General Banter, Recommendations?

[131east23]

Try out this year's release by Courtney Barnett "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit." Great album with definite Lou Reed influences.

Exactly what I thought!

 

[131east23]

Wow. I really hope you're like 16 or have lived in a swamp for most of your life or something, because otherwise this is pretty sad. Of COURSE you need to check out Diamond Dogs and Aladdin Sane--Diamond Dogs being like the most quintessential Bowie album there is, perhaps next to Ziggy. And it's hard for me to fathom you calling yourself a Lou Reed fan and not having heard the Transformer album. Vicious, Satellite of Love, and of course Walk on the Wild Side are all Lou Reed standards.

Other people have made some good suggestions, but if you like that style and that period, you would probably enjoy The New York Dolls and their offspring (most notably David Johansen's solo work and Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers).

David Johansen used to come into Pearl Paint on Canal Street to buy paints when I worked there... about 23 years ago.

 

[tomcatmixd]

Buzzcocks

+1

Here's a great place to start:

 

[shoggoth80]

I have that album. Lol. It is pretty good though.
Listened to Transformer while working...solid album.

 

[shoggoth80]

Got around to listening to The Birthday Party's "Prayers on Fire" album...
that is some really dark, almost noise... and really incredible vocals. With sounds like that Nick Cave could have gotten into any number of metal/metal-ish projects. Lol. Much different than the crooner-esque "The Boatman's Call." Very good, but also different. I like it.

 

[KeninDC]

Pavement - "Slanted and Enchanted."

Ditto on Television "Marquee Moon" and the Buzzcock's "Singles Going Steady." Classics in every sense of the word and worthy of the hype.

If Ziggy is your type of Bowie, "The Man Who Sold the World" is where you will find more Mick Ronson.

 

[LeeVing]

The Prog scene is pretty wide open...

King Crimson
Gong
Hawkwind ---- and the many off-shoots