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Post by Ganbare! on Apr 20, 2010 4:56:33 GMT -5
musically-induced frenzy!
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Post by Ganbare! on Apr 22, 2010 10:02:35 GMT -5
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Post by palavore on Apr 22, 2010 19:47:41 GMT -5
Who talks to much?
Old school hip hop beat meets electronic lounge. I'm addicted. Hotel Costes is a Parisian hotel that makes lounge records.
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Post by davidbleo on Apr 23, 2010 3:32:33 GMT -5
I simply love this song... as a metalhead, this is a guilty pleasure!  At my job we use to joke saying, this is the only good thing ever to come out from Puerto Rico... as Puerto Ricans customers are quite annoying... A band from Norway... "gothic metal" at its best! Anita, the singer, was my plathonic love during high school!  Ska-P, a funny and great band from Spain |
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Post by Ganbare! on Apr 23, 2010 9:18:42 GMT -5
^ZOMG. I adore Hotel Costes' and Buddha Bar's compilations, my cousin who is a dj used to work there. These albums are on heavy rotation at my place whenever I'm fed up with loud music which happens every week or so plus minimal electronica and triphop are great to set the mood for work.
This never leaves my ipod whenever I feel blue and go for a walk at 2 a.m. in the urban jungle.
At times, it's hard to get excited by all those laptop bands, djs and emcees but these guys drop real sonic bombs:
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Post by davidbleo on Apr 24, 2010 18:39:17 GMT -5
Moonspell
Toxodeth - Voodoo Madness... the best band that has ever existed in Monterrey!
Mutum... another band from my city
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Post by Ganbare! on Apr 26, 2010 11:10:37 GMT -5
Paradoxically tortured and optimistic at the same time.
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Post by Ganbare! on Apr 27, 2010 14:34:29 GMT -5
I never understood why British bands were so talented, could it be attributable to the business environment, to genes ?!
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Post by Ganbare! on May 1, 2010 21:26:08 GMT -5
This inaudible s*** gets over 100 millions views while countless incredible artists hardly get 5k, not to mention the most ridiculous hip hop crossover in recent memory. A brilliant marketing case nonetheless. God help us y'all.  |
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Post by Ganbare! on May 2, 2010 15:20:45 GMT -5
It should be called the ghetto children anthem.
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Post by betahat on May 3, 2010 2:22:42 GMT -5
I've been listening to a lot of FIFA (videogame sountracks) lately. It's all either really hype or really chill, but they seem to have a good eye for lesser known artists. FIFA 2010 has some pretty good international finds too. A few highlights:
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Post by Ganbare! on May 3, 2010 11:59:17 GMT -5
^Nordics produce a pretty insipid rock but man their pop music: Lykke Li, The Embassy or Robyn, is metronomically catchy.
FIFA soundtracks are a consequence of the malstream-ization of music, what once was considered indie is now mainstream.
I'll probably never know why but innovative modern music IS the English's volksgeist.
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Post by betahat on May 3, 2010 12:27:18 GMT -5
^what once was considered indie is now mainstream.
Only in the sense that indie bands can get global recognition and better marketing with all the new technology. Album sales and ticket revenues tell a different story of continued polarization. None of the FIFA bands are anywhere approaching U2, Coldplay, or even Justin Bieber in terms of overall exposure, album sales (though I guess I-tune downloads are close to supplanting them), selling out gigantic stadiums, etc. But it is nice that there's a new sort of "middle" of relatively well-known bands that can tour around the world, sell music to tv commcercials or video games, and make a comfortable living without ever becoming mega-millionaires or fodder for tabloids.
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Post by Ganbare! on May 3, 2010 13:40:25 GMT -5
^Yeah, I get that MGMT is not close to making as much money as U2 but when I started listening to 'Time to Pretend EP' in 2006 it was impossible to imagine they would sell million of albums, play live on David Letterman, tour the biggest venues. My point is that edgy and progressive sounds made it to more traditional media outlets and although alternative music, themes or imagery did not sell out, indie music in all its diversity reached mainstream audiences as well as influenced mainstream artists and thus blurred the lines of what is considered alternative and mainstream today. Like you said, this would have never happened without the music dematerialization, internet and indie labels consolidation.
The aformentioned dynamic is gradually putting an end to British and American monopoly of international popular music, the past few years marked the emergence of Australia, Germany, Canada and Scandinavia as major musical territories.
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Post by davidbleo on May 6, 2010 11:49:07 GMT -5
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, from Argentina Das Ich, a "dark wave" band from Germany... I guess that's the genre they fit in...  |
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