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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Dr. Dumpling on August 01, 2014, 05:42:36 PM
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Beyond the obvious (Big Dipper, Volcano Suns, Mission of Burma, etc.), what music have you been turned on to by listening to the Best Show?
Tom and associates really have exposed me to--or caused me to take a second-look at--more than a few musical groups and various artists. Just wondering about others' experience...
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The Move. My life has been changed!
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Von Lmo
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A.C. Newman
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Spider Bags
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Spider Bags
Me, too. And the Reigning Sound.
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AC Newman/New Pornographers
Monster Magnet
The Dirtbombs (I suppose some credit goes to Terre T for that one also)
Kurt Vile
Ty Segall
And Tom also helped renew my love of Led Zeppelin
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Mitt Hamine.
(someone had to say it)
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Spider Bags
Me, too. And the Reigning Sound.
That new Reigning Sound "Shattered" raises the bar even further, and it was already pretty damn high from their previous records.
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Kurt Vile, Ty Segall, The Oh Sees, Fucked Up, Big Dipper, Monster Magnet, to name just a few :)
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Mike Krol!
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Mikal Cronin
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Sloan
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Mike Krol!
For sure.
I remember the first time I heard MK on Best Show. Found his Bandcamp page and ended up emailing him to see how I could buy his record. Bought it directly from the dude and he couldn't of been nicer. Asked how I heard his music and I told him The Best Show. I doubt I was the first person to tell him I heard him on the Best Show, and he was still totally psyched to hear it. Good dude. Great albums.
The Best Show really reinvigorated my need to actively seek out and enjoy new music. I got into the best show around 2010. Before that, I was kind of in a rut with my listening habits. I liked the bands I already liked and would wait for them to release new albums. I would look at sites like Pitchfork and AVClub to recommend albums that would appeal to me but generally felt detached from everything they were praising.
Hearing Reigning Sound on the Best Show felt like being turned on to a secret world that I didn't know existed. That lead to me digging deeper into labels like Goner, Hozac, Nashville's Dead, Trouble in Mind... digging into older Homestead and Merge releases... being so excited by Spider Bags that I had to find (and equally love) DC Snipers... listening to other programs on WFMU, and generally being really stoked that so much good music was being made that I could relate to.
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the label Trouble In Mind, for sure.
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Titus Andronicus - I remember their Smash Or Trash appearance
ABBA
Fucked Up
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Thee Oh Sees. Spider Bags. The Sweet. Led Zepp. Ted Leo.
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Titus Andronicus - I remember their Smash Or Trash appearance
Does anyone know which episode this is?
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Reigning Sound, Ted Leo, Faces, Big Star, Paul McCartney
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The first 20-30 minutes of every Best Show always has something I either hadn't heard or had not listened to for awhile.All the first Best Shows I listened to were 2013 so The Sweet was a great thing to be introduced to.
As I journey through the archives other artists I only checked out because of The Best Show are
Ted Leo
Big Star
New Pornographers
The Move
Paul McCartneys Ram album
And more I can't remember.
Toms 20-30 minute mix of music at the top is always solid.