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ytc100 said:
I've found a lot of new music from listening to Sirius. In my experience the cutting edge channels play a lot of stuff I have never heard before. Plus Stern kicks Ron and Fez's imitator butts. 😀
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my response...yuck.

stern sounds like my grandmother; whiney and old.. oh yeah and dead. 🙂

and on a more agreeable note, i too love the wolf mother
 
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ArmyOfNone said:
I have a question. As i am starting to scratch the surface in exploring music i have noticing that many of these bands have enough tracks to fill one cd. Instead they will produce two cd albums and have like 30 min of music on each cd. Seems a bit silly to me. Whats the deal?
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You've encountered what is often a pet peeve of mine in the post-vinyl world: The "we must fill the container" syndrome.

Once upon a time, bands were limited to filling up two sides of an lp, perhaps four if they had a bigger budget. So there was quality control involved. Nothing that wasn't up to snuff was included, because there simply wasn't space for it.

This dynamic ruled until around 1990 or so, when vinyl was surpassed as the mass-market medium of choice, and bands realized that they had 70+ minutes of space available. Now, the expectation has come to be as much music as possible, whether or not the quality is there. Phooey, says I.

In this day and age, a band like Spoon is particularly laudable because they release near-perfect albums that are 35-40 minutes in length, have no filler, and leave you wanting more. As opposed to countless examples who have you wearing out the "skip" button on your cd player.

I'll shut up now. Thank you.😀
 
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i couldn't agree more, however, the consumer in me wants to pay $6.43 for 30 minutes of music, as opposed to $14.99...
 
ytc100 said:
Your grandmother must be a filthy whore with an incredible sense of humor, satire, and political commentary. 😀
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Since we play cd's all day long at the shop in a 200 disc changer we are always chasing the perfect album.

In this case this means that it can play front to back without having to run to the stereo to skip the track since it is so awful or offensive.

I would like to think that our shop plays stuff that you wouldn't hear on the commercial radio stations.

At least once a week I see someone in the store staring into space trying to guess the band that sounds so great but is off their radar.


Can you name some perfect Cd's? CD's that you can listen all the way through without skipping a track and maybe playing a 2nd time?

j-
 
Just started riding to an album by an 'instrumental' band called the cancer conspiracy. If any of you are into epic, 'growing' (can't explain it any better) music, definitely pick up 'The Audio Medium' by cancer conspiracy and just ride out the whole album. It puts me in a different world every time! It's similiar to godspeed you black emporer.

If you want to d/l a song first, I really like 'conversation with a wall'. Especially at about 3:30 when it really picks up (12 minute song!)
 
ArmyOfNone said:
as recommended to me from various sources:

cave in
minus the bear
spoon

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Spoon is a great recommendation. A few years ago i started getting into indie music scene after being pretty disappointed with the future of main stream music. Spoon is one of those first groups you will come across when making that transition. I also recommend some of these other popular groups (none of them are too far out there):

Arcade Fire (these guys are the tops)
TV On the Radio (Black guys playing rock music infused with soul)
The Ponys (Mainly just their album this year)
Stephen Malkmus (Simple rock that isn't overproduced, i.e. Spoon. Former lead singer of Pavement)
Built To Spill (their most recent album is some real good guitar rock)
Cold War Kids (Rock, they are alright)
LCD Soundsystem (Dance/Punk, i.e. Daft Punks first album only with more vocals)
Tapes N' Tapes (Rock)

And if you are into Hip Hop, or if you ever were into Hip Hop, i highly highly highly recommend you get the album Deltron3030. It is an album that came out in 2001. I have not had a single person not like this album, even people not into hip hop or rap. The album is Beastie Boy Ill Communication, or Tribe Called Quest good.

For any of the above i recommend you go and check out their myspace pages (most groups have one). The Myspace pages usually have decent quality of their most popular songs. If you like any of these and want any other recommendations, PM me, or post up, i like to share.
 
mtbdawgJeff said:
I have their last one "gimme fiction" which slowly but surely won me over. Looks like I need to pick up their new one too.
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The album Kill The Moonlight is their best IMO. Starting with Girls Can Tell until the newest album, their albums are totally solid. I think anything prior to girls can tell is their growing phase.
 
Also, for anybody into mars volta-esque music... I don't really know what to call it, though I suppose it's the infusion of screamo, indie, and a whole bunch of LSD....

Anyhow, there is a 'super band' (comprised of a bunch of talented members of other bands) called The Sound of Animals Fighting. They have a concept album called 'tiger and the duke' which flows around an entire storyline of different animals. The album is, excuse my french, fucking AWESOME. You won't appreciate it as much if you don't play any instruments, but it is greaaaaaaaaat. More 'screaming' oriented, if that' the sort of thing that gets you pumped, though it's not a grind-core music mash. Very calculating and talented musicians.
 
I would call Mars Volta modern Progressive Rock.

So if you're into hard stuff, you like Mastodon? That is the one heavy group i get into.
 
OK you guys gotta stop. I spend roughly the GNP of Sri Lanka on bike parts every year now I need to go out and buy 4300 new CDs also?
 
There ya go- in the office now thinking numbers and lost my train of musical thought. I guess TSOAF would be considered the same.



p.s. Small Brown Bike- greatest band ever, also doing a few reunion dates soon! Straight up indie rock. Literally my favorite band of all time, and very pumping to ride to.

Download....
fami(liar) to you
trains all talk
dead reckoning
now and never
this ship will burn
kingfisher
like a future with no friend
the cannons

and a trillion others...
 
idbrian said:
So if you're into hard stuff, you like Mastodon? That is the one heavy group i get into.
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I saw them I guess about 5 or 6 years ago at some sports arena with FATA and a bunch of other bands. I have heard/seen a few times since but never really got into them.

In that general genre, I'm more into American Nightmare, Bane, Converge, etc.
 
OMG!!! Maiden is coming!!

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The 'SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME' World Tour 2008 will be in three sections, starting in February and March 2008 with the first leg encompassing major concerts in 20 selected cities on five continents in seven weeks including India, Japan, North America, Central and South America, and, of course, Australia, opening in Perth on Feb 4 and continuing through Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane...
...this tour, aptly entitled 'SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME', will revisit the band's history by focusing almost entirely on the 80's in both choice of songs played and the stage set, which will be based around the legendary Egyptian Production of the 1984-85 'Powerslave Tour'. This will arguably be the most elaborate and spectacular show the band have ever presented, and will include some key elements of their Somewhere In Time tour of 1986/7, such as the Cyborg Eddie...
http://www.ironmaiden.com/index.php?categoryid=8&p2_articleid=664

UP THE IRONS!!!
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