The music thread

[Mendez]

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Thank you so much for reminding me of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. Man, I wish they had Shazam back in 2004.
Anyways, here's some more Neon Indian music that I like. This time from his second major album.

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I remember seeing someone describe it as "Boards of Canada meets My Bloody Valentine".

[Tesseractal]

You'd think trance and metal stay relatively separate (barring 'same artist' pages), but they meet up surprisingly well with Blood Stain Child.

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[KillerChair]

So the Area11 album is finally out.
You should check it out

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[WheelieCarbonate]

By the way, Nas is an amazing rapper.

Yes he is

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Also, what kind of music should i listen to? I dont really mind the genre as long as it isnt country and im getting tired of electronic, so yeah.

[Red]

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well it really depends on what you're into

if you're getting tired of electronic you should try more and more types of music, like hip hop, rock, meal, stuff like that, you'll eventually find something you'll love

[Mendez]

You can google /mu/ essentials, and that can help you expand your tastes. Also, listening to a lot of stuff on Last.fm is helpful. Here's an image I have that basically sums up /mu/'s recommendations.

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[Red]

best thing they ever did

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[Tesseractal]

Also, what kind of music should i listen to? I dont really mind the genre as long as it isnt country and im getting tired of electronic, so yeah.

You could look at Mendez's post, and join the army of pitchforkers. You could listen to a bunch of white dudes mumble incessantly over a guitar drone, and then talk with others about how sophisticated you are for being able to appreciate something so banal. (And maybe enjoy, too, if you convince yourself) MBV released a new album of that sort which is critically acclaimed - it's a great start to that sort of drawl. Hip Hop's at least got some sort of meaningful attitude behind it, for as long as you're willing to listen to those people's problems.

If you're bored of electronic, the best thing to do is really just to find a harder sound. It's easy to get bored if you've been exposed to nothing but pop-infused nonsense.

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Suppose it doesn't fancy you right away, you'll really have to explore as many different things as you can. I have issues with the lists like the one Mendez has posted. Why would anyone waste that much time listening to all that old music simply so they can claim to be entry level into a group's narrow tastes? Just looking at the "metal" column; I don't see any female, gothic, symphonic, or power metal in there at all. But is it really that hard to listen to a track by Nightwish? Or WT? Not at all, but you won't find anything near that sound - nothing comes close in /mu's thirty albums! And that's only a fraction of the list. When I see these sorts of lists I doubt anyone at the "entry level" has bothered to listen to it all, let alone half of it. Because there's no reason to. Nothing to gain, very little explored in these lists.

(That's not to say all in these lists are bad by any means. Surely some good albums can be found, but if you have to cherry-pick such a massive list, it kind of defeats the purpose to begin with.)

[Red]

i'm just going to say that that list is supposed to be the list of albums you need to listen in order to um, "fit" in /mu/, because those albums are the ones that are commonly discussed.

[Tesseractal]

I realize that, but it still goes with what I'm saying - why fit into /mu/? I can't say it's really something desirable or even conducive to finding your own interests. You'll never find what you like by looking at someone else's tastes and saying "Yeah! I want to listen to that guy's stuff." It's preposterous. Because what music you like IS a reflection of yourself - so trying stuff just to be like someone else would in fact, make you a poser.

Of course, you could just listen to it anyway. But then you would ask yourself: Do I really with that? Am I just a salamander?:

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[*Alice]

One thing that worked for me when I was kind of in a musical dead end was just randomly listening to internet radio streams. You can find so many hidden gems by just randomly looking around.
I personally like this one a lot: http://www.losersloungeradio.com/

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I am kind of ashamed for liking the album where this song is from. I really am.
I mean, I love the album but feel bad for that.

[RebootRaeg]

I made this music you should check it out.

also speaking of new music check out this recent Flaming Lips song seriously it's radical

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[Mendez]

Oh yeah, that reminds me of that one album you guys made. My favorite song is still "Poi In His Grave".
6.9/10, might recommend.

[Bacon]

Does this count as music?

[*Alice]

I love Cage the Elephant.

Why is that video unavailable in Germany ...