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    1. What have you been listening to this week?

      What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...

      What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)

      Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.

      You can make a chart if you use last.fm:

      http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/

      Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.

      11 votes
    2. What have you been listening to this week?

      What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...

      What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)

      Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.

      You can make a chart if you use last.fm:

      http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/

      Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.

      8 votes
    3. Looking for melodic instrumental metal bands!

      Little disclaimer: I posted this on reddit too! I love melodic music and often prefer instrumental bands. So far I only know Demetori. (Don't judge it by the anime pictures if you're not into...

      Little disclaimer: I posted this on reddit too!

      I love melodic music and often prefer instrumental bands. So far I only know Demetori. (Don't judge it by the anime pictures if you're not into that.) They make covers of music from a game series, so it's bound to be melodic. And they're really good! Here's another great one from them. They make some lighter stuff, too.

      Another example: The Black Mages. Again, they make video game covers. But Nobuo Uematsu is a member of the band, so they're awesome too!

      One more example is Akira Yamaoka, but his style is more like rock.

      Are there any melodic but instrumental bands out there? Progressive style is always a bonus.

      11 votes
    4. What have you been listening to this week?

      What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...

      What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)

      Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.

      You can make a chart if you use last.fm:

      http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/

      Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.

      13 votes
    5. Looking for albums that are both beautiful and melancholic

      This is hard to describe, but I'm looking for albums that I can kind of wallow in a bit emotionally, but that are also beautiful musically, aesthetically, or lyrically. Because it's difficult to...

      This is hard to describe, but I'm looking for albums that I can kind of wallow in a bit emotionally, but that are also beautiful musically, aesthetically, or lyrically.

      Because it's difficult to put into words, here's an example of a song that kind of has the vibe I'm going for: Snail Mail's "Deep Sea". It's sad but not too sad, and I find the arrangement and melody to be resonant and, well, beautiful. I want something that feels like this, but across a whole album (note that the "feel" doesn't apply to the genre of the song so much as it does my emotional response to it).

      I'm open to any suggestions. Bandcamp preferred, but not required.


      UPDATE: A huge thank you to the community for all your recommendations! I have a lot of wallowing to look forward to.

      22 votes
    6. What have you been listening to this week?

      What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...

      What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)

      Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.

      You can make a chart if you use last.fm:

      http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/

      Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.

      12 votes
    7. Exercise montage music

      I'm building a playlist with that classic exercise montage aesthetic. Right now it's a bunch of new retro wave, montage tracks from Rocky, Top Gun, Rad, Karate Kid, etc. Temporary playlist track...

      I'm building a playlist with that classic exercise montage aesthetic. Right now it's a bunch of new retro wave, montage tracks from Rocky, Top Gun, Rad, Karate Kid, etc.

      Temporary playlist

      track listing
      • Robert Parker - Hardbody
      • Flash Arnold - Flash Workout
      • Frank Harris - Training Sequence - Orig '85
      • Wishing On A Star on - Montage (From "Team America: World Police")
      • Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero - From "Footloose" Soundtrack
      • King Kobra - Iron Eagle (Never Say Die)
      • Bill Conti - Gonna Fly Now
      • Carlos Knight & the Bay City Boys - Champion of My Heart
      • Dennie Christian - Push It to the Limit (Scarface)
      • Vince DiCola on - Training Montage - From "Rocky IV" Soundtrack
      • Europe - The Final Countdown
      • Cheap Trick on - Mighty Wings - From "Top Gun" Original Soundtrack
      • Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
      • John Farnham - Break The Ice
      • Robots With Rayguns - Sweat It Out
      • Craig Wedren, Theodore Shapiro on - Higher and Higher / Wind
      • Joe "Bean" Esposito - You're The Best
      • Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone - From "Top Gun" Original Soundtrack
      • The Midnight - The Equaliser (Not Alone)
      • SilverHawk - Pumping Iron
      • John Farnham - Thunder in Your Heart
      • Muscle - Feel The Steel
      • Mitch Murder - Guile's Theme
      • Vincenzo Salvia - Extreme Pizza Power
      • Flash Arnold - The Final Chase

      If you have any suggestions for tracks that maintain this aesthetic, it'd be appreciated.

      6 votes
    8. Erra - Snowblood (2020)

      Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/album/snowblood/1525855907?i=1525855910 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/393HU6oEXQybzous3p0NC5 YouTube -...

      Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/album/snowblood/1525855907?i=1525855910
      Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/393HU6oEXQybzous3p0NC5
      YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruGgo1MkUj8

      New track from one of the pioneers of progressive metalcore, Erra. The band is known for its crunching hardcore riffs combined with singer/songwriter Jesse Cash's technically impressive lead guitar work that feels more like traditional metal. The band has been often praised for great live performances and song writing, but many feel they haven't had the best engineering and mixing in their recordings.

      Snowblood is their first album with new label UNFD and it seems to have unlocked the last piece of the puzzle, in my opinion. This track feels grand and open in a way Erra hasn't yet in studio. Drums feel like they are failing from the sky, JT Carvey's snarling unclean vox punch through the insanely busy guitar and bass lines. Cash's vocals still feel a little thin, in my opinion, but they seem free of over digitization, which is an OK trade off.

      5 votes
    9. What are your favorite community radio stations?

      I'm a big fan of community radio, freeform if I'm being picky. I'm curious... Which stations are my fellow Tilderinos listening to? (I'm particularly interested in non-English speaking stations)...

      I'm a big fan of community radio, freeform if I'm being picky. I'm curious...

      1. Which stations are my fellow Tilderinos listening to? (I'm particularly interested in non-English speaking stations)
      2. How are you listening?
      3. More generally, are people even listening to much radio any more? If not, why is that?

      To get things started, my own answers are.

      1. WFMU, dublab, Resonance FM, rrr.
      2. Generally I set up an alias per station with fish shell and stream each link via cvlc
      3. As I'm posting I guess it's obvious but yes, I listen to the radio almost daily. It's a nice break to have one less thing to make a decision about (what to listen to) while avoiding having to listen to top 40 and discovering all sorts of new music I'd otherwise likely miss out on.
      8 votes