I need new music |
  |
 Jul 16 2009, 12:38 AM
Post
#1
|
|
 Senior Member  Group: Official Designer Posts: 339 Joined: Mar 2009 Member No: 721,527  |
So I'm really running dry on the music as of late, and I thought I turn to you guys for a little music inspiration.
I listen to alternative indie stuff so please no hip-hop, rap, r&b, mainstream stuff. I kinda enjoy that obscure sound. Just name a few bands you guys like and like names of notable snogs? Thanks guys. |
|
|
|
|
Jul 16 2009, 12:45 AM
Post
#2
|
|
 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
Justice
D.A.N.C.E Phantom DVNO |
|
|
|
|
Jul 16 2009, 01:05 AM
Post
#3
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 35 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,080 |
"Penny Lane" - The Beatles
"Here Comes the Sun" - The Beatles "Dead Disco" - Metric "First Train Home" - Imogen Heap "Blow Away" - A Fine Frenzy "Hear You Me" - Jimmy Eat World "Magic" - Ladyhawke "Bette Davis Eyes" - Leighton Meester "A Lack of Color" - Deathcab for Cutie "Sound of Settling" - Deathcab for Cutie "Passenger Seat" - Deathcab for Cutie : ( Why don't you like hip hop and rap? It's the total go-to genre. Anyway, that's just some songs I'm currently listening to. |
|
|
|
|
Jul 16 2009, 08:23 PM
Post
#4
|
|
 Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
QUOTE(broken-doll @ Jul 16 2009, 01:05 AM)  : ( Why don't you like hip hop and rap? It's the total go-to genre. Anyway, that's just some songs I'm currently listening to. For sure. I listen to all sorts of different music, makes the listening experience more interesting. Alt rock indie? I'm honestly not even sure what is considered "indie" these days. I'll make an attempt to name some musicians. First and foremost, you should give The Decemberists a try. They are thematic, but insanely interesting to listen to. I will not name individual songs, because they are best served with entire meal. I've been enjoying Cat Power lately. She's sort of similar to Mazzy Star. I LOVE Andrew Bird. I have yet to hear anything from him that I have not liked. Earlimart had brief radio love, but it didn't last. Just a few for you to nibble on. |
|
|
|
|
Jul 17 2009, 02:23 AM
Post
#5
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 339 Joined: Mar 2009 Member No: 721,527 |
Thanks for the suggestions. I have Justice, Decemberists and Death Cab. Have heard of Andrew Bird but never full checked him out. I'll give him a second listen. And Leighton Meester sounds interesting too.
I think rap and hip hop are very... unimaginative and dull. Back in the days of Eminem I was a fan, but the subject matter of those genre nowadays have turned into just sex and drugs in general. I don't want to listen to those kind of lyrics. Plus the same beat going on in the background gets annoying. |
|
|
|
|
Jul 17 2009, 10:15 PM
Post
#6
|
|
 Drank wit your boy Group: Official Member Posts: 1,711 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 649,997 |
QUOTE(rickysaurus @ Jul 17 2009, 03:23 AM) I think rap and hip hop are very... unimaginative and dull. Back in the days of Eminem I was a fan, but the subject matter of those genre nowadays have turned into just sex and drugs in general. I don't want to listen to those kind of lyrics. Plus the same beat going on in the background gets annoying. You're not very knowledgeable when it comes to Hip-Hop. 
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 17 2009, 10:28 PM
Post
#7
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 339 Joined: Mar 2009 Member No: 721,527 |
Yeah I'll admit I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to them. Still not something I wanna listen to though.
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 18 2009, 01:02 PM
Post
#8
|
|
|
Drank wit your boy Group: Official Member Posts: 1,711 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 649,997 |
QUOTE(rickysaurus @ Jul 17 2009, 11:28 PM) Yeah I'll admit I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to them. Still not something I wanna listen to though. Then why say things such as it's unimaginative if you're not somewhat knowledgeable on the subject or done some research on the matter? If you don't like rap, because it just doesn't sound appealing or it isn't to your liking that's cool but to make a bold statement without a solid foundation makes it have zero credibility. |
|
|
|
|
Jul 18 2009, 01:31 PM
Post
#9
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 339 Joined: Mar 2009 Member No: 721,527 |
Then enlighten me please because I haven't heard anything good in quite a while. And I'm just taking stabs in the dark here, but why have hip hop artists started using techno and electronica songs as basis for their beats if they're so imaginative?
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 18 2009, 01:35 PM
Post
#10
|
|
 The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 18 2009, 01:52 PM
Post
#11
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 339 Joined: Mar 2009 Member No: 721,527 |
No good. Sorry I guess I'm just not receptive to it at all. The guitar in the back was kinda nice, but then Jay-Z started rapping in the same tone over and over again. Drum beat was the same throughout too. Got bored halfway in.
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 18 2009, 01:59 PM
Post
#12
|
|
|
Drank wit your boy Group: Official Member Posts: 1,711 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 649,997 |
QUOTE(rickysaurus @ Jul 18 2009, 02:31 PM) Then enlighten me please because I haven't heard anything good in quite a while. And I'm just taking stabs in the dark here, but why have hip hop artists started using techno and electronica songs as basis for their beats if they're so imaginative? That's the one special thing about hip hop. You can basically cross over into other genres as well. I think it's great to use a techno beat since they both were pioneered in a similar fashion. They both originated in the African-American community, so why not put the two together? Anyways, not sure if you would like this guy, but here's someone you might or might not like. His lyrics are really creative, and a lot of times you have to analyze some of his lines to get a basic understanding of what he is conveying since they have hidden references in them. Lupe Fiasco - Hello/Goodbye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejyblErjIKk Lupe Fiasco - And He gets the Girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL04P5uPEOQ Lupe Fiasco - Paris Tokyo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvwv5rvXKH4 |
|
|
|
|
Jul 18 2009, 02:00 PM
Post
#13
|
|
|
The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
well phoenix just came out with an album that is good
so did peter bjorn and john coldwarkids albums are good |
|
|
|
|
Jul 18 2009, 02:07 PM
Post
#14
|
|
|
Drank wit your boy Group: Official Member Posts: 1,711 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 649,997 |
QUOTE(DoubleJ @ Jul 18 2009, 02:35 PM) This video is hard for me to watch. I can't even pay attention to the song because I'm steady looking at his hair. Throughout the entire video, I'm sitting here like when is this dude going to get the fade he deserves. My favorite part of the video was when he was in the barber's chair getting his hair cut. 
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 18 2009, 02:10 PM
Post
#15
|
|
|
The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
gtfo lmao. That hair was a hot ghetto mess though. I had one of those this week!
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 19 2009, 01:22 AM
Post
#16
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 339 Joined: Mar 2009 Member No: 721,527 |
Thanks for the songs. I checked out Lupe Fiasco. He's not half bad. Liked the video for He Gets The Girl.
|
|
|
|
|
Aug 6 2009, 11:09 PM
Post
#17
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
QUOTE(rickysaurus @ Jul 16 2009, 01:38 AM) I listen to alternative indie stuff so please no hip-hop, rap, r&b, mainstream stuff. I kinda enjoy that obscure sound. Alternative indie: your indie alternative to indie music. I once had this idea for a genre I called "alternative jazz" that fused jazz with an old-school emo/hardcore punk sound, but it didn't pan out. Probably because I sucked at playing the guitar. |
|
|
|
|
Aug 6 2009, 11:13 PM
Post
#18
|
|
 AileenWitIt Group: Member Posts: 28 Joined: Jul 2009 Member No: 738,879 |
QUOTE(rickysaurus @ Jul 19 2009, 01:22 AM) Thanks for the songs. I checked out Lupe Fiasco. He's not half bad. Liked the video for He Gets The Girl. Houston has some pretty good local bands. You should look up Tax the Wolf, they're music is great and they're finally making a name for themselves! |
|
|
|
|
Aug 6 2009, 11:36 PM
Post
#19
|
|
 in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move, Remade Horizon
Radiohead - Everything in its Right Place, Idioteque, There There, Jigsaw Falling Into Place (pretty much all of The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows) Sorry that's a lot, can you tell I love Radiohead LOL Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running, No Cars Go, Rebellion (Lies) Lykke Li - I'm Good I'm Gone, Dance Dance Dance Metric - Sick Muse, Gimme Sympathy The New Pornographers - Letter From An Occupant, Use It, Sing Me Spanish Techno, Twin Cinema (and basically everything from the album Twin Cinema) Spoon - The Underdog, Don't Make Me A Target, You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb, Don't You Evah Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead, Soft Revolution, Calendar Girl, Bitches in Tokyo, Window Bird Sufjan Stevens - Chicago, Come On! Feel the Illinoise!, Jacksonville Thom Yorke - The Eraser, Analyse, Black Swan Vampire Weekend - A-Punk, Oxford Comma, Walcott There's prob more but I don't have all my music on my laptop right now. |
|
|
|
|
Aug 10 2009, 10:51 PM
Post
#20
|
|
 show me a garden thats bursting to life Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,303 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 115,987 |
^ Definitely Sufjan, Vampire Weekend and Stars. They're terrific. Check out Band of Horses or Black Lab. These two bands of become my latest things to set on repeat on my iPod.
|
|
|
|
|
Aug 10 2009, 11:16 PM
Post
#21
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 339 Joined: Mar 2009 Member No: 721,527 |
Man as much as I wanna listen to Band of Horses, I can't get into them. Will check out Black Lab thanks.
|
|
|
|
|
Aug 10 2009, 11:48 PM
Post
#22
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
QUOTE(Gigi @ Aug 6 2009, 11:36 PM) Dirty Projectors - Stillness is the Move, Remade Horizon Radiohead - Everything in its Right Place, Idioteque, There There, Jigsaw Falling Into Place (pretty much all of The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows) Sorry that's a lot, can you tell I love Radiohead LOL Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running, No Cars Go, Rebellion (Lies) Lykke Li - I'm Good I'm Gone, Dance Dance Dance Metric - Sick Muse, Gimme Sympathy The New Pornographers - Letter From An Occupant, Use It, Sing Me Spanish Techno, Twin Cinema (and basically everything from the album Twin Cinema) Spoon - The Underdog, Don't Make Me A Target, You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb, Don't You Evah Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead, Soft Revolution, Calendar Girl, Bitches in Tokyo, Window Bird Sufjan Stevens - Chicago, Come On! Feel the Illinoise!, Jacksonville Thom Yorke - The Eraser, Analyse, Black Swan Vampire Weekend - A-Punk, Oxford Comma, Walcott There's prob more but I don't have all my music on my laptop right now. I like your taste :) I have most of that. |
|
|
|
|
Aug 11 2009, 03:47 AM
Post
#23
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,529 Joined: May 2007 Member No: 523,843 |
|
|
|
|
|
Aug 11 2009, 08:43 AM
Post
#24
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
Some bands that I've been listening to as of late that you might enjoy are...
|
|
|
|
|
Aug 11 2009, 10:50 PM
Post
#25
|
|
 AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
Matt and Kim, Cool Kids, Operator Please, The Jakes, Jupiter One.
Only ones I can think right off the bat |
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members: