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Title: What are you currently listening to? Version: 219893
Post by: ThugTears666 on March 16, 2008, 09:32:14 am
Seems to me like this forum needs a bit of a wake-up call to be honest! I think it could be cool if we started up this topic again, remember no lists!
Try to give the album a decent review around a paragraph long so someone can see if they are actually want to check the band out that you are listening to, this gives meaning to the topic beyond constant name dropping!

Here's the current album I am listening to

(http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/28206/btbam-colors.jpg)

Between the Buried and Me: Colours
Genre: Progressive/Mathcore/Jazzheavyfun

I heard about this band through gw and despite their emo or metal-core sounding name they are actually really really good and Mike Portnoy loves them also :)​.
Between the buried and me is like everything you wanted Dream Theater to sound like: Less boring, less cheesier, heavier and waaaay more experimental.
At first listen BTBAM is some pretty heavy shit and it didnt really click with me all that much apparent from obvious observations like "man this is tech as fuck".
This is one very varied cd, it definately takes a few listens to appreciate but it is pretty exciting to listen to and once you get an ear for it it's the type of album you could listen to for like a whole month. Vocals are like either really soft or screaming which is actually kinda reminiscient of Lamb of Gods vocals IMO (Despite them being a horrible band).
My favourite moments on the album are actually some of the Jazz and Country acoustic moments and bits where suddenly the intensity REALLY picks up!


Also check out their website it has some really cool art work! http://www.victoryrecords.com/albumtrailers/colors/ 


What about you!?
Title: What are you currently listening to? Version: 219893
Post by: How We Became Fire on March 16, 2008, 05:20:30 pm
(http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/51814/tusk1.jpg)

Tusk-Tree of No Return

A very interesting experimental grind band who hails from Chicago.  If you are a fan of Pelican, you should know what to expect here as they share two members.  Lots of droning and noisy riffs but with the added touch of the frantic and downright strange vocals of Laurent Lebec.  This album was pretty damn hard for me to digest at first but it has sense grown on me.  The atmosphere of the music creates a atmosphere heavy with dementia/insanity.  I really am having a hard time describing this CD accurately, so if you have an open mind, give it a listen.  This CD also came packaged with a DVD with a few clips from live shows.  Pretty wild stuff which involves the vocalist writhing around on stage haha...  I'm rambling.

If you like grind/exp stuff that is pretty off the wall, buy/download this album and let me know what you think.
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Post by: tomohawkjoe on March 16, 2008, 05:24:35 pm
Yes, BTBAM are amazing. I'm personally a fan of their alaska work but colors is awesome to (although I felt it was a bit dragged out).

As for me, someone on the UG forums introduced me to a japanese screamo band named Envy.
(http://a165.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/19/l_b4028eb6294c3eeac215bcc963f556b4.jpg)
This band is simply amazing. I may not know any japanese but even then you can still feel the singer's energy in all the songs. The best way I can describe their music is screamo hardcore mixed with post rock influences. Alot of their stuff will have moment where it sounds just so raw and powerful than switch to more quiet, almost gloomy, melodic sound. I highly recommend this band if your even remotely into screamo or even post-rock.
Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/officialenvy)
And one of my favorite songs by them
Chain Wandering Deeply (live) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=IXzVxKUZlpc)
Again, I seriously recommend you guys check them out, they really are an amazing band.
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Post by: Shepperd on March 16, 2008, 05:47:08 pm
John Cage
4:33

actually it is longer than that but yknow
Title: What are you currently listening to? Version: 219893
Post by: ThugTears666 on March 17, 2008, 02:07:55 am
John Cage
4:33

actually it is longer than that but yknow

Quote
Try to give the album a decent review around a paragraph long so someone can see if they are actually want to check the band out that you are listening to, this gives meaning to the topic beyond constant name dropping!
Title: What are you currently listening to? Version: 219893
Post by: Shepperd on March 17, 2008, 02:27:18 am
SUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKK ITTTTTTTTTTT

how about John Cage 4:33 aka more elaborate way to say I AM LISTENING TO NOTHING
Title: What are you currently listening to? Version: 219893
Post by: ThugTears666 on March 17, 2008, 02:28:39 am
SUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKK ITTTTTTTTTTT

how about John Cage 4:33 aka more elaborate way to say I AM LISTENING TO NOTHING

Then don't post.
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Post by: crone_lover720 on March 17, 2008, 03:46:37 am
man if you're so concerned about the thread quality, you're just making it worse with your dumb rebuttals.

but thanks for making this topic :) I just can't stick around #music, and I'm not a big fan of irc in general so this general music talk is cool for me


Hercules and Love Affair
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/Herculesandloveaffairalbumcover.jpeg)

man, this album. a lot of the tracks feature vocals by Antony Hegarty, who is just awesome. like, you can tell he's probably a transvestite when you hear him sing for the first time, but it's so good and it just grows on you and adds a lot of color to the music. the female vocals unfortunately kind of sound like a weak Dani Siciliano (particularly in the the last track, True False/Fake Real), but they still work well enough and don't exactly hurt the album imo. the whole thing comes together to form an album that seems to recall many fond things, but mainly disco

edit: what budfy
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Post by: Beasley on March 17, 2008, 03:49:16 am
Album/Artist: Some 'best of' collection by The Doors
Genre: Acid Rock???

This stuff is excellent. It's pretty much what the 60s was all about. Listening to Morrison's psychedelic voice is like taking a trip back three or four decades. It's really solid music, fun to listen to too.
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Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on March 17, 2008, 03:54:57 am
oh, antony's a tranny? I always thought but never bothered looking it up. I like his voice so I should check that out I guess.
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Post by: Von Woofen on March 17, 2008, 04:09:18 am
I am listening to

(A Shimmering Radiance) Diadem of 12 Stars by Wolves in the Throne Room. I found it just now on last.fm and its a twenty minute long black metal song so I told my friend I would listen to the whole thing. It isn't entirely awful but it is pretty boring!
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Post by: thecatamites on March 17, 2008, 09:51:38 am
I remember I tried to get away with doing a version of '4:33' for my Music practicals back in school... The teacher wasn't impressed...
Anyway, I've been listening to "Rumble: The Best Of Link Wray" by Link Wray.
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/images.overstock.com/f/102/3117/8h/www.overstock.com/images/products/muze/music/158136.jpeg)
Link Wray was kind of a proto-punk rockabilly guitarist from the 50s/60s who pioneered the use of power chords and distortion in his records, making him a direct influence on pretty much every garage/punk/grunge band ever. His first single was 'Rumble', which was almost banned for being a bad influence on children... Not bad when you consider that it was a fucking instrumental. That's how hardcore he was.
Anyway, the CD collects pretty much all of his best stuff like 'Rumble', 'Jack the Ripper', 'Run Chicken Run', 'Big City After Dark', and a bunch more nasty, corrosive surf-punk instrumentals... It's a good introduction to his stuff, so if you haven't heard him before, buy it!
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Post by: crone_lover720 on March 17, 2008, 05:04:46 pm
oh, antony's a tranny? I always thought but never bothered looking it up. I like his voice so I should check that out I guess.
yup, lemme see if I can redirect an image

nope. his main/early acts largely center around transvestitism etc though, and I think Blacklips (which was the precurser to the music of Antony and the Johnsons) performed entirely in drag.

I feel like Hercules and Love Affair will become rather HIP, so it might actually turn out to be a bigger break for him than A&tJ
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Post by: unusualgamer on March 17, 2008, 09:48:52 pm
I am currently listening to OCEANA's debut album The Tide.

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/unusualgamer/8e94r2o.jpg)

OCEANA is a new band on the popular hardcore label Rise Records. I found out about them at a Rise Records showcase, and fell in love right away. Sure their music sounds like every other hardcore band, but there's just something about them. I highly recommend them to anybody that is seeking a change of sounds.
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Post by: ThugTears666 on March 17, 2008, 10:37:41 pm
I am currently listening to Feist- The Reminder.

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/centripetalnotion.com/images/feistreminder.jpeg)


You've probally heard of her, my girlfriend is into this singer after seeing that Ipod ad which got me into her a bit and I enjoy listening to her when I'm in the right mood.


I think the easiest way to describe her is kinda like a female Surfjan Stevens, shes not quite as good but I like her voice and the album is great IMO.

Alot of her songs are kinda like acoustic ballads, reminds me of Eva Cassidy, sometimes I find it boring but when I'm in the mood its nice.


This track is still my fave:  http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_lZ37bUOM

I really like the Banjo and it's a cool video in general.
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Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on March 17, 2008, 11:43:17 pm
I don't know why everyone loves The Reminder so much, I much rather prefer Let it Die, a far more solid album imo.

I'm currently listening to Deerhoof -- Friend Opportunity

Album cover:

(http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1376/deerhoofvi5.jpg)

band:

(http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1024/deerhoofgrp10604tx9.jpg)

Genre: Experimental Indie?

I don't even know how to classify this music, it's pretty weird.  I've grown accustomed to it though and now I think it's really fucking awesome.   It's pretty much really experimental indie-type riffs with a japanese chick singing really horrible lyrics that are surprisingly extremely catchy. I know lots of people who absolutely loathe this band because of the really weird instrumentals and the singer's japanese accent but seriously it pretty different and maybe some of you will like it (indie trash).
I wanted to see them but the show was 19+, oh well :(​.  They were relatively unknown prior to this latest release but now (especially here in Toronto), they've been getting a lot more attention. Who knows, maybe they'll become MAINSTREAM but I really doubt that. 

Check this shit out, but you may not like it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1rrnTDDhVnw
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Post by: ThugTears666 on March 18, 2008, 12:41:07 am
I don't know why everyone loves The Reminder so much, I much rather prefer Let it Die, a far more solid album imo.


It's the only album I've heard by her so I can't really say I prefer it to anything.


Seeing these album covers is quite cool.
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Post by: Rabane on March 18, 2008, 01:08:52 am
Listening to Bliss by Muse
Album: Hullabaloo
Image: Looking
Genre: A mixture of punk rock and electronic. Here's the link for ''Bliss''.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrROiUNwgCM

Most of their songs are really deep. The lyrics are touching, the music is astonishing (depends on the song) and the singer's voice is beautiful. This is a band I recommend for people who are romantics, dramatics or artists.
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Post by: crone_lover720 on March 18, 2008, 01:46:16 am
I think most people like/know of Feist's the Reminder because 1234 was on that one ipod commercial, and My Moon My Man was on some phone commercial. I really enjoyed the album, but I have to agree that Let it Die is better. I can put it up for you if you want

just gonna leech images like everyone else
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/www.saloperie.be/blog/images/Lecturique/Feist_-_Let_It_Die.jpeg)
I can't stand mushaboom though. I'd probably love it if it wasn't for the little shaboom shaboom in the background ugh so gross
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Post by: tomohawkjoe on March 18, 2008, 03:21:00 am
Antoine Dufour - Development
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/www.candyrat.com/artists/AntoineDuFour/Development/cover_large.jpeg)
So yeah, if your into acoustic guitar players, I highly recommend you look into Antoine Dufour. Hes got alot of very mellow songs that just make you want to chill the fuck out. At the same time his music just sounds so full and melodic. To top it off, a good amount of songs feature the very talented Tommy Gauthier on violin. He and Antoine just work well with each other and just make such amazing music. I would go as far as to say Development is a must for someone into acoustic guitar. Seriously, he makes incredible music, the songs all have a strong melody and just have a good groove to them as well.

Here's a few of the songs from the album
Spiritual Groove (Feat. Tommy Gauthier) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-dIAZV_22y4)
Development (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jysCH5kMews)
Memories of the Future (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vRvRBQTqUKI&feature=related)

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Post by: CorporateGreed on March 18, 2008, 02:51:09 pm
I don't know why everyone loves The Reminder so much, I much rather prefer Let it Die, a far more solid album imo.

I'm currently listening to Deerhoof -- Friend Opportunity

Genre: Experimental Indie?

I don't even know how to classify this music, it's pretty weird.  I've grown accustomed to it though and now I think it's really fucking awesome.   It's pretty much really experimental indie-type riffs with a japanese chick singing really horrible lyrics that are surprisingly extremely catchy. I know lots of people who absolutely loathe this band because of the really weird instrumentals and the singer's japanese accent but seriously it pretty different and maybe some of you will like it (indie trash).
I wanted to see them but the show was 19+, oh well :(​.  They were relatively unknown prior to this latest release but now (especially here in Toronto), they've been getting a lot more attention. Who knows, maybe they'll become MAINSTREAM but I really doubt that. 

Check this shit out, but you may not like it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1rrnTDDhVnw

haha. Deerhoof is awesome. It's actually really bad (even when she sings japanese her
vocals are pretty terrible), but on the other side it's completely awesome.

I'm not really listening to anything right now, except for maybe Miyavi. I'll put up some
info when I get home.
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Post by: UPRC on March 19, 2008, 12:43:41 pm
(http://star.walagata.com/w/uprc/BonJovi.jpg)

Lost Highway by Bon Jovi. It's my first time listening to it in a good number of months. The favourite albums of 2007 topic made me decide to have a listen again.

Nice, calming album. I really dig the fusion of country and rock which Bon Jovi pulled off very well. Definitely helps while I am sitting here at work.
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Post by: theHunter on March 19, 2008, 07:51:53 pm
(http://www.ilikemusic.com/images/article_images/full/snoopdogg_egotrippin_200.jpg)

I usually dont really like Snoop but I like this album (most of it anyways) also:

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/images.contactmusic.com/dn/amy+winehouse_855_18278276_0_0_12312_300.jpeg) My bro just gave me it.
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Post by: ThugTears666 on March 19, 2008, 09:46:24 pm
UGK- Ridin' Dirty

<<<<<<<<<<<<<Haha man I love Pimp C, !RIP!
First time I heard this album I didn't really think it was anything special but the more I listened the more it grew on me, mainly because of Pimp C and Bun B's charisma, they are probally some of my favourite southern rappers at the moment and their use of slang and their accents are some of the harshest.
Hard to believe it came out in 1996, some real cool beats here which have been stolen by a million other southern artists.
Bun B's solo album 2TRILL is out soonish so I'm gunna get that also

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/i118.photobucket.com/albums/o104/c-town2/1478729849_l.webp) Cant find a really good image.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LScaufLmySQ  Get Throwed Remix, UGK Classic.

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Post by: UPRC on March 20, 2008, 07:17:40 pm
I am on a work computer so I cannot be arsed to get an album art picture, but..

Tom Petty - Highway Companion

I love this album. It isn't my favourite (that is probably Full Moon Fever), but I love some of the songs on this album, they're just so moody. Saving Grace, Flirting With Time, Jack, This Old Town.. Really great songs and I love the blues-like twang (that sounds so damn weird) to most of the songs on this album.
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Post by: tuxedo marx on March 20, 2008, 07:34:57 pm
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v668/RockmanNeo/Discovery_japanese1.jpg)

Daft Punk's Discovery

A bit of wishful thinking, posting the Japanese cover, but all the regional covers should be like that! Anyway, this is probably my favourite electronic album, but it's currently duking it out with Justice's . Both are really original, both duos have a really distinctive style, and on both albums the songs are just so bloody good.
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Post by: unusualgamer on March 20, 2008, 08:50:54 pm
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/unusualgamer/VR410.jpg)

I am listening to Four Letter Lie's album What A Terrible Thing To Say.

These guys are an energetic hardcore band from Victory Records, and a definite must listen for people that listen to Underoath, Every Time I Die, etc.
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Post by: DS on March 20, 2008, 08:56:43 pm
Pain of Salvation - Be

Been listening to a lot of Pain of Salvation during the past week and especially Be. It's not my favorite PoS album but it's a fantastic album nonetheless. Diffidentia is just so fucking cool, it got the best introduction ever and it's just awesome. Best song on Be, even though I used to like Imago (Homines Partus) and Martius / Nauticus II more. Anyway, pretty much my favorite metal band. Well, Tool too but some people don't really count them as metal so yeaaaaaaah.
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Post by: Ragnar on March 23, 2008, 09:15:11 am
Venetian Snares - Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding

(http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4725/ziq088vsnares1pf6.th.jpg) (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ziq088vsnares1pf6.jpg)

Not really listening that much but while we were posting cool album covers :/

No actually this album is pretty crazy, it's sort of like Venetian Snares' version of Drukqs with the general feel of the sounds and crap. I actually like the melody part of it and think all the noise crap is kind of worthless, but I kind of like techno stuff for that exact thing, how it blurs the line between 'rhythm' sounds and the ones that form the melody. This guy definitely knows a thing or two about classical music - like basically I associate ambient music with 'thinking' about crap and classical with feeling exactly what the composer intended you to feel - which is why it works in soundtracks and stuff. I say that because Vsnares is literally one of the few techno people I can think of who can literally give you all sorts of queasy feelings with a song. Like not from having disturbing samples or anything, there'll actually be just little 'jumps' in the music that completely come out of left field. Not that Aphex Twin doesn't do that too but it feels like he does it for the sake of being off the wall while Venetian Snares seems to do it so it's like moving at 200 mph an hour musically and then screeching to a halt. I kind of love and hate the album because it's really intense but at the same time it's really pretty, and I kind of think of writing good music as the same thing as directing a film, in that the director intends for you to be looking at something while some musicians know what you'll be listening to at a certain point - he really does a good job of making you feel involved in a song especially when it's such artificial stuff but at the same time it's so LOOK WHAT I CAN DO - I can see why people are so polarized about him aside from that he sounds like an absolutely revolting person - kind of like Marilyn Manson but at the same time I think he's just an attention freak

Edit: Actually I hate the album cover but it's just like so being a techno cover like basically when I think techno compilation it's trying to be like some picture you would feel like a KEWL DUDE having it as your desktop wallpaper and this is like so one of those kind of pictures - it's very postmodern is what I'm saying

Edit: Found some songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vbv5J3uA6Q&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_dfy8xHB6c (so short ;_;)

http://leafo.net/hosted/ragnar/01-venetian_snares-huge_chrome_peach-dps.mp3  Couldn't find it on Youtube, I'll take it down if you guys want
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Post by: unusualgamer on March 23, 2008, 11:12:57 am
I just got Burden of a Day's  new album Blessed Be Our Ever After

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/unusualgamer/l_a509f5d9002a6344a60397bc94e17a00.jpg)



These guys are easily one of the most amazing Christian Hardcore bands out there today. They're so energetic, and their music does not sound like everyone else's. Seeing them live is something that will leave you in awe.

example: (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/unusualgamer/236378786_l.gif)
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Post by: CAHRULL on March 23, 2008, 06:19:25 pm
I just got Burden of a Day's  new album Blessed Be Our Ever After

These guys are easily one of the most amazing Christian Hardcore bands out there today. They're so energetic, and their music does not sound like everyone else's. Seeing them live is something that will leave you in awe.

It's weird, some of the screaming and heavier parts remind me a LOT of Thrice's heavier stuff. pretty good band, I'm glad I checked them out now :P

As for me, right now I'm on:

(http://www.scarband.com/cfcadmin/images/mContent_Image2982550145814.jpg)
Parkway Drive - Horizons
In a lot of ways its a bit cliche, but songs like "The Sirens' Song" have some amazingly composed guitar/drum pairings that sound great.  Good background music, but I can't see myself listening to it specifically for the sake of listening.

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/www.epitaph.com/dispatch/_depot/title/2db99c3cfc39f604c69e35a1307be29f.jpeg)
Converge - You Fail Me
I have all of Converge's albums, so I'm always listening to one at some point in time.  This one right now is really attractive to me because it has a lot more wailing/melodic vocals than their other albums... and I think it's cool when you can at least somewhat decipher what the singer is saying. haha.
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Post by: tomohawkjoe on March 23, 2008, 06:43:00 pm
Smoothy, I wouldn't really call them Hardcore. I don't think I could even place them in the same category. Then again, I consider the more oldschool stuff hardcore.

As for me
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Various Works
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/images.juno.co.uk/full/CS91686-01A-BIG.jpeg)
One of the few hip-hop guys I really enjoy. I really can't explain why I like them, but I enjoy they way the approach there stuff. Lyrically it seems so much about their lives and just how they are. Its a certain level of honesty thats pretty cool. But like I said, I really enjoy the overall sound they got going.
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Post by: ThugTears666 on March 27, 2008, 07:26:30 am
Currently listening to Smashing Pumpkins-Zeigeist

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/gothamist.com/attachments/arts_jen/2007_07_arts_shepsmashing.jpeg)

After seeing these guys live a few days ago I'm thrashing this album alot, the song United States is really epic and sounds amazing live, that's the way my love is, is also a great song . This album almost is as good as their earlier stuff, can't really tell the difference actually; mainly since corgan always does everything and just makes other people play it :)​.

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Post by: unusualgamer on March 27, 2008, 04:39:39 pm
Smoothy, I wouldn't really call them Hardcore. I don't think I could even place them in the same category. Then again, I consider the more oldschool stuff hardcore.

Burden of a Day is very much CHRISTIAN HARDCORE, it is a sub-genre of it's own. sorry they aren't Stretch Arm Strong or something.

anyway, I am listening to the new album from Christian Hardcore band Gwen Stacy titled "The Life I Know"

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/unusualgamer/GWENTLIK00-CD00TN.jpg)


These guys are really great, their new stuff reminds me of Norma Jean so much. They aren't really anything innovative, but their music is definitely fun to listen to.
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Post by: Ragnar on March 27, 2008, 06:17:36 pm
I'm listening to Ozric Tentacles and I feel like so wrong about it
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Post by: tomohawkjoe on March 27, 2008, 08:24:04 pm
Burden of a Day is very much CHRISTIAN HARDCORE, it is a sub-genre of it's own. sorry they aren't Stretch Arm Strong or something.
No, its not. Its a shitty little fairy tale christian kids came up with to sound cool and fit in. Thats like calling The Devil Wears Prada Hardcore. Its not fucking HARDCORE! Look, I'm not a hardcore fanatic or anything, but the bands you listed are definitely not hardcore (maybe metalcore at most and thats a fucking stretch).

PS: Stretch Arm Strong is terrible.

Back on topic

Botch - An Anthology of Dead Ends
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/www.punkottawa.com/zine/graphics/botchCD.jpeg)
Awesome metalcore album. Some of Botch's best work. I love the whole sound of this album. Afghamistam is probably one of the best Botch song ever written. Its a bit short but its still an amazing album.
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Post by: unusualgamer on March 27, 2008, 09:24:36 pm
If you listen to old Burden of a Day there is so much old school hardcore influence with a christian message it's not even funny.

and, I never mentioned TDWP as being a hardcore band, I know the difference between metalcore and hardcore.

Now, you arguing with over all of this is just as silly as me arguing how wrong you are in calling botch metalcore because everybody knows that they are the pioneers of mathcore
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Post by: Quest-Master on March 27, 2008, 10:42:02 pm
Botch is also probably the best band to ever come out of that usually terrible scene, so anyone with any remote interest should check them out. asap.
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Post by: tomohawkjoe on March 28, 2008, 06:41:09 am
I consider them more metalcore mainly because they remind me of bands like Coalesce and Integrity, that and I don't like calling any band mathcore. I really don't like using it, it just sounds silly, I can never say it with a serious face. I know they're a mathcore band, but I just can't call them that.

EDIT: Your right, this is a pretty silly argument. I feel like quite the fishes ass right now. Sorry about that.
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Post by: unusualgamer on March 28, 2008, 04:48:16 pm
Emmure - Goodbye To The Gallows

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/unusualgamer/VR341.jpg)

These guys are straight up extreme metalcore, seriously their music is so energetic. This album is not a prime example of how insane they can be, because it is more studio work then anything they have ever done. but, these are definite must for people that like a lot of breakdowns, and uh power.
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Post by: jsnnoa on March 28, 2008, 05:12:33 pm
Thats kind of cool, I was looking for new bands the other day and one of the CDs I came across was Blessed Be Our Ever After. Not to much into the hardcore scene though.

The Decembrists

Been listening to them a bit lately, they are quite good. Kind of like Anathallo and Page France mixed together or something.

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/www.omguide.com/images/cd_decemberists_picaresque.jpeg)


I have also been listening to a lot of mewithoutyou (who are completely awesome by the way)
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Post by: tomohawkjoe on March 30, 2008, 05:07:21 am
Raein
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/479269.jpeg)
I've been listening to a lot of Raein. Probably one of my favorite screamo band, they just have this very gripping and powerful sound. The screams take time to get used to, but after a while they just seem so natural to the song. I've been listening to mainly Il N'y A Pas D'Orchestre, but I've been trying to get my hands on anything else they've done. But yeah, probably one of the best screamo bands I've ever heard, and probably one of the few screamo bands I actually enjoy.
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Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on March 30, 2008, 04:12:09 pm
jsnnoa: The Decemberists are great!

Final Fantasy (aka Owen Pallet) - Has a Good Home

(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1181/finalfantasyhasagoodhombs4.jpg)

(http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3259/img5955kk6.jpg)

This guy is pretty great (despite horrible name (this also made finding his music really hard for me)), he's a Toronto indie artist whose songs are predominantly violin and he uses various effects and sometimes piano in his songs. The themes are sometimes horrible (DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS) but he sometimes has really good ones you can connect with as well.  I dunno, it's just pretty UNIQUE because it's just violin. 
I've discovered him from seeing him perform with Do Make Say Think last year on Canada Day and fell in love ever since. I'm going to be seeing him again April 8th with Jens Lekman (who is also pretty great), so if you haven't heard of either and aren't only into hardcore then you should check them out!
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Post by: crone_lover720 on March 30, 2008, 05:19:49 pm
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Hercules and Love Affair
I changed my mind on this like the next day. It's pretty good in the right atmosphere, but it holds up worse than I thought in headphones etc

uh lets see. Yael Naim - Yael Naim

review: best part of the album is the few seconds on the apple commercial
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Post by: unusualgamer on March 30, 2008, 08:31:35 pm
raein is like every other emo violence screamo band, you listen to one, you've heard them all (saetia, the death of anna karina, la quiete, etc etc etc). I'm not saying they're bad, I love screamo/emo violence.

but, I am going back a bit and listening to Every Time I Die's album Hot Damn!

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/unusualgamer/every_time_i_die-hot_damn.jpg)


This is probably one of the best albums that Keith Buckley and everyone ever put out. Everything about Every Time I Die is good, but this is the best.
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Post by: tomohawkjoe on March 31, 2008, 03:03:35 am
They were the first screamo band I've heard. I didn't really like La Quiete much(even though its pretty much Raein), nor saetia, nor many of the other bands around that genre, but Raein and Envy pretty much equal up 90% of the screamo I listen to. Like you said, at times it just seems like I'm listening to the same thing. But I enjoy it more than the modern metalcore scene. I'm seriously getting tired of breakdowns every friggin song.

Sikth - The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Waiting for Something Wild
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/dsk-taiju.up.seesaa.net/image/sikth5Etrees20are20dead202620dried20out20wait20for20something20wild.jpeg)
Awesome album. Sikth's more spastic album compared to Death of a Dead Day. I'm still blown away by scent of the obscene and wait for something wild. It has so many amazing song on here, definitely a great recored. The vocals took a long time for me to get into, especially Mikee's. But once you can get into them, it really makes the songs stand out even more.
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Post by: DS on March 31, 2008, 10:51:41 am
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I have also been listening to a lot of mewithoutyou (who are completely awesome by the way)
Oh definitely yes dude. Brother, Sister is really awesome.

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The vocals took a long time for me to get into, especially Mikee's. But once you can get into them, it really makes the songs stand out even more.
I think ATARI and maybe some other people who visit #music remember how I used to say SikTh are horrible but yeah, then I got used to the vocals through listening to other bands and I have liked them ever since.

Sinew - The Beauty of Contrast
(http://avalanchestudios.net/ds/music/sinew.jpg)
I decided to download this album after reading some review which recommended it for fans of dredg and Muse. 30 seconds into the album there's already a part which greatly reminds me of dredg, but overall it's not really all that similar, although I can see the similarities as both play melodic and catchy rock, though Sinew gets a bit heavier than dredg sometimes. The first song, The Allegory Of The Cave, shows promise with catchy melodies, cool instrumental parts and some hardcore vocals near the end. While being pretty good, unfortunately most of the songs on The Beauty of Contrast don't really that much of an impression. There are a few great songs but most of the album is kinda memorable and that might be the main reason why the album feels a bit repetitive, and it's not too daring either. So basically Sinew's debut is nothing groundbreaking but if you are into groups such as Fair to Midland or dredg and other good rock and looking for a new album, check it out. It's good, and for a debut the producing is very well done too. A promising group.
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Post by: UPRC on March 31, 2008, 12:30:42 pm
(http://star.walagata.com/w/uprc/Flogging_Molly-Drunken_Lullabies.jpg)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies

Probably my least favourite album by Flogging Molly overall, but that does not say much since I love all of their albums. It still has some good songs like What's Left Of The Flag. I can't get enough of Flogging Molly though, because it is just so... Different! It infuses the sounds of Irish, Celtic, Pirate, Punk, and who knows what other styles of music. It is refreshing not to hear such a fantastic group who does not use electric guitars and strange sound effects though. It's really, really refreshing.
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Post by: GoombaStalker on April 05, 2008, 06:58:41 am
Sigur Ros, love these guys.
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Post by: Sococcm on April 10, 2008, 05:30:43 pm
Everytime I Die - Children of Bodom

April 15 Blooddrunk American release woo!
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Post by: From Jungle on April 10, 2008, 09:37:14 pm
SOFT BALLET - Engaging Universe.

I like synthpop.
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Post by: DS on April 11, 2008, 07:13:29 am
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2008 reissue)
(http://avalanchestudios.net/ds/music/lightbulbsun.jpg)
How I have waited for this.....

Although it's a new mix, it's not really all that different from the original 2000 version. It has small improvements here and there and the largest difference is that The Rest Will Flow is played at the speed it was recorded, while it was sped up a bit on the original album. The reissue comes with 5.1 mix of the album, the original mix plus some Porcupine Tree b-sides in 5.1. I also got a bonus CD with two rarities on it. I hadn't heard one of them (called Novak) so that was a nice addition.

That aside, Lightbulb Sun has always been one of my favorite albums and it shows a more poppy side of Porcupine Tree, first half of the album anyway, as it gets a bit different at Hatesong. It's got some of my favorite PT songs such as the aforementioned Hatesong and Shesmovedon, both which I prefer live but they are great on the album as well. If you are into rock but couldn't get into Porcupine Tree's newer albums with some metal influences, you should give this a try, it's accessible and simply a great album.
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Post by: Anima_Dnb on April 11, 2008, 11:01:05 am
Listening to a collaboration album. It has some of the biggest Drum & Bass artists on it like
Spor, Evol Intent, Phace and Ewun. Some of you know these guys and heard this record?
its a bit old though  :fogetshh:

(http://www.shoplifted.co.uk/images/uploaded/LFTD003.jpg)
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Post by: Shepperd on April 17, 2008, 01:09:22 am
what a shitty cover art
(http://www.geocities.com/cinematic_orchestra/images-small/everydaycover.jpg)

what a fantastic song

Flite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aWCKwgZ9O4
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Post by: From Jungle on April 18, 2008, 07:42:47 pm
Big Foot by P-MODEL.
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Post by: tomohawkjoe on April 19, 2008, 03:23:23 am
Utada Hikaru - Ultra Blue
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/mocha.mo-blog.jp/mocha/images/ultra_blue.jpeg)
So yeah, the only J-POP artist I've been able to get into. I really REALLY like her voice. I don't know why but it mellows me out, and most of the tracks on this album are pretty mellow. Stand out tracks for me are definitely Passion, Keep Trying and Kairo.
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Post by: jsnnoa on April 19, 2008, 04:18:13 am
Ben and Bruno (http://www.myspace.com/benandbrunomusic)


(http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2261/bnbrunoze5.png)

They are absolutely fantastic. Give 'em a listen.
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Post by: Mr. Actionist on April 20, 2008, 11:46:22 pm
I'm really getting into more Coheed and Cambria, since their new album came out, it's pretty much all I've wanted to listen to. I did buy the Porcupine Tree DVD though, and thought that was pretty awesome.
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Post by: unusualgamer on April 21, 2008, 01:14:10 am
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/unusualgamer/cover_lucifer.jpg)


I am currently listening to Destroy The Runner's new album I, Lucifer. This album is amazing, it is totally different than their debut album Saints, but it is still Christian, and still Metal. They don't really scream so much in this one, it is very peaceful compared to most of the other bands on Solid State Records (August Burns Red, INHALE EXHALE, etc.) It's totally a worthwhile listen for anybody looking for something "new" to listen to.
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Post by: DS on April 21, 2008, 03:49:09 pm
I'm really getting into more Coheed and Cambria, since their new album came out, it's pretty much all I've wanted to listen to. I did buy the Porcupine Tree DVD though, and thought that was pretty awesome.
welcome to the official porcupine tree fanboard btw (gw)

 :laugh:

also, neurosis - a sun that never sets. great album, i am really liking older neurosis at the moment.
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Post by: maladroithim on April 21, 2008, 06:16:26 pm
(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/www.loiseleur.com/patrick/blog/images/messiaen%2020%20regards%20loriod.jpeg)

Oh man that is the most hillarious CD cover ever.

Anyway its Messiaen and it was inspired by Messiaen being featured last week's CD You Have Never Heard of or whatever that feature on GW is called.  I like this quite a lot for all sorts of reasons that I guess I won't go into too much detail about.  I will say however that in my opinion this is some of the most beautiful music ever.  I find it really spellbinding and can't listen to it while driving or whatever because I'll get distracted.

I'm really getting into more Coheed and Cambria, since their new album came out, it's pretty much all I've wanted to listen to. I did buy the Porcupine Tree DVD though, and thought that was pretty awesome.

Yeah man you and everyone else.  I like Coheed and Cambria tons.
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Post by: Kaworu on April 21, 2008, 08:52:11 pm
Nothing better than chilling with a bottle of wine and a Miles Davis album

Miles Davis: Kind of blue
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8364/milesdaviskindofbluend9.jpg)
MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE
This is basically THE ESSENTIAL JAZZ ABLUM. It is throuroughly enjoying. We start off with "So What", with an up tempo kinda walking along bassline, the kind you imagine your feet producing when you're walking on a nice day, you're happy. the whole dududududedudumdum thing with the DER DUH comming in from the brass to answer it at the end. That and the piano/trumpet lead Freddy Freeloader (also on this album)are two of my favourite pieces of his.
Essentially this is THE ALBUM that got me into Miles Davis, and opened up jazzz to me a lot more than previously (used to be just Zappa's jazz experiments and progrock groups that have jazz elements like neuf etc). It's kinda hard to say this normally, but every note seems to be perfect. The music is broken up enough to always be interesting yet solid enough to be notable pieces.
It's use of improvisational sections breaks through the way jazz was becommin at that time and brings it back to it's roots as expressive nature. It's seen as one of them best albums of all ime, and Davis' best (while it lacks the emotional OOMPHH of Miles and Quincy at montreux, one of the few performances to... make me... cry) I can easily see why. it's definately a case of one of the actual best albums ever and not overrated. I will dig out people's kidneys with a biro if they say it is.
MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE
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Post by: Ragnar on April 23, 2008, 04:26:30 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZX5qdIEB0&feature=related
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Post by: ghastly_darklord on April 24, 2008, 05:46:54 am

This is basically THE ESSENTIAL JAZZ ABLUM.
if you don't really listen to jazz and you listen to a bunch of dumb music critics yea


it rules tho

np- janes addiction
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Post by: From Jungle on April 29, 2008, 07:46:22 pm
Siren (Sairen) by Susumu Hirasawa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMh0seGPmjw

One of my favorite songs ever. I'm actually not watching the video but just listening to the song, but I'd figured I'd post it anyways.
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Post by: tuxedo marx on April 29, 2008, 08:03:29 pm
Okay, so I am listening to Yellow Magic Orchestra's 'Solid State Survivor'.

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/YMO_SolidStateSurvivor.jpeg)
  1. Technopolis
  2. Absolute Ego Dance
  3. Rydeen
  4. Castalia
  5. Behind The Mask
  6. Day Tripper
  7. Insomnia
  8. Solid State Survivor

Lars recommended these guys to me (actually he just showed me a video of them performing in 1980), and they are pretty fantastic, the Japanese equivalent of Kraftwerk in terms of ground-breaking synthpop. It's quite strange listening to them and knowing this album was made in '79, because it sounds a lot like video game music. Definite stand-out tracks are Rydeen and Technopolis (both released as singles), though Behind the Mask gets an honourable mention, as it's good to hear the original version of it (Clapton covered it), as well as Day Tripper for being a pretty fresh cover! Solid State Survivor (very much video game-y) and Castalia are also pretty nice tracks.
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Post by: From Jungle on April 29, 2008, 08:09:18 pm
Okay, so I am listening to Yellow Magic Orchestra's 'Solid State Survivor'.

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/YMO_SolidStateSurvivor.jpeg)
  1. Technopolis
  2. Absolute Ego Dance
  3. Rydeen
  4. Castalia
  5. Behind The Mask
  6. Day Tripper
  7. Insomnia
  8. Solid State Survivor

Lars recommended these guys to me (actually he just showed me a video of them performing in 1980), and they are pretty fantastic, the Japanese equivalent of Kraftwerk in terms of ground-breaking synthpop. It's quite strange listening to them and knowing this album was made in '79, because it sounds a lot like video game music. Definite stand-out tracks are Rydeen and Technopolis (both released as singles), though Behind the Mask gets an honourable mention, as it's good to hear the original version of it (Clapton covered it), as well as Day Tripper for being a pretty fresh cover! Solid State Survivor (very much video game-y) and Castalia are also pretty nice tracks.
FTW! I haven't heard it but anything YMO is awesome.

If you like them, you might want to check out P-MODEL too...
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Post by: post on April 29, 2008, 08:41:26 pm
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1302/afxsel1sb8.jpg)
Artist:Aphex Twin
Album: Selected Ambient Works 85-92

If you are unfamiliar with Aphex Twin, or if you would like to get to know him, I would suggest you start out with this album.  I think it's his best album (as a collective,) and is absolutely brilliant.  I listen to it all the time, studying, driving, painting, and writing. It's extremely inspiring to me and has been for quite some time.  The fact that it was recorded directly to tape and that it was attacked by his cat, and him recording some of these songs when he was 15 all makes up why I like this album so much.  It's definitely a jem.  It's wonderful set to any mood.  It's extremely mellow and lush, but not boring like some ambient CAN fall into.  It's such a warm album, not just due to sound quality (though it adds to the effect) but how encompassing it is.  I think out of the people that give the album a chance they find it becoming one of their favorites.

* = my favorites; although, i like the entire album.
bold = one of my favorite songs of all time.

1. xtal *
2. tha
3. pulsewidth
4. ageispolis *
5. green calx
6. heliospan
7. we are the music makers *
8. schotkey 7th path
9. ptolemy
10. hedphelym
11. delphium
12. actium *
13. i *
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Post by: Ragnar on April 29, 2008, 10:17:41 pm
^ in the Zoo btw

Also recommend Selected Ambient Works II, it's really DARK but I think it's some of the most abstract stuff he's done - also like a third of the songs are actually pretty soothing, like Cliffs, Blue Calx and Rhubarb. Lichen's a beautiful track but kind of sad - arguably REALLY SAD but it's kind of happy so I dunno how sad it is exactly

Edit: WTF they remastered the album apparently. Like, 2008, the beginning of this month. I wonder if it's on BT yet
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Post by: ThugTears666 on April 30, 2008, 12:25:41 am
I'm currently listening to Symphony X- Twilight in Oylmpus.

Yeah it's cheesy but I've been listening to so much intense stuff lately that its good having some music you dont have to actively listen to for once.
I actually like the vocals as they aren't overly power metally and it's alot more tolerable than ANYTHING Dragonforce. Plus it's catchy and fun.
Theres only so much brutal tech death and concious hiphop a man can take!

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/static.metal-archives.com/images/3/2/0/2/3202.jpeg)



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Post by: aboutasoandthis on May 01, 2008, 03:18:06 am
Björk Vespertine

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/aboutasoandthis/BjorkVespertine.webp)

For some odd reason, I got into a conversation with my teacher about her. She was trying to tell me about how weird her music was and wondering how she had so many songs. Björk is a cool girl. I think I like her because her music comes in album collections that you're supposed to listen to from start to finish. It all feels very full.

This is the one I like the most. After looking it up, Vespertine is just about being a married woman living in a house. Even so it feels really intense. Most of the record is made up of music boxes, boys choirs, strings, and chimes, but are these really dark and gripping beats that remind me of hip-hop more than anything else. The singing sounds pretty great. It's never too soft like a J-pop record (I know she's not asian, but it's a pretty good comparison), but it's never too brash either. You can tell that there is a lot of depth in the lyrics. There's always an understandable melody to each of the songs. Some are rock sounding, some would fit great in a rap album, and some feel like they come from a really good movie. There's a lot of emotion in this album. You never stay in one place though. The songs change tone about ten times a song. It feels surprising and yet consistent because your feelings immediately match where the song goes. There wasn't a single song on this album that I thought was bad. It all fits.

I've only stolen downloaded her stuff so, but it all sounds fantastic. I really want to buy this record. If I ever learn to make music I would want it to be like this.
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Post by: Ragnar on May 01, 2008, 06:46:00 pm
Yes I need to listen to this album but what's the cover there it looks like she's being haunted by the ghost of the swan she killed
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Post by: thecatamites on May 01, 2008, 08:33:48 pm
I just got Neu!'s first album... I read somewhere that their singer died recently, and then today I saw it in a local secondhand shop for like £5, so I thought it was fate and picked it up... It's really good, with kind of a cool motornik feel that's laid-back without being all ambient and shit.
(http://bp1.blogger.com/_fK0O9MMeSEY/R02y7r3IQNI/AAAAAAAAASI/dWl6CK4vwHU/s1600-h/neu.jpg)
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Post by: aboutasoandthis on May 01, 2008, 09:14:11 pm
Yes I need to listen to this album but what's the cover there it looks like she's being haunted by the ghost of the swan she killed

I think that's what she was going for. lol
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Post by: ThugTears666 on May 25, 2008, 04:00:32 am
Artist *Shels
Album Sea of the Dying Dhow

(http://gamingw.net/pubaccess/28206/cover_37501021122007.jpg)

Despite having some pretty horrible album cover art this is some cool stuff recommended to me a while ago by DS, you gotta be in the right mood and it isn't exactly completely unique from bands like Isis but still this is a good album. It does feel alot like a journey and the middle eastern style is noticable on some tracks. If you like Isis I cant see why you wouldnt like Shels. Umm but yeah it clicked with me almost straight away, I listened to it two times in a row the first time I heard it (I usually never do this with downloading albums.
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Post by: How We Became Fire on June 20, 2008, 04:50:24 pm
Ed Gein-It's Such a Shame that a Family Can be Torn Apart by Something as Simple as a Pack of Wild Dogs

grind <3
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Post by: jakechan on June 20, 2008, 05:55:12 pm
artist: (http://a451.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/113/l_2ee4bc84fafd80e74465d27abb25df9a.jpg)
uncle outrage - the new chinchilla album

song: Totoro
http://www.myspace.com/uncleoutrage

anybody who actually knows who this band is gets one sweet high five from this bro