Submitted by mysanthr0p1c t3_zzwl7d in Music
I would like to try and listen to at least one album from every country in 2023 and would love to know what some of your favorite albums are by artists from your country. I like a lot of genres, but would prefer non-pop suggestions. Thank you!
Amazing. Thank you! And no, I didn’t have a time frame in mind.
god ween satan the oneness by ween
Brito - This Wave is Only for the Good Hearted.
Also Netherlands. Groningen to be specific. Math rock/screamo, but not brutal / intimidating / scary.
Hey, that's where I live! is it recent? because the name doesn't ring a bell.
Ah, they quit in 2012, which is the time I started diving into the local scene.
OSIBISA - Sunshine Day (The Pye/Bronze Anthology)
Black Sherif - The Villain I Never Was
Aṣa - V
Santrofi - Alewa
Stonebwoy - Epistles of Mama, Anloga Junction
Adomaa - Becoming Adomaa
M.anifest - Nowhere Cool
Sarkodie - Mary
I think one of them is in We Are the Harvest now.
Canada here. Lots of great options for you:
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Rush - Signals
Bare Naked Ladies - Born on a Pirate Ship
Tragically Hip - Up to Here
Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines
Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
Sum 41 - All Killer, No Filler
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Joel Plaskett - Scrappy Happiness
whoops! don't know them either.
Construção - Chico Buarque / great sample of MPB (popular brazilian music)
Espelho - João Nogueira / my favourite samba artist. Though you lose so much by not knowing portuguese because the lyrics are amazing, the overall listening is still wholesome
All killer, No Filler is dope. Such a good album from start to finish. Lives up to the name for sure.
My first concert ever was Sum 41 during their tour for this album so it’s always had a special place in my heart
You forgot Devin Townson, Next to Geddy he is my favorite Canadian.
Steve Vai -Passion and Warfare
Jordnära or Fatta Eld.
Both made by the rap band "Fattaru."
Masterpiece Theatre by Marianas Trench
Famous Last Words by Hedley
Apex by Unleash the Archers
I’d also suggest Joni Mitchell’s Blue
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Not Canadian but a few other of my favs...
I've been doing something similar so hopefully this helps. Here are a few from around the world I've found over the last year.
Armenia - Tigran Hamasyan - Mockroot
Belgium - Black Flower - Magma
Brazil - Luísa e os Alquimistas - Jaguatirica Print
Denmark - Dizzy Mizzy Lizzy - Self-titled
France - FKJ - French Kiwi Juice
Japan - Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples
Madagascar - D'Gary - Malagasy Guitar: Music From Madagascar
Mali - Oumou Sangaré - Timbuktu
Morocco - Guedra Guedra - Vexillology
Nigeria - Fela Kuti - Zombie
Norway - Gundelach - Baltus
Pakistan - Jaubi - Nafs at Peace
Philippines - Eraserheads - Circus
Poland - EABS - 2061
Senegal - Seckou Keita - Transparent Water
South Africa - Nduduzo Makhathini - In the Spirit of Ntu
Spain - Cookin Soul - Good Job
Sweden - Meshuggah - Koloss
Switzerland - The Beautiful Now - Moes
Ukraine - Jinjer - King of Everything
Zambia - Smokey Haangala - Aunka Ma Kwacha
Zimbabwe - Thomas Mapfumo - Sweet Chimurenga
Don’t leave out Gordon Lightfoot. That man can write a song. Canadian national treasure.
Amazing! Thanks so much for all these suggestions.
Ghana 🇬🇭 here, The Villain I Never Was - Black Sherif
If you want a classic, The Very Best of (compilation) - Osibisa
Ah, a fellow Ghanaian. Great list
It’s funny, but I frequently listen to jagged little pill and all killer back to back. Not really sure why, maybe cause they’re both 10/10 albums to me.
The backend child and Mr Crawford by nocap
Damn, that's a hard question... Colombian here btw.
I'd say that Carlos Vives has the best songs in my country, though I might be biased due to my mother and me listening to him for years.
Anyways give "Más + Corazón Profundo" (2014) a try. Carlos' music mixes vallenato (a local genre) with pop/reggaeton, and it sounds really good. In this album you can find some popular hits here in Colombia, like "El Mar de Sus Ojos" (One of my favorites) and "Cuando nos volvamos a encontrar". Finally, I also suggest you listening to the album "VIVES" (2017) made by the same singer that also features very good songs, but I'll leave that up to you. :p
Another Canadian here with some lesser known gems:
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?
Rock Plaza Central - Are We Not Horses?
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
From Israel - Alon Oleartchik - Tell Me What You Feel
https://www.merchbar.com/vinyl-records/alon-oleartchik/alon-oleartchik-tell-me-what-cd
The Vertigo of Bliss - Biffy Clyro (Scotland)
Groningen1978 t1_j2e3gh0 wrote
Does it have to be recent?
Bettie Serveert - Palomine from 1992 is my all time favourite album from The Netherlands.
It's jangly indie rock/pop with female vocals (without a hint of potato-english) and Neil Young-ish lead guitars. It's perfect in its imperfectness.