Lately I've been listening to more indie and grunge than ever before, and I really have no idea why. I suppose Pinback and my recent acquiring of Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea album are mainly to blame for the indie stuff, and when it comes to grunge it's just been the usual fan favorites...Nirvana, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, etc.
So what genres have been suddenly dominating your listening recently?
baroque
Drum & Bass
Punk and Grudge
Funny enough, I just bought a Nirvana CD today.
eurodance
freak folk
new weird america
I guess progressive rock, according to Kaz
Scream-o
Emo core
Quote from: Paranoid Pancake on January 17, 2009, 04:30:58 PM
Lately I've been listening to more indie and grunge than ever before, and I really have no idea why. I suppose Pinback and my recent acquiring of Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea album are mainly to blame for the indie stuff, and when it comes to grunge it's just been the usual fan favorites...Nirvana, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, etc.
So what genres have been suddenly dominating your listening recently?
I reccomend Mudhoney's
Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles, Mother Love Bone's
Apple, and Soundgarden's
Screaming Life/Fopp. You might hate Superfuzz Bigmuff at first if you're like me, but for me it grew on me. Apple and Screaming Life/Fopp are simply fun rock-out type albums.
I suppose I've also been listening to a lot of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden lately.
Lots and lots of post-rock. Mainly Red Sparowes, but also a little bit of Tortoise and Mono. But uh, this infatuation has lasted for months now.
Quote from: steal on January 18, 2009, 10:48:44 AM
pinback
if that counts as a genre (which it should)
and i've been listening to more "core" bands, mainly protest the hero, between the buried and me, arsonists get all the girls, and beneath the massacre.
I downloaded a bunch of Pinback yesterday. I love them. <3
Quote from: steal on January 18, 2009, 01:22:32 PM
well, autumn of the seraphs, summer in abaddon, blue screen life, and offcell have been on constant rotation in my cd player. i listened to autumn of the seraphs all the way through 4 times on friday.
I think I'm going to buy one of their albums off Amazon today or sometime soon. Which one do you think I should go with first? They all seem pretty well-balanced so I'm not really sure.
Progressive rock.
Modern indie music and hippie music from the 60's and 70's
Quote from: YPR on January 18, 2009, 03:45:08 PM
Modern indie music and hippie music from the 60's and 70's
um what is "hippie" music?
psychadelic? "summer of love" era pop?
Quote from: Paranoid Pancake on January 18, 2009, 03:55:14 PM
um what is "hippie" music?
psychadelic? "summer of love" era pop?
I don't know... "White Rabbit" "California Dreaming" "San Francisco" by Scott MacKenzie, "Age of Aquarias," "Ohio," etc.
I don't see how that mix can be called anything but hippie music
Quote from: YPR on January 18, 2009, 05:55:06 PM
I don't know... "White Rabbit" "California Dreaming" "San Francisco" by Scott MacKenzie, "Age of Aquarias," "Ohio," etc.
I don't see how that mix can be called anything but hippie music
because hippie music isn't a genre
white rabbit is psychedelic rock, california dreamin' is pop/pop rock
also there's no song called "age of aquarius" but i'm assuming you mean the first track from the album of that name, which is "aquarius/let the sunshine in." that would be pop.
Quote from: Claquesous on January 18, 2009, 11:20:09 AM
Lots and lots of post-rock. Mainly Red Sparowes, but also a little bit of Tortoise and Mono. But uh, this infatuation has lasted for months now.
What the fuck does post-rock mean anyways?
Quote from: Paranoid Pancake on January 18, 2009, 06:57:03 PM
because hippie music isn't a genre
white rabbit is psychedelic rock, california dreamin' is pop/pop rock
also there's no song called "age of aquarius" but i'm assuming you mean the first track from the album of that name, which is "aquarius/let the sunshine in." that would be pop.
Hippie music sounds less... girly
Quote from: coz on January 18, 2009, 10:45:37 PM
What the fuck does post-rock mean anyways?
i don't think anyone quite has a good definition of it
try looking it up on wikipedia i guess
Quote from: coz on January 18, 2009, 10:45:37 PM
What the fuck does post-rock mean anyways?
"Post-rock is a genre of alternative rock characterized by the use of musical instruments commonly associated with rock music, but using rhythms, harmonies, melodies, timbre, and chord progressions that are not found in rock tradition. It is the use of 'rock instrumentation' for non-rock purposes. Practitioners of the genre's style typically produce instrumental music.
As with many musical genres, the term is arguably inadequate as a concise descriptor: for example, Don Caballero and Tortoise were among the more prominent bands of the 1990s described as post rock, but the two bands' music has very little in common besides the fact that they are both instrumental and centered on guitars and drums. As such, the term has been the subject of backlash from listeners and artists alike."
Most of my post-rock is purely instrumental, and that's basically all that I'm able to describe about it.
Makes no sense, though. Post-<genre> means a new style that happens after a genre's peak, like, the next step. Post-punk was an alternative style that developed after the peak of punk in the late 70's. Post-grunge came after grunge and was like it, except it was absolute shit.
So uh, I guess rock is dead?
Mostly I'm listening to jazz and stoner/sludge metal. Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Sleep, High On Fire, and Fu Manchu have been getting a lot of plays.
Quote from: Vegeta on January 17, 2009, 10:25:05 PM
Scream-o
Emo core
I'm so sorry. Getting kicked in the head by a horse must be so hard.
I've been listening to a lot of shoegaze lately, most likely because I have been able to toke up a lot more often over this winter break.
Ska is pretty cool.
Quote from: Wrenchninja on January 17, 2009, 07:51:13 PM
Punk and Grudge
Funny enough, I just bought a Nirvana CD today.
that is indeed quite comical