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[AustrianAndI]

I can't believe there's not a single thread about favorite artists/music/anything... what's up with that?  I guess I'll get us started.

I'm a fan of a lot of Indie-ish/Alternative rock kind of stuff.  Matt and Kim, Phantom Planet... I also reaaaally like electronic sounds such as those in Cobra Starship or Shiny Toy Guns.

More mainstream... Red Hot Chili Peppers are REALLY good too.

I like pretty much anything that isn't dirty southern rap or country.  Both those genres are trash. =P

Current Favorite band: Cobra Startship
Current Favorite song: Blame it on the Girls - Mika

[Remmirath]

I think I remember that there were a couple of them once, but that was a fair amount of time ago.

I mostly like metal, particularly power metal, but there are very few kinds of metal I won't listen to. I'm usually not partial to death metal, but even then there are some exceptions. I like some classic rock, too.

My current favourite band... it'd be pretty hard to pick just one. I'll say Gamma Ray because that's what I'm listening to right now. It's at least as good a method of picking between a few choices as throwing a dice, and my dice are all out of arm's reach.

Current favourite song... even harder to pick. Spatial Architects by Demons & Wizards was the first thing that came to mind, so that works.

[Samakar]

I guess this'll be a chance to plug my band:



www.myspace.com/blackmagicvoodoo :3

[boglin]

I grew up on the Smashing Pumpkins, and when I was in high school, I basically subsisted on Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, and Ani DiFranco.

Now I obsess over world music and hip-hop--especially anything with a subversive message.

Current favorite band: Calle 13
Current favorite song: Pa'l Norte

Modifié par boglin, 02 novembre 2009 - 09:28 .

[AustrianAndI]

oooh man. I love the Smashing Pumpkins. I remember when they used to be on the radio all the time. Those were the days.

[Superium]

Current favorite band: Five Finger Death Punch
Current favorite song:  Crack A Bottle-Eminem

[Lathaon]

Halae Dral wrote...

I think I remember that there were a couple of them once, but that was a fair amount of time ago.
I mostly like metal, particularly power metal, but there are very few kinds of metal I won't listen to. I'm usually not partial to death metal, but even then there are some exceptions. I like some classic rock, too.
My current favourite band... it'd be pretty hard to pick just one. I'll say Gamma Ray because that's what I'm listening to right now. It's at least as good a method of picking between a few choices as throwing a dice, and my dice are all out of arm's reach.
Current favourite song... even harder to pick. Spatial Architects by Demons & Wizards was the first thing that came to mind, so that works.

Power metal FTW. I haven't heard that song though, but I really like Demons & Wizards. Hansi Kürsch is probably my favourite singer.

[wrexingcrew]

Samakar wrote...

I guess this'll be a chance to plug my band:

www.myspace.com/blackmagicvoodoo :3

You guys can play, definitely.  Right on.  If I'm ever out there, I'll keep an eye out for shows.


@Halae Dral: I haven't heard anything from Gamma Ray after No World Order, but I dug that one back in the day.  I finally started listening to some power metal again recently, but I've been going through the older stuff (like Iced Earth, ha).

EDIT: OP, I'd be interested in hearing you explain/justify this statement:

AustrianAndI wrote...

I like pretty much anything that isn't dirty southern rap or country.  Both those genres are trash. =P

What that tells me is that you haven't listened to enough country - you hate Garth Brooks, Rascal Flatts, Clint Black, Kitty Wells, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, AND Johnny Cash?  That's covering a lot of ground.  I'm not entirely sure what "dirty southern rap" is - if it's "southern" rap that contains profanity, how is that different from NYC rap or Bay Area hyphy that does as well?  If you're trying to refer to a specific region/sound, are you talking about Houston?  Atlanta?  And again, you dislike Three 6 Mafia, Geto Boys/Scarface, UGK/Bun B, Chamillionaire, Juvenile, T.I., Lil' Wayne, Goodie Mob/Cee-Lo, Mannie Fresh, AND Outkast?  If you listen to all of those artists and find a common trait you dislike to the point of preventing you from enjoying the genre, that's fine.  But boldly ruling out a genre if you haven't listened to much of what it offers - and particularly calling it "trash" - that's not going to impress anyone.

Modifié par wrexingcrew, 02 novembre 2009 - 11:15 .

[boglin]

wrexingcrew - What country music do you recommend? I've never gotten into country music, but I'm willing to give it a shot.

[wrexingcrew]

boglin wrote...

wrexingcrew - What country music do you recommend? I've never gotten into country music, but I'm willing to give it a shot.

Good question - as you've deduced correctly, I wouldn't recommend everything I mentioned above necessarily.  A lot of it depends on what else you like - different subgenres in country draw on pretty different strands of music.  A super brief primer (by no means all-inclusive) on prominent subgenres with examples I enjoy:

Traditional country: This term gets thrown around in a bunch of ways, and tends to be debated hotly - it's sort of the "RPG" category of country music.  It really comes out of hill music and the "folk music" of the American south/Appalachia (not 60s folk, but folk in the sense of the people's music - the local popular form).  When someone casually references "traditional country" these days, they're usually setting it up in opposition to pop country (see below), and they mean anyone from Kitty Wells to Johnny Cash, even though a country music scholar would dispute the characterization of either as traditional country.  Tends to be a catch-all term for non-pop or less-pop country, or country generally including pre-70s (and therefore pre-rock) pop country but excluding the pop country from the 70s on that really assimilated commercial rock influences.

Pop country: Pop country is pop/rock, really - just with twang and more
of an emphasis on clever wordplay.  There's still considerable range
here - I can't really stand Rascal Flatts,
but there are some great singers/musicians that draw a bit more on
traditional country, like Alan Jackson or Clint Black.

Alt-country: Alternative country, basically - musical ideas and gestures from country merged with a more "alternative" aesthetic - in other words, too independent of commercial trends to be pop country, and too omnivorous to be traditional country. Tends to be well-received in the American indie community, and has a definite relationship to American indie.  Lucinda Williams is probably the perfect example, but Neko Case and Uncle Tupelo (plus post-Tupelo projects like Jeff Tweedy's Wilco and Jay Farrar's Son Volt) get cited a lot here.  Has a complicated/tangled relationship to roots music and Americana.

Outlaw country: Great, great stuff.  Probably the subgenre people think of most when they think of country other than pop country.  Waylon Jennings, Ray Price, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson.  Focused as much on persona/mythos as musical style, but definitely dirtier sonically and more daring lyrically.  Generally understood as a reaction to the increasingly pop sounds of mainstream country at the time.  More recently, Steve Earle (and Lucinda Williams has a relationship to outlaw too, although I wouldn't say she fits comfortably in the category).

Country rock: Gram Parsons, Gram Parsons, Gram Parsons.  It's a little tough to explain how this subgenre differs from pop country - the difference is mostly contextual. It fits my above definition of pop country, but a late 60s/early 70s country rock artist, who would have drawn heavily on British/American folk and rock of the time, would sound horribly out of place in current pop country radio playlists.  As I said, Gram Parsons is the canonical example here.  Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline/New Morning period also falls (at least at times) in this category.  Neil Young and the Stones dabbled here too, although it's probably more accurate to say that they were exploring Americana/roots in connection with rock, as opposed to country rock.

Gospel country: Fascinating but difficult to pin down.  A lot of mainstream artists in the last four+ decades have dabbled, but it's tough to think of one stellar example.  Like gospel disco (although not as prone to provoking "WTF" reactions) it's a bit of an acquired taste if you didn't grow up listening to the components.  It's frequently used to describe country artists making religious music, which isn't as interesting to me, but it also fits secular or incidentally religious music that add a significant stylistic element of gospel.  Vocal harmonies that veer toward the gospel end are common.  Marty Stuart's Souls' Chapel is probably my favorite recent record here.

As with most things, allmusic or Wikipedia will give you some good (and probably more accurate) information.

[Daxiaa]

Metal... At the moment i'm listening Guano Apes- Break the line <3

Massive attack, The Prodigy and occasionally Nine inch nails

[Aleksandrov]

Divided into three really...



Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine and DragonForce for my Prog/Alt Rock/Metal.



Queen and The Who for my '80s rock.



Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bach and Vivaldi for my classical.

[Rorok2008]

Ill probably be the only one on here that loves and dj's hardstyle!



besides that im into electro, hardcore, dnb, dubstep, jungle, metal, rock, classic rock, hip hop, old school rap.



if anyones down to talk about music im for it.

[popKiller22]

Dethklok!

Haha, really into all genres of metal, from Def Leppard to All That Remains.

Like metalcore for certain times.

Really dig neoclassical stuff such as Yngwie, and other solo musicians of that nature like Buckethead.

Iron Maiden has to be one of my all time favorite bands though.

Music is so varied these days it's wicked hard to list. Shuffle playlists ftw, nothing better than hearing Queen, Devil Wears Prada, Snow Patrol and Racer X all in the same 15 minutes.

[caspertjuhh]

Coldplay! I love viva la vida the most, though lost(without jay-z) clocks, lovers in japan, life in technicolor ii are also very good. love snow patrol too, chasing cars crack the shutters etc.

[wrexingcrew]

Rorok2008 wrote...

Ill probably be the only one on here that loves and dj's hardstyle!

besides that im into electro, hardcore, dnb, dubstep, jungle, metal, rock, classic rock, hip hop, old school rap.

if anyones down to talk about music im for it.

You know, I'm totally ignorant when it comes to hardstyle.  Anything you'd recommend as a starting point?

Everything else you mentioned=awesome.  The last few years in dubstep have been amazing. 

popKiller22 wrote...

Dethklok!

Amen.  The new season starts soon, doesn't it?

[Wolvanthor]

My fave band ever is Aerosmith and always will be
Other bands I love are Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy, Marilyn Manson, Faith No More, Alice In Chains, Prong, Filter, Stabbing Westward, Godsmack, Linkin Park, Sevendust, Rage Against The Machine, Buckcherry, Disturbed, Nirvana, Dope, Econoline Crush, Tea Party...and a few more

[EricHVela]

Favorite band currently: Vince Gauraldi Trio (though if you look at the next list, that changes fairly often).

Favorite song currently: The Christmas Song (aka Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) performed by the Vince Gauraldi Trio (which I'm attempting to learn on piano only). Was Journey's Any Way You Want about an hour ago and this morning was the Overture to Bizet's Carmen. Yesterday evening, it was Sonic Mayhem's Violator. Earlier yesterday was, Morrisette's Uninvited. Still earlier was Missy E's 4 My People.

[Rorok2008]

wrexingcrew wrote...

Rorok2008 wrote...

Ill probably be the only one on here that loves and dj's hardstyle!

besides that im into electro, hardcore, dnb, dubstep, jungle, metal, rock, classic rock, hip hop, old school rap.

if anyones down to talk about music im for it.

You know, I'm totally ignorant when it comes to hardstyle.  Anything you'd recommend as a starting point?

Everything else you mentioned=awesome.  The last few years in dubstep have been amazing. 

It depends what you look for in hardstyle, theres more of a heavy type, which has a huge bassline and not much of a melody. Then theres the stuff that may or may not have the heavy bassline, but the melody is just amazing. Theres loads of artists out there, some of my fav are...(also i recommend checking out fear.fm's top40 lists.)

Noisecontrollers
Williams Syndrome
Headhunterz
Prophet
Technoboy
Builder
Donkey Rollers
Bioweapon
Hunter
Brennan Heart
A-lusion
Wildstylez
The Pitcher

if you want to share music anytime just lemme know i have aim and msn.

[popKiller22]

[quote]popKiller22 wrote...

Dethklok![/quote]

Amen.  The new season starts soon, doesn't it?

[/quote]

Mid December I believe