The first and second times I tried to post this, it had all sorts of neat side notes and explanatory tangents. LJ, apparently, didn't like that fact. This version is a bit more stripped down.
This stuff tends to be a bit more recent, because I'm 19 and most anything before 97 or so is viewed through the filters of elementary school. I'm jumping genres quite a bit here, to try to give a variety of options. Most of these guys also have other strong albums, though these days I mainly listen to mix CDs I've made for myself.
Collaborations/Greatest Hits: - Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits - Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits (I personally prefer the Machina... album, but this is more comprehensive.) - Sarah McLachlan: Mirrorball - Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- The Album - Big Shiny 90s
Old Standards, More Mainstream - Our Lady Peace: Clumsy and/or Happiness is Not a Fish That You Can Catch - Tragically Hip: Trouble at the Henhouse - Liz Phair: White Chocolate Space Egg - Tori Amos: Under the Pink - Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf - Foo Fighters: One by One and/or There Is Nothing Left To Lose (You're probably getting all sorts of recommendations for Nirvana, but to be honest, I've always preferred the Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl, Nirvana's drummer, is the lead singer and guitarist for FF.)
A Little More Off-Beat - The Whitlams: Eternal Nightcap and/or Torch the Moon - Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell - Interpol: Antics - Brand New: Deja Entendu - John Butler Trio: Three
Icebergradio.com is a great place to find new music. They have steaming channels for pretty much any taste. I'm particularly fond of the Canadian Indie Rock and Cool Britannia stations, but they have pretty much anything you could want, even time capsules.
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This stuff tends to be a bit more recent, because I'm 19 and most anything before 97 or so is viewed through the filters of elementary school. I'm jumping genres quite a bit here, to try to give a variety of options. Most of these guys also have other strong albums, though these days I mainly listen to mix CDs I've made for myself.
Collaborations/Greatest Hits:
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits
- Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits (I personally prefer the Machina... album, but this is more comprehensive.)
- Sarah McLachlan: Mirrorball
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- The Album
- Big Shiny 90s
Old Standards, More Mainstream
- Our Lady Peace: Clumsy and/or Happiness is Not a Fish That You Can Catch
- Tragically Hip: Trouble at the Henhouse
- Liz Phair: White Chocolate Space Egg
- Tori Amos: Under the Pink
- Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf
- Foo Fighters: One by One and/or There Is Nothing Left To Lose (You're probably getting all sorts of recommendations for Nirvana, but to be honest, I've always preferred the Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl, Nirvana's drummer, is the lead singer and guitarist for FF.)
A Little More Off-Beat
- The Whitlams: Eternal Nightcap and/or Torch the Moon
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell
- Interpol: Antics
- Brand New: Deja Entendu
- John Butler Trio: Three
Icebergradio.com is a great place to find new music. They have steaming channels for pretty much any taste. I'm particularly fond of the Canadian Indie Rock and Cool Britannia stations, but they have pretty much anything you could want, even time capsules.