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| DinosaurJones' Rec Contest ROUND 1
Why not, right? I had so much fun with ZombieToyDuck's rec contest, and I've been wanting to do one for awhile. With his contest wrapping up, I'll start my own.
ROUND ONE CRITERIA: Gotta have that brass! Rec me a song that has brass in it. It can be the entire song, a solo, or a single riff, but it's gotta have some kind of brass in it. I'll take up to 30 submissions, and anything I rate below 3.5 will be eliminated! | | 1 |  | George Michael
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Careless Whisper may have the best saxophone riff ever. Though I think technically the saxophone is a woodwind, but FUCK IT. | | 2 |  | Foxing
The Albatross
MyCarandMyGuitar
Rory - A cold, lonely vibe to this one, which the lyrics only help to reinforce. Even as more and more instruments come in, it never truly warms up, and still keeps that lonesome feeling (once again credited to the lyrics). Once the trumpets come in, there's finally a bit of a feeling of warmth and comfort, until they end on a discordant note, leaving only the drums to trail off, all alone... Yes, I will have to check this entire album.
4.4/5 | | 3 |  | Martin O'Donnell
Halo 3: ODST OST
Drifter
Deference for Darkness - I am kind of a sucker for video game OSTs. Though I never played Halo, because I'm a Sony fanboy through and through. That said, this is a very beautiful and well composed piece of music. The somber piano and the saxophone lend a very melancholy feel to the track, which I would have expected to be more bombastic... and then the electronics kick in. I gotta be honest, that kinda kills the mood for me. Maybe it makes more sense in context, but that bit from 3:15 all the way to the end doesn't do much for me, it'd be much better if it were 2 different tracks. ...Let's pretend it was 2 different tracks.
4/5 | | 4 |  | Novelists
Noir
SteakByrnes
Monochrome - Shit, bruh. This has a very desolate feel to it, though I love the bass. It's simple, but really fits the feel to the song, and just as I'm wondering how/when some brass will fit in, that lonely saxophone comes weaving in, distant and beautiful. The solo in this song rips, honestly. And then as things calm down at the end, the saxophone comes calling again, from far away. I feel the ending drags on a bit, but still a great track!
4.2/5 | | 5 |  | Danny Brown
XXX
ZombieToyDuck
30 - Jesus, everything that Danny Brown does is so delightfully off-kilter. I'm sure part of it is in his delivery, but the beat and instrumentation in this song really give a feeling of unease and discomfort, which I'm sure is the point. This is an intense song, damn. And as a closer, everything must culminate and lead up to this, but even on its own, this is a hell of a track. I might even end up rating this one higher if I hear the entire album.
4.7/5 | | 6 |  | Woods
Love Is Love
UniqueUniverse
Bleeding Blue - I'm finding this pleasant enough, but as the song goes on, it sort of becomes more and more background noise to me. Not in a bad way, but in the sense that it doesn't really go anywhere special, repeating the same motifs over and over. This is a song that would benefit from being chopped down by perhaps a minute or a minute and a half, unless the ending goes somewhere special...
... and it does not.
3.5/5. You made it, but I hope next round (whatever it is?) is a little better. | | 7 |  | Frameworks
Small Victories
TheSpirit
Old Chokes - Boy, did I not know what to expect with this one. The skram vox really caught me off guard, but damn, the music is beautiful! I'm kind of at a loss of how to describe it. I'm getting a Maybeshewill vibe, with vox, and the way the trumpets weave in with the mathy guitar over a breakdown... what... what is this? I don't know, but I love it!
4.7/5 | | 8 |  | Cake
Prolonging The Magic
WatchItExplode
Never There - Damn son, I have not heard this song in yearssss. It's gotta be on one of the first "Now That's What I Call Music" CDs, right? I'm going to look it up right now! Yep. It's on NOW 2. '99, baby. Cake is the band that's known to have Trumpet and Vibraslap in every song, and this song makes good on both of those. Unfortunately, I don't find it to be a very compelling track. I do like Cake, but this has alway been a weaker Cake track, imo.
3.2/5
***ELIMINATED*** | | 9 |  | Marietta
Summer Death
Conmaniac
Chase, I Hardly Know Ya - Very emo feel to this track, in the vein of Empire! Empire! or American Football, though markedly more upbeat. And I don't know who the first genius was to start putting trumpets into this kind of music, but they deserve a medal. Defnitely enjoyable enough, but I kind of found myself losing interest as the song went on. Still, it's one that I could see myself listening to again.
3.7/5 | | 10 |  | Timber Timbre
Hot Dreams
Frivolous
Hot Dreams - A very laid-back, dreamy, somewhat jazzy track. Definitely a pleasant voice as well, but it's just... not that interesting to me? I'm zoning out to it, not in an "all blissed out" way, but in an "I'm losing interest" kind of way. It's definitely a pleasant enough, and the horns are a very welcome addition by the time they show up, but not enough to save the entire track for me.
2.9/5
***ELIMINATED*** | | 11 |  | Gorillaz
Gorillaz
bloc
Rock the House - I think I remember liking this song more than I currently do. I haven't heard it in quite some time, though this was one of the first albums I ever bought (I had to hide the Parental Advisory sticker from my dad). It's definitely a chill track, the horn stabs really add a lot to the instrumentation, which is actually pretty sparse as a whole. This album was all over the place, but this track holds its own, and Del's flow is pretty good. Definitely an earworm of a track.
3.6/5 | | 12 |  | Maximum Joy
Station M.X.J.Y.
butcherboy
Searching for a Feeling - Ah, man, I'm really enjoying the music in this. But those vox are not doing anything for me. Well, they are, they're detracting from the entire thing. It's definitely got that funk and that groove, the bass is phenomenal. The horns get a little atonal and screechy at times, but if I'm to understand it correctly, that's part of what makes this no-wave. It definitely held me rapt for the entire track, but yeah... not digging those vox.
3.6/5 | | 13 |  | Ween
La Cucaracha
ArsMoriendi
The Fiesta - Ah, yes... an abundance of horns. You weren't wrong. Now, I've never listened to Ween, and their reputation precedes them as an... eclectic(?) band. That said, this really isn't a bad track. It's also not a great track, IMO. It kind of sounds like stock music at a baseball game or something. You know, you go to a sporting event, and the announcers are all "Sorry, folks, the third baseman has to go take a massive dumpski! Please enjoy the music!" and then the mascot comes out and does a little dance... Yeah.
2.5/5 ***ELIMINATED*** | | 14 |  | Clever Girl
No Drum And Bass in the Jazz Room
Sinternet
Elm - I've been meaning to check this album out, so thanks for the rec, Sint. I'm immediately into it, I love this sort of math/post-rock feel. And the sax laid over the guitar lends an extra layer of beauty and depth to the melody. Oh, baby, I am a sucker for this kind of stuff. And that switch about 3 minutes in.. Hnnngghhh... BA DA BAH BAH!!
5/5 GOT DAMN, BOIIII | | 15 |  | Do Make Say Think
Other Truths
SCREAM!
Do - This is another band I've been meaning to check out, so this gives me an excuse to do so. This feels like a much "looser" variant of post-rock, more meandering and jammy than structured to hit those highs and lows that have pretty much become the standard. Though I'm sure this isn't the case since it's being put on record, this track sounds a lot more spontaneous than your EitS or your GY!BE. Unfortunately, it feels like the length of the song hinders more than helps in this case, because while a great track, it feels like a lot of repetition, just adding more and more layers over the same things. Of course, I know that's a standard post-rock formula, so by the time the trumpets come in, it definitely gives it a boost.
4/5 | | 16 |  | Typhoon (USA-OR)
White Lighter
bgillesp
Young Fathers - The start-stop dynamic to this song is pretty cool, but a lot of the elements aren't really coming together for me. I enjoy the instrumentation, but as a personal thing, I don't really like the guy's voice/style of singing. It's pleasant enough, but it's not something I would see myself coming back to, and nothing really grabbed me.
3.3/5
***ELIMINATED*** | | 17 |  | Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
neekafat
For Emma - And album I'm sure I should have heard long ago, given how long I've been on Sput, but I've never been good about checking the "classics," if you will. And I don't want to commit Sput blasphemy, but... I'm not finding this too compelling. Maybe it's because I'm at work and I'm not giving this it's just due, but it's just nice background noise to me. It's not bad, but it's also not amazing, either. Maybe the entire album as a whole would be better?
3.3/5
***ELIMINATED*** | | 18 |  | *shels
Plains Of The Purple Buffalo
kingdedethefifth
Journey to the Plains - Whoa, this one starts with an aural kick to the face, immediately, before dropping out and building back up. They really nailed the title to this song, and I'm really loving the dynamics in it. The sparse vocals really add a lot to the track, I'm almost getting some ISIS vibes, though somewhat less crushing. A journey is definitely a good word for this track.
3.9/5 | | 19 |  | Katzenjammer
Le Pop
Dewinged
A Bar in Amsterdam - Ahahaha, this is definitely different from a lot of the stuff I've been getting, but yeah, definitely high energy! This really WOULD be a hell of a bar jam, and it would be a fun bar. If I came across a band jamming out this style, I'd probably be in that bar all night, and I don't even drink. A lot of folky instrumentation, and I find the singer's voice to be very nice. The song has a lot going on, and gives an unbridled, loose feeling without getting too chaotic. Good stuff!
4.1/5 | | 20 |  | Radiohead
Kid A
Dctarga
The National Anthem - Despite the heaps of praise loaded onto Radiohead by, well... pretty much EVERYONE, I feel like I never "got" them, you know what I mean? I'm not a Radiohead hater, I'm just very neutral towards them. That said, this song presents a nice, chilled-out groove, driven forward by the bass. And again, I'm finding myself jamming out to it a bit, but still wondering what the big deal is. Enjoyable though, and more than enough for a pass.
3.8/5 | | 21 |  | Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
onionbubs
King of Carrot Flowers pts. 2 & 3 - Wasn't this album like... the indie bible for a little while? Is it still? This is another of those albums that I've been meaning to hear, but never got around to (I'm pretty bad at getting around to checking things out). I didn't really expect the switch up to a faster tempo with the fuzzed-out guitars, but it was a welcome change, though the beginning of the song was quite nice. I don't particularly dig the singer's voice, but he's not terrible either, and you can't win 'em all. Overall, a nice little ditty that I could see myself going back to.
3.8/5 | | 22 |  | JC Chasez
Schizophrenic
BeyondCosby (Placeholder, because this is the first thing that popped up, and I don't think Chase is in the DB)
Chase - Get It On : Going oldschool on this one, huh? I always dug this sort of older funky vibe. Reminiscent of James Brown or Isaac Hayes, this song is full of upbeat horns, keys and bass. Not quite my bag, but it's a catchy enough song. I'd be intrigued to check out more though.
3.7/5 | |
DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | LET'S DO THIS. | Drifter
11.29.17 | Oh boy. Reserve me a spot plz | TumsFestival
11.29.17 | The Medic - Foxing | SteakByrnes
11.29.17 | Does a sax count?
EDIT: After seeing your comment on the George Michael song I'll assume yes lmao | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | I'm allowing the saxophone, because although it's a woodwind, it is primarily made of brass and is also the sexiest goddamn instrument. | Drifter
11.29.17 | Oh alright then
Martin O'Donnell - Deference For Darkness (Halo 3 ODST OST) | SteakByrnes
11.29.17 | Novelists - Monochrome (from their Noir album) | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | Danny Brown-30 | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | Sput is being ass about letting me update the list right now, but I'm writing down all the songs and will update in one big chunk in a bit. | Drifter
11.29.17 | Yeah I hate that you have to wait a bit after updating to update again. Mine is food though? | Papa Universe
11.29.17 | Is it just me or is Careless Whisper actually the worst song in history of everything ever? | Drifter
11.29.17 | It's pretty overrated | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | I've heard far worse things than Careless Whisper. It is a bit overrated though, yeh. | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | dude if you haven't heard XXX you gotta get on that shit, I saw you rated Atrocity Exhibition but XXX is at least as good if not better at times | Papa Universe
11.29.17 | Woods - Bleeding Blue (from Love is Love) | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | I've heard some songs from it, but I've never sat down and listened to the whole album in one go. | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | when you get the time to man its most definitely worth your time, especially the back half | TumsFestival
11.29.17 | XXX > Atrocity >> Old | Drifter
11.29.17 | Old is one of the worst rap albums I've ever heard | SteakByrnes
11.29.17 | New contest hype | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | for me its
XXX=Atrocity>Old
they're both fives but I have to be in a certain mood to listen to Atrocity but XXX has more replay value imo
| TheSpirit
11.29.17 | Frameworks - "Old Chokes" | TumsFestival
11.29.17 | first half of Old has some of Danny's best work but the second half can get.. embarrassing | WatchItExplode
11.29.17 | Cake - Never There | Drifter
11.29.17 | Tbh I completely stopped listening to it at the halfway point. Before that I only actually finished a couple songs. I hated it so much I couldn't not skip many of them | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | Yeah 25 bucks bangs so hard but I agree the back half has some pretty lousy tracks in the mix | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | vocals kill it for ya Drifter? | bgillesp
11.29.17 | If you can guarantee to actually continue this list and not kill it, I'll rec streetlight manifesto- we will fall together | TumsFestival
11.29.17 | 25 rules, The Return and Side A are top 10 danny too | bgillesp
11.29.17 | Off of Somewhere in the Between | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | You have my word, bgillesp. Though I gotta say, I didn't overtly say nothing I've heard before in the description, it should be known that Streetlight is one of my top 3 favorite bands and I'm inherently biased towards them... so... can you toss me a different rec? It'd be kind of unfair to give you a free pass right to the next round. | Conmaniac
11.29.17 | Marietta - chase, I hardly know ya | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | Updated.
Gonna wait until I go home to start listening, also still waiting on a lot of recs. | Frivolous
11.29.17 | Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams (t/t) | bloc
11.29.17 | Gorillaz - Rock The House | butcherboy
11.29.17 | Maximum joy - searching for a feeling.. Prepare yourself for no wave disco | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | no wave disco... I'm intrigued. | Dinosaur
11.29.17 | I want in on this | TheSpirit
11.29.17 | @bloc
that song is so good | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | Oh, shit, it's Dinosaur. This is MY rec contest! MINE. I guess I should change the title to reflect that it's DinosaurJones, and not Dinosaur. | bloc
11.29.17 | Thanks for the vouch bro, it was literally the first song that popped into my head when I saw the word brass. | SCREAM!
11.29.17 | wait is the sax actually a woodwind? I was gonna rec a song with sax in it but then saw that desc on 1 | SteakByrnes
11.29.17 | He did say that Sax was fine tho | SCREAM!
11.29.17 | If sax works I might go with
Vök - Við Vökum
if not then I'll figure something out | Papa Universe
11.29.17 | Reusing the winners, are you? | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | All right, fam, list is current, gonna start doing some listening and update as I go. Still not even half the recs I said I'd go up to, so hoping for some more! | SteakByrnes
11.29.17 | Hope you find some killer new tunes m/ | SCREAM!
11.29.17 | @Dino that song is actually from their EP "Tensions". I'll add it to the DB when I get home | SCREAM!
11.29.17 | Actually, can I jsut change my rec to
Do Make Say Think - Do (off their album Other Truths)
Just remembered how much these guys rule and this one has more actual brass too (trombone + trumpet) | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | Sure, I'm going in order, so I can change yours up. | ArsMoriendi
11.29.17 | Fiesta by Ween lol because why not? | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | So, uh... am I somehow missing the brass in The Medic? | Papa Universe
11.29.17 | I barely noticed any brass in about half of these songs... | ArsMoriendi
11.29.17 | Mine has prominent brass :D | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | stoked for you to hear 30 probably in my top 10 favorite closers to an album ever. | butcherboy
11.29.17 | mine only has sax.. so If that's no good, my replacement rec is the Walkmen - I Lost you.. | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | You're good, butch. | butcherboy
11.29.17 | lovely.. | ArsMoriendi
11.29.17 | sax is woodwind though :o | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | I know, I know... but I love it too much. Even though it's a reed instrument, it's primarily made of brass. It's a loophole. | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | YEAH BOI oh and yeah you definitely will if you hear the whole album its an easy 5/5 track with album context | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | I hope I have an opportunity to rec another Danny track cause I got another one on reserve you gotttta hear | Papa Universe
11.29.17 | oooof | Drifter
11.29.17 | Oh my god I totally forgot to say ignore the second half
Fuckkkkk meeeeee | Drifter
11.29.17 | Can you please just rate mine based on the first half? I completely forgot that part even exists cuz I have at end at 3:15 on my iPod. | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | CROWDSOURCE IT, BOYS. What do you think? Drifter would definitely be through if that were the case, the first half of that song is great. | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | dude that frameworks track is dope | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | yeah cut him a break Dino | Drifter
11.29.17 | Only a 4? Man that song's a 5/5 for me. Thanks so much for letting that slide.
And it doesn't work in context btw. It's just a random electronic/battle track tacked on to the end of a beautiful arrangement for no good reason. In the game it just loops the song or goes to another song like that when just wandering around | TumsFestival
11.29.17 | oh fuck my dude I meant Rory by Foxing my bad!!! glad you dug that track tho man | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | I'm cool with changing it, I dug the one you rec'd for sure, but yeah... no brass, haha. | Sinternet
11.29.17 | clever girl - elm | TumsFestival
11.29.17 | thanks man, and hey, you have a new dope song lol | butcherboy
11.29.17 | still alive!!!!! | DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | Welp, I'm all caught up for now! I'll probably let this go until tomorrow evening-ish to see if anyone else wants to jump in.
Overall, good stuff, but I'm pretty much in the same boat as Zombie. I like everything, for the most part! | ZombieToyDuck
11.29.17 | :) 👍 | Drifter
11.29.17 | Pt. 2 when | Scoob
11.29.17 | You're not invited | Sinternet
11.29.17 | nice score :D
| DinosaurJones
11.29.17 | Nice song! | FullOfSounds
11.30.17 | shit i missed this | DinosaurJones
11.30.17 | It's still open, Sounds. | SteakByrnes
11.30.17 | Ayyyyyyy glad you dug my rec, and agreed it does stretch on a bit too long at the end, but still a killer song | TheSpirit
11.30.17 | Awww, I'm glad you liked mine 💚 | bgillesp
11.30.17 | My bad, didn't check your ratings. You know Sturgill Simpson- Welcome to Earth? I can't remember if that song has goes or another part of the album but I think it works. My backup could be Typhoon (USA-OR)- Young Fathers. Actually swap that, Typhoon is my first choice (off White Lighter) | Papa Universe
11.30.17 | I'm hanging by the balls there. | DinosaurJones
11.30.17 | Night time Bump (for me at least) for anyone that might want to jump in on this overnight! | neekafat
11.30.17 | Bon Iver - For Emma
only because I've been jamming it non-stop, hope you enjoy (: | Dedes
11.30.17 | *shels- journey to the plains | Dewinged
11.30.17 | You want brass? I'll give you brass:
Katzenjammer - A Bar In Amsterdam | DinosaurJones
11.30.17 | Added! I'll check out the new entries tomorrow at work, as I am a sleepy sheepy and need my beauty rest. | Dewinged
11.30.17 | in the morning it will wake you up ;) | dctarga
11.30.17 | So this might be the most basic rec ever, but you don't have them rated so...
Radiohead - The National Anthem | DinosaurJones
11.30.17 | I've said it time and time again, I just never "got" Radiohead, I think. But I'll certainly give it a shot! Just for you, bb. | dctarga
11.30.17 | I never "got" Radiohead either till literally early this year. I listened to In Rainbows first and it all clicked, well for 2 albums at least. Good click it was
Not saying you need to do that now, but if you ever actually want to try and get into them I would recommend jamming that album. | DinosaurJones
11.30.17 | Here's where we're at. Some good stuff, and I haven't actively disliked anything, honestly. Some of it just didn't grab me as much as others. | SteakByrnes
11.30.17 | Hopefully some more people rec stuff, already a good amount of eliminations | Dedes
11.30.17 | hellllll yeah glad you *shels | SCREAM!
11.30.17 | Haha you seem to be a lot more strict than ZTD was ;) Glad you liked that DMST song though! Hearing the swell of horns at the end live was an amazing experience | Drifter
11.30.17 | Watch scream win again | BeyondCosby
11.30.17 | Check out Chase's S/T album. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MZzBXBiCadVucO7AAdQUC | DinosaurJones
11.30.17 | I'm leaving this open until 4:30 PM EST. Also, I am not doing any sort of immunity for winners. But I guess I AM being a little more harsh than ZTD... Like I said though, I haven't outright disliked anything! | Dewinged
11.30.17 | Katzenjammer forever. SCREAM! here I come. | DinosaurJones
11.30.17 | I know what I'm doing for next round. 4.5 hours left if anyone else wants to get in on this. I don't want to hold it up for too long, so I'll just cut the losses and move on if I don't get the full amount of recs. | Conmaniac
11.30.17 | yayyyy | onionbubs
11.30.17 | fuck i wanna do this cos Dino’s the man but i dont really listen to anything with horns damnit | onionbubs
11.30.17 | OH FUCK
you have no neutral milk hotel rated. king of carrot flowers pt. 2 | DinosaurJones
11.30.17 | 2/3 of the way there, haha. | DinosaurJones
11.30.17 | I'll bump this guy one last time, and check it when I get home from work. Last chance for anyone who wants to jump in! | BeyondCosby
11.30.17 | You still haven't done mine bro... | Papa Universe
11.30.17 | cause you rec'd a record, not a song | BeyondCosby
11.30.17 | ....................................
Dinosaur, listen to "Get it On" by Chase.
Then listen to the whole album. | DinosaurJones
11.30.17 | DONE. Time to move onto the next round! | neekafat
11.30.17 | ): | DinosaurJones
11.30.17 | Sorry Neeka, ilu T_T | neekafat
11.30.17 | It's okay, that's what I get for not digging Ladyworld hahaha | TumsFestival
11.30.17 | poor neek, eliminated first round for Bon Iver :( | neekafat
11.30.17 | I thought it was a safe bet ): | TumsFestival
11.30.17 | me too man I saw it and was like "damn I should have done that one" lol | brainmelter
11.30.17 | *EDIT* I just omitted my rec, I missed the round it seemsD: |
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