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You went kind of "old school" if that's at all possible with this vaguely-defined and missed a lot of bigger names through the 2000s: (Too hard to distill most of these bands into one song, but I'll do my best) -Apoptygma Berzerk -Ashbury Heights -Assemblage 23 -Battery Cage -Cesium 137 -Covenant -Decoded Feedback -Din Fiv -Fractured -Funker Vogt -God Module -Haujobb -Icon of Coil -Imperative Reaction -In Strict Confidence -Lights of Euphoria (wanted Burning Ground but not on YouTube) -Mesh -mind.in.a.box -Necessary Response -Pride and Fall -Rotersand -Seabound -SITD -Velvet Acid Christ Some decidedly old-school bands would also include Project Pitchfork, 16volt, Wolfsheim and X Marks the Pedwalk. Some newerish stuff for people who haven't followed closely, I'd highly recommend Ashbury Heights, Battery Cage, Mind.in.a.box, and Seabound. I skipped over a pile of bands I don't really care for, and probably missed a few. Someone else can fill in more blanks. A really young band I like a lot is: -Encephalon I'm a huge fan of In Strict Confidence's style:  http://www.last.fm/music/In+Strict+Confidence/+images
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Dr. Goonstein posted:Haven't listened to Apoptygma Berzerk since Rocket Science. Same goes with In Strict Confidence, with their album Exile Paradise. I really think most Apop is awful after Welcome to Earth, but different strokes. I loving love La Parade Monstrueuse by ISC. It's one of the few more recent albums that's gotten me as excited about the genre as the first three bands I mentioned. I liked A23 completely up to Storm. Meta is alright & miss. He has a more recent album, Compass I think, but I find it unlistenable. Still going to see him live in a couple months!
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Never mind the fetishised Asian school girls.
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Judging from his Twitter account, his record label just sued him.quote:And the game is on. My label sics their lawyer on my lawyer and they dance a paper dance. Why do they seem to live to screw with me.
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Pope Guilty posted:If I didn't know that he's a douche, I'd feel for him 'cause it sounds like his life is kind of falling apart.
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That clip linked me to Megalomaniac which set off a huge nostalgia rush and almost an hour of going up through older KMFDM and looking up past members.
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Speaking of Chibi, one of these bands is not like any of the others! http://junoawards.ca/40th-anniversary-events/juno-week-events/juno-fest/
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http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=173068239408055#!/event.php?eid=173068239408055quote:Mod Club Theatre
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Tickets #1 & 2, ha
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Mar 15, 2011 23:24
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Doesn't sound bad at all. Reminds me, I should get around to checking out Edge of Dawn. Weird that I haven't considering how obsessed with Seabound I am.
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CAT rear end now!!! posted:teethgrinder man your face is gonna melt when your copy of First Anthology finally arrives.
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After conversion, I didn't pay a huge premium over you considering I'd have easily spent $35 on a shirt at a show if I ever got to see them.
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I hesitate to call them "like FLA," but they're definitely cyperpunkish and are playing a show together here in Toronto with FLA; you could check out mind.in.a.box. You could also try earlier Velvet Acid Christ, like Fun With Knives or Calling Ov The Dead. I think "cyberpunkish" is throwing me off. I think any band in the genre could fall under that arguably, but m.i.a.b.'s first three albums are cyberpunk concept albums. They're just more synthy than "industrial."
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I didn't post anything because I was still so upset about breaking my camera that night. I got permission to shoot the show shortly before, and then I stupidly broke my camera getting ready for it. I thought Iris were awful again. I just don't see the appeal of going to a show to listen to someone just quietly sing a pile of long drawn out ballads. Mesh though were incredible and the only band that did the full live thing, with spectacular drumming, and guitars. (Iris occasionally had a guitar out, but not in any meaningful capacity..) The set up with the two blonde guys mirroring each other was kind of strange though. Similar appearances, same keyboards, both doing backing vocals together. I thought they were brothers until I looked it up. I was disappointed they only played one track from We Collide, my favourite album. Finally De/vision this time were outstanding. I'd seen them before and was completely unimpressed. Great stage presence, solid vocals... going to have to make a point of checking out their music. Then I got to see Assemblage 23 for the first time (the promoter piggy-backed them on Legends of Synthpop in Toronto for some reason.) I was so ... confused at first? They were so drat awkward looking. The keyboard player was so decidedly middle-aged. Overweight, sweaty, greying hair, big awkward glasses. Finally, I poo poo you not, he had a comb-over ponytail. Then Tom Shear ... is a bald stocky little man. This is completely unfair to him, but with him prancing around on the stage like that, and for lack of a better description, he's like a mini-Ronan. But without the sweat. As well, Tom Shear can sing shockingly well with a huge range. His voice held up the entire time. Nothing nasal. Completely in tune. He completely sold me two songs in. Again though, unfortunately he only played one or two songs from Failure, and neither were my favourites. I don't think he even played much from Storm. Most of his older material came from Defiance, which was perfectly cool. Back to a previous point, I don't understand why we have to get all these "industrial super-shows" in Toronto. It's cool to see so many great acts at once, but the problem is they're all restricted to really disappointingly short sets. This was one example. I'm was so stupidly excited when mind.in.a.box announced a Toronto date, but the promoter kept saying "just wait until we announce the secret co-headliner!" Finally they announce FLA playing the same night ... which is spectacular ... but now miab is down to like 45 minutes. Why even bother bringing them here. Obviously I'm going to see them and it will be bliss, but drat it, spread the love a bit. I'm pretty sure the scene here can sustain it. (That said, I can't believe how OLD people were at Legends of Synthpop + A23. There were a few people younger than me up front, and then several guys that must have been in their 50s, with the vast majority being late 30s, into their 40s. I was disappointed nobody was moving, except for the young polyamorous group dancing together.) teethgrinder fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Apr 9, 2011 |
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CAT rear end now!!! posted:teethgrinder man your face is gonna melt when your copy of First Anthology finally arrives. This thing is loving sleek. I hear the shirt is pretty boss as well. e: Yes I eventually caved in and bought the limited edition. It's hella cool but don't expect to fit it in your CD rack. I'm not THAT familiar with Pitchfork's earlier catalogue, but I somehow never noticed how similar to Skinny Puppy that stuff is. I think it's the brighter, punchier drums that are doing it. I actually really liked Burning. It sounds like the era of the band I really love. I'm pleased that the version of I Live Your Dream included here is what I guess is the single version. It's different from what's on Eon:Eon, but it's similar to what all the videos on YouTube have, i.e.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDJi9Te6xNY That's uploaded from the official Project Pitchfork account by the way. They've posted perfect-quality versions of all their videos, insanely better than all the fan uploads, but they're completely buried in search results and have practically no views.
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CAT rear end now!!! posted:However, I can't see where you're coming with the comparison to Skinny Puppy, I think they're just completely different bands, even in PP's early times v But the feel is entirely different I agree. But yes, I loving love this band.
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v I think it's the very different feeling in the music that does it for me, even though some things are similar soundwise. SP is intensely bleak and depressing, whereas PP often has a glimmer of hope in its music, I'd say. Or something.
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Agreed. The fact that they tour anywhere but Germany, too.
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As far as I can tell, all the gigs here in Toronto are being booked by a Sophia Varadan, and it seems like she won't last forever. Maybe you can help her. At least the market's bigger.
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Die Krupps cancelled opening for FLA/m.i.a.b. in Toronto ... ... Conjure One is opening instead!!
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Furret Basket posted:loving hate living in the UK, I swear.
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I need to listen to the new ohGr again, but I wasn't a huge fan. I liked the first few songs, but I think screwMe in particular was atrocious. But my favourite SP album is The Process, so I'm one of those.
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Jose Mengelez posted:(or a fucktonne of nigh-on inescapable promotional material *cough* ashbury heights *cough*.) Now a band that I think is the definition of what you were saying is Helalyn Flowers http://www.helalynflowers.com/
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I was convinced to buy the CD by a conversation that went something like, "oh, you like Ashbury Heights?? You have GOT to try Helalyn Flowers!!!" On the other hand, a similar conversation lead me to Din [a] Tod whom people here might actually like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGE8YR63QHk A bit repetitive, but I like the Cure-like lead bass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTlUgFvOgSo Really like Ephedrine Logic too: http://grooveshark.com/s/Ephedrine+Logic/3qekji?src=5 It has a cool build-up on the album. teethgrinder fucked around with this message at 03:44 on May 13, 2011 |
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Not exactly the same, but Aesthetic Perfection releasing a futurepop album as "Necessary Response" was pretty awesome. Bands can always rebrand. http://grooveshark.com/s/Forever/2BlC0F?src=5 Now we just need Essential Retort, Immediate Repercussion, etc.
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This is only tangentially related to this thread, but I don't know where else people might possibly appreciate this. It appears the Toronto indie scene has discovered synthpop: Austra - The Beat and the Pulse: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgxeyq_austra-beat-and-the-pulse_music (not work safe) (there's a censored version on YouTube but it's probably still not work safe) I happen to think this is pretty awesome, but her other single does nothing for me. I hate the vocals on Lose It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJtMrhb558 "Austra" is Katie Stelmanis, who I gather used to release ethereal indie pop/rock. All I know is my girlfriend loved her and I didn't give a crap about her. I can get behind this new iteration though.
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quote:@_mindinabox: Our equipment is lost and we are trying to do everything to play for you today at KInetik Festival. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! edit: from their Facebook page, it appears that British Airways lost their equipment. http://www.facebook.com/mindinabox.official
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MIAB are lucky the airline lost the luggage. Montreal is famous for bands losing their gear. http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=gear+stolen+in+montreal
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Twiin, that was awesome. Great to edit miab/FLA photos to. Unfortunately I have 835 shots to cull. I took this video of mind.in.a.box - Stalkers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyklrxVpW4E Unfortunately I haven't worked out sound recording on my replacement camera yet 
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Photos from FLA/miab on Monday. Hope nobody minds a photospew. FLA photos should be done by the weekend. Cyanotic   mind.in.a.box      DJ Acucrack?   Conjure One   
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I unabashedly enjoy 90s-era KMFDM lyrics.
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tactical-neural-implant/id216663097 Just saying. I drank the kool-aid a while ago, as much as I hate iTunes for actual music playing/management. I've used it for every modern industrial album I want to listen to but am not 100% crazy about.
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Dean Garcia ... of Curve? 
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As much as I love Birthday Massacre, you need to check out Ashbury Heights. I know you haven't because you didn't mention them  The last Birthday album took a while to grow on me, but I quite like it now.
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Pope Guilty posted:What's the status on AH, anyway? Are they officially over?
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What do you guys think of modern 16volt? Full Black Habit hit some sweet-spot for me and I love the entire loving album. American Porn Songs mostly doesn't do it for me. I do really really like Blackbird though, not just because it recalls Thrill Kill Kult. ...and now I see there's a new album, Beating Dead Horses. Guess I'll check it out!
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Dear God by Evil's Toy came up on Last.FM ... ripping the same sample as Loaded by Primal Scream. Evil's Toy - Dear God -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M0gchRfJ3c Primal Scream - Loaded -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoeMhlkeeLE The Wild Angels (1966) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnGzl-OEyGE I had no idea Evil's Toy were that old.
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Toronto EBMfest 2011 line-up announced at some point and I didn't notice. http://www.last.fm/festival/2009524+EBMfest+2011 Shame about Ayria playing, but Funker Vogt, Decoded Feedback and Fractured 
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