I'm a 'newb' and I need recs.

Ever try to get into a certain type of music/band; but have no clue on what to listen to first?
Well today is your lucky day.
If someone knows what you're asking for, they could help you out on what to check out first.


I'll kick it off, I need some hardcore stuff.
What are some basics on where to begin?

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Album - Name (General Genre)

Electronic
Moon Safari - Air (Electronica)
Selected Ambient Works Volume II/Drukqs - Aphex Twin (Ambient/Electronic)
Timeless - Goldie (Drum and Bass)
Skream! - Skream (Dubstep)
Any of it - Digital Mystikz/Mala/Coki (Dubstep)
Memories of the Future - Kode9/w the Spaceape (Dubstep)
Newstep - Benga (Dubstep)
My Demons - Distance (Dubstep)
Confidential - High Contrast (Drum and Bass)
Now More than Ever - Logistics (Drum and Bass)
The Emperor's New Clothes - Klute (Drum and Bass)
Autobahn/The Man-Machine/Computer World - Kraftwerk (Electronic)
Homework - Daft Punk (House)

Metal (& various sub genres)
The Big Black - Orange Goblin (Psychedelic doom)
Sleep's Holy Mountain/Dopesmoker- Sleep (Stoner rock)
Come My Fanatics.../Dopethrone- Electric Wizard (doom metal/stoner metal)
Gluey Porch Treatments/Houdini/Stoner Witch - The Melvins (Sludge)
Take as Needed for Pain/Dopesick -Eyehategod (Sludge)
Heartwork - Carcass (Melodic death metal)
When the Kite String Pops/Paegan Terrorism Tactics - Acid Bath (Sludge)
Blues for the Red Sun/Kyuss - Kyuss (Desert rock)
Gravity X - Truckfighters (Sweden)
Queens of the Stone Age/Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age (Desert Rock)
Aske (EP)- Burzum (Black Metal)
Marrow of the Spirit - Agalloch (Folk/Black metal)
White Pony - Deftones (Nu Metal/Alternative Metal)
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (Rap Metal/Alternative Metal)

Grunge
Superunknown - Soundgarden (Grunge)
Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden (Grunge, Alternative Metal)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (Grunge)
Self Titled; Dirt- Alice In Chains (Grunge)
Bleach; In Utero; Unplugged- Nirvana (Grunge)

Classic rock
Jefferson Airplane Takes Off/Surrealistic Pillow- Jefferson Airplane (Psychedelic rock)
The Doors/L.A. Woman - The Doors (Psychedelic Blues rock)
Rubber Soul; White Album- The Beatles

Punk (& things in the vain of Punk)
Jane Doe - Converge (Hardcore)
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables/Plastic Surgery Disasters - Dead Kennedys (Hardcore)
Any/All of it - Minor Threat (Hardcore)
Everything Goes Numb; Somewhere in the Between- Streetlight Manifesto (Third Wave Ska)
ALL! - Descendents(Melodic Punk/Pop punk)
Dear You - Jawbreaker(Melodic Punk/Emo)
13 Songs - Fugazi - (Experimental Punk/Emo)
Answer That and Stay Fashionable -AFI - (Punk Rock)
Damaged/Nervous Breakdown -Black Flag- (Hardcore Punk)
Ramones/Rocket to Russia/Animal Boy - Ramones - (Pop punk/Punk rock)
Anything - Andrew Jackson Jihad (Folk in the style of Punk)
Zen Arcade - Husker Du (Alternative/Hardcore Punk)
New Day Rising - Husker Du (Alternative/Hardcore Punk)
Let it Be - The Replacements (Alternative/Hardcore Punk/College Rock)
In/Casino/Out - At the Drive-in (Post-Hardcore)
Relationship of Command - At the Drive-in (Post Hardcore)
Diary - Sunny Day Real Estate (Emo/Post Hardcore/Alternative)

Jazz
Hot Fives and Sevens- Louis Armstrong (New Orleans jazz)
Mingus Ah Um; Mingus Five - Charles Mingus (Jazz)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (Jazz)
Blue Train/Giant Steps - John Coltrane (Jazz)

Post Rock
Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven!- Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Post-rock)
Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever- Explosions in The Sky (Post-rock)
The Earth is Not A Cold Dead Place- Explosions in the Sky (crescendo-based Post rock)
Agætis Byrjun- Sigur Rós (Post-rock)
Young Team- Mogwai (Post-rock)
You Are There- Mono (Post-rock)
Young Mountain- This Will Destroy You (Post-rock)
Plains of the Purple Buffalo - *shels (Post Rock/Post Metal)


Hip-Hop
Madvilliany- Madvillian (Horrorcore)
Discography- MF DOOM (n8-core)
Six Feet Deep- Grazediggaz (Horrorcore)
Illmatic- Nas (Hip-Hop)
36 Chambers- Wu Tang Clan (Hip-Hop)
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West (Hip Hop)
DMX - Flesh of my Flesh, Blood of my Blood - Horrorcore
Eminem - The Eminem Show - Detroit-based Rap
KMD - Bl_ck B_st_rds (Black Bastards) - Old School/East Coast Rap
Mac Lethal - Crown Prime Rib Mixtape - Midwestern Rap
NWA - Straight Outta Compton - West Coast Gangster Rap
The Problemaddicts - Dark Side of Oz (nasty n8 gold certified) - Psychedelic Rap
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle - Gangster Rap
Milo - I wish my brother Rob was here (nasty n8 gold certified) - Nerdcore
Big K.R.I.T. - Krit wuz here (nasty n8 gold certified) - Southern Rap
Danny Brown - XXX (nasty n8 gold certified) - Detroit-based Rap
Kendrick Lamar - O.verly D.edicated - West Coast Rap
Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz - Crunk Juice - Southern Rap

Prog
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson (Prog rock)
The Dark Side of the Moon/Wish You Were Here/Animals/The Wall - Pink Floyd (Prog rock)
De-Loused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta (Prog rock)
Blood Mountain - Mastodon (Prog Metal) *Heaviness = early releases. Softer = later releases*
Self Titled- Animals as Leaders (Prog Metal)
Colors-Between The Buried and Me (Prog Metal)
Kezia; Fortress- Protest the Hero (Prog Metal)

Alternative
In Rainbows - Radiohead (Alternative/Art Rock)
Kid A - Radiohead (Alternative/Electronic Rock)
Blood Sugar Sex Magik/Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Alternative/Funk Rock)
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (Alternative/Noise Rock)
American Football - American Football (Midwestern Emo) *What the fuck is 'Midwestern Emo'? That doesn't even exist.*
Murmer - REM (Alternative/College Rock)
Automatic For the People - REM (Alternative/Jangle Pop)
Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins (Alternative)
Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction (Alternative)
Return of the Frog Queen - Jeremy Enigk (Baroque Pop/Alternative)
Stereo/Mono - Paul Westerberg (Alternative)
Tim - The Replacements (Alternative/College Rock)

Indie
Small Steps, Heavy Hooves - Dear and the Headlights (Indie)
An Awesome Wave - alt-J (Folktronica, Indie)
Pale Silver and Shiny Gold - Sad Day for Puppets (Indie/Shoegaze)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (Indie/Psychedelic Folk)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (Shoegaze)
Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Indie/Post-Punk)
Silent Alarm - Bloc Party (Indie/Post-Punk)
Hospice - The Antlers (Folktronica/Indie/Dreampop)
In the Attic of the Universe - The Antlers (Indie, Psychedelic Folk)

Other
Shadows Collide with People - John Frusciante (Experimental)
Monoliths and Dimensions- Sunn 0))) (Ambient drone-doom)
Exmilitary; The Money Store- Death Grips (Experimental Hip Hop)

The Empyrean
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AFIFan99
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Hardcore Punk?

Husker Du and Black Flag

Yes, Hardcore punk.
I'll check both of those in a little bit.
Any particular albums?

As far as hardcore punk goes, I liked Cerebral Ballzy's LP.
It's only 20 minutes long so i'd say it's worth checking out.

The Empyrean wrote:Yes, Hardcore punk.
I'll check both of those in a little bit.
Any particular albums?

Zen Arcade for Husker Du, and Damaged by Black Flag since those are the most cited from them.

At the Drive In is Post-Hardcore, but they're still good. Relationship of Command is their most popular album.

Do you want hardcore as in 80's first gen, or stuff like Defeater and Converge?

As for Black Flag, Nervous Breakdown EP and Damaged.
You might also wanna check out the Minutemen and Bad Brains.

I couldn't get into Minutemen

I kinda liked some of their stuff, but for the most part, I couldn't either.

Check out Minor Threat too. That's kind of required.

Double Nickels on the Dime just felt like a clusterfuck.

Henry Rollins is a massive cunt.

It doesn't stop his music from being good.

nastyn8 wrote:I kinda liked some of their stuff, but for the most part, I couldn't either.

Check out Minor Threat too. That's kind of required.

No it's not.

If you mean just hardcore, you could always check out The Ghost Inside, Your Demise and Stick To Your Guns. Evergreen Terrace is also pretty good. They started out as a cover band, but they do original material now.

What's the difference between Hardcore and Hardcore Punk anyway?

Apparently there is a difference. But don't ask me.

It's sounding like the difference between Shoegaze and Nugaze, the fact that it's new. Though most Shoegaze fans don't call Nugaze a real genre

Could be.

Hardcore punk is just punk but heavier and faster.
Like the Ramones being your traditional punk; while the Dead Kennedys are more in the hardcore side of things.
Which I believe is what makes other types of music 'hardcore', being heavier than it's main style.

That doesn't explain the difference between hardcore and hardcore punk

Hardcore is just a general term.
Like heavy metal.
People just say metal.

I was under the impression hardcore was a different genre from the way people make it out.

I would say it's more of a characteristic of the music.

Also, I think this thread would be better off being a list of stuff people just recommend others to listen to.

I thought this was supposed to be like that thread on UG where people post a band/genre and ask for recommendations?

It could be like that.
I think I'll just take the things people recommend and organize them in a list.

Do what you want