eatpork wrote:

Smashing Pumpkins used to be one of my favorites, but I grew out of them, still like em' quite a bit, though. I never use to think much of JD, but I've really started to like them a lot lately, Day Of The Lords is probably one of the best songs of all-time. Never heard of Crystal Castles. Hate Swans. Never heard HEALTH. Cure is very hit or miss for me, but Disintergration is probably one of my favorite albums of all-time. Nine Inch Nails are cool. Depeche Mode is cool. Never really listened to Coil, though I have heard them a couple of times. I feel Pearl Jam are overrated among grunge bands, but they're still pretty great, can never bring myself to change than channel when one of their songs come on the radio. My top 10 favorite bands atm are: Slowdive, Idaho, Stars Of The Lid/Take Pills Die, Pet Shop Boys, Bailter Space, Bleach, Plexi, David Bowie, Daft Punk, Boris Here's some recommendations for yah: (bands with albums in parenthesis, first tier albums are bolded) Post-Punk - Bleach (Killing Time), Bauhaus (In The Flat Field, The Sky's Gone Out), Bailter Space (Thermos), The Chameleons (Script Of The Bridge, Strange Times, What Does Anything Mean? Basically), The Church (Starfish), Comsat Angels (Sleep No More), Gang Of Four (Entertainment!), James Chance (Buy!), Josef K (The Only Fun In Town), Psychedelic Furs (All Of This And Nothing), The Sound (From The Lion's Mouth, Jeopardy, Shock Of Daylight + Heads and Hearts), Sonic Youth (Sonic Youth + Early Live) Gothic Rock/Darkwave - Eden House (Smoke And Mirrors) Noise Pop/Rock - The Manhattan Love Suicides (S/T, Burnt-Out Landscapes), Black Tambourine (Complete Recordings), Velocity Girl (Simpatico!), Sonic Youth (Bad Moon Rising, Confusion Is Sex + Kill Yr Idols, Evol, Sister) Ambient - Stars Of The Lid (entire discography), Biosphere (Substrata), Aphex Twins (Selected Ambient Works 85-92), Brian Eno (Ambient 1 - Music For Airports, Ambient 4 - On Land), Eluvium (Talk Amongst The Trees), Lustmord (Heresy), Take Pills Die (There Are Better Ways To Kill Yourself You Know, Dead Sea Parting, Sweater Kittens), Zoviet France (Shadow: Thief Of The Sun)

I've noticed that a lot of people like "Day of the Lords", which I think is a fine song, but it's not one of my favorites (such as "The Only Mistake", "The Sound of Music", "Insight", or "Decades"). Also, that's a shame you hate Swans, their album White Light From the Mouth of Infinity is one of my favorite albums of all time. HEALTH is considered a noise rock band, although they're a bit more accessible than most; I'd check out "Die Slow" and "We Are Water" from them, and the album GET COLOR if you like those two songs. Coil is really, really hard to sum up with one song, as they cover a ton of genres (primarily industrial, ambient, acid house, drone, and I-don't-even-know-what-the-heck-this-is); if you're interested in them, I guess start with either Horse Rotorvator, The Ape of Naples, or Love's Secret Domain (any would be a good starting point). The thing with Pearl Jam is that a lot of people see them as a grunge band, but they pretty much grew almost entirely out of the grunge sound with their fourth album, and they've already released nine albums to date; I'd check out Yield.
I like Pet Shop Boys, David Bowie, and ESPECIALLY Daft Punk, and I'll check out those other favorite bands of yours (I've been told I'd like Boris).

Also, thanks for the recommendations! I'm already familiar with Bauhaus, Chameleons, Comsat Angels, Gang of Four, Josef K, The Sound, Sonic Youth, Aphex Twin, and Eluvium, but I'll be sure to check out those other bands.