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There are startlingly few music threads. Lets change that.

What are you listening to right now? What about what you've been listening to lately?

Lately I've been listening to a few bands I've come across. Mostly sally (www.sallymusic.com) and Transfer (http://www.myspace.com/transfer).

Sprinkled with a bit of Joanna Newsom (http://myspace.com/joannanewsom).

who and what?

ive been listenig to feeder, snow patrol and seether recently

was listening to Bolt Thrower until a couple of minutes ago

http://www.last.fm/user/PureMetal/ <-- my answer to pretty much all music threads

who and what?

ive been listenig to feeder, snow patrol and seether recently

check out the links there, if you're curious.

Morrissey, Morrissey, Morrissey.
...and Radiohead, The Darkness, Dolly Parton, Belle and Sebastian, The Upper Room.

was listening to Bolt Thrower until a couple of minutes ago

http://www.last.fm/user/PureMetal/ <-- my answer to pretty much all music threads

last is awesomely great. or greatly awesome. im not sure.

Morrissey, Morrissey, Morrissey.
...and Radiohead, The Darkness, Dolly Parton, Belle and Sebastian, The Upper Room.

i could never go from parton to the darkness. that would make my mind explode.

last is awesomely great. or greatly awesome. im not sure.
it is, at the very least, awesome *nods*

Right now I'm listening to "Living Inside the Shell" by Yoko Kanno, lyrics by Steve Conte & Shanti Snyder.

Was just listening to Bad Brains.

Before that, For Squirrels.

Now, hmm...Cathedral.

Right now I'm listening to "Living Inside the Shell" by Yoko Kanno, lyrics by Steve Conte & Shanti Snyder.

didnt he have something to do with cowboy bebop?

Now, hmm...Cathedral.
yay!

Virgin Radio. "White Wedding" by Billy Idol at the mo.

"It's a... Nice day to start agaaaaiiiiiin!"

Pah, just finished. Think it's the Stereophonics now, but don't know the song. Considering Virgin's playlist must be all of 20 songs I should know them all backwards by now...

Well, I'm not listening to anything at this particular moment (I'm at work)...

...however, lately I've been listening to a lot of Tool, with some Beastie Boys and Blind Guardian to mix it up.

Pah, just finished. Think it's the Stereophonics now, but don't know the song. Considering Virgin's playlist must be all of 20 songs I should know them all backwards by now...

hah.. so they dont even tell you name of their 20 songs?

...however, lately I've been listening to a lot of Tool, with some Beastie Boys and Blind Guardian to mix it up.

now that, my friends, is a hell of a change to go from.

Golden Brown - the Stranglers
Plush - stone temple pilots

now that, my friends, is a hell of a change to go from.

Yeah...you guys could learn a thing or three from me! :p

Just finished listening to the Calexico / Iron And Wine EP, In The Reins.

just found some captain beefheart stuff on youtube.

hes my hero. one of them

i also have this awesome acoustic show of curt kirkwood (meat puppets) doing just about everything. hes my hero too.

hah.. so they dont even tell you name of their 20 songs?
They tend to do a batch at the end... And it's on their website or the LCD on the radio, often, but that's on the other side of the office.
Beatiful South - Perfect 10 now.

Right now im listening to "Sweet home Alabama" by "Lynyrd Skynyrd", been listening to alot of their stuff recently.

Blue Öyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper

I need more cowbell!

ATM, I mostly listen to Richard Cheese and the awesomeness known as Westberlin Maskulin.

Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Nirvana
Caribou
The Manic Street Preachers

Well, that's the last few bands on my playlist.

Plus I'm getting obsessed with Cose Encounters by Mogwai

The three bands that have been in my cd player the most recently are Sikth, Unjust and Tool. Danny Carey is such an amazing drummer.

hard rock hallelujah.

I've been listening to Matchbook Romance, Funeral For A Friend and right now I am listening to Senses Fail.

I've been listening to my Faith no more album a lot recently.

cos "It's always funny until someone gets hurt and then it's just hilirious"

ATM, I mostly listen to Richard Cheese



Lounge bar covers rule.


http://accordionguy.blogware.com/Photos/2005/05/aperitif_for_destruction.jpg

His cover of gorilla radio is great..

I don't think you trust, in, my, self righteous suicide. I cry when angels deserve to DIE!!!!

System of a Down (new and old)
Less Than Jake
MC Lars
Offspring
Bowling for Soup
Staind
Seether
SLIPKNOT
Panic! At The Disco
Arctic Monkeys
Nine Pound Hammer
Green Day (ONLY BASKETCASE)
Yellowcard
Linkin Park
The Used
The Killers
My Chemical Romance
and the list goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on...

Most of the music I've listened to lately is music that I've bought lately, though now that I'm driving I'll have less money to spend on music. :( Anyway, here's some of what I've bought lately:

Tool - 10,000 Days
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Ministry - Rio Grade Blood
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythr33
Love Battery - Straight Freak Ticket
Dramarama - Hi-Fi Sci-Fi
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Rush - Hemispheres
Gang of Four - Entertainment!

I've been listening to Feeder, The Feeling, The Automatic and this new band I heard of called Cabaret Doll

Hmmm, i've been listening to Heliocentric Worlds Vol 1 by Sun Ra, Faust Symphony by Liszt and Robot Hive/Exodus by Clutch. Yummy stuff.

Meh. I'llbe lynched for this:

Cute is what we aim for
Ice Nine Kills
AVA
The sophomore attempt
the AUDITION
The Junior Varsity
June
Aiden
MCR
Taking Back Sunday
Thrice
Silverstein
Hawthorne Heights
Biffy Clyro
The academy is....

However, two points;- Fuck Fall out boy (especially Pete Wentz)
- Fuck Panic! (pretentious bellends)

Barenaked Ladies( you gotta love the "classics") some J-pop, the Robert Shaw Festival Singers( they're this all-male professional choir and they kick ass) and for some reason, Battlefield Band.

I guess I'm just a music .

Kent at the moment, though it's a very interesting playlist I've got right now... Men at Work, Kent, Rammstein, Linkin Park, SoaD, Prodigy, Gorillaz, Faithless, Monty Python Sings... It's a special blend :D

*Sings*
Och alla som älskat mig har hatat mig av rädsla
För att jag ska se dem som offer vid Palace & Main...

The same stuff I always listen to. Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Wagner, etc. I have been looking into composers I've ignored so far, like Dvořák and Bizet, though. However, I've never found myself interested in most Baroque music (Bach has some great stuff, but he seems to have had a lot of crappy contemporaries). Most of the 20th century composers are also not my thing. I think a lot of them spent too much of their careers on ideas that were, to be blunt, rather stupid, like total serialism.

Now listening to Boris...


Love Battery - Straight Freak Ticket


Oooh, I have that one. I actually brought it in the Dayglo case, but got SFT instead. Grr. Do you have Dayglo? I really want to hear it, but it's near-impossible to find. (could try ebay, I guess.)

The same stuff I always listen to. Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Wagner, etc. I have been looking into composers I've ignored so far, like Dvořák and Bizet, though. However, I've never found myself interested in most Baroque music (Bach has some great stuff, but he seems to have had a lot of crappy contemporaries). Most of the 20th century composers are also not my thing. I think a lot of them spent too much of their careers on ideas that were, to be blunt, rather stupid, like total serialism.
You should really listen to some 20th C Composers. Shoenberg isn't my thing either but try... Concerto for Orchestra by Bela Bartok, St Lukes Passion by Penderecki, Harmonium by John Adams (also Short ride in a fast machine is a classic. On the baroque side: Scarlatti's harpsichord sonatas are really worth your time.

I've recently become semi-addicted to a Jackson Browne CD.

You should really listen to some 20th C Composers. Shoenberg isn't my thing either but try... Concerto for Orchestra by Bela Bartok, St Lukes Passion by Penderecki, Harmonium by John Adams (also Short ride in a fast machine is a classic. On the baroque side: Scarlatti's harpsichord sonatas are really worth your time.

I've been meaning to look into Bartok, actually. However, I can't stand the minimalist composers. Their work bores the hell out of me. It's too repetitive and lacks the developmental and contrasting qualities I've come to enjoy in most classical music.

Oooh, I have that one. I actually brought it in the Dayglo case, but got SFT instead. Grr. Do you have Dayglo? I really want to hear it, but it's near-impossible to find. (could try ebay, I guess.)No, I just have that one and the Nehru Jacket EP.

Quite a bit of Dead Kennedys for me recently. In fact, as I type this I'm listening to California Uber Alles, although my favourite song by them will probably always be Holiday in Cambodia.

On a slightly stranger note (haha, its a pun! Get it? ;) ) I was recently browsing through a box of CDs at a jumble sale when I came upon a CD by a Japanese band I'd never heard of for the low, low price of 20p. I decided that it was a risk worth taking, and bought it. The CD was Shibu-hata by Shibusashirazu, a contemporary jazz group. Not usually my thing, but its been growing on me ever since.

I've been bouncing back and forth between Sex Mob Plays Bond and The Bribe by John Zorn.

You look at the people on the VH1 top 20 and you got my answer

ACDC and the kooks. pure class

Three words, Gor-rill-az!

SmithsSmithsSmiths.

And opera. But that's part of my career plan.

I've been listening to Michael Crawford a lot lately.

I've been listening to Michael Crawford a lot lately.

You will curse the day you did not do all that the Phantom asked of you!

You will curse the day you did not do all that the Phantom asked of you!

Yes! I just saw the musical on stage on Saturday, and I'm already obsessed with the phantom. Not to mention I absolutely love Michael Crawford's voice, the way it's so expressive, beautiful, and haunting.
Although it is kind of weird to hear him sing "Gethsemane" from Jesus Christ Superstar...mostly because he still kind of sounds like the phantom.
Anyway, that's pretty much what I've been listening to.

I've been listening to progressive/neo-classical metal and prog rock (primarily Rush). I've been searching around for cheap but good punk (I'm on a very small budget), but I've been mostly unsuccessful. My old stuff, while good, has become boring for me.

Earlier today while surfing around I came across the website of Chad Seiter (http://www.chadseiter.com/). He seems to be a pretty good composer, so I recommend you give him a go. He has a bunch of mp3s on his site free for the downloading, so you do not even have to look very hard. Finally, a musician who embraces the distributive power of the internet...

I've been listening to progressive/neo-classical metal and prog rock (primarily Rush). I've been searching around for cheap but good punk (I'm on a very small budget), but I've been mostly unsuccessful. My old stuff, while good, has become boring for me.
Dude, sign up on Yahoo Music. They let you listen to music free, and you can set up your station so that it plays punk exclusively.

I'm ashamed to admit it, but the band I've been listening to the most lately has been My Chemical Romance...

I have had In Utero in the car stereo all week.

It is my favorite Nirvana album, heavy, nasty shit. Bleach would have been better if it had any production.

I just got the new thousand foot krutch cd...its pretty darned good...listening to switchfoot as always...uhh most recently I jus tlistened to mercyme's almost there debut cd...its a good alone time cd, they're the best worship band in the world...

I have had In Utero in the car stereo all week.

It is my favorite Nirvana album, heavy, nasty shit. Bleach would have been better if it had any production.

you get their fairwell cd they released recently? I heard it was pretty awesome...I think it'd more produced then their stuff from a couple years ago...

To the last three posts:
*projectile vomit*

To the last three posts:
*projectile vomit*

lol, well gee, thanks, I don't pay attention to alot of mainstream music except for maybe Breaking Benjamin...buuut care to make any suggestions? I might just listen...

lol, well gee, thanks, I don't pay attention to alot of mainstream music except for maybe Breaking Benjamin...buuut care to make any suggestions? I might just listen...
First of all, ALL of the bands you mentioned are mainstream. I still remember how much that 1000 Foot Krutch song got overplayed...
Second, Nirvana is probably the most mainstream rock band, ever.

If you want music suggestions, I say check out The Clash, AFI, and Pantera. Those are just some of my favorite bands.

Right now, Im listening to The Jayhawks, Bloc Party, Weezer, Oasis, Longwave, and the White Stripes.

First of all, ALL of the bands you mentioned are mainstream. I still remember how much that 1000 Foot Krutch song got overplayed...

I have never even heard of that band.

Second, Nirvana is probably the most mainstream rock band, ever.

No, the Beatles are, and they are still the best.

By the way, how much of the Nirvana catalogue have you listened to?

If you want music suggestions, I say check out The Clash, AFI, and Pantera. Those are just some of my favorite bands.

AFI is mediocre, not horrible, Sing the Sorrow wasn't bad, but their recent stuff doesn't sound too good, and the stuff before Sing the Sorrow pretty well sucked.

Pantera had one good album.

Early Clash is great, but you didn't exactly go out on a limb with that.

I've been moving back instead of forward; does that seem absurd?
Old Metallica; Kill Em' All to the Black album, and everything in between!
Aside from that; Cradle of Filth, Metal Church, Primus, Faith No More, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc...!

B/S, Brand New, TRUSTCompany, Regina Spektor, Buck 65. Simply put, I have no life.

I have had In Utero in the car stereo all week.

It is my favorite Nirvana album, heavy, nasty shit. Bleach would have been better if it had any production.

Yeah, probably. Bleach was my favourite for a long time.


Second, Nirvana is probably the most mainstream rock band, ever.

I'd suggest you listen to those two albums then.

If you want music suggestions, I say check out The Clash, AFI, and Pantera. Those are just some of my favorite bands.

Ah, yes, those artists are the pinnacle of obscurity. Heh.

No, the Beatles are, and they are still the best.

Why?

I'd say that that Rush are the best (no doubt Alex, Geddy, and Neil could out-play the "Fab Four"). Then again, it's all based on opinion in the end.

Bleach would have been better if it had any production.

Huh, I liked the rough production quality on that. EDIT - like, present-tense :D

It looks like the general rule here is Rebaelliun at home, Rush in the car.

I was listening to some Dean Martin and Tony Bennet stuff earlier today, but currently I'm listening to a song called Paradise by Miro. It's pretty mediocre.

Woody Guthrie

Right now I'm listening to Supermassive Black Hole by Muse.

Basically, at any given time, I'm listening to the Beatles, Muse, or moderately shitty 90s music.

If you want music suggestions, I say check out The Clash, AFI, and Pantera. Those are just some of my favorite bands.You're complaining about people liking Nirvana and offering Pantera up as a better substitute? You're joking, right?

Why?

Because I feel that they are unmatched for quality and advancement of music.

I'd say that that Rush are the best (no doubt Alex, Geddy, and Neil could out-play the "Fab Four"). Then again, it's all based on opinion in the end.

I can't stand Rush, instrumental virtuosity or not. As a Sex Pistols fan you should know that musical ability does not consist of how well you play the instrument.

Huh, I liked the rough production quality on that. EDIT - like, present-tense :D

I don't consider it rough, I consider it bad. I could probably go get a paycheck's worth of recording equipment and have better production than that.

Yeah, probably. Bleach was my favourite for a long time.

It is certainly good, but everything after Scoff were not Nirvana's best work.

Oceansize - Saturday Morning Breakfast Show

Well the artists on my playlist that I repeatedly listen to are:

Shakira
Rage Against The Machine
Coldplay
Daddy Yankee
and especially Wu Tang Clan

Well, I've been going through a punk rock stage lately. Well, not exactly. I got into the Ramones after seeing the Roger Corman Masterpiece "Rock and Roll High School" and that sort of got me listening to "The Clash" who seemed to have more intelligent, better crafted music, that does what most modern rock can't: Play to the genres that inspired rock in the first place.

On my player: The Clash "I'm Not Down."

The Sex Pistols were recommended, but, well, really couldn't get into them. It's like the flipside of "The Clash".

If anyone can recommend a couple good songs by the Sex Pistols I might change my mind on them.

Morrisseys groovy.....the only current band Im paying much attention to is Nickelback. (Im not listening to much new music because I refuse to buy CDs whilst the RIAA is suing 5-year olds for file sharing...screw them...they dont get my money to sue 5-year olds)

and thats my rant for today :)

Well, I've been going through a punk rock stage lately. Well, not exactly. I got into the Ramones after seeing the Roger Corman Masterpiece "Rock and Roll High School" and that sort of got me listening to "The Clash" who seemed to have more intelligent, better crafted music, that does what most modern rock can't: Play to the genres that inspired rock in the first place.

On my player: The Clash "I'm Not Down."

The Sex Pistols were recommended, but, well, really couldn't get into them. It's like the flipside of "The Clash".

If anyone can recommend a couple good songs by the Sex Pistols I might change my mind on them.

The Sex Pistols aren't everyone's cup of tea. You might like Wire...i'm not familiar with all of their work but they seem to be of that more streamlined brand of punk.

I would highly recommend giving the Stiff Little Fingers a shot too, but I don't know if they're exactly what you're looking for.

If you want to look at American punk/hardcore, I usually suggest the Dead Kennedys, but you might find them too abrasive. Another is Bad Brains, they have an interesting blend of reggae and hardcore that is worth having a look at.

I'm guessing you prefer London Calling over the first two Clash albums? (Personally, I greatly prefer their earlier work.)

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The Sex Pistols aren't everyone's cup of tea. You might like Wire...i'm not familiar with all of their work but they seem to be of that more streamlined brand of punk.

I would highly recommend giving the Stiff Little Fingers a shot too, but I don't know if they're exactly what you're looking for.

If you want to look at American punk/hardcore, I usually suggest the Dead Kennedys, but you might find them too abrasive. Another is Bad Brains, they have an interesting blend of reggae and hardcore that is worth having a look at.

I'm guessing you prefer London Calling over the first two Clash albums? (Personally, I greatly prefer their earlier work.)


See, the reason I got into the Ramones and the Clash is they seem closer to their roots then other Punk I've listened to. Most punk just sounds like shouting to me.

And, with no offense to the Clash's earlier stuff, I do think that a band has one defining album. With Jethro Tull, it's Aqualung. With the Beach Boys, it's Pet Sounds. No matter what kind of music, there will be that defining album. And with the Clash, it's London Calling.

But that's probably more because the songs on the album are more CONSISTANTLY good, as opposed to some really good songs mixed in some of the ones I am less found of. Of course, i have the American Self titled as opposed to the UK one, which I believe does not have "Clash City Rockers" which is a song that, well, I just don't like.

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See, the reason I got into the Ramones and the Clash is they seem closer to their roots then other Punk I've listened to. Most punk just sounds like shouting to me.

Thought so. Give Wire a try then. The bad news is that most punk is pretty abrasive by definition - you'd probably be better off looking at some of the artier punk influenced bands of the 80s and 90s rather than typical punk acts if you want a sound more in line with London Calling. I'm fond of The Birthday Party....the Cure are pretty good too but not very recognisably punk. I hear good things about Joy Division as well but I don't know a lot of their stuff. I'm clutching at straws a little, you might hate the style of those groups. :p

Sonic Youth would probably be worth a look too, but they're a little different.

If you want to go back further in time, there's the Velvet Underground as well.

And, with no offense to the Clash's earlier stuff, I do think that a band has one defining album. With Jethro Tull, it's Aqualung. With the Beach Boys, it's Pet Sounds. No matter what kind of music, there will be that defining album. And with the Clash, it's London Calling.

But that's probably more because the songs on the album are more CONSISTANTLY good, as opposed to some really good songs mixed in some of the ones I am less found of. Of course, i have the American Self titled as opposed to the UK one, which I believe does not have "Clash City Rockers" which is a song that, well, I just don't like.

To be honest, I find London Calling a bit boring and "just OK" rather than anything amazing...but that's just me.

Well, I've been going through a punk rock stage lately. Well, not exactly. I got into the Ramones after seeing the Roger Corman Masterpiece "Rock and Roll High School" and that sort of got me listening to "The Clash" who seemed to have more intelligent, better crafted music, that does what most modern rock can't: Play to the genres that inspired rock in the first place.

On my player: The Clash "I'm Not Down."

The Sex Pistols were recommended, but, well, really couldn't get into them. It's like the flipside of "The Clash".

If anyone can recommend a couple good songs by the Sex Pistols I might change my mind on them.
Check out The Undertones. Classic melodies, impassioned singing, great guitar work and a whole string of hit singles. A little poppy, but then, so were The Ramones.

Or, if you want it a bit more rock, go for The Undertones' spin-off group, That Petrol Emotion; though they were more patchy.

Hmm lately, probably Simple Plan, Greenday, Thirsty Merc, Pussycat Dollz um um um Darren Hayes, Usher... Lots stuff