Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Day Thirteen - December 13th, 2013
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Greatest Hits by Eilert Pilarm (recommended by omega_grunt666)

1. Jailhouse Rock
2. Are You Lonesome Tonight
3. Love Me Tender
4. Blue Suede Shoes
5. It's Now or Never
6. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
7. Teddy Bear (Let Me Be Your)
8. There Goes My Everything
9. A Fool Such as I
10. Release Me
11. One Night
12. Farther Along
13. She's Not You
14. Blue Christmas
15. Take My Hand Precious Lord
16. Long Tall Sally
17. All Shook Up
18. Love Me
19. Heartbreak Hotel
20. I Love You Because
21. Little Cabin Home on the Hill
22. Kiss Me Quick
23. Jailhouse Rock (E-Funk Mix)
24. Mega Mix

Eilert Pilarm is a Swedish Elvis impersonator. He made over 600 live shows over 10 years, starting around 1992 and stopping in 2003. He's notably featured in Songs in the Key of Z, a book about outsider music from Irwin Chusid. You can read a little more about him from this blog entry.

If I was rating albums based on how much they made me laugh, this would be 5 stars easily. It's painful and terrible in every possible way. The guy can't sing a note. He's out of tune and out of time. No sense of rhythm whatsoever. His accent doesn't help either (I really thought he was singing in Swedish in the beginning), so it makes thing funnier. The instruments are completely unprocessed and sound extremely cheep. There's literally nothing "good" on this record.

He's damn funny though. I'll give him that. But 24 songs ? Yes I went through all and after the first 5-6, it isn't funny anymore, it becomes just mediocre and painful. Yet, what I like about this kind of music is how it doesn't take itself seriously. Eilert Pilarm knew damn well that he wasn't a great singer, he just had fun doing this.

My rating : ★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

(2 stars because it made me laugh)

[omega_grunt666]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

I was hoping that would show up around christmas,

A bit of a troll pick yeah, most of the stuff I probably would have listed in my top 10 has already been posted by other people so I chose something slightly different. I think I have a higher tolerance for bad/parody than you though, too much time browsing /r/crappymusic I guess. Glad you got a laugh out of it though.

[freakysnots]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Day Eleven - December 11th, 2013

Sonic Temple by The Cult

Hey thanks for the review. It was done wayy faster than I thought you would get to it. Bonus points for that!

You pretty much summed up The Cult's albums when you said they were repetitive. Listening to a whole album may be much, but put a few of these songs in a rock playlist and they are great.

They have many albums, but I picked this one for you to review as they had the most songs I like in there. I also like "She Sells Sanctuary", but too bad it's in another album.

As for a whole album working together, I feel that Pink Floyd (off the top of my head) pulled it off better. The Cult works best when playing their songs separately.

[DarkProdigy]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

THYX - The Way Home
Dead When I Found Her - Rag Doll Blues
Seabound - Double-Crosser
Serebro - Mama Lover
Toy-Box - Fantastic
Trash80 - Icarus

[yo man im awesome]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Won't be able to review anything tonight on time, I need sleep more than anything else atm and I won't wake up until tomorrow morning. This means two reviews tomorrow.

@ XelNya : not sure about your birthday, is it July 30th ?

still eagerly awaiting #2

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Day Fourteen - December 14th, 2013
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Formless by Gridlock (recommended by AlexDest & GammaBlaster)

1. Pallid
2. Distance
3. Untitled
4. Return
5. Song23
6. Invert
7. Untitled
8. Chrometaphor
9. Scratch
10. Displacement
11. The 8th Winter
12. Re/module
13. Untitled
14. Atomontage
15. Done Processing

Gridlock is a electronic group created by Mike Wells in 1993 with Mike Cadoo joining in 1997. Earlier in their career, their sound was heavily industrial, slowly incorporating electronic sounds until Formless in 2003, which has almost no trace of industrial music and is considered mostly of IDM.

It's an incredibly aggressive release and a good example of how ambient music can be noisy at times. It's precisely this contrast between the lighter and heavier parts that makes this album awesome. Full of interesting moments. 2:35 and after on Song23 is a crazy logical mess, and is probably the best song on the album. The progression on Chrometaphor and Atomontage grows very nicely. Some pleasant ethereal vocals in Return and Done Processing has a comfortable minimalistic atmosphere. A good choice to close the album, finishes off beautifully. The production is top-notch and there's a fairly good amount of textures.

I had the displeasure of listening to this album in disorder (thanks to Grooveshark* fucking this one up). I love when there's a continuity between tracks on an album, the entire album is even more worthwhile to listen as a whole and it makes everything more cohesive. * Weirdly how lately I found everything I wanted on Deezer and the loading time is faster, hmmm...

Incredibly consistent from start to finish. Definitely an album I'll listen as a whole again, strong contender for a 9, maybe it will change over time.

My rating : ★★★★★★★★☆☆

(was busy so couldn't write a lot on this, but I really recommend this album, best so far, nice pick AlexDest )

I was hoping that would show up around christmas

Showed up on a Friday the 13th tho.

@ DarkProdigy : can't find your birthday

[AlexDest]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Formless has always been my favorite IDM album, really glad that you enjoyed it as well (even moreso that it almost gets a 9, haha).

EDIT: Oh, didn't even see Gamma recommend this album, oops.

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Just realized it was also recommended by GammaBlaster (sorry!), rectified.

[Frank Munoz]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

have you heard this before?
https://soundcloud.com/mcmangos/what-if-seinfeld-theme-song
(not really a suggestion i just want people here to listen to this rad theme and don't wanna make a thread i'm sorry.)

[freakysnots]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Just to add another album.

Alabama 3 - Exile on Coldharbour Lane

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Day Fifteen - December 15th, 2013
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Ascendancy by Trivium (recommended by blindreper1179)

1. The End of Everything
2. Rain
3. Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr
4. Drowned and Torn Asunder
5. Ascendancy
6. A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation
7. Like Light to the Flies
8. Dying in Your Arms
9. The Deceived
10. Suffocating Sight
11. Departure
12. Declaration

Trivium is a American melodic metalcore band with strong thrash metal influences. They sold one million album worldwide and are often regarded as the flag bearers of their musical style. Ascendancy was their second full-length album and is often regarded as a landmark of metalcore.

The music is lacking something that I can't put my finger on. I mean, they're talented, there's a good amount of riffage, but somehow I had the impression their songs are often lacking enjoyable melodies. Drowned and Torn Asunder and Ascendancy are two examples of that. And sometimes, the melodies work extremely well, like in the chorus of Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr or in the solo of A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation. The blend of the lead with the rhythm guitar is awesome. I guess it's a matter of balance, there's a contrasting amount of work between the melodies. Have the same problem with Killswitch Engage.

The heaviest parts are average and don't bring a lot more. I felt they were being heavy for the sake of being heavy. The vocals were fitting but there's definitely room for improvement. Especially, the growls which are lacking power, sounds really dry. The guitars are diverse, they bring the rating up a bit.

Correct album. I just don't understand how some metal purists see them as one of the worst existing metal band. For me, they're a decent and capable band that are trying too hard to recreate a recipe instead of forging their own identity.

My rating : ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆

@ Frank Munoz : made me laugh
@ freakysnots : added

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Day Sixteen - December 16th, 2013
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Chipbreak Wars by Sabrepulse (recommended by Poison-)

1. Massive Damage
2. Skyfire Ace
3. We Are Hi-Speed
4. Phalanx
5. Double K.O
6. Storm Raid Battle
7. Underneath
8. The Fourth Sequence
9. Amazing Scene
10. XXX Is Dead (Remix)
11. Famicom Selecta
12. Party Bomb!
13. Twin Chevron Action Flash (Remix)
14. Tageri
15. Omega Blast
16. Hardwar
17. Staten Park

Sabrepulse (Ashley Charles) is a chiptune musician known for blending chiptune with breakcore and gained a significant popularity in underground music... Pretty sure everyone here knows who Sabrepulse is or saw his name at least once. Chipbreak Wars is the follower of Famicon Connection, released one year after, in 2006.

I'm probably the least eminent source when it comes to chiptune. It's not a genre I'm familiar with and I don't listen to chiptune outside the game. However, I recognised that this was a very consistent album from start to finish. I can hear few classical influences in 3 or 4 songs and industrial influences in Hardwar. The arrangements are upbeat, highly intricate and neatly organised. And when you recognise a sample, you feel like you accomplished something. Part of the fun was in there.

It's also weird to hear Storm Raid Battle or Famicon Selecta outside the game. And in the context of hearing it in a complete album is a different experience. I had the impression I was listening to a different song, it had more depth, more size. There was no notes or arrows to punctuate anything. I felt like I was listening the song the way it was meant to be heard.

I liked when breakcore beats were slowly being introduced : the end of Skyfire Ace is one example of that. Phalanx is another great song and blends much more different styles than just chiptune and breakcore, it has a very electro house sound. There's this small vocal-edited part in Party Bomb! that I found amusing (about 2 minutes in). Tageri is the most intense song of the bunch, blending violin along the way. I found a striking similarity with Venetian Snare's Rossz.

On the downside, it's just not the type of music I'm looking for at the present. I feel chiptune is limited outside the realm of video games. Maybe it has to do with me not being familiar with the genre. I share the same impression with orchestral-type film soundtrack and movies. When chiptune is heavily mixed with other music styles (see Tageri), that's when it becomes interesting for me.

My rating : ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

edit : thx crazyjayde for the typo

[Arkuski]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

I feel chiptune is limited outside the realm of video games. Maybe it has to do with me not being familiar with the genre.

I used to think so too. Give Crystal Castles a go and see what you think (don't add to my list though lol).

[Crazyjayde]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Scratch TuneYard and replace with FEZ OST by disasterPEACE (found here: http://disasterpeace.com/album/fez-ost)

Again, much fun reading those at the end of a hard day. You've got an excellent format now.

[noname219]

Re: Need music recommendations | 1 year challenge

Day Seventeen - December 17th, 2013
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Replica by Oneohtrix Point Never (recommended by choof)

1. Andro
2. Sleep Dealer
3. Power of Persuasion
4. Remember
5. Replica
6. Nassau
7. Submersible
8. Up
9. Child Soldier
10. Explain

Oneohtrix Point Never, aka Chuck Person, aka Daniel Lopatin, aka Dania Shapes, aka KGB MAN is a productive Brooklyn-based musician, starting in 2007. Replica was released in 2011, a year after the successful Returnal.

Relaaaaaaxing. Hmmm. I've listened earlier today to a very boring and extremely repetitive ambient album and I've questioned myself if it's a genre I should give up. Well, this album kind of cancelled my plans. It's moving just at the right pace to keep my interest. Incredibly immersive too. It didn't bore me because of the variety in between the songs.

I'm not a huge fan of repetition, but the way it's been used in Power of Persuasion and Sleep Dealer is kind of great. A slow version of glitch music. Replica is another great song, soft chill piano. Explain has cool touches of vaporwave, but the vocals are needless for me. Andro has this crazy and opressing jungle ambiance near the end of the song.

The equivalent of being crushed by a slow steamroller made out of foam.

Good stuff.

My rating : ★★★★★★★☆☆☆