MUSICS: Give it to me.

[Slack3r78]

General recommendation thread. I am half-drunk and bored. GO.



First up, Liars Academy. Nobody's heard of them, their music is next to impossible to find online, they've broken up, but it doesn't matter because they are awesome.

If you are a fan of Samiam, you must check out this band.

http://www.myspace.com/liarsacademy

Dying As Fast As I Can and Microtron are off their fantastic second record, Demon. If you like what you hear, you can find them on Amazon MP3 or the Zune Market, and the album is worth every cent.



Next, The Sleeping:



and the source of my sig



Dig'em. Pretty diverse. Their new album What It Takes is pretty rad.



Dinosaur Jr:



I Don't Wanna Go There from their latest album, Farm. If you haven't already, get it. Seriously. No discussion. It is fucking great.

Also, their guitarist looks like Garth these days which is fucking awesome.

[Lint of Death]

Fun time!

[Widgetcraft]

I've been listening to a lot of Voltaire recently, specifically the album he released last year that I wasn't aware of until now, despite already being a fan:



This album is much darker than Ooky Spooky, there isn't really any comical bent to it.

[Hawkzombie]

I dunno if you'd be interested in em, but I've been really digging on We Are Scientists lately.







If nothing else, I love their videos.

[Sandman]

First up; a band I've been pimping since I started listening to them recently : Goatwhore.



Second : Hank III...country with attitude.



That's all I've got for now.

[Abyssion]

I've been listening to a lot of The Gaslight Anthem lately. Especially their first album, though this track is from their second album.

[Slack3r78]

Originally Posted by Hawkzombie

I dunno if you'd be interested in em, but I've been really digging on We Are Scientists lately.

Kind of dig their sound. ZUNE PASS ENGAGE. Thread is already yielding dividends, excellent.

I think these guys got somewhat popular, but I don't give a fuck because I love'em.

Gaslight Anthem:





I tend to describe their sound as a punk rock Bruce Springsteen with a healthy injection of rockabilly thrown in.

EDIT:

Holy shit, Abyssion! Talk about timing.

[RandoM51]

[Slack3r78]

Originally Posted by RandoM51

video

Man, not to hijack my own thread, but a number of people I know have commented recently that the intro to True Blood is faaaaaaar better than the actual show.

That said, I LOVE SLEAZY BLUES.

[Abyssion]

Originally Posted by Slack3r78

EDIT:

Holy shit, Abyssion! Talk about timing.

Yeah that's fucking nuts. I was supposed to see them with Rise Against and Thrice back in October, but the lead singer from Rise Against lost his voice. I had some awful timing with concerts in the last half of '08. I really wanted to see The Loved Ones with Flogging Molly... speaking of which, I'll throw in some Loved Ones!




And my all time favorite band Zebrahead:




I keep thinking of bands to post videos for, Silversun Pickups is another one of my favorites



As is The Airborne Toxic Event!



Here's some European bands, The Automatic (who won't let me embed)

And The Wombats (I listen to too many bands that start their name with 'The')

[Slack3r78]

Originally Posted by Abyssion

I had some awful timing with concerts in the last half of '08.

Worst timing I ever had with a show was seeing Hot Water Music in 2003/2004. They're one of my all-time favorite bands, and I'd seen them several times before, but this time, Chuck slipped and fell with a wine glass and severed the tendons in his wrist like 2 nights before the show. They weren't sure he'd ever be able to play guitar again at the time (he's been able to, fortunately, and made some great music).





Fortunately, Thrice was also on the tour, so the trip wasn't a total loss.

Dashboard Confessional was the headliner of all people. I still don't get that billing. And I stayed for them. Don't blame me, it was for the girl I was with. I think I get a pass on that one.

[Hawkzombie]

My favorite Airborne Toxic Event song is the one being played to death on the radio right now

Probably because I went thorugh something similar emotionally

[Abyssion]

Originally Posted by Hawkzombie

My favorite Airborne Toxic Event song is the one being played to death on the radio right now Probably because I went thorugh something similar emotionally

Yeah I went through something emotionally whenever it first started getting played on the radio, though nothing near as bad as that song, it still kinda hurt. Hearing that song didn't make anything easier, so I would skip it, but 'Does this mean you're moving on?' is surprisingly upbeat so i have fun hearing that song.

'Innocence' pulled at my heart strings a bit. But the acoustic version is most excellent!

[trevrd]

A bit of an eclectic mix.

[Lon Lon Rabbit]

A couple Aussie artists, bit more mellow than some of the other stuff in here so far:

[TheEpicOfTyler]

Originally Posted by TheEpicOfTyler

Lot of good music, but here it is. I don't expect any album this year to be as good as this one is.



Casey Crescenzo is an amazing musician and it really shows with this record. Start to finish, it is an engaging, powerful telling of part 3 of his 6 part epic. The finale of this record in the songs Son, Father and Life and Death hit me so hard emotionally when I first heard the record, and I have never had that kind of reaction to music in my life.

Highly recommended.

Here is the a capella version of the album's prelude. (Instrumental and a capella versions were on the Deluxe pre-order)


Here is another taste, one of my favorites from the record.


Other songs (and Act's I & II) can be found on their MySpace.
http://myspace.com/thedearhunter

I'll quote myself again.

[SpacemanSpiff757]

a few friends of mine have produced some pretty good music in the past few years. It's nothing that has been signed and produced, but it still sounds good.

Stasera

a member of the aforementioned band, Nathan Matthew David

My good friend from high school has had his hands in a number of projects. He laid guitar tracks down for a Iranian trance artist just a few years out of school.





Most recently (though a few years back) he had an audition for what is now Ashes Divide. Otherwise he's been working on some of his other projects.

December's Silence (used to have a lot more tracks available to listen)

Recently he's been producing and mixing his own music for a new project

Ash Aria


Personal Link

If I recall, he really started to write and put more focus on his music just after a friend of ours died in a motorcycle accident, so I'm guessing that's where a lot of the sound/mood is driven from.