yeah, I'll dib to that. We 3 are the highest posters in this thread... I'm not really surprised either.

Pete, how was JBT??

Wow 82 posts for me (now 83) I'm such a spammer

Now I've got broadband, I'll reckon I'll start downloading all the songs, I need some more underground avant-garde raphop fusion grindcore jazzhop hard-bop experimental stuff.

[b]Latryx - Bad News[/b]

Piano loop, a bit Moby in style, he starts saying stuff right away, drums kick in.
The piano and drum loop repeats with the rapping over the top for a while

The drums stop for a bit at just the right time, before they get too anoying. Just piano and rapping for a bit. Drums come back in again. This happens a few times to keep the music vaired.

There's not much to say about the music, must be a lyrics one.

So, it seems to be about people talking, gossip, news... that kind of thing. "Bad news travels fast, if its about you, you'll probably hear it last" Rapping is thick and fast, there isn't much of the song that goes without it. The word "talk" is used a hell of a lot.

It's kind of hard to follow, but easy enough on these first listens to pick out the main idea: being careful of what you say (I think). The positive message emerges later on in the song.

Towards the end, the rapping stops, some horns come in for a short while and then the song ends.

It's smooth, though I kind of lost interest a bit, but the drums coming in and out brought me back, otherwise the music didn't really seem to matter. He has good rhythm and endurance for rapping those passages with not much of a break.

It was ok, not something I could actively listen to though.

7/10


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

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

[b]Eluveitie - Lament[/b] - celtic metal, maybe even get Orô too, it’s kind of the soft intro to Lament

[b]Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe[/b] - piratey punk/rock. 7 minutes

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

Dibbzle

[QUOTE=blueyxd]yeah, I'll dib to that. We 3 are the highest posters in this thread... I'm not really surprised either.

Pete, how was JBT??[/QUOTE]


AMAZING! one of the best gigs i've ever been too. He played a 2 and a half hour set and I loved every minute. There was only about 200 people there which i'm told by my austrailian mate that this would be an incredibly small gig in aus. It seemed that every austrailian in manchester was there though! I got to meet him after the gig and had my photo took with him and got my album signed :cool:

Still in your debt for introducing me to him blue :thumb:

:D
Awsome, 200 is pretty small, when I saw him there were at least 2000 people, and would have been even more in the state capitals. Glad you liked it.

*strokes signed album*

Is that album Sunrise over Sea? That album is like the first one ever to reach the billboard number 1 album in Australia on an independant label.

[b]The Postman Syndrome - Hedgehog's Dilemma[/b]

This song rawks, it starts with a cool arpegiated riff, with some vocals. This continues on for a bit. Then some bass comes in, i'm glad to see there's no root notes, it follows the riff. It's cool sounding. He almost has a Maynard element to his singing. Then the chorus comes in, which is much heavier, and he goes to the hardcore vocals, which I've always had a strong dislike for, and this is no exception. His clean vocals over the heavy bits are great, he has a very strong voice. I like the bassist of this band too, his tone is excellent. There is a little quiet bit, around the 5 minute mark, which I like. The drummer is good in this bit too. Then it ends with a chorus out.

9/10, i didn't like the hardcore vox, everything else was flawless. Thanks, Blueser :thumb:

Arcturus - Star-Crossed (Avant garde metal)
Spastic Ink - To Counter and Groove in E Minor (Fusion/metal/cool)
Lightning Bolt - Forcefield (Instrumental noise)

It isn't sunrise over sea for some reason they didn't have it on the merchandise stand.

I'll dib one of manu's picks

Arcturus - Star Crossed

I like the moody intro with the spiralling piano melodies...it's very classically influenced. There are some background effects that sound like the wind. Suddenly it becomes mid-slow paced metal with theatric vocals...the piano continues. The singer starts to sing in a higher pitch. In the second verse the piano melody simplyfied a bit. Another part comes in with very technical drums and a guitar solo. Then it goes into a part with keyboard melodies...and spoken vocals. This band sounds a bit like Tourniquet...another technical eclectic metal group. I liked how the song started out...the parts with the piano are interesting...but I don't like the metalish parts too much. Good musicians though.

6/10

My picks:

Aphex Twin - Outside Kickass Violin Solo (electronica)
Mastodon - March Of The Fire Ants (prog metal)
Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather For Ducks (alternative dance)
The Avalanches - Flight Tonight (alternative)
dEUS - Instant Street (alternative rock)
The Swans - Children Of God (unclassifiable)
Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy (wtf??)
Wilco - Wishful Thinking (alternative/acoustic)

Can I get a whoo-whoo*?

*dib-dib

I simply managed to secure an mp3 called 'March Of The Fire Ants'. No name. So I hope it's the right one.

[B]Mastodon - March Of The Fire Ants[/B]

The intro is pretty sludgy and heavy. I can't help but feel I've heard it before.

When the vocals come in, they sound how I'd imagine Jamey Jasta sounds in his own mind. They remind me, somewhat, of Heaven Shall Burn.

The music is pretty proggy. There's elements of several different genres of metal thrown in there - picking individual sections out of the music, I can hear black, death, power, prog, and even nu-metal.

On a negative tip, it gets pretty repetitive - though this feeling disippates the more densely you listen. Such is the nature of prog. More melody would be much appreciated - a lead guitar break at around 2.30 is very welcome, not just for the melody, but from the sludgy mallcore-ish tone of the guitars.

I've heard great things about Mastodon, mainly from br3ad_man. This isn't what I was expecting, though I can see why people would love this band so much. It feels kind of wrong to judge a prog song on only a handful of listens, but never mind. I can see Mastodon growing on me very nicely.

[B]7/10.[/B]

My recommendations -
KanYe West, Common, Talib Kweli - Get Em High (hip-hop)
Bilal - Sometimes (woozy, jazzy, soul)
Asian Dub Foundation feat. Sinead O'Conner - 1000 Mirrors (long-winded to classify)
Miles Davis - Song Of Our Country (jazz)

Dibs.

Heh.

That was bloody quick.

Yep. I'm just glad your recommendations turned out to include things I've not heard.

I've got something of an idea of what to expect, thanks to that FA, but I still haven't heard them.
[b]Kanye West, Talib Kweli & Common - Get 'Em High[/b] - 4:49

Since this is hip-hop, I can't really go play-by-play as I usually do. So you're just getting something of an overall review.

Well, in short, I like this. Most of it, anyway. The guy who raps in the first verse has some interesting rhythms, which is good. I like the way the idea of "throw your hands up" keeps popping up throughout the song.

Yeah, sorry about this. I just don't have a clue what to say for these kinds of songs. It's good, but it doesn't seem to be something really special. Just solid. On a side note, I wasn't expecting this much swearing. I don't mind it, I just wasn't expecting it.

Also noticed there was no variation throughout the song, apart from different people rapping.

6.5/10

Songs;
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?)
Einsturzende Neubauten - [i]Ende Neu[/i] (preferably live) or [i]Salamandrina[/i] (experimental)
Frank Klepacki - [i]Just Do It Up[/i] or [i]Full Stop[/i] (video game music)
Gordian Knot - [i]Reflections[/i] (progressive instrumental metal)

Dibs

That Gordian Knot song owns, I recommend it highly

Shux...it's taking too long, man...UNDIBS...but that Miocene song was promising...if only I was able to download the whole thing.

I already heard that Gordian Knot track once when Coypu was still around...it's ok.

Shockingly, I'm still awake at the moment. If you can add me to Soulseek, AIM or MSN, I could send it to you.

[b]Einstürzende Neubauten - Salamandrina[/b]

I've heard some pretty good and interesting things from this band before. Can they do it again? Well there were at least 3 different versions so I got the Strategies Against Architecture 3 version.


A few whispery male vocals singing "Salamandrina na na na na" a couple of times, only a single bass note at the start of each bar. Reminds me of a traditional dance from somewhere, not sure where.. in German... and slow...

One guy starts singing in german, while the other voices just go "ahh" to cover the relative silence. The bass is also doing one note at the start of each bar. Heh, one bit sounds like he's saying "cunt". After a bit it goes back to the "Salamandrina na na na na" chorus.

Repeats the above paragraph probably with different words.

A kettle whistle or someone screeching breaks up the middle of the song, very strange as it does sound like a voice at the end.

More words in german, some lines are double or triple voiced.

Salamandrina na na na na. 4 times. Then... some foot stampings and claps come in on the first beat of each bar like the bass note was.


Well... it was certainly different to most songs, not nearly as captivating as other EN songs I've heard though. It could grow on me though.

6.8/10



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

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

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

Dibs

[b]Anathema - Alternative 4[/b]

Sorry I took so long, I kinda forgot about it.
Now, the only other Anathema song I've heard is 'are you there' which is quite lovely, I think Blueser suggested that to me as well. Onwards :smash:

It starts with some great ambience type stuff, then the vocals come in, they are quite loud, I don't really like them much. It gets heavier, I like the bass, it's very audible. Then back to the verse. After a while, his voice changes a bit, it sounds like it's coming through a microphone or something. This is quite a cool piece, but hard to review, because there's not really that much going on. It's a nice mix, the ambience and the heavy bits, they interchange very well. So yeah. I didn't like it as much as 'Are you there' but oh well.

6/10

Spastic Ink - To Counter and Groove in E Minor (Fusion/metal/cool)
Lightning Bolt - Forcefield (Instrumental noise)
Vanden Plas - Nightwalker (Prog metal) *Highly recommended*

dibs

revokes


sorry can't find any :confused:

dc++ isn't highlife atm

I'll bump this with an extra song

Television - Marquee Moon (punk rock)

Have fun

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**** that ones big

[b]Spastic Ink - To Counter And Groove In E Minor[/b]

Distorted guitar lead opens it, it sounds like an arabic scale for a bit.. but obviously it's E minor. Bass comes in and it sounds like a cello doing some fast classical runs. It sounds like a classical piece for a band. They don't really interplay too well thoguh.

Now they stopped, drums start up, kind of simple, bass starts up again playing in a stop-start fashion. Guitar isn't playing very much yet, only some small runs at the end of every 8 bars or so.

Now its doing more, kind of funk style guitar, the bass is going more technical here. It is groovy as the name says. Some synth strings are popping in for a chat.

Another classical sounding guitar riff comes in, descending, it sounds familiar. Ooh it harmonizes too, pretty cool sounding.

Funk guitar takes a backseat for the bass solo, sadly it's not that loud, still it's not that hard to hear.

Guitar comes back doing some sea-shanty type runs, which reminds me of a midi I heard once. Synth strings come back to compliment it very well. It's great.

Short breakdown with bass and guitar going pretty wild. Then back to the descending classical riff from before. With some more technical variations added to it in the later parts of it. Cool ending too, kind of typical, typcial for classical music that is, not metal.


That was pretty cool, I liked the guitar work lots. And the sea-shanty bit was fun as they usually are. What I didn't like was the guitar and bass playing too independently of each other. Drums weren't much of a part of it either, but this was mainly a guitar driven piece of metal-classical.

9.5/10

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The Dresden Dolls - Truce - indie piano ballad