[B]Goldie Lookin' Chain- Soap Bar[/B]

From the start the beat sounds laid back, and the vocals seem to be very raw. The english accent annoys me after a bit though- maybe because I'm not used to them.

The second voice comes in, and I like the tone and rhythm of it better. The guitar in the background seems to have a wahwah effect on it which is nice.

The chorus is pretty catchy also. The guys seem to be good at telling a story. 'Your better off smoking the green instead' I can see lines like this showing the band doesn't take themselves that seriously' which I really like in a band. There is an instrument in the chorus that reminds of Ariel the Mermiad. I have no idea what it is or why it reminds me of it but :p

It seems to be about drugs again in this song 'Eat a hash cake'. 'I tried to see things from his point of view but I couldn't seem to fit my head up his arse' (not how I spell it, how it sounds). Great line, made me chuckle.

Overall, a very laid back song, haven't heard much laid back hip-hop that I liked but this was pretty cool. Could of done with some more back and forth play between the lyricists however. 6.5/10

My Reccomendations:
Hanoi Rocks- A day late, a dollar short (early 80's rock, a bit glam)
Crowded House- Don't Dream its over, Fall at your feet (dreamy, indieish pop)
NWA- Straight Outta Compton ('Hardcore' Rap, very influential with an awesome first line)
Butch Walker- Don't move (Very very cool pop)
End of Fashion- Oh yeah (Catchy pop-rock)
The Bangles- Eternal Flame (80's pop ballad)

[QUOTE=On The Edge][B]Goldie Lookin' Chain- Soap Bar[/B]
'Your better off smoking the green instead' I can see lines like this showing the band doesn't take themselves that seriously, which I really like in a band.[/QUOTE]
Not to mention that the song is about smoking soap instead of marijuana because it's cheaper :p Never take GLC seriously.
might try that dibs thing

[b]End Of Fashion - O Yeah[/b]

This band was the big theme on JJJ this morning with regard to their comments about Wolfmother. They were given quite a bit of stick for that and then some similarites between Pixies - Where Is My Mind were played, but I'm not too influenced by what the J's think.

A raw indie guitar progression open the song, some cheers and then a quick line of whammy'd up lead guitar. Ok, I just want to say even if I hadn't heard JJJ this morning I would have duly noted the likeness to Where Is My Mind.

Pretty indie-pop sound. It has quite a raw sound, but that's what I implied when I said "indie". The singer has a decent voice, without sounding too clean or refined, he can still hit the notes close enough for my liking. The vocals are very prominent in the mix. At the end of the verse is a one beat rest.

The chorus is much bigger sounding, the notes sound like the Pixies song but the force of the music and the singing sounds like it's own, some nice vocal harmonies in there too. It's actually quite likeable.

In the middle is a sour little bridge (singing about sweet candy), but it becomes more melodic by the end, a nice transition from there and back to the catchy chorus. A million bands could have used that chord progression so it's not really something one can say has been ripped off. The backing vocals bring up the end of the song with "On and on and on..."


This song wasn't so bad, I'd be pretty sure it's music was based heavily on the Pixies song, but it's still got it's own thing going for it. Everything seems to fall into place, unforced.. Things happen right when they are meant to, there's no surprises, and for once I meant that in a good way. I'll surely listen to this when I want something I don't have to think hard about. JJJ, go eat a dick.

9/10

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[b]Alchemist - Worlds Within Worlds[/b] - really weird metal. (~8 mins)
[b]Autechre - Nine[/b] - experimental ambient/electronic
[b]Electric Light Orchestra - Yours Truly, 2095[/b] - 80's synth rock
[b]Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live[/b] - hard rock with strange time sigs
[b]The Grand Silent System - Transmutation[/b] - post-jazz [url]http://www.mp3.com.au/thegrandsilentsystem[/url]

Brarump

Dibs for whenever you post songs, yours are always good.

Sorry, Withdraw due to amount of work

[size=1]DIBS.[/size]

[B]Marvelous 3 - [I]You're So Yesterday[/I][/B] [size=1](Lo-fi/Power-pop)[/size]

The song starts out with some guy yelling "[I]love excitement, I'm excited[/I]" a couple of times. Next appears the guitar, which sort of reminds me of U2. In comes the bass, hitting a few notes. I really like the lead guitar, although I think the bass and the other guitar (the one simply strumming the odd chord) could have been done better. The drums quickly burst in with a pick slide from the guitarist. The vocalist enters, singing a simple "do do do do do" type of thing. This part sounds really poppy. The first verse comes in a short while after that with typical pop-punk palm muting. The vocals enter, and while nothing special, they do the job. Following standard pop format, the chorus follows soon, starting off with "[I]you're so yesterday[/I]". The chorus isn't that catchy, although it's not bad. After the chorus is done they repeat the "do do do do do" part, followed by another verse (who would've guessed?!), then followed by the chorus. At around the 2:10 mark they decide to change it up. The palm muted guitar accompanies the singer's voice. The bass plays the odd notes here and there, then right back to the chorus. The chorus has become a little more catchy, although it's still average. The song closes with the "do do do do do" part once again.

I really liked the main intro riff, but I think they didn't use it as effectively as they could've. The verses were typical, but still enjoyable. I enjoyed the "do do do do do" part in between the chorus/verse. The chorus was mediocre at first, but after a few listens it grew a little on me. Over all I enjoyed this song. I see myself throwing it on the odd time in the future when I'm preoccupied with homework/computer coding. I don't see myself running out to purchase one of their albums anytime soon though.

7/10

[URL="http://www.portalsentry.com/floct27.html"]Click Here For Songs[/URL]

Add some songs and I shall dibs. :p

Added a link to the songs.

Okay, dibsie then.

I think I will go for the obvious choice though. :(

Le fleur noir est un titre très cool et je dois le choisir!

[B]Necroart - Le Fleur Noir[/B]

Cool band name, cool song title, I had to check it out.

*play*

An acoustic intro with some synth (according to Neuro) in the background, sounds pretty good, a bit Opeth-ish or the likes of Dark Tranquillity, I suppose. Now the vocals creep in through the background, they sound a bit electronically altered, it's pretty nice. It didn't go straight into distortion as I kinda expected after the drums introduced the vocals.

Now the strumming gets faster and the drums are worth noticing, they're quite creative. I suspect it to get heavier soon. Oh yes, harsh vocals now, not the best I've ever heard, but alright, the distorted riff and the vocals on top sound quite dramatic together, I sense a dark theme in lyrics, but I can't really catch enough of the words to be sure. I suck at picking up words in songs, you see.

After this we go back into an earlier acoustic passage and then further into the distortion again, and so it goes back and forth for a while, it all sounds pretty good.

Ah, now we have some kind of symphonic element added, sounds nice. Ooh, what's this, I like this riff, much more prominent than the other riffs, so far. This must be the highlight of the song, the vocals now mix with it and it is quite melodic. Yes, I approve of this section.

It ends symphonically, something that I can appreciate. Nice

A solid 8/10 for thee, black flower.

SONGS:

[B]The Casualties - Unknown Soldier[/B] (Street punk, punk anthem thing, Jorge also has quite harsh vocals)
[B]Therapy? - Little tongues first[/B] (Song from their more hard rock-ish/Traditional Metal-ish/whatever period and an obligatory fanboy addition.
[B]Gorki - Ooit was ik een soldaat [/B](Alt rock/acoustic, live as well, adds to the atmosphere, sung in my native tongue :p (<tongue))

Umm, I suppose you could dibs and leave your e-mail or AIM or MSN and I shall upload it/send it/anything.

Dibs.

I searched Therapy in Limewire and the majority of my results were for pen[size=2]is[/size] enlargement therapy. Needless to say, I will find the song!

EDIT:

I definitely didn't find it. Think you could email it to me?

My email is [email]mx.neurotoxin@gmail.com[/email]

Also, would you happen to have (pointless question, you obviously do) a Therapy? song that goes something like this?:

"I'll get the truth from you tonight"

If so, could you send that as well? I lost it when I got my new computer.

Okay, if you need it uploaded, just holla, aight?

Well, I meant that I always have to add a Therapy? song to Forced Listening. :)

But you can have it, if you wish.


EDIT: Yes, I'll send it. Sorry for the late noticing of your edit.

Dibs revoked. Sorry.

Bump.

[QUOTE=On The Edge][B]Goldie Lookin' Chain- Soap Bar[/B]
From the start the beat sounds laid back, and the vocals seem to be very raw. The english accent annoys me after a bit though- maybe because I'm not used to them.[/QUOTE]

It's a Welsh accent. They're Welsh.

Dibs.

Yep, back. I think I've been too busy recently, or something, to take part.

I checked out their self-titled album when it came out a few years ago, and it was alright from what I remember. More to the point, I still listen to and rather enjoy one of the songs from it.
[b]30 Seconds To Mars - I'll Attack[/b] - 3:13

Starts off with echo-ey, relatively quiet, pretty little clean bits, before the vocals come in early on. At first he sounds like he's going to whisper (dramatically), but it resolves itself into a normal clean vocal line. He sounds alright, though I think he's better on the song(s) I like from their older album so far. He sounds a little less natural here, I think.

As he starts singing, the rest of the band come in to support him, and though they're not doing anything particularly interesting, it's not bad. They all drop out to allow him to shout on his own "and I am finally free", with everything jumping back in behind him, in a power-pop kind of loudness, on the "free". His voice in this, which I assume is the chorus, is not as good as it was before. His voice sounded like it was maybe a little strained before, but in the chorus it sounds like it is definitely so. Maybe he's tried to add a bit of an edge to it or something, but it just sounds like he's straining for something he can't do.

Anyway, the chorus is reasonably short, and then it's back to the verse (in which his voice now sounds considerably better than it did at first). It's got a fairly fast-paced rhythm to it, but it doesn't feel like it's particularly moving me or anything. It's just there.

Nice little bit around 1:15 where he does kind of what he did to lead into the chorus before - instruments drop out, and his voice rises before the band jump back in - but with a lot more success. This is somewhat ruined by going into another chorus with vocals I don't like, but at least it was there.

Back (almost; there's a bit more going on) to how the introduction sounded now, after the second chorus, this time with echo-ey mixed way back in the background, before the now familiar dive into the chorus. The drummer gets a nice fast roll towards the end, before the whole song just fades out on what it played for most of it's existence.

6/10 I wouldn't say it was bad per se, but at the same time I'm not sure I'd listen to it again in a hurry.

Songs (I'm limited in my choice here, since I'm on my old computer);
[url=http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/medic/fitness/tracks/Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin.mp3]Amateur Transplants - Paracetamoxafrusebendroneomycin[/url] (piano-driven comedy)
Brad Paisley - Two Feet of Topsoil (poppy country)
Flogging Molly - Devil's Dance Floor (Irish folk influenced punk thing)

I have links to the other two as well, but that first one is the only one I have a non-banned link to.

Lucky. I think it's a song I'd really like to see/hear live.

Here aren't links to the other two songs;

See?

I saw it live too. :D

Might go again next month.

Night! :wave:

Dibs.

[B]Marvelous 3 - Indie Queen[/B]

Never heard of this band before...indie music isn't really my type of stuff. However, I'm always open.

Starts right away with some poppy guitar, what sounds like synths, and some singing...or oooing. Can’t think of a better word. 2 guitars for the verse...one electric, playing some notes, and one acoustic with chords. The singer is very poppish, yet has a non-irritating voice, unlike others. Second part of verse turns the distortion back on, and actually features a non-poplike chord progression.

Chorus is pretty straightahead...simple chord progression, singer hits some high notes, whatnot. So far, I haven’t shut it off in disgust yet, which is a good thing. Transitions into another verse, with what sounds like an overdubbed third guitar. Another chorus repeated twice, an interlude, and a new clean part. Sounds like some slide guitar? Maybe...distortion comes back on, and another chorus is played. An outro riff starts playing, with the singer saying “How you feel that way” rather high up. Ends with a fadeout.

Pretty straighforward poppy indie song. However, it sounds good, and there is a bit more complexity in the guitar arrangements than what appears on the surface.

[B]7.5/10[/B]

Spacing out a bit here...

I have to get some links up...this thread appeared out of the blue. :p

Which song was that?

Here's a link.

Green Carnation - Between The Gentle Small And Tall (progressive/avantgarde metal)

[URL="http://www.musicianalliance.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=9005#9005"]http://www.musicianalliance.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=9005#9005[/URL]

Link hosted here.

I'll does it

[b]Green Carnation - Between The Gentle Small And Tall[/b]

Fingerpicked intro with chorus effect, it sounds like Nirvana, but heavys up pretty soon. It's got a hard southern sound like Karma To Burn or Monster Magnet. This is not what I was expecting, it rather straightforward, not avantgarde or prog at all.. oh well.

I hear an organ buried deep in the music. The singer's voice is not as powerful as the music demands, but the multi-tracking or backup singers help a bit. The music has just a verse bit with the fingerpicking, and a chorus with the heavy guitar over the top, and it stays that way for a while.

In the middle is a calm bit, some synth and a bit of phaser action on the vocals, then theres a heavier section which includes electric piano improvisation and it sounds rather nice, like a ballad, it's the most interesting bit of the song so far. As out of place as it may seem, it flows well back into the chorus section again, they play that couple of times, and then the song ends on the hard note.


That song just seemed to go by without making me take much notice of it, because it wasn't really noticable. I don't know why, it just went in one ear and out the other, except the middle bit, which I liked a fair bit. I'm not saying I didn't like the song... I just really didn't love it. It seems surprisingly hard to say something definite about it... ok, it was a hard rock song.

5.5/10

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[url=http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Substitute Inc. - Evacuate.mp3][b]Substitute Inc. - Evacuate[/b][/url] - experimental rock/metal/?/prog/?
[b]Broken Social Scene - Cranley's Gonna Make It[/b] - feel-good instrumental indie
[b]Electric Light Orchestra - Yours Truly, 2095[/b] - 80's synth rock
[b]Sounds Like Chicken - Loose Ends[/b] - ska, punk & hip hop with some heaviness and mexicana thrown in
[b]The Living End - Closing In[/b] - technical rockabilly instrumental

I wont call dibs but I may do the living end one soon... I have a bit of their stuff not that though. They are rockabilly? I always thought they were just punk?

[b]The Beatles - Real Love[/b]

I've gotten into the band a bit lately, still, some of the songs are a hit and miss affair for me.

There's this church organ with piano at the start. It sounds sombre for a bit, but when the singing starts it takes on a happier sound, but I can't tell if it's meant to be or not. It keeps switching between happy and sad feeling music very quickly. Whoever is singing sounds like a munchkin (might be the production) and he's hard to understand.

After the verse completes one run, the drums start up properly and it does sound more or less happy. Some nice little guitar licks between the singing, which I can understand now.

The chorus hits with a sour augmented chord sound, but resolves into a happy vibe, "It's real love, it's real". Vocal harmonies always seem to make a happy bit sound extra happy. That chorus is catchy.

The intro bit plays again, and there could be harpsichord in it too. Just one verse then the chorus. Lead guitar is starting to infect the music now. After this chorus is a solo :o. I didn't know The Beatles had solos, it's not a difficult one, but still cool.

The verse comes back and then the chorus is repeated to end the song. I like the lead guitar in the later stages of the song, it's simple but pretty effective. I'm glad it ends up being a happy song.


Yeah I liked it. A manic-depressive song if I ever heard one, but a much better way of doing it than the soft verse-heavy chorus of nu-metal bands in recent years. No, I'm not comparing them. The lead guitar was really well done. I don't know what else to say in this concluding statement, just read the review.
Hit. 8/10

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[b][url=www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Custard - Ladies And Gentlemen.mp3]Custard - Ladies And Gentlemen[/url][/b] - "contemporary indie pop"
[b]Karnivool - Themata[/b] - prog/technical nu-metal
[b]Tommy Emmanuel - The Journey[/b] - instrumental rock, cool guitaring
[b]Anathema - Shroud Of Frost[/b] - doom metal (7:30)