@Voltan Yeah, Dreaming Neon Black is the fans' favourite by them , but personally I prefer the poppier and more accessible Dead Heart In A Dead World, or at least I did, back when i still listened to heavy music. Do you like any Herbie Hancock? I was just telling ness I was listening to him recently.
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@TheBrandedSwordsman I've been struggling with new stuff recently but I've been listening to AK/DK a lot recently. Terrible band name but I really like their latest album (the only one I have) and it's a good one for running to;
I did pick up the latest Red City Radio (a punk rock band) album this week and the debut album from a band called Squid who I've heard lots of good things about but haven't had chance to listen to the album yet.
For more ambient stuff, Emily A Sprague's album has been a good one to work to and I bought an EP by Lucinda Chua after hearing this track on 6music the other day;
@Thrillho I was listening to quite a bit of Squid myself as they've played them a lot on 6music recently, my favourite is the song from the EP which talks about "racing crazy horses, round my mind" - great lyric. The album sounds great by all accounts and from what I've heard. Who's your favourite presenter on 6?
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@Jimmer-jammer Here's Foodman! Let me know what you think
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@TheBrandedSwordsman I don't mind most of the 6music DJs of the ones I've heard other than Shaun Keaveny (the same segments every time I just find frustrating) and Cerys Matthews show (as it just doesn't appeal to me at all).
The only ones I tend to catch up with are Huey Morgan and Craig Charles as they both play a lot of stuff I like but that I don't tend to listen to much otherwise. Tom Ravencroft I really like and Mary Anne Hobbs has some great sessions which I have luckily caught.
@Jimmer-jammer Haha that's wild! I'm glad it made that impression on you.
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Here's Glassjaw's most recent album from after their reunion, for anyone who's not heard them or is interested in hardcore music in general.
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@Voltan have you or anyone else noticed how hardcore music has weird and obscure song and album titles? Like the first track on the album I just posted above 'new white extremity' and Misery Signals 'Of Malice and the Magnum Heart' (what is a 'Magnum Heart' or a new white extremity for example) then there's Botch with titles like St. Matthew Returns to the Womb and Swimming the Channel/Driving the chunnel. What is it all about and where does it come from? I'd love to know
N.B as a metalhead primarily you probably don't like hardcore? But I try to listen to all kinds of music. Hardcore fans and metalheads have traditionally always been in opposite camps, however you get the odd crossover metalcore band, but I think their audiences are largely comprised of hardcore fans who have become metalcore fans, I believe metalheads look down on the metalcore genre.
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@TheBrandedSwordsman Post rock song/album titles are the weirdest. Whenever I see people comment on an article and capitalise every word, it sounds like it could be a post rock track.
Try It For Yourself And You’ll See What I Mean
I think that was a track off Mogwai’s second album.
@TheBrandedSwordsman Hardcore is not my favorite but I do like a number of post-hc bands like Protest The Hero for example (link below).
The thing about metalheads is that a lot of them tend to be very conservative and closed-minded, considering any shred of actual creativity some kind of betrayal of their values or whatever. If it doesn’t sound exactly like their favorite thing from the 90s or earlier, it’s not “true”. Now metalcore bands aren’t exactly known for being super creative (and I’m not a huge fan myself) but fusing metal and a genre originating in punk music is the worst kind of offense, apparently 😉
Unfortunately this always comes with similar traits like sexism, homophobia and toxic gatekeeping.
Personally I’m in a weird spot where I really like classic metal but I also know it in and out so well that I barely want to listen to it anymore and I don’t find new stuff (that follows that classic style) exciting unless it’s crazy good (that still happens sometimes).
And as for metalcore, it’s usually best for me if they really lean either into the extreme heaviness or the technical side of things.
@Voltan Thanks for sharing that, I think I've heard them before, decent stuff.
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Any Steely Dan fans on Push Square? Where do you guys stand on the 'Dan?
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@Thrillho You seem quite well-versed in music, with a decent stock of knowledge. 'Cause you know about funk and whatnot from listening to Craig Charles and Huey Morgan on Radio 6 Music but you also know about post-rock and Mogwai? Not that they don't play them on 6 Music, they usually just aren't played by those presenters. Well I suppose if you listen to Mary Anne Hobbes as well, you're gonna know about them. Does most of your musical education come from 6 Music then?
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@TheBrandedSwordsman Punk rock and post rock are my genres of choice really but I like to listen to different stuff, I just struggle to find new music as easily as I used to. I get weekly newsletters from Banquet and Drift Records and have a quick listen to their recommended new listens.
6music plays a part too and I have found some artists through them; the ambient and classic focus playlists on the Sounds app are great too.
I tend to listen to stuff from my own library more though and over the last year I've made myself listen to older albums I own by going through my iTunes and loading five different albums a week onto my phone by going through alphabetically and picking out album I've not listened to in over 12 months. It's been a fun way to rediscover albums but also to find albums I didn't think much of but quite like now.
This week I've got albums by Bleachers, The Bouncing Souls, Bon Ever, and Born Ruffians (I normally have five albums but seem to have messed up this week).
@nessisonett They’re just standard fun pop punk rock. I only have the one album and plenty of Punkorama compilations they’re on. I’m not surprised they’ve been on a Tony Hawk soundtrack.
@Jimmer-jammer Since you enjoyed his previous album so much, here's the follow-up! @Voltan What do you think of Joe Bonamassa? Fan of the blues at all?
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