Music Recommendations

[Jarrett]

Thought I'd share my very diverse music tastes with everyone on CF. It wouldn't be uncommon for me to drive to school listening to this...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHN1zANBkzo[/youtube]

and then this...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEIztvz6DvA[/youtube]

followed by a spot of this...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCYcHz2k5x0[/youtube]

with a side of this...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMQb_FcydxM[/youtube]

and then some of this...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPE9uSFFxrI[/youtube]

immediately followed by this...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww7RNf2R14U[/youtube]
Fun fact: These guys are not only really good but they're local to southern Ohio like me, being from Cincinnati. That IS the Cincinnati skyline in this video!

...and then I'd be at school! Very diverse taste in music over here, but I'll tolerate anything that isn't rap or country.

 

[Pink Cadillac]

Just a quick reminder that Dawn Richard still has the best album of 2015. :fadein:

 

[robbeal]

^^Coming of Age is a gorgeous track. I can take a leave Foster the People in general, but I love that song. Its got a lovely Beach Boys-esque vibe, blissfully relaxing.

Adding to that, anyone caught any of Slaves?

Top bit of new British punk, and its proper punk too, not the punk rock Fall Out Boy-type stuff that gets tagged with the name these days. Its great fun though, good energy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6oFBFcX8eM

 

[SaiyanHajime]

If you enjoy 80's style synth, you'll probably enjoy Gunship. Here's a trailer for their album with a bunch of awesome 80s grpahics and movie clips with their song previews. <3

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZz1Se0Yryw[/youtube]

And if you enjoy cool animation, this music video of theirs is pretty epic...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv1ZN8c4_Gs[/youtube]

 

[Chris Brown]

Adding to that, anyone caught any of Slaves?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6oFBFcX8eM

Been a fan for a while now, saw them at reading a few years ago but now with the new album 'are you satisfied' they are getting bigger and are being played a fair bit on mainstream radio. Have since seen them at common people and got tickets to see them at Portsmouth Pyramids in November.

Here's me in the slaves crowd waiting for them at common people (cap and lennon sunglasses)



And mid set with the slaves manta ray!

 

[3Dimensions]

Ahh yeah saw Slaves at the Big Weekend, they were great! Loved Feed the Mantaray, probably my favourite track they played!

Completely different genre but Ghost are an amazing retro metal band

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tdlg2JXuaQ[/youtube]

Edit: Turns out I've been given a ticket to Reading and Ghost are playing :--D :--D :--D

 

[Jarrett]

Totally heard this song driving home from work the other day and I love it!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk6UOWzuRzI[/youtube]

 

[3Dimensions]

My favourite discovery of the month
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ8Xt4CV2qQ[/youtube]

Despite this band being a 'kids metal band' they are totally awesome!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXhhlYdySqQ[/youtube]

 

[mouse]

Its the post that literally no one has been waiting for - Mouse's Albums of the Year.
In no particular order:

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

This is a very acoustic, sparce album dealing with the death of the artist's mother. The album is very personal and confessional, more so than any other Sufjan Stevens work. Each song is incredibly written and explores his mother's schizophrenia and alcoholism and his childhood, as well as his coming to terms to her death. Beautiful album, one of Steven's best.

Tame Impala - Currents

This album is fairly different to Tame Impala's previous work, as it is very synth led. The production is refined and slick, and the album is solidly consistent with interesting experimentation. Didn't have any expectations of this so was very impressed!

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

This one took a while to grow on me. A somewhat unsettling and challenging album with a range of influences and themes. Not sure what else to say, dark and impactful yet a brilliant album.

Chilly Gonzales - Chambers

So this is a selection of pop and rap influenced songs arranged for piano and string quartet. All but one are instrumental and the pop, rap and electronica influences are strong. Each track has been beautifully composed and arranged, although the album is not as impactful as some of Gonzales' previous work.

Jaakko Eino Kalevi (self-titled)

I discovered Kalevi through this album, a selection of dream-like tracks dominated by synths and electronic percussion. The production is not totally refined, but in my opinion this adds to the albums trance-like atmosphere. Each track is a self-contained unique soundscape, often with layered eerie vocals.


There's lots more, but they're the ones that stood out for me this year .

 

[Pink Cadillac]

Omg Kendrick Lamar <3
This has been the best year in music in like forever.

 

[Jer]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw_StQ8DczM[/youtube]

Lets talk about this for a second, be sure to use headphones to listen

Arca is a breakbeat/IDM artist from Brooklyn, a recent discovery and obsession of mine.

I don't know how to describe this without you listening to it myself. Its noisy and seemingly chaotic for the first 3min, think of Aphex Twin with heavy bass. What excellent about this track is that after the intro it all comes together into a really amazing track, its atmospheric, and really like nothing youve heard before

If you like the track I highly recommend the album last year, its one of my favorites from 2015

Heres another track, its a bit shorter

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmEceeQYpgQ[/youtube]

 

[AirtimeFreak]

Me.

Tonight 8-9 - www.curveradio.com

Plenty of house music

 

[3Dimensions]

Shameless self promotion
http://soundcloud.com/err0rmusic/dystopianmp3

Seeing this band next week!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwBmhnkRGM8[/youtube]

 

[furie]

Currently loving this by The Dead Weather. I'm like their general "rough" blues/rock, but this is completely different.

I think it's essentially Alison Mosshart doing a Jack White track (which will be why I like it).

The video is fantastic too
[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbYPWB4IFlA[/youtubevid]

It's a bit different to their usual like (another favourite) Treat Me Like Your Mother from their first album.

[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7QSkI6My1g[/youtubevid]

I then started searching for the other angles on the band (I already love White Stripes/Jack White, Raconteurs and Queens of the Stone Age - The Dead Weather is a supergroup made from parts of those). There was just Mosshart's The Kills for me to look into and guess what? They're pretty awesome too

No Wow
[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX6ndnb80h0[/youtubevid]

Tape Song
[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdeWQIM1FgY[/youtubevid]

 

[Dave]

Went to see progressive metal band Tesseract who were excellent!

[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7oLwBCOjXg[/youtubevid]

 

[Shirofukurou]

Currently loving this by The Dead Weather. I'm like their general "rough" blues/rock, but this is completely different.

I think it's essentially Alison Mosshart doing a Jack White track (which will be why I like it).

The video is fantastic too
[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbYPWB4IFlA[/youtubevid]

It's a bit different to their usual like (another favourite) Treat Me Like Your Mother from their first album.

[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7QSkI6My1g[/youtubevid]

I then started searching for the other angles on the band (I already love White Stripes/Jack White, Raconteurs and Queens of the Stone Age - The Dead Weather is a supergroup made from parts of those). There was just Mosshart's The Kills for me to look into and guess what? They're pretty awesome too

No Wow
[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX6ndnb80h0[/youtubevid]

Tape Song
[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdeWQIM1FgY[/youtubevid]

Dead Weather is SO good. Like their new album a lot but Horehound is still their best. When will they tour???

 

[Chris Brown]

Chris Martin from Coldplay addresses him as the Greatest singer song writer in the world and he's about the only person that Liam Gallagher actually likes. Some think he's an arrogant twat and others praise the ground he walks on. Anyway he's got a new album coming out, last one was 2010 i believe. If you dont know who im talking about its the chap below, arguably one of the most influential people in Britpop. His Cheeks look like they been freshly carved about by a heroin addicts hit spoon.

Its Richard Ashcroft everyone.

Here's his new tune.

Spoiler

its great

[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzuYdRfdjls[/youtubevid]

 

[furie]

Dead Weather is SO good. Like their new album a lot but Horehound is still their best. When will they tour???

It's doubtful that they will. They all use it as a vehicle to get away from the stress of their day to day musical careers. Though they do the occasional live appearance.

 

[Sandman]

Earlier last year, I discovered this almost unheard of rock/folk/blues musician called Brian Protheroe. He had a string of singles back in the 70's before he ventured into a more fulfilling career in theatre. I think it's quite a shame that he dropped writing and recording music because a lot of his work was incredibly inspiring. The funky production on this single 'Fly Now' is one of my favourites. The way the bassline and piano weave through Brian's vocals is magical.


[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fa2xq_LQzI[/youtubevid]

 

[caffeine_demon]

Any other Gomez fans?

[youtubevid]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRFFfsF9Pe4[/youtubevid]