Hip Music for you Oh-So-Hip Gaming Den Gamers

Shazbot79 · Post by **Shazbot79** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:39 am

A few of my old favorites and some stuff that I've been listening to lately:

Tom Jones
The Troggs
The Sonics
CCR
Blue Cheer
New York Dolls
The Kinks
Joy Division
The Jam
Iggy Pop
The Cure
The Fall
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Gang of Four
The Smiths
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
The Pixies
The Stone Roses
The Raveonettes
Fits and the Tantrums
The Go! Team
The Faint
Camera Obscura
Sleater-Kinney
Le Tigre
Land of Talk
Paradise Lunch
Ratatat
New Young Pony Club
Death From Above 1979
The Rakes

Yeah...I'm something of a music guy.

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:50 am

Yeah, Love in a Trash Can is a great song. So is Where is My Mind?.

Shazbot79 · Post by **Shazbot79** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:40 am

CatharzGodfoot wrote:Yeah, Love in a Trash Can is a great song. So is Where is My Mind?.

My favorite Pixies tune is definitely "Debaser".

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:47 pm

The Bicycle days is a nice Indian rock band that feels as though I'm back in the days of Sabbath and Iron Maiden. Hell, yeah.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:51 am

I'm listening to George Michael's album Faith for the first time in forever, and I'm remembering how awesome it is.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:15 pm

Been on a Lupe Fiasco, Kid cudi kick recently.

I have also been listening to Massive Attack and this indie band called "Freelance whales."

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:19 am

I need a doctor is an awesome track featuring Dre, Eminem, and some new chick who has AMAZING vocal control.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:28 am

That would be Skylar Grey, and yes, that's an awesome song.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:31 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afmc6G6C ... re=related

http://lyrics.wikia.com/The_Darkest_Of_ ... nt_To_Know

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:41 am

I just started listening to Baris Manco. Awesome stuff. Uses a lot of organ and very Led Zep like.

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:18 am

Avoraciopoctules wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afmc6G6C ... re=related

http://lyrics.wikia.com/The_Darkest_Of_ ... nt_To_Know

That brings back memories...

The Vigilante · Post by **The Vigilante** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:09 pm

Wow, I suck... completely missed this thread, so here we go again :

Explosions in the Sky - The only moment we were alone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKyrULAfvq8 : Awesome post-rock band from my hometown. Incredible musicians and composition ; there's just no other way to describe it.

If you like it, you might also like its sister band, Godspeed! You Black Emperor. Here a sample, 'Hung over as the Queen in Maida Vale' : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjVNpt5aRZg
warning : by 7:23, you might be swept up and/or blown away

for good measure, The Dead Flag Blues : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aLjup934Rk

And finally, in a whole other registry : Cheesecake Ninja, a local street band that is willing to perform in any condition. To wit, La marche rapide de l'empereur (The emperor's quick march) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aLjup934Rk

sound quality is awful so here is the 'studio' version : http://www.cheesecakeninja.com/marcheempereur.mp3
and what I feel is a better song, 'Rage de ké' (ketamine rage... yeah...) : http://www.cheesecakeninja.com/ragedeke.mp3

Hope someone likes it !

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:45 pm

I think this is the correct version for one of your links:

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

Sorry I can't help with all the "service unavailable" ones.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:25 pm

For about a week now I've been listening to a playlist on itunes with:
Amanda Palmer/Dresden Dolls
Avenged Sevenfold (Beast and the Harlot, Bat Country, Little Piece of Heaven)
Scott Pilgrim Sound track
Cake (Stickshifts and Safetybelts, Pentagram)
Some Cobra Starship
California Uber Alles by Dead Kennedys
Decembrists (A Cautionary Song, Red Right Ankle, We Both Go Down Together, Mariner's Revenge)
the only two Disturbed songs which I'm in a mood to listen to again (10,000 Fists, Land of Confusion)
With My Freeze Ray, Man's Gotta Do, No Mercy and Everything from Dr. Horrible
Some Kesha
Some Lady Gaga
Repo! soundtrack
This Island Life by Violent Femmes

Jilocasin · Post by **Jilocasin** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 2:06 am

I saw the Dresden Dolls live some years ago. They were fantastic. Not only was there a cabaret show as the intro but when they were performing I would have sworn there were significantly more instruments than just the piano and drums.

Been listening to a lot of Hüsker Dü lately.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEVi0IxC0yM

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Sun May 08, 2011 1:24 am

8in8 is a new supergroup formed by Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, and Damian Kulas. The album is fun because each song in the album has a different main singer. I suppose this is one of those hipster bands that the other topic kinda touches on.

Also I hate autotune.

Jennifer Lopez is definitely on the list of artists that I would not listen to. But at least her previous albums used most of her voice with autotune added in. Her recent single "on the floor" seems to be 90% autotune + syntheziser and 10% her voice.

edit: changed would listen to "would not listen."

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sun May 08, 2011 8:38 am

Cynic wrote:8in8 is a new supergroup formed by Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, and Damian Kulas. The album is fun because each song in the album has a different main singer. I suppose this is one of those hipster bands that the other topic kinda touches on.

must go find this now...

Also I hate autotune.

I must admit, there are some uses of autotune I find interesting, mostly those where the singer uses the artificialness of the sound as a part of the feel or tone, rather than it's usual use of covering for someone who cannot fucking sing. Overall, though, yeah, it's fucking annoying. It's kind of become a hallmark of crappy hip hop where the person singing clearly cannot sing, so he doesn't fucking try.

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Mon May 09, 2011 3:46 pm

I've been trying to get into Electric Masada, but think I still prefer Zorn's earlier work. As more traditional music in that vein goes I'm digging lots of Andy Statman's work (who is the only multi-instrumentalist Klezmer/Bluegrass non fusion player I've ever heard of) and whenever Yehudi Menuhin decides to not play with shitty bands that can't keep up. Oy Division isn't bad either.

A few other mainstays: Mingus' sextet and Workshop, Rahsaan Roland Kirk out of appreciation for showmanship, and Zappa from ~69'-74'.

Red_Rob · Post by **Red_Rob** » Mon May 09, 2011 7:45 pm

Just found out about a free online album of RPG related tracks:

http://www.hipsterplease.com/2010/10/20 ... hymes.html

Seems like a mix of the good and the so-so, but its definitely worth a download.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Fri May 13, 2011 4:11 am

ubernoob wrote:I need a doctor is an awesome track featuring Dre, Eminem, and some new chick who has AMAZING vocal control.

I'm a little late to this bandwagon. But that is a pretty awesome track.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Fri May 13, 2011 4:11 am

ubernoob wrote:I need a doctor is an awesome track featuring Dre, Eminem, and some new chick who has AMAZING vocal control.

I'm a little late to this bandwagon. But that is a pretty awesome track.

Blicero · Post by **Blicero** » Fri May 13, 2011 6:35 am

The King of Limbs has honestly not struck me as a particularly interesting example of Radiohead's talent.

But I also just got Hail to the Thief, and it is quite excellent.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri May 13, 2011 10:58 pm

question, as I'm starting to get into the nerdier varieties of hip hop and rap... when artists are beefing, do fans typically take a side?

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Sat May 14, 2011 12:50 am

I'm willing to bet that there are psycho fans who take sides to extremes - insulting the "enemy," maybe vandalism and screaming somewhere... But I'm also willing to bet that a significant number of fans quietly think that one side's more right than the other.

I'm totally on the side of Nicki Minaj in the Minaj v. Lil Kim beef, for example.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat May 14, 2011 3:57 am

Maj wrote:I'm willing to bet that there are psycho fans who take sides to extremes - insulting the "enemy," maybe vandalism and screaming somewhere... But I'm also willing to bet that a significant number of fans quietly think that one side's more right than the other.

I'm totally on the side of Nicki Minaj in the Minaj v. Lil Kim beef, for example.

*nod* yeah, that's what I guess too. I think Professor Elemental is vastly superior to Mr. B, mostly because Mr. B is a hipster who mostly does covers and takes himself far too seriously, while the Professor is a guy just having fun as a character. Also, Mr. B actually comports himself as a stuffy, uptight english "Chap" (to the delight of the virtually identical* readership of Chap magazine**, apparently), who just has a ukelele, and tries to make serious music with it, while the Professor is more the tea addled mad explorer type who doesn't take himself seriously.

*seriously, these people seem unable to understand that the Professor is a character and criticize him for having stubble and a pipe from a joke shop, and for the guy who plays around in the persona for, *gasp*, being seen in public in JEANS

**yes, seriously.