That band you're so totally into right now

[HannesPascal]

Artic Monkeys, favorite song From the to the rubble

 

[Fetzenfisch]

le post doublé

 

[Fetzenfisch]

The few japanese things that dont annoy me are indeed awesome. And Balzac is definatly one of those, a fucking great liveband ( at its best as support for "the Other") and perfect mood riser now in springtime.
Well you donT understand a single word, but thats not what the damn band is about. They dont understand the lyrics themselves so who cares ^^

 

[The_Nomad]

Mumford and Sons

They're a very folky traditional kinda band is the best way i can describe it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7bHe--mp1g

 

[Audemas]

Miike Snow. Their entire debut album was amazing. Also this remix rocks my socks:

And Holy Fuck. They were so aptly named because that's what everyone said on hearing them play live.
Also points for most awesome music video:

(How does one format so that the linked video shows up in the post?)

Like that, just look at the reply.

OT: Cage the Elephant. Ever since Borderlands used Ain't No Rest For The Wicked I've been hooked on them and my favorite song and video by them so far is Shake Me Down.

Also I heard this song on the radio in December and I really like it as well.

 

[joiny]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UTPKL-UGY

Streetlight Manifesto.

 

[TobyMobias]

The Extraordinary Contraptions [http://theextraordinarycontraptions.com/], a steampunk rock quartet from Terminus--er--Atlanta, Georgia. Their sound varies from song to song, and it tends to depend on the singer, as they have three (Everyone but the drummer).

Aelus von Stadburg, their lead singer and guitar player, tends to do harder rock stuff wherin he gets to shout as loud as he wants. Professor Dimitri von Stadburg, the bass player, tends to do lighter rock, but can still belt out with his brother. Sephora Bostwick, the keyboard player and token vagina, does mostly slow, introspective numbers, though she finally does a punk-esque song on their second album.

 

[Andalusa]

At the moment it's Biffy Clyro, GreenDay, Five Finger Death Punch and Avenged Sevenfold.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Periphery, which is prog-math-melodic... oh who gives a fuck, it's just great.

Hmmm...someone's been listening to a little Meshuggah (the band, not you).

 

[Berserker119]

I've been listening to a lot of Pantera and Soundgarden lately.

 

[TheDandyHighwayman]

Mumford and Sons

They're a very folky traditional kinda band is the best way i can describe it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7bHe--mp1g

Mumford and sons are not a good band.. if you want "folky" go for folk music.. if you want crap go for mumford and sons (This is all my opinion of course)

OT: I'm really getting back into JoCo just now.. I never disliked him.. I just hadn't heard him in a while... then a did a plathrough of portal and it re-kindled my love for his zany humour

 

[Captain Pirate]

Biffy Clyro.
Their first three albums mainly.
I've got all 5, but the latest two, under half the song on the album are as good as all of the ones on the first three.

Specifically, some of my favorites are:


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[Outright Villainy]

Periphery, which is prog-math-melodic... oh who gives a fuck, it's just great.

Hmmm...someone's been listening to a little Meshuggah (the band, not you).

Well, the principle guitarist (who founded the band) was known on the Meshuggah forums a few years back before he ever got signed.

So yes, I would certainly say Meshuggah was an influence!

Actually it's funny, I like bands that were influenced by Meshuggah a lot more than Meshuggah themselves. It's odd, they never really did anything for me. Exception Combustion. Christ, what a song.

 

[fates_puppet13]

i'de have to say zeromancer

 

[tomniggah]

Mumford & Sons have become pure cocaïne for me.

 

[Spookimitsu]

Wu-Tang. Raekwon has a new album coming out in March, Shaolin vs Wu-tang

 

[DasDestroyer]

Cryoshell, although it was really fucking difficult to find a copy of their album.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Periphery, which is prog-math-melodic... oh who gives a fuck, it's just great.

Hmmm...someone's been listening to a little Meshuggah (the band, not you).

Well, the principle guitarist (who founded the band) was known on the Meshuggah forums a few years back before he ever got signed.

So yes, I would certainly say Meshuggah was an influence!

Actually it's funny, I like bands that were influenced by Meshuggah a lot more than Meshuggah themselves. It's odd, they never really did anything for me. Exception Combustion. Christ, what a song.

I can respect what Meshuggah do, especially Thomas Haake (good Lord), but it's essentially a very rigid exercise in jazz rhythms played on metal guitar. The drums will play something badass in another time signature and they'll play enough phrases to eventually end up back at the same count again, then they call it a song. Not the most interesting thing to listen to since every song of theirs follows this format, just in different time signatures and subdivisions.

EDIT: OT, I got Between the Buried and Me's entire catalog on sale recently and I'm really digging them.

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

well, i'm eagerly awaiting the new Amanda Palmer album, and so i'm listening to her first album and all the Dresden Dolls albums like crazy.

 

[Outright Villainy]

I can respect what Meshuggah do, especially Thomas Haake (good Lord), but it's essentially a very rigid exercise in jazz rhythms played on metal guitar. The drums will play something badass in another time signature and they'll play enough phrases to eventually end up back at the same count again, then they call it a song. Not the most interesting thing to listen to since every song of theirs follows this format, just in different time signatures and subdivisions.

Seems to sum it up pretty well. Technically, it's extremely impressive, and they're certainly incredible musicians, but it's too robotic, I don't really get any emotion from it. I like cerebral music, sure, but it's just unnecessarily confusing, especially for an entire album.