The "Other" Music Thread

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Just curious, but kind of related to Allisson; what would your top 5 female bands/artists be? Can be all-time or past 10 years (or both).

[elicoleman]

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Just curious, but kind of related to Allisson; what would your top 5 female bands/artists be? Can be all-time or past 10 years (or both).

Does the whole band need to be female or simply lead singer?

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Main creative force.

[Stroehms]

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Most of the stuff i listen to would fall into this category since its almost all Stoner/Doom metal. Orange Goblin, High on Fire, Jex Thoth, Clutch, etc


Also been obsessed with The Kills lately to. Allison Mosshart's voice is the sex. Really looking forward to the new album later this year.

Love those Bands. And I'm sure you would like the Sword if you like Doom Metal.

I'll have to check those other bands out.

[LionsFanNJ]

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Just curious, but kind of related to Allisson; what would your top 5 female bands/artists be? Can be all-time or past 10 years (or both).

kinda tough one because i don't like many bands with main female leads but thinking about it (no particular order, just as they came to me):

1. Otep
2. PJ Harvey
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. The Kills

That's probably really it, I could add the Distillers and Jex Thoth onto that list, but the former have a lot of songs i can do without (not a HUGE fan of punk in general) and the latter only just released an album in the last year/year and a half.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Top 5 for me:

1) Neko Case
2) Heartless Bastards
3) Tift Merritt
4) Sleater-Kinney
5) Erykah Badu

*Janelle Monae could potentially be in the top 5 when she releases her sophmore album, which I will be looking forward to. Her debut was brilliant and one of the best debuts I have ever heard.

*Yeah Yeah Yeahs are probably the most disappointing female fronted bands. I loved their first album, but it seemed like with the success of Maps they shook off their punky chainsaw riffs and girl-"rawk" for a more subdued, indie-pop focus. Its Blitz! tried to blend the two styles of the first two albums, but nothing as memorable as Fever To Tell came about.

*Cat Power would be on the list but I'm not sure what is up with her. She hasn't released an original album since like 2005. I love both The Greatest and You Are Free (both for very different reasons, obviously), but its hard to keep her in the top of my current 5 when she hasn't done much recently.

*All-time list probably wouldn't look much different other than subbing in Aretha Franklin and Siousxie and the Banshees.

[LionsFanNJ]

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In regard to YYY, its Blitz really didn't do anything for me, but Fever to Tell, Is Is and Show Your Bones come into my rotation at some point every few weeks. I have the same issue with them i have with Kings of Leon in that after the second album (hmmm...) i didn't like the direction the music took.

Also, back to my list I actually like what Brody Dalle has done with Spinnerette. Totally as far away from punk and the Distillers as it can be, but its catchy and always find myself listening to something from the album.

A pretentious friend of mine is trying to get me to listen to Rilo Kiley and Imogen Heap. I keep refusing. Vehemently.

[elicoleman]

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Track listing for the new P!ATD album...

Track Listing
01) The Ballad Of Mona Lisa
02) Let's Kill Tonight
03) Hurricane
04) Memories
05) Trade Mistakes
06) Ready to Go (Get Me Out Of My Mind)
07) Always
08) The Calendar
09) Sarah Smiles
10) Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met…)

[elicoleman]

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Also: If anyone likes the Fleet Foxes, they have a new song that you can download for free.

http://soundcloud.com/subpop/fleet-f...lessness-blues

[MachoFantastic]

An obscure music thread with no mention of Neutral Milk Hotel? What is the world coming to?

Seriously, if you haven't listened to the album "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" you need to ASAP. It's essentially the holy grail of hipster music.

Here's some other "obscure" recommendations off the top of my head:
-Regina Spektor (by far the best female musician recently imo)
-The Thermals ("Here's Your Future" is a killer song, so is "Now We Can See")
-The Tallest Man on Earth
-Gogol Bordello
-The Features
-The Protomen (essentially a rock opera about Mega Man, if you do decide to check them out I'd recommend reading a summary of each album before listening, otherwise it can be difficult to follow the story)

[KSUowls]

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Just noticed this cool thread.

Here are a few bands I really like that aren't well known, some are big overseas though. I've also tried to list songs that are the ones that the band has tried to push or that I just really like in case you want to check them out.

(All of these bands are female fronted)

US:
VersaEmerge - If you like Paramore there is no way you won't like them. Imagine Paramore and Flyleaf having a baby.
- "Fixed at Zero" is their big song

The Letter Black - Wiki lists them as a christian rock band, but even as someone who isn't religious I really like them.
- I think their big song is "Hanging on by a Thread"

Halestorm - They're listed as a metal rock band. I bought their cd off amazon on a whim and have enjoyed it.
- Their big song is "I get off"

UnSun - Metal rock (I guess).
- I'd probably recommend "I ceased"

Kidneythieves - Some form of rock metal. I've only heard a few of their songs but I like what I've heard.
- Check out "Zerospace"

European: (all songs are in english)

Krypteria - They are a symphonic metal band and have become one of my favorite bands.
- So many good songs to recommend, but the first one I heard was "Victorium Speramus"

Within Temptation - I'd probably classify them as symphonic metal too. Lead singer has a very large vocal range, and the band has several different styles of songs.
- Again a lot of good songs, but off the top of my head I'd check out either "Stand my ground" or "Frozen"

Nightwish - I think they're actually somewhat well known here, but they've had two different vocalists. I like both the original and the new one but they are different styles.
- Once again a lot of good songs. Probably check out either "The Islander" or "I wish I had an Angel" (you can find it with either singer)

[elicoleman]

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Haven't really tried to get into VersaEmerge (saw them live once though) but I LOVE their cover of "Paint It Black". Her voice goes so well with that song.

[TheMatrix31]

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Female fronted bands?

Lacuna Coil has to be mentioned.

[KSUowls]

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Haven't really tried to get into VersaEmerge (saw them live once though) but I LOVE their cover of "Paint It Black". Her voice goes so well with that song.

I had planned to go to their concert a few weeks ago when they were in town, but all my friends flaked out on me at the last second. She does a lot of covers that are just really good.


Totally agree on Lacuna Coil.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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So apparently Danger Mouse is producing an album with Jack White and Norah Jones doing vocals. The concept of the album is spaghetti western and Danger Mouse has gotten some of the guys who did the instrumentation for Morricone for the album as well. Its called Rome and I suspect its the next project that will be released with Jack White's involvement. Should be interesting. Two of my favorite people in music teaming up.