music advice needed

[baratron]

Today I have been mostly sleeping. Now I am ripping CDs to the MP3 server, and downloading more (legal) MP3s.

I need some advice about goth, industrial & darkwave music. Haven't heard anything new since 1996 or 1997, because of my dire smoke allergy preventing me from going to clubs. What the hell should I get/download? I like Star Industry, Merry Thoughts, Suspiria, Nekromantik, Manuskript, er... I think there was a Killing Miranda CD that Alexa left in my house for ages that I quite liked. Industrial I like includes Cop Shoot Cop, Front 242, KMFDM, NIN (well, duh) and Terminal Power Company. Give me recommendations, people! Even including recommendations for albums released after 1997 by any of the bands mentioned ;)

Feel free to tell me about other kinds of music I might like as well, but I can't be bothered to type in a complete list of all the albums I own :) Bands I am currently obsessed with include Freezepop, Compulsion, Pixies, Erasure, Muse, Blink-182 and Pulley (found them on eMusic and have been acquiring all their albums - I'm even going to go out & buy them on CD). Synthpop, punk & lo-fi seem to be the defining genres at the moment.

Comments

[pir.livejournal.com]

Random band suggestions based somewhat on what you said above:

Curve
The Birthday Massacre
And One
kidneythieves.

[rowan-leigh.livejournal.com]

I can second And One.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

There's a Curve track called "Worst Mistake" on Frequency. It's bloody good. But the album I have ("Doppleganger") is mediocre at best. Should I check out more of their stuff?

I think And One are one of the bands my mum likes, which always puts me off ;)

[pir.livejournal.com]

I'm not that fond of 'Doppleganger', I like 'Gift' far more than their other albums and quite like 'Come Clean'. Don't know where 'Worst Mistake' is from.