looking for new stuff to learn. my current rotation is a lot of radiohead, modest mouse, and built to spill. ngl i keep going back to the same 20 songs.
what albums made you want to pick up a guitar?
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Foals - Antidotes
Some of my favorite guitar oriented indy albums.
The Dead Weather - Horehound
The Kills - Blood Pressures
The Pack A.D. - Funeral Mixtape
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
Wye Oak - Civilian
Some stuff I’ve enjoyed learning or are on my to learn list, but when I got back into it the two I kept playing were electric wizard funeralopolis that led to more metal songs and creating riffs and calatayud vals that got me into more classical stuff like Bach
Electric wizard - dopethrone the slides on funeralopolis are very groovy and fun, sanguisugabogg and black Sabbath for more grungy grooves
Gojira, Pantera for some fun chugs and sheds and techniques to learn
Bach, toccata and fugue, bwv997 prelude, anh114 minuet in g are all pretty fun and sound awesome
Some old strumming classics like big rock candy mountain or big iron
Some faster Spanish style like Malaguena or learning the rasgueado techniques if you have access to a nylon string
Indie focused crumb, khruangbin, zero 7, Bonobo, boards of Canada, air, ratatat, Tycho I don’t usually try to match the tone but just playing the melody or a bass line or something in the same range is fun
Oh yeah, this dude knows a thing or two about good music.
Marquee Moon by Television
Discipline by King Crimson
Strange Mercy by St. Vincent
Lone Rhino by Adrian Belew
A Weird Exits by Thee Oh Sees
Fear of Music by Talking Heads
Oh man, that Marquee Moon album is outstanding.
Maybe the greatest “guitar album” ever
oh man built to spill is so good for guitar stuff. if you like that vibe, definitely check out Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been. J Mascis has this way of making solos feel effortless that always makes me want to noodle around for hours.
also pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain. the guitar parts are deceptively simple but so satisfying to play. “range life” was one of the first songs i learned that actually sounded decent lol
