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Post by mysteriorockanova on Jul 13, 2004 13:07:47 GMT -5
Franz Ferdinand- Rock Most of the songs are great (Especially Take Me Out and The Dark of the Matinee) a variety of styles and their alliterative name. Too bad it doesn't rhyme as well  |
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Post by pythianlegume on Jul 13, 2004 19:29:55 GMT -5
Some groups I've just gotten into this summer:
- Drive-By Truckers. LOVE them. They're very Lynyrd Skynyrd influenced southern rock, but they have some tender and sweet songs ("My Sweet Annette", set during the Depression) and some very rockin' badass songs ("Let There Be Rock", about some guy growing up idolizing Skynyrd, or "The Company I Keep", which is extremely depressing). There are also some really darkly funny songs like "Zoloft" or "Nine Bullets."
- Kings of Leon. If you read Spin, flip back to the April issue - the one with Kurt Cobain on the cover - and read Dave Eggers' piece about them. He says they bring back perfectly the mood of the 70s to him, and I suppose if I'd lived through the 70s they might do that for me too.
- The Offspring. Yes, I'm an idiot for not really listening to them before. But see, I was listening to Americana in a car with some friends when the driver ditched the car and we got stranded by the side of the road and yelled at by our parents. So it left a bit of an impression on me.
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Jul 14, 2004 0:37:51 GMT -5
Richard Cheese...This guy is incredible. What he does is lounge, Frank Sinatra style jazz, only he does covers of alternative metal. It's funny to hear him singing angry, hateful lyrics and cursing in a bouncy, smooth, jazzy voice. Some songs to check out: Down with the Sickness, What's My Age Again, She Hates Me, and Come Out and Play.
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Post by mysteriorockanova on Jul 15, 2004 13:26:53 GMT -5
Arrogant Worms- Comedy
A Canadian group that, at least in my humble opinion is better than Weird Al. Scary Ned is one of my favorite songs ever.
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Post by Magill on Jul 19, 2004 11:53:00 GMT -5
Franz Ferdinand- Rock Most of the songs are great (Especially Take Me Out and The Dark of the Matinee) a variety of styles and their alliterative name. Too bad it doesn't rhyme as well You do know who they're named after, right? Sometimes it's hard to read sarcasm/jokiness, even with smilies. The Archduke whose assasination set of World War I |
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Post by misterwah on Aug 2, 2004 19:27:10 GMT -5
my own tunes. a couple of 'em are here, with more coming: www.misterwah.ca/music.phpjust a word of warning - the tunes are fun, funny and friendly, but also very politically incorrect and sometimes crude.  if that's your bag baby, give'r. actually this isn't a shameless plug... I feel lots of shame. |
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Aug 5, 2004 15:16:42 GMT -5
PROBOT- Heavy Metal
Dave Grohl's third band. It's pretty much straight-up, old fashioned heavy metal. Instead of having one regular singer, they bring in singers from other bands for different songs. Some songs to check out are "Shake Your Blood" (sung by Lemmy of Motorhead) and "I Am The Warlock" (sung by Jack Black)
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Post by pythianlegume on Aug 5, 2004 17:41:34 GMT -5
The Darkness' "Givin' Up" is the funniest song about heroin I've ever heard.
*hums "gimme gimme gimme that smack!"*
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Aug 13, 2004 17:50:07 GMT -5
www.artistlaunch.com/Features new artists in pretty much any genre, so it's your choice what to listen to. A song on this site i recommend is "The One That Got Away" by Bob Gatewood
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Post by velalezalezalez on Aug 17, 2004 20:03:13 GMT -5
First post ever, hooray ;D
Band: Dresden Dolls
Genre: Angry girl rock with piano and a crazy drummer. Take Tori Amos, remove any restrain, add a lot more aggression taken out on the poor keyboard.
My favorite song right now: "Truce" in which she divides up the globe so she doesn't have to run into her ex-boyfriend. Wouldn't that be the most practical way to get over a breakup? Best line : "Now get off my side of the state"
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Post by mysteriorockanova on Aug 18, 2004 12:33:32 GMT -5
They Might Be Giants- The Spine
Genre: Alterna- Rock.
Choice Tracks: Experimental Film, Damn Good Times, and Stalk of Wheat
Why They're Great: Just some nice mellow songs.
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Post by AJWARPED on Sept 4, 2004 1:59:29 GMT -5
first I would like to afirm that Arrogant worms are the funiest band out there today. listen to the birthday song and the song about how much Canada sucks (pretty much every other song). Don't worry I'm a Cunuck myself and laugh at them.
now for the recomendin
Bella Fleck and the Flecktones - Pretty much any album will do but I suggest there concert album Live at the quick. they are a blend of rock, country, funk, blues, world music, jazz and pretty much every other syle. between classical on the banjo to Amazing grace on bass to a drumatar to playing two saxaphones at once you will hear some of the worlds best musicians playing together. There is also a DVD of the concert.
Tom Waits - never has an artist changed so much in his career. Waits is one of the weirdest and most gifted song writers of our time. He writes poetry to music. he started off singing beautiful, funny great jazzy songs about love and loss and progressed to what is called Macabre Carnival music. You may have seen him as Reinfeild (spl?) on Dracula. He also wrote and sang the soundtrack to One From the Heart. He is also the one talking with Iggy Pop in Coffee and Cigerettes.
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Post by hyperconfused on Sept 6, 2004 11:51:40 GMT -5
* Johnny Boy "You are the generation that bought more shoes and you get what you deserve" * rock (reminescent (sp?) of the 50's) * I don't have a lot of info on the band. I think they released one album and a single for this song (which doesn't seem to be on the said album). They're hard to find! It's rock music with a very catchy sound. You might find it on the bbc radio site (which is a site I adore www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ ) Here's some good show to listen to On radio 1: -Chris Moyles -Zane Lowe On radio 6: -Liz Kershaw -Steve Lamacq Another band I discovered on the bbc is * Sleepy Jacksons "Good dancers" * rock (reminescent (sp?) of the 50's) * Very much in the same bag as Johnny boy... |
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Post by YDload on Oct 11, 2004 20:31:28 GMT -5
Name: The Mars Volta
Style: Progressive indie-rock-salsa-punk
Summary: This band is insane. Don't pay any attention to the pretentious, non-sensical lyrics, but listen to the way they're sung and how the awesome instrumentation blends in so well with the words. The singer sounds almost like Geddy Lee, but not quite as nasal. Point is, they're great.
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Post by AJWARPED on Nov 4, 2004 2:07:29 GMT -5
Go out and get the new Tom Waits Album. It's called Real Gone and it's title could not be more true. It may sound like a pile of junk of the first listen but give it time and it will turn into amazing music. favorite song: hoist that rag, or any of the other songs on the CD
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if that's your bag baby, give'r.
