[Dreamboat] OFF TOPIC: New Music

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Alrighty then!!  I like this topic.  Okay, here it goes.
 
Fall Out Boy.  These guys embody so much all wrapped up in one  band.  Their 
most recent album "From Under The Cork Tree" doesn't have a  bad song on it.  
The lyrics are clever, interesting, and hilarious all at  once.  Musically 
it's catchy, yet interesting.  Kinda like their  lyrics.  What really floored me 
was the song titles.  The first song  is called "Our Lawyers Made Us Change 
the Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get  Sued".  Or how about "Champagne For My 
Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham  Friends".  You get the picture.  If 
you've got a sense of humor, this  music is for you.
 
Paramore.  This is a new band out of Tennessee.  Very energetic  with solid 
musicianship.  The lead singer sounds like a cross between Avril  Lavigne and 
Kelly Clarkson.  Not bad, huh?  If you've already had a  chance to check out 
Fall Out Boy, the music is somewhat similar.
 
I hope Vik and I aren't the only ones here listening to new music.   Let's 
here from the rest of you.
 
Rob

Date:  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:12:44 EST
From: DRMFRIEND at aol.com
Subject:  [Dreamboat] OFF TOPIC:  New Music
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Ok, this is very off topic, but since there hasn't  been a great deal of 'on 
topic' discussion as of late, I thought I'd  interject a different sorta 
musical 
thread.   I invite everyone  to share in this.  

In the name of broadening our musical  horizons, I would like everyone to 
discuss some new music that you all  have discovered recently.  Also, how you 
found 
out about it and why  you like it.  Doesn't matter what it is, how old or 
new,  
genre...  I don't care.  Let's just yak about great music for a  bit.  Want 
to?  :)  

I will start off by telling you  about a new group I discovered while surfing 
on CDBaby.  It's amazing  how much kewl independent music there is.  I had no 
idea.    There's this little modern psychadelic band out of Oklahoma called 
Ghost  Of Monks Hood.  I get the feeling they are very indiginous to the city 
 they 
live in.  They recorded their 4th album entitled, "Spider  Through The Fog" 
...in some guy's bedroom.   They recorded it  themselves.  Very much 
underground.  
But, that's what's so kewl  about it.  Artistically, I give it much merit.  
Musically, they  are on their way to developing a very kewl sound.  It's hard 
for 
me  to describe their music.  It ranges from folk, a bit 'Dead-ish' at times, 
 
some Floyd influences, some jazz elements, interesting keyboard 'sounds'.  
Unusually harmonies (with distortion at times).  There's a bit of  prog, as 
well.   
Uhh.. You just have to give it a listen for  yourself, I think.  If you're at 
all curious..  Go To  CDBaby.com  and do a search for the band name, or Email 
me privately  and I'll be happy to give you a direct link.  You can listen to 
a  
good bit a several songs from this album..   Seriously, I  consider these 
guys 
my new little 'pet band' that I love to champion for  their sheer audacity to 
record this kind of music and do it rather well.  It's fun.  It's 
renaissance, 
it's real and it's underground.   And I really love it.  So, turn up a stone, 
my 
friends.   

Vik
PS..."Next?"   







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