The indie/progressive/experimental rock thread (2 Viewers)

[The Savage God]

Right. This here's a thread for people who don't exactly buy into the whole pop/rock thing going on right now, who like music that actually sounds new and inventive (goodness gracious me, can it be true?). Music with a bit of intelligence behind it that requires a bit of patience to grasp the full complexity of the sound and the message.

Discuss underground movements in the art, favourite bands, songs, lyrics, themes, sounds etc. Waxing lyrical is highly recommended (pun not intended). Complaining about "crappy pop" is also endorsed.

This is going to be a minority thread in this forum by the looks of things.

I'll start off with a list of favourites and (relatively) well known artists.

Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Arcade Fire
The Dirty Three
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Sigur Ros
Flatstick
Camel
Caravan
Opeth
Slint (incredibly highly recommended. If they hadn't broken up, they would have become the next Nirvana, only more emotionally charged)
The Mars Volta

So, thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Complaints? Whatever?

 

[lessthanthree]

this is the worst fucking thread ever

get a tan

 

[fake_um..]

i liked when he said slint would be the next nirvana

 

[stamos]

that was my favorite part also

edit: you don't go do scots do you kiddo?

 

[ameh]

backstreet boys

 

[icecreamdisco]

how can someone so wrong be so white?

 

[The Savage God]

Snickers will no doubt erupt when I actually dignify your comments with a response, but a clarification is requested as to each of your statements.

 

[icecreamdisco]

you don't know shit, boy.

 

[fake_um..]

actually
slint and nirvana do have one thing in common.
they both inspired a generation of terrible bands.

 

[bazookajoe]

Music with a bit of intelligence behind it that requires a bit of patience to grasp the full complexity of the sound and the message.

I'll start off with a list of favourites and (relatively) well known artists.

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There Lyrics

Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?

Yep, they're incredible. Really had to grasp the complexity of that.

 

[icecreamdisco]

bill callahan (smog) once said slint destroyed rock'n'roll.

i mean, i love spiderland as much as the next guy, but he might be right.

 

[stamos]

Snickers will no doubt erupt when I actually dignify your comments with a response, but a clarification is requested as to each of your statements.

your writing style sounds like martin prince from the simpsons

 

[Götterfunken]

That ameh. She kills ants.

 

[icecreamdisco]

your writing style sounds like martin prince from the simpsons

i bet he plays the lute.

 

[lessthanthree]

prince

this thread just got a lot better!

 

[The Savage God]

There is an unfortunate issue that plagues most forums on the net: an unusually high concentration of vermin and carrion eaters devoid and incapable of any real thought beyond what is prescribed by popular culture and what can be expressed in unpunctuated and grammatically incorrect sentences constructed entirely of monosylabic words. Any potential for constructive discussion is crushed in the presence of these types of individuals.

I suppose it was too much to hope that a forum endorsed by the education system would be spared.

 

[stamos]

the savage clod

 

[icecreamdisco]

hey savage god, would you like a donnie darko av?

 

[walrusbear]

There is an unfortunate issue that plagues most forums on the net: an unusually high concentration of vermin and carrion eaters devoid and incapable of any real thought beyond what is prescribed by popular culture and what can be expressed in unpunctuated and grammatically incorrect sentences constructed entirely of monosylabic words. Any potential for constructive discussion is crushed in the presence of these types of individuals.

I suppose it was too much to hope that a forum endorsed by the education system would be spared.

monosyllabic

 

[lessthanthree]

There is an unfortunate issue that plagues most forums on the net: an unusually high concentration of vermin and carrion eaters devoid and incapable of any real thought beyond what is prescribed by popular culture and what can be expressed in unpunctuated and grammatically incorrect sentences constructed entirely of monosylabic words. Any potential for constructive discussion is crushed in the presence of these types of individuals.

I suppose it was too much to hope that a forum endorsed by the education system would be spared.

you're the next thom yorke!