(yes, I have a Zune now. I got sick of spending money on fixing goddamn iPods.)
No actual music video, so I opted for Audiosurf, because Audiosurf is awesome, even if I kind of suck at it.
However, since I only heard “Handlebars” by Flobots like, last week, it has become obvious to me that I am not listening to enough new music lately. Hence this is my call for a Thread Where People Suggest Music To Everybody. Youtube links in comments, please!
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The Real Tuesday Weld.
The GO! Team.
Ladytron.
Freezepop.
VNV Nation.
http://www.ocremix.org
No youtube because it’s all free. Get their Sonic 3 album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VshN9YnHeSY
I’m now finding out that they’ve been around for a while, but have you heard of Calexico?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FgJEEkWNA-U
Zune? Why didn’t you get a Creative player?
Also, i’m not sure if you are into this kind of music, but check out Gaslight Anthem (the video is kind of cheesy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgWzOElhs0w
Man. Here in Seattle, Flobots have been getting so much play I’m sick of that song. It doesn’t help that my radio station seems utterly happy to let the band have all the time they want for their U2 style rants.
In other music, http://www.machinaesupremacy.com/ is fun. It’s alt metal with a lot of video game influences, and free music is always nice. someone beat me to mentioning OCRemix, but if I can aim people toward Chrono Symphonic and Metroid Metal there, I’ll consider that a good deed for today.
I present: Littlehorse – your new favorite band. (If, you know, you like funk/latin/rock about spies and adventure and danger done by two brothers playing two pianos at the same time backed up by a full brass ensemble. And if you don’t, YOU HAVE NO SOUL!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUdGLKhKvuE&feature=related
Boris:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_GgowniQWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs6AjuzJJNk
Githead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkMeDtUnWxY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnG8HGGaJx4
Jesu:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySJ0cXJGoyY [note: fan-made video]
A Place to Bury Strangers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFa4a56j52o
Envy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp_4wVg-Ti4
Pelican:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P8LI1UJQNI
Earth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrclNyck6HY [note: fan-made non-video]
Dälek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i789TMw49rE
I can add more later, if these didn’t annoy the crap out of you.
I haven’t liked that handlebars song since day 1. I don’t know why my local radio session is obsessed with it. Obviously, I need a new car stereo so I can ignore the radio. It’s the only part that actually works on the one that came with my car.
The new Shinedown album is great, and I also enjoyed the new Disturbed and 3 Doors Down album. These recs probably only work if you’re really into rock. Oh, and I’m happy to let you know that the Foo Fighters most recent album is the first one of theirs I can actually listen to in its entirety. In the past, all of their albums have boiled down to two or three fantastic songs, and a bunch of boring and annoying ones.
I doubt there’s much of a metalhead presence lurking herebouts, but I’ve been really digging Hollenthon’s new album, Opus Magnum. Strong contender for Album of the Year, totally worth the seven-year wait since their last one. Video sucks balls (most metal videos do), but the song is good and it’s the only one they’ve got:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNi1oLlG2Hw
Forefather’s new one, Steadfast, is also a possible Album of the Year. The title track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uytm9-C-Nl8&feature=related
And new Amon Amarth is very unlikely to disappoint:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z75V9idoNSU (nice job on the Sims video there, but I can’t wait to see the real one)
New Stormwarrior, classic German speed metal (a la Helloween) with a Viking-themed twist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkDccmUyl1E&feature=related
And last but not least, Cor Scorpii, successor to the legendary Windir:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd79RiAuU_4&feature=related
Pure fucking ownage right there. \m/
That Handlebars song? I like this version a lot more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JARA8Clufo
Note: if you link ten different youtube videos, your comment will disappear into the moderation queue.
There’s only 5, I didn’t think that was too excessive.
I’ll second the Gaslight Anthem recommendation and add:
* Kinky
* DJ Format + Abdominal
* Beat Union
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewc1hixzYPY
It’s not exactly new, but I’m sure the style of the video will be appreciated by the people who frequent here.
vonDread said:
There’s only 5, I didn’t think that was too excessive.
No, I was talking about my ten-link comment. 🙂
I’d also like to tip my hat to the people recommending Gaslight Anthem. It’s not my usual style (very straightforward, musically), but it is just plain solid rock music. After hearing my wife listen to them on a daily basis for a couple of months, I eventually found myself humming along and looking forward to the next repeat performance.
Information Society.
http://www.informationsociety.us/
Get their older albums and their latest ones.
I’m really into Forro in the Dark right now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stiCVMtET6A
Dälek
I….I don’t know what to say. Reminds me of a day I had at college. I was at are lower campus eatery walking the steps to the second floor when as my eyes flashed past I see a poster for Dale K. I hit the second step before my brain registered it and I had to stop, turn around and stare at the poster for two minutes before I stopped freaking out.
One more for ya, the song that is completely rocking my cock off at the moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC8ee0jGTNQ
Never thought I’d hear the like again. You have to understand this is a band I pretty much abandoned after the Black Album. But that right there is the best song they’ve done in twenty years. It’s honest to God genuine thrash, and boy did I miss it coming from those guys.
More!
Torche:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5iXtt_d5nw [note: fan-made non-video]
Firewater:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZPdxApmJUw [note: fan-made non-video]
Saul Williams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1llNYAlYrc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keqAQk1YuOs
Isis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sMFpww1sig [note: I have no fucking idea what’s going on in this video.]
Baroness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb3ep6YW0JI
El-P:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5RllMZpuek
Burial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oje9qtYHyuM
These Arms are Snakes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gc3ZjkrTZk
[all things in moderation, including this comment]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYGCT4AQIR0 Paralyzer, Finger Eleven. I love the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAAFMKWHfAY Max Raabe is pure awesome.
Gogol Borello, “Wanderlust King”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jv3b0VKec8
Gogol Bordello, “Start Wearing Purple”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_81l4DXlwM
Vampire Weekend, “A-Punk”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XC2mqcMMGQ
Gomez, “Get Miles”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPs9BsJPEcQ
Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue, “Death is Not the End”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am1kJM823Vk
No More Kings, “Sweep the Leg” (Stick with it, there IS a song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFlQNtL8F9s
The Traveling Wilburys, “Handle With Care”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHtQCUOr4lw
Clutch, “Burning Beard”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eepsCXpLY4
Site appropriate!
Jim’s Big Ego, “The Ballad of Barry Allen”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TW4fLXWjgE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL3dNfxcpnw
I’ve got the No Pussy Blues. DAMN!
The Protomen – Hope Rides Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ8jyGVioxg
(A rock opera about MegaMan. Less stupid than it sounds on paper. )
Foetus – Blessed Evening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BA93Cp2iHE
(J.G. Thirlwell does the music for the Venture Brothers. He is also out of his mind.)
Morphine – Early to Bed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zw1Bli1jbc
(’90s blues rock.)
Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass & Coffee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1u43KDiWD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrsj653088E&feature=related
(Hip Hop wordplay + mind infecting keyboards.)
Victims of Science: The Device Has Been Modified
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQUaEF2bJZ0
Ivy: The Edge of the Ocean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL3ZbNRH1Wc
Girlyman: Everything’s Easy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stj0_ztehPU
Moosebutter: Kiss a Wookie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrG6A4IZ21A&feature=related
Not “new” but was recently “new to me,” and though it’s about a relationship, I can’t help but thinking about George Bush’s effect on the world when I hear it…
Electric Light Orchestra: Getting to the Point
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wkajSvpCOw
Here’s a few more
* The Pigeon Detectives
* Ozomatli
* The Zutons
* Dirty Sweet
* Steve Poltz
* Get Back Loretta
* Crash Encore
* Apoptygma Berzerk
* Tilly & The Wall
Enjoy!
Check out the Dead Science who just released an album rich with references to comics entitled Villainaire. Imagine Chet Baker obsessing over Prince/Wu-Tang instead of Bird, performing in the practice space alongside Blonde Redhead doing some Sun Ra covers and you might start getting an inkling of their sound. You can download the “School of Villainy” mixtapes for free direct from the band’s website. Both baroque and progressive, the Dead Science balance out-jazz and rock influences with theatrical orchestration and R&B hooks.