New Flavors – New Grooves

I found myself in a position of wanting new music. Not DJ music but bands or just a new sound that I have not explored yet. I guess after listening to electronica for 7 years its time to really salt and pepper my collection. I mean, yeah I have all my alternative rock and some other goodies like John Mayer but nothing really new. I reached out to one of my friends who really has a diverse range of music she listens to and she came back with a list of about 20 artists to check out. I told my coworkers I was venturing into a new world of music and read them the list and by their expressions and voices of excitement I went with these Artists and download a bunch of really amazing music!! If you have any recomendations, send them my way through my contact page.

I’m going to go in alphabetical because I still cant pick my favorites:

Artist: Burial
Albums: Burial and Untrue
Genre: Dubstep/Garage

I really enjoy the darker side of this as well as the flow of the albums. It really shifts your head from really typical mainstream music and gives you more of an artsy expression.

Artist: Hot Chip
Album: Made In The Dark
Genre: Pop
Talk about a party starter. This band has got a great groove, really good mainstream licks that catch you and they just have a ton of energy. You can really hear it in how the album is put together and I can imagine a really fun show if I ever see them live.

Artist: M83
Albums: Before The Dawn Heals Us – Saturdays Youth
Genre: Electronic
I actually knew about M83 from DJ Sasha’s Invol2ver (Most amazing album of all time) but I never actually sat down and listened to their full length albums… boy was I missing out! Their style is really epic and full. The stories they talk about really go with how the composition of the music flows. Its really brilliant and I would tell people to stop and open their mind to M83 any day of the year.

Artist: Owl City
Album: Ocean Eyes
Genre: Electronica
I actually discovered this on my own and as soon as I played it in the office I feel like our entire mood changed. Everyone started to smile and it felt like we all needed to get up and do a group hug! I think that if I need to brighten up my day or just get put into a good mood, this is where I am going to land. Really fun band to listen to!

Artist: The Postal Service
Album: Give Up
Genre: Electronic
These guys make me want to get up and dance. They have really simple catchy beats and they also really make me smile. I think if you heard some of their tracks you would find a new band to listen to at any point of the day.

Artist: The Presets
Albums: Apocalypso – Beams
Genre: Electronic
These guys are a little more dirty electro sounding with what seems like tastes of punk in them. I could see this being a totally rockin show at peak hours of the night and filled with raw energy. They are totally a hipster style band but I dig their sound.

Artist: Ratatat
Albums: Classics – Ratatat
Genre: Rock/Indie

Quite an amazing sound here. Their guitar licks catch me and really know how to express my emotion. I found that these two albums go hand in hand and I can never tell when they change in my playlist. I think this was so far my favorite find as a band to listen to everyday.

So those are the few bands I have had a chance to get through. I still need to check out some more like Hercules & Love Affair, Junior Boys, Linus Loves, Mike Snow, Phoenix, Simian Mobile Disco, Royksopp and Santigold.