Go on then. Dibbed.

That last post was my 666th post. \m/

This is the only one of those tracks I was able to get from Limewire.

Reel Big Fish - Everything Is Cool

Having seen these guys at Reading, and been mighty impressed, I've been meaning to check some more of them out.

This might qualify as the wierdest ska song I've ever heard. Madcore is right. It starts fairly normal, but very urgent. Then a dense vocal section, featuring at least one double-layered vocal (think SHODAN from System Shock, but male), that could have featured in an 80s B-movie, gives way to an upbeat chorus punctuated by brass and some pretty cool guitar riffs. "Everything is cool.....how are things with you?" Nice concept. Then there's more brass stabs, bringing back the urgency, and it all repeats.

There's some nice riffs that are Manics-esque, and a chaotic, effect-driven solo section that sounds like 4 independant Tom Morellos all playing at once. Overall it's certainly an original track, but it's not one that's likely to convince any ska haters that the genre has merits, and not one I'm likely to be listening to for much longer. So it's disposable, but fun. And twisted.

6/10

I would recommend more stuff by this band because I know more of their stuff, and know this isn't very representative.

My picks -

Martin Grech - Here It Comes, Open Heart Zoo (Both Radiohead-esque proggy art-rock - the first is better, but probably harder to find)
De La Soul - Eye Know (old-school party hip-hop)
Afghan Whigs - What Jail Is Like, Debonair (soul-grunge - should be pretty easy to find)
X-Japan - Rusty Nail (anthemic power metal. In Japanese.)

Edit: If you want to do any of these (except X-Japan), add me to MSN, and I'll rip them and send them to you. My e-mail address is on my user profile.

Bump.

Just pre-empting this falling off the front page. Looking at that above post I've managed almost 100 posts in one day....man I suck.

You'll get used to it, as the addiction sets in.

I would take dibs, but Soulseek isn't working for me at all today. It's horrible, I haven't done a single Forced Listening all day. Withdrawal symptoms :(

dibbies

[B]Martin Grech-Open Heart Zoo[/B]

I never heard of Martin Grech before, so this is my first listen. I can't find the other one, sorry.

Soft piano enters, plus strings. Sounds like a horror movie with castles or gigantic mansions. Vocals enter. His voice is new to me, yet somehow familiar. It's like a Thom Yorke-y Chris Martin.

His low banshee singing and the gloomy atmosphere continues until about 2:40, his voice and the instruments get a bit higher. Xylophones(?) and drums join in, heightening the atmosphere. Sounds get a bit distorted, as the singer sounds like he's having an orgasm. Continues until operatic violins end the song.

Overall, I liked the song very much, the atmosphere is great, the vocals and the instruments fit.

[B]8.5/10[/B]

Songs:

Arab Strap-Who Named The Days(Scottish slow indie)
Two Ton Shoe-Shadows, Believe(Funk/Rock/Pop, groovy bass)
Pelican-Nightendday(instrumental prog metal)
The Fall Of Troy-What Sound Does A Mastodon Make(ATDi-ish prog screamo)

bumpers

Undibs, can't find any.

note: The Fall Of Troy does not sound directly ATDi, only subtly. Just clarifying, if you're choosing TFoT.:)

Bumpers again. Are these songs really too hard to find??:confused:

*sigh* alright, I'll add some more songs.

Arab Strap-Who Named The Days(Scottish slow indie)
Two Ton Shoe-Shadows, Believe(Funk/Rock/Pop, groovy bass)
Pelican-Nightendday(instrumental sludgy prog metal)
The Fall Of Troy-What Sound Does A Mastodon Make(ATDi-ish prog screamo,RECOMMENDED)
Liquid Tension Experiment-Acid Rain(instrumental prog again)
Converge-Thaw(grindcore)
HORSE The Band-In The Wake Of The Burnt(Nintendocore, listen to it for yourself)

*desperation bump:upset:*

I would've taken this long ago, but Soulseek isn't letting me download anything at the moment. Do you have any suggestions I could download from a link?

Only 3 though.. Arab Strap [url]http://www.epitonic.com/artists/arabstrap.html[/url] , HORSE The Band [url]www.purevolume.com/horsetheband[/url] and Converge [url]www.convergecult.com[/url]. Sorry if it's not much help.:p

deebs

thank god..it's been what 3?4 days?:upset: hope my songs aren't too hard to find..

[b]Arab Strap - Who Named The Days?[/b]

Scottish slow indie hey.. I'm hoping its something like Mogwai meets Blur. So lets go and find out.

Oooh, very much like Mogwai in the musical section from the very start. It's got that super relaxing half time beat that Mogwai does often, the vocals start fairly soon in, they are strong and more prominent, but the singer hasn't got such a stable voice, which I think is needed for this kind of music. The guitar just did a little hammer/pull embellishment which was really nice. I think I heard a womans voice, pretty quiet but nice.

Cello is joining in, a real one. Hey, a piano is there, I didnt even notice that in my first listen. The singer is still going. Then a short instrumental break.

Violin joins in at 2 minutes, nice string harmonies, and they take much more of the stage than guitar, piano and rhythm section. The singer isn't singing as much here, alternating bars on/off. He's singing about someone (or maybe his conscience) treat girl's badly emotionally... no wonder he sounds a bit depressed.

Violin takes a slow lead position, the guitar is chording it up a bit. Panning too, I have one speaker to my ear and the other one is over there -> and I can hear stuff over there that isn't here.. but excuse me I am tired and have had a little bit to drink too.

Oh no, when that slow violin solo finished, the whole thing was finished... over so quickly? 4:22 did not suffice, This could easily be twice that length without being boring. That gets relaxing... then leaves you hanging at the mercy of the next song, unless the next song on the cd follows it up nicely.

I think it had a simple structure, but I never really noticed it until I decided I'd listened enough times. It was a really nice, relaxing listen, good for how I feel right now - tired. The strings interplay weas really nice.
Cons - the guys voice wasn't stable enough, but they weren't bad either. The shortness (or lack of length :p) was the biggest let down for me. Volume could have been more balanced too, some stuff was obscured by the strings.
But... overall it was pretty good. I would surely keep this and check out more if this is how they are.

8.7/10

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[b]The Postman Syndrome - Hedgehog's Dilemma[/b] - progressive emo/screamo, fiddly guitar. near 8 minutes long. Might be split into 2 tracks - Hedgehog's and Dilemma.

[b]Anathema - Alternative 4[/b] - creepy ambient goth rock

[b]Camille Saint-Saens - Aquarium[/b] - late 1800s, 2 madcore pianists and their friends get together and play some stuff

[b]Thyrfing - Dryckeskvade[/b] - viking metal, very piratey sounding!

for the brave:
[b]John Butler Trio - 2003-08-17 - The Tivoli, Brisbane - 22 - Take[/b] - a 24 minute monster (with a 10 minute intro and percussion jam) the grand finale song [url]http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=12744[/url] - Imagine seeing this song live.

Hey blue I ordered my JBT tickets :cool:


*not a dibs*

[QUOTE=Happymeal]thank god..it's been what 3?4 days?:upset: hope my songs aren't too hard to find..[/QUOTE]
I know how that feels... it can be a good thing in a way.. somehow

[QUOTE=lilpete86]Hey blue I ordered my JBT tickets :cool:[/QUOTE]
Awsome, prepare to be very impressed! :D


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These are the current song recommends from last page:
[b]The Postman Syndrome - Hedgehog's Dilemma[/b] - progressive emo/screamo, fiddly guitar. near 8 minutes long. Might be split into 2 tracks - Hedgehog's and Dilemma.

[b]Anathema - Alternative 4[/b] - creepy ambient goth rock

[b]Camille Saint-Saens - Aquarium[/b] - late 1800s, 2 madcore pianists and their friends get together and play some stuff

[b]Thyrfing - Dryckeskvade[/b] - viking metal, very piratey sounding!

for the brave:
[b]John Butler Trio - 2003-08-17 - The Tivoli, Brisbane - 22 - Take[/b] - a 24 minute monster (with a 10 minute intro and a percussion jam) the grand finale song [url]http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=12744[/url] - Imagine seeing this song live.

[QUOTE=lilpete86]Hey blue I ordered my JBT tickets :cool:


*not a dibs*[/QUOTE]


Prepare to be brainwashed by his hatred of everything. And his mandatory whinge about the government.

[i]Camille Saint-Saens - Aquarium[/i]

I fail to see the madcoreness in this song, but it is still pretty cool as. I picked up the South German Philharmonic 1999 version, so I dunno which one you have, it may be different. Also, my song was called only Aqua, I don't know if that's the right song or not. Anyway. Remember that old game on the SNES, Ghouls and Ghosts? And that pirate ship, on the second level? This music sounds exactly the same, sort of. It's got this semi-madcore piano thing going on, and some really creepy strings in the background. They kind of crescendo and go quiet again, it's a really good effect. After that, there's some octave thing, or something, going on in the piano, and the strings get a bit quieter. It's all descending, and really cool. On the 3rd time around, it's similar to the intro, but in another key. Then, at about 1:40 or so, it changes, and there's some pretty madcore stuff going on on the piano. It loses it's creepy ambience at this point, almost goes to a major key, briefly. It finishes heaps differently, it's pretty cool.

8/10. I may check some more stuff out, but probably won't.

New songs, because I haven't done one of these in such a long time.

[b]Stetsasonic - Talkin' all that Jazz[/b] (Cool as old school hip hop, with a madcore bassline in it. If you can't find it, there is a remix of it done by Dmitri From Paris that you can do)
[b]Diablo II OST - Tristram[/b] (Eeric Classical - Download here: [url]http://www.diabloii.net/files/sounds.shtml[/url])
[b]Neurosis - Away[/b] (Ambient/Rock, with hardcore vocals)
Mandatory metal song:
[b]Iron Maiden - Dance of Death[/b] (Heavy metal, with strings)

[QUOTE=manuscriptreplica]Prepare to be brainwashed by his hatred of everything. And his mandatory whinge about the government.[/QUOTE]


Hatred of everything eh? Sounds like me



EDIT: Dibs

Gonna have to undibs as i don't have time to write the review :(

Come on, you don't even need soulseek for this one.

Dibs on that Diablo one

Diablo - Tristram ("eerie classical")
I never really got into the Diablo craze, so I dont have any idea what to expect. I've heard it's a nihilistic game.
Opens up pretty calmly, with an acoustic guitar playing something classical-guitar-esqe. Other instruments join and exit, including what sounds like a bass and flute. Not much variation as far as I'm concerned, tops for me comes around 3:49 when the guitar goes into a flamenco-style crescendo. At about 5:00 the bass introduces a creepy minor key for a minute, then resumes with the guitar and flute.
You know what, I'm not very impressed by this song. I understand this music as mood music when you're concentrating on other things (like slaying demons or whatever). This music, while cohesive and organized, does not stand out and is not meant to. It is effective at setting a general backround tone, but it is not special in comparison to other songs I've heard with the same goal.

4.5/10

My suggestions are:
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey on the Moon
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Bach
Manu Chao - Clandestino

4.5/10? Blasphemy! Oh well, I like it.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to dibs the Bach one, that makes three classical pieces in a row :)

[i]Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor[/i]

This song is cool. A 9 minute epic. First things first, you know that riff, that is often used in scary movies? The one on the organ? Well, I certainly didn't explain it well, but this is the riff, which I didn't know was a Bach thing. Anyway, with that out the way, I'll describe it briefly: this is mainly a huge, 9 minute organ solo. It gets pretty madcore at times. There's lots of huge chords, held for a long time, which gives it great atmosphere. I like it at about 1:20, it gets really fast and tricky, and basically sounds awesome. It alternates between slow and fast bits a lot. It's a hard song to describe really, a 9 minute long solo piece. It changes a lot, but I lack the perfect pitch to name all the notes to describe what a wonderful piece this is. So I'll stop here, and recommend this to pretty much everyone. My only complaint is that it gets a bit directionless at times, it's not really that complex to keep me interested in it for 9 minutes straight.

9.5/10.

[b]Stetsasonic - Talkin' all that Jazz[/b] (Cool as old school hip hop, with a madcore bassline in it. If you can't find it, there is a remix of it done by Dmitri From Paris that you can do)
[b]Neurosis - Away[/b] (Ambient/Rock, with hardcore vocals)
Mandatory metal song:
[b]Iron Maiden - Dance of Death[/b] (Heavy metal, with strings)

dibs

[b]Stetasonic - Talkin' All That Jazz[/b]

First impression: awesome. Starts with a weird synth sound or something and horns I think. Then the bassline comes in and it's awesome. Incredibly groovy. Then the drums enter, filling it in perfectly. It goes on for a bit then the bass cuts out and the guys start rapping. The rapping is actually really cool, really fun to listen to. A couple verses follow, mostly just staying on that same awesome groove but with tons of different variations here and there. Overall it was just very simple but incredibly groovy and fun. A great 'hip hop' song.

8.7/10

My suggestions:
[b]The Weakerthans - One Great City! or Left and Leaving[/b] (it's hard to classify them but I guess I'd say somehting like folk/rockish stuff, very melodic)

[b]Maxeen - Love Goes A Long Way[/b] (it's sort of pop-punky but with a cool melody and it's incredibly fun to listen to.

bump,,

Getting one now, but it's going incredibly slow

[b]The Weakerthans - One Great City![/b]

Acoustic guitar brings the song into being, with a quickish fingerpicked country (?) sound with ska like bits (not ska, but the ones you hear in this type of music).
It's melodic and a bit subdued. It might be 2 guitars, but I can't tell, it's possible that it is just one. The bass bits played by guitar are articulated, which beats root notes any day.

Singer starts a little bit in, he sounds a bit like the Marcy Playground singer with less treble. Lyrics about the close of a day in a city... sounds like this city is failing, things are going wrong, the people are miserable day after day... and the general idea is "I hate Winnipeg"

After this, the ska bits of guitar get louder, this bit is much more likely to be 2 guitars, still I can't be sure. This song is much more about the lyrics than the music. The ska bit gets a few hammer ons, still simple and pushed back to the background when the singing comes back.

The last.. set of lyrics is about a businessman/developer seeing part of the city die, and letting his wrecking ball proclaim "I hate Winnipeg". Maybe he is trying to breathe new life into the city.

And... It's over, seemed pretty quick, and at 3 minutes... it is.
Kind of depressing, I don't know what city life is really like so I can't associate with these lyrics.
With just guitar and vocals, the music is simple but with enough variation to not be basic. The main thing is that it fit the idea of the song well.

I don't think I'll be listening to this much in the future, too depressing for me in that social sense, but it was quite well written and executed.
7.3/10


The volumes were going a bit spazzy, they go up and down by something like 10% every now and then.. may be the fault of the encoder so it's not affecting anything scorewise.


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[b]Substitute Inc. - The Chase[/b] - underwater progressive trippy-disco sci-fi rock. It's 2 tracks, therefore 2 files to get.

[b]The Postman Syndrome - Hedgehog's Dilemma[/b] - progressive emo/screamo, tricky guitar. 8 minutes long. Might be split into 2 tracks - Hedgehog's and Dilemma.

[b]Anathema - Alternative 4[/b] - creepy ambient goth rock

[b]Rocket Science - One Robot[/b] - polished groovy garage rock with a little bit of electronica

[b]Thyrfing - Dryckeskvade[/b] - viking metal, very piratey sounding!

[b]Xiu Xiu - I Broke Up[/b] - madcore with electro-something

[b]Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe[/b] - piratey rock. 7 minutes. With lyrics - [url]http://members.ozemail.com.au/~caracarol/tale.txt[/url]

for brave peoples
[b]John Butler Trio - 2003-08-17 - The Tivoli, Brisbane - 22 - Take[/b] - a 24 minute monster (with a 10 minute intro and a percussion jam) [url]http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=12744[/url] (last track) - also, imagine seeing this song live.

All except JBT are in my Forced Listening folder on Soulseek, I'm Blueser57
some may be near impossible to get if I'm not on, particularly Substitute Inc.

I'll dibs, this one, the download's going slow, though

undibs, none of them are downloading.

b**p

I really want to play but I don't have internet access at uni and the computer cluster doesn't allow downloading

:upset:

roll up folks, there's plenty to choose from

[b]John Butler Trio - 2003-08-17 - The Tivoli, Brisbane - 22 - Take[/b]
Starts out with some slow improvising on guitar (?) I think. It's kind of cool but a tad boring. It's starting to get a little more intense, I like that. Enter the percussion. Pretty cool jam thing going on. That goes on for a while then the bass enters. It keeps getting more intense, really goosebumpy. The jam ended and now its gone into this really cool guitar riff with really awesome drums underneath. The bass line is really cool, in fact the whole rhythm is great. And finally we hear the vocals. The guy has a neat voice, the melody is a tiny bit boring but still fits nicely. Lots of jamming going on in the breaks. There's a cool drum solo thing after a break down. It's very cool. The crowd is really into it, and for good reason. It's finally over after probably 7 minutes or so. Back into a jam with the other instruments to the end. Overall that was really cool, I wouldn't listen to it normally but it was definetly worth the 24 minutes I spent on it.

8.8/10

My suggestions:
[b]The Porcelain Gods - Emergency Band Meeting[/b] (A local band that I absolutely love, it's indie-pop/rock I guess. It kind of sounds like weezer but in my opinion better. The guys are only seventeen and they're brilliant live.)[url]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/3/theporcelaingodsmusic.htm[/url]

[b]Maxeen - Love Goes A Long Way[/b] (it's sort of pop-punky but with a cool melody and it's incredibly fun to listen to.

and I'm going to totally copy you with a Xiu Xiu song:
[b]Xiu Xiu - I Luv The Valley, Oh[/b] (Unclassifiable, the guy's voice is a little Joy Division like. Amazing, amazing song.)

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