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[b]Substitute Inc. - The Chase - Scene 3 and 4[/b] (one song spread over two tracks) - underwater progressive trippy-disco sci-fi rock

[b]Ochre - Horizon[/b] - progish rock, my favourite local band before they broke up, and this is my favourite (recorded) song by them. 7 minutes. Possibly my favourite song at the moment

[b]The Postman Syndrome - Hedgehog's Dilemma[/b] - progressive emo/screamo, its rather fiddly on the guitar. nearly 8 minutes long. Sometimes this is split into 2 tracks, Hedgehog's and Dilemma, take care.

[b]Caterwaul - Innerlooped[/b] - 80's gothish rock

Dibs.

Once again, I'm having to type this out for the second time, because my computer crashed. So, apologies if I'm a bit brief.

Only heard one song by them before; didn't think much of it, can't remember its name.
[b]Ochre - Horizon[/b] - 7:04

Starts off with a pretty cool, fairly fast-paced melody and rhythm. Could be either bass or guitar driven, I can't tell which it is. Could be both, I suppose. Whichever, there's also some good picking/strumming going on over the top of it, and some nice cymbal-tapping in the background.

Less of the picking/strumming after 0:23, when the guitar starts playing a more traditional rock riff. Vocals come in at 0:40 or so, and immediately remind me of the Earshot vocalist, which is a shame because I never really got into Earshot. The lyrics are good though (thanks for providing them by the way).

This song is proving fairly difficult to review so far (about 4 minutes in). It's a good song, but there doesn't ever seem to be much to say about it. Apart from the vocals, I'm liking it so far - they seem to have a good sense for layering their music; guitars, drums and bass are all playing something somewhat different, rather than following each other (or the vocals), and it's good to listen to. I get the feeling I could listen to the whole thing just concentrating on one instrument, and be fairly content.

Some nice bass here, and percussion too, actually. The whole thing cools off to a mellower section, without vocals, around 5:50. Some new instruments come in too - sounds like some hand-percussion (drums being tapped, rather than struck) and maybe a wooden block. It's fairly relaxing.

Song ends after a distorted electronic tone which happens about 6:58. Kind of surprising actually, I was expecting a finale section, with vocals and things, but I guess not.

8/10 Good stuff. I wasn't crazy about the vocals, but I liked the rest, and it's got a good lyrical theme going.

[b]Would I listen to more of the same band?[/b] Yup.

Songs;
Martin Grech - [i]Open Heart Zoo[/i] (avant-rock from a British teenager)
The Streets - [i]The Irony of it All[/i] (British rap/garage, all about the lyrics)
Lovin' Spoonfull/Spoonful (not sure on spelling) - [i]Nashville Cats[/i] (erm..joshcore :))

Dibs

The Streets - The Irony Of It All - 3:29

I haven't heard much of the streets except the singles that are played on MTV which I am forced to endure at work.

This song appears to be very pro marijuana and mainly revolves around the fact that alcoohol is legal yet causes much more damage than weed and has two rather interesting role reversals.. There are two characters in this song terry the loud mouth drunk who in the eye's of the law is seen as a law abiding citizen as he doesn't do drugs and tim who is a university student studying engineering who is seen as a criminal as he partakes in smoking marijuana. I really enjoy the way this song is presented it's well rather clever, much more than I expected from a band like the streets to be honest ( I had preconceptions before I heard this song).

When the drunk terry is singing there is a very simple drum beat and some sort of synth/bass riff over the top but when the character tim starts singing a piano enters giving it a much more sophiscated feeling obviously trying to reflect the fact that this guy obviously shouldn't be considered a criminal.

Towards the end the two characters begin to argue obviously the drunk is rather incoherent with his argument while tim is able to construct an effective argument.

The main thing in this song is obviously the lyrics as there isn't much going on intrumentwise but thats just the nature of rap I suppose. I quite enjoyed this song it was a very good piece of modern social commentary.

I'm sorry if this review is a bit incoherent and I probably missed the point somewhere along in this song but it's 9:45am and i'm tired :p

7.5/10

Would I check out more from this band? Probably although I have heard some other stuff which I wasn't a big fan of.

My recommendations:

Mike Oldfield - Altered State (**** knows)
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (progressive classic rock)
Har Mar Superstar - D.U.I (funky pop :cool: )

[b]Mike Oldfield - Altered State[/b]

I hear a straight rock drum beat with piano... then some melodic IV V I, I V IV chord progression, some guitar cuts and... a german guy with a distorted voice yelling, some female speech samples. Very strange sounding. Haha, the german busts out a guttoral growl amongst all this melody.

The plodding piano with tuba reminds me a bit of Moby and The Beatles - Help mixed. Theres horns and flute here. It's very melodic in a simple way. Then some choirs sing in not-English, sounds Italian, and triumphant. Haha the german guy is here too for some roars, it's nuts.

Drums boom up a bit, a blues sounding descending doubled guitar/piano riff.

Then it goes melodic with lead guitar and the music reminds me a bit of a kids song, but it's probably some mental illness kid's theme going by the rest of the song.

Back to the same blues riff as before. the german guy is back for some more yells, and some animal noises.

Lead guitar mental kid theme again, it keeps rises in key after each phrase. Does so 3 times, and goes into more lead guitar, blues this time, not like before, the snare drum is on reverb pills. A sort of guitar solo

German yell man and female speech/strange kid samples.

Back to Beatle-Moby bit, followed by a trumpet burst of happiness, then the italian choir sings the same thing as before. It all builds up to a climax of german yelling/howling, lead guitar and fades out really quickly into some synth choir.

It's very strange, all these different normal musical ideas beaten into some demented forms, then put together... and fitting! The sound flow is quite good. The only thing sounding bad to me is the very quick fade out/lack of song ending.

My musical mind is changed now and forever. One of the weirdest things I've heard lately :D

9.8/10 - MADCORE

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here's a wild bunch:
[b]The Postman Syndrome - Hedgehog's Dilemma[/b] - progressive emo/screamo, its rather fiddly on the guitar. nearly 8 minutes long. Could be split into 2 tracks - Hedgehog's and Dilemma.

[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) [url]http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=12744[/url] - for the brave. It may help if you can imagine seeing that song live.

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

[b]Camille Saint-Saens - Aquarium[/b] - not classical.. but similar.. whatever the proper name for late 1800s music was. superpiano. there's probably a fair few versions around.

[b]Reel Big Fish - Everything Is Cool[/b] - madcore ska

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

Dibs

Ok I revoke it, someone else get that one.

:lol:

Glad you liked that mike oldfield track blue, Most of his stuff is nothing like that though. He's the guy who did tubular bells

IDK its so confusing. the whole concept

bump, its open to everyone except me again.

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.