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karl fungus posted:Can anyone suggest more bands like Yes? Basically, I'm looking for more progressive rock albums with lengthy songs that have a symphonic feel to them. I also really enjoy more spaced-out sounds as well, like the better albums of Steve Hillage and Lemmy-era Hawkwind.
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I've always been pretty ambivalent toward electronic music as a whole, but I have found that I really enjoy three albums. I love the building, somewhat menacing atmosphere of Massive Attack - Mezzanine and DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...... Is there a logical step from there? I guess they both fall under trip-hop (Mezzanine more so than Endtroducing). I also really like Cosmogramma by Flying Lotus. Don't know if I can pinpoint why. His hip-hop album as Captain Murphy was good too. Anything similar? I listened to Burial - Kindred because I heard it was amazing, but mostly I was bored by it. I also already know and love 65daysofstatic, but that's much more due to their post-rock elements as opposed to the IDM and breakcore that they incorporate.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I've always been pretty ambivalent toward electronic music as a whole, but I have found that I really enjoy three albums. I love the building, somewhat menacing atmosphere of Massive Attack - Mezzanine and DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...... Is there a logical step from there? I guess they both fall under trip-hop (Mezzanine more so than Endtroducing). Massive Attack's other albums are a natural choice. If you like that driving, dark, sexy feel of Mezzanine you'll love Safe From Harm off their first album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3br0M6Y0r0 Tricky - Maxinquaye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I73aqjm-XXA GusGus - Polydistortion might work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-jrbg054VY You may get recommendations for Portishead and while I love them, they are as different from Massive Attack as another trip-hop band can possibly be -- Massive Attack tends to have a dark, throbbing, sexy sound while Portishead (their first two albums in particular) sound like a girl sitting in the corner of her pitch black room crooning to herself. But they're great. regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 10:42 on May 28, 2013 |
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May 28, 2013 10:40
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How do you guys keep up with all the new and interesting stuff that's coming out literally every second?
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I spend half of my internet time on music-related websites and message boards. Sputnik Music is probably my favorite for keeping up with new releases. If you're a metalhead, GameFAQs of all places has a very knowledgeable board in that genre. I'm guessing a lot of people use Pitchfork and Stereogum for general new release knowledge. And if you have a collection built up on RateYourMusic, there's a little sidebar on your profile page that tells you when new stuff by artists you have is coming out. It also helps to have a lot of music nerd friends.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I spend half of my internet time on music-related websites and message boards. Sputnik Music is probably my favorite for keeping up with new releases. If you're a metalhead, GameFAQs of all places has a very knowledgeable board in that genre. I'm guessing a lot of people use Pitchfork and Stereogum for general new release knowledge. And if you have a collection built up on RateYourMusic, there's a little sidebar on your profile page that tells you when new stuff by artists you have is coming out. Thanks for this. Amazon also keeps a list of new releases week by week but I don't know how comprehensive it is.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I've always been pretty ambivalent toward electronic music as a whole, but I have found that I really enjoy three albums. I love the building, somewhat menacing atmosphere of Massive Attack - Mezzanine and DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...... Is there a logical step from there? I guess they both fall under trip-hop (Mezzanine more so than Endtroducing). For more on the Endtroducing end, I'd say check out J Dilla's "Donuts", Any of Wax Tailor's earlier stuff (not sure how the newer stuff is since I've not heard it personally), maybe RJD2's first few albums on Defjux, Blockhead, early Sixtoo and Alias (although if you don't stick to the more instrumental stuff you'll find the actual rapping hit or miss). Prefuse 73 (especially "One Word Extinguisher") would probably be in that vein. That should be a decent start, if you'd like more I can dig up some other stuff but those are off the top of my head. Esthero's first album "Breath From Another" is something I really enjoy that's more similar to typical trip-hop stuff, but it's not quite as soulful as Massive Attack & Tricky's stuff. bowmore posted:How do you guys keep up with all the new and interesting stuff that's coming out literally every second? Don't know about other people, but as for me most of it is just reading blogs, following sites that post releases of the stuff I'm interested in, and talking with dudes who are deeper in other stuff that I don't know where to/don't wanna spend the time staying up on. I stay up on most rap stuff, but for a lot of other stuff, I usually will just ask other people who I know follow it more closely (and I in turn try to let them know when notable stuff is coming out with rap)
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Donuts has always intrigued me because of the sheer amount of acclaim it receives, but I've shied away from it because it seems like a "beats" album as opposed to a collection of songs. I'm guessing I'm just dumb and wrong and should actually listen to it. What little I've heard of RJD2 (the Mad Men theme and his remix of "Lose Yourself") is cool, and I love the albums that I've heard from Def Jux (read: I love anything El-P touches) so him being a part of that label is a good sign. I'll look into the other artists you mentioned as well, thanks.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Donuts has always intrigued me because of the sheer amount of acclaim it receives, but I've shied away from it because it seems like a "beats" album as opposed to a collection of songs. I'm guessing I'm just dumb and wrong and should actually listen to it. I don't think that on a per-track basis you're entirely off base with your description, but part of what I've always thought made it great was how those parts come together to form a cohesive piece of music. It's essentially one long "song" made up of a bunch of 1-2 minute parts. I think the effect it achieves in it's entirety is very similar to something like Entroducing, even if nothing individually is as strong as "Midnight in a Perfect World", for instance. Madlib's Beat Conducta series may also be something you'd find interesting-I think his individual pieces tend to be a bit better although the whole doesn't have the cohesion.
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alansmithee posted:For more on the Endtroducing end, I'd say check out J Dilla's "Donuts", Any of Wax Tailor's earlier stuff (not sure how the newer stuff is since I've not heard it personally), maybe RJD2's first few albums on Defjux, Blockhead, early Sixtoo and Alias (although if you don't stick to the more instrumental stuff you'll find the actual rapping hit or miss). Prefuse 73 (especially "One Word Extinguisher") would probably be in that vein. That should be a decent start, if you'd like more I can dig up some other stuff but those are off the top of my head. I'd say that RJD2 Deadringer, and leave it at that - the rest of these are solid recommendations (although I don't like Alias). Adding - Archive's first two albums (Londinium and Take My Head; later albums are moving towards prog sound); From the DJ Shadow's End - definitely UNKLE Psyence Fiction - you can take a look at the later stuff, though it's still different. I'm pretty fond of Q4 Sound Surroundings, DJ Food, Herbaliser and David Holmes Let's Get Killed - they're pretty much instrumental music with turntablism / samples and occasional rap thrown in. I spent too much time on this post, going through trip-hop bands and wondering why they sound so different apart  quote:I also already know and love 65daysofstatic, but that's much more due to their post-rock elements as opposed to the IDM and breakcore that they incorporate. Depending upon what you like about them this can be either hit or miss. I'd say that a starting point for post-rock would be to take a look at Mogwai Young Team or Slint Spiderland.
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Oh, I wasn't asking for post-rock recs. I'm already pretty knowledgeable about that genre (and am a fan of both of those albums).
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bowmore posted:How do you guys keep up with all the new and interesting stuff that's coming out literally every second? It's literally impossible to keep up with everything. If there's a genre you find that you like, look for a blog or two that covers that genre and that'll be useful. Personally, I read a couple of weeklies, check the more interesting stuff online and browse Bandcamp every so often for music that's slipped my attention elsewhere. Fact is, you'll never find all the good music when it's released. Take some time, however, and you're far more likely to find something that appeals to you. Listen to new stuff, mull it over and if it's any good, stick up a signpost so that other 'new music' fans can enjoy it after you do.
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Looking for a couple of recommendations: Firstly, some really moody, dark noir-ish jazz. Late night stuff with a darker twist if possible, maybe tom waitsish but something else would be nice. Secondly, darker apocalyptic orchestral symphonies. I have a heap of classical music but it's pretty generic and more 'uplifting', I'm looking for darker moodier stuff. As well as stuff like wartime russian/german army music?
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Sludge Tank posted:Looking for a couple of recommendations: You can't really talk about dark sounding jazz without bringing up Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, or Bohren and der Club of Gore so definitely check those. For more apocalyptic orchestral stuff, well check out pretty much all your Requiems masses, they all tend to have that vibe, but Verdi is best known for his Dies Irae in his Requiem. Other stuff of interest may be Berliosz Symphonie Fantasique, particularly the last part of it, the Dream of the Witches Sabbath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n7qfRNzS3s also Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. More modern stuff like Penderecki and Ligetti may also suit your itch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wawSCvuGj4o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOTQ9TVkG98
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Sludge Tank posted:Looking for a couple of recommendations: I'll suggest some John Zorn. Another track This may be a little out there, but more
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Sludge Tank posted:Secondly, darker apocalyptic orchestral symphonies. I have a heap of classical music but it's pretty generic and more 'uplifting', I'm looking for darker moodier stuff. As well as stuff like wartime russian/german army music? How dark? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp3BlFZWJNA
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I really like the feel of this song. What is it and what else should I look into? I know it's supposed to be a moombahton remix. It's more the horns and tempo of it, the Latin music feel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl914DG7y7U
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Sludge Tank posted:Looking for a couple of recommendations: Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements was inspired by World War II, supposedly from Stravinsky's viewing of newsreels of the war after he had moved to the US. It's not wholly dark but certainly has moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIgur3mNCQ8 Some of Witold Lutoslawski symphonies sound dark and eerie to me, with sometimes catastrophic sounding parts emerging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DKpkyQKx7I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK8gvqWEFpk Messiaen's Turangalila symphony has world ending parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du6M96E8KyE Scriabin wanted to use music to end the world, but in a happy way. Unfortunately his plans were never realized but his symphonies have some nice cataclysms in them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq-0ZdkBWFs It's not orchestral or a symphony by any means but Robert Ashley's The Wolfman will crush your heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Dd4Dki-b4
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quadrophrenic posted:Alright, I've had a few unsuccessful requests in this thread so far, but I hope you can help me out with this one, because I've still never found a band that excites me in the jittery, noisy way that those first couple of Mae Shi records did. And I'm always searching. After checking your post history, I guess you might be familiar with all these, but check out Ponytail, early Deerhoof, Brainiac, and xbxrx. e: also volcano! Hooplah fucked around with this message at 18:59 on May 30, 2013 |
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Killsion posted:You can't really talk about dark sounding jazz without bringing up Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, or Bohren and der Club of Gore so definitely check those. so far gotten through kilimanjaro... fuycking awesome. just what I was looking for, getting through the jwazz now, getting the orchestra stuff now... thanks a bunch!
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quadrophrenic posted:Alright, I've had a few unsuccessful requests in this thread so far, but I hope you can help me out with this one, because I've still never found a band that excites me in the jittery, noisy way that those first couple of Mae Shi records did. And I'm always searching. This is probably going to be a bit too much, but you could try Melt-Banana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ6Sk8Aj-SQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLK3TsVoTxQ They're pretty much exactly what I personally associate with jittery, noisy and excitable. Not exactly approachable for some though 
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A lot of services offer something in terms of finding music similar to your tastes, but typically they only search for artists that are similar to your liking. Is there a service that does this by individual tracks?
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quadrophrenic posted:So yeah. I don't even want to hear an exact soundalike, just something with the same kind of excited, lo-fi, tense/noisy/beepy-bloopy sort of intensity about it. Help Ex-Models, Erase Errata, Hella, and early Boredoms (before they went all epic). others maybe worth a listen: early Gang of Four, Clinic, An Albatross, and Pere Ubu. gonna assume you're familiar with them, but since they haven't been mentioned, i love No Age.
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obi_ant posted:A lot of services offer something in terms of finding music similar to your tastes, but typically they only search for artists that are similar to your liking. Is there a service that does this by individual tracks? Doesn't Pandora do this if you enter a song name?
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funkybottoms posted:Ex-Models, Erase Errata, Hella, and early Boredoms (before they went all epic). others maybe worth a listen: early Gang of Four, Clinic, An Albatross, and Pere Ubu. gonna assume you're familiar with them, but since they haven't been mentioned, i love No Age. Ooooh I hate early Boredoms! I sat on that band for so long after hearing Pop Tatari and Chocolate Synth that I almost never bothered to listen to Super AE, which is still one of my favorite albums of all time. I have a love/hate thing with Hella, Gang of Four was my favorite band in high school, Pere Ubu has always struck me as more interesting and cerebral than intense and visceral, and Ex-Models is really cool. I'll check the rest of those folks out, tyvm! BTW, while youtubing Ex-Models to refresh my memory on them, I answered my own question in the recommendations: Oneida. I distinctly remember listening to Rated O for the first time and thinking "Wow, this is like Terrorbird-level cool." That's A Good Band! Hypnolobster posted:This is probably going to be a bit too much, but you could try Melt-Banana. Y'know, I remember hearing a lot of bad things about Melt-Banana before I first listened to them, then I listened to a bit of Charlie and thought it was pretty alright. I haven't listened to them since, I should give them another shot. Them youtube songs you posted are pretty crazy and I think I really like them. Hooplah posted:After checking your post history, I guess you might be familiar with all these, but check out Ponytail, early Deerhoof, Brainiac, and xbxrx. Deerhoof is a cute band that I like but I haven't heard anything earlier than Reveille. Any particular album from that area? I listened to a few Ponytail songs on youtube... that guitarist is super cool but is the singer that annoying in all of their songs? I'm a Mae Shi fan, I obviously have a high tolerance for grating singers, but I listened to "Beg Waves" and "Easy Peasy" and the singer just made me feel tired after a while.
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obi_ant posted:A lot of services offer something in terms of finding music similar to your tastes, but typically they only search for artists that are similar to your liking. Is there a service that does this by individual tracks? If you go to a track's page on last.fm it sort of does this.
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quadrophrenic posted:Ooooh I hate early Boredoms! I sat on that band for so long after hearing Pop Tatari and Chocolate Synth that I almost never bothered to listen to Super AE, which is still one of my favorite albums of all time. I have a love/hate thing with Hella, Gang of Four was my favorite band in high school, Pere Ubu has always struck me as more interesting and cerebral than intense and visceral, and Ex-Models is really cool. I'll check the rest of those folks out, tyvm! figured you know a bunch of those (Mae Shi is pretty much a direct descendant of Ex-Models). not a particular fan of either, but you could also give Psychedelic Horseshit and Times New Viking a whirl. i fell like there's something big i'm just not remembering, so i'll edit my post if that happens... Polysics? hmm... edit- drat, figured you knew Liars, that's a big one funkybottoms fucked around with this message at 16:11 on May 31, 2013 |
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Just wanted to share something with you guys something I've been loving lately. It's an 8 track album by a guy called Wil Wagner from Melbourne, it's just him and his guitar (except some percussion and I think a harmonica on a few tracks) and the results are great. http://wilwagner.bandcamp.com/album/laika If you listen to any track on there listen to laika, it's a song about the first dog sent into space and it's a bit of a tear jerker. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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quadrophrenic posted:Deerhoof is a cute band that I like but I haven't heard anything earlier than Reveille. Any particular album from that area? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RVdWt3Z2Pk Regarding Ponytail, yeah the singer is annoying. I can't really listen to them much because of that, but I figured maybe you had a higher tolerance for that bullshit. How do you feel about Liars? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgwfET7GiZ0 Yeah, don't do that. Hooplah fucked around with this message at 15:50 on May 31, 2013 |
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Hooplah posted:How do you feel about Liars? I think I just found the band that I'm going to be obsessed about for the next month or so.
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quadrophrenic posted:I think I just found the band that I'm going to be obsessed about for the next month or so. Maaaaan this was the style that was super hip when I was a senior in highschool. I was volunteering at this co-op showspace in San Diego where all these bands were coming through, it was about peak-hip for me. This album was untouchable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBNjXbcGQ_Y. One of my happiest moments ever was when xbxrx got back together, I never got to see them when they were like 15, and I just idolized them. So great seeing you guys talk about all these guys. How about Q AND NOT U? A lot cleaner and "poppier" than what you guys are talking about, but that's a band I really loved back in that era. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6FLkta2ERI A lot of these bands you guys are talking about really evolved, but 2002-2004 or so was a great time for "angular", "broken" dance punk kinda stuff. It's too funny, I had totally forgot about the band Ex-Models until talking to a bro last night, I had this wave come over me of "ohmygod, i loved this band" and just had the best time listening to Other Mathematics again.
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Hey, was looking for some stuff similar to Ladytron (preferably like "Witching Hour" and/or "Velocifero"). Also The Soft Moon.
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alansmithee posted:Hey, was looking for some stuff similar to Ladytron (preferably like "Witching Hour" and/or "Velocifero"). Also The Soft Moon. Freezepop has a similar frenetic electronic sound, although with a very different vibe lyrically -- less indiegloom and more pop.
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ManoliIsFat posted:How about Q AND NOT U? A lot cleaner and "poppier" than what you guys are talking about, but that's a band I really loved back in that era. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6FLkta2ERI A lot of these bands you guys are talking about really evolved, but 2002-2004 or so was a great time for "angular", "broken" dance punk kinda stuff. Q and not U owns. Definitely more melodic and less noisy or whatever, but yeah seriously listen to them too, just maybe for different reasons than the mae shi.
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Hooplah posted:Q and not U owns. Definitely more melodic and less noisy or whatever, but yeah seriously listen to them too, just maybe for different reasons than the mae shi. Completely, I'm just trying to think "what were the most crowded shows i went to in 2003?".
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ManoliIsFat posted:Completely, I'm just trying to think "what were the most crowded shows i went to in 2003?". How about Black Eyes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOy-IbqUPo
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Hooplah posted:How about Black Eyes? Black Eyes I saw twice and both times are burned real deep in to my memories, life changing performances. . That self titled album is perfect. That song in particular.
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So, I'm going to be making an 11-hour trip down the coast to South Florida and I'm looking for some good, fun road music. Currently queued up: Blood Brothers-First Blood mix Older, happier Avett Brothers Los Campesinos-Sticking Fingers Into Sockets I guess I'm looking for fun, silly, upbeat songs to sing along with while driving by the ocean. I'm open to anything, so just throw me your favorite road songs!
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MonsterWalk posted:So, I'm going to be making an 11-hour trip down the coast to South Florida and I'm looking for some good, fun road music. Currently queued up: Orbital -- Lush 3-1 may be the perfect daytime driving song, and Lush 3-2 the perfect nighttime driving song. No lyrics, though, so no singalongs I'm afraid
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