Who should be my 2000th artist?

[Luoto]

I was going to investigate, but when last.fm lists the very first genre as "post-rock", I'm reminded of how I kicked off my first roulette.... "don't expect to get much love from death metal, electronica or any genre requiring "post" or "core" in its name"

Weather Systems is so heavily influenced by post-rock I sometimes recommend post-metal-lite bands to people who like Anathema

[jingle.boy]

Are you familiar with Krokus? If not try "Screaming in the Night" or "Night Wolf"

The only thing I know of them is their Ballroom Blitz cover.

[Lowdz]

Leather Heart https://youtu.be/ejXx78oiSc0

[ChuckSteak]

If you scrobbled 2000 artists on your own, without a need for a recommendation, why do you need one now? It is just a number anyway. I'd say keep doing what you did.

[King Postwhore]

It's a fun way to get recommendations.   Something you might not find out there.

[jingle.boy]

Leather Heart https://youtu.be/ejXx78oiSc0

*clicks* .... Me likey

If you scrobbled 2000 artists on your own, without a need for a recommendation, why do you need one now? It is just a number anyway. I'd say keep doing what you did.

Actually, MANY of those 1,987 (ooohhh... nugget!) came from recommendations from someone - a metric shit ton from DTF'rs.  Sometimes I like to get advice from friends.  Guess that seems strange to some.

[TAC]

  - a metric shit ton from DTF'rs.  Sometimes I like to get advice from friends. 

There is no place like DTF. I'm thankful everyday for it.

When it comes to discovering music, I think it's a great place to be. Everyone that I generally consider my DTF friends, and even those who aren't have each turned me on to something along the way.

[jingle.boy]

I know right?  Stuff like this is the reason I have the quote that I do in my signature

[TAC]

I fucking knew it!

Asshole. I take all that nice stuff I said back!

[jingle.boy]

I fucking knew it!

Asshole. I take all that nice stuff I said back!

[TAC]

Oh, I saw it coming, but I clicked anyway.

Is nothing sacred?

[King Postwhore]

Just be happy the Sexy Kip pick you so love was not posted.

[TAC]

We're probably safe as long as Wolfking doesn't see this thread.

[King Postwhore]

 

I'm interested in Chad's pic.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

No, I've just never them, but I've seen them mentioned around here. So I was curious. 

Yeah but then you accidentally the whole thing you dumbfuck

[Lethean]

So I'm new here (posted in the beginning of the year but then mostly stayed away to avoid the "beyond" spoilers from the I&W tour), but this thread looked interesting so I checked it out.  Could it be that you have never scrobbled Katatonia?  I would highly recommend them as your 2000th artist.  I would go with the latest album, The Fall of Hearts, just because they have such a large discography that it might be better to jump in with where they are now and then if you like them, work backwards.  It's also arguably the proggiest.  On the other hand, The Fall of Hearts perhaps requires more time to get into than some of their more immediate stuff, so I could point you to some popular tracks instead - Forsaker, July, My Twin, Lethean, Leaders, Evidence, Buildings, Criminals, Day and Then the Shade, Soil's Song, etc.

[jingle.boy]

I've sampled some Katatonia over the years, and what I did hear/listen to just didn't float my boat.  I could try to revisit.

[Big Hath]

Leather Heart https://youtu.be/ejXx78oiSc0

just came here to post this

[Nekov]

I started going through that list but since there doesn't seem to be a way to order that alphabetically I'll keep suggesting without checking. Have you listened to Sound of Contact? They have only 1 record so far but it's a good one

Yup... I've got a couple of their songs on a sampler CD.  Pale Blue Dot is a great song.

My favorite from them.

How about junius? Days of the fallen sun might be your cup of tea

I was going to investigate, but when last.fm lists the very first genre as "post-rock", I'm reminded of how I kicked off my first roulette.... "don't expect to get much love from death metal, electronica or any genre requiring "post" or "core" in its name"

still will investigate

Yeah, do that, don't get distracted by the post whatever you might find there because this doesn't sound like the post-rock post- metal that I've listened to.

[Evermind]

Since Train of Naught isn't in this thread, I will recommend this band instead.

Chad, try the band called Artificial Language. They released their debut album this year, and Train recommended it to me, and I've been listening to it for five days like non-stop.

Artificial Language - The Observer

Give the first three tracks (the very first one is a brief intro) a try, it'll give you a pretty good picture of the album and if it's up your alley or not. The album itself is quite short, it's like 40 minutes long.

[Big Hath]

another band to consider is Kobra and the Lotus.  They have a new album out titled Prevail I.  I've really liked what I've heard.

bonus points because they are Canadian.

[jingle.boy]

And it doesn't hurt that Paige is smokin hawt.  I've listened to the singles that came out just ahead of the album, and liked them well enough ... just some oooomph missing from Paige's delivery.