exploring Vocaloid given the number of voicebanks, artists, utau artists and covers; plus it's always fun seeing the specific style certain artists have when covering each others song especially with regard to tuning of a vocaloid and singing style

I remember a long while back I'd gotten pretty into Daft Punk but I think I'd like to go back through their discography, especially their earlier albums. Gorillaz too.

I think the one artist I'm probably overdue getting back to would probably be She/Lain Volta. After finding out about the two or three new EPs he put out it'd be nice to revisit both his music and the characters some of his albums had introduced

[cherrystark]

My go-to is 80s rock bands. I've also gotten into punk rock bands doing covers of pop songs. They are often better than the original

[DanielRKM]

Oh man. So many.

@rajillustration Judging by your list, I'm going to go with these bands/acts:

Ben Folds / Ben Folds Five
Lady Lamb
Dear in the Headlights
Steel Train
Bleachers
The Format
Mason Jennings
Carl Perkins in Dearland
George Harrison
The Regrettes
PHOX
Peter Gabriel
Genesis

I hope you dig them.

[WhiskeyMadDog]

Have you ever listened to Elliott Smith? He's very essential for right now, especially if you like dark, existential lyrics. Very similar to the Beatles with a voice that sounds like rainwater flowing down a rusty pipe.
I suggest you start with See You in Heaven or Waltz #1

I also recommend Grizzly Bear. Their lyrics are atmospheric and the music is chilling. Plus the lead singer has an awesome voice and he doesn't use machines at all to amplify his sound. Everything you hear is real.
I recommend you start with Two Weeks or Speak In Rounds

[kmlangleyauthor]

Florence + the Machine

She’s just so emotional and amazing. She has a good bit of music out and I feel like her tone changes per album

[mlocik97]

HardStyle, BigRoom, Psytrance help me

[ar-ninetysix]

My main deep dives are basically Underoath and The Devil Wears Prada. They're those bands who scream all nasty into the mics with the emo singing. Plenty of albums for the (relatively) short time they've been around. 7 albums for both, with other songs in between.

Part of why I listened to them was that I was Christian and looking for some dope music to vibe with that you'd never hear in church. I've long since grown out of that mentality, but their songs have stuck with me lol the other undeniably more important part is that they shaped a lot of my musical tastes early on and even influenced my growth as a musician and songwriter so yea

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Shoutout to Metallica, they're cool too (except for the Lulu album collab bc yikes). I generally like a lot of what they do, but for me, everything is easily overshadowed by what I think is their best work, the S&M live performance with the San Francisco Symphony~

[rajillustration]

@DanielRKM Oh at one point I was like deeeep into Ben Folds but then I kind of stopped listening to them because they reminded me of an ex boyfriend and just forgot about them. Time to regain that part of my life from that break up eons ago.

@WhiskeyClone Oh! Grizzle Bear! I think I heard a few of their things. I remember liking it.

@ar-ninetysix oh yeah I heard Metallica did a thing with the SF Symphony and I just have never listened to it. This is a good reminder to go back.

@mlocik97 never heard of BigRoom so I'll have to check that out.

@kmlangley uf love Florence. I've only listened to like one album though. So good rec!

@VibrantFox oh I don't know if I've heard of Lain Volta or if I just don't remember them--I'll have to check that!

@cherrystark yes the 80's were a great time for rock.

[pilot-obvious]

My current deep dives have been the Beatles, Coldplay, and Elton John. I forgot how much I enjoyed their music so it's been nice 'rediscovering' it.

Other deep dives I've done since quarantine started have included Lorn, Queen, Lady Gaga, and M83. I definitely recommend M83 and Lorn. They're both very inspiring to me!

[FritzC]

Molchat Doma is my current one and then just listening to other Darkwave and Coldwave music

[CytricAcid]

King Crimson would be a really fun deep dive, especially if you start going into the individual member's past projects. Adrian Belew particularly...

[VibrantFox]

His social page is here
https://twitter.com/LainVolta

but the music he's most known for (under she music) can be found here or his youtube

she

and then there's a bunch of demos he has on soundcloud that give glimpses into the development of some of his bigger songs or ones that just weren't fully released at all

[domisotto]

Honestly, I just rely on the figure skaters to supply music in my life. A lot of it is repetitive, for obvious reasons, but they do go for weird stuff sometimes.

[Black_Conscious]

I listened to a lot of Hip-hop
Whenever it is a singer I listened to the ones in the 80's-90's, Rnb

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
This one is my deep dive Any song/Album from Sa-Roc ( idk if ya might like her though )
Nitty Scott?? : The Art Of Chill

I chose these people because there the only ones I listened to a full album of that are females.

[Stargazer31]

Bjork. She's seriously creative, really worth a listen.

[blackorchid]

Here's a sampling from my some of my playlists. I think we have similar tastes.

From my female artists playlist:

Cherry Glazer "Told You I'd Be with the Guys" "Distressor" "Isolation"
LUNA AURA "Honey" "Enlgish Boys"
Amy Winehouse --Back to Black album was one of two CDs in my car at all times.
Bridge City Sinners "St. James Infirmary" "Witches' Wrath"
Dakota Staton "Cry Me a River" <-- this is my favorite song.
Deap Vally "Baby I Call Hell"
Estrons "I'm Not Your Girl"
Gin Wigmore "Black Sheep" "Man Like That"
Grace Mitchell "RIIICH"
Hayley Williams "Simmer" Sudden Desire"
HOLYCHILD "Plastered Smile"
Ida Maria "I Eat Boys Like You For Breakfast"
Katy Perry "I Kissed A Girl -Live AT MTV Unplugged, New York, NY/2009" (a jazz version, and the most superior version)
The Kills "Sour CHerry" "No Wow"
Kim Petras "There Will Be Blood"
LPX "New Mood"
Madd "British Racing Green"
Meg Myers "Desire" Jealous Sea"
Paloma Faith "Upside Down" "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" "Trouble with My Baby"
Rina Sawayama "Comme Des Garcons (Like The Boys)"
VUKOVI "C.L.A.U.D.I.A." "Colour Me in"
Willa "Swan"
WRENN "Craigslist Personals"
YONAKA "Bad Company" "Punch Bag" "Teach Me to Fight"
Hayley Kiyoko "Demons"

From other playlists:

Arctic Monkeys AM -album.
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION "Re:Re: (Single Ver.)
BABYMETAL "Gimme Chocolate" "Awadama Fever"
Black Lips "Modern Art" "Bad Kids"
Blood Red Shoes "I Wish I Was Someone Better" "ADHD" "It's Getting Boring by the Sea"
cleopatrick "hometown"
Caleb Hyles "Again" <--guy does amazing covers of pop.culture songs.
Death From Above 1979 -- honestly, any things from them.
Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence"
The Killers "Humans" "All These Things That I've Done" Also, Sam's Town.
My Chemical Romance.
Punch Brothers "Julep" "Another New World"
Rage Against the Machine
Remo Drive "Yer Killin' Me"
Sincere Engineer "Corn Dog Sonnet No. 7"
The White Stripes
The xx "Islands" "Crystalised"

I have loads more. Just give me a genre or feel.
Have fun!