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Is anyone here from Canada?

Odalisque Posted:

You should spend part of that two weeks in San Francisco and we can have Natalie and NJP drive up and we can all make out for days.

I actually really wanna go back to the San Fran area cos that was the best place I visited in the States. If I do we totally have to meet up and have sandwiches or something!

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Is anyone here from Canada?

I have to fly to Canada next year to get to Cuba because there are no direct flights from Australia. So I thought I may as well enjoy the sights for a little while before I go to Cuba, so where are some good places to visit in Canada? The flight will probably have to leave from Toronto and we’ll have about two weeks or so in Canada so as long as the places aren’t too expensive or take too long to get to I’m happy to go anywhere. Oh and it will be July which I think is your summer?

Favourite new music discovered in 08?

MikePattonFanboi Posted:

Can’t stop listening to Nick. He was at his most awesome with Bad Seeds, although this new Grinderman thing he’s doing is also damn good.

I love Nick Cave, he is curating Aust first ATP Festival next year, should be p good.

Inertia Posted:

Dragonforce. That’s early this year

Then uh. Sigur Ros, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Coldplay but I quickly got bored of that.

Sigur Ros yeaaah, others no.

Fortunato Posted:

Oh geeze, where to begin?

OK, the orb:

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

Old, but I only started listening recently

Negativland: (link has no dirty pics but some pretty clear swearing from Kasey Kasem)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6gPSSYxex0

The Beta Band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-phgYN3GSC4

THat’s enough to start.

Also old.

Orb and Negativland are so-so.

Beta Band are p cool. They remind me of Aussie band Ollo and I love Ollo.

Vuron Posted:

Shpongle was one of my favorites.

They are okay.

FAIL Posted:

back to not shitty bands… I heard of many of these from Odalisque, iIRZ, and BoP so I can’t take credit for them but:

Indie stuff

Born Ruffians: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9dP51_WssU

Why?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr-N4AH_TIw

Figurines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onyNWvORuco

Band of Horses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK716RqoUms

The Fratellis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHqeuK83H4

The Kooks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYX9YEwlvaY

Heavier stuff (both compliments of BoP)

Entrance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXWbLWjHWQo

Mare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yqJH0NX2_s

BORN RUFFIANS Seeing them live soon.

Why? and Figurines are good.

Band of Horses is AMAZING.

Not a big Fratellis or Kooks fan.

Mare and Entrance are me two years ago.

Doctor Robert Posted:

I guess this isn’t a band or a song, but I recently discovered TMF Video Yearmixes. They’re all really good, about an hour long usually, 2007 is especially good. Some of them are on YouTube and they can all be downloaded with BitTorrent fairly easily. They’re European so there’s some random Euro-techno in there but mostly American radio hits. I’m not normally into Top 40 but the way these mixes are put together is really nice!

What.

Dreadnuts Posted:

Probably the beatles.

You only heard the Beatles this year?

Adeptus Posted:

Jesus, so much stuff this year.

The King Blues. Folk-Punk-Reggae-Ska. Were fantastic at the Reading Festival this year, and I got to have a chat with some of the band members when they played a local venue recently, which was nice

Flogging Molly. Irish Folk-Rock. Also great at Reading.

Rocket From The Crypt. Punk’n’Roll? Also, trumpets, but not a ska band. So pissed that I never discovered them before they split.

Been listening to quite a lot of (Post-)Hardcore recently too, bands like At The Drive-In, Hot Water Music, Every Time I Die, Glassjaw, Reuben, etc. etc. All fantastic, though lot of them have broken up too. Bah

Rocket From The Crypt YES

The King Blues KINDA

Flogging Molly NO

arbitrayer Posted:

Egypt Central is da bomb

I just googled these guys, the look funny, like an 80s metal band. But the music is ok I guess.

static fuse Posted:

Hmm, James Blunt?

8D

Nah, probably The Hot Melts or Chiodos.

Hot Melts yeaaah!

Chidos kinda

TeeKayEff Posted:

Speaking of BoP’s recommendations being awesome, Crystal Antlers kicks tremendous amounts of ass.

YES YES THEY DO

BoP is full of awesomeness.

Laguna Posted:

Good thread!

Found an absolute ton of stuff this year, but I guess the band I’ve gotten into the most this year would be Faith No More

Obviously I’ve been familiar with them for a long time but only this year did I properly start listening to them, absolutely love ‘em

Gotten into Aphex Twin, more ambient stuffs (thank Blue Jam for that!), more chiptune…oh and Ulver I got into this year, absolutely love them now

Yeah…plenty o’ stuffs, though I guess Faith No More is the best.

Faith No More is pretty good, I love Aphex Twin, don’t know the others.

Aldo_Anything Posted:

Little Boots
25 years old girl from britain doing electronic music. great stuff. this is a remix, which rocks even more

I actually like this, thanks.

PatchTheDarknut Posted:

Not new, but… I like Gigi D’Agostino

Do not know this.

was Posted:

Bat for Lashes

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

ITT: post genuinely funny videos you've seen recently that are under 2 minutes long

-XI- Posted:

You can remove the country code at the beginning (uk. au. nl.) This was taught to be my Bling Fling

ITT: post genuinely funny videos you've seen recently that are under 2 minutes long

Bling Fling Posted:

Remove the “au.” (or ca, nl, de, etc.) and it works.

i love you

ITT: post genuinely funny videos you've seen recently that are under 2 minutes long

Why won’t youtube tags work on au.youtube?? Or is it just me?

Please watch this anyway, I dunno if it’s funny if you’re not familiar with Brother Theodore. He was a crazy stream of conciousness comedian doing what he called “stand-up tragedy”. Watch some of his longer videos and you will see why he was so appreciated. His appearances on David Letterman are hilarious.

Favourite new music discovered in 08?

was Posted:

DeVotchKa

yeah!!! transliterator is one of my most played songs on itunes.

Favourite new music discovered in 08?

TeeKayEff Posted:

A lot of shit.

Probably gonna go with Danger though.

As in French electro dude? If so I was really into him but hadn’t listened for a year or so, so hadn’t heard all his remixes and stuff. The remix of Chick Lit by We Are Scientists is awesome. If you like Danger you should check out the Aust band Midnight Juggernauts, he did a remix of their song Into The Galaxy. MJ are awesome imho.

Favourite new music discovered in 08?

What was the best new band/artist you discovered this year?

I heard a lot of new stuff so it’s a hard choice but I’m gonna go with Manchester Orchestra because I got to see them live twice and they absoultely blew me away. To the point were I was shaking and speechless. Not many bands do that to me now that I’m bitter and jaded so A+ I reckon.

What about you guys? I’m gonna try and check out all the bands you say because I like finding new music.

Also they don’t have to be new bands, just ones that you only started listening to this year.