gaggle64 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 A couple of recent discoveries worth sharing - a DJ by the handle Hiatus who sates my sordid appetite for quality easy listening perfectly. I heartily recommend you listen to his album Ghost Notes and other tracks on Soundcloud. His music is, as they say, "well chill." Audio The other thing I've stumbled across is "ef", the Swedish anthem band I never knew I wanted to hear. Imagine if Coldplay were able to leave a greater impression then moldy 70's wallpaper and you're about half way there. Audio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diageo Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Me, in a subjectivity argument? Who would have thought. @Oxygen_Waste Anyway. I'll make this brief. Apparently good songs, objectively are the ones that have quality. Well then what makes a song have more "quality" than another? Is it more chords, is it more emotional attachment, is it more notes, is it talent. Besides quantitative answers like "most records sold, most notes, longest song, most listened on youtube" you can't possibly describe quality objectively. You would need to create categories. People would never agree on these categories. You would need to create scores, people would never agree on these either. You would have to put weight to each category, and no one would agree on that either. It's clear that how important something is for a song to be good (at entertaining that person) is dependant on the person. What is the point of music? To be rich in social satire, to evoke deep emotions, to allow people to dance? Until you have a clear purpose for music, you can't possibly make an objective decision of what a "good" song is because something can only be good at fulfilling a purpose, and can't stand as something good independently. However, most arguments, or at least most of the ones I have fall down at the first hurdle. And that is that we probably define "objective" differently. Does music fall into the objective category for me? No. ob·jec·tive Adjective /əbˈjektiv/ - (of a person or their judgment) Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts historians try to be objective and impartial Music is obviously influenced by personal feelings, and you can never say that a song is factually "Good" unless it is good AT something. - Not dependent on the mind for existence; actual a matter of objective fact What humans call music can exist without people, but without people to "judge it", it can never be called good. - Of, relating to, or denoting a case of nouns and pronouns used as the object of a transitive verb or a preposition Irrelevant. Well that wasn't as brief as I thought. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Peeps Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Can we move on? :p People like what they like. End. More music please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyson Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 This'll wake your ears up. My recent favourite band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxigen_Waste Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 pedantic. pe·dan·tic overly concerned with minute details or formalisms. Wouldn't you know it, it applies to both of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Peeps Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 This'll wake your ears up. My recent favourite band. I'd thank but I'm out. Loved the tune. And here is some Young Heart Attack. Everything about them is really cliché classic hard rock but they do it so well. So much energy and general good feelings from their music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyson Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 Good stuff! These would be my favourite Anamanaguchi tracks other than Airbrushed (which is probably their most popular song): And the 8 minute epic (honestly do stick with it, it is so worth it): They have some singles available for free download on their website. Go get 'em. OH I FORGOT THIS ONE IT IS AMAZING Basically, go get all their stuff, right now, because it's awesome. And if it sounds familiar? They did the soundtrack for the Scott Pilgrim XBLA/PSN game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Peeps Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Cannot get enough of Sleigh Bells right now Audio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diageo Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I'm liking this song right here. Audio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.C.G Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 This is a little shameless, but never mind: My friend (and former forumite) plays bass in a new band called The Switch. Happily, they're awesome. I enjoyed, they seem pretty decent for a new band. Also, I finally got around to properly listening to Grace by Jeff Buckely yesterday - Hallelujah! - I can see why you love the album, it's genuinely brilliant and I think it's a huge shame that he died when he did, especially in such an unnecessary way he clearly had so much more to give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Woop! they have a demo out on Bandcamp for free. Get a copy fo sho. And yeah, great shame about Buckley. Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk is really interesting- the second album he nearly finished. Really worth a listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 That's my favourite ever song I forgot about! *dances*/*whips hurr* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chairdriver Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Auto-tuned so much. There's no need for actual humans in pop anymore. I love the feeling though. --- I just rock back and forth, shaking my hands/wrists, feeling emotionally distraught. I'll be the Rose Of Sharon for you. I'll be the Lily Of The Valley for you. I'll be Isolde or Marian for you. I'll come in a hurricane for you. I'll do it for you. Wa-Ba-Boom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipaul Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Ok so I'm a bit (10 years) behind the times with this one but does anyone listen to The Avalanches? It's the most excited I've been about hearing an album in so long. It reminds me a bit of the music I always wanted Jet Set Radio to have. The only have the one record, Since I Left You, but dam it's good. Varied, atmospheric, creative, derivative yet completely original.... All kinds of awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Peeps Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Forgot about them, I might give the album a go. I like the song you posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipaul Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Forgot about them, I might give the album a go. I like the song you posted! If you like to keep your music legal you can get a 2nd hand CD from the CEX website for a quid. Personally I'm not so fussy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Also, I finally got around to properly listening to Grace by Jeff Buckely yesterday - Hallelujah! - I can see why you love the album, it's genuinely brilliant and I think it's a huge shame that he died when he did, especially in such an unnecessary way he clearly had so much more to give. Grace is my favourite album of all time, never fails to send me into a reflective reverie where everything is bittersweet and beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Going through a bit of a Jimmy Eat World phase at the moment, which coincidentally seems to occur whenever something awful happens in the world that forces us to re-examine everything we consider humane So many great songs to choose from but I'll choose just one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Very cheesy ballad, but you know how it goes, you never really shake the songs you loved as a kid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Michel Gondry's new video for Björk's latest, Crystalline. Awesome video for an awesome song. The 'drum'n'bass' bit (though that feels too standard a description, it's out of this world) in the last minute is my life. I feel done in. When will she stop being the best damn thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Peeps Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 That was in my head all day at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Good. September will be a big month. Bjork and Laura Marling's new albums, Lars Von Trier's Melancholia is in cinemas, DC relaunch their entire line of comics, it's my birthday, back at uni...yesss. Anyway. Music. Yes. Bjork. Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 September is also the month of the new Opeth and Mastodon albums. It's going to be eargasmic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Loneliness (feat. Nemo Achida) by Kno from Cunninlynguists is awesome. The whole album seems pretty ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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