new music recommendations, please!

[Judge Fun]

Music?  Wagner and Beethoven - two of the greatest joys in life.  Give them a try!!! 

Wagner: Parsifal, Tristan und Isolde, Ring cycle

Beethoven: Late string quartets, symphonies

[worldshown]

Recently bought Streetlight Manifesto's album "Somewhere In The Between" album because someone sent me this link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UTPKL-UGY

If shouty, stompy ska-punk is your thing, then this album does not disappoint.

[Noisybast]

This season, I are mostly been listening to:

The Wildhearts - ¡Chutzpah!
Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue
Black Spiders - Cinco Hombres (Diez Cojones)
Street Sweeper Social Club - Street Sweeper Social Club

Fine albums all...

[James Stacey]

I have Chutzpah on order, it hasn't arrived yet. As long as its more 'Riff after Riff' and less 'endless nameless' I'll be happy.

[Noisybast]

I'd say it's the polar opposite of Endless Nameless. Where Endless... was a collection of decent songs rendered mostly unlistenable by a horrendously distorted, drug-fuelled production job and a heapin' helpin' of unnecessary white noise, ¡Chutzpah! is slightly over-produced, and boasts a layer of polish that the Wildhearts aren't normally renowned for. I found it made for strangely uncomfortable listening, until the songs had time to dig their hooks in. Now I'm sold, although I'm still not happy about the faint whiff of Auto-Tune that lingers around the vocals.

Oh, and if you enjoy the album, make sure you download the bonus tracks from http://www.thewildhearts.com/2009/08/15/the-snake-the-lion-the-monkey-and-the-spider/ and http://www.thewildhearts.com/2009/10/16/zeen-requiem-free-new-song/. Particularly The Snake, The Lion, The Monkey And The Spider - it's ace!

[Peter Wolf]

Just discovered the Symphonic Led Zeppelin :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB_YDuqzpnY

[House of Usher]

I recently saw The Shanklin Freak Show and enjoyed it so much I bought their CD. Tons of fun. Seriously. I recommend giving them a listen.

http://www.myspace.com/theshanklinfreakshow

[radiator]

Recently been listening to the Dead Man's Shoes soundtrack, on which this track - The Diver by Gravenhurst really stood out.

Give it a listen here (slightly cut down version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHvUTrrqBDY

[House of Usher]

I'm a very late convert to VNV Nation. They're sort of goth, EBM, synth, futurepop. 

I'm still getting to grips with the myself, but two tracks have got hold of my attention. 'Legion' (sounds better live) and 'Illusion.'

Legion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4nAzWExsuc&feature=related

Illusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu-8wGbWMro