recently i've realized that i've kind of stopped getting new music to listen to so ...been stuck with the same stuff for a while. not that i don't like them anymore but you know it's nice to have some new music!
a few years back in high school and whatever i used to be totally obsessed with looking up the latest bands and whatever ALL the time and i quickly gathered thousands of mp3s haha so yeah i kinda miss that feeling. listening to the music i loved could really reflect my emotions or whatever.. haha.
is it just me growing up and becoming jaded or are most new bands pretty crappy
anyway i'm mainly a rock and electronica listener, you can get a rough idea of what i listen to from my Last.FM page at
for 'rock' i actually listen to a wide variety of this genre...e.g. metal and 'emo' (ok not so much emo nowadays i think lol), hardcore, indie, weird experimental stuff are all good to me.
electronica is mostly trance and prog house/ trance ,not so much drum'n'bass and techno.
hope you guys can give me some new music/artists to obsess over :D:D :D:D
Alf, have you tried out Crystal Castles? I saw them randomly at Glastonbury 2008, and they make some pretty damn nice electronica.
You can check out my all-time listened list, it's filled with too many different genres, but you can pick pretty much anything from there and it should be good
you've probably already heard these recommendations since theyre somewhat mainstream, but just in case you've missed one...
the strokes modest mouse mogwai muse rage against the machine radiohead red hot chili peppers weezer dave matthews band smashing pumpkins foo fighters jpop (lol, hey you never know)
On August 01 2009 18:19 v1rtu0so wrote: boards of canada mastodon massive attack portishead etcetc
<3 trip hop !!! thats pretty much a cool list, I will add Ian Brown maybe and even Gorillaz, its never late to start listening to these guys, fuck their mainstream stuff
For your house, trance and electro listening pleasure, I recommend to you the mixes of Destruction of Sound, which you can listen to and download at http://www.dosmix.com. I am not sure about artists though.
Currently I am listening to the new Mos Def album 'The Ecstatic' and although it is neither rock nor electro, it has quite some influences from these genres. Don't know if you would like it but you should check it out.
On August 01 2009 18:19 v1rtu0so wrote: boards of canada mastodon massive attack portishead etcetc
<3 trip hop !!! thats pretty much a cool list, I will add Ian Brown maybe and even Gorillaz, its never late to start listening to these guys, fuck their mainstream stuff
Actually, Gorillaz is a damn good recommendation. Probably one of the favourite bands I've rediscoved in the last year or so. The whole story behind them are awesome too. Try to see if you can download their Demon Days Live DVD from somewhere. Damon Albarn is awesome. Also, if you're in the mood for some classic alternative rock, pick up a Supergrass album. Watching Hot Fuzz turned me onto them again, and they really are quite fun (get Caught by the fuzz from them if you can).
On August 01 2009 18:19 v1rtu0so wrote: boards of canada mastodon massive attack portishead etcetc
<3 trip hop !!! thats pretty much a cool list, I will add Ian Brown maybe and even Gorillaz, its never late to start listening to these guys, fuck their mainstream stuff
Actually, Gorillaz is a damn good recommendation. Probably one of the favourite bands I've rediscoved in the last year or so. The whole story behind them are awesome too. Try to see if you can download their Demon Days Live DVD from somewhere. Damon Albarn is awesome. Also, if you're in the mood for some classic alternative rock, pick up a Supergrass album. Watching Hot Fuzz turned me onto them again, and they really are quite fun (get Caught by the fuzz from them if you can).
I've always considered Gorillaz a Music Project rather than a band. And Demon Days is an amazing achievement
On August 01 2009 18:19 v1rtu0so wrote: boards of canada mastodon massive attack portishead etcetc
<3 trip hop !!! thats pretty much a cool list, I will add Ian Brown maybe and even Gorillaz, its never late to start listening to these guys, fuck their mainstream stuff
Actually, Gorillaz is a damn good recommendation. Probably one of the favourite bands I've rediscoved in the last year or so. The whole story behind them are awesome too. Try to see if you can download their Demon Days Live DVD from somewhere. Damon Albarn is awesome. Also, if you're in the mood for some classic alternative rock, pick up a Supergrass album. Watching Hot Fuzz turned me onto them again, and they really are quite fun (get Caught by the fuzz from them if you can).
I've always considered Gorillaz a Music Project rather than a band. And Demon Days is an amazing achievement
Have you heard the Monkey: Journey to the West soundtrack yet? Damon Albarn was asked to compose the complete musical score for a Chinese opera, while Jamie Hewlett did the set, costumes, etc. I haven't seen the whole opera, only snippets, but the music is both bizarre and amazing. Can't believe that Albarn can compose something so different.
gorillaz is somewhat brilliant at times but, at least for me, doenst have lasting appeal something about its lack of coherence and casualness .. almost like a novelty
godspeed you! black emperor is also a strong recommendation also consider The Field and for some prog rock, king crimson
but really, i firmly believe the best music in the world inevitably is classical perhaps its worthwhile that you start to warm your ears to some of these some rachmaninoff, chopin, messiaen, bruckner in your diet?
hi all thanks for the recommendations! so far i've listened to JJ which was pretty chill...boards of canada.. the dayvsaushman or something song was so beautiful >_<
my internet is being really slow today so its taking a long time to load the songs on youtube but i'll check everything out eventually :D:D
These are all nice recommendations. I remember watching Battles perform Atlas live on one the Jools Holland episodes, and it was both funny and awesome
On August 01 2009 19:25 disciple wrote: Btw Laika are very good, I was addicted to them in the winter. The problem is finding the songs in internet, cause the band is relatively unknown
On August 01 2009 19:58 intruding wrote: kekeke, you want to discover music? very simple , all you need to do is following those steps;
1- get a Big ASS hard drive (s) if you're not already equipped.
2- delete every software// P2P's // Audio players// other music listening apps etc... that you are using right now because they are completely useless.
3- install Soulseek
4- install Foobar
5- install the Last.fm plugin for Foobar.
6- occasionally check Wikipedia to find out more about some artist or genre.
7- Enjoy
Instead of doing this, you can try pandora.com where you can listen to similar songs of your favorites fast and easy.
"Songs by Electric Six are often concerned with subjects like starting a war, nuclear war, going to the store, human sexual behavior, masculinity, dancing, hypersexuality, fast food and fire".
I looked at your charts and here are some artists I think you may like,
American Football (indie/emo) Hot Cross (hardcore punk) Sonic Youth (experimental/noise) Glassjaw (post-hardcore) Kidcrash (math rock) mewithoutYou (indie/post-hardcore) Unwound (indie/noise)
The best new album I've heard in a while is by far "Traced in air" by Cynic. It's sorta metalish, but at the same time kinda chilled, in a beautiful experimental way, it's simply amazing. My favorite song from the album so far:
i guess ill be the first to post some more classic rock in case you missed out
Boston steve miller band the doors the eagles(tons of great unknown songs to chill to) pink floyd(hey you never know) aerosmith(again, tons of great unknown songs) van halen Genesis the scorpions queen
On August 04 2009 04:05 Papvin wrote: The best new album I've heard in a while is by far "Traced in air" by Cynic. It's sorta metalish, but at the same time kinda chilled, in a beautiful experimental way, it's simply amazing. My favorite song from the album so far: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQivkZJaoq0
Edit: Isis is fucking amazing aswell.
oh cool, i think i saw cynic with opeth when they toured uk. :D that cd cover looks familiar
On August 02 2009 01:20 Umbrella wrote: Hello alffla.
I looked at your charts and here are some artists I think you may like,
American Football (indie/emo) Hot Cross (hardcore punk) Sonic Youth (experimental/noise) Glassjaw (post-hardcore) Kidcrash (math rock) mewithoutYou (indie/post-hardcore) Unwound (indie/noise)
<3 kidcrash. Especially on their EP, by far the best thing they ever recorded although it's kind of rare- I haven't had a date in 4 years goldie hawn
Husker Du's Zen Arcade is kind of like the line between hardcore, classic rock, and post hardcore.
Orchid's self-titled gatefold album is probably the best hardcore of the 2000's. (However, the CD mix is terrible. Find a vinyl rip if you can - not getting into a sound quality debate or anything, the mix is just objectively bad for that style of music). Chaosisme is a bit more popular.
Pageninetynine's Document #8 is Orchid's main competition for that distinction, but if you think of hardcore as "not screaming", then it wouldn't be your thing.
Portraits of Past's 01010101 (from 1994) is the best hardcore album ever made. (Obviously in my opinion - Minor Threat's out of step is close). Same caveat as pg. 99 though.
You might enjoy Elliot's photorecordings, they were one of the first bands to transition the hardcore scene to the more modern 00's emo sound, but they were never the whiny stereotype.
On August 02 2009 01:20 Umbrella wrote: Hello alffla.
I looked at your charts and here are some artists I think you may like,
American Football (indie/emo) Hot Cross (hardcore punk) Sonic Youth (experimental/noise) Glassjaw (post-hardcore) Kidcrash (math rock) mewithoutYou (indie/post-hardcore) Unwound (indie/noise)
<3 kidcrash. Especially on their EP, by far the best thing they ever recorded although it's kind of rare- I haven't had a date in 4 years goldie hawn
Husker Du's Zen Arcade is kind of like the line between hardcore, classic rock, and post hardcore.
Orchid's self-titled gatefold album is probably the best hardcore of the 2000's. (However, the CD mix is terrible. Find a vinyl rip if you can - not getting into a sound quality debate or anything, the mix is just objectively bad for that style of music). Chaosisme is a bit more popular.
Pageninetynine's Document #8 is Orchid's main competition for that distinction, but if you think of hardcore as "not screaming", then it wouldn't be your thing.
Portraits of Past's 01010101 (from 1994) is the best hardcore album ever made. (Obviously in my opinion - Minor Threat's out of step is close). Same caveat as pg. 99 though.
You might enjoy Elliot's photorecordings, they were one of the first bands to transition the hardcore scene to the more modern 00's emo sound, but they were never the whiny stereotype.
Yep their EP is definitely my favorite as well, but can't you just download it free off their website?
Minus The Bear are amazing, from that I can recommend a few:
The Most Serene Republic Q and Not U (more fun hardcore, they split up but left 3 awesome CDs) Thunderbirds are Now! The Applessed Cast (more post-rock style indie, really good, Two Converstations is an album I definitely recommend)
EPT
