Need some help find new music.

First of all i hope the music suggestion thread I made recently helped some people find new music, but now I need to find something new to listen to. What I am looking for is some bands like Belle and sebastian, the beautiful south, porcupine tree, amplifier, Sloan, Blur, the decemberists, and Cat Stevens. Something melodic with good lyrics like Belle and sebastian, heck anything remotley similar to the bands I mentioned would be very much appreciated:)

I could recommend you some great Jazz/Soul... >_>

I could recommend you some great progressive death/black metal, although you don't like harsh lyrics. Most of them have cleans as well, but if you don't like Opeth then there's not much of a chance of you liking any of these bands.

Not sure if I'm mentioning anything particularly new or exciting, but:

The New Pornographers, The National, Broken Social Scene, Spoon, Wolf Parade, Okkervil River, Serge Gainsbourg, Sufjan Stevens, The Weakerthans, The Shins, Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, The Hold Steady, Wilco, Antony and the Johnsons, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson.

Not sure if I'm mentioning anything particularly new or exciting, but:

The New Pornographers, The National, Broken Social Scene, Spoon, Wolf Parade, Okkervil River, Serge Gainsbourg, Sufjan Stevens, The Weakerthans, The Shins, Iron & Wine.

PBSnipes

Thank you! I've been trying to remember the name of a band/song for the last fortnight...Wolf Parade - Shine a Light :D jimmyjammer69

Big ups for managing to work fortnight into a sentence in the 21st century. Also, "I'll Believe in Anything" is their best song.

Sorry TC, no clue on that kind of music.

I could recommend you some great progressive death/black metal, although you don't like harsh lyrics. Most of them have cleans as well, but if you don't like Opeth then there's not much of a chance of you liking any of these bands.

Saturos3091

Im getting more into the harsh lyrics and vocals, i dont love them but I am getting into them slowly.

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I could recommend you some great progressive death/black metal, although you don't like harsh lyrics. Most of them have cleans as well, but if you don't like Opeth then there's not much of a chance of you liking any of these bands.

Film-Guy

Im getting more into the harsh lyrics and vocals, i dont love them but I am getting into them slowly.

Check out Van She! Really mellow sound with some songs having heavy 80s influence.

Changes

Cat & the Eye

It Could be the Same

Mission

Here with You

Try Nightingale or Aeon Spoke. They're both side projects of death metal bands, but they're both more melodic than heavy, and have clean vocals.

Hrm, interesting selection of bands you'd prefer....

Mayhaps you'd like some:
White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
Timber Timbre - Lay Down In The Tall Grass
Lightning Dust - Highway
Darker My Love - Two Ways Out
The Horrors - Mirror's Image (it feels weird recommending this because their frst album sucked, but this song rocks awesomely)
Dredg - Pariah
Maudlin of the Well - Rose Quartz Turning To Glass
Department of Eagles - Romo-Goth
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - The Tenure Itch
The Constantines - Trans-Canada
Here We Go Magic - Fangela

You've probably heard of them all, but whatever, I figure I'd try. :)

Try Joel Plaskett Emergency. It doesn't fit exactly what you've listed but he's still pretty good!Phoenix1901

I recommend Nickelback.

I recommend Nickelback.

MocktheDead

I could recommend you some great Jazz/Soul... >_>

flordeceres

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="Nevlim"]Can I say Alice Cooper? Sorry its nothing like the bands you said but its better.BrokenAngels

You just havent listened to enough music from the 2000's yet:P on that note though, what did you think of alice cooper's last album?

[QUOTE="BrokenAngels"][QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"] >Alice Cooper >Better then Porcupine Tree lol no. :P ...I have nothing for you TC...Film-Guy

You just havent listened to enough music from the 2000's yet:P on that note though, what did you think of alice cooper's last album?

LushSpiralStairsS

Breeze by Lush is good.

Ot at least the cover of it by the Primrose League is.

Try some Tame Impala.

[QUOTE="SpiralStairsS"]LushMurj

Breeze by Lush is good.

Ot at least the cover of it by the Primrose League is.

Lush are pretty good. Their song Ciao was covered by The Beautiful south though and the cover sounded much better.

I just listened to Natural Snow Buildings for the first time. Fantastic. You should listen to them even though they're not relevant to any of the bands you mentioned.NecroKvltMuffin