You know what everyone except sociopaths love? Music!

Just wanted to make an open ended thread for you fine ladies and gentlemen (and others) to showcase whatever it is you're listening to right now - if it rocks and other people want to listen to it!
For the sake of streamlining, let's keep it off the mainstream. Anyone what wants to find Lady Gaga can do so easily.

I'm a fan of wacky chiptune myself. Found this ditty: Stealth Inspector by Barrie Gledden

elad said:
I'm a fan of wacky chiptune myself.

Ohh, man. Chiptunes bring me back. My buddy used to have the proper cartridge for the gameboy, and when I got my first car we would cruise around blasting Anamanaguchi and all that. I have a soft spot for C64 music too.

4/4 time is also wonderful. True-to-form chiptune like Stealth Inspector there (great title) take me right back to my childhood, though.

I myself am fairly into French House and the like nowadays. Here's a good'n

Haven't gotten new music in a while, but this would be my most recent favorite:

Avitron & Chris~Amaterasu - A Dream Between Worlds (classical duet, remixed from Chrono Cross)

I listen to a wide variety of music, really. My latest bonercrazy has been

VNV Nation - Everything for the EBM crowd

City of the Fallen - Deliverance for the epic music crowd

Archive - Bullets for those into progressive rock

Aannnd for the rare furry that is into GOOD rap / hiphop / triphop:

Massive Attack - False Flags triphopish

Tyler the Creator - Yonkers for those that like hiphop/rap c.c

For those that like Chiptunes, look up Alex Roe.

Breaking Down Acoustic -Florence and The Machine

"Elephant Woman" by blonde redhead
You might now this one from the end of "Hard Candy"
Elephant Woman

German rap by Fiva.
Dein Lächeln verdreht Köpfe
Kleinkunst

Dubstep, because I am a turrible person

I like all music

Cage the Elephant -I really like his voice...
Weezer -Because I'm white bread...
My Chemical Romance -I was a teenager once, don't judge me.
NIN His heavier stuff moreso...
Blink182
RAtM
Pendulum Dem boomchicks
Futret this guy is so fucking funny, and really great, it's a shame he retired because "life"...it seems he recently just deleted all the stuff on his bandcamp as well...'tis a pity...

Rainbow_Dash said:
Dubstep, because I am a turrible person

Liking dubstep doesn't necessarily make you a bad person, as long as you support the good artists who don't remix everything and call it their own.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of alt-rap and noise pop. It's kind of difficult to find good tracks though. :/

Peekaboo said:
This as well I hope :3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETfiUYij5UE

I'm digging it

I'm into some weird shit.

Vocaloid
Sonata Arctica
Nobuo Uematsu
Nightwish
Within Temptation
IOSYS
David Bowie
Gotye

Weeee~

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

Also, Beardyman.

Oh boy. I'll edit links in tomorrow, but everything should be findable through youtube with a copy/paste.

EBM:

• CombiChrist (Kickstart the Fight, Sent to Destroy, What the F*ck is wrong with you)
• Icon of Coil (Pursuit, Shallow Nation)
• Miss Production ( Totes Fleisch, Lunatic, Kunstprodukt, Pornostar)

Melodic Deathmetal

• Eluveitie (Primordial Breath)
• Norther (Mirror of Madness)
• Equilibrium (Fahrtwind)
• Children of Bodom (Living Dead Beat)
• Dreamstoria
• Catamenia (Location Cold)

Industrial/ "Neue Deutsche Härte" (Electronic Metal, think Rammstein (That name is also over 20 years old and they still call it "new"))

• Eisbrecher (Rammstein in good) (Adrenalin, Verrückt, Tanz mit mir, Prototyp, Phosphor, Wie tief, ...)
• Schwarzer Engel (Halbgott, Sonnenanbeterin, Vom Galgen tönt die Krähe)
• Rammstein
• Crematory (Revolution, Die Abrechnung, Höllenbrand, Das letzte Mal, red sky, The Fallen)
• OOMPH! (Nichts (ist kälter als deine Liebe), Labyrinth, Unrein, Bastard)

• Turmion Kätilöt (Arise, U.S.C.H., Mistä Veri Pakenee)
• Deathstars (Revolution Exodus, White Wedding, Blitzkrieg, New Dead Nation, Death Dies Hard)

Metal

• Eisregen (Frischtot, Eisenkreuzkrieger, Leichenlager, Feindbild Mensch)
• Arch Enemy (Leader of the Rats, Dehumanization)
• Rob Zombie - Numb

Misc

• Chipzel - Courtesy
• Soundtrack von Bastion / Darren Korb (Pale Watchers, Bottom Feeder)
• XotoX (Song stuck in your head? Xotox will get it out) - Pumpe/Düse
• Eisenfunk - (Hymn, Eisenfunk)

Techno, psytrance, glitch, drum and base, synthpunk, exlectro swing, dark ambient, and pretty much any other electronic music that doesn't suck horse balls.

I also listen to lots of (industrial) metal. Godflesh, Turmion Kätilöt, Nine Inch Nails, Oomph!, Dir en Grey, Celldweller, The Samans, Tanzwut, and pretty much any other metal that doesn't suck horse balls.

Also, Kung Fu metal, motherfuckers.

NotMeNotYou said:
"Neue Deutsche Härte" Electronic Metal

• Turmion Kätilöt (Arise, U.S.C.H., Mistä Veri Pakenee)

I thought TK was Finnish industrial.

Just about any kind of music

SirAntagonist said:
I thought TK was Finnish industrial.

They are, which is I left a line between them, yet they are similar enough in style.
Also, I forgot the name industrial.

NotMeNotYou said:
They are, which is I left a line between them, yet they are similar enough in style.
Also, I forgot the name industrial.

o ok

Mostly genres that involve sad and/or angry white men staring at effects pedals tbh.

Shortest track from my favourite album of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXIvlLgs_Pc

I like a lot of progressive metal/rock, modern classical and experimental music but no-one wants to hear that shit so I'll post links to some awesome rock instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evahRENlIXw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akn1bOqtPmQ
http://knifeworld.bandcamp.com/track/pissed-up-on-brake-fluid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xULhjlOAMrk

I am a super rare occurance... at least as a college student of 22 years old, I prefer symphonic music, elsa's procession to the cathedral, and the planets are some of my favorites... You know maybe thats why I play the Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone in the first place...hmm :|

thatoneclarinetist said:
I am a super rare occurance... at least as a college student of 22 years old, I prefer symphonic music, elsa's procession to the cathedral, and the planets are some of my favorites... You know maybe thats why I play the Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone in the first place...hmm :|

Violin master race, how's it feel, knowing you'll never be concert master?

thatoneclarinetist said:
I am a super rare occurance... at least as a college student of 22 years old, I prefer symphonic music, elsa's procession to the cathedral, and the planets are some of my favorites... You know maybe thats why I play the Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone in the first place...hmm :|

Not that rare. Ave Maria still haunts me at times, as well as Tchaikovsky's beautiful compositions, or Chopin's Nocturnes; there was a Pachelbel's Canon in D (or was it G?) that was done softly with the sound of waves in the background. Just thinking of it makes me sleepy all over again- My mother used to put it on to lull me to sleep when I was a child.

Also, for those of you who love epic music videos with good (or at least decent) music, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYm-dT24iRY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb1vBK7wCNQ

For those of you that like Kung Fu metal, if you like kung fu legends in general, check out Jackie Chan's vocal talents. Might not understand it, but damn does the man have a beautiful voice. Not very metal, though.

Moon_Moon said:
Violin master race, how's it feel, knowing you'll never be concert master?

Ya' dont mess with a Saxophone player dude, we got you on volume, and an entire genre! (Jazz) and the Clarinet players got the fact everyone looks cute, or sexy playing a Clarinet... in my Boyfriends case sexy <3 I have recorded myself and I look rather adorable according to my boyfriend :)

thatoneclarinetist said:
the planets

Oh my god. Jupiter the Bringer of Jollity gives me chills every time. God-tier music.

thatoneclarinetist said:
Ya' dont mess with a Saxophone player dude, we got you on volume, and an entire genre! (Jazz) and the Clarinet players got the fact everyone looks cute, or sexy playing a Clarinet... in my Boyfriends case sexy <3 I have recorded myself and I look rather adorable according to my boyfriend :)

Ok, Squidward.

SirAntagonist said:
Ok, Squidward.

Dont EVA speak to a self respecting Clarinetist and compair them to squidward I've been playing since I was in fith grade and only 11 i'm 22 so that makes eleven years and six on Tenor Saxophone bottom line I am 10000000000000000 times better than squidward sorry for the slight assmad but its true :|

thatoneclarinetist said:
Dont EVA speak to a self respecting Clarinetist and compair them to squidward I've been playing since I was in fith grade and only 11 i'm 22 so that makes eleven years and six on Tenor Saxophone bottom line I am 10000000000000000 times better than squidward sorry for the slight assmad but its true :|

Squidward is the best. I'm sorry but no one can beat him.

Patchi said:
Squidward is the best. I'm sorry but no one can beat him.

Oh I guess you have to be a musican to get the true meaning of his charecters music abilitys

thatoneclarinetist said:
Oh I guess you have to be a musican to get the true meaning of his charecters music abilitys

Nah, I'm a musician and I agree with her :p

TheHuskyK9 said:
Nah, I'm a musician and I agree with her :p

What do you play?

thatoneclarinetist said:
What do you play?

inb4 the Fleshflute

thatoneclarinetist said:
What do you play?

Trumpet and drums (I've been a percussionist since the middle school days and played the trumpet for a year and a half due to too many percussionists in the high school days)

I wish I knew some cool reefer rags in middle school band. I hated trumpet then, but now that I know about Satch, I just love it.

thatoneclarinetist said:
Oh I guess you have to be a musican to get the true meaning of his charecters music abilitys

Been a musician longer then you have.

Squidward > everyone.

As long as its pleasing to my ears I will listen to it. Currently into stuff like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQObWW06VAM

Patchi said:
Squidward > everyone.

Confirmed

thatoneclarinetist said:
self respecting Clarinetist

I thought those were extinct.

Handsome Squidward always struck me as one of those doodles an show artist does on the back of a napkin, and it got popular enough when it was passed around the office they built an episode around it.

SirAntagonist said:
I thought those were extinct.

You sure do love pressing buttons dont ya? ;p

thatoneclarinetist said:
Ya' dont mess with a Saxophone player dude, we got you on volume, and an entire genre! (Jazz)

I think its adorable that you're trying to say just because an instrument is louder, this makes it better. Violin has more genres attached to it than saxophones and clarinets combined. From straight up fiddlin' to dubstep and beyond...
Clarinets and other reeds really only sound good when they are played with a full orchestra or band, and guess who gets to play the good, important parts? That's right, the violins...
That's fucking Itzhak Perlman, we have so many great violinists, who do y'all have? ...Kenny G right?

thatoneclarinetist said:
the Clarinet players got the fact everyone looks cute, or sexy playing a Clarinet... in my Boyfriends case sexy <3 I have recorded myself and I look rather adorable according to my boyfriend :)

You keep telling yourself that

thatoneclarinetist said:
Ya' dont mess with a Saxophone player dude, we got you on volume, and an entire genre! (Jazz)

Moon_Moon said:
I think its adorable that you're trying to say just because an instrument is louder, this makes it better. Violin has more genres attached to it than saxophones and clarinets combined. From straight up fiddlin' to dubstep and beyond...
Clarinets and other reeds really only sound good when they are played with a full orchestra or band, and guess who gets to play the good, important parts? That's right, the violins...
That's fucking Itzhak Perlman, we have so many great violinists, who do y'all have? ...Kenny G right?

Both of you play inferior instruments.

Louder=not good oh ho ho funny the tenor saxophone (upper left) playing is near identical sounding to mine the pauseing is a bit diffrent at times though...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9R45IArXqc
and not all clarinetists are sexy or cute there is a rare occurance but
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130506150815-autism-clarinet-mano-irpt-story-top.jpg
;p

thatoneclarinetist said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9R45IArXqc

Damn, that was sexy. Almost makes me want to get out my old trumpet, but then I remember that the last time I even had it out of the case was almost 9 years ago back when I played in middle school. And I wasn't all that great at it back then either....

As for what I like in music myself, though, it's kinda all over the place. Mostly, it just comes down to whether I like a song when I hear it. I definitely enjoy orchestral performances, and I still have a soft spot for some of the J-pop/J-rock songs I listened to back when I was something of a weeaboo in high school. I love video game music, especially orchestrations and various remixes of them.

I tend to back away from songs with english lyrics, though. For me I more enjoy the melody and rhythm of a song more than the story or some hidden meaning behind it, and having lyrics in a language I understand kinda defeats that purpose. That said, there are a rare few songs that have won me over.

A few of the Youtubers I'm subbed to have given me more musical enjoyment than I could have ever asked for. There's MrBulbamike for chiptunes, BotanicSage for mash-ups, and Drpez12 for when I just want to be amazed by someone who has talent with so many different instruments.

Lately though, I've cleared out 80% of my MP3 player's space and devoted it to all kinds of Pokemon music in an attempt to drum up the nerve to start working on a comic that's been burning a hole in my head for years now. Of course, I don't really think I'm good enough an artist to pull it off the way I want it to come out, so I'd likely just end up disappointing myself. And aside from that, it seems like there's quite a few Pokemon comics getting posted here lately anyway, so I'd just feel like I was oversaturating the place. Although, given enough time, I'm sure I'll eventually cave in and start to at least practice and give it a fair shot, but that's neither here nor there.

I like listening to two things: soundtracks and chiptune. Indeed, my computer has a hardware AdLib-compatible OPL3 synthesizer.

I am sure most of you would love this video, even if you're not into chiptunes at all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDU1P9e1kTc

I pretty much Love all music, or at least all kinds of...

......Well.....
....except for most of what comes on TV and radio, I admit to have observed. :I

My current Favourite songs from three different genres:

J-metalcore

Good ol' orchestral

And even rap!

I could try pinpoiting what exactly drives me to this or that particular songs since there are a few criteria I choose my music from most of the time, but that would mostly be a bore for you folks, I figure. It would be for me.(Apart from that, my post is long enough already) :P

On the topic of making music yourself:

I've always wanted to, but but financially and time-wise lacked the means to do it proffessionally.... I taught myself drumming and singing(Well, not really, I simply had a good enough singing voice and simply tried to expand it's range and was always very rhythmic so it mostly came down to listening to and imitating the drumming from exiosting songs and practice my multi-tasking)
Back in school days I used to play in a lot of different bands, I think in one year I kept being used by four different bands because nobody else was able to drum and/or sing. :P
That's a bit over four years past though, and I didn't play anything since then. At first I lacked the time, then the means (I always had to borrow drum sets from the youth centre, but then it got a new manager :/) and at some point I even lacked the confidence to do it again. It's really depressing I don't even dare raise my voice anymore :(

Nowadays, at least, I would absolutely love to get some music-making program (Ableton, fruity loops whatever) Since it would be a way that even I can afford time-wise, but My computer prolly wouldn't be good enough to handle it =_=

Vagabond said:

And even rap!

I approve~~

Do you like some of that gangsta rap?
Like Mr. Shadow

Behold the awesome power that is Tonetta

DasaDevil said:

Do you like some of that gangsta rap?

Generally no. When music has lyrics I usually expect of them to have some kind of depth, or a political/philosophical topic instead of banal bullshit and "LOOK HOW BIG MA BAWLLZ ARE"
but
That link you provided has a pretty cool sound, and the words flow nicely

While we're at it, a friend of mine showed me this song Not exactly thouhgt-provoking either, but damn does he WHAM out the lyrics.

CameronB said:
Behold the awesome power that is Tonetta

That actually did a curious yet kinda frightening thing to my memory of the past ten minutes.

I've been listening to smooth dubstep by DJ Pon3 (the youtube artist) and the metroid other m soundtrack

I used to play the clarinet... hah, highschool.

in b4 squidward

I've been a musician for a little over 20 years now, and I used to dislike any music except classical.

After I left my mother's house, I got to experience much more in the way of music. Now, I like everything except country and that crap rap that's just loud bass with non-rhyming talking.

I have an iTunes playlist that ranges from Beatles, Britney Spears to Rammstein and The Glitch Mob.

EDFDarkAngel1 said:
I've been a musician for a little over 20 years now, and I used to dislike any music except classical.

After I left my mother's house, I got to experience much more in the way of music. Now, I like everything except country and that crap rap that's just loud bass with non-rhyming talking.

I have an iTunes playlist that ranges from Beatles, Britney Spears to Rammstein and The Glitch Mob.

<3 Yay for similar music interests. Though I wonder your opinion on dubstep (same as rap, some is shit, some good, or what)?

I like many styles of music, though there is a tendency to slower and/or non-aggressive music.

Have you guys heard of Colour Haze ?

That stuff always sets me in the right mood. Its a german psychedelic-rock band from around Munich.
Give it a try if you're interested in that sort of thing.

123easy said:
<3 Yay for similar music interests. Though I wonder your opinion on dubstep (same as rap, some is shit, some good, or what)?

Dubstep is suffering from hipster syndrome where no one really knows what dubstep is. They copy Skrillex and use one riff, and suddenly it's 'dubstep'. I personally don't like Skrillex, because I feel he's just facerolling a synthesizer and calling it art.

That being said, I've heard some really good dubstep and I think it's better when paired with visual components (ie. watching a dubstep music video or at a club with dance screens paired with the music).

Yeah, dubstep needs a better definition in the mainstream use, the best defintion I heard is "Dubstep is a 5 minute long D'n'B intro that never goes over into the real song." Which is also the main problem with many dubstep songs out there, they make gra.d into but never really get off, like plan driving on a highway, got everything it needs to fly but still drives around on his tiny wheels.

That said, Nero - Doomsday and Klaypex - Hit Me are really nice examples that dubstep can be good.

EDFDarkAngel1 said:
Dubstep is suffering from hipster syndrome where no one really knows what dubstep is. They copy Skrillex and use one riff, and suddenly it's 'dubstep'. I personally don't like Skrillex, because I feel he's just facerolling a synthesizer and calling it art.

That being said, I've heard some really good dubstep and I think it's better when paired with visual components (ie. watching a dubstep music video or at a club with dance screens paired with the music).

100% agree. Most of Skrillex's music is just bleh. Some remixes of his music are pretty good, though. Definitely best when paired with visual elements; I love that Dubstep Guns youtube video short, for example, and it's one of my favourite weapons in SRIV.

I found out about these guys a few months back and I fucking love their stuff:

Cool concept video of a few tracks made by artist Boneface

Full album

I highly recommend them, they've got a bunch of other great albums, like Songs for the Deaf, Era Vulgaris, and Lullabies to Paralyze.

DudeManGuy said:
I found out about these guys a few months back and I fucking love their stuff:

Cool concept video of a few tracks made by artist Boneface

Full album

I highly recommend them, they've got a bunch of other great albums, like Songs for the Deaf, Era Vulgaris, and Lullabies to Paralyze.

...Dude. How did you JUST find out about Queens of the Stone Age?

123easy said:
...Dude. How did you JUST find out about Queens of the Stone Age?

By not having heard them before?

Hmm... RuPaul, Nightwish, Sharon Needles, Willam, and Kill Hannah are a few lesser-knowns that get me to sing along (much to the chagrin of anyone in the car with me.) <3 X

FIREWATER
Pendulum
Ok Go
Oranger
Panic! At The Disco
Yellowcard
Liquid Stranger
Sizemix
Vendetta Red
Pomplamoose
M.I.A.
Caravan Palace
Puddle of Mudd
Snoop Lion Dogg
Parov Stelar
Dead Prez & WTF?
Static-X
Kill The Noise & Datsik
Feed Me
Lützenkirchen
Mord Fustang
The Submarines
The Avalanches
The Prodigy
The Caesars
The Section Quartet
The Ink Spots

And then there's the obvious music, like AC/DC, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Guns 'N Roses..

Well, I'm an ecletic in terms of music, but listen IDM/Breakcore/Hardstyle in most of times.

Fuck yeah

Has got some other good stuff too. Check it out.

There's 937 artists in my music library, but I have no idea what's mainstream and what's not.

Ah well. Here's some examples of what I tend to listen to:
Voltaire
Virgin Steele
Van Canto
The Protomen
Machinae Supremacy
Lemon Demon
Falconer
Dreamtale
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Beefy
Abney Park

Genjar said:
There's 937 artists in my music library, but I have no idea what's mainstream and what's not.

Ah well. Here's some examples of what I tend to listen to:
Voltaire
Virgin Steele
Van Canto
The Protomen
Machinae Supremacy
Lemon Demon
Falconer
Dreamtale
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Beefy
Abney Park

All mainstream. You wannabe. ;P (I'm kidding, in case it's not obvious ;) )

Here's my list:

1. Bullseye - KDrew
2. Taryn Manning - Send Me Your Love (Kevin Drew [KDrew] Remix)
3. Halogen - Kevin Drew [KDrew]

PS: Thanks NotMeNotYou

AKBAR_THE_CORNCOB said:
Here's my list:

1. Bullseye - KDrew
2. Taryn Manning - Send Me Your Love (Kevin Drew [KDrew] Remix)
3. Halogen - Kevin Drew [KDrew]

PS: Thanks NotMeNotYou

Halogen is the only one that doesn't make me want to rip my eardrums out.

Sofi said:
Snoop Lion Dogg

Hey it just occurred to me, is Snoop watching Game of Thrones? Don't think changing your name will make the Lanisters welcome a northerner, Snoop.

Anyway, have this audio orgasm. CAUTION: Sudden volume shift. Worth it.

I really REALLY like starship amazing I would reccomend any of their eps but their album ruby dagger is probably the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFZRZUaoeEU

Genjar said:
Abney Park

lolololol

I used to love them. Should probably start again. That's awesome.

I'm glad this got necroed so I could catch that.

I've listened to this masterpiece for years now, but recently I've found myself getting into it more than ever before.

From Wikipedia:

When asked in multiple interviews Dailor said the record would tell a story dealing variously with the art aesthetics of Tsarist Russia, astral travel, out of body experiences and Stephen Hawking's theories on wormholes.

"There is a paraplegic and the only way that he can go anywhere is if he astral travels. He goes out of his body, into outer space and a bit like Icarus, he goes too close to the sun, burning off the golden umbilical cord that is attached to his solar plexus. So he is in outer space and he is lost, he gets sucked into a wormhole, he ends up in the spirit realm and he talks to spirits telling them that he is not really dead. So they send him to the Russian cult, they use him in a divination and they find out his problem. They decide they are going to help him. They put his soul inside Rasputin's body. Rasputin goes to usurp the czar and he is murdered. The two souls fly out of Rasputin's body through the crack in the sky(e) and Rasputin is the wise man that is trying to lead the child home to his body because his parents have discovered him by now and think that he is dead. Rasputin needs to get him back into his body before it's too late. But they end up running into the Devil along the way and the Devil tries to steal their souls and bring them down…there are some obstacles along the way."

Dailor has also said that "Crack the Skye" is meant as an homage to his sister, Skye Dailor, who committed suicide at age 14.

"My sister passed away when I was a teenager and it was awful, and there's no better way to pay tribute to a lost loved one than having an opportunity to be in a group with my friends and we make art together. Her name was Skye, so Crack the Skye means a lot of different things. For me personally, it means the moment of being told you lost someone dear to you, [that moment] is enough to crack the sky."

Well, if my username is any indication:

Megadeth
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Pennywise
The Dead Kennedys
NOFX
Exodus
Testament
Nuclear Assault
Slayer
Death
Saxon
Accept

...plus many, many more. This is only the tip of the iceberg.