Archelirion: So I've Never Listened To Swans.

Phlegm 09.20.14	havent checked any of these converge radiohead gybe swans deftones opeth brand new probably for the best
Archelirion 09.20.14	Oop, I can add GY!BE to that list for me. Converge are pretty cool, but if they're not your sort of thing I can understand why you wouldn't approach it.
JS19 09.20.14	Brand New are like really emotional alternative rock on the heavier side and pop punk in their earlier years. Pretty simple really
JS19 09.20.14	lol spooky
zakalwe 09.20.14	Swans were written off 20yrs ago cos they were shite. (Nothing's changed) Brand New - Total Fuckin shite with added try too hard fakery. Radiohead - Great
zakalwe 09.20.14	total classic
Archelirion 09.20.14	Haha, oh jeez those made me laugh :L I love White Pony, but better than Music for Airports? Nah.
Archelirion 09.20.14	'Swans were written off 20yrs ago cos they were shite. (Nothing's changed) Brand New - Total Fuckin shite with added try too hard fakery.' ...so I take it I'm not missing too much then?
JS19 09.20.14	Zak is grumpy ignore him they're both amazing
zakalwe 09.20.14	Some Introverted, over sensitive, judgemental moron who feels rather thinks will dig hard.
ChoccyPhilly 09.20.14	Never listened to Brand New or Swans either, and I don't plan on starting
JS19 09.20.14	Swans and Brand New are just so similar in the emotional department Zak can definitely trust your opinion
Artuma 09.20.14	wow choccy swans is essential you'd dig soundtracks
Archelirion 09.20.14	I haven't listened to the Script's new one. I probably shouldn't do that.
Mesm277 09.20.14	Swans, Converge, Godspeed, Meshuggah
Rowan5215 09.20.14	Swans are alright but check Brand New please
NorthernSkylark 09.20.14	check the smiths
zakalwe 09.20.14	Wise words from the lark.
Rowan5215 09.20.14	also check the Cure
Archelirion 09.20.14	Love the Cure. Listening to the Smiths right now, actually quite enjoying it.
ChoccyPhilly 09.20.14	I lied actually, I've listened to Sowing Season, but it seemed pretty boring. I never really clicked with the bands that sputnik acclaim
Froot 09.20.14	Haven't checked The National, Laura Stevenson, Opeth, Tool, Talking Heads, Between the Buried and Me, Bomb the Music Industry, Bon Iver, Black Sabbath, Gorguts, Circle Takes The Square, Animal Collective, maudlin of the Well, King Crimson, Refused, Protest the Hero, Thrice, Underoath and Yes
TwigTW 09.20.14	Haven't checked out Opeth
NorthernSkylark 09.20.14	gj aaron!
Archelirion 09.20.14	There's some there Froot that I've never even heard of.
Rowan5215 09.20.14	"Love the Cure." Then you're alright with me fella not that I judge people based on their musical taste Guys I SWEAR I DON'T
Archelirion 09.20.14	Haha, good to hear it Rowan! By the way, in 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out', there's a bit that goes 'And if a ten ton truck Kills the both of us' Is that referenced in 'Gravity's Union' by Coheed?
Rowan5215 09.20.14	WOAH DUDE I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT DAMN
Archelirion 09.20.14	I know they reference Pink Floyd in 'Mother Superior' so I wouldn't put it past it.
Rowan5215 09.20.14	Where's the reference in Mother Superior?
Jots 09.20.14	Nobody on here has, they just pretend to because they think everyone else on here does.
Archelirion 09.20.14	'Mother Superior, come catch the rabbit, he runs, where have you gone? You're frightened of living this truly gone fishing amalgam, go fetch your gun.' The 'truly gone fishing' is from The Trial I think, and the whole idea of the rabbit is from Breathe.
Rowan5215 09.20.14	Hmm I suppose it could be but its not like Floyd came up with either those phrases 'run rabbit run' is as old as the hills and 'truly gone fishing' is a fairly common phrase like 'lost your marbles'
JohnnyoftheWell 09.20.14	Go and listen to all those bands, and enjoy them as much as you can...but remember that Brand New won't make you deep or interesting, Radiohead won't make you an authority on experimental music, and Swans won't make you interesting, but they will probably make you a raving elitist arsehole. Godspeed, however, will make you a better person.
ChoccyPhilly 09.20.14	How will Godspeed make you a better person?! It's not THAT amazing
Comatorium. 09.20.14	Godspeed makes everyone a better person.
JohnnyoftheWell 09.20.14	Godspeed inspires patience, which is a virtue. And they make good music. Swans, on the other hand, inspire dulled senses.
ChoccyPhilly 09.20.14	A lot of music requires patience. Godspeed are good, but nothing particularly awe inspiring
JohnnyoftheWell 09.20.14	Dude, Sleep
ScuroFantasma 09.20.14	haven't heard any of the ones on this list
Artuma 09.20.14	scuro is officially the only person in the world who hasn't heard radiohead
demigod! 09.20.14	flem deserves to be crucified for lumping in radiohead, converge and gybe with queeftones borepeth and brand gay
StallionMang 09.20.14	Never checked Autechre even though a lot of people seem to go gaga over em
Supercoolguy64 09.20.14	Haven't heard Godspeed yet Or brand new
Ryus 09.20.14	queeftones borepeth and brand gay [2]
eddie95 09.20.14	swans, deftones, godspeed (i just listened to half a song and I decided the band wasn't for me), bon iver and all the indie stuff I've never heard of but apparently on this site they're famous just as pink floyd or the beatles.
Let 09.20.14	GYBE aren't that good, but Swans are essential.
titanslayer 09.20.14	I haven't heard most sputcore tbh and the ones I did listen to were really disappointing
Archelirion 09.20.14	'I haven't heard most sputcore tbh and the ones I did listen to were really disappointing' I think that's the issue with a lot of them for me - it's that, I don't want to hear them as I will probably be really disappointed.
YakNips 09.20.14	im cool because i don't listen to bands that sputnik likes
titanslayer 09.20.14	"im cool because i don't listen to bands that sputnik likes" Ikr
Archelirion 09.20.14	'im cool because i don't listen to bands that sputnik likes' Shots fired. Ouch.
ChoccyPhilly 09.20.14	Actually good sputcore album to disappointing sputecore album ratio is like 1:9
YakNips 09.20.14	dont worry some things said in this thread are way more cringe-worthy than what you said
titanslayer 09.20.14	I feel like half the site has a stupid, "I'm so cool I listen to music no one likes except here on sputnik" mentality
Archelirion 09.20.14	To be fair, most of the stuff here is stuff I'll get round to listening to one day. Although, it does seem a lot of the stuff people like on Sputnik is frequently ignored by everyone else, so it goes both ways.
YakNips 09.20.14	lmao Swans are wayyy bigger on /mu/ than here
Archelirion 09.20.14	That is true actually. Pretty sure actively disliking Swans there is punishable by death.
YakNips 09.20.14	tbh as dumb as some people are here i think /mu/ is worse
titanslayer 09.20.14	That isn't saying much
Archelirion 09.20.14	On /mu/, it is pretty much 'oh, I'm pretty sure I heard someone talk about them once, -100000/10 gtfo' I don't tend to go there unless I'm reaffirming my faith in here.
KriegdemKriege 09.20.14	Listen to Radiohead's The Bends and then stop there. It's the only album in their discography worth listening to. It's really a classic though.
ArsMoriendi 09.20.14	"Radiohead won't make you an authority on experimental music" That's because Radiohead is barely experimental music. It's just alternative rock and on their later stuff some electronica. AaronIsCrunchy: Check OK Computer first.
deathschool 09.20.14	There's a good bit of people who don't care about or don't like Swans on this site. They're hardly a Sput essential. They only have one album with over a thousand votes.
Archelirion 09.20.14	Really? I always thought they were THE band. Ha, I'm showing my lack-of-age here I think.
ChoccyPhilly 09.20.14	This is an Opeth site.
Shuyin 09.20.14	youre not missing much, they're not bad but its takes like 12 months for the album to finish
Thibs 09.20.14	Dillinger Death
JohnnyoftheWell 09.20.14	That's because Radiohead is barely experimental music. It's just alternative rock and on their later stuff some electronica. Hence my earlier statement. They're no Mr Bungle amirite I would describe Radiohead as experimenting within the alternative genre, and Kid A and Amnesiac as experimental electronica
deathschool 09.20.14	Eh, I mean. I think when you do stuff inside of a genre that no one else has done, and music that is generally pretty difficult to slap a genre label on that it's pretty experimental. Experimental music can still be popular and have obvious genre influences.
ArsMoriendi 09.21.14	"I would describe Radiohead as experimenting within the alternative genre, and Kid A and Amnesiac as experimental electronica" Marginally, yes. Both are amazing albums though. Especially Amnesiac.
Torontonian 09.21.14	"So I've Never Listened To Swans." sammmesies
Ichangedmynametojeff 09.22.14	You have to check Swans. And yes, Pablo Honey is the equivalent of Radiohead's waste product.
Archelirion 09.23.14	Dunno about Swans yet, but I've suddenly realised how much I liked the Smiths without realising it.
Wadlez 09.23.14	Everyone should jam Smiths
Feather 06.30.15	You like the smith street band and somehow that makes me think that you will like Brand New.
Artuma 06.30.15	there is literally nothing in common with brand new and tssb
Archelirion 06.30.15	Hehe, woah I remember this. Still haven't gotten around to listening to Brand New actually, but if they're like the Smith Street Band then they've gotta be worth a bash :] EDIT AFTER READING ART'S COMMENT: Ah.
deathschool 06.30.15	TSSB >>>>> Brand New
Feather 06.30.15	TSSB and Brand New are not similar, but they are two of my favorite bands so somehow that makes me think you will like Brand New. I'm probably wrong though because that is really flawed logic.
likeshad0ws 06.30.15	Swans are one of my favorite bands but I'm still not sure what category they really fall into.
Feather 06.30.15	I win! Aaron is a fan of Brand New!
Sevengill 06.30.15	I bought The Seer and was very disappointed. See my review under Pedro70512 for details.
LepreCon 06.30.15	I've never heard them either, but Brand New and Radiohead are cool.
altertide0 06.30.15	Swans are nowhere near as pop here as RH, GY!BE, Deftones, Tool, PT, Bowie etc.
Sevengill 06.30.15	what is PT?
Archelirion 06.30.15	Woahwoahwoahwoahwoah. Are you pedro Sevengill?
Archelirion 06.30.15	Well, shit. I mean, it figures what with the Ichthyologist reference and all.
Sevengill 06.30.15	"I mean, it figures what with the Ichthyologist reference and all." ♥♥♥♥♥
BandNewbac 06.30.15	Opeth are literally fucking awful
parksungjoon 10.08.21	lol
Archelirion 10.08.21	oh no
Archelirion 10.08.21	Updated for 2021
parksungjoon 10.08.21	the life of pablo honey