Topic: Musical preferences (Read 14566 times)

artpaul4life · « **on:** 19 Oct 2006, 09:54 »

How many of you listen to indie or rock in general exclusively? If not what other kinds of music do you listen to?

thepugs · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 10:03 »

A good number of the people here have branched into indie pop and metal quite a bit (metal more than indie pop, it seems).
Personally, I like metal, indie rock, a few indie pop bands, a bit of electronica, a bit of trip-hop, a little bit of hip-hop, a little bit of bluegrass, and a little bit of blues.

Johnny C · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 10:11 »

I like far more hip-hop than a middle-class white kid is entitled to like. I also like a disproportionate amount of ambient music. Oh, and I'm big into folk music and punk.

Splunkle · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 10:13 »

Metal = awesome. ?Though I tend to prefer the power metal and its 80's heavy stuff, like Iron Maiden, rather than the black/death that is very popular round these parts. ?Or so it seems to me. ?I coudl be wrong!

I'm also a bit of an electronica fan, especially some of the low-fi stuff (read: chiptunes. ?Also Kraftwerk. ?Oh! And the Doctor who theme! ?Hell yeah). ?Thats probably because I'm was, a massive gamer (and still am, to an extent), so I have these 8-bit sounds grafted onto my conciousness. ?I'm getting more into chillout, downtempo, breaks, and electro-pop nowadays.

Indie Rock is somewhat of a new thing for me. ?I largely got into it because I was reading QC, and decided to check out some of the bands Jeph keeps mentioning. ?Its a bit hit and miss though, I'm not entirely sure what it is about some bands I love, and other bands I hate. ?I do know that Explosions in the Sky are cool, as is Muse. ?Wait, is Muse indie?

I can listen to most other genres, and enjoy bands/performers from within them all.

Der Turm, der Leute frass · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 10:20 »

my main musical preferences are progressive rock/metal, tech metal, avantgarde stuff, doom/sludge metal, postrock, jazz, fusion IDM etc..

i also listen to death/thrash & black metal, world music and art-pop frequently

theherocomplex · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 11:31 »

Lately, I've been listening to a lot of trip-hop/electronica...which has absolutely no precedence whatsoever in my musical taste!

Misereatur · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 11:43 »

Dont we have this thread already?

rynne · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 11:45 »

As long as the music?s interesting, I don?t really care what genre it?s in.? My CD collection includes albums from Bruce Springsteen to Merzbow, Arvo P?rt to NWA.

Splunkle · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 13:10 »

Quote from: Der Turm, der Leute frass on 19 Oct 2006, 10:20

my main musical preferences are progressive rock/metal, tech metal, avantgarde stuff, doom/sludge metal, postrock, jazz, fusion IDM etc..

i also listen to death/thrash & black metal, world music and art-pop? frequently

I feel obliged to ask just what exactly art-pop is. Also sludge metal.

thepugs · « **Reply #9 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 13:16 »

Wikipedia is king; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sludge_metal. Art-pop forwards you to art-rock; I think it needs more of an explanation than what wikipedia entails, so I will let someone else enlighten you.

Thrillho · « **Reply #10 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 13:20 »

Indie or rock exclusively? Good God no.

soak · « **Reply #11 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 16:39 »

Indie was my gateway drug to post-rock and ambient etc.

Zanrar · « **Reply #12 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 17:39 »

Uhhh, let's see here. I like indie in general, and rock as well. But I'm also a huuuuge fan of Folk music. I also like Noise for reasons I cannot explain. I like a bit of electronica too.

Basically, if I like the way it sounds, I'll listen to it, genre don't matter to me.

strawberry_gashes · « **Reply #13 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 17:41 »

As much as I like indie, I also love metal (particullarly of the thrash and melodic Swedish death varieties.)
And jazz.
And weird-as-hell alternative. ?(Paper Chase? Anyone else?)
And old school DC hardcore.

Basically, people who limit themselves to one genre miss out on so much amazing music. ?I would never want to do that.

Will · « **Reply #14 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 18:12 »

I love the Paper Chase! Good call! Actually, I'm waiting for their new cd to arrive in my mailbox any day now.

I went through this phase a couple of years back where I listened exclusively to music that had the suffix "-core" attached to it. I'm not too proud to admit, I had a fascination with...*gasp* rapcore. Fortunately, I grew up, and got tired of having every band in my collection sound like every other band in my collection, so I've started branching out over the years. Hardcore and punk are still my favorite overall genres, but I've branched out considerably.

I go with the "if I like how it sounds, I like it" method anymore.

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #15 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 18:18 »

indie pop, classic rock, singer/songwriter, some jazz
haven't really got into indie rock
can't really deal with metal or noise
i'm a delicate kid

The Eyeball Kid · « **Reply #16 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 18:19 »

And some old punk, i guess. So indie rock

bff · « **Reply #17 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 18:28 »

I'm not surprised people are starting to move toward the metal scene, IMO we are in the middle of a metal renaissance. As for what I listen to, I will let my LostFM speak for itself.

Kai · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 18:31 »

I kind of have a big Kraut rock/avant garde infatuation. Especially since a good portion of it is tuneless shit.

La Creme · « **Reply #19 on:** 19 Oct 2006, 20:27 »

Why not listen to everything?

Scytale · « **Reply #20 on:** 20 Oct 2006, 00:14 »

Black Metal and prog (especially 70's prog) are my favorites though I'm getting into Ambient a bit lately.

jcknbl · « **Reply #21 on:** 20 Oct 2006, 00:25 »

I have yet to find a genre from which comes no music I find enjoyable. Its hard to answer the thread succinctly because what I'm listening to changes every few weeks. I do pretty consistently listen to indie rock- though what gets called indie rock is a pretty damn extensive chunk of music. I used to listen to a lot of indie pop, though in the past few months I've barely listened to any. I listen to the odd bit of metal from time to time. Usually when I hear it described as particularly interesting/divergent from usual expectations of metal. I put on some Coltrane from time to time. I probably listen to as much mainstream pop as I do metal or Jazz, and then more hip-hop than those three combined. Recently I've been digging into the massive sub-genre expanse of electronic music. I'm liking about 1/4 of what I hear.

I just got into this set of label collections called "The Best of Italo Disco", some of the most fun I've had listening to music in a while.

amok · « **Reply #22 on:** 20 Oct 2006, 08:25 »

Indie is basically what I listen to when I need a break from EBM and trance.

Apart from a few select acts, guitar music just don't do it for me like it used to.

strawberry_gashes · « **Reply #23 on:** 20 Oct 2006, 14:22 »

Quote from: 10101110 on 19 Oct 2006, 18:12

I love the Paper Chase!? Good call!? Actually, I'm waiting for their new cd to arrive in my mailbox any day now.

They are awesome.
Oh, vtw, my music teacher put on this record during class today... I think you may like it. It's called "Bang On A Can- A Ballad For Many." (of course, I forgot who recorded it)

It's a really abstract concept album about all these wars throughout history. It only has vocals (well, spoken words) on one track, but it's still really fucking awesome.

salada · « **Reply #24 on:** 20 Oct 2006, 15:20 »

10 points if you can pick my music preferences from this t-shirt (which, i sadly, do not own (yet))

KharBevNor · « **Reply #25 on:** 20 Oct 2006, 15:23 »

Terrorcore.

La Creme · « **Reply #26 on:** 20 Oct 2006, 17:40 »

Autorage

core.

salada · « **Reply #27 on:** 20 Oct 2006, 17:48 »

i swear i just replied to this topic?

beh, put a -core suffix on any silly word and i'll probably get drunk and dance to it. that's a "breakcore gives me wood" t-shirt. they put on free parties in belgian warehouses.

anyway, to answer the original poster's question: i listen to a lot of things, but not much indie rock at all. soft spots for silly breakcore and tech/dark drum and bass though.

MCGB · « **Reply #28 on:** 21 Oct 2006, 14:35 »

I'm a real big Jazz and Blues fan, but I've been getting into indie rock and folkish people lately. I keep trying to give death metal a chance but the singers just make me giggle sometimes.

Skibas_clavicle · « **Reply #29 on:** 21 Oct 2006, 18:10 »

Punk, alt-punk, indie rock, electroclash, techno, conscious hip-hop, ambient/experimental, folk. The occasional pop song doesn't huer either. Musically I'm pretty diverse. I've never gotten into metal or anythingcore...well, unless it's 80's hardcore. I can handle that in small doses.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #30 on:** 21 Oct 2006, 18:34 »

My taste in music is so diverse it's ridiculous. Recently, I've been listening to a whole lot of folk, but the band I've listened to the most for quite a while has been The Dresden Dolls, who are considered "Punk rock cabaret." My favorite genre would have to be progressive rock, such as Porcupine Tree and (to an extent) Opeth.

Lines · « **Reply #31 on:** 21 Oct 2006, 19:12 »

lately it's been folk pop and electronic/ambient whatever stuff. and i've always had a soft spot for power pop and music from the late 50s - 60s. and sountracks (OSTs, not compilations). and i like several forms of rock. i don't know. i'm all over the place with what i listen to.

El Opium · « **Reply #32 on:** 22 Oct 2006, 13:26 »

I'll take tuneless shit for 500.

bluebright · « **Reply #33 on:** 23 Oct 2006, 11:46 »

I'm all indie, bits of alternative, lots of ambient drum and base. probably anything thats NOT played on commercial radio.

Brian Majestic · « **Reply #34 on:** 23 Oct 2006, 20:00 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 19 Oct 2006, 10:11

I like far more hip-hop than a middle-class white kid is entitled to like.

Why? Middle class white males are the number one consumer for hip-hop and rap; I think the stats are now saying the number is in the 60 percent area, but they used to say it was 70 or 75 percent.

I will freely admit, however, that the validity of such stats have been called into question by some people...If I can find the books at home, I'll post the titles.

nihilist · « **Reply #35 on:** 24 Oct 2006, 23:54 »

last.fm tells me what I should listen to.

Maky · « **Reply #36 on:** 26 Oct 2006, 00:37 »

I'm very close-minded when it comes to music, sadly. Or luckily?

Back in the day I was a huge power-metal fan, but I got so much of it I grew bored of it and now I can't even stand it. I find everything about power metal cheesy and stupid. Clean vocals are a big part of power metal, si they have to be _pretty good_ clean vocals for me to like them now. I'm more into growling, grunting, shrieking, etc. Nowadays I'm listening more to progressive-metal, but I also like death-metal, and some black-metal.

Oh yeah, almost forgot! I'm a metalhead

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #37 on:** 27 Oct 2006, 14:52 »

I LISTN 2 LOTS OF DIFFERENT MUSIC

I LISTEN 2 LINCOLN PARK AND BOB MARLEE

Grawsith · « **Reply #38 on:** 29 Oct 2006, 11:38 »

I'm all over the place. Just yesterday i ripped Simon & Garfunkel.

Rizzo · « **Reply #39 on:** 29 Oct 2006, 13:15 »

Wow grawsith, you truly are one of the most diverse, cool kids I've ever come across...

Punk, goth, industrial, metal, electronica and indie. I'll listen to pretty much anything provided it's catchy and appeals to me but I prefer those genres.

Gridgm · « **Reply #40 on:** 29 Oct 2006, 15:32 »

i listen to both kinds of music, country and western

Ã¶de · « **Reply #41 on:** 29 Oct 2006, 16:19 »

I listen to music.

Kai · « **Reply #42 on:** 29 Oct 2006, 16:20 »

Quote from: TrueNeutral on 27 Oct 2006, 14:52

I LISTN 2 LOTS OF DIFFERENT MUSIC

I LISTEN 2 LINCOLN PARK AND BOB MARLEE

you don't know how much this made me giggle uncontrollably.

muffy · « **Reply #43 on:** 29 Oct 2006, 17:35 »

I generally listen to commercial indie pop, miserable acoustic indie, electro indie, and snippets of other genres that have worked their way into the indie cannon.

It's not that I intend to be narrow in my taste, I just have more music than I can listen to so I get stuck on about 5 albums that I adore before finding something else that links in to what I already listen to, so it naturally follows the path of indie.

That said, put me in a club and I can dance to most stuff that's not played on MTV Base.

glisp42 · « **Reply #44 on:** 30 Oct 2006, 22:00 »

Chalk me up to another person who listens to everything from VnV Nation to Steve Earle to classical to trance to blues and even a little gangsta rap thrown in for good measure. I've recently broken into the Indie scene and so far I really like The Raconteurs and Scary Kids Scaring Kids.

Just yesterday I heard a rock cover of Baby Got Back and it was excellent but I didn't catch the artist.

ETA: I also like most 80s pop and hair metal, especially when I'm drunk

crotch rot · « **Reply #45 on:** 30 Oct 2006, 22:53 »

harcore, death, grind, whatever.

nihilist · « **Reply #46 on:** 30 Oct 2006, 23:18 »

Please to be removing that cruft from the sig.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #47 on:** 30 Oct 2006, 23:33 »

Might as well reply to this properly as I'm bored...

As far as 'indie rock' goes I like a few artists that could be classified as such (there are better genres for all of them), such as Neutral Milk Hotel, British Sea Power, Strawberry Switchblade, Zombina and the Skeletones etc.

Apart from that, my main musical loves are metal of all sorts, particularly folk, black, post-black, doom, and traditional, industrial and related music, from noize to futurepop, goth rock and post-industrial/neo-folk/apocalyptic folk. Also ethereal, classic rock, prog rock, punk, traditional folk, some dub, old-school hardcore, etc. Bits and bobs of other things I like in-between.

Basically everything from Cocteau Twins to Aborym via Ephel Duath, Alien Sex Fiend, Blue Oyster Cult, Blood Axis, :wumpscut:, Scientist, Iron Maiden, Stiff Little Fingers and the Beatles. I have a reasonable 20,000 song library.

AcrophobicPixie · « **Reply #48 on:** 31 Oct 2006, 10:04 »

Anything except for crappy rap/r&b songs and twangy, cheesy pop country. Like, ew?
Listen to more trance/electronica stuff than anything, but I have some out there cd's, like Ann McWilliams and the Free:Space compilation.

arcturus · « **Reply #49 on:** 31 Oct 2006, 20:17 »

I basically listen to metal. I like symphonic, black, goth and avant garde metal.

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Author Topic: Musical preferences (Read 14566 times)

artpaul4life

thepugs

Splunkle

theherocomplex

Splunkle

thepugs

soak

Zanrar

strawberry_gashes

The Eyeball Kid

The Eyeball Kid

La Creme

Scytale

jcknbl

strawberry_gashes

La Creme

MCGB

El Opium

bluebright

nihilist

Maky

TrueNeutral

Grawsith

glisp42

crotch rot

nihilist

AcrophobicPixie

arcturus