R&Peeps.. what's the sweetest NON-Rock & Pop related musical find you have made, lately?

Question

R&Peeps.. what's the sweetest NON-Rock & Pop related musical find you have made, lately?

Answer 1

and Johnny gets the "Daily Fcuktard" award for the night, right off the bat. Bravo for ignorance!



but we love you anyway! (also.. the Doomtree question MIGHT be related to those things called LINKS contained within the question.. amazing how actually checking them might expand one's horizons)

Answer 2

MA: Outside the norm for me..Black Metal, and a lot of it. \m/



MA2: Interesting stuff for sure



BA: That'd be me, it's utter stupidity.

Answer 3

Good afternoon KP :)



You know I love my Scottish Folk music, and thanks to the Mike Harding show on BBC Radio 2, a few months ago I came across this duo :



Saltfishforty http://www.saltfishforty.co.uk/

if you click on "Listen" they have some samples ~ great, as YT is a bit limited, and all live {Scottish Folk is wonderful live, but only if the sound quality is top}.



The Creelman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DYUVy00Wig&fmt=18

The Ring on Her Hand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDBBMnpdZb0&fmt=18

The Burray Strathspey and Reel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkD59IZcuj4&fmt=18

{^ a personal favourite!}





MQ2: Listening...

'Travelling Dunk Tank' = let's say, if it came on the radio I'd be okay with it.

'The Wren' = I feel like I might be watching an episode of "CSI:NY"...! Again, I'm not in a hurry to get away from it.

'Matches to Paper Dolls' = I love the music, and the vocals are okay, just not sure of the lyrics, and @1:14 it sounds like Pinky & Perky on the backing vocals!

'A Hundred Fathers' = always easier to get into things when you 'get' some of the lyrical references...





BQ: Yep. I'd never write off an entire genre based on only hearing a few songs!

For example, I'm not a fan of Opera, but I'm open to the possibility someone may one day introduce me to a piece I like.

Answer 4

I have seriously fallen in love with John Legend's cover of "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele. I much prefer it to the original. I'm convinced that anything that man touches turns to gold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejQ08ddAdQU



MA: I've been listening to more hiphop than usual--exploring different artists that I'd never head of. Also-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24fbkO8nUho



BA: Absolutely.

Answer 5

Speaking of Jazz/Hip-Hop, not a new band these guys are an old favorite from Chicago, Liquid Soul



Show Me What You Got

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0jTH0bwBJU



Sure Fire One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxd2Ah9DK6c



On the newer side is Techno/Industrial. Some of my latest finds

C/A/T (Parasite)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xrrohhXSOE

Detroit Diesel (Serenade)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3AXPENtucc

U-Tek (Das Mass Der Dinge)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go8CbVkj60k

Answer 6

Hmm, I haven't really made a recent discovery that is Not Metal.

Speaking of Hip Hop though, a few months ago I discovered this lovely artist called Mystic

The song is really meaningful and beautiful to me.

"The Life"

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



I also really like Dead Prez

"Propaganda"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVR4pwz2xzo



The kind of stuff you won't hear on tv/radio.

Or at least I've never seen or heard of them on it!



MA2 -I really liked "The Wren" by Doomtree and

"Matches to Paper Dolls" by Dessa

Good stuff



BQ - Not really fed up, I guess I just don't care. People can listen and talk trash about whatever they want.

Answer 7

(Besides my classical and jazz interests, which I've mentioned before) I like soul and blues and the like -- especially like the revival of soul that's been happening lately.



I just posted this (neo-soul):

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

Fitz & The Tantrums, Dear Mr. President -- discovered it a few weeks ago thanks to Sirius Spectrum.



Everyone should hear local bluesman Ernie Williams (& The Wildcats):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uHspJrMPI0



For those of you who somehow haven't been exposed to her, here's the fantastic Sharon Jones (& The Dap-Kings):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ouI5KcyHfE



MQ 2: Doomtree sounds good; I like both songs (and haven't heard either before). The rapper has a good sense of words and timing. I like the classical violins backing Dessa too, some complicated rhymes in that one. Now listening to the last one: Not quite as crazy about the guitar backing in Cecil Otter or the chorus (seems a bit more simple in construction to me), but it's not bad, either.



BQ: God, yes. It's especially exhausting when people will make fun of different genres and then claim to like artists that have roots in those genres they claim to despise. Like, say, 'all rap sounds the same' in one question and then in the next championing Kid Rock or Limp Bizkit or something. Cue me going '...' and debating whether I should even bother responding.

Answer 8

I have discovered

hindu chants

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AkhkBb4aVvw

jazz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tW5aheGLLw&feature=player_detailpage

old time blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=h3yd-c91ww8



I have no idea who they are



yes geez so what I like avril lavigne and opera?

Answer 9

A lot of underground Rap mostly.



My favorite currently is Rhyme Asylum which is a rap group that consists of 3 rappers hailing from London, England. Lyrically they are up there with the best of them. You just won't find rhyme schemes and metaphors more complex than this imo. They have the type of rhymes that will actually make you smarter if you try to decipher them. Also loving their whole "psychotic rapper" theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sKZBfh3E-I



Also have taken a liking to a rapper named Hopsin who oddly enough comes from my hometown. =)

He primarily excels on creating catchy hooks and lacing each song with his smooth flow and rapid delivery which I effin' love. He garners a lot of comparisons with Eminem but I have never listened to the latter so I wouldn't know. :/

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



Lastly is Bloody Monk Consortium consisting of 2 rappers and a DJ. I have only listened to one of their EP but so far I like them and recognize their potential. They remind me a lot of Wu-Tang Clan and not just because they sample their songs. That's definitely not a bad thing though since the Wu' are probably my favorite Rap act ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKpsw9Xe508



BQ: Yes, I covered this on a few answers of mine actually. Cannot believe that some people are so proud of their ignorance that they would express it to the entire internet. XD

Answer 10

the underground hip hop scene has had a better last 5 years than rock. I haven't listened to Doomtree or Cecil Otter before. Doomtree seems to be alright, I liked the Wren more than the Traveling Dunk Tank link much better though, and I really liked listening to that Cecil Otter song. I've listened to Dessa before, a lot of her stuff I would consider spoken word over a rap beat, like Saul Williams or Sage Francis. But Dessa hasn't really been anything that sparked my interest.



I come across a lot of rap stuff, some of my more recent finds have become an obsession right now as we speak, I've been looking around in the more abstract and obscure areas of the hip hop scene and found some RHH gems that absolutly blow my mind away every time I listen to it.



1) Dark Time Sunshine: a rap duo that has been gaining some attention last year from two solid album releases.



Now They Know

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



Run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hBnCkI7_9o&feature=related



All Aboard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxkieInF9Oc&feature=related





2) TOKiMONSTA: An extremely attractive female instrumentalist, that makes remixes of other rare gems and trippy rap beats.



Madness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjfTLC7u7PE



Look-A-Like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Q2ffw0pBM&feature=related





3) Mod Sun: Considers himself as "hippie-hop". See for yourself...



Same Way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPDAdy-dKgc&feature=related



Thought You Should Know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV7KTvIBgwc





BQ: I got used to it by this point in time bruh

Answer 11

A little bit of classical, like richard wagner.

Also, ive been playing some blues style stuff on guitar, if that counts.



Never heard of doomtree, sorry.



Ohh yea, espically the people who assume metal and "screamo" are the same, and say their both garbage... Well, "screamo" is, but metal is awesome.

Answer 12

i've been listening to a lot of free, random sh*t from all over the place via bandcamp.com. you should check it out, 62.342% chance you'll find something awesomehep. beyond that, i've been listening to a lot of latin style guitar music. like this guy.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHU-AJTn0I8



MQ: latino

MQ2: thunks? doomtrees? where am i?



BQ: mos definitely.

Answer 13

I've started digging A Tribe Called Quest, Doomtree (thanks to you), Salem, and oOoOO.



Oh, and I finally got around to downloading Lil B's Blue Flame mix tape.



MA2: I can dig them

BA: Yeah, it gets annoying.

Answer 14

Never cared much for R&HH really not my cup of tea, but here's my newest find, I think shes great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHWYW6Tw67A