What's your latest "Discovery"

Butch Walker: Left of Self-Centered. Former bassist for Southgang...yes, the hair-metal band from the late 80's/early 90's, but forget all about that. Totally different sound as Butch is frontman now. Unique and surprisingly good voice, wry wit and parody of today's rock singers (and not just on "Rock Vocal Power"). If you like to laugh, get this album and you will get some really good original music as a bonus...especially "My Way" and "Suburbia".

Crowded House -- Woodface.

Autechre. Classical Electronic music, if there is a category. Extermely Intelligent avante garde music. No Comparision out there. After I bought their latest 'Draft 7.30', in two weeks I bought their all past CDs-full length and singles. Every track is a trasure. Have been listening to this kind of music for last 15+ years and never occured to but one of their Cds!! Well I made up for it in two weeks!!

I picked up The Song Remains the Same concert DVD from Zeppelin about a year ago. I've gone through phases where I spend all of my music time watching it. I'm watching it right now actually. I love watching Page and Bonham. Also Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon. I'd always liked this album, but I really started listening to it about a month ago.

Marco - This is a really great thread. I have been running out of new music recently, since I just enjoy listening too much after finishing the setup of my new system. I picked up several suggestions here and still have long list left.

Following some of the recommendations here, I went out and got the following records:
White Stripes - Elephant
Patty Griffin - Living with Ghosts, Flaming Red
Crouching Tiger - Soundtrack
Madredeus - Anthologia, Ainda
Misia - Ritual
Amalia Rodriguez - The history of Fado

I guess I really got into Fado. I had already seen Lisbon Story a while ago and liked the music but never picked up on it. I haven't had much of a chance to listen to the history CD but it looks like it has a really good collection of traditional Fado singers (Including Amalia Rodriguez and Maria Teresa de Noronha) Not the best recording but worth having.
On the more modern site I'll probably start picking up some more White Stripes Album. I kind of left alternative for a while after leaving my teens and early twenties behind, this one was really refreshing though.

And since this thread is really more about discoveries, here are some of my suggestions:

Rabih-Abou Khalil - Sultans Picnic, Arabian Waltz
This is one of my favorite artists: great original compositions, great soloists and the band exhibits real coherence when playing together. Listen to Sunrise in Montreal on Sultans Picnic, the Harmonica solo is brilliant and fits in surprisingly well into this Middle Eastern/Western fusion jazz. Arabian Waltz is quite different, mixing in elements of western classical music. Also Enja Music does a wonderful recording job on all the records. And if you are lucky you can find them on vinyl.

Zakir Hussein and the Rhythm experience - The Rhythm Experience
Wonderful slightly modern perspective on Indian Classical Music, one of the best Tabla players in the World. And great to watch at a concert (He appears quite often on the west coast in concerts since he is living in LA).

Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy - The Fire this time
Great live big band brass album. Great recording as well.

Tom Waits - Real Gone
No need to say much about this one...

That's at least a short selection of my current favorites.

Best wishes,

Rene