Stickin' my neck out here...what gets you goin' beyond the realm of punk or rock n roll?


Soft spot for Broadcast. I like when they got weird too:

    I'm a big soul and funk fan. I was reading about that stuff around the time of the early 00s funk revival, and 7"s were what I could afford so ended up with a lot of Desco, Soul Fire, Timmion etc 45s and... they really hold up for me.

      I like the new Bria Salmena tracks. She's on Sub Pop and put out 2 EPs of spaced out country covers (i like the first one better). New tracks are pretty poppy. We're gonna see her in April. She & her bandmates were in Orville Peck's band when he was first getting attention.

      Hermanos Gutiérrez is pretty great.

      The new Fucked Up has some very Husker-esque tracks. Loved their early stuff, then they sort of lost me for a bit but now I'm back onboard.

      I don’t know a ton about it, but I like an innate love of 80s/90s dancehall. One of my favorite tracks of late:

      nonsenseorgan I also very much enjoy broadcast. Guilty of calling everything I like "punk". Like pablo casals is the cello punk.

        Broadcast rules. The only bad thing I can say about them is that they're British. So sad what happened to Trish (RIP).

        Other non-punk stuff, hmmm.

        Philip Glass, Brian Eno, Krautrock, William Basinski, Phil Spector, Agnes Obel, Tim Hecker, La Monte Young, Terry Riley, etc. etc. Sorry if that all sounds basic.

        So much stuff to love out there. A lot of non-punk music is still pretty punk, I dunno.

          A like Robert Haigh and his Creatures of the Deep album. And Erik Satie. Lots and lots of jazz including vocal stuff. One record store employee I worked with recommended Chris Connor and she is truly amazing. Julie London… Dean Marin. The bio on Martin by Nick Tosches is completely worth your time- yes you.

          I've turned into a real "adult contemporary" kind of dork in my late 30s. Been digging the new Beak> album a lot. My wife and I listen to a lot of The National and the Hold Steady. Wilco. All of it. I'm not ashamed. I even like U2.

          Love singer-songwriters, too, Leonard Cohen and Dylan are big obvious ones. John Prine. Been loving Terry Allen lately.

          Country/acid country: Sanford Clark, Buck Owens, Sir Douglas Quintet/Texas Tornadoes, Merle, Graham Parsons, etc

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            I'm also a big fan of soul/r&b and funk, but only the kind from the '60s and early '70s, without forgetting Northern Soul. My collection of 45s is modest, but I make up for it with a vast selection of compilations that capture the golden age of these genres.
            I also love exploring less conventional sounds, like exotica, with its evocative atmospheres, and library music, so diverse and perfect for any mood.

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              Philip Glass was once roommates with Moondog. Oh yeah, Moondog!

                I have a soft spot for all forms of music that sort of began via a DIY ethic....specifically music originally distributed via cassette tape out of the back of a trunk.....and preferably screwed and chopped

                I've got a pretty healthy sized exotica collection. I like a lotta roots music. Old school/alt country, blues and folk stuff. Also Sun Ra/Ayler/Coleman avant-garde jazz stuff. Early ska. Early hip-hop.

                Here’s some obscure avant-garde/fusion Indo-Afro jazz/psych from late 60’s New Zealand. The 40 Watt Banana:

                I've really been digging Nyege Nyege Tapes for the last five years or so. A Ugandan label that seems to specialize in stuff that's half traditional, half futuristic. So many great releases. And they do a yearly festival.

                Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Guebrou soothes me soul

                I have a soft spot for the all 60s French yé-yé singers, especially Francoise Hardy. Serge Gainsbourg's Bonnie and Clyde album is so fun, with Brigit Bardot, also Initials BB, and Je t'aime... moi non plus with Jane Birkin.