OK - here is what this thread is about. We've got a wide variety of musical taste in our group, and we have some guys with expansive collections and album knowledge. I've created this thread to help keep the What's Spinning thread for drifting too far off course. That's also a great thread for "discovering" new tunes.

So this thread is dedicated to asking someone to "recommend something to me".

For example -

Someone says, I like Portishead, are there any other bands out there that sound like that? I would probably respond with CallmeKat

Help each other out - if you're asking for something like something else, then provide a link to the song or album for those who maybe aren't familiar. Maybe hearing a You Tube clip will make someone think of a band they are familiar with that suits what you're looking for.

Feel free to use this thread to try and find tunes you might need help figuring out - for example, if you know the artist, but can't find the tune. Or which version of an album that's been pressed and mastered in many variants is the "best".

I figure between the What's Spinning thread and this Recommend to Me thread, we can help expand our horizons musically.  :)

If you like Portishead, also check out Blonde Redhead ~ 23.

This is one of my favorites .....

Rusalka by Dvorak

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MwuNqcKUxto&autoplay=1

I could set this on auto repeat the whole day....

Eric,

You may find the audio quality challenging, though with the DS it may be more than tolerable. . . but check out the Boswell Sisters. They are the bomb.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boswell_Sisters

http://theboswellsisters.com/

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The Wailin' Jennys are cool, also try the Secret Sisters, I love their song Tennessee Me:

LR,

Great thread, thanks. If you like female vocals, check out China Forbes on Pink Martini's "Hey Eugene" disc. The first track, "Everywhere" is one of my reference tracks, but pretty much any song off that cd is amazing, and the recording is top notch. Quite a collection of instruments in the hands of some very capable musicians, and the title track is a hoot. Also, there is a small jazz/pop combo called Lake Street Drive. Check out their slowed-down, jazzy take on the old Jackson 5 tune, "I Want You Back". Great harmony, and great separation of instruments. That's one wide soundstage! I'd add links for you to check out, but my computer skills are...uh...insufficient.

Anyway, thanks again for this discussion.
Randy

OK Decware Family - I'm needing some more recommendations - I don't have an example to post, but what I'm looking for is some nice acoustic guitar recordings. Redbook or High-Def, as long as it's recorded well.

I tend to like medieval lute tunes, classical guitar, to acoustic blues and modern folk.

I find the DirectStream has such a realistic instrument representation, and piano sound extremely *live*, I want to give acoustic guitars a chance to come alive in my room!  :)

Thanks in Advance for your suggestions!

And then this one, wow!

I knew the guitar player of our group would have some suggestions for me! Thanks Lon, I'll dive in and see what I like. Thanks!

LR...I am quite certain you will appreciate the below album...  

If you liked the Blonde Redhead stuff, you may like Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence.  It's available in 44.1/24 resolution on HD Tracks.  Although not in 96 or 192, I find it still very good.

On a side note, she collaborated quite a bit with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.  I have been listening to this for a couple of weeks  now and like it overall.

Here's the title track Ultraviolence:


Oh and she pretty cute

Hans, check out the scandanavian bands "Dead Man" and "Graveyard."

Dead Man has a San Francisco '60s vibe, you may really like them. There's also Witchcraft.

Lon, picked up Witchcraft Legend (2012) ... the song Democracy rocks really hard.

Thanks for all the cool recommendations!

Hans, I think you'll really like the new Opeth, "Pale Communion."

Opeth is a cool band, they used to be exclusively Death Metal (with a sense of humor) but slowly became more and more Prog as Mikal the leader and Steven became buds and worked together more and more.

They used to do death metal and quickly began mixing it with light acoustic melodic sections, which works really really well. My favorite of theirs is still "Damnation"--Wilson was involved for the first time, and the music is awesome.

OK, a very specific Recommend to Me -

Queen's - Somebody to Love - This is one of my favorite tracks from them, but the two or three copies I have, have this hairy distortion somewhere in there - it's like nails on a chalkboard to me. I really think it's inherent in the master tapes, but I'm hoping I'm wrong.

Can anyone recommend a copy that they feel is exceptional?

I won't argue with that, though I will say I really find his latest solo work rather lightweight compared to his work of ten to four years ago or so. I just don't like his take on "prog" without the heavier elements and with the light jazz trappings, just neither original nor groundbreaking for me. And. . . I hate his debbie downer lyric habits. Can't he write something positive and forceful?

That said, I like his stereo remixing of 'seventies material.

Yes, I have both the official videos, they're awesome!

Hi guys
Would really like som recommondations to match Adam Ben Ezra (check out Cant stop running). Im familiar with Bromberg though

Also; In more rock/pop and a lot cool things going on in the background; All is Dream by Mercury Rev. I find the recording to pretty nice.

OK, another Recommend to Me request -

So two things aligned to bring me to this point.

#1, the best version of Someone To Love that I was looking for, is off the Japanese SACD.

#2 since the latest DirectStream update, DSD/SACD has had a notable step up in performance.

So my recommend to me request - What SACD are *must have* in your mind? Any genre - what's well recorded and really shows off what SACD can do?

New Floyd album out in November. "The Endless River". A double. The vinyl has some really short sides by the look of it....14mins...11 mins  I dont fancy that. The DVD edition is in 5.1 and has 39min extra music.
There was a time I`d be walking on air at the mention of a new Floyd.
The thing thats piquing my interest is that it`s mostly non-vocal. I started to have a gutfull of Waters moaning and mental torment being foisted on me and longed for the "Saucerful.." "Set The Controls..." "Echoes" long instrumental passages returning.

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I have some FLAC rips of the SACDs, and after comparing them to well ripped ISO, I absolutely hear a difference...even though FLAC is lossless, I hear a difference. The album I A/B this with was SRV - Couldn't Stand the Weather. I'm going to grab some of these (great list by the way) and compare them to the FLAC rips I have on my file server and see if the difference is notable across the board.

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I agree with the instrumental thing - that's awesome!

That looks like something I'd like, thanks LON!