Some Rare Bands/Artists for Sylvian Fans

[Tin Bird]

A list of suggested bands/artists/albums for Sylvian fans to check out. Some a little more obvious than others:
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden, Laughing Stock
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
Shearwater - Palo Santo, Rook
Labradford - Mi Media Naranja, E Luxo So
China Crisis - Diary of a Hollow Horse
Trey Gunn - One Thousand Years
Locust - Morning Light
Hood - Cold House
Bed - The Newton Plum, Spacebox
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Thomas Feiner and Anywhen - The Opiates
O Yuki Conjugate - Equator
Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback
The Blue Nile - Hats
Red Box - Motive, The Circle and the Square

[anortherncod]

Now, when it comes to The Blue Nile I would just say; go and buy the whole flamin' lot. I mean, there are only 4 albums!

Did anyone go and see them at the Glasgow/London/Galway gigs that were this week and last? I couldn't, unfortunately, but I did go over to Belfast to see them last year - think I've mentioned that elsewhere here. To sum up my experience I'd like to plagiarise a certain credit card advert:

Coach and ferry travel from Manchester to Belfast: £35
Room at Belfast Central Travelodge: £85
Seeing The Blue Nile in concert and filling up... Priceless!

Natasha

[Silver Moon]

Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock are two of my favorite albums ever!!

-K-

[Tin Bird]

Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock are two of my favorite albums ever!!

-K-

Mine too...kind of a life changing event wasn't it? Really those two albums and Sylvian take up 90% of my music listening time. New Grass, in the car on a cool, dark fall or winter day...man, sometimes life is good isn't it?

[godisinthesilences]

hhmm i need to check out these two albums....

[Silver Moon]

Yeah they are great!!!! I agree with you about the 90% thing...

I listen to 'New Grass' whenever I would fly. It is the perfect song to fly too!

My top 3 are:

I Believe In You
New Grass
After The Flood

-K-

[proggrl]

Thanks - listening to New Grass now.

Don't forget Ascension Day, that and After the Flood are my faves from Laughing Stock.

Also to check out:

No-man - Returning Jesus, Together We're Stranger, Schoolyard Ghosts (and the rest)
Nosound - Sol 29, Lightdark
Jeff Buckley - Grace and everything else
Nick Drake - Fire Leaves Left, Bryter Layter (and the rest)
Sigur Ros - Takk, (), Ágætis byrjun
Red House Painters or anything really with Mark Kozelek (ie Sun Kil Moon)
Kevin Gilbert - Shaming of the True, Thud

And with that I'm off for the day - more to come soon, I'm sure. Enjoy!


A few in your list I wasn't aware of Tin Bird. I'll be checking those out. Cheers!

[Chet]

and more...

Scott Walker
Tim Hardin
Robert Wyatt
Joni Mitchell
Roxy Music
Kate Bush
Cocteau Twins

and as mentioned... Nick Drake and Talk Talk

[Melaszka]

Predictably, I'm going to add:

Furniture
Julian Cope
Jim Moray
Transglobal Underground

[Chet]

i would like to mention some new artists or bands from the last ten years,
but I just can't come up with any...

[VaporTrail]

I think Proggrl mentioned some great ones

[Chet]

I see what you mean, but Nosoundwould be the only "new" band of these, and I don't fancy them so much.
Sigur Ros are great, and yes, sure, still active, but not that new,
at least not as new as I meant asking for...

[heartofdavid]

@ Vapor Trail - I was about to mention The Demians when I noticed your sig. Enjoyable light metal prog - good vocalist.

[heartofdavid]

i would like to mention some new artists or bands from the last ten years, but I just can't come up with any...

I find it difficult to pick out artists keeping to that timeframe - a few tho - Panda Bear/Animal Collective, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Neutral Milk Hotel. I liked Gnarls Barkley's "St. Elsewhere" album, but haven't heard the new one.

Oops, forgot Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and The Presets. If someone is willing to give Jrock a go, I'd recommend Gackt.

[sisterlondon]

@ Vapor Trail - I was about to mention The Demians when I noticed your sig. Enjoyable light metal prog - good vocalist.

Great one, I agree! Like Steven Wilson said of them: “One of the most assured and accomplished debut albums I’ve ever heard, the textures and dynamics within the music are breathtaking. A must for everyone that appreciates the art of epic and ambitious 21st century rock music”.