Got a 10hr drive tomorrow. Going to do a raid on iTunes tonight to download some new tunes. Any recommendations?

I like Muse, Radiohead, Modest Mouse, Pixies, etc.

Iron Maiden – you know it makes sense

or alternatively the new Porcupine Tree album – brilliant

Pearl Jam's new one 'backspacer' is really good.

New one from Dove's or on a more chilled note Elbow – Seldom Seen Kid

Or for a bit of retro brilliance Faith No More – from out of nowhere, still amazing.

+1 For Liquid1000 on PJ.

If you like Modest Mouse stevomcd (and tbh they are superb), then try Sun Kill Moon's – Tiny Cities.

You may like the modest mouse covers. But then I love Red House Painters!

Cribs
Grizzly Bear
Damien Jurado

to name a few…

Raconteurs
Chameleons (might struggle on iTunes!)

Band of horses – if in the right frame of mind. Their track Funeral is on that special Danny Macaskill you tube vid.

New editors album is out – not heard it but have enjoyed all their other stuff.

I second (liquid100 ^^^) new Doves album Kingdom of Rust.

Edit: liquid1000 – sorry didn't mean to demote ya.

Cribs – Ignore the ignorant. Just bought and liking a lot. Anyhting wi Johnny Marr is good IMO.

Ooooh, let's see, driving music:

Public Enemy – It takes a nation of millions…….
Cake – Fashion Nugget.
Dr Feelgood – Malpractice.
Velvet Underground – Loaded.
Half Man Half Biscuit – Cammel Laird Social Club/Achtung Bono/CSI Ambleside.
Beta Band – Heroes to Zeros.
Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak.
Mudhoney – Superfuzzbigmuff.
The Astronauts – Peter Pan hits the suburbs.

Chameleons @DavidB? Is that the same band that did 'Second Skin' in the 80s? I have their CD somewhere (Script Of The Bridge). Great tune if it was.

Yes rumbledethumps

(did I really just type rumbledethumps?)

My faves at the moment are Bombay Bicycle Club's I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose, The Crib's Ignore the Ignorant and Passion Pit's Manners.

None of them are 'immediate' so allow a few listens

Juliette Lewis – Terra Incognita was my last download, reccomended

might d/l Rush – Snakes and arrows live next

milburns albums are good,

Really rate the new Alice In Chains album, Black gives way to Blue; not up there with Dirt but waaaay good

(& thanks Darrell for the heads-up on Porcupine Tree – didn't even know they had a new one out!)

…speaking of Rush – Moving Pictures.

Decemberists

Editors

British Sea Power

new Brendan Benson album very good (in the Racontueurs with Jack White)…. went to see him on Tuesday in Brighton…

check him myspace out for freebie sample

The Temper Trap , good Ozzy rock

the Dead Weather – jack whites new set-up. best one of the lot IMHO.

robgarrioch- New alice in chains?…..how?…….. surely it'll just be jerry cantrell and add ons sounding like all his solo stuff seeing as the key sound of alice in chains was layne staley's smak tinged voice and he's been pushing up daisies for years.

Mad season was a truly great project though such a shame he was weak junky C**t

No one sounded like Layne. An incredible talent wasted. This has got me listening to Jar Of Flies/SAP again.

Granted, Layne Staley can't be replaced – 'Junkhead' is my joint favourite song ever, mainly due to the vocals (tied with New Millenium Cyanide Christ, if anyone's interested), & I listened to Dirt pretty much constantly through 4th year at Uni…
However, I'm impressed by the new album – good deep guitars, major chords slightly off-key sound that marked a lot of the Dirt era sound. + when I heard the new vocals, a shiver literally ran up my spine 'cos the guy sounded like Staley…

try http://www.amazingtunes.com – all unsigned bands. some great, some not so great. all different styles.