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stumbled upon this online and really like it…
I know who she is, but never really listened to her music
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I’ve been trying to slowly discover and unfold this band little by little. Here is one i think the microtonal adds a cool funk too. A little polka style for @Gothique
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I love that long silence in the middle of this one. It’s such interesting composition, really unusual stuff for popular music. That and the quarter note looping layered harmony he sets up leading into that.
I also love how much fun they generally seem to be having making music. I think that’s part of the viralness. They might be making some genuinely avant-garde, arty music, but at the same time it’s really fun and very tongue in cheek. I mean, a virtuoso performance of a punk polka that gets completely deconstructed in the second half, played by people dressed as polka dotted aliens is just sublimely silly 
It’s really really clever but they are very much not taking themselves seriously and that’s very refreshing these days. Maybe I’m getting old but it’s been too long since music was both good and a bit silly The last twenty odd years has all been a bit too musically sensible. I think this is a larger thing going on too. There are a lot of very odd musical subcultures springing up that involve quite a bit of theatrics whilst still being real musicianship. Most not as original as Angine de Poitrine though.
Here is another I like, not original at all but great fun, very ‘70s inspired and super theatrical, there are a few bands in this odd little what I am going to call gothic theatre rock sub culture:
These leads me onto something I’ve been thinking about recently. One of the ways you study the history of art is to look at the broader pattern: innovation and flowering of many ideas; consolidation into a few main streams of mature art; a baroque period of over complexity leading to; stagnation and a general lack of direction. And then repeat. The last big pop music innovation period was electronic dance music and grunge/indie in the late 80s early 90s, before that it was the electric guitar driven blues rock of the 50s and early 60s. Maybe we are due another? I feel part of the reason Angine de Poitrine have gone so viral is that a lot of people are ready for something new.
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In this house we pledge allegiance to Castle Rat and the Rat Queen! Ive listened to them since before their first album and theyre local in Brooklyn. I met Riley the lead singer very quickly at an unrelated show. My immediate thoughts was she was so small and dainty compared to the big and raucous character on stage. Its funny how an on stage persona can make you seem physically bigger and more imposing.
100% give both their albums a listen, their pretty inexpensive on bandcamp or i can send you them.
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Oh I have “Into the Realm” on vinyl! They do really pretty vinyl. She’s great at selling the whole performance. They played Desertfest here in Antwerp recently but the tickets were all gone too quick.
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Definite juxtaposition to Castle Rat, someone posted this on another forum which I’m quite enjoying. I was unfamiliar with Estas Tonne until now. Excellent recording also.
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New artist to me, just ran across them on NPR yesterday, blown away!
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Received my brand new The Lost Recordings album’s - AMAZING (if you love those genres) - quality as usual OUTSTANDING:
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Revisiting an old favorite, one of the best movie fictional band albums of all time imo, and it sounds amazing on the Fourte.
Listen to Don’t Suffer Alone by all under heaven on Qobuz Open Qobuz
Something about the tone of that guitar and the chord progression really does it for me.
It kind of reminds me of some songs from A Story So Far, where you reeeeeally feel like the guitar conveys the weight of the song.
I know that’s not a big deal to most, but coming from someone like me, a drummer, that would primarily focus on the drums in a song,..ever since i got into this hobby, I’m paying attention to everything now!
It’s part of a two song EP (if that is an EP). Not bad! I normally don’t listen to indie bands like that, but these guys are nice! Simple songs, but there’s nothing wrong with simple.
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Recently fell back into the dark end of ambient.
Sitting back with a soundscape filling the room, it really lets me shut my thoughts off for moments. It is not listening, more of a meditation thing.
Holy shit… this song on the bokeh closed is 
really this whole blu-swing album is great
Found another one that gave me the ahhhh yeahs while listening 
omg, I’m vibing so hard to these track selections tonight.
Woah… I don’t know exactly what it is, maybe it’s just me not listening for a few days in combination with burning in the headphone and new dac over that same period of time… but that was a crazy satisfying string of tracks that sounded excellent on the BC with magni+modi stack. My roon smart playlist on shuffle performed some magic tonight 
oh man these guys are so cool, truly one of a kind. I need to check out the new album asap
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Listen to Progenies of the Great Apocalypse by Dimmu Borgir on Qobuz Open Qobuz
If I were a betting man, I would think that the majority of you guys aren’t into symphonic death metal. I’m not much into the scene anymore for a few reasons.
Once in a while, I’ll come back to a choice few. Whoever does the symphony arrangement for this band is INSANEEE. This dude should be doing video game/movie soundtracks. The piano bit at the near end? MAROOOOOOOONE
When it comes to these bands, I really feel like the vocalist should at least be doing some voice acting for some villain somewhere, and the rest of the band should be doing soundtracks because I really feel like they would be amazing at it.
There’s crossover here. I’m telling you
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Listen to Narrenschyff by Vesania on Qobuz Open Qobuz
Case-in-point @1:42
VA potential man! Look, I wouldn’t blame anyone for thinking it sounds tacky, but come on, thats not bad!
That’s believable!