Since we revisited the favorite cover song question, can we also revisit the "looking for new music" query?

Saw these guys opening for Danzig a few months ago.

I was all, “Holycrap, I wasn’t expecting the opening band to be good!”

Texas Hippie Coalition

Touhou Mating Dance

I’ve been listening to alot of Janelle Monae:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zQzNHP_TFg

You have probably seen the movie “Searching for Sugar Man” but if not you might enjoy the artist Rodriguez.

I’ve also become a massive fan of Kate Bush over the past few months:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ3q6MNbaXY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOwyRd9PPBk

Lately on my playlist, A Tribe Called Red and the latest Aoife O’Donovan.

An incredibly random collection of NZ music, some old, some recent.

Wandering Eye by Fat Freddy’s Drop
Anchor Me & Dominion Road by The Mutton Birds
Buffalo & 40 years by The Phoenix Foundation

They Might Be Giants

New (to me) this past year are:

• Alabama Shakes
• The Black Keyes
• The Civil Wars
• Ed Sheeran
• The Lumineers
• Mumford and Sons

I know that somewhere a hipster is cursing me for considering them “new”, but there ya have it — I’m digging them all.