Seeing as I couldn't easily find the Sepultura song I decided to try XTC - Greenman because who could resist 70s pagan pop-rock? :p

I actually like the start, sounds a bit like a frog but it's effective and interesting, quite lively and happy sounding.

Then the main melody starts and it's good, quite Middle Eastern it seems at the beginning but very flowing and sweeping. Seems quite grand. The lyrics and vocals. Now. I'm not too sure about them, the singer is good, effective but I prefer a deeper voice. It's growing on me though, very melodic and sprightly? That's the only way I can think to describe it. You can imagine him dancing round a field in a robe with a sickle. I watch too much Asterix.

It's very sing-along-able and catchy as you would expect what with it being a pop-song, very unusual though. You wouldn't get something like that now. The use of other intstruments is good, I like the flute part, I think it's a flute anyway, could be a piccolo. You can hear very different influences all the way through.

Very grandiose song especially for being a pop song, at 6:17 it's quite long and incorporates loads of different sections and parts. Quite repetitive as you'd expect but not [i]too[/i] much although it is quite annoying. In short, it's a catchy, entertaining song with a bit more substance than usual. I wouldn't be able to listen to it over and over but it is enjoyable and certainly very interesting. Nice little classical piece at the ending as well. The cheesiness cannot be denied though. ;)

7/10 Wouldn't really look XTC up again except for a distraction or sorts.

Lords Of The New Church - Dance With Me (Killer Lords Remix):
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80s pop with a darker edge than usual.

David Bowie And Nine Inch Nails - I'm Afraid Of Americans:
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Collaboration, a cross between David Bowie and NIN, what more can I say?

Juno Reactor - Navras:
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9 minutes long but well worth it in my opinion. Darkwave.

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Before the YSIs run out, the songs might be difficult to find.

dhurb

[b]Juno Reactor - Navras[/b]

New name to me. Not too sure what darkwave is either.

Hoo, there's a big choir right from the start. A dark majestic electric piano plays with some horns backing and some big drum hits.

Hey cool, it goes into a mid-tempo dance beat with Indian/Bollywood type vocals, definitely in another language. The choir voices fade in and out in creepy fashion. I hear some African (maybe) voices, like Deep Forest. This is kind of cool.

At 3:30 it goes all calm, some ethnic instruments play some over a droning synth and sitar. We have an ambient 2 minutes break.

A fast run of strings, which sounds very awsome, signals the return of the drum beat, and the same piano as the start. The drum beat is more tribal, at least for a short time. Some of the older beats come back, different vocals though.

It's pretty well done, keeping the interesting factor up with the right amount of variation, but not being too different. There's also a flute solo. Choir comes back, and builds up and up, getting near the end now. The very last choir note is repeated a bunch of times and then it fades out on a low synth drone note.


I thought that was pretty cool, maybe a bit try-hardish with all the ethnic sounds and choirs, but it was really well done. It stayed interesting over the 9 minutes, which was good. I might get more if it's like this. This is Hollenthon in dance music form.
9/10

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[b][url=http://www.downtosize.com/music.asp]Down To Size - Hoax[/url][/b] - nu metal..

[b][url=http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/The National - Alligator - 05 - Daughters Of The Soho Riots.mp3]The National - Daughters Of The Soho Riots[/url][/b] - soft indie

[b]Simon And Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence[/b] - acoustic folk

[b]Karnivool - C.O.T.E.[/b] - prog/technical nu-metal

[b]Conjure One - Center Of The Sun[/b] - laid back dance

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6 week bump

Dibs McGee

[B]Simon And Garfunkel[/B] - "The Sounds of Silence"

I guess I downloaded a live version of the song, possibly the only version? I first heard this song in The Graduate. With most S&G this song is about the vocals and lyrics. They had an amazing harmony. The song is about mans lack of communication. This is one of those rare songs where the lyrics are deep and meaningful, yet still sound great when sung. The song is very 60's sounding, just some simple guitar riff over some acoustic guitar with drums eventually. Some people don't like this song because of the electric guitar and drums but I don't have a problem with them. I would like to select a little blurb of lyrics that I like to prove the greatness of the lyrics, but all of the lyrics are great.

[B]8.5/10[/B]


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[B]G. Love & Special Sauce[/B] - "Honor and Harmony"
(bluesy hip hop rock, a great song by my favorite band)

[B]Citizen Cope[/B] - "Son's Gonna Rise"
(funky bluesy hip hoppish awesomeness with a Carlos Santana cameo)

[B]Jack Johnson[/B] - "Rodeo Clowns"
(acoustic lyrical masterpiece)

[B]Buffalo Springfield[/B] - "Rock & Roll Woman"
(classic rock)

Dibs

[U][B]B U M P[/B][/U]

I think that person forgot about it or something.

bemp

debbie

[b]G. Love & Special Sauce - Honor And Harmony[/b]

I was expecting something pretty laid back, like Jack Johnson, and it is. The main difference would be the music style, it's hip hop beats with some sparse funk guitar. The vocals are sung, not rapped.

I think I heard a tiny burst of trumpet. A bit of mute guitar comes in and features in the chorus, which has harmony in the vocals. Sounds like positive lyrics, but just to be careful of what the future holds... something like that.

Some acoustic guitar helps out with fills, but not doubling the mute guitar. Hmm, verse and chorus again. What else can I say?

The bouncy sounds of Jews Harp in the middle gives it a bit of flavour while the acoustic has bit of a solo. Then it goes back to the verse music and repeats a line about the next awakening is you.. Ends soon after.


Not bad, generally decent music, though it seems a bit sparse at times. I found nothing in it to be super excited about. A good song for relaxing to, maybe not listening to like we do in FL here, but definitely as a background happy mood setter song. I could listen to more of this, no problem. 7/10


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[b][url=http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Custard - Loverama - 06 - Nervous Breakdance.mp3]Custard - Nervous Breakdance[/b][/url] - indie-disco-pop-rock

[b][url=http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Decoder Ring - Spooky Action At A Distance - 01 - Collapse Coming On.mp3]Decoder Ring - Collapse Coming On[/url][/b] - instrumental, a bit Mogwai-like, but faster

bump, no excuses

I will actually dibs it this time! sorry i forgot about earlier.

Custard - Nervous Breakdance

I have absolutely no idea what to expect from this song sounds very interesting!

The song starts with a funky quite upbeat bass riff which is then joined by vocals, i find this bit to be a bit weak to be honest and probably my least favourite part of the song.

The drums and a bit of guitar then jump in with the bass coming to the forefront and the vocals coming more alive.
The song then begins to pick up tempo. What i'm really liking about this song is the layers that are being built up with each verse.
About 3 quarters of the way through the singer is joined by some backing singers, this is by far my favourite part of the song.
It then reverts back to a quiet and similar style to the introduction of the song before kicking back into the chorus style again.


I really really enjoyed this song, if theres anything else worth checking out by them let me know blue!

8.5/10

[U]My Recommendations[/U]

Matthew Jay - Let Your Shoulder Fall (acoustic)
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Lenny (jazz/blues)
Brendan Benson - Metarie (retro rock)
Eels - Baby Genius (weird)

These should be easy enough to find on soulseek or you can get from me on [email]peter_alcock@hotmail.com[/email] as I don't know how to use YSI.

bump

Dibs, I feel kinda bad how this went unnoticed.

[center][b][i]Eels - Baby Genius[/i][/b][/center]
Weird is definitely an apt genre name for this song. It begins with what sounds like someone searching for a radio station before the music starts properly. When I say music, it's a children's mobile with intermittent blasts of TV static and feedback in the background. The vocals start speaking over the 'music' and the sound of breaking glass and crowd chatter. They're quiet but strained. There's the sound of violins that come in the background. The lyrics are pretty nonsensical butt the singer manages to make them sound almost heartfelt. Then song sort of just grinds to a halt. This is a very weird song. If you're a fan of obscure avant-garde stuff you'll probably like it. 6/10

Choose from:
[url=http://s36.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3Q18LEQPQMY3M2RZZF3LVGGA3W]David Bowie - Like A Rolling Stone (Rock)
Ani Difranco - Hurricane (Alternative)
Sizzla - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Reggae)
Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside A Mobile With... (Rock)[/url]

Soulseek: sketchyjoe
Gmail: sketchyjoe

dibs

[B]Ani Difranco - Hurricane[/B]

Starts out with a really heavy bass line. Ani starts singing and the drums come in. I like her voice alot. The chorus sounds great. The guitar is really funky. I like it. She reminds me of Joss Stone. She's doing a good job of not making the sound sound exactly the same as Bob's version. The songs going along really well. She has some good intensity during the verse and then she picks it up and sounds more uplifting during the chorus. For such a long song it's really keeping my interest very well. The instruments drop out and she sings by herself. And now the song is over. That was really good. I like how she made it her own song yet still did justice to Bob's version. I think I might look into her more.

9.5/10

Recommendations:

[URL=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=23RGFOI0W9IAT0BU6WMZHDJL1F]The Slackers - Sarah[/URL] Third Wave Ska/Trad Ska
[URL=http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1H67A5ENUIEAJ3BA49T2MG8AD5]Gov't Mule - Fool's Moon[/URL] Southern Rock/Jam Band
[URL=http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=28NS648TCAK0U2KMIYKWI895JK]Eric B. and Rakim - My Melody[/URL] Old School Rap

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[b]Gov't Mule - Fool's Moon[/b]

I've seen this band name mentioned enough to want to hear them.

Nicely simple intro, a slow, basic bluesy riff with some watery organ. It's also got some hard rock power in the guitar, which is nicer to me than just all out blues.

The singer has a good clear voice, somewhat like deeper Chris Cornell. The verse music is quieter, but the chorus is more powerful but a pretty simple riff and the singer fits in perfectly. They do above a couple of times, with some cool blues guitar lead in the later stages of it.

Theres a little bridge thing in the middle, just a new riff, and some lead guitar as well. It does as any bridge does and ends soon after. The verse and chorus come back as before, with even more lead guitar, which reminds me a bit of Pearl Jam's lead guitar. And this is how it goes on until the end.


Good head nodding music this, I'm enjoying it a fair bit. Not my preferred music by any means, but when something's good, you can't just ignore it. All is on for about 6 minutes, it doesn't change much but it isn't boring. The singer made it really work for me, his voice is just right.
8.5/10


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[b][url=http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Decoder Ring - Spooky Action At A Distance - 01 - Collapse Coming On.mp3]Decoder Ring - Collapse Coming On[/url][/b] - instrumental, a bit Mogwai-like, but faster

oi, people

Dibs

Decoder Ring - Collapse Coming On

Starts with a sound that souds like a chopper carried by Santa's reindeers. It's quite dark, ambient...until a lullabyish melodies surfaces gradually, changing the mood. The song becomes a bit more bold after the first few bars after the drums came in. It's got a poppy base, but there are no vocals. There is a brief tranquil sequence, and then it goes into a slightly heavier version of the first parts...with distorted guitars. The song still has a very upbeat vibe until the end.

Pretty decent track...it did remind me a bit off something on Mogwai's "Happy Songs For Happy People" album...but it was more in the mood of the song...not the way it actually sounded. 7/10

My picks: "Orb goes Scandinavian"

Bjørn "Stringmachine" Berge - Give It Away (cool Norwegian blues guitarist covers RHCP)
Thomas Dybdahl - From Grace (Norwegian singer songwriter)
Jaga Jazzist - Kitty Wu (Cool scandinavian jazz/electronica formation...quite amazing)

No Scandinavian tracks:

The Delgado's - Keep On Breathing (alternative)
Sebadoh - On Fire (alt. rock)
Stereolab - One Note Samba (pretty unclassifiable...alternative I guess. It's 7:17)

I imagine some these tracks could be pretty hard to find...so I'm leaving my MSN if you want to get 'em off me.

My MSN is [email]stresspuzzlealmanac@hotmail.com[/email]

Come on thread, don't die...I don't like to bump threads with uncolourful four-letter words.

I dont have time now but ill do it later tonight if nobody takes it.

Steriolab One note Samba

Very unusual, at least compared to what I'm used to listening to, definatly not a horrible song but not the type of song I would listen to, a little upbeat for me, also had a very throwback type feel to it, especially the guitar, definatly a song to listen for if your into lighter listening and happy upbeat music, I'll give it a 5.5 meaning it wasn't what I listen for but I easily made it through the whole song.

Now my pick

either FGJ!; Dendrite or La Luna Cuida (electronic: Drum and Bass) [url]http://music.download.com/forgreatjustice/3600-10541_32-100626881.html?tag=listing_song_artist[/url]

or Aphex twin; Girl Boy Song (electronic: IDM)

[b]dibs.[/b]