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New Albums this month:

Coheed And Cambria - The Afterman: Ascension

Wintersun - Time I

 

Great month. Both albums I have been greatly anticipating. I've literally been waiting for "Time" for six years now. Their first album was released in 2004 and took about 5 years to put together. This band is crazy in the studio, they only settle for the best quality.

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I've just started listening to Hector Berlioz's music, thanks to studying the

in a class a couple weeks ago. Great early romantic composer - I'd suggest listening to the first 4 movements of the Symphonie Fantastique as well.

 

A friend of mine told me to check out Dntel's solo output -- the downtempo musician whom Ben Gibbard collaborated with on The Postal Service's album. I have one of his earlier albums downloaded, but haven't listened to it all the way through. The link I linked to are the first two tracks from the album my friend played for me. They have a very ambient feel to them.

 

Hotel Lights is an acoustic-y/folk-y band led by Ben Folds Five's drummer, Darren Jessee. A very different feel, but you can still tell the influence he had on BFF's music. Pleasant to listen to, although I have to be in the right mood to, say, listen to an entire album all at once.

 

I discovered an album of a performance by piano legends

playing music for two pianos, including a loose interpretation of Brahms's Haydn variations. Unfortunately, the Haydn variations are nowhere to be found on Youtube. I've linked to a video from a different concert of them playing Zawinul's tune, "Volcano for Hire" -- a shorter take of which is included on the CD.

 

Despite having to hear it ad f*cking nauseam on the radio at work, I still found Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen" to be a good, catchy song. I went ahead and downloaded her first solo release, "Bella Donna", and it is a great listen. I've linked to a video of her singing "After the Glitter Fades" in the studio.

 

Not a recent discovery for me, but since this thread is all about discovering music, perhaps it'll be a discovery for someone else. One of my favorite unheard-of bands,

. A great mix of rock, pop and jazz, and all incredibly talented musicians with a great sense of rhythm and harmony. here, you can listen to the entirety of their second full-length release for free in decent sound quality (change the video quality to 720p!), at the price of a few seconds of the band members talking over the introductions of the songs. They deserve far more credit than they've been given.
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QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Oct 16 2012, 10:39 PM)
Been listening to some basic Italian Prog that last few days. Wasn't big on this genre before... but I was spurred by a great Italian album on Progstreaming

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Italian prog is a genre that I haven't really listened to that much. What I have heard was very good though. I also need to check out some more Rock in Opposition, but the political leanings of some of the bands have been kind of off-putting.

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QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Oct 16 2012, 10:52 PM)
QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Oct 16 2012, 10:39 PM)
Been listening to some basic Italian Prog that last few days. Wasn't big on this genre before... but I was spurred by a great Italian album on Progstreaming

smile.gif

Italian prog is a genre that I haven't really listened to that much. What I have heard was very good though. I also need to check out some more Rock in Opposition, but the political leanings of some of the bands have been kind of off-putting.

confused13.gif I'm not huge into RIO either... my extent would be Frank Zappa and a bit of Keneally laugh.gif

 

Have you heard the Ornithos album on Progstreaming yet? 1022.gif It's good stuff biggrin.gif

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QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Oct 16 2012, 11:08 PM)
QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Oct 16 2012, 10:52 PM)
QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Oct 16 2012, 10:39 PM)
Been listening to some basic Italian Prog that last few days. Wasn't big on this genre before... but I was spurred by a great Italian album on Progstreaming

smile.gif

Italian prog is a genre that I haven't really listened to that much. What I have heard was very good though. I also need to check out some more Rock in Opposition, but the political leanings of some of the bands have been kind of off-putting.

confused13.gif I'm not huge into RIO either... my extent would be Frank Zappa and a bit of Keneally laugh.gif

 

Have you heard the Ornithos album on Progstreaming yet? 1022.gif It's good stuff biggrin.gif

I haven't. There's a ton of stuff I want to listen to on Progstreaming, especially Galahad, John Galgano, Petter Carlsen, and Threshold. I'm off from school tomorrow so I think I'm going to listen to them before they're gone.

 

Have you heard the new Marillion and Big Big Train? They're both up and are excellent, 2 of the best albums of the year. Also, the Rhys Marsh album is very good (but very mellow and laid back).

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QUOTE (fledgehog @ Oct 14 2012, 07:54 PM)
Despite having to hear it ad f*cking nauseam on the radio at work, I still found Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen" to be a good, catchy song.  I went ahead and downloaded her first solo release, "Bella Donna", and it is a great listen.  I've linked to a video of her singing "After the Glitter Fades" in the studio.

Stevie's Bella Donna is a stunning debut solo album. I was overjoyed to finally get that on used vinyl a couple of months ago, sounds amazing, not to mention the artwork!! The Wild Heart and Rock a Little are essential Nicks as well cool.gif

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QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Oct 16 2012, 11:14 PM)
QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Oct 16 2012, 11:08 PM)
QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Oct 16 2012, 10:52 PM)
QUOTE (Tommy Sawyer @ Oct 16 2012, 10:39 PM)
Been listening to some basic Italian Prog that last few days. Wasn't big on this genre before... but I was spurred by a great Italian album on Progstreaming

smile.gif

Italian prog is a genre that I haven't really listened to that much. What I have heard was very good though. I also need to check out some more Rock in Opposition, but the political leanings of some of the bands have been kind of off-putting.

confused13.gif I'm not huge into RIO either... my extent would be Frank Zappa and a bit of Keneally laugh.gif

 

Have you heard the Ornithos album on Progstreaming yet? 1022.gif It's good stuff biggrin.gif

I haven't. There's a ton of stuff I want to listen to on Progstreaming, especially Galahad, John Galgano, Petter Carlsen, and Threshold. I'm off from school tomorrow so I think I'm going to listen to them before they're gone.

 

Have you heard the new Marillion and Big Big Train? They're both up and are excellent, 2 of the best albums of the year. Also, the Rhys Marsh album is very good (but very mellow and laid back).

I will have to try those trink39.gif

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