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goin-mad
Copy Clerk
Posts: 91
Joined: 24 Oct 2008

The Ting Tings, pop yes but they are pretty good

ArcWelder92
Paperboy
Posts: 25
Joined: 25 Aug 2008

I just recently discovered a local ska band down here in San Diego called Grim Luck that are fairly fantastic. Additionally, there's another ska band called Catch 22 that put out an entire album called "Permanent Revolution" (I found it yesterday) that's about the rise and fall of communism in Russia. Where my history geeks at?

The Kind Cannibal
Press Junketeer
Posts: 421
Joined: 19 Aug 2008

Chimaira

HeavyMeddle
Anonymous Source
Posts: 3
Joined: 1 Dec 2008

Monster Magnet
Orange Goblin
Symphony X
Steven Lynch

corroded
Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1416
Joined: 29 May 2008

Does it offend you, yeah?

darthsmily
Muckraker
Posts: 246
Joined: 21 Feb 2008

Really started getting into metal this year and have been listening to Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Exodus, Death, Kreator, Testament, Motorhead(More punk really). That's about it really.

ButtonedDownParadox
Muckraker
Posts: 227
Joined: 11 Aug 2008

Heartless Bastards: Good bit of blues rock.

Eels: Less than pop for more than miserable bastards.

DannyDamage
Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1065
Joined: 27 Aug 2008

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

- Thanks to Bean for pointing them out for me :D

Vortigar
Infamous Scribbler
Posts: 661
Joined: 8 Nov 2007

Really got into Van Der Graaf Generator about three months ago.

It's been a kind of slow year in discovering stuff otherwise though.
I'm catching up on a lot of stuff that I've heard before but never really dug into.
Stuff like Radiohead, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers and Duran Duran (spot the misfit).

JBarracudaL:

Elbow

Don't know / not that interested in the rest of your list but I love that one.
Well, maybe Devotchka.

Pepperlander
Paperboy
Posts: 45
Joined: 11 Jun 2008

Atari Teenage Riot, Keny Arkana, Saian Supa Crew, more

goater24
Infamous Scribbler
Posts: 581
Joined: 5 Feb 2008

The random folk of Beirut was an eye opener for me this year as well as the early ska of count oussie and the more roots based Ethiopians. Does anybody else appreciate the early days of the ska???? Decker, skatalites, dynomites, Upsetters anyone?

zen5887
Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1453
Joined: 31 Jan 2008

Most of the Jazz I listen to now I only got into this year. There was a time where I was bored of rock and moved to Jazz. So I found Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Marcus Miller, Charlie Parker.. So many

I also re-discovered Opeth this year. I heard about them years ago but wasn't really into that stuff back then but thanks to youtube and most of their albums being $10 at JB HIFI I now love them.

So in 2008 I found Miles Davis and Opeth - I should just stop looking for music, nothing will ever live up to this.

Brokkr
Pulitzer Laureate
Posts: 798
Joined: 25 Nov 2008

Iced Earth and Savatage

Fiskmasen
Beat Writer
Posts: 154
Joined: 6 Apr 2008

Last month was the first time I heard Clutch. How in the world I have managed to not hear this awesome band is beyond me, but everything they've done is superb. Recommendations all around.

Clutch - Electric Worry
Clutch - Profits of Doom

jezz8me
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Posts: 584
Joined: 27 Mar 2008

DannyDamage:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor

- Thanks to Bean for pointing them out for me :D

Beat me to it.

I have a verry interesting story actualy. I made a new friend and she is into prog. I was always into that stuff but i din't know many bands. She introduced me to Porcupine Tree who i now love and once her family friend who is about 15 years older found out he randomly contacted me through deviantart and sugested some great bands like Godspeed You! Black Emporer, Mogwai, Boards of Canada and the one i am most grateful for Amiina.

I also started using last.fm this year so i found some great bands including:
Bauhaus
The Glove
Just about every other side project of a member from The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees or Bauhaus
Flogging Molly
Sun 0)))
Crystal Castles
Nine Inch Nails (yes late i know)
Akira Yamaoka
Blues Control
E.S Posthumus
Lightning Bolt
and a bunch of random noise stuff.

Dart378
Pulitzer Laureate
Posts: 827
Joined: 19 Nov 2008

Coldplay, Alesana, Enter shikari, Dream Theater (one of my favorites), Demon Hunter (another goooooood one), and Shinedown.

Baonec
Press Junketeer
Posts: 500
Joined: 20 Aug 2008

All of them i'd heard of but wern't totally into like I am now: SOAD, Sublime, They might be giants, Eskimo disco, Nizlopi, Disturbed & a few others.

Syntax Error
Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1352
Joined: 7 Sep 2008

Kamelot, The Red Wings, The Black Mages, Metallica (the old songs), and I finally got around to listening to Avenged Sevenfold.

Najos
Beat Writer
Posts: 209
Joined: 4 Aug 2008

Flobots, but that might've been late 2007. Either way they're awesome.

Arionis
Muckraker
Posts: 338
Joined: 19 Oct 2008

Skillet. Plain and simple.

El_Zilcho
Anonymous Source
Posts: 8
Joined: 1 Dec 2008

Cynic and The Ocean Collective. They were supporting Opeth in Manchester a couple of weeks ago so when I got the tickets I thought I'd check them out, turns out they both rule.

Najos
Beat Writer
Posts: 209
Joined: 4 Aug 2008

goin-mad:
The Ting Tings, pop yes but they are pretty good

Ugh, I hate these guys. My g/f is a little obsessed and I ended up listening to this for about an hour before I realized what was making my head hurt.

dangerousdave_42
Beat Writer
Posts: 212
Joined: 25 Sep 2008

jezz8me:

DannyDamage:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor

- Thanks to Bean for pointing them out for me :D

Beat me to it.

I have a verry interesting story actualy. I made a new friend and she is into prog. I was always into that stuff but i din't know many bands. She introduced me to Porcupine Tree who i now love and once her family friend who is about 15 years older found out he randomly contacted me through deviantart and sugested some great bands like Godspeed You! Black Emporer, Mogwai, Boards of Canada and the one i am most grateful for Amiina.

I also started using last.fm this year so i found some great bands including:
Bauhaus
The Glove
Just about every other side project of a member from The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees or Bauhaus
Flogging Molly
Sun 0)))
Crystal Castles
Nine Inch Nails (yes late i know)
Akira Yamaoka
Blues Control
E.S Posthumus
Lightning Bolt
and a bunch of random noise stuff.

E.S Posthumus is absolutely fantastic got to love them

speedcoreXdandy
Infamous Scribbler
Posts: 588
Joined: 4 Nov 2008

Peoplle who said Sunn o))), Lightning Bolt and Atari Teenage Riot you just won this thread.

I've probably discovered more than a hundred bands and artists new and old but I'll try to just keep the list down to my favourites:

Jedi Mind Tricks
Bad Balance
Electric Wizard
Snowgoons
Scientist
The Bug
M1dy
Army Of The Pharoahs
Surf Nazis Must Die
Roll Deep
Angerfist
The Horrorist
Converge
Dj Krush
Nortt
SSS

Lukeydoodly
Infamous Scribbler
Posts: 625
Joined: 9 Sep 2008

Origin, The Faceless and Cynic.

superbleeder12
Infamous Scribbler
Posts: 635
Joined: 13 Oct 2007

I discovered a lot of music this year

my music collection exploded from about 10 gigs to over 40.

Most of it is Post-Rock and Avant-Garde stuff

conqueror Kenny
Gone Gonzo
Posts: 4264
Joined: 14 Jan 2008

I just discover Trivium a month or so back. I love them, not enough to go buy an album yet, but give it time.

Hunde Des Krieg
Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2633
Joined: 30 Sep 2008

Hadn't heard of Streetlight Manifesto until July. Amazing Ska band. Somewhere in the Between, may just be my favorite album ever.

PedroSteckecilo
On the Record
Posts: 5521
Joined: 7 Feb 2008

SPOON
Apostle of Hustle
Young Galaxy
The Most Serene Republic
Vampire Weekend
Sigur Ros
Immaculate Machine

All bands I only discovered in 2008 and I'm really fond of them.

reinersailer
Copy Clerk
Posts: 77
Joined: 3 Sep 2008
SenseOfTumour
Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1544
Joined: 11 Jul 2008

For me I might have discovered em late 2007, but they're still on heavy rotation on my player...

Peeping Tom - If you ever liked Faith No More, Tomahawk, Fantomas, or Mr Bungle, its worth trying, its Mike Patton's new band, yes the voice of Portal's 'Anger Sphere'!
It's not metal tho, or even rock, as he put it, its how he'd like pop to sound if he didn't hate pop so much. It's part rock, part hip hop, part jazz, part electro, all epic.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9pcvBFFflEc Feat. Rahzel (SSX Tricky, if you're not into rap)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NPqczenm9gE&feature=related

Something about the second track reminds me why I love Mike Patton, sometimes hearing him you feel that reading the paper and finding out he has a dozen bodies in his garden wouldn't be a huge surprise...

Just off topic, but if you want to annoy any friends who are seriously into Rammstein, this video kills me every time!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tUEyYuZkjVI&feature=related

I don't know a lot about Rammstein, but to me I don't think they're taking themselves too seriously, why do I find the fans are mental?

SenseOfTumour
Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1544
Joined: 11 Jul 2008

BTW, I'm all for pop if its fun and original, I'll give the ting tings a go, haven't heard any yet!

I just mainly can't stand the britney/justin timberlake clones that make up seemingly 90%, along with the soul/R&B clones.

Making your voice a bit wobbly doesn't make you a diva or 'emotionally deep' it just makes you sound like you're trying too hard and can't hold a note.

TGLT
Press Junketeer
Posts: 414
Joined: 18 Feb 2008

I'll be honest, Dream Evil. Never heard of them until some one linked me to a music video for Book of Heavy Metal. Had to go and grab their CDs. I love a band that can bounce between serious songs and humor. Well, that and all the good metal music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-pN8qAiZhQ The vidja that got me to enjoy them. Though I'm probably just slow and they're probably not obscure, what the hell.

Kikosemmek
Press Junketeer
Posts: 418
Joined: 14 Nov 2007

I started seriously listening to Black Sabbath, Gogol Bordello, Radiohead and The Black Mages this year. It's been a good year.

Mr. Squirrel
Press Junketeer
Posts: 460
Joined: 28 Aug 2008

Ayreon, don't know if any of you guys know it but, I think it is great. It is like a prog metal-ish rock-opera, and every album features at least one of my favorite singers. Seeing as there are a lot of Opeth fans here M. Akerfeld also sings on one of their albums.

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