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[B]The Porcelain Gods - Emergency Band Meeting[/B]

Simple but hooky drums kick things off. The singer's voice, when it appears, is somewhat weak and lacking in charisma, but the melody can't be faulted. There's some interesting backing vocals, making the song sound like an offshoot of Weezer's El Scorcho.

The song drags a little. Some instrumental passages could have been cut to improve overall proceedings - either that, or fewer repeats. The song, in actuality, is only 4.30, but it feels like much longer. In particular, a guitar solo leads to an aimless interlude that really shouldn't be there.

Overall the instrument lines are simple, but there's some good stuff going on. As mentioned, there are a couple of purely instrumental passages, the best of which features some choppy, jumpy rhythm guitar work.

The lyrics are a little hard to decipher, but they sound fairly stock-in-trade from what I can make out. That's okay, though - the melody elevates them.

The more I listen to it, the more his voice sounds like River Cuomo. This is probably the source of many annoying, and most likely unflattering, comparisons to Weezer! That's a little unfair though.

[B]8/10[/B] overall. There's a lot of potential on display here, for sure. Their youth is still evident, which is both a blessing and a curse, but they should grow very well given time. By the time they're 20 they could be something REALLY special.

[B]My recommendations -[/B]
[B]Johnny Cash - One[/B] (U2 cover) (country)
[B]The Roots - The Seed 2.0[/B] (feat. Cody ChessnuTT) (soul-flavoured hip-hop)
[B]Sly & The Family Stone - Luv N'Haight[/B] (weird, druggy soul)
[B]Million Dead - I Gave My Eyes To Stevie Wonder[/B] (breakneck alt.rock/punk)
[B]Leftfield - Open Up[/B] (feat. John Lydon) (progressive house)
[B]Zero 7 - Destiny[/B] (trip-hop)
[B]Asian Dub Foundation - Fortress Europe[/B] (hip-hop/dub/rock/reggae/bangra - hard to classify!!!)

I'll take this one.

[B]Asian Dub Foundation - Fortress Europe[/B]

Ok, taking the Asian Dub Foundation song as I know most of the others. Seed 2.0 is a great great song by the way!

God this song has a lot going on in it.

The track states its intentions right from the offset, kicking off with some vibrant strings, which have an Eastern European sound to them.

There's also some kind of Asian wind instrument (excuse my ignorance) which comes in here and pops in and out throughout the song. This is really the only sound in the song which gives away the origin of the artists.

The base for the song is a pretty standard trance-ish beat and the vocals are akin to a UK rap/garage delivery. Usually this would be a bad thing for me. I don't usually care too much for that kind of sound in my music but here it certainly works. One of the vocalists slows it down towards the end, with a more relaxed trip hop kind of singing, which I appreciated. The lyrics generally are...too fast for me to hear heh, something about being soldiers, 21st century exodus yada yada.

Towards the middle, there are also some funky electronic noises, which I really felt were going to break out into Tubular Bells.

The song overall is well layered, nice guitars and wangly wangly noises etc sprinkled throughout also keep things interesting.

Something I would definitely consider buying.

8/10

My recommendations ~

Beach Boys - 'Til I Die (please take this one if you can)
Beach Boys - Lonely Sea
Crowded House - Private Universe

Bump! Come on.

[b]Beach Boys - 'Til I Die[/b]
Well, I know the typical Beach Boys sound... and it doesnt do much for me. Here goes anyway.

No intro, straight into it and yep, high male harmonies but... it's kind of dreamy and much less poppy than I was expecting. Theres piano and some organ, really light brushed drums, and the vocals are way out in front of everything else.

The "verse" goes for a few lines of high harmonies then breaks for just one or 2 singers to sing a lower pitched line while the others "oooh". I like the lower one more and I wish they did it for longer, it goes right back to the high pitch lines straight after it.

The chord progressions are kind of strange, definitely not pop. Later on theres some whistling which makes it sound trippier. Then they are joined by a glockenspiel and get into the repeating "Until I die" part, which sounds good. The harmonies and offset lines keep progressing with the chord progression staying the same, the voices do something different each time, which is cool. After a while, this shortish song fades out.

This was more interesting to me than I first expected. The lack of poppiness was a plus for me. The verse kind of annoyed me, except the lower pitched line, and when the whistling came in at the 3rd verse it sounded better. After that it changed to the Until I die bit which I liked more.

I can't see myself listening to this very much, but I did get another, more intersting perspective of the Beach Boys from it. There are some changes I could have wished for to suit myself, but it's not up to me. Overall, it was good.. yeah.
6.9/10


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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. Blueser57 on Soulseek if I'm on. Skip this song if I'm not.

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

dibs on the postman syndrome

I think it's time this is opened to everyone again

slight change too:

[b]HeadShot - Undergod[/b] - hard 'military' rock, something like Rollins Band/The Mark of Cain. And a link for those in the lazy bunch [url]http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=4894[/url]

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

Blumps

[b]Kimono - [URL=https://www.smekkleysa.net/audio/full/Kimono%20-%20Japanese%20Policeman.mp3]Japanese Policeman[/URL][/b]

[i]Opening track Japanese Policeman is a breath of fresh air. It’s post-rock certainly, but it manages to latch onto a sound that is instantly memorable and persuasive at the same time. It asserts a far more earthy, sinister and darker form than most guitar bands however, nodding more to the claustrophobic tendencies of Joy Division than the pop song melodies that often frequent the genre. Between Sets manages to pull off a slower paced, heart-string-pulling ballad with the same guile as Mogwai, while still managing to raise a smile with some fantastic lyrics. The Elegy is stunning, washed up with choppy guitar and Slint-esque jagged fragments.

Kimono are able to switch styles effortlessly mid-song; one second delving into subtle slow-core torrents, the next plugging in the amps and setting the volume to max. And Mineur-Aggressif is yet another album to emerge from Iceland that passes the quality control requirements with flying colours.[/i]

[url]http://www.eclectichoney.com/reviews212.html[/url]


Such an interesting song, I myself only heard it rather recently and the guitar at the beginning just drew me in straight away.

8.5/10

If the first link to it didn't work try to acess it [URL=https://www.smekkleysa.net/audio/]from here[/URL], it's in that list. :thumb:

^ I think you've missed the point of this thread.

16 day bump :upset:

can we just start over or something?

no, because these are the current songs

HeadShot - Undergod - hard 'military' rock, something like Rollins Band/The Mark of Cain. And a link for those in the lazy bunch [url]http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=4894[/url]

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

Rocket Science - One Robot - polished groovy garage rock with a little bit of electronic

see. even one has a link so theres no excuses

Dibs, I think.

Not much of an idea what to expect.
[b]Headshot - Undergod[/b] - 5:18

Starts off with some choppy stabs of sound, then settles into a decent hard rock-ish riff.

Vocals come in around 0:35, accompanied by a drastic toning down of the instruments, which are now repeating almost the same rhythm as before, just in a more relaxed way. The vocals aren't what I was expecting at all, they're slightly vocodered and strained-sounding. I was expecting something louder, more assertive, more commanding. Not bad though.

The voice becomes more natural around the 1:00 mark, and slightly louder, though the music remains the same. Back to the proper riff around 1:20, with a shout from the vocalist. Doesn't last long though, just back to another verse.

A chorus now, I think. A change of riff, with the commanding vocals I was expecting before.

Some cool wah-influenced guitar after that, before a shout of "On your knees!" brings us back to that riff.

It's moving rather quickly now, from style to style, from that riff, to the quieter version, to a couple of totally different bits. I like this bit, it's unpredictable, rather good. The vocalist sounds very propaganda-like in his delivery and lyrics too, which is cool.

It goes all the way back to it's roots for the starting riff again, before fading out on a note.

7.5/10 That was pretty good.

Songs;
Massive Attack - [i]Man Next Door[/i] (trip-hop)
Bjork - [i]Pleasure is All Mine[/i] (a capella - i.e. all vocal)
De La Soul - [i]Tread Water[/i] or [i]Me, Myself and I[/i] (hip-hop)
The Eagles - [i]Take It Easy[/i] (country/soft rock)

Heard them all. :(

EDIT: If no-one else takes the ones below, I'll dib tomorrow. But I have work at 5 tomorrow morning, so I need bed.

Skindred - [i]Set it Off[/i], [i]Nobody[/i], [i]Babylon[/i], [i]Selector[/i] or [i]Pressure[/i] (Ragga)
Miocene - [i]State of Flux[/i] (er. alternative?)
The Pogues - [i]Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six[/i] or [i]If I Should Fall From Grace With God[/i] (Irish folk rock)
Einsturzende Neubauten - [i]Ende Neu[/i] or [i]Salamandrina[/i] (experimental)

Also forgot my new contact details;
Soulseek: Soultender
MSN: [email]eruantien@gmail.com[/email]
AIM: Aimtender

No, I wasn't feeling very imaginative.

[QUOTE=Iai]Heard If no-one else takes the ones below, I'll dib tomorrow. But I have work at 5 tomorrow morning, so I need bed.[/QUOTE]
you should have no troubles, going by the last months activity in here...

Promises, promises.

Bump.

Dibs. :)

Darn, and I thought you finished reviewing it. I wanted to dibs next:( *sigh*

I had trouble finding all of them. Except Skindred, since I have 2 of their albums, so I can't do that. I'll probably add Bartender to AIM and ask for Miocene.

Got one!

The only Pogues song I know is, predictably, Fairytale Of New York. It's the best Christmas song ever written, so I'm expecting big things.

[B]The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God[/B]

Much as expected, it's very upbeat, and [I]very[/I] Irish. It evokes images of fulsome women in large skirts dancing in traditional pubs, which can only be a good thing.

A banjo makes an appearance. Bonus points. In fact, the instrumentation is all fairly unorthodox by modern standards - there's an accordian too. Obviously, within the genre of Irish drinking songs, this isn't too unusual, but it's the only genre you're likely to see the instrument appear in.

The only major complaint with the song is that it's only 2.20 long. It wouldn't be a problem on an album, but it's an issue when you isolate the song.

Like many drinking songs, the upbeat mood masks a lyrical bleakness. Shane Mcgowan sings here of death, of being rejected from heaven, and of that old favourite - colonial pride (This land was always ours/Was the proud land of our fathers/It belongs to us and them/Not to any of the others).

Not as good as Fairytale Of New York, but I'll certainly be keeping it on my PC.

[B]7/10[/B]

Asian Dub Foundation feat. Sinead O' Conner - 1000 Mirrors (hard to classify!)
McFly - That Girl (50s rock'n'roll/00's pop)
Spice Girls - Viva Forever (pop with some beautiful flamenco-esque guitar)
The Roots - Return To Innocence Lost (hard-hitting socially-conscious beat poetry)
Jeff Beck - Nadia (drum'n'bass backing, slide guitar, Asian-style melodies)
Hector Berlioz - Marche Au Supplice (March To The Scaffold), from Symphonie Fantastique (Romantic/Classical)
UNKLE feat. Badly Drawn Boy - Nursery Rhyme (trip-hop, with a killer metal guitar riff)

hey sorry
lost the track but which song is the most amazing? to joshmay

^Eh?

[QUOTE=Iai]Spice Girls - Viva Forever (pop with some beautiful flamenco-esque guitar)[/QUOTE]

That is such a good song, really, most people would probably stave it off* just beacuse of the name Spice Girls.

anyway, a few of the others sound interesting, I'll have a look out

* [url]http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail110.html[/url]

dibbies on UNKLE

[B]UNKLE feat Badly Drawn Boy - Nursery Rhymes[/B]


Hm, first song I'll be hearing from UNKLE. Interesting..

Starts off with some feedback. Killer riff comes in. Holy ****ing **** it's catchy. Salsa-ish drums that reminds me of Eunuch Provocateur joins in too, and holy ****ing **** it's good. It sounds more garage-dance than trip-hop at this point. After a few dancey orgasmic moments, vocals enter.

Badly Drawn Boy's vocalist I presume? His voice is a bit laid back, it contrasts with the lively beat UNKLE busts out. It has a certain distorted, watery quality that gets you in some sort of a trance when you listen to it. Gosh, this is amazing.

The driving rhythym repeats a lot, but I sure don't mind. About 3 minutes the song slows down a bit then it builds up with the singer singing strangely sensually as he sings "I won't let you fall in love.."

The drums have that nice cool stereo-ish effect that resembles a bit of DJ Shadow except it's a bit more predictable but fast-paced. Nice subtleties here and there too.

I really can't describe how great this song is, there's so much flair and gusto, it's just so.. WOW for me.

[B]9.5/10[/B]

Songs:

[url=http://www.purevolume.com/thecomalilies]The Coma Lilies - Peggy Sue[/url](post-harcore-ish post-rock)
Two Ton Shoe - Believe(funk rock) find it on:[url]http://www.espew.com[/url]
[url=http://www.purevolume.com/thebloodbrothersreal]The Blood Brothers - Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck[/url](poppy alt-punk)
Protest the Hero - Soft Targets Dig Softer Graves(political punk/hardcore, ala Coheed) [url]http://www.protestthehero.com[/url]
Unexpect - Novae(symphonic extreme metal) [url]http://www.unexpect.com[/url]

Dibs, The Blood Brothers.

I may have to post tomorrow though.

Skindred have more than one album?

Chris, you doing this or what?

I think you can probably revoke his dibs now.

Ok, open dibs to anyone.

I'll go it

[b]Unexpect - Novae[/b]

starting out with some swishy, jingly ambience for about a minute
Then some transylvanian organ starts up, some stabs of guitar and drums build it up.
a few bars of cascading notes, can tell its working towards something.

Arh, I dont like this kind of drumming, the super fast bass-snare-bass-snare. There's a woman singing nicely, sounding quite out of place, and a guy growling. Some strings burst out every now and then. Nice harmonies by the lass. A choir.

Now it like sounds classical music if it was played with distorted guitars, and a violin does it too for one solitary bar... then and bass

harpsichord sound...

ok, this is changing very often an very quickly. very hard to keep up.

now some witch is scowling.

irish sounding violining jig, more harpsichord






3:20
a break, it quietens right down for an ambient second






or 40..










then busts back into it, a now a sitar sounds off and this bit sounds like Atheist, but more repetitive. now section #38 begins, still sounds a bit Atheist like, but with electronic buzzes and strings. there are still 2 minutes left.

its more straight forward here, spazzier than most stuff. but it just cascaded back down into a rightly demented bit. Piano has some stampy sounding bits.

The nice female singer came back, I'd forgotten about her, its been just the growly guy for most of it.

it ended on a re-run of that classical riff.
















Definitely NOT an easy listen.. It's more random than a goats breakfast on a weekend of sundays. But, I got used to Spiral Architect, so this can be done too.

Impressive musicianship, and you'd need a good memory to be able to play the ****er. I didn't/don't like that super fast drumming, it didn't happen that often, so thats ok.
Right now, I didn't enjoy it.. in the future... I can see my self getting used to it.

It's too long for such a variable piece.

6.8/10

Also, this one gets a madcore sticker.

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[b]Substitute Inc. - The Chase[/b] - experimental... if you have soulseek, and I'm online, this one is priority, probably no one else has it

[b]Curse Ov Dialect - Uzbeki Westerns[/b] - dark experimental hip-hop.

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

[b]The Postman Syndrome - Hedgehog's Dilemma[/b] - progressive emo/screamo, Might be split into 2 tracks - Hedgehog's and Dilemma or chapter 2 & 3 or something


Blueser57 on slsk

[QUOTE=Bartender]Skindred have more than one album?[/QUOTE]
....? I have one on tape and one on CD. Their site only has mention of one though....I might have to find that tape and see. Maybe it's an EP? Heh, it might even be that I have two copies of the same album.

Oh, and DIBS.

Revoked. No matches for any of them, and the various official websites, shopping websites, whatever, don't have track previews.

[QUOTE=Iai]....? I have one on tape and one on CD. Their site only has mention of one though....I might have to find that tape and see. Maybe it's an EP? Heh, it might even be that I have two copies of the same album.

Oh, and DIBS.[/QUOTE]

If they're different, the tape might be a Dub War album or something?

Not a dibs, yet. I actually have work to do, for the first time in a month of Sundays.

I'll dibs, haven't done one in a while