Dibs

EDIT: Scratch that, I can't find it.

Mary Higgins - All For Believing

Starts out a piano then she starts singing. She has very good voice, very good. It just goes back and forth between chorus and verse in which the piano is playing. It doesn't get very exciting. I like in the chorus when she hits those very bassie chords on the piano.

Not really my cup of tea but she does have a good voice so 5/10 (sorry)


my songs:
Jets to brazil - Sea Anemone
Sigur Ros - Staralfur
Morphine - thursday

I'll do Staralfur.

Ok, starts with some weird noises. Then this nice violin. Now the vocals. Which make no sense, and I really hope aren't in English (Sigur Ros is Icelandic, right?). The vocals pause for some more weird noise, then it stops and they start again. Continues with some variation. Later on, it stops and there's some strumming, but it starts with the violin bit again soon. Later yet, a cello kicks in for this cool sort of philharmonic bit.

I have to say, that song was f*ckin' beautiful. Not at all the sort of music I usually listen to, but none the less 8.5/10. I will now go download more Sigur Ros.

The Velvet Underground-Candy Says
Smashing Pumpkins-White Spyder
Sonic Youth-Little Trouble Girl

Plenty of variation, so no complaining.

[QUOTE=Nra4Ever_42]Ok, starts with some weird noises. Then this nice violin. Now the vocals. Which make no sense, and I really hope aren't in English (Sigur Ros is Icelandic, right?). The vocals pause for some more weird noise, then it stops and they start again. Continues with some variation. Later on, it stops and there's some strumming, but it starts with the violin bit again soon. Later yet, a cello kicks in for this cool sort of philharmonic bit.

I have to say, that song was f*ckin' beautiful. Not at all the sort of music I usually listen to, but none the less 8.5/10. I will now go download more Sigur Ros.

The Velvet Underground-Candy Says
Smashing Pumpkins-White Spyder
Sonic Youth-Little Trouble Girl




Plenty of variation, so no complaining.[/QUOTE]

If you like that, check out Mogwai

Dibs.

Bump

As soon as I post, everyone deserts the thread. Dammit!

Ok, I'll rescue it, as Tangy died or something.

Thank you. I don't want to have listened to a good song, then listed 3 more for nothing.

[b]The Velvet Underground - Candy Says[/b]

I actually know nothing about The Velvet Underground, apart from the fact Lou Reed was in it, so I'm not sure what to expect.

Mellow acoustic part with some quiet but nice vocals. Depressing lyrics though.. about hating your body :( Funnily enough, all about a girl called Candy.

This has a really nice feel to it though, this will probably be one of my going to sleep tracks tonight provided it says like this.

Falsetto note at the end of the verse, now he's back to singing 'candy says' again. I really really like the guitar, all ripply and almost harp-sounding. Some slight echo and backing vocals coming in now, no big change in tempo or melody.

There's not really a lot else to say because nothing new has really happened. In the case of this song that really isn't a bad thing.

Now there's an instrumental part with just some non-lyrical backing vocals. Still keeping it very calm, very nice, very easy to listen to. I'd like to look up the lyrics at some point, it's hard to listen to them properly when you're typing.

Ooh, a bit of vibrato on the guitar, yay!

Finishes off on a sung 'doo' and a chord.

That was a really lovely piece of music, I will definitely check out more of this band.

8/10

My Picks:

The Music - Freedom Fighters (alt. rock)
Drugstore & Thom Yorke - El Presidente (alternative)
Scissor Sisters - The Skins (electro-rock)

dibs

The Music- Freedom Fighters

well it started pretty intense. ahh, it's getting repetetive as hell, this is starting just to sound like plain old modern rock. the lyrics aren't that good, i don't know anyone who would enjoy this kind of stuff. it's pretty much.... this sucks. thats all i can say about it. it's horrible. i'll give it a pity score of 2/10 only because they're British.

my songs

Joy Division- Shadowplay
The Sonics- The Witch
Sloan- Underwhelmed

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(Three days late, sorry)
[B]The Sonics- The Witch[/B] 2:40

I've somewhat heard of this group from the nuggets collection. I thought they were okay but I've always wanted to listen to more.

It's a very low quality recording, this usually adds to a song like this but It hurts it here. The drum mixing is far too low, Some hiss from and clipping from the drums would be nice.

The ascending and descending line is cool. I guess has some sort of flange or chorus, It's really weird. I was surprised by the singing, It's very raspy and different then the last time I've heard them.

At 1:30 there is a guitar solo very similar to the one in Louie Louie by The Kingsman. I guess the guitar has the weird effect not the bass. After this solo it goes into the brigde, the quality gets worse as well (maybe it's my MP3). One more verse with added screaming and the song is over.

[B]Rating 6/10[/B] Didn't do it for me

[B]My Songs:[/B]
Olivia Tremor Control - Do You Like Worms? (From a Brain Wilson tribute album)
[url]http://www.elephant6.net/mp3/otc/OTC_DoYouLikeWorms.mp3[/url]

Magazine - Motorcade (Post Punk)
Fugazi - Small Pox Champion (Post Hardcore)

All dibs'd up.

Fugazi - Small Pox Champion

I'm just gunna say it. I've never heard Fugazi before. This should be interesting.

Starts out with some soft clean guitar. Gets crazy, and everything else comes in. I like the singers voice, but I think it'll take some getting used to. The little break things are cool, and the chorus is pretty rad. Second verse part is pretty similiar, but sounds fuller. It is kind of iffy in the chorus when he says "good", it seems off.

Woah, this bridge part is relaly cool. the song ended very well.

I loved the verses and the bridge, and I liked the chorus. I shall check more Fugazi stuff out soon.

8/10

My forced offerings:
Missy Higgins - Casualty
Missy Higgins - Dancing Dirt Into The Snow
Little Birdy - Relapse

dibs

can i still take the little birdy song?

nevermind ares isnt connecting

[B]Missy Higgins - Casualty[/B] 4:11

I've actually heard this song from your picks a while ago, but dibs was already called so I couldn't review it. I haven't heard it since then so maybe it has grown on me.

I'm really feeling this horn and bass groove, I cranked it up a bit. The vocals are rather soothing. I get a strange vibe from them that I can't really pin point but overall she is a great great singer. The dramatic chord changes before the chorus is nicely pulled off.

The chorus part is really funky and catchy, almost radio freindly. I wonder how popular this group is because they have a slighty mainstream sound but still keeps things interesting. Actuallly most of my favorite bands are like this.

I really like the wind part after the solo. Don't know waht the instrument is though. The vocals continue and sound bit more sexual with the short phrases of raspy moans. She has great pitch and she adds so much to the verses with those cathcy melodies.

The chorus is repeated a buncht of times before the end of the song. I'm not getting tired of them at all. There are even short interludes of horns and singing that cool. The song ends on a fade out. Well I wasn't very impressed the first time a heard this, but I wasn't really paying attention. I can now say I'm a fan.

9.5/10 I'm impressed

[B]Would I listen to more of the same band:[/B] I going to listen to more

[B]My Choices:[/B]
[url]http://www.elephant6.net/mp3/otc/OTC_DoYouLikeWorms.mp3[/url]
Oliva Tremor Control - Do You Like Worms (Beach Boys tribute album)
The Kinks - Victoria (Classic Rock)
Magazine - Motorcade (Post Punk)
Fugazi - I'm So Tired (Piano Ballad)

Missy Higgins is a 21 year old chick from Melbourne. The EP that this track is on actually went to number one on the Australian charts. So yeah. That's freaking awesome that you dig it. She's my favvvourite.

Bump?

Dibs then. OTC here I come!!!

EDIT: Wellrespected, I just realized we are the only freakig people doing these. Well I guess we're helping eachother anyway. :thumb:

Oliva Tremor Control - Do You Like Worms

Starts off with some weird noises. Nothing like the only other song I've heard by these guys so far. Bass comes in, cool bassline. Everything stops andis replaces by a weird chime sound. The "ooga chaka ooga chaka" part comes in, with a mimicked trumpet sound. Some more weird noises.

Creaking, by a little bit of singing, this part is cool. Weird weird weird. Cuts out and goes back to chime part. Some strings playing a large part here, which is really cool too. Someweird noises again, and it just cut out. I'm not sure if it was incomplete or not.

7/10

It was pretty cool in parts but realllly weird. I was already planning on checking these guys out more, and I still plan to.

My songs:
Little Birdy - Relapse
My Red Cell - In A Cage (On Prozac)

Go on, dibs, for some user variety.

Edit: I've got a match for Relapse, but it's downloading from a modem, so I may be a while.

Revoked. Download crashed, and no more matches for either. Plus, Limewire's system-whoring my PC, and it's annoying me.

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[b]Relapse - Little Birdy[/b]

Chimy backing, then a very high voice, sounds quite childlike. Some trippy, slow rhythm guitar trips in, the voice deepens slightly, but still breathy. Like it so far.

Drums kick in. A guitar riff thing going on now. Generally the song is becoming a bit more conventional, but still good. Lyrics seem alright, nothing amazing from what I've picked out so far though.

Repetition of the same line a few times, then builds up to some singing to 'ooh'. Violins (I think?) kick in. Not much else to say, all much of the same sort of thing really.

Drumming seems very simple, guitar isn't incredible but works nicely, do like the singing however, and for that reason I will probably investigate this band more. It dies away, then finishes.

Rating - 7/10

My picks:

Gravity - Embrace (indie)
Here's To The Nights - Eve 6 (alternative, punky ballad)
Human Behaviour - Bjork (alternative)

Dibbed. I keep hearing people harking about that Embrace song, but I haven't heard it yet.

Ah, a song with 77 matches, downloaded in less than 2 minutes. That's what I like to see. :)

[B]Embrace - Gravity[/B]

I understand this track was written by Chris Martin of Coldplay. I'm not a fan of Coldplay by any means, but I really liked the song he wrote for Jamelia.

The intro sounds a hell of a lot like Yellow, except with a piano replacing the guitars. The melody is incredibly Coldplay-esque, too. As are the lyrics. In fact, if the file didn't have Embrace in the name, I wouldn't believe you if you told me it was a different band.

It sounds like all Coldplay, basically - fairly pretty, but inconsequential and forgettable. A singer with a more powerful voice may well have been able to make the chorus something special, but here it sounds like a college band. The lyrics, especially, resemble fifth form poetry. 'Do you hear my heart beating?' 'I can't help crying.' 'Don't look down.' A little ambition would be nice. The song couldn't have been more crafted to be on a dopey chick-flick soundtrack if it had come out of a mould.

It wasn't a waste of my time, but I can think of better things to do with 5 minutes.

[B]4/10.[/B]

It amuses me that Chris Martin said he gave this to Embrace because it suited them better. More likely, he gave it away because the rest of the band hated it.

My recommendations -

Jamelia - See It In A Boy's Eyes (also written by Chris Martin, but much, much better)
Afghan Whigs - Debonair, What Jail Is Like (soul-grunge)

[B]Jamelia - See It In A Boy's Eyes

This song reminded me a lot of Alisha Keys. I didn't really like the song that much but I really liked the panio. The intro is pretty cool, and then the music is kinda weird when she starts singing. This is the kinda of music my dad listens and not generally what I listen to, sometimes it get annoying with the lalalala's and and repeating of see it in a boy's eyes. It was an ok song. I'm going to give it a 4/10.

[B]Recomendations[/B]

Deathray Davies - Evaporated
New End Original - Lukewarm
xbxrx - Hold on to Your Skulls Boys and Girls (crazy crazy crazy stuff)

Dearie me this needs bumping. I can't do it right now, but please someone take it.

Last time I tried to download this I had quite alot of trouble. I'll try again though.

This is getting ridiculous, I am over ruling previous suggestions and putting in my own, easy to get songs.

The Killers - All These Things I've Done (indie rock)
The 22-20s - I'm The One (sort of indie country rock)
Graham Coxon - Spectacular (Britpop)
Mercury Rev - All Is Dream (alternative)

Go!

ok ashtray girl! i go! DIBS! YAY!

[SIZE=4][I][B]The Killers - All These Things I've Done[/B][/I][/SIZE]

starts with some tinging.. for a few seconds not intresting then an organ comes in.. and vocals.. i'm confused.. i knew some the killers.. what's going on.. it's very different..

after a minute organ and piano music a drum comes in and one COOL bassline and guitar riff.. this song gets more The Killers style after the intro and is pretty **** cool, especially the bassline is cool.. nice verses..

The chorus is nice and pretty catchy vocally.. this song makes me feel like i should check out more from the killers then just the 2 songs i know.. i was meaning to check them out some more but now i'm sure i will

then at 2.30 the song breaks down completly and a gospel choir comes in..
very weird, and pretty cool too! the guitars got cooler now at this point.. the song is getting weird dimensions added to it..

The song gets a little boring at the end but it's a still a nice song..!

Catchy song! Very nice! 8/10



my picks:
Elliott Smith - Twilight (a VERY VERY VERY pretty acoustic song), listen here:
[url]http://www.epitaph.com/bands/redirect.php?id=4544[/url]
or
Death cab for cutie - Tiny vessels (a nice indie song)
Franz Ferdinand - Auf Achse

Dibs

[B]Elliott Smith - Twilight[/B]

I admit even with all of the raving Elliott gets in here, this is the first song I'll be hearing from him.

Starts off with soft strumming; the chords are used throughout the song. Whoah, reminds me so much of Filipino pop songs back home..

The verse continues, with Elliott's soft but convincing voice accompanied by background vocals. I find the tune very catchy indeed. The lyrics talk about well, a boy-girl relationship that can't be. I especially like "..you don't deserve to be lonely, but those drugs you got won't make you feel better". There isn't really much change happening but the tempo's very calm, good for just chilling out and daydreaming by yourself.

The lines with "somebody's baby" go on until about 2 minutes into the song, strings(?) enter and a faint sound can be heard in the background, I can hear some "mmmmmmmm"'s too. I'm really liking this.

Elliott sings again after a minute or so. The tune stays the same, but I didn't get tired of it. After a few more lines, the strings enter again along with the vocals, ending the song. Overall, a good song, though it wouldn't hurt to add some percussions and a few more lines. This kinda left me hanging. I'll check out more on this guy definitely:)

[B]7.5/10[/B]


Denali - Gunner(dream poppy alt, Maura Davis rules)
Rush - Freeze(a more recent Rush song)
Arab Strap - Who Named The Days(slow Scottish indie, may be a bit depressing)

Dibs on Denali.

[b][SIZE=4]Denali -- Gunner[/SIZE][/b]

The beginning of the song suprised me, just with how quickly the song started and the fact that it was a woman singing. I just had pictured the band with a male lead for some reason. That's quite irrelevant, however, because said woman is a very good singer.
The song really maintains the same pace and rythm (vocals, strummed guitar) until towards the end when it slows down and then abruptly picks up again, complete with some keyboard/synth stuff and other crazyness.

[b]Score:[/b] 4.7/5


My songs...
[b]Cardinal -- Silver Machines[/b] (Indie Pop, might be hard to find.)
[b]The Books -- S is for Evrysing[/b] (Experimental Pop)
[b]Dismemberment Plan -- Back and Forth[/b] (Indie rock)