More New Music!

'Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.' -Victor Hugo

My birthday was in February.  I got a bunch of iTunes gift cards.  I was a kid in a candy store.  I opened my card from my parents in-law, saw the gift card and told my wife 'Well, I already spent this.'.  I had some albums from artists I wanted to look into and wanted to find some new artists.  I did just that. 

Here's a list of the artists that I found.  A combination of alternative/rock and rap albums.  I found new bands in The Orwells, Jidenna, and Hozier while getting albums from bands I already have. 

• Screaming Females (face melting rock)
• The Orwells  (garage rock)
• Jidenna (political rap)
• Doomtree (two albums [Midwest rap])
• Hozier (bluesy guitar)
• The Dead Weather (rock supergroup)

And I still have more money left to spend!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you limit yourself to one genre of music you truly limit yourself.  For the longest time I thought rap wasn't for me.  I just didn't grow up listening to it and had no exposure.  So I'm a little late to the party on rap music.  It's a different planet when it comes to comparing rap to alternative or rock music.  Yes, they are both music but they're just different.  It's like comparing 'Dumb and Dumber' and 'Schindler's List'.  They're both movies, but on opposite ends of the spectrum. 

I will say that rap is hit or miss for me.  I'll like one album but then listen to another one by the same artist and just not enjoy it at all.  A lot of rap artists seem to experiment more with song, style, and subject.  With someone like Jack White you know what you're going to get album to album.  Even if he does something a little different from one album to the next, it will still have the same feel.