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Copy Clerk  Posts: 94 Joined: 24 Oct 2008     | |
Paperboy  Posts: 31 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? |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 426 Joined: 19 Aug 2008    | Chimaira |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 3 Joined: 1 Dec 2008    | Monster Magnet |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1735 Joined: 29 May 2008  | Does it offend you, yeah? |
Muckraker  Posts: 247 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. |
Muckraker  Posts: 239 Joined: 11 Aug 2008   | Heartless Bastards: Good bit of blues rock. Eels: Less than pop for more than miserable bastards. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1065 Joined: 27 Aug 2008    | Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Thanks to Bean for pointing them out for me :D |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 670 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.
Don't know / not that interested in the rest of your list but I love that one. |
Paperboy  Posts: 45 Joined: 11 Jun 2008    | Atari Teenage Riot, Keny Arkana, Saian Supa Crew, more |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 582 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? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1893 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. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 800 Joined: 25 Nov 2008    | Iced Earth and Savatage |
Beat Writer  Posts: 168 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. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 594 Joined: 27 Mar 2008   |
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: |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1015 Joined: 19 Nov 2008  | Coldplay, Alesana, Enter shikari, Dream Theater (one of my favorites), Demon Hunter (another goooooood one), and Shinedown. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 513 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. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1976 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. |
Beat Writer Posts: 222 Joined: 4 Aug 2008  | Flobots, but that might've been late 2007. Either way they're awesome. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 356 Joined: 19 Oct 2008  | Skillet. Plain and simple. |
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. |
Beat Writer Posts: 222 Joined: 4 Aug 2008 |
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. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 212 Joined: 25 Sep 2008 |
E.S Posthumus is absolutely fantastic got to love them |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 733 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 |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 766 Joined: 9 Sep 2008   | Origin, The Faceless and Cynic. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 830 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 |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4432 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. |
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. |
On the Record  Posts: 5945 Joined: 7 Feb 2008  | SPOON All bands I only discovered in 2008 and I'm really fond of them. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 92 Joined: 3 Sep 2008 | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1869 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'! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9pcvBFFflEc Feat. Rahzel (SSX Tricky, if you're not into rap) 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? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1869 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. |
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. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 436 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. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 499 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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The Ting Tings, pop yes but they are pretty good