Music like Cake

[Jaged]

I am very picky in music and have not been able to find anything I like to listen to for a long time. I recently stumbled across this band I had never heard of called Cake. They are a great band, and I want more music like theirs. What do you think I would enjoy if I like Cake.

My favorite songs of theirs are going the distance, no phone, and never there.

[dgstinner]

Check out http://www.musicplasma.com/ Enter Cake into the search box and hit enter. You'll find other groups that you may like that are similar.

[raine]

Cake is a pretty sweet band. Fashion Nugget being their best, personally. I think it's called Fashion Nugget. The thing about Cake is that they are quite unique in their sound. I don't think there are really any bands like them, but 311 or Red Hot Chili Peppers COULD be options. It's hard to put them in a category. However, I always lumped them with Beck for some bizarre reason. So, I choose Beck and Cake, even though they are hardly similar. Go ahead. Try it out.

[wolfpacker]

Also depends what about Cake really attracts them to you. For instance, the following bands may spark you interest for there quirky sense of humor: Barenaked Ladies, They Might Be Giants, King Missile.

[dwchin]

I was just going to suggest BNL and TMBG Barenaked Ladies doesn't exactly match them in sound, but then Cake's sound is pretty hard to match. I might also throw Weezer into the pot, even though they too don't exactly sound like Cake. But sometimes I get reminded of Cake when I listen to them.

[Jaged]

I think what I like in cake is the interesting guitar parts. And that trumpet is a nice touch. I can't stand a generic cut and paste beat and guitar background with singing. I like some interesting background.

[dwchin]

Maybe you'd also like a band like Reel Big Fish. Not really anything like Cake, but it's certainly not generic guitar and they make use of a variety of other instruments sometimes. If you liked that about Cake, you'd probably like that about RBF, too.

[Jaged]

I think I finaly understand exactly what it is in music that I like. Its the Instrumental track that does it for me, not the vocals. I like modern music, but with a nice rythem in the the guitar/drums/syth.

[am0eba]

Soul Coughing have disbanded, but they have three major albums, and their music has a lot of quirkiness that's similar to Cake's. Also, the vocalist/songwriter, Mike Doughty has done some solso stuff - they're both on iTunes Music Store.

_Dave_

[bdb]

You might want to check out Calexico. Their stuff varies a bit, but they have some instrumentals that sound a lot like Cake. Guelo Canelo (the only two words in the song that are in Spanish, from what I can tell) is really cool.

[mzd]

Geggy Tah had that song 'Whoever You Are' - that reminds me of Cake's sound.

[Jaged]

So far everything you have suggested has been too... soft. Im looking for harder music. If that makes any sence.

Thanks for trying Im a hard order to fill.

Edit: Soul coughing is definatly the best so far of all the music mentioned here. Its still a little too soft.

[wolfpacker]

Hmmm, maybe try some old Cracker?

[zee]

Originally posted by dgstinner
Check out http://www.musicplasma.com/ Enter Cake into the search box and hit enter. You'll find other groups that you may like that are similar.

That's terrable, it only goes by matching names.

[happensnow]

A band I would suggest would be Oasis. And also check out the Spin Doctors.