[nfsu]

No Doubt - Hella Good. After hearing this song coming out of my ultraportable rig (Shuffle + E500) I understood why I bought E500s

 

[hfdean]

Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
EBTG - Walking Wounded
Sade - Diamond life

 

[mrrookie]

Hmmm.... let's see:

1. Nightwish - Once (Whole thing!)
2. Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands II
3. Dream Theater - Just about any album
4. Xandria (specifically "like a rose on a grave of love", dang, gotta love the details here and there)
5. The soundtracks from Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away, damn good orchestral stuff.

Those are my favs in no particular order!

 

[makasin]

Axiom Funk - If 6 was 9
Buckethead- Colma

 

[Audio Jester]

Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain

My 595's go well with the album...IMO.

 

[Knockturne]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcmyers /img/forum/go_quote.gif A lesser known indie band that sounds great on good headphones is Califone. All of their albums are available on emusic, and all of their stuff gets great reviews by publications like Pitchfork. I can't recommend them enough. Sort of like a cross between old-time folk and blues and modern rock and electronica. Also, I recommended this on a different thread, but if you haven't heard Broken Social Scene's self-titled album (which came out a couple years ago), you will be blown away. I guess it would be categorized as alternative rock, but there's elements of electronic music, and even some strings and horns on a few songs. I don't know how many members there are in that band, but I believe it's more than 10, and the music is just incredibly rich and complex. There's also multiple vocalists, some male, some female, and even a rapper on one track. And almost every song is full of beautiful sonic details.

I agree with everything here. Califone are awesome and Broken Social Scene's "You Forgot It In People" is a real masterpiece - if anyone hasn't heard it get it right now.

Good to see some people here who like good indie music.

 

[mobayrasta]

Mapleshade MusiC Festival

AWESOME Blues,jazz every song is a masterpiece of recording.

 

[P.J]

Very nice topic !

 

[esbenm]

Corrosion of Conformity "Albatross" --> Sony NWZ-A829 --> Sennheiser PX100

Defenitely a "wow" moment for me.

 

[vvanrij]

Billy Joel - Leningrad on the sextetts, that was the first time I said WOW to my sextetts.

 

[adswiftuk]

I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned any of these artists yet, but here's a few suggestions:

As a genre Post Rock tends to lend itself very well to headphone listening as many of the tracks are layered instrumentals with differing stages of epic crescendos and atmospheric sparsity.

If you're interested in violins etc. then post rock should suit too. Start with these:

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Fsharp Asharp Infinity
Explosions In the Sky - The World is Not a Cold Dead Place
This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain EP
Mono - Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined

I hope you find something you like.

 

[ChodeMaster]

Quote:

Originally Posted by adswiftuk /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned any of these artists yet, but here's a few suggestions: As a genre Post Rock tends to lend itself very well to headphone listening as many of the tracks are layered instrumentals with differing stages of epic crescendos and atmospheric sparsity. If you're interested in violins etc. then post rock should suit too. Start with these: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Fsharp Asharp Infinity Explosions In the Sky - The World is Not a Cold Dead Place This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain EP Mono - Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined I hope you find something you like.

I'd definitely second this list, especially the Godspeed album. And also throw in anything by Mogwai (Mr Beast, Rock Action, Young Team)! Either of the Red Sparowes albums might be worth a look too, if the others appeal to you.

 

[Andrew Jones]

Try "Brian Wilson", "I love you", or anything else from the album "Gordon" by the Barenaked Ladies. Or pretty much anything by Zappa - such as "Valley Girl", "Joe's Garage" or "San Ber'dino".

 

[charonme]

Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei, Op. 11 (vocal Arr. of Adagio for Strings, Op. 11) or even Ferry Corsten's remix of William Orbit - Barber's Adagio for Strings

 

[DemonicLemming]

The Gathering - Sleepy Buildings - Travel, My Electricity

Recording isn't perfect, but a voice like that makes up for a lot of things.

Nightwish (Annette) - Dark Passion Play - The Islander, Meadows of Heaven

Nightwish (Tarja) - From Wishes to Eternity - Walking in the Air; End of an Era - Ever Dream, Siren, Sleeping Sun, Wishmaster, Slaying the Dreamer

Delerium - Poems I - Innocente

Conjure One - Conjure One (self-titled) - Center of the Sun, Tears from the Moon

Russian Circles - Station - Station, Harper Lewis