[B]The Zombies, "The Way I Feel Inside"[/B]

Alright, a song from one of my favorite movies of 2004, [I]the Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.[/I] Great lyrics, very sincere, sensitive and thoughtful. The song is simplistic, yet very well crafted. The background keyboard really gives it a very earnest and somber tone. On a side note, Wes Anderson couldn't have picked a better song for that particular scene. I won't spoil the plot for anyone going to see the film.

Modest Mouse - Twin Cities Made of Ashes
David Bowie - Fame
Talking Heads - Don't Worry About the Government

I'll take this one.

Bowie - Fame
Though not one of Bowie's better works in my oppinion, still one of his most relevant and influential songs. His vocal stylings on this song were quite strong and the music almost has a "new wave-ish" feel to it. When listening to Fame, you can hear how so many artists have today have been influenced by Bowie. Listening to this track can assist you in a better understanding of bands such as The Rapture or maybe VHS or Beta.

The Fiery Furnaces - Chris Michaels
TV on the Radio - Bomb Yourself
Travis Morrison - My Two Front Teeth Part I and II

TV On The Radio - Bomb Yourself

Bass, drums, sounds pretty standard. Intersesting choice of vocal arrangements and lyrics. Seems pretty Anti-Capitalism. Guitars flitter then fly beyond the yellow horizon of those MBV style vocals. The harmonies dipping and diving while the singer swoons, humming a terrifyingly dull melody. Oh, here come the vocals again, "Bomb Your Country", nothing revolutionary is it? The ending starts swelling to a climax, the tap of guitar notes, is that a drum noise? Reverb!

6/10

Now review my song, asstards.

[QUOTE=MemoryMachine]Now review my song, asstards.[/QUOTE]

Not if you ask it like that.

Dismemberment Plan - The City

Imagine overlooking a city from a skytop view, then suddenly being transported to the city streets. You walk the streets and all you see is unwelcome scenery all around the place. You're alone and that's all you can think about, you're in a random environment that anything can happen, everything you once new has changed and people arent friendly. No matter what you do you're not gonna accept the fact that everyone is leaving you and you're stuck in this everchanging horrid place.

Ween - Pushing Up the Daisies
Morphine - Lets Take a Trip Together

[B]Morphine - Lets Take a Trip Together[/B] 3:00

No idea what to expect from this song, I've heard of the band name but basically have no clue what genre they are or what they sound like, I keep mixing up their name with Mecury Rev for some reason.

Wow, "Let's Take a Trip Together" starts on a funky jazz vibe with a saxophone straight into the mix. I'm going to amazon to get an idea of the instruments they use. Alright they have two saxophone and a double bass thing going on, this is a really interesting. The vocals come in shortley covered in a layer of fuzz. The singers are alright, somewhat of a letdown. I'm paying far more attention to the saxophones but I admit the singers are providing some catchy hooks now and then.

At 1:40 some weird solo begins. Are they vocals clipped up and repeated or a theremin, as theremins can give off a singing effect. The dymanics also change up a little round this time together and the main theme is repeated about taking a trip somewhere. Things quiet down and the song ends, Bravo!

[B]My Rating:[/B] 9/10 I'm going to download the rest of this album for sure.

[B]My Tunes:[/B]
Soft Machine - As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still (Best Prog/Jazz Song Ever)
Can - I'm So Green (Funky Kruatrock)
Faust - The Sad Skinhead (Even More Funky Krautrock)
Magazine - I'm A Party (New Wave/Post Punk)

dibsies

[B]Soft Machine - As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still[/B]

So an orgy of instruments start off the song. I really liked that intro, basically. It's so abrupt and straight to the action. There's a lot of stuff going on: the colorful upbeat keyboards in moderato, the frolicking drum lines that's varied and a bit ever-changing, the jazzy bass that's a bit overcast but still audible, and the mildly distorted guitars that give the tune sort of a raw quality.

The plot thickens.. mr. singer there sure sings lively. His voice blends well with the instruments, considering how the thick layers of sound kinda overwhelmed me at first. He sounds a lot like my uncle when I think about it, except he's not singing a boy band song.

Around 1:25 the flow changes a bit, there's some wah with reverb(?) that joins in the party. I'd have to say, without those guitars, the song would've sounded a bit monotonous, though there's little else to complain about. All in all, I'm not overly ecstatic about this song yet; but that's good. Hopefully it'll grow on me when I hear more stuff on this band.

Bravo.

[B]8/10[/B]

songs:

JR Ewing - The Exact Same Thing(indie-tinged hardcore)
Kashmir - Kiss Me Goodbye(alt rock)
Elliott Smith - The Ballad of Big Nothing(folky guitar pop)
Squarepusher - Boneville Occident(eclectic drum n' bass?)

Or if you can't find any of those, do

Soul Junk - Hogging All the Islands(experimental hiphop)

[url]http://www.epitonic.com/files/reg/songs/mp3/Soul_Junk-Hogging_All_The_Islands.mp3[/url]

/early bump

[B]JR Ewing - The Exact Same Thing[/B] 3:01

Hmmmm, indie influenced hardcore. Does that make it more experimental or lighter as I don't really know how to gather from that description but I downloaded it anyways.

"The Exact Same Thing" starts on a higly reverbrated distorted guitar line that sounds like its somewhere off in the distance. The tension grows and just before they start rawking out I'm warned by a short clean strum. This song smells like some sort of core song, maybe even more screamocore or metalcore than hardcore. I don't know if I dig it too much right now but it's just fine for when I want to rawk out. I guess that I always end up comparing every song to a Dischord band in Forced listening, but reallly this band sounds just like Q and Not U. Pretty much based off that drum rythmn they do inbetween screaming.

The main theme starts over at around 2:25, the same with the verse. This time they don't sing and the verse is much shorter and the song ends, Brovo!

[B]Rating:[/B] 7/10 alright, I might like it more another time.

[B]Songs Choices:[/B]
Faust - The Sad Skinhead (Krautrock)
This Heat - Horizontol Hold (Perfect Noise Jam)
Magazine - I'm a Party (Post Punk)

Wow, this is a record.

Bump

dibs

[B]Faust - The Sad Skinhead[/B]

This is the first time I'll be hearing from these guys.

The singer yells a lively "Ohwhooaaawhoaaaaahhh" as he opens the song. Some nice maracas playing accompanies the bluesy funk guitars just before the driving drum beat comes in.

Now I'm not an expert in krautrock but the old guy singing really sounds dead, in a groovy kinda way. His voice adds to the lo-fi feel of the song. Besides the drums, I notice the twinkly percussions on the background(xylophones? I'm not sure). For some reason this reminds me of my childhood.

Speaking of the guitars, they have a nice Captain Beefheart-ey tinge to them, especially the cool solo starting at about 1:07 and again near the end. Other than that there's not really a lot of movement besides the main chords.

Odd. Is what I can say about this song. Which is a good thing. I wasn't really in the mood for this, but it wasn't such a bad listen at all. Overall it's very good. I'll check out more stuff from these guys sometime.

[B]7.5/10[/B]

Songs:

!!! - Intensify(disco)
Blood Brothers - American Vultures(piano screamo)
Aimee Mann - Save Me(folky indie pop)
Black Mountain - Don't Run Our Hearts Around (indie rock)
The Dismemberment Plan - I Love A Magician (indie rock)
Soul-Junk - Hogging All the Islands (hip-hop) [url]http://www.epitonic.com/files/reg/songs/mp3/Soul_Junk-Hogging_All_The_Islands.mp3[/url]

The Dismemberment Plan - I Love a Magician
 

Great song. Starts with intricate drum beat, and a quick shrill from Travis Morrison, the brilliant frontman of the plan. Then comes in the jarring guitar, which doesnt really seem to go anywhere. Morrison proceeds to come in with a soft "rap" of sorts. A strong, jumping baseline is added to the mix and all of the elements seem to somehow "clash" together beautifully. This sound is what The Dismemberment Plan was best known for throughout their existence. It appears that there is no exact science to the structure of the song, which adds to the odd feel. Morrison's falsetto adds to the urgent sound. The song comes to an abrupt halt and is over just as fast as it began. Sheer brilliance.

[B]7/10[/B]



Choices:

Travis Morrison - Change
Travis Morrison - Born in '72
The Fiery Furnaces - Single Again
Robbers on High Street - If You Let Me

Can you upload one of them on yousendit?

So what exactly is yousendit?

/feels like a newb.

Edit. Born in '72 can be found here.....
[URL]http://music.barsuk.com/TravisMorrison_BornIn72.mp3[/URL]

Bump. Your link doesn't work :(

yousendit is [url]http://s19.yousendit.com/[/url]

d i b s

[B]The Fiery Furnaces - Single Again[/B]

Here's another of my attempts to get into this band..

Starts off with fairly space-agey keyboard lines that goes like a more simplistic !!! verse. Drums come along, which sound uncannily like those of a mainstream pop song's. And there's also this blissful neo-psych thing going on that's kinda Of Montreal-esque.

Now here comes the female vocalist. So far the main reason why I get a bit turned off by this band is because of her. For some reason her seemingly inebriated singing style I didn't dig but this time it's a bit more tolerable, maybe because the tune isn't that alienating unlike the songs from [I]Blueberry Boat[/I] I've listened to. Plus, her voice really suits the lyrics:

[QUOTE]And then my husband he died, oh then
My husband he died, oh then
My husband he died
And I laughed 'til I cried
Oh, to think I was single again [/QUOTE]

She keeps repeating the line "I wish I was single again" throughout like an anthem.

All in all, it was an above average listen. The guitarwork is solid though a bit underwhelmed because of the keyboards and singing but they go well into the flow. I still get a bit creeped out by them, but not so much anymore. Maybe because I've become used to psych, I don't know. Now to check out a full album..

[B]7/10[/B]

!!! - Intensify(disco)
[url=http://www.espew.com/cgi-bin/spew/1555707/3586.mp3]The Black Keys - Hard Row[/url](indie rock)
Drive Like Jehu - Luau(epic indie rock)
Lovage - Sex(I'm A)(sensual hip-hop)
Enon - Rubber Car(alternative)
[url=http://empyrean3.com/tbm_audio/violet.mp3]The Birthday Massacre - Violet[/url](goth-ish ambient new wave)

giga bump

I'll add this

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - [url=http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0JE0RT9YF0W4G17NYR11H74JQ7]Get Down Lover[/url](blues rock, lots of horns)

I've got the Val Emmich one downloaded..I'll do it in an hour or so if no one else jumps in. Got packing to do first :)

EDIT: Dibs.

No idea what to expect, as I've only seen the name before.
[b]Val Emmich - Privacy Attracts A Crowd[/b] - 4:39

Starts off light and bouncy, guitar and drums, I think. Just light and easy. Bass comes in, fairly well into the background; surprised I managed to pick it out, as I don't often. There's some other sound that comes in and out every now and then, but I can't place what it is.

His vocals are clean, light. A decent voice, but he doesn't seem to be doing much with it, just singing his way rather standardly through the song. Heavier riff comes in for what I assume is the chorus, and his voice goes up a notch or two in my books, as he seems to really be singing now, rather than just talk-singing along.

Nice little flurry on the drums at the end of a line around 1:40. Pleased me more than it probably should. Another chorus just after 2:00, more or less the same as the last one, followed by a little bridge now, in which he's using his voice a bit better, I think. Some nice light chugging on the guitar in the background, which brings us into what I'd assume would be the last chorus of "privacy attracts a crowd". Sounds like there's a Hammond or something playing in the background, but I still can't really place the sound properly. The song finishes on his saying "Do us a favour" (sounds slightly sarcastic, which I like), and a simple little lick.

6/10, I think. It was okay, but I can't imagine it sticking in my mind much (though if it does, I'll stand corrected). I liked the bass, though, when I could hear it.

[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2P7TJ8WLO5DLJ1UPNI6JY5FBIL]earthtone 9 - binary101 (live)[/url] (more R&M material, but no harsh vocals or extreme heaviness)*
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=168SCPRAH3RRH2KOZ2K7BMPVGD]Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Madeleine-Mary[/url] (alt. folk)
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AR8ICZ3OEATP2KDILE29X0HCZ]Aeon Spoke - Silence[/url] (mellow rock from former Cynic members)
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KSSOM9BE4WFC2G0CBOH8MNVIZ]Clam Abuse - Message to Geri[/url] (weird rock-techno-country stuff from a one-off Ginger sideproject)
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=372KJJYCGHRZM3Q8FPJFASTC0S]Frou Frou - Holding Out For a Hero[/url] (vocal-centred techno-pop cover)

*longer than 6 minutes

I'll try and get yousendits done for the others as soon as possible.

Dibses.

Do I have to use Yousendit when I make my recommendations?

No, but some members rely on it to get FLs done.

Undibs. I have commitments, sorry dudes.

Bump.

I'll dib it

I've heard the name before, I decided to go for the Frou Frou song.

[b]Frou Frou - Holding Out For A Hero[/b]

Starts out with some wierd guitar sounds. Then some female (I think) vocals come in, going "doo doo dah de dum dum". The vocals then come in with lyrics. The verses are pretty cool with some nice effects. The chorus comes in a bit bigger with some cool effects and backing vocals. The song is quite cool, but after a few listens, gets quite annoying. The vocals are nice the first time (it was hard to tell if it was male or female for a while), but after that are grating and irritating. Quite a repetive song.

[b]6/10[/b]

Suggestions:

[URL=http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2VWA6C0Z9XO2P2RQE40CZCS7Z3]Mogwai - Yes! I am a Long Way From Home[/URL] (post-rock)
[URL=http://s17.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3K1XEIVUQTK711CZRV9LVGC9UR]The Radio Dept. - 1995[/URL] (indie)
[URL=http://s17.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2XB17KDQU0O4Q0UJEITP5UDE6V]Naked City - Demon Sanctuary[/URL] (grind/jazz)
[URL=http://www.hxcmp3.com/download.php?band_id=1606&song_id=2786&mode=song_hifi]Circle Takes The Square - Non Objective Portrait of Karma[/URL] (screamo...in case someone hasn't heard them yet)

Dibs.

56K warning :)