What are you listening to (4)?

The worst reggae song in history, on nostalgie.fr.:

Bernard Lavilliers: [i]Stand the Ghetto[/i]

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[b]One of my favourite bands is from Montreal. The always amazing Tricky Woo[/b]

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Hey, I remember them! They were pretty good. Wow, they're still around?

Absolute best, best, most rocking Montreal band that I know of at the moment: Think About Life, a side project of Graham Van Pelt of Miracle Fortress -- also great. Both bands played Hillside Festival this year and the pit for Think About Life was like, 80 feet deep. People were going crazy.

[url=http://www.alien8recordings.com/releases/think-about-life]www.alien8reco...

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Originally posted by triciamarie:
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Absolute best, best, most rocking Montreal band that I know of at the moment: Think About Life, a side project of Graham Van Pelt of Miracle Fortress -- also great. Both bands played Hillside Festival this year and the pit for Think About Life was like, 80 feet deep. People were going crazy.

[url=http://www.alien8recordings.com/releases/think-about-life]www.alien8reco...

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I caught the tail end of the set at Hillside and it was awesome! Strange to know we were both out there in the same crowd.
[img]smile.gif" border="0[/img] You're right, it was one of the most high energy shows (and there were many!) that I saw at Hillside this year. I hadn't heard Think About Life before (and couldn't remember their name), so thanks for the info!

rabbleTV’s new-ish feature Indie Inside is featuring a really cool artist, named Tanya Davis. Check it out at [url=http://tv.rabble.ca/]http://tv.rabble.ca/[/url] (under the InDemand section).

Once again I'm listening to my two favourite albums by Perla Batalla: "Mestiza" and "Heaven and Earth - The Mestiza Voyage". (Mestiza means woman of mixed race) She sings in both English and Spanish, and has a wonderful voice. Her website has some songs you can listen to: [url=http://www.perla.com/home.html]http://www.perla.com/home.html[/url]

I think my favourite Perla song is her version of "Guantanamera" on her album "Discoteca". It's beautiful. However, I also love her "Teotihuacan", "Tears Of The Sun", and "Celebrating Turtle Island" from her "Heaven and Earth" album - that album is just stunning, it's so incredibly good, and I highly recommend it.

I first heard her in the Leonard Cohen movie "I'm Your Man" that came out a few years ago. Perla has also recorded an album of Leonard Cohen songs called "Bird On The Wire" and it's excellent.

Do you know Lila Downs? Exquisite.

Her version of La Cucaracha is unforgettable.

And what about Montreal's own Lhasa?

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[url=http://www.defianceohio.terrorware.com/]Defiance, Ohio[/url]

Anti-capitalist punk outfit from Columbus, Oh. Really damn good. Nice to hear a violin!

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g]Paper planes[/url] is absurdly catchy.

That music video is good.

And that song is great. I've just heard it too much. I got the album when it came out, and I listened to that a bit. Then Pineapple Express came out, soon, it was on everyone's playlist!

I've been spending the evening with the Chieftains on. They prove time and again that great music transends all genres.

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[b]That music video is good.

And that song is great. I've just heard it too much. I got the album when it came out, and I listened to that a bit. Then Pineapple Express came out, soon, it was on everyone's playlist![/b]

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I confess that I had never heard of M.I.A. before, and only caught on to Paper Planes because of its fad status.

Her second album (I can't remember the name) also had a redo of a Bollywood song titled 'Jimmy'. When I first got the album my room mate (who is from S. Asia) remarked 'why in the hell are you listening to Bollywood remixes again?' I found that funny.

Also, her album, Arular, kicks ass all over. Galang was a kick ass track.

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Originally posted by Bookish Agrarian:
[b]I've been spending the evening with the Chieftains on. They prove time and again that great music transends all genres.

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Wow I've never heard that Ziggy Marley/Chieftains version of Redemption Song before- it is amazing!!!

Francoise Hardy, on nostalgie.fr

Rolling Stones: [i]Forty Licks[/i], and right now, [i]Let's Spend The Night Together[/i] [img]wink.gif" border="0[/img]

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Do you know Lila Downs? Exquisite.

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Never heard of her, but I'll look for her.

[url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/09/05/musical-taste.html]New study[/url] about the type of music and personality coralations. I am not surprised about the metal/classical being similar. I have noticed that the two elements most prominent elements of metal are blues and classical.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQfU7ZVnTIU&feature=related]Wicthcraft is a good[/url] band in the mold of Black Sabbath but is from the new music scene in Orebro Sweden along with great mammoth and others.

For me, folk is aligned closely to blues (think Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) and blues is also aligned closely to soul. Folk - blues - soul are the music idioms that I listen to on a daily basis.

ETA: I occasionally also listen to rock (early Elvis, Stones, Beatles, Cream, Hendrix, CSN&Y) and some country (early Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Cash, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dolly Parton).

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I've a stack of classics that I'm working my way through, and right now I've got [b]The Best of The Best of Merle Haggard[/b] playing - including this little ditty:

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee;
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street;
We like livin' right, and bein' free.

I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all

We don't make a party out of lovin';
We like holdin' hands and pitchin' wood;
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.

Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear;
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen.
Football's still the roughest thing on campus,
And the kids here still respect the college dean.

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.

It's hilarious today, forty years later. Wish I had some weed to smoke while listening to this hillbilly stuff. [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img] [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img] [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img] [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]

Witchcraft kicks major butt.

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Wicthcraft is a good band in the mold of Black Sabbath but is from the new music scene in Orebro Sweden along with great mammoth and others.

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Jut checked out that Black Mountain...very kewl(look i am hip and cool..oops kewl)
I would also like to suggest "Siren", "Troubled Horse",and "Gentleman Pistols" from my space, mostly 60's garage rock sounding if thats what anyone digs.

Yes. Black Mountain is way cool.

I have been on a Metallica binge. I went back and listened to all of their older stuff (and I listen to them a lot anyways). Then I got to listen to the new album. Damn, it is good stuff. The 10 minute instrumental "Suicide and Redemption" is some damn enjoyable listening. However, the album suffers some really bad names for some good songs. And that theme is carried over into the awful "Death Magnetic" album title.

I tried to listen to the new album but James has lost his voice, though the one song had a decent sol from Kirk for the first time in a while. Love the first 4 albums and even still like black, just don't listen to it much as it is always on the radio.
The new AC DC Rock and Roll Train is pretty good though , sounds like it came right off the For Those About To Rock album. They are the only band that is left on my to see list as I finally saw Rush last year (WOW) If I hadn't been working SARSTOCK would have completed my list a lot sooner. BTW Sabbath with OZZY is...not good. But Dio was awesome. Ozzy did 85 minutes but had 7 albums with Sabbath, that's bullshit. I saw Maiden do 3 hours before, plus they had DIO as the warmup with WASP, but Blackie is a dick and bowed out of the tour.
About the only other band I still would like to see is Blind Guardian and Nightwish, but Tarja went solo and the new singer....um not so good. So Nightwish is off my list.
There are a lot of bands I wouldn't mind seeing, but non that are on my to do list. If you get a chance to see Trans Siberian in a small theatre make sure you do it. I saw them at the Detroit Opera house in a box seat...siimply stunning. Wanted to go back the ext night. Songs and a show, more of an event than a concert.

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[url=http://www.myspace.com/Chiwoniso]Chiwoniso Maraire[/url] off her Myspace website.
I learned perchance that she is coming to Montreal in two days (9 p.m. at the Kola Note - I'll be wearing a white hat, lagatta!). Take note, Toronto-challenged folks, she'll also be playing at the Small World Music Festival in T.O. on Thursday the 18th, at 8 p.m., as part of her current North Amerikan tour.
Her marimba player, Stephen, from Seattle, discusses their work [url=http://community.sonikmatter.com/forums/index.php?s=ff2722ea770571a15927....