Good music anyone?

[Extol]

Does anyone listen to underground (non-mainstream) or at least good mainstream music in here? What are your top 5 favorite bands?

Zao
Thrice
Stavesacre
Nickel Creek
The Dave Brubeck Quartet

 

[MoreInSorrow]

Switchfoot.


ok, seriously....

Pedro the Lion
As Cities Burn
Andrew Wesley
Prayer Chain
Brandtson

 

[Z500]

most of my music is non-mainstream. i don't really have any all-time favorites, but here are some of my favorites right now

Sigh (black metal)
Demilich (technical death metal)
Disembowelment (doom/death)
Sunn O))) (drone doom)
Eyehategod (sludge doom)
Repulsion (grindcore)
Zao (metalcore)

i had to have more than 5

 

[Extol]

Pedro the Lion is great. I saw As Cities Burn live and they threw one of the most energetic shows I have seen. As for Prayer Chain, WOW! Those guys are great! There is someone out there who likes good music.

 

[funyun]

LOL, As Cities Burn is from my hometown.

 

[foo-oswald]

* Flickerstick
* Prime STH
* Killswitch Engage
* Dark New Day
* As Cities Burn

 

[blackwasp]

Modest Mouse
The Beatles
The Velvet Underground
Radiohead
Smashing Pumpkins

 

[stonetoflesh]

Nearly everything I listen to is "non-mainstream"-- what defines "mainstream" anyways? Some of my favorite underground acts (that are still active-- performing, releasing albums, etc.):

Escapade
Gong
Embryo
Acid Mothers Temple
Rapoon

 

[philN]

* Dark New Day

I just got their new album to review. I haven't listened to it yet though. I didn't know people had heard of them though.

My top five:
1. The Beatles
2. Sufjan Stevens
3. Radiohead
4. Pedro the Lion

and the fifth rotates between 16 Horsepower/Woven Hand, Wilco, Pavement, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, and lately Ween.

 

[Chrome]

1. Emperor
2. Nightwish
3. Arch Enemy
4. Dark Tranquility
5. Hammerfall

i love a whole ton of other bands, but those top 5 are ones that i enjoy every second of.

 

[MoreInSorrow]

I seriously need to just go out and buy some Sufjan Stevens.

 

[cjedick]

1. The Beatles
2. Nirvana
3. Bob Dylan
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Harry Chapin

 

[philN]

I seriously need to just go out and buy some Sufjan Stevens.

Yes you do.

I'd burn some for you, but the more I think about it, the album artwork is just as much a part of his albums as the music itself. Plus you need to have those albums to pass on to your children someday. Get on it!

 

[MoreInSorrow]

Yes you do.

I'd burn some for you, but the more I think about it, the album artwork is just as much a part of his albums as the music itself. Plus you need to have those albums to pass on to your children someday. Get on it!

Believe me, I've thought about asking, but I agree. The artwork for his albums is great stuff, and I'd be missing out for sure. Even if I had burned copies, I'd probably end up going out and buying the cd's anyway.

 

[musicPhan#41]

i heard sufjan once, and i liked him,

but 2 of my friends, who have music taste that's similar to mine, swear up and down that sufjan is the worst musician they have EVER heard.

of all time.


i don't understand it.

i would say phish is underground music. They have thousands of fans, and everyone's at least heard of them, but they're not played on the radio, and they're not on mtv, and throughout their career, they kept it pretty rootsy.

them and the beatles. way underground.
have you guys heard of the beatles?

 

[Labradorlight]

i dunno about the top FIVE...but the TOP band is Hillsong's UNITED

 

[philN]

Believe me, I've thought about asking, but I agree. The artwork for his albums is great stuff, and I'd be missing out for sure. Even if I had burned copies, I'd probably end up going out and buying the cd's anyway.

Well, if you want something to hold you over until you get a chance to purchase them for yourself, PM me with your address.

 

[philN]

i heard sufjan once, and i liked him,

but 2 of my friends, who have music taste that's similar to mine, swear up and down that sufjan is the worst musician they have EVER heard.

of all time.

Wha?

How can they honestly think that? It's a sad day when I can turn on the radio and hear Good Charlotte, Creed, Nickelback, Avril Lavigne, and Simple Plan and yet there are still people purporting that Sufjan (a man who writes and performs music for just about every instrument imaginable, and has lyrics that are thought-provoking and powerful as well as intimate and insightful) is the worst musician EVER.

Seriously, check him out for yourself. There are some people that can't get into him. But I think if you're honest, even if you don't like it, you'll appreciate his musicianship. Check out Illinois; it is brilliant. Or if you are into folkier stuff, try Seven Swans.

 

[heyo]

simply go to realrnb.com you ll get u need
http://www.realrnb.com/forum/index.php

 

[MoreInSorrow]

i dunno about the top FIVE...but the TOP band is Hillsong's UNITED

United, while good songwriters for being such a young group of musicians, is far from being the TOP band. They haven't done anything different or original for 5 years+.