Recommend music from your country.

[VetLegion]

Most music here is very lyrics dependant so I guess I can't recommend you the good stuff, you wouldn't understand it.

So here is stuff with few words

Colonia - dance

Bambi Molesters - surf music

Vjestice - few words, folk rythmes

[monolith94]

If you want to hear some good old new england folk music, check out Gordon Bok.

[Mercator]

I'm not really very familiar with all of them, but I like what I do know. I'll try and label it, but I'm not very good at that... I'll also mark those that don't sing in English.

Belgium
2 Many DJ's (DJ's obviously, they do remixes and compilations)
Das Pop (alternative pop?)
dEUS (alternative experimental rock)
Gorki (no idea, singer-songwriter-ish rock? sung in Dutch)
Raymond van het Groenewoud (singer-songwriter, pop, soul... in Dutch)
't Hof van Commerce (hip-hop in West-Flemish dialect)
K's Choice (rock)
Ozark Henry (rock)
Soulwax (rock, the same guys as 2 Many DJ's, but entirely different music)
Vive La Fête (dance)
Zap Mama (african world music/pop)
Zita Swoon(disco-rock, especially great live)

Holland
The Gathering (metal)
De Heideroosjes (punk, both in Dutch and English)
Osdorp Posse (Dutch hip-hop)
Wyatt (rock, don't know if they actually did anything more than that one single I know)

And then some more foreign ones, not from my country, but very much worth mentioning...

Max Normal (hip-hop, from South Africa, only heard them live so far, but they're awesome)
Madrugada (rock, from Norway)
Myslovitz (rock, from Poland... found this thanks to Heresson)

And a good, but somewhat obscure (?) American rock/metal band:
... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

Edit: added Myslovitz

[Q Classic]

i hear wernazuma iii like dj ötzi.

[Az]

Vetlegion: that's not always a problem.

monolith: NOT folk music.

[DanielXY]

For some good Wave try: Blutengel (Songs to try are for example: Seelenschmerz, Black Wedding, Weg zu mir). Real German value

[Minute Mirage]

Kingston Wall is a now-defunct Finnish prog-rock band, although they write their lyrics in English. My favourite album from them is "II" and two of my favourite songs from that album are "Could It Be So?" and "Two Of A Kind". The singer, Petri Walli, is nothing special but the drummer Sami Kuoppamäki is very skilled. I'd say the band is worth checking out if you like prog.

[Az]

Rufus: she's interesting. ( What a beautiful language is Turkish. Each time, I am amazed. )

Q^3: I think he'll come out of your PC screen and stab you now.

[Inverse Icarus]

i'm currently heavy into this song, can't say it's "good" in the mainstream sense:

Alright...
This right here is going out to all the outcasts,
outsiders and outlaws out there tonight,
is going out to everybody whose ever been
locked up held down or kicked around.
it's going out to all the white trash out there,
all the wasted youth,
everybody thats felt like they never had a chance,
the world we live in is going straight to hell.
Fellas, I know there's no where to turn...were all livin in exile.

I'M IN EXILE!
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN EXILE!
I'M IN EXILE!
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN EXILE!

I've been hanging on the corner,
starin' at the night sky,
and watchin' the CARS DRIVE BY!
Their faces stare, but they don't see me
as I think about the past and I wonder I WONDER WHY!
A side of life they'll never see
has passed before my jaded eyes MY EYES!
I'm on the outside lookin' in,
I hold THE BURNIN' TEARS INSIDE MY HEART!

I BEEN RUNNIN', I BEEN RUNNIN' WITH THE HUNTED,
I BEEN RUNNIN' FOR MY WHOLE LIFE!
I'M IN EXILE!
AND I GOT NOTHIN' BUT A HOPE INSIDE,
IN MY HEART WHERE HOPE HAS DIED!
I BEEN LIVIN' IN EXILE!
TEARS AND PAIN LIKE A STINGING RAIN,
HAVE PASSED BEFORE MY EYES!
I'M IN EXILE!
I BEEN RUNNIN', I BEEN RUNNIN' WITH THE HUNTED,
I BEEN RUNNIN' FOR MY WHOLE LIFE.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN EXILE!

FORSAKEN!
FORGOTTON!
If you haven't been there,
then you'll never understand!
I've stolen, I've lied,
I've traded my pride
'CUZ I NEVER HAD A HELPING HAND!
THEY'LL STEAL YOUR INNOCENCE AND TAKE AWAY YOUR SOUL!
I've stolen, I've lied,
there were time when there wasn't any place to go.
SO LET'S GO!

I BEEN RUNNIN', I BEEN RUNNIN' WITH THE HUNTED,
I BEEN RUNNIN' FOR MY WHOLE LIFE!
I'M IN EXILE!
AND I GOT NOTHIN' BUT A HOPE INSIDE,
IN MY HEART WHERE HOPE HAS DIED!
I BEEN LIVIN' IN EXILE!
TEARS AND PAIN LIKE A STINGING RAIN,
HAVE PASSED BEFORE MY EYES!
I'M IN EXILE!
I BEEN RUNNIN', I BEEN RUNNIN' WITH THE HUNTED,
I BEEN RUNNIN' FOR MY WHOLE LIFE.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN EXILE!

How many tears have our mothers cried? EXILE!
How many of my kind have died? EXILE!
So I stand here to spit in your eyes,
and tell you your society is nothing but lies.
They lock us up and they hold us down,
another wasted youth, another DEAD END TOWN.
I been waiting so long,
I been waiting so long,
I BEEN WAITING
NOW MY HOPE IS GONE!

THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING MORE THAN THIS!
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING THAT I MISSED!

I BEEN RUNNIN', I BEEN RUNNIN' WITH THE HUNTED,
I BEEN RUNNIN' FOR MY WHOLE LIFE!
I'M IN EXILE!
AND I GOT NOTHIN' BUT A HOPE INSIDE,
IN MY HEART WHERE HOPE HAS DIED!
I BEEN LIVIN' IN EXILE!
TEARS AND PAIN LIKE A STINGING RAIN,
HAVE PASSED BEFORE MY EYES!
I'M IN EXILE!
I BEEN RUNNIN', I BEEN RUNNIN' WITH THE HUNTED,
I BEEN RUNNIN' FOR MY WHOLE LIFE.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN EXILE!

HOW MANY TEARS HAVE THEY TORN FROM MY EYES?
HOW MANY TIMES WILL WE BE DENIED?
THEY LOCK US UP AND THEY HOLD US DOWN,
JUST ANOTHER WASTED YOUTH, ANOTHER DEAD END TOWN.
I BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG.
I BEEN WAITING NOW MY HOPE IS...
GONE.

-Blood for Blood: Living in Exile

[monolith94]

"monolith: NOT folk music."

But it's really really GOOD folk music.

[Az]

*looks around*

okay, I'll try it.

[Heresson]

The Gathering (metal)

I didn't know they are Dutch.
Thanks for remembering about Myslovitz

[Az]

myslovitz are too poppy. but they're intersting.

[Japher]

Arrian; if you like Phish try King Crimson and Hot Tuna

Similar yet different... AS much as GD is from Phish... Though Phish's drummer (i think) just got busted for having a 9 year old girlfriend

[Heresson]

Yes. And when You try King Crimson, go for Genesis. And then, for Marillion...