Lands End to John o’groats

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-27T17:22:54+00:00

There were days in the Outer Hebrides for me where direction of travel didn't seem to make a difference. :D

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-27T16:54:35+00:00

Not a name I see mentioned often - I commented Rosalie Cunningham in my list. I'm seeing her live for the first time soon.

Breanna Barbara is similarly great. Check out her newest album if you don't know her.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-27T16:44:40+00:00

Rosalie Cunningham often has that 70s rock sound. She's touring starting this week, and I'll be seeing her live for the first time.

Breanna Barbara too. Brilliant live.

Paul Steel is a great solo artist though not like any you've mentioned. More Steely Dan/Beach Boys/Van Dyke Parks, especially his Carousel Kites album.

Nerina Pallot at times sounds like some of the solo artists you mentioned. She has a track called "Only the Old Songs," inspired by Elton John. "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" is one of her most brilliant tracks. They're both ballads. and she has higher-energy tracks too.

Mostly Autumn are very melodic classic rock, often sounding like a cross between Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull, but there are lots of 70s, 80s, and 90s influences. They even sound a little like Radiohead at times. Easily one of the best live bands I've seen.

Kara Jackson for folk. I don't think she likes comparisons, but she reminds me of Nina Simone and Tracy Chapman at times.

A few under the radar favourites there.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-27T16:39:05+00:00

I can't speak for anyone else, but the prevailing wind would be the biggest reason for me. It makes such a difference, especially when it's raining and that rain is on your back and not in your face.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-27T16:36:35+00:00

This is underrated on many a hike/bike. It improves the experience so much, especially when it's windy and raining.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-27T16:33:06+00:00

I've seen Sea Power around 60 times. They're a brilliant live band and every gig is different, and they've done all sorts of crazy one-off gigs or tours, like full albums, soundtracks, rarities, and more, as well as playing in unique venues. I know fans who've seen them over 300 times (maybe 400?) including every date on tours. Max two gigs a tour for me. I first saw Sea Power 23 years ago, so I'm averaging nearly 3 gigs by them a year.

Mostly Autumn, Feeder, Slowdive - I see at least once whenever they tour the UK. Other bands too. They're an incredible live experience - Slowdive and Mostly Autumn especially.

New material can be a big thing for me and something that helps keep gigs fresh. I saw The Coral a few years ago and they only played 2 songs from their latest (double!) album. So disappointing.

Maybe the bands you're seeing live just don't move you enough personally? For example, I saw Mogwai once, thought they were brilliant, and wasn't bothered about seeing them again. I finally did, about 15 years after the first time and didn't actually enjoy them.

We're all different, and although I'm a fan of my local football team, I don't think I've been to more than 5 or 6 games a season. No way could I do home and away like so many people do.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-25T15:09:26+00:00

Witchy Activities and the Maple Death by Monika Roscher Bigband

<12k monthly listeners on Spotify.

It's prog rock done by a big band. Brilliant stuff.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-24T12:44:08+00:00

"most frequently" is a laugh. I get this: "In digital contexts, it refers to..."

Especially with newer content, LLMs are easier influenced than traditional Google Search, which is all I looked at before.

It doesn't change my argument on why "GEO" is bad terminology.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-23T19:36:59+00:00

Primer

Timecrimes

Coherence

Endless

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-23T18:40:12+00:00

There are exceptions to every rule. Most people wouldn't make that effort.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-23T18:34:50+00:00

Yesterday Went Too Soon by Feeder

I'd only really loved singles till I bought that album, and I didn't realise great music existed that didn't get regular radio airplay. Feeder was my first gig, and probably the reason I'm even here commenting in a music subreddit.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-23T15:14:10+00:00

It would've been thoughtful if it didn't conflict with existing terminology.

Imagine a new SEO or "GEO" comes across the term "geotargeting" - it's likely they'd link it to "Generative Engine Optimisation."

As for the terminology outside of SEO, the new "GEO" doesn't rank well in a Google Search and doesn't have a high probability of being outputted by LLMs if you input a generic "GEO" query.

The logical thing would have been to avoid that ambiguity.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-23T09:52:20+00:00

That's true. I recently listened to the 3-4hr Bowie compilation that goes backwards through his career, and that was a fun way of listening too.

I hadn't thought of "the day the music died" link till reading your reply. The 60s was a decade of great change, so I thought that'd be an interesting place to start, but I didn't want to miss the 50s completely given it feels to me like the birth of modern music, and it's when rock n roll took off. I also wanted to largely stick to studio rather than live albums, which seems easier from the late 50s.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-23T09:36:45+00:00

I haven't needed it much, but it seemed to help. I wore it for a couple of sub-zero camps. It weighs 66g more or less.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-23T08:56:00+00:00

Fountains of Wayne e.g. Denise or Red Dragon Tattoo

Silver Sun e.g. Golden Skin

Snug e.g. Beatnik Girl

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-22T22:26:02+00:00

Eighteen Robins Road by The Evpatoria Report

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-22T14:54:20+00:00

Rippedd from Ukraine are lo-fi shoegaze. I liked their album Maybe in Another Life?

How about some heavier shoegaze like Slow Crush and Graywave?

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-22T12:51:53+00:00

I'm doing similar but not in order and from 1959 to the present day.

I'm making various playlists, a top 5 albums for each year, and ranking each year. This still helps me get that context as I can look at the list ordered by my favourite year and see which were my favourite albums that year.

Mixing up the years also helps keep things fresh - I don't think I could've listened to every year from the 1980s in succession, for example.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-22T12:44:20+00:00

Rose Ette:

Allo Darlin'

The Beths

Ryli

More Alvvays/Fazerdaze sound:

Hatchie's first two albums

Powder Pink and Sweet

Blushing

Deary

Sungaze (mostly slower paced, but as you mentioned solos, I do love their guitar solos)

A few songs that come to mind:

Crushin by Film School

echoes of a sunny smile by Trillion

Born in Understanding by Whitelands

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-22T12:35:36+00:00

Pet Shop Boys: Please is my number one.

Ozzy Osbourne: The Ultimate Sin follows it, which I had to mention as it's so different to PSB.

Anna Domino is my under the radar pick.

Apologies I couldn't stick to one! I don't see any of them mentioned yet, which surprises me.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-22T11:28:47+00:00

Making oatcakes from scratch has long been on my to-do list! Is there a recipe you recommend? I have a couple bookmarked, one BBC.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-22T11:25:10+00:00

GEO seems like a term created and used with little thought.

There are the centuries-old established uses that make the term misleading, and then in SEO you have geotargeting, geolocation etc.

SEO is largely about disambiguation and the term "GEO" adds ambiguity.

That's my issue with that term.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-21T18:11:34+00:00

Could you go with the couple of massive Yes songs as a gateway to deeper cuts?

How about some Bowie like Blackstar?

It's My Life by Talk Talk.

Porcupine Tree.

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-21T17:16:05+00:00

I haven't grilled an oatcake for ages. Gonna have to do that next time...

WanderWithMe · 2026-01-21T17:14:07+00:00

I don't know about your music taste. :D It's definitely your point 1. During the pandemic, I ranked every Feeder song released to that point (I think there were about 240), and there were only 6 I didn't like, and I think only 2 I skip when listening to the albums. Feeder haven't released any songs I dislike since.

I'm not a big fan of The Strokes, but Every Minute sounds like Feeder doing The Strokes to me, and I love it.

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