Need some new well-produced & interesting music, especially for headphones | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org

bzippy · Feb 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Getting tired of all my music and need some recommendations. Here's a list of some favorites lately:

Lisa Hannigan
Jesca Hoop
Julien Baker
Bat for Lashes
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
Wilco
The Acid
Los Lobos
Fiona Apple
Radiohead (sorta)
Calexico
Margot and the Nuclear So & So's
Tom Waits
The Wailin Jennys
and a nod to my 9 yo daughter: Billie Eilish (I truly like her a lot)

Genre isn't really important to me as you can see, though I tend to prefer indie-ish styles, but that's more about sounding interesting and unique. Bottom line I just want it to be really well recorded and sound great, especially over headphones. To me this mostly means very clean production, interesting instrumentation, and often rather sparse I suppose, with lots of space between parts.

My primary HP gear is:
Focal Clear
HD600
Meze 99 Classics
FiiO X5ii
JDS Labs C5 (portable amp)
JDS Atom
Schiit Modi 3
Schiit Loki
and various Hifime portable USB DACs

So what are some if your favorite things to listen to over headphones?

ADUHF · Feb 20, 2020

Nice list, bzippy. I'm definitely gettin an indie/alternative folk, rock, pop, and maybe even a little country vibe from some of the above. Also an emphasis on acoustic instruments. If I run across anything that I think is good along those lines, I'll try to post it here. I can't promise it'll be well-produced though. I don't have good enough ears or gear for that.

bzippy

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ADUHF

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