Joined: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:27 am Posts: 3138 Location: A little south and a lot west of Moscow
Re: General Music Discussion
Yeah, Tape Five is good. I think my favourite track by them is Avenue du Gare:
If you lean more toward the "electro" side of "electro-swing," Parov Stelar is also great:
Also, I'm almost positive that I've posted this before, but I can't talk about electro-swing without bringing up Caravan Palace. I like pretty much all of the music they've put out. Apparently they're doing a North American tour soon, and I've heard their live show is great. I kind of doubt they'll be coming anywhere near my city, but I can always hope, haha.
It feels like indie sacrilege but I like T&S's new album more than their old stuff.
Thu May 23, 2013 12:12 am
Sothe
Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:34 am Posts: 2034
Re: General Music Discussion
I thought their switch to electropop wasn't the best move on their part, seeing as it's trending again, and T&S had no prior experience with it as a genre. They're on a completely different wavelength putting themselves to shame compared next to the more innovative electropop artists of the 10's, such as The Knife, Atoms For Peace, How To Destroy Angels, and CHVRCHES. However, they're only really comparable to Charli XCX and CHVRCHES, and this is not to say that Heartthrob was completely bad. Just really uninspired yet catchy pop songs carried by the hype of their style change, if you know what I mean.
I've never really been a fan of HtDA or The Knife; just checked out the rest of the bands you mentioned and CHVRCHES is cool. I agree Heartthrob is not groundbreaking but pleasant and catchy is enough for me.
Thu May 23, 2013 1:05 am
Sothe
Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:34 am Posts: 2034
Re: General Music Discussion
Cool man, more CHRVCHES fans. Yeah The Knife and HtDA are kind of hard to get into. You'd like Atoms for Peace if you like the more electronic Radiohead albums, seeing as its Thom Yorkes solo deal
Thu May 23, 2013 2:05 am
Seraph
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Joined: Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:28 pm Posts: 868 Location: London Server
Re: General Music Discussion
TheLastBanana wrote:
Also, I'm almost positive that I've posted this before, but I can't talk about electro-swing without bringing up Caravan Palace. I like pretty much all of the music they've put out. Apparently they're doing a North American tour soon, and I've heard their live show is great. I kind of doubt they'll be coming anywhere near my city, but I can always hope, haha.
You're damn right their live show is great!
Thu May 23, 2013 10:14 pm
TheLastBanana
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Joined: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:27 am Posts: 3138 Location: A little south and a lot west of Moscow
Re: General Music Discussion
I've watched just about every video of them live that I can find. It's pretty impressive how they manage to pull off so much of their electronic material on-stage — it sounds different, but not at all in a bad way.
Thu May 23, 2013 11:52 pm
Sothe
Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:34 am Posts: 2034
Re: General Music Discussion
Today I learned there's an overwhelming amount of new aggrotech artists coming from Russia, like they never got to experience any kind of industrial dance up until the 10's.
Sat May 25, 2013 12:24 am
Unit158
Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:05 pm Posts: 30
Re: General Music Discussion
Sorry to interrupt, but has anyone heard of Jim Noir?
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