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camuk19 posted:Errrr, so I know nothing about the four trillion different genres of metal, but I like a decent bit of melodic stuff, and basically anything with some sort of crazy guitar work in. A sample of the bands I listen to is Bal-Sagoth, Wintersun, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Protest The Hero, Opeth, In Flames, Mastodon etc. The main genres you should be looking at are progressive/power metal(particularly modern stuff), and melodic death metal. For the latter, look for bands who came out of Gothenburg, Sweden from the mid 90's onwards(or are compared to In Flames, Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity, (later) At the Gates, or Arch Enemy), and probably the newer stuff coming out of Finland - that's Children of Bodom, Kalmah, Norther, and Insomnium. I feel weird about not recommending anything I actually like or listen to so I'll point you to a few MDM bands that I like and you might enjoy as well. Eucharist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv7NGXvFlwY Their first album leans a little more to the rawer, more black metal side of their sound. This song is off of their second album, which is cleaner and has a little bit of Gothenburg influence. Dissection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNOVgsYqsZk Later albums are more death metal, but my favorite from them is their first, The Somberlain. Sacramentum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFxsnxA-pYI Same basic deal as Dissection: they lean death metal later on, I personally recommend the early stuff. I understand that linking you things with blast beats and (by comparison) kind of rough production might not be particularly helpful to you, but give them a shot anyway. You never know. One more, not usually classified as melodic death metal so not associated with the stuff I've been talking about but you'd probably like them. Disincarnate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTHXHVflB6Y Disincarnate was sort of like a solo project for James Murphy, a famous death metal guitarist. You can hear a lot of inspiration from Human-era Death in here, which makes sense since he played in Death for a short time.
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PatronSaintONothing posted:I'm looking for solo acoustic guitar similar to Kaki King, Sir Richard Bishop, James Blackshaw, etc. Not a huge fan of new age-y poo poo, but I'll try anything once. Suggestions? He's definitely a bit on the new age side of things, but Michael Hedges really was a tremendous talent and I think anyone interested in acoustic guitar should at least give him a shot. I also definitely hear similarities in his and Kaki King's style, so if you already enjoy her work I think there's a good chance you could get into Hedges. Aerial Boundaries is probably the best album to investigate first. Edit: Correcting a little mistake - Aerial Boundaries was Hedges' second album, not his first. Cyne fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Jul 15, 2009 |
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camuk19 posted:Errrr, so I know nothing about the four trillion different genres of metal, but I like a decent bit of melodic stuff, and basically anything with some sort of crazy guitar work in. A sample of the bands I listen to is Bal-Sagoth, Wintersun, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Protest The Hero, Opeth, In Flames, Mastodon etc. Other stuff not metal such as Fall of Troy, QOTSA, Interpol, Flaming Lips I enjoy to get a sense of what I think is decent. Most of those bands probably sound generic to you lot but i'd appriciate any recommendations you guys have as i'm a little lost with all these genres to pick from. You sound a lot like me. As for metal, try: At the Gates Atreyu Bury Your Dead Children of Bodom Chimaira Cult of Luna Dark Tranquility Devin Townsend Devin Townsend Band Disarmonia Mundi Disfear Disillusion Hypocrisy Iron Maiden Kataonia Killswitch Engage Lacuna Coil Nightwish Ram Zet Soilwork Sonata Arctica Strapping Young Lad As for some other stuff you might be into: Alexisonfire Break the Silence HORSE the band See my posts in the last couple of pages for links to several of these band's videos that I recommend!
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Afrobeat & Juju(beat). Already gotta a lot of Fela Kuti and Sunny Ade. (And Shina Peters, but the keyboards and production always bug me.) Anyway, recommended afrobeat revival or og groups? Needs nasty horns, funky bass, long groove. So the more funk & soul influence the better (for now). Already know Antibalas and Kokolo. Links to mixes & blogs, too, please. (gently caress, while we're at it latin deep funk that's not Budos / Bronx River Parkway / Daptone etc.)
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Strut and Soundway have both released a bunch of good comps, academy is rereleasing a bunch of rare african lps, pitchfork made a list of 100 tunes etc etc... Also check out the blogs http://analogafrica.blogspot.com/ and http://voodoofunk.blogspot.com/ . Voodoo funk has the deepest and best cuts but its all in mixed form. If you just want one comp or something I'd probably recommend the strut compilation nigeria 70. Also Kon and Amir's off track and kings of diggin compilations have a few african joints that I'd never heard elsewhere. For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odg9-4QAe1g I'm not as familiar with latin funk, but I have the compilation fania released relatively recently (last year?) I get kinda bored by most deep funk compilations and this was more or less the case with the fania comp, but if you're totally clueless that's a starting point.
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I love Marc Ribot's guitar work on Tom Waits' albums. What is his best "introductory level" solo album, if there is one? I'm not a big fan of noisy free jazz, but I'm up for almost anything else.
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camuk19 posted:Errrr, so I know nothing about the four trillion different genres of metal, but I like a decent bit of melodic stuff, and basically anything with some sort of crazy guitar work in. A sample of the bands I listen to is Bal-Sagoth, Wintersun, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Protest The Hero, Opeth, In Flames, Mastodon etc. Other stuff not metal such as Fall of Troy, QOTSA, Interpol, Flaming Lips I enjoy to get a sense of what I think is decent. Most of those bands probably sound generic to you lot but i'd appriciate any recommendations you guys have as i'm a little lost with all these genres to pick from. Listen to Bean_, he's got good taste I linked to some examples of most of that stuff a few pages back: try here, here, here and here. Hope this helps, melodic metal's a great genre
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http://www.dourfestival.be/en/2009/byday I'm going fri-sat-sun, I'm sad I had to miss seeing Chase&Status, Dr lektroluv, MSTRKRFT and Noisia on thursday. On saturday I'm ashamed to admit I only know the big mainstream "last arena" bands, 65dos and roots manuva...so recommend me bands! Two years ago dour's highlights for me were superlux, dj feadz and vitalic...I also enjoyed otto von schirach
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axynn posted:http://www.dourfestival.be/en/2009/byday What a line-up. I would see: Mercury Rev, Rinôçérôse, Mad Professor, Richard Devine, Pet Shop Boys, Black Milk, Jazzanova, EPMD, Bogdan Raczynski, Aphex Twin + Hecker, Luke Slater, Venetian Snares.
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I don't know if anyone has any exposure to Arabic music I just heard of Souad Massi and fallen in love with her. She's Algerian, and was in a political punk rock group that got death threats there and forced her to flee to France. This is one of my favorite song by her, in Algerian Arabic a dialect which I don't understand at all but it's beautiful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQjYpWfk4-c (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Bean_ posted:I'm looking for some more stuff along the lines of You should try Edison Glass. They're kinda like a combination of Circa Survive and As Tall As Lions. Also, I know they don't really sound alike but it seems most people who like Circa Survive also like Thrice. I'd recommend their latest couple releases to start. Try these too: Rx Bandits - ...And the Battle Begun Dredg (I don't really dig 'em but I can see why many people do) Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates Portugal. The Man I'm sure I could come up with more, but that's a decent start. e: I missed the 'don't' about Thrice. Oops. Hooplah fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Jul 22, 2009 |
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What are other online streaming stations that have mixsets of big techno DJs other than BBC's Radio 1 and France's Radio FG? House and electro sets in particular.
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# ? Jul 19, 2009 00:59 |
di.fm ... there's a ton of sites with better dj mixes and more genres but they're usually podcasts or downloads rather than streaming
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etard knievel posted:di.fm ... there's a ton of sites with better dj mixes and more genres but they're usually podcasts or downloads rather than streaming This is really the only reasonable choice. Over two dozen different genre choices, live DJs all the time, a really really good station.
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Hooplah posted:You should try Edison Glass. They're kinda like a combination of Circa Survive and As Tall As Lions. Also, I know they sound really sound alike but it seems most people who like Circa Survive also like Thrice. I'd recommend their latest couple releases to start. Thanks. I shall begin listening tomorrow Oddly enough Amazon has a song of their's (Portugal) as the free song download today. Dug it a good bit. Bean_ fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Jul 21, 2009 |
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Electro/Nu-Jazz. Very specifically, something like Parov Stelar's work, even more specifically the more upbeat/dance oriented stuff. Like "Monster" or "Brisky Business." Thanks! Sorry it's so narrow, I haven't quite been able to find more stuff that's similar, mostly more lounge sounding music.
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I'm a huge fan of Okkervil River - anyone know of other bands that are similar? Not just folksy but bands that are folksy and rock out quite a bit.
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"etard knievel [i posted:and[/i] the"] Thanks for the recommendation, there's some pretty good stuff on here.
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Need some recommendation, My favorite bands are Green Day, Reel Big Fish, Tool, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. It might be hard to recommend to me, cause' I like a lot of different stuff (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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FuzzyWuzzy posted:Need some recommendation, My favorite bands are Green Day, Reel Big Fish, Tool, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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het posted:I recommend you stop making lovely posts in this forum. I don't understand what I did.... I was just asking for a recommendation...
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I liked the silversun pickups song in rockband, and then I heard one song on the radio I liked.. I guess I'll go around youtube and itunes and such to find some stuff, but what are some songs/albums that fans would recommend over others? double edit: well I guess my post falls under "make fun of me" as per the OP so go ahead I guess I deserved it. I'll research myself then Turkeybone fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Jul 23, 2009 |
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Turkeybone posted:I liked the silversun pickups song in rockband, and then I heard one song on the radio I liked.. I guess I'll go around youtube and itunes and such to find some stuff, but what are some songs/albums that fans would recommend over others? Dude, they have two albums. Are you that worried about choosing the wrong one?
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Can someone recommend good Trip-Hop/Electronic Jazz bands like Bitter:Sweet, Lovage and Portishead? I'm looking for something with a female singer, and with all that pompous elegant theme. Bitter:Sweet is my favorite band right now and I'm afraid I've already heard too much of their only two albums.
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Elentor posted:Can someone recommend good Trip-Hop/Electronic Jazz bands like Bitter:Sweet, Lovage and Portishead? Have you tried Imogen Heap yet? She has two solo albums with a third one on the way, but the second one, Speak For Yourself, is much better than the first. Imogen has another fantastic album, Details, released under the band name Frou Frou. Her stuff is much more electronic-sounding than Portishead's genre-defining trip-hop and Bitter:Sweet's retro lounge sound, but you still might like it. Also, definitely try Goldfrapp. The best Goldfrapp albums for capturing the lush, sexy sound we like are the first and fourth, Felt Mountain and Seventh Tree. Their second and third albums are much more like pulsing dance pop that belongs in a strip club. More random songs to sample: Massive Attack - "Teardrop" Sneaker Pimps - "6 Underground" Zero 7 - "In the Waiting Line" Shivaree - "Goodnight Moon" Psapp - "Cosy in the Rocket" And as weird as it might sound, Scarlett Johansson's 2008 album of Tom Waits covers, Anywhere I Lay My Head, is more or less in this style as well.
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Elentor posted:Can someone recommend good Trip-Hop/Electronic Jazz bands like Bitter:Sweet, Lovage and Portishead? Air
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# ? Jul 24, 2009 15:50 |
Does Squarepusher count as electronic jazz? Cause it's awesome, get it anyway.
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Thanks for the suggestions, I took a look at the recommendations. Imogen Heap - Really enjoyed it! Good stuff. Goldfrapp - Didn't enjoy much for some reason. Sneaker Pimps - Awesome, more like what I was looking for. Zero 7 - Good, not for my mood right now. I'll remember it for when my mood changes though. Shivaree - Holy poo poo amazing. Psapp - Didn't enjoy. Air - Really couldn't enjoy it. Thanks for the suggestion though! Squarepusher - A bit too... I don't know. Experimental maybe? Thanks though
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Elentor posted:Thanks for the suggestions, I took a look at the recommendations. Please tell me if you delve deeper into Shivaree's stuff. I only know that one song from the Kill Bill Volume 2 soundtrack. I love it, but I'd be very curious if their albums have a similar sound to them.
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Elentor posted:Olive Fischerspooner Tricky
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Lot of the big names hit already, but:Elentor posted:Sneaker Pimps - Awesome, more like what I was looking for. You should also check out Morcheeba. They've been through several singers; Big Calm is generally considered their best, but most of their stuff is good. My three favorites are Big Calm, Who Can You Trust? and Dive Deep. The Antidote is decent but has a different sound and I don't like Charango very much. I'm gonna try some of these other recommendations myself, there's a few I don't know in there.
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I was at a lounge recently, and the DJ was playing a lot of what resembled Latin jazz but with hip-hop-esque beats backing it up. Pretty minimalist stuff, with some solo trumpet backed up by beats, etc. Any recommendations for something loungey/jazzy with a Latin vibe and hip-hop beat track?
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:I was at a lounge recently, and the DJ was playing a lot of what resembled Latin jazz but with hip-hop-esque beats backing it up. Pretty minimalist stuff, with some solo trumpet backed up by beats, etc. For instrumental loungey stuff, try Amon Tobin and Bonobo. If you don't mind more upbeat music with rapping/singing, a lot of reggaeton uses jazzy samples. Other than that, unmm... i've heard some recent pop music from Brazil that influenced both by jazz like samba and bossanova with a hiphop or house beat, I don't know any particular artists but maybe you could just look up random stuff from the Brazilian pop/dance charts... Sergio Mendez and will.i.am released an album called Timeless that is a mix of hiphop and bossa, it's okay, but i'm sure there's better stuff out there if you dig.
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the posted:Olive Olive... humm I'm mixed but I think it's good Didn't like Fischerspooner. And Tricky is awesome. Thanks! quote:The album 6 Underground is off of, Becoming X, is a classic in the genre and you should definitely get it. I like their other stuff too, but for some crazy reason they asked Kelli to leave after that and one of the guys sings. It's still good but it's a different sound. Thanks, Morcheeba is great. Man this thread has pretty much renewed my musical experience! I cannot thank you guys enough.
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So, I've always been kind of a closet fan of flamenco and Spanish guitar (for the lack of a better term) and just recently I grabbed some stuff by Paco de Lucia and Rodrigo y Gabriela. I'm loving them both, but I really don't know where to go from here. I really don't know anything about the genre, any recommendations would be awesome.
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Elentor posted:Can someone recommend good Trip-Hop/Electronic Jazz bands like Bitter:Sweet, Lovage and Portishead? I'm tempted to recommend Lamb - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtIeH_J-SiI some of their songs might appeal to you more than others, but that song in particular is one of my favourites, ymmv
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:I was at a lounge recently, and the DJ was playing a lot of what resembled Latin jazz but with hip-hop-esque beats backing it up. Pretty minimalist stuff, with some solo trumpet backed up by beats, etc. http://hypem.com/#/track/399980/The+Quantic+Soul+Orchestra+-+She+Said+What+ Quantic/The Quantic Soul Orchestra does a few other things similar to this, although I'd say this is the most obvious hip-hop mix (that and the song with Trinidad). Not much help I know, but I'd like to find some more too so I guess I'm just throwing this in until someone else enlightens us edit: wrong quote
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Top 5 Regina Spektor songs?
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5436 posted:Top 5 Regina Spektor songs?
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