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Hobbaloo
Haha yeah, that was so cool of him. What a badass. Ya man, you should come down to Sydney sometime! Maybe in the mid-year break or something. I can show you... err... lovely Marrickville, where I live, with its picturesque concrete roads and flocks of pigeons! 'tis a sight not to be missed. Apart from that I know a handful of nice, cosy bars which are especially nice in winter! and there are parks and roads and beaches and other nice things to walk on. It's quite a large place, really.
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Hobbaloo
Haha, I didn't catch that performance, actually. Trent gets so angry about a lot of things, I love him <3 Ahuh, Bobby Darin fits right in with them :) there's this great digital radio station that plays music from that genre non-stop called Stardust radio: http://www.digitalradioplus.com.au/player/player.cfm?coverage=sydney&station=1208 I listen to it when I feel like being whisked back to the fifties :P I enjoyed Art vs. Science's first album. I haven't listened to the latest one, though I'm planning to! I was gonna go see them a few weeks ago but it sold out :( I've heard a bit of Mogwai, they're pretty chill. I'll have to check out Maserati, I haven't heard of them! Oh yeah, I've got this friend who makes music and it's really quite good: http://cheraxdestructor.bandcamp.com/ I did some album art for him last year. Cenotaphs is really good, I just listened to it tonight. How often do you come down to Sydney?
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Hobbaloo
This is gonna be hard, you've got more than twice as many artists as me in your library :P I will endeavour to find something you haven't heard! Kaizer's Orchestra are pretty rad, they're a Norwegian art-rock band. Some of their stuff is really catchy and it has a bit of a cold-war feel, which is cool. Beirut have some lovely songs with a heavy Baltic-folk influence, if you want something lighthearted. Queens of the Stone Age are awesome if you like alt rock - check out 'Songs For The Deaf', it's great. If you're looking for something old-fashioned and innocent, Bobby Darin's got a real nice voice. Art Vs. Science are pretty great, too. Have you listened to much post-rock? I used to be into it big time. My favourite bands are Explosions in the Sky, God is an Astronaut and Sleepmakeswaves. Good music to listen to on long train trips :)
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Hobbaloo
Sweet! I've watched a few episodes so far, it's pretty awesome! I'm lovin' the nostalgic-nineties anime feel it has about it :P and the jazz music in the fight scenes is neat heheheh. gonna have a nice quiet evening with my cup of tea, some anime and some good tunes, I think c: do you have any particular music recommendations? I'm always on the lookout for new stuff...
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Hobbaloo
It took me a while to get into old prog because a lot of it is musically complex, what with all of the jazz and such, so you need to listen several times to properly appreciate a lot of it. Modern prog, or at least what I've heard of it, is much more accessible. I'm a huge Porcupine Tree fan. It's really hard to recommend a single song because their discography is so diverse. My favourite album of theirs is probably In Absentia (ironically one of their least proggy :P). As for anime, at the moment I'm watching Hanasaku Iroha. It's very good! I've heard of Nichijou, perhaps I will watch it next... I haven't actually watched that many series from start to finish, but I enjoyed Samurai Champloo in all of its nonsensical fun. Do you have any recommendations?
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Hobbaloo
Yeah man, those arpeggios are whack! The mixing on Alive 2007 is so good, eh? Discovery is one of those albums I can listen to again and again. Random aside: thanks to a shoutbox comment some last.fm user made on the Crescendolls track page, every time I listen to it I imagine someone falling down a set of stairs. Endless hilarity ensues. I haven't actually listened to Homework and Human After All that much, but if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick the latter. Robot Rock is just too awesome. Waah! So much music to listen to, so little time ;__; I'm just coming out of a month-long '70s prog-rock bender, I've got to get jiggy with some more modern stuff :P Come to mention it, I'm trying to get back into anime myself at the moment! I forgot how good some of it is.
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Hobbaloo
RAM was actually my first proper Daft Punk experience. I especially like Instant Crush, Giorgio Moroder plus all of those tracks you mentioned, haha :) A reviewer on Sputnik Music said that it felt too refined and manufactured for his liking, which I kind of agree with, although I still think it's a great album. That said, it's really the only music of that genre that I listen to so I don't have much to compare it to. I think Discovery is much better - I've seen Interstella 5555 but it was a long time ago. I need to watch it again to get my early 2000s anime fix! Oh, and Alive 2007 is awesome. Do you have a favourite of theirs?
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Hobbaloo
I've heard it's about environmental collapse, and yeah, the tracks seem to make a lot of sense when you think about them through that lens. It's amazing what you can convey without lyrics. All of the mystery around them is so cool, it really adds something to the music IMO. And yeah, listening to Orange Hexagon Sun right now :) I assume you've heard the A Few Old Tunes volumes? There's some weeeeeiird shit on those, but also some great tracks. Statue Of Liberty is one of my BoC favourites. And Dave (I'm a real traditionalist)! Love that song.
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Hobbaloo
You're right, it does feel very... 'morning-y' for whatever reason. That's pretty cool :) Yeah, I love it. I'd say it's my favourite BoC release, actually. It feels more coherent to me than some of their other albums. I think 'New Seeds' is my favourite track. I prefer MHTRTC - I adore Turquoise Hexagon Sun and roygbiv. Some of the tracks on Geogaddi are just... disturbing. Good, but disturbing. The Devil Is In The Details, for instance. And those samples of children talking as if they're possessed. Freaky shit, yo
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Hobbaloo
It was! I need to go back and listen to it. When NIN played in Sydney, Trent's wife came along and played a couple of HTDA songs on the second night. I went on the first so I missed them :''''( I notice that you're a Boards of Canada fan! What did you think of Tomorrow's Harvest?
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Hobbaloo
I agree, I love the synth work on Pretty Hate Machine, also in Broken. Have you listened to Burn? It's a B-side from The Downward Spiral, I think. There are some awesome industrial-y sounding effects in that track. Did you happen to catch them when they came here last month? I did, it was excellent :) HTDA are pretty awesome, yeah. I really like that EP they came out with last year (especially 'Ice Age', that song is dope yo), but I haven't listened to the album yet.
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Hobbaloo
Why thank you! Yours is swell-as-well :) Don't make me choose ;__; I think of the studio albums, the best is The Downward Spiral, but my favourite would be With Teeth. I'd say The Fragile, but it's too long IMHO, haha. Of all of his releases, I'd definitely pick Still. What's yours?
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urfuturehusband
oh was that true? i wish i could go to her show someday although she never actually 'sing' in her show.
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Ghaassas
Ambulance and Live Four are definitely my favorites. Coil's live albums are generally very good because they're not just the studio songs with bad production and crowd noises but something very different and of value - the way live albums imo should be. All their lives are at least worth a look since they typically have tracks not found on any studio albums or the familiar tracks are very different from the studio takes. IIRC even their studio stuff is heavily based in improvisation so I guess it's pretty logical that the live shows are as well. Sadly often people overlook live albums although there are loads of good live albums out there I think.
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Ghaassas
I reaaally like them though it took me a moment to get into them, especially the second one. Surprisingly diverse albums and I actually think that they work better when they're not on the background, for me the ideal situation is being alone and tired in a bus lol. It's funny how many tracks on those albums theoretically don't really go much anywhere but then again they do. Kinda difficult to explain. Have you listened to Coil's live albums?
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Ghaassas
I suppose that Ape is the first one for almost anyone (me too), it's the most popular one and the easiest one to get into after all. I think that it does not have the same depth as the ones with Jhonn still around though... Not that it's a bad album. Horse Rotorvator is really fucking good, one of my favvest albums ever, though when it comes to Coil I love really really many of their albums really really much
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urfuturehusband
thanks, do you heard about rumor sayin' that kyary will hold a concert in australia?
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AshIey666
Heya! My favorite Boris album would probably be Amplifier Worship. It's very drone/doom-ish though, so it might not be the best place to start unless you like other drone bands like Sunn O))), Earth, etc. Flood would probably be a good place to start if you're a fan of post-rock. If not, I suggest you either start with Akuma No Uta or Pink.
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GreenPaintIsGay
It's probably the best gif I've seen on the internet. I think I found it on wsg, I actually kind of like that board.
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GreenPaintIsGay
Yeah I feel like the way it fell made it better than they way it normally would.
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PedroBayer
Psychocandy all the way through on a hot summer's day. Then move to Darklands and Stoned and Dethroned :)
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Hellcopter135
Since you seem to like electronic I would recommend Two Fingers, Freescha, and VHS Head. Two Fingers is a side-project of Amon Tobin and Freescha & VHS Head are almost similar to Aphex Twin's work.
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