AtavanHalen
David James Young
User

Reviews 123
Soundoffs 101
News Articles 34
Approval 91%
Site Rank 24

Album Ratings 947
Objectivity 76%

Last Active 11-15-09 2:30 am
Joined 01-18-07

Forum Posts 90
Review Comments 8536

Band Edits 7
 Lists
11.21.09 So The Name's Staying...11.19.09 Possible Name Change?
11.16.09 Australian Underground, Pt. 209.26.09 Australian Underground, Pt. 1
09.08.09 One Album Each07.20.09 Top 30 Of 2009 (subject To Change)
07.04.09 Taking Review Requests06.07.09 Atavan's 2009: Best Live Shows
05.20.09 Gigs For The Rest Of 0905.16.09 Classic Soul?
04.24.09 Just Got Paid02.14.09 09 Catchup
01.28.09 Easy Songs On Guitar12.10.08 Finally: 2008's Top 30
12.10.08 Underrated Records Of 200812.08.08 Worst Of 2008
11.13.08 Some Of My Future Reviews10.27.08 Atavanhalen Vs Rolling Stone
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Recommendations That Have Worked

Here's some bands that I got recommended that have turned out really well.
1Cap'n Jazz

This is simply fantastic music. Huge energy, diverse sound, unique vocalist that can make not being able to sing so damn listenable...love this stuff.
2Portrait

John recommended this band to me, and I'm pretty impressed thus far. Really enjoy the tracks where the band mix it up with different kinds of instruments like mandolin or violin.
3Jem

Haven't listened to her in ages, but getting back into her music has been great. She's definitely an underrated artist.
4Randy Newman

Disc by disc I'm getting "Guilty: Thirty Years of Randy Newman". What a great songwriter this guy is. There's certainly more to him than "You Got A Friend In Me", as I first thought as a kid.
5Leonard Cohen

Unbelievable songwriting ability. I can't believe I've gone this long without experiencing his music. I can certainly see where Nick Cave has gotten a lot of influence now.
6Portraits of Past

Holy shit. This band pretty much scared the hell out of me on first listen. Had NO idea what was going on. I really dig it now, though, especially those nightmare-inducing vocals.
7Rufus Wainwright

Very rarely have I experienced a voice more beautiful.
8Enslaved

Fantastically executed black metal. A real treat to listen to.
9Lagwagon

Long time spoken of and worshipped amongst my peers at school, but I had never really listened to them up until this point. Just got Blaze and also Duh, which I think are really solid listens.
10Supergrass

Again, a lot more to them than their best known song ("Alright"). In It For The Money is a solid release, and I'm slowly working through the rest of their discography as well.
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