Help with CD's for ex-mas presents:

theloafca · **Joined:** Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:45 pm **Posts:** 25

Brother (younger). His tastes are basically the following:
- Jack Johnson
- Sublime
- B. Marley
- Beastie Boys
- Eminem

Friend: Some of his tastes
- Mountain Goats
- Weakerthans
- Wolf Parade/Arcade Fire/BSS
- the post rock-y stuff (mogwai, eits, sigur ros)

Particularly in the case of my brother I need suggestions that deviate away from the typical top 40 crap... but not too weird for fear he will reject
My friend has got much better and diverse taste. I am just little stuck...

suggestions please?!?!

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:05 pm

Younger Brother. How younger?

Try Ike Reilly. Solid rock and roll with a piss-poor attitude to match and some of his hooks and lyrics definitely reflect an admiration of hip-hop without venturing into the Rap-Rock category of Limp Bizkit or Crazytown.

My personal favorite is Sparkle in the Finish, but Salesmen and Racists is very good as well. This year's Junkie Faithful is a solid record, but it's more introspective and subdued.

Davey · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:09 pm

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Brother (younger). His tastes are basically the following:
- Jack Johnson
- Sublime
- B. Marley
- Beastie Boys
- Eminem

Living Things - Ahead of the Lions

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Friend: Some of his tastes
- Mountain Goats
- Weakerthans
- Wolf Parade/Arcade Fire/BSS
- the post rock-y stuff (mogwai, eits, sigur ros)

Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
Autolux - Future Perfect
Califone - Roomsound
Radar Bros - And The Surrounding Mountains
Enon - High Society

greezy · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:09 pm

for your little brother i would suggest:
m ward
mason jennings
gregory isaacs
a tribe called quest

what beastie boys albums does he like? if he's a paul's boutique fan i'd recommend some other dust brothers productions... could be a nice segue into beck.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:33 pm

theloafca Wrote:

Brother (younger). His tastes are basically the following:
- Jack Johnson
- Sublime
- B. Marley
- Beastie Boys
- Eminem

It seems like Matisyahu would be perfect for your brother, but who isn't freaked out by a beatboxing jewstafarian?

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:01 am

theloafca Wrote:

Brother (younger). His tastes are basically the following:
- Jack Johnson
- Sublime
- B. Marley
- Beastie Boys
- Eminem

De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
Desmond Dekker (a good compilation)

theloafca Wrote:

Friend: Some of his tastes
- Mountain Goats
- Weakerthans
- Wolf Parade/Arcade Fire/BSS
- the post rock-y stuff (mogwai, eits, sigur ros)

Tom Ze - Massive Hits (Best Of, Vol. 1)
he will freaking love it!

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:02 am

theloafca Wrote:

Brother (younger). His tastes are basically the following:
- Jack Johnson
- Sublime
- B. Marley
- Beastie Boys
- Eminem

I have no idea -- Avalanches? Streets? Peter Gabriel? (The latter only because he is "big" yet "cool".)

Sketch · **Posted:** Thu Dec 15, 2005 9:54 am

theloafca Wrote:

Brother (younger). His tastes are basically the following:
- Jack Johnson
- Sublime
- B. Marley
- Beastie Boys
- Eminem

The first three 311 records.
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
The Toasters - Dub 56
Beck - Odelay
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

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Friend: Some of his tastes
- Mountain Goats
- Weakerthans
- Wolf Parade/Arcade Fire/BSS
- the post rock-y stuff (mogwai, eits, sigur ros)

Tortoise - Standards
Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel - Riding the Nuclear Tiger

Mick · **Posted:** Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:38 am

get the friend some Decoder Ring, if you can find any that is. It's Aussie post-rock, much like Mogwai, and pretty darn good too.

http://www.decoderring.com.au/

or Because of Ghosts, another fucking great Aussie post rock band. Kinda like a cross between Dirty Three and Mogwai.

http://www.becauseofghosts.com/

Then there's Dirty Three - Cinder, which would be much easier to track down given your locale.

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