Popular music - Being out of touch with 1818 Responses

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• Peter

  So I live in a place far away from televisions and radios.

  That's wrong;
  there's plenty of televisions and radioes here.
  But none of them plays that much music from the "west" (let's say Yuerup and the Americas). Instead it's very much only local flavours mixed in with 1 song or 2 in the top 20 list that is in English.

  Which is why I am very, very out of touch with what -you- hip kids listens too. These days, and let's say the last 5 years or so.

  So,
  any one care to drop some bandnames?
  Very obvious ones are welcome.

  Oct 9, 08, 11:54 p.m. – Permalink

• Peter

  Oh, and, by all means, feel free to mock my out-of-touch-ness.

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 08, 12:02 a.m. – Permalink

• gung_hoek

  I need a little help here, do you mean pop hits that anybody would know by living in america, europe? Not necessarily the ones you would call your favorites? yes?

  If so you might want to check out Ms. Kate Perry. She´s had a huge hit with "i kissed a boy" and apart from that it´s a super-song.

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 08, 12:11 a.m. – Permalink

• Peter

  Thank you.

  Yes, popular songs people would know,
  but not -all- the crap that is out there. I trust the music taste of most qbn'ers, and their filtering capabilities of said crap.

  To give you a perspective...
  I've only heard, say, Coldplay, last week. At Tower records. Never heard them before that. Not seen em on tv, no posters or whatnot.
  It's like crawling out from under some kind of rock.

  To further this perspective,
  I don't own a tv. I threw it out one day.
  Of course now, few years later, I am both happy yet enraged by having done that.

  Anyways, do keep the advice coming.

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 08, 12:29 a.m. – Permalink

• Lillebo

  http://www.mtv.com/ ?

  But dude, the mainstream music that makes "the lists" etc. are usually crap anyways .. why the need to be so "hip"?

  http://www.allmusic.com/
  http://what.cd/

  • cuz it's good for a designer to know what shit the majority likes. IMO– pango1/5

    It's also possible to stream most radio stations over the internets..– Lillebo2/5

    Are you a "music designer"?– Lillebo3/5

    Pando is on it.
    Also, all is not crap. There are some nuggets in there, I'm sure, and I hope you all would recommend em– Peter4/5

    ...sorry, Pango...
    
    Not a music designer, just generally interested ;)– Peter5/5

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 08, 12:32 a.m. – Permalink

• pango

  try last.fm

  • Thanks. Radio though, lots of "crap" to listen through, though. Hoping for more recommendations...– Peter

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 08, 12:35 a.m. – Permalink

• pascii

  here's what stayed in my mind the past 5 yrs. you might give some of the artists a try : )

  Electronica:
  Up, Bustle and Out
  Seelenluft
  Quiet Village
  Hot Chip
  Daedelus
  Cut Copy
  Just Jack
  Flying Lotus
  The Herbaliser
  Justice - you might like them - but i think they're pretty overrated...

  Indie:
  Maxïmo Park
  The Divine Comedy
  Vampire Weekend
  Brett Anderson
  The Shins
  The Black Keys
  Doves
  Fleet Foxes
  Modest Mouse
  TV On The Radio
  Franz Ferdinand
  The Notwist
  Bat For Lashes
  Broadcast
  The Dead 60's
  Editors - they're like the indie-u2
  Feist
  Interpol
  Hot Hot Heat
  The Whitest Boy Alive
  Art Brut
  Battles
  Clor - my alltime favourite!!!
  the dears
  eagles of death metal
  elbow
  The Good, the Bad and the Queen
  The Rakes
  Mark Ronson

  • Very nice– Peter1/4

    it contains what settled down in my head– pascii2/4

    I saw Flying Lotus the other night. Good Stuff.– bliznutty3/4

    Fleet Foxes is a must!– funkage4/4

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 08, 12:59 a.m. – Permalink

• Peter

  Bump

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 8:26 p.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  According to Billboard, this is the current Top 10:

  http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/c…

  I have not heard of any of them, except for MIA:D

  • Thanks. Were hoping for more filtered stuff. I'm not out after all the stuff that's out there. Just the good ones.– Peter

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 8:30 p.m. – Permalink

• lambsy

  how you could you possibly be out of touch with the latest in music? you have an internet connection right!

  do you use itunes? maybe try that. they have the latest & greatest artists featured every day

  • You try living here for years and years and still keep up with what's (ahem) 'in' on the other side of the world :p– Peter

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 9:21 p.m. – Permalink

• maps

  More obscure music:
  The Organ
  Kavinsky
  Camera Obscura
  Radio Dept
  The Teenagers
  The Virgins
  The Ballet
  CSS
  Black Kids
  Chromeo
  Crystal Castles
  Crystal Stilts
  Selebrities
  Figurines
  French Kicks
  The Go! Team
  Kings of Leon
  MGMT
  The National
  RATATAT
  Rogue Wave
  She and Him
  Shout Out Louds
  Taken by Trees
  Yeah Yeah Yeahs

  I can't sleep so I just randomly wrote those as they popped in my head. Enjoy :)

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 10:29 p.m. – Permalink

• pencilpants

  man man

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 10:37 p.m. – Permalink

• Jaline

  Check out the top songs from MTV.com and MuchMusic.
  http://www.muchmusic.com/tv/coun…

  Currently, the most popular genres with younger people are hip/hop, R&B, and "emo". All of these are infused with "pop" music.

  • Thanks. Were hoping for more filtered stuff. I'm not out after all the stuff that's out there. Just the good ones.– Peter1/3

    Oh, you mean music you'd actually want to listen to.– Jaline2/3

    That's right– Peter3/3

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 10:55 p.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  Oh well, if you want cool music, of course you should check out the Friday Music Thread.

  • Plowing through it– Peter

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 10:59 p.m. – Permalink

• _salisae_

  my friend has put together a ton of great mixes here:

  http://chirp.byrdhouse.com/

  • Great stuff!! Grabbing them all.– Peter1/2

    Amazing!!!! Thanks– OhYeah2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 11:07 p.m. – Permalink

• trooperbill

  murls.neue.co.uk - something i put together

  

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  Dog-earOct 13, 08, 11:26 p.m. – Permalink

• moth

  I wish I could throw away my television.

  Check this out: http://peoplesmusicstore.com

  It's essentially a recommendation service - people can curate their own stores. My store: http://peoplesmusicstore.com/det…

  Check out Tricky, Tetine, Roots Manuva... I'm playing them an awful lot...

  • *GASP*– Jaline1/4

    ;)– Jaline2/4

    Will do.
    As for the television - it certainly has its upsides and downsides. Try it for a month?– Peter3/4

    Jaline - shoo.– moth4/4

  

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  Dog-earOct 14, 08, 12:06 a.m. – Permalink

• OhYeah

  try: http://www.live365.com/index.liv… (a lot of ads but some good tunes on there)

  

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  Dog-earOct 14, 08, 1:40 a.m. – Permalink

• funkage

  Try:

  Empire of the Sun (Imagine Bee Gees gone electro. Okay, maybe not.)
  Tokyo Police Club
  We Are Scientists
  Lykke Li
  Russian Red
  Friska Viljor
  Born Ruffians
  Bloc Party
  Beirut

  

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  Dog-earOct 14, 08, 3:44 a.m. – Permalink