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Dibs.

Heard of them before, but I'm not sure whether I've actually heard anything by them. If I have, it was probably also for Forced Listening.
[b]Custard - Ladies and Gentlemen[/b] - 3:25

Starts off with some nice, pretty clean, kinda folky guitar. Good start. Goes into a reasonably gentle rhythm when the rest of the band comes in, but it sounds rather upbeat, as opposed to slightly melancholy. Vocals come in, and first impression is that the voice is nothing special, but also nothing to complain about.

The song just kind of pootles along to the end of the verse, when the guitars make a semi-dramatic gesture, and the drums start building in the background. Combined with what the guy's saying, it all sounds pretty good actually. Better than I thought it would be at the start of the song, if I'm honest. Is that a hint of violin coming in towards the end of this section? If so, then even more drama points. The fact that I'm not sure means it might not be, though. Could be a keyboard, I suppose.

When the vocals stop, a solo starts. Sounds like a solo anyway, though it is in fact joined by a second (and later third) instrument, and repeats itself over. I'll call it a solo. It's fairly slow (not incredibly slow, but at least not-fast), slightly upbeat and quite good, much like the rest of the song up to this point. The violin/keyboard is following the solo's line, which is fine. Throughout the second repetition (when the third sound joins it) the drums build in the background in a similar way that they did before what I now assume was the chord beforehand, and sure enough, they go into the chorus upon reaching the end of the second run-through. I like it.

The chorus is more or less exactly the same as the one before, except with a more pronounced violin, which I'm now more sure is actually a violin. Either that or a really talented theremin player.

Nice line about nostalgia, and the songs finishes really well (with the vocal ba-ba-bas), and then just fades out.

I'm really suprrised at how much I wrote for this, since a lot of the time throughout it I thought there wasn't much going on. I was thinking a pretty low score (6 or 6.5) for most of the time, but in the end I really quite liked it.

8/10

[b]Songs;[/b]
Alabama 3 - Too Sick To Pray ("sweet Acid House Country Gospel")
Volto Do Mar - On a Hand Held Sky (er. Indie?)
Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, or, Round of Applause For Your Stepmother (folky indie)
Melvins - Joan of Arc (sludge)
David Byrne - Twistin' in the Wind

Links can be found [url=http://mxforums2.proboards45.com/index.cgi?board=RM&action=display&thread=1132227174]here[/url]

Bump, with a new song that is now less shiny.

:lol:

I made MX2 :cool:. I can't do it right now but if no one has done it by 4pm (GMT) then I'll do it.

Yeah, I meant to ask. Hope you don't mind me using it.

<_< >_>

A spectre is haunting Europe.

-- the spectre of Communism.

[B]Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, or, Round of Applause For Your Stepmother (folky indie)[/B][I]3:03[/I]

Kicks off with a folky guitar strumming (which remains in a large part of the song), along with an accordion and... another guitar. The vocals are nice, two characters singing. The lyrics are funny, at some extent... mmm... Very southern-like painting. The songwriting is amazing, I must add.

The song remains the same, as in the field of the rhythm and pace, but that doesn't make it bad at all... It's a soothing song. The instruments all add up nicely to the vibe of the song, it makes you feel like you're in the south... smoking... sitting in a rocking chair... hunting possums... The highlight of the song: "[I]Steven A. Douglas was a great debater, But Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator[/I]".

Sometimes the rhyming scheme is a little botherful... but overall it's nice. No real big complains.

9/10

King Crimson - Thela Hun Ginjeet
The troggs - wild thing
Placebo - without you I'm nothing
Norther - Dream
Mithotyn - Chariot of power

If you wish to listen to any of this songs, communicate it to me via this thread and I'll send you a link. ;)

I can do any of them except the Troggs, I think. So if you would, it'd be nice if you'd send me one of them. Which one is your choice.

EDIT: My email address is [email]eruantien@gmail.com[/email], by the way.

[QUOTE=Bartender]-- the spectre of Communism.[/QUOTE]
A mod triple posting? :O

The Communism stuff? Just happened to be reading the Manifesto when I was bumping the thread, and decided to see how much of it I could get through before someone took it.

Partly why I like Marx anyway. A sense of theatre. "A spectre is haunting Europe". I mean, how does Hobbes start the Leviathan?

[nerd] "Concerning the thoughts of man, I will consider them first singly, and then..." [/nerd]

Still got nothing on Nietzsche, of course.

I was actually planning on deleting/merging all my Communism posts when someone did take it, but now nothing would make sense.

If I did, it somehow went unnoticed. Searching my inbox shows no trace of it.

hey hey, guess who?

[b]Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing[/b]

I probably heard this years ago, but I didn't really like the band much then. Recently I've heard some songs and I seem to like them now.

The opening sounds Deftones-y, that is, dissonant while keeping a solid underlying musical basis. Light drums come in and keep the slow beat. This same music continues as the vocalist starts singing, his whiny voice is still irritating, maybe it was this that put me off in the past. I can get over it now. Sounds like someone else is doubling an octave lower, it's definitely a different voice.

It sounds kind of raw and clean at the same time. Is this the chorus? The deeper voice guy just saying Tick Tock. The music is simlar to before. Nope, not the chorus. This is depressing kind of music, but I dig it.

Double vocals and the original music is back again, some strange sounding lyrics. Not so great sounding guitar in this bit, but it passes quickly so no problems there.

About 3 mins in, the music gets a chorusy feel, but it's too far into the song to be one. The guitar is playing a simpler picking melody, it fits well. Vocals are harmonising, singing the title. This is real downer music, yet like Katatonia, they still make it catchy in a way. After a few repeats it ends on a sustained guitar chord.


Mmhm, I haven't heard that song before, the name was just familiar. I did like it, most of it was done well. The singers voice is the only negative for me, but focusing on just him is silly. The music was simple and effective, can't complain about that. I'd go for more of their songs in the future.
7.5/10

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[b]Anathema - Shroud Of Frost[/b] - doom metal (7:30)
[b]Broken Social Scene - Cranley's Gonna Make It[/b] - feel-good instrumental indie
[b]Bush - Swallowed[/b] - grunge/pop
[b]Five Star Prison Cell - Ballad Of The Cheated[/b] - avant gardecore

[b]George - Breathe In Now[/b] - really nice soft rock
[b]Katatonia - Evidence[/b] - catchy-depresso rock
[b]Rocket Science - Being Followed[/b] - old style new rock
[b]Tommy Emmanuel - The Journey[/b] - instrumental rock, cool guitaring

n-n-n-n-n-bump

Dibsies on George.

Woo, someone else that's heard of these guys! I've only heard Release from Polyserena and it's amazing (any chance you could direct me to an mp3, blueyxd?). So I'm expecting more of the same from this...

As expected, Katie Noonan's incredible voice drives this song. It's very easy to listen to; her octave-jumping antics aren't annoying at all, mainly because she hits each and every note absolutely perfectly. The woman is very talented.

The beginning of this song is very fragile and delicate, courtesy of Noonan's voice and a pretty, floating melody on what sounds like an FX'd metallophone (probably a keyboard). Drums and acoustic guitar enter but stay in the background, complementing the vocals, which are very much the focus here.

A section that is immediately identifiable as a chorus enters, with the drums doing that slidy thing on the snare drum with brushes. The intensity is upped a bit here with the appearance of another strange keyboard/organ sound, in high registers. The verse/chorus formula repeats once before the appearance of a bridge, which is driven more by drums than any other section. There are a lot of sounds here, and the effect is reasonably epic, as Katie Noonan does some wordless soaring with her voice, before the chorus, in a new, energetic incarnation, repeats once more before the song ends.

Overall, very impressive relaxation/soft rock.

Song: Wedding Nails by Porcupine Tree. Easily available on Soulseek, or you can add me to MSN at [email]crazymopoke@hotmail.com[/email] and I'll send it to you.

Bump. I already know the song so someone else go.. or alternatively, you could suggest a few more songs.

anyone who hasnt heard Wedding Nails?

Bump. I've already heard it too.

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I'd download it, but I went over my download limit. So in March, perhaps. :)

[QUOTE=Superpeer]I'd download it, but I went over my download limit. So in March, perhaps. :)[/QUOTE]

You have a download limit?

Why dont we start fresh with new choices. I think most people heard that song.

[b]Porcupine Tree - [i]Wedding Nails[/i][/b]

I've listened to Porcupine Tree, and it wasn't really my thing, but that was Deadwing. Hearing this, I am quite impressed. Right off the bat I thought, ooh this reminds me of some good stoner metal. The main riff is quite nice, and the bassline is great. Then they go into a kind of middle-eastern sounding guitar part, it's an awesome riff. It keeps changing, but staying brilliant... it reminds me of a softer version of Opeth really. The keyboards aren't very impressive but they give a good atmosphere. At about 1:50 it breaks down a little more, it's pretty simplistic guitarwise, but it gives the drummer and keyboardist more time to breathe so to speak. The lead at this part is really creepy, but cool. After this point it just gets quiet. Some very creepy atmospheric keys, very faint drumwork, but a cool section, and then bam the middle-eastern-ish part busts out again. At around 4:36 they go into a more stoner metal-esque part, and the keyboardist plays some weird shuffly sounding thing, and it goes back into the atmospheric part and fades out.

Over-all that song really impressed me, the only Porcupine Tree album I've heard was Deadwing... it's good, don't get me wrong... but wow, this song made Deadwing seem like a heaping pile of sh[color=silver]it[/color]. Overall I'd give the song a 5/5, really a great instrumental.
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Choices:
Overcast - [I]Apocolypse Upon Us[/I] (Thrash/Hardcore/Melodic Death Metal)
Aftershock - [I]Divest Your Entity[/I] (Thrash/Hardcore/Melodic Death Metal)
Animosity - [I]Thieves[/I] (Death Metal)
Ceremonial Oath - [I]The Day I Buried[/I] (Gothenburg Metal)

[QUOTE=GenuineImitation]You have a download limit?

Why dont we start fresh with new choices. I think most people heard that song.[/QUOTE]

Everyone has a download limit.

my dialup is unlimited... in a way

[QUOTE=Superpeer]Everyone has a download limit.[/QUOTE]


Never knew that...


I'll do the Ceremonial Oath.

Does someone send me the song or do I get it off a P2P program. I dont have a P2P program installed as of now, but I could download limewire.

Whichever way works, pretty much.

[QUOTE=Bartender]Whichever way works, pretty much.[/QUOTE]


Ok.

/Downloading limewire now.


I wish I knew about this thread earlier.

I'll change my song choice to Overcast. I can't find any Ceremonial Oath on Limewire.

Well you don't have to specify which song you're doing before the actual review. Just dibs, and then review whichever one you manage to get ahold of.