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Alright, so I figured if we're going to make these forums a little more personable/socialable, we might as well share ideas for what to listen to musically. Really, its a good way to get new music pumping through your speakers. If possible, suggest what activity you feel this music helps with, the genre it is classified under and any albums or songs you recommend.

 

Remember, no bashing of musical tastes, I'm not looking to turn this into a flame war.

 

Alright, so some of my suggestions:

 

Exercise

Cancer Bats (hardcore punk)- Birthing the Giant; Hail Destroyer

 

Artistic Writing/Feelings et al

The Clash (punk rock)- Combat Rock

Talking Heads (New Wave)

Alexisonfire (Post-Hardcore)

Silversun Pickups (Post-Shoegaze)

 

Dancing

Daft Punk (French House)- Homework

Danger (Electro-House)

 

Relaxation

Aphex Twin (Electro, Ambient)- Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2

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Alright, here I go...

 

Exercise:

Lamb of God (Heavy Metal)- As the Palaces Burn, Ashes of the Wake, Sacrament

Korn- Take a Look in the Mirror

 

Artistic Writing/Feelings:

Alexisonfire, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, Evanescense, Linkin Park

 

Dancing:

Anything Hip Hop related with a good beat...and The Fratellis- Costello Music

 

Relaxation:

The Beatles- The Beatles1

Maroon 5- It won't be soon before long

Muse

Interpol- Our Love to Admire

 

Maybe its just me, but I find I really need something heavy in order to work out. Somehow I find it very motivating...

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Exercise:

Kanye West - Late Registration

Billy Talent - Billy Talent [Reppin' Canada]

 

Artisitc/Feelings:

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Radiohead - In Rainbows

 

Dancing:

Daft Punk - Discovery

Benny Benassi - The Biz

Bloodhound Gang - Hefty Fine

 

Relaxation:

Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs

Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machine [Reppin' Canada]

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My music gets broken up between studying and other lol

 

Studying...

 

Radiohead stuff from Kid A, Amensiac

Prefuse 73 - Prefuse 73 Reads the Books

Sufjan Stevens - Enjoy Your Rabbit

Dntel - Dumb Luck

Beirut - Gulag Orkestar, and Flying Cub Cup

Broken Social Scene - ANYTHING!

lots of others...

 

Music For the Sake of Music

The National

Sufjan - Illinois

Bloc Party

Arctic Monkeys

Calvin Harris - I created Disco

Menomena

Modest Mouse

Metric

!!! (Check, Check, Check)

 

Living close to Toronto spoils an indie lover such as myself..... Between To and Montreal the independent scene is tooo good.... which also translates in an awful time trying to get good tickets but none the less... lots of good music and exposure to good music from other regions!

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Here's a mix of albums and single tracks and a couple of new categories:

 

Driving:

The Doors: Morrison Hotel

Peter Bjorn & John: Writer's Block

Marvin Gaye: Got to give it up

Police: Synchronicity

Rush: Chronicles

Blondie: The Platinum Coll.

Iggy Pop

Journey: Any way you want it

Zeppelin: Ramble on

Pink Floyd: The wall, Young Lust

 

Exercise/Running:

Cubanate: Oxyacetylene (brilliant for sprints)

Basement Jaxx: Do your thing

The Coral: Dreaming of you

Moby: Raining again (Steve Agnello's Vocal Mix)

Massive Attack: Mezzanine (great for long runs esp. w/hills)

BTO: Let it ride

The Kings: Switchin' to glide/This beat goes on, Don't let me know

Madonna: Confessions on a dance floor

The Who: Baba O'Riley

 

Artisitc/Feelings:

Franz Ferdinand: You could have it so much better

Leonard Cohen: almost anything he's got

Dead Can Dance: Spiritchaser

 

Relaxation:

Lay Low: Okutimar

Goldfrapp: Supernature

Fathless: Outrospective, Sunday 8pm

Air: Moon Safari

Kings of Convenience

Blue Six: Beautiful tomorrow

Boards of Canada: Music has the right to children

Britta & Dean: L'Avventura

Cat Power: The greatest

Charlotte Gainsbourg: 5:55

 

Studying:

It's gotta be jazz: Dave Brubeck, Nils Petter Molvaer, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Thenolious Monk, Vince Guaraldi, Branford Marsalis...

 

Cooking:

Uniting Nations: You & Me

Talvin Singh: O.K.

Any of the Hed Kandi Beach House compilations

Any of the Cafe del Mar compilations

Erlend Oye: DJ kicks

Nouvelle Vague: Nouvelle vague

Tosca: Souvenirs

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Hmm, some other songs I've been feeling lately:

 

The Strokes - 12:51

The Shins - Caring is Creepy

Modest Mouse - The View

Dandy Warhols - Not if you were the last junkie

Muse - Sunburn

Bayside - They're not horses, they're unicorns

Brand New - I will play my game beneath the spin light

Damien Rice - Me, My Yoke, & I

Decemberists - Here I dreamt I was an architect

Eisley - Sea King

Franz Ferdinand - Well that was easy

Our Lady Peace - 4am

Regina Spektor - Ezra Pound

The Smiths - Handsome Devil

M.I.A. - Paper Planes

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And if it takes **** to make bliss

Then I feel pretty blissfully

 

I liked that album a fair bit, though it's no M&A or LCW.

 

 

Law, youtube Robots in Disguise - Turn It Up. Catchiest song ever.

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Relaxation=Sia

 

She has such great songs, they make you feel, relax you and are so beautiful!

 

I also like....Japanese music!

 

Ai otsuka for dancing

 

Shiina Ringo for thoughtfulness/rocking out/dancing/study/anythingbecausesheisawesome

 

Watch this Sia video, it will undoubtedly make you cry/very emotional

 

 

Oh, and I just found this: Sia singing "Gimme More"

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I know there are a few, but I dunno if I'd say plenty of RECENT rap songs. Lol.

 

Care to name a few?

 

This is all within the past year:

 

Nas - Hero: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pf5cmd0-qCE

Busta Rhymes feat. Linkin Park - We Made It: http://youtube.com/watch?v=coD8540ge9E

The Roots - Criminal: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qo7wmPF1w2s

The Game - Game's Pain: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6n_GJjwP79s

Kanye West - Flashing Lights:

Lupe Fiasco - Streets on Fire: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xn2naesJmpU

Freeway - When They Remember: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ELl737DMFs4

Jay-Z - Say Hello: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NWyqB8DquaA

50 Cent - Smile:

Saigon - Believe It: http://youtube.com/watch?v=INcvz0gYXBE

Buckshot & 9th Wonder - Hold it Down:

 

This is only the (mostly) mainstream stuff without even touching the indie/underground music. Rakim, KRS and Kurtis Blow also dropped albums this year that were great, though unfortunately it seems no one outside of Brooklyn really pays attention to them. I have around 30 albums from the last year. The albums from all of the above (except maybe 50, and Saigon's may never drop) are musts.

 

I agree that since '98 the game went from sugar to sh1t, but regardless diamonds are there if you search them out.

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This is all within the past year:

 

Nas - Hero: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pf5cmd0-qCE

Busta Rhymes feat. Linkin Park - We Made It: http://youtube.com/watch?v=coD8540ge9E

The Roots - Criminal: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qo7wmPF1w2s

The Game - Game's Pain: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6n_GJjwP79s

Kanye West - Flashing Lights:

Lupe Fiasco - Streets on Fire: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xn2naesJmpU

Freeway - When They Remember: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ELl737DMFs4

Jay-Z - Say Hello: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NWyqB8DquaA

50 Cent - Smile:

Saigon - Believe It: http://youtube.com/watch?v=INcvz0gYXBE

Buckshot & 9th Wonder - Hold it Down:

 

This is only the (mostly) mainstream stuff without even touching the indie/underground music. Rakim, KRS and Kurtis Blow also dropped albums this year that were great, though unfortunately it seems no one outside of Brooklyn really pays attention to them. I have around 30 albums from the last year. The albums from all of the above (except maybe 50, and Saigon's may never drop) are musts.

 

I agree that since '98 the game went from sugar to sh1t, but regardless diamonds are there if you search them out.

 

 

Haha, I agree that I like a few of those songs.

 

Lol. When I saw that you wrote Busta Rhymes, for a sec I thought you were gonna put that movie soundtrack song that he did...I love my Chick. Lol. I like the beat of the song at least, didn't really pay attention to the lyrics.

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I'm super hooked on Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade right now. I'll make a longer list sometime, but those two come to mind right away.

 

Both awesome.... I love Sunset Rubdown I think it's the best band to have come from Wolf Parade....

 

Fun news about music.... While sitting in weldon studying for the mcat saturday morning i was listening to the online feed of the CHRW top 30 and called in from my cubicle to win the top 5 cd's! haha

 

I got

Island, the Born Ruffians, the Lava Lamps, Olenka, and Spiritualized all of which I've been relatively impressed with so far....

 

(CHRW is an indie campus radio station here at western, weldon is a big ugly library at western) <-- just an explanation for words that otherwise make no sense.

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Relaxation=Sia

 

She has such great songs, they make you feel, relax you and are so beautiful!

 

I also like....Japanese music!

 

Ai otsuka for dancing

 

Shiina Ringo for thoughtfulness/rocking out/dancing/study/anythingbecausesheisawesome

 

Watch this Sia video, it will undoubtedly make you cry/very emotional

 

 

Oh, and I just found this: Sia singing "Gimme More"

 

 

I love Breathe me.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=U6PGrub3jUc

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Bjorkestra - saw this jazz band play at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, really enjoyed their stuff. Basically, they jazzify a bunch of Bjork songs - really neat stuff. :)

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QrgxClsT5kU

Of course, another song I love to listen to and never really get tired of is the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Y-control.

 

I love the original mad world...

 

and also, you can never get enough depeche mode (precious):

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