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I got the urge to make a music thread, so I'm gonna put up three songs a day until I get bored and stop. I'll probably start using spoiler tags if the videos start causing too much browser strain, which is a problem I've found with the musical threads on forums in general.
If you've gone musically stagnant and you're looking for new stuff to get into, here's a good start:
If you've gone musically stagnant and you're looking for new stuff to get into, here's a good start:
CunninLynguists - Brain Cell (from A Piece of Strange)
CunninLynguists are one of my favourite hip-hop groups, but I'm a bit of a 90s hip-hop guy, so the really organic sounding beats really appeal to me. I'm not sure if they use some of their own instrumentation, but the basslines are very crisp. Nice sax parts too. The rapping is pretty high quality, nice and flowy and more oldschool than the more jagged hook style stuff in pop songs or the disjointed styles you sometimes find in underground hip-hop.
Jamie xx - Loud Places (from In Colour)
This has more or less just come out, it's from the solo album of Jamie xx, who normally does the synth/percussion/samples for The xx. This track has the guitarist/vocalist from The xx on it. It's also the most xx sounding track on the album, but it's also a lot more layered sounding than most xx tracks. Really nice tune, the echoey drums in the chorus really bring it to life, as do the damp shimmery guitar fills.
Minus the Bear - Dog Park (from They Make Beer Commercials Like This)
Definitely one of my favourite guitar bands. Their music reminds me of surfing and beach villas on the sunset for some reason. Really airy keyboards and lush sounding guitars all the way through, with a sparse but present bassline. Very nice shimmery guitar at 1:27, probably my favourite part in the song, but it's just a nice tonal variation on verse-chorus songwriting. Listen with good headphones if you can, it's a real treat.
CunninLynguists are one of my favourite hip-hop groups, but I'm a bit of a 90s hip-hop guy, so the really organic sounding beats really appeal to me. I'm not sure if they use some of their own instrumentation, but the basslines are very crisp. Nice sax parts too. The rapping is pretty high quality, nice and flowy and more oldschool than the more jagged hook style stuff in pop songs or the disjointed styles you sometimes find in underground hip-hop.
Jamie xx - Loud Places (from In Colour)
This has more or less just come out, it's from the solo album of Jamie xx, who normally does the synth/percussion/samples for The xx. This track has the guitarist/vocalist from The xx on it. It's also the most xx sounding track on the album, but it's also a lot more layered sounding than most xx tracks. Really nice tune, the echoey drums in the chorus really bring it to life, as do the damp shimmery guitar fills.
Minus the Bear - Dog Park (from They Make Beer Commercials Like This)
Definitely one of my favourite guitar bands. Their music reminds me of surfing and beach villas on the sunset for some reason. Really airy keyboards and lush sounding guitars all the way through, with a sparse but present bassline. Very nice shimmery guitar at 1:27, probably my favourite part in the song, but it's just a nice tonal variation on verse-chorus songwriting. Listen with good headphones if you can, it's a real treat.
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