Earth-Angel Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Well, I've had my MySpace account for a few months now and have really found some incredible music through it that yes, I might have eventually have heard of, but that I am glad I discovered there I know a lot of bands use their MS accounts to showcase less popular songs, early album releases or B-sides, so have spent hours trawling through their accounts and through their friend's accounts (and random people's profile songs) and have built up a nice new reportoire of music I am glad to have spent some time listening to I'm loving Nat Baldwin, whom I found through a friend of a friend of a friend's profile. I first heard the Fratellis on there, same with Giant Drag, Corey Crowder, Alex Ares, Bedouin Soundclash, Fake Gimms, Semifinalists, Architecture in Helsinki, A.M Project, Jim Bob, Helalyn Flowers, The Dallas Guild and many more well-known artists who I had a better opportunity to listen to So, is there anyone else who uses MySpace to listen to or discover new music and what have been your latest finds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 I discovered over the weekend that one of my favourite artists of the 80s, Danielle Dax has recently got herself onto MySpace. I've alot of her stuff on vinyl (only one album on CD); when I was recently trying to find out if there was such a thing as a Danielle Dax anthology / "best of" on CD, I was quoted £120 by one reputable outlet!!! Dax is one of those one-of-a-kind mavericks, a creative artist who is difficult to pin down stylistically, though Myspace has her as "psychedelic-experimental-goth" or some such (not terribly helpful) pigeonhole. Believe me, she's well worth checking out. But I didn't exactly discover her music on MySpace, so that doesn't answer your question really, does it? For my older brother's birthday present, I bought an album by an artist I'd never heard of, purely on the strength of listening to his MySpace tunes and a couple of enthusiastic reviews. Can't remember his name.... Stoney, I think it was. Very good by all accounts. Check out Skylarkin. I got a free CD from them at a gig in Leeds, checked out their MySpace site: good stuff, in a Sleater-Kinney, Throwing Muses vein (though the band were nobbut twinkles in their daddies' eyes when the Muses were about...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taufel Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 If I may permitted to throw out a shamless plug to my favourite local band.. Check out The Monotones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 I quite like this guy, and not just because he's family: www.myspace.com/jordanalexander For a 19 year-old kid, he's pretty impressive. He's pretty impressive anyway, but sickly so for being so young. Bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted September 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Of course, there is also The Heavy Sandwich which definitely needs checking out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 What a goofy name. They must be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 The Heavy Sandwich rocks my socks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 I recently discovered The Rapture through MySpace. They're fun to dance to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I'm myspace friends with We Yes You No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 they aren't that good though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted September 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 I keep in touch with Hafdis Huld and Mummer through MySpace who are both really talented. Hafdis is much like a Bjork-pop-folk combination and Mummer is orchestral and also has a voice similary in tone to Bjork but much sweeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 The Heavy Sandwich Los Wolverines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Earth-Angel Posted September 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Aaaah sandwich so heavy! And Dan's band, of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 I can't wait for the first, Spinal Tap-esque review: "Sh*t Sandwich". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Aaaah sandwich so heavy! Sue, that made me snort Pepsi all over myself. Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted September 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 I live to serve, and make you snort Pepsi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 www.myspace.com/mikamyspace If you like pop...He obviously likes Freddie Mercury and Rufus Wainwright. I dig that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted October 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 I had his "Relax take it easy" as my profile song a while back. Very gay clubby - fabulous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Gay clubby - that's me in a nutshell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted October 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Fabulous darlingk! Loving it! *smooches* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 I've added bands I already knew about, but through those bands I sometimes get a friend request from a band who also shares that same account friend. I blocked band invites, so the ones I add usually message me. Since they actually went through the trouble of reading a bit here and there of my profile, I go ahead and add them. These are mainly upstarts; truly indie in every sense of the word - from the production and distribution of their music. A couple worth mentioning are Droom (sort of a SynthPop outfit from Canada), Snowwhite (Martial music from the UK), and Pre-Depression Records (whom, I think, are a Stateside Industrial band). Decent stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted October 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Nick Hall Reminds me of Pink Floyd, Led Zepp and many others. Very mature sounds for a young lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 I am all over these two brothers...when I first heard "Number One in Heaven" I thought it was Erasure. Good stuff! Nemesis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted October 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Oh I like! :happybanana: Bring back Erasure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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