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ecuebl



Joined: 02 Nov 2010
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:13 am    Post subject: What music are you listening to? Reply with quote

Thread for people to share, discuss, vent, whatever you like. Let everyone know what you're listening to at the moment, be it albums or songs; new musics, music that's new to you or music that you're revisiting.

Warpaint
Been listening to them regularly for ages. Most exciting band I've found since The XX and they're amazing live. "Exquisite Corpse" is so aptly named and although "The Fool" is not on the same level, it's excellent.

Arcade Fire - Ready to Start
Saw them live just before I came to Korea and in the lead up to flying out, this song resonated with me in particular.

Kanye West - My dark twisted fantasy
Finally got round to seeing if I agree with all the hype. So far, there are some epic tracks but a lot of averageness.

Some random tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY4GNeM6zMo&feature=BFa&list=PL1E490EA5663B8200&index=3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ28K6mmkps&list=PL1E490EA5663B8200&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdUINbi4wSY&feature=BFa&list=PL6F4DF430D3A3D421&index=4
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marsavalanche



Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: where pretty lies perish

PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

listening to seargent peppers lonely hearts band by the beatles right now.

love mbdtf. that voice effect at the end of runaway gets me everytime.

best album this year is elephants at the door by dumbo gets mad. i love psychadelic rock

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=KR#/watch?v=AQ41pNMEQr4
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morrisonhotel



Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do

PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm listening a lot to the following three albums:

Maybeshewill's I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone. It's not as good as the first two albums but still pretty good. I'd recommend checking out this
song from the album.

Mogwai's Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. Again, not as good as previous efforts, but still worth a listen.

Cave In's Antenna. A cracking album.
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Gorf



Joined: 25 Jun 2011

PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The sound of 14 running metal grinders being pushed at full force into a steel girder, all compiled into one track, EQ'd and balanced. I listen to it for hours on end as loud as possible so all my neighbors can hear it.
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ecuebl



Joined: 02 Nov 2010
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

marsavalanche,
I like the beatles and appreciate the legend but whole albums have never captured me. Will revisit the albums sporadically but have a playlist of favourite tracks.

Runaway is filed under epic. Aren't many hip hop albums I can listen to all the way through barring early Nas, GZA and Wu Tang.

morrisonhotel,
You sent me the instrumental version! I'm not into instrumentals in isolation, apart from this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2D6xnGaZFU
Metronomy - Nights Out, one of my favourite albums

Gorf,
You're listening to one track on loop, branch out fella
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weso1



Joined: 26 Aug 2010

PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Everything I can get my hands on by The Glitch Mob
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Louis VI



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

SuperHeavy Idea !$%!#&* awesome! It's gonna change the music industry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6r1FNnBGw4&feature=related
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ed4444



Joined: 12 Oct 2004

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am listening to 2NE1:

http://youtu.be/NGe0hHvAGkc

The video was shot on location in the London riots.

The concept of the song is a satirical parody of the careers of Ashlee Simpson and Taylor Swift. Wink

These are good too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIMHrUNikGc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yio8bWxQiCA
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edwardcatflap



Joined: 22 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[/quote]I am listening to 2NE1:

http://youtu.be/NGe0hHvAGkc

[quote]

I don't get it. If any of them were ugly they wouldn't get in the group would they? Is it tongue in cheek? I listened to it, trying to like it but the song had no tune. If you want real angst and rejection listen to Morrissey.

'There's a club if you'd like to go, you could meet somebody who really loves you. So you go and you stand on your own and you leave on your own, and you go home and you cry and you want to die. '

Or Radiohead

I'm a freak, I'm a weirdo, what the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here.

These guys are believable. Thom Yorke is genuinely odd looking and Morrissey, while being an icon in the image department, was socially so inept he was almost impossible to work with. Only his, IMO, musical genius allowed him to be successful for so long. The complete antithesis of K pop artists by the sound of it. Apologies if you already know it but there's so much better music out there.

Nice gag about the riots by the way, though, as i'm sure you know, the vid was a reference to Terminator 1
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ed4444



Joined: 12 Oct 2004

PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

edwardcatflap wrote:
These guys are believable. Thom Yorke is genuinely odd looking and Morrissey, while being an icon in the image department, was socially so inept he was almost impossible to work with. Only his, IMO, musical genius allowed him to be successful for so long. The complete antithesis of K pop artists by the sound of it. Apologies if you already know it but there's so much better music out there.


But Thom Yorke is clearly a K-pop fan. Look at this recent video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfOa1a8hYP8

Its obvious that Thom's Choreographer and stylist in this video is the same guy who does G-Dragon... and G-Dragon had the style first so Thom was just jumping on the bandwagon!!!

http://ibigbang.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/d0031942_4ae186f7ed46b.png
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whiteshoes



Joined: 14 Apr 2009

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

edwardcatflap wrote:
I am listening to 2NE1:

http://youtu.be/NGe0hHvAGkc

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I don't get it. If any of them were ugly they wouldn't get in the group would they? Is it tongue in cheek? I listened to it, trying to like it but the song had no tune. If you want real angst and rejection listen to Morrissey.



I've talked to so many Koreans who don't like 2ne1 because two of the members are ugly. Minzy and CL.

I am most likely reading too much into the video, but it seems like an F-U to the people who have hated on them. Right now, they might be the most popular group in Korea, and one of the most popular groups in Asia, even though they are so "ugly." Look at how they spray over all of those signs.

As far as what I'm listening to- Black Dahlia Murder's new one, 2NE1, Ratat, and the sound track to the 1990's movie "Glory Daze."
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Kennyftw



Joined: 08 Aug 2011

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

the reason my students give for not liking 2ne1 is that they act like boys. lol they kind of do come off looking like American rappers. I feel really embarrassed for them when I see their videos.
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SeoulNate



Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Listening to Pendulum's Immersion

Fantastic artist, fantastic album
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matthews_world



Joined: 15 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 4:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Korean: Old g.o.d and Hyori's stuff. Hwanhee and Wheesung for ballads. Yangpa.

I'm really into September from Sweden. Great dance hall stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qux6PhqbBBU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmKXsFf3bHw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YiXSeK0wJk&feature=related


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Louis VI



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You mention Sweden. From that country I listen to

Lillasyster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PeEaNzg4os

Movits! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqwfDNzTYks
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