Local music

Italian Plastic · 15-04-2012, 03:40 AM

are any of you an active supporter of your local music scene? do you go to shows all the time? are there any bands from your town that you think should be huge?

I can only think of me and briggins

as far as I can tell, most cities have amazing underground music scenes. New Zealand's one is pretty small and easy to keep track of, cos we're a small/young country. But it must be amazing being from somewhere like New York and going to crazy small shows

rainplay · 15-04-2012, 04:01 AM

Yesss. Me and one of my friends are going to go to all the free shows and showcases in Vancouver this summer.

Some of my favourite vancouver bands arrrre,

Tegan And Sara
Said The Whale
The New Pornographers
Mother Mother <3
Hey Ocean!
Daniel Wesley annd Dan Mangan

To name a few..

Tnspieler1012 · 15-04-2012, 06:00 AM

Not really. That's to say, as far my 'city' goes, I live too far off to really get entrenched in any 'scene', and the few 'festival' like gatherings there are to go to have been pretty disappointing in my experience.

Now, at college I did habitual attended open mics and bought a few C.D's from east-Tennessee touring groups or the couple bands put together on campus. So I guess that counts for something, but I couldn't give you any recommendations of honest-to-god great bands in and around my county.

Reilly · 15-04-2012, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Tnspieler1012;5275927
Not really. That's to say, as far my 'city' goes, I live too far off to really get entrenched in any 'scene', and the few 'festival' like gatherings there are to go to have been pretty disappointing in my experience.

This is funny if you read the words between apostrophes in a sarcastic tone.

As for my local 'scene', it's absolutely awful, in fact there's nothing worse then knowing someone who is into it, because it's all they talk about, and every weekend want to invite you to some dive of a pub to go watch them. There's mainly metal or punk bands, some in the style of nu-metal or Rage Against the Machine. Bands who don't have a screamer or rapper, and actually sing, the singer is usually woeful.

Now this being said there are a few incredibly talented cover bands going around who sound fantastic, but they don't normally write their own stuff, and if they ever do, it's normally the most forgettable moment of the night. That's a bit of a shame.

The Final Track · 15-04-2012, 01:42 PM

I'm pretty active in the local scene, since I'm basically part of it. I go to as many shows as I can or find interesting, a lot of which are cheap for students, or are free alltogether. For a medium sized city, it has a great music and cultural scene in general.
I go to the music school, which helps you get a foot in. I think you have an easier time getting gigs as well.

Some of my favorite bands from nearby

Mining In Yukon
Röyksopp
Peter Estdahl
Flunk
Dunderhonning
Kråkesølv
Einar Stray
Moddi
Cold Mailman

Darlene_Ihnfsa · 15-04-2012, 01:57 PM

Yeah since late last year i'm trying to attend local bands gigs near my area, some are already big like Second who started singing in english back in the early 00's. Not always the venues bring local artists, which in a way is good. Thankfully seems that the city is opening to more music, more variated styles and having more venues.

Since most them sing in spanish i don't see much the point in listing them but anyways:
Audio's Pain (seen them 3 times already, have two albums signed, they sing in english sounding sort of Muse+Radiohead).
Los últimos bañistas (they seem so shy but i think have good potential, bad-ass drummer).
Neil Gosney (well he is british but lives here so... obviously he sings in english, is funny when speaking spanish).
Varry Brava (quite festive music).

from my born town, which i keep contact with (Valladolid).
Arizona baby (they are of the blue revival wave as to say, also sing in english).
Cosmic Birds (sing in english, they are quite new)

Italian Plastic · 01-05-2012, 10:21 AM

awkward bump to tell you how small new zealand is and how no one buys albums anymore

Toy Love released a special edition record limited to 400, and they managed to get number 11 on NZs Album charts...

400

...400 albums to get into NZ's top 20

Violet · 01-05-2012, 10:37 PM

Wow. That's pretty sad.

Mark · 01-05-2012, 11:25 PM

Most of our local scene in Oxford, UK is metal.

My band, Circuit Chase are one of the few indie bands around.

We're rare, these days

Cheese Nip 2 · 02-05-2012, 02:05 AM

Our scene in DC is rap and really generic hard rock. You can also find jazz but I've never really looked for it. We have this radio show called local licks though, so it's a great way for emerging bands to make waves.

I've heard there's a Garage rock movement, which would be great but I've never seen it so I don't know how true that is.....

Cobalt · 02-05-2012, 04:49 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Italian Plastic;5288636
awkward bump to tell you how small new zealand is and how no one buys albums anymore

Toy Love released a special edition record limited to 400, and they managed to get number 11 on NZs Album charts...

400

...400 albums to get into NZ's top 20

oh dear

almwilso · 04-05-2012, 11:13 AM

My fav band is Hey Ocean!

15-04-2012, 03:40 AM	#1
Italian Plastic 'til infinity Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 11,156 Country: Chat posts: 2 Thanks given: 359 Thanked 207 Times in 112 Posts	Local music are any of you an active supporter of your local music scene? do you go to shows all the time? are there any bands from your town that you think should be huge? I can only think of me and briggins as far as I can tell, most cities have amazing underground music scenes. New Zealand's one is pretty small and easy to keep track of, cos we're a small/young country. But it must be amazing being from somewhere like New York and going to crazy small shows __________________ .

15-04-2012, 04:01 AM	#2
rainplay Iluvya Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 7,774 Location: in the fake plastic earth Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 56 Times in 32 Posts	Yesss. Me and one of my friends are going to go to all the free shows and showcases in Vancouver this summer. Some of my favourite vancouver bands arrrre, Tegan And Sara Said The Whale The New Pornographers Mother Mother <3 Hey Ocean! Daniel Wesley annd Dan Mangan To name a few.. __________________ Long afloat on ship-less oceans.. ..I did all my best to smile ♫ ♥

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Tnspieler1012 Come On, Let's Go Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12,242 My Mood: Location: Prague, Czech Republic Gender: Country: Chat posts: 1 Thanks given: 60 Thanked 132 Times in 81 Posts	Not really. That's to say, as far my 'city' goes, I live too far off to really get entrenched in any 'scene', and the few 'festival' like gatherings there are to go to have been pretty disappointing in my experience. Now, at college I did habitual attended open mics and bought a few C.D's from east-Tennessee touring groups or the couple bands put together on campus. So I guess that counts for something, but I couldn't give you any recommendations of honest-to-god great bands in and around my county. __________________ "So I wanna live in a wooden house, where making more friends would be easy, I wanna live where the sun comes out..." Quote: Originally Posted by Karencorpse;4818717 Tnspieler1012 seams like a very interesting guy who has lots of interesting things to talk about and great things to do with her. Quote: Originally Posted by eff-exx;5237716 You're like the ultimate post-rocker in this forum. Quote: Originally Posted by Til_Kingdom_Come;5509315 Ha Ha!!! I guess you suck at geography as well as Rock music!!

15-04-2012, 10:20 AM	#4
Reilly District 9er Badazz!11111 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 35,988 Chat posts: 61 Thanks given: 45 Thanked 336 Times in 192 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Tnspieler1012;5275927 Not really. That's to say, as far my 'city' goes, I live too far off to really get entrenched in any 'scene', and the few 'festival' like gatherings there are to go to have been pretty disappointing in my experience. This is funny if you read the words between apostrophes in a sarcastic tone. As for my local 'scene', it's absolutely awful, in fact there's nothing worse then knowing someone who is into it, because it's all they talk about, and every weekend want to invite you to some dive of a pub to go watch them. There's mainly metal or punk bands, some in the style of nu-metal or Rage Against the Machine. Bands who don't have a screamer or rapper, and actually sing, the singer is usually woeful. Now this being said there are a few incredibly talented cover bands going around who sound fantastic, but they don't normally write their own stuff, and if they ever do, it's normally the most forgettable moment of the night. That's a bit of a shame. __________________ This door... ...needs some WD-40. Quote: Originally Posted by Fix42YellowClocks I cannot argue my point of the seemingly conflicting idea of why I have the right to argue people shouldn't be allowed to tell Coldplay to stop expressing themselves without a fundamental argument to the freedoms we enjoy. Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

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The Final Track Prognissekongen! Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 19,148 My Mood: Location: House by the sea Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 128 Thanked 79 Times in 69 Posts	I'm pretty active in the local scene, since I'm basically part of it. I go to as many shows as I can or find interesting, a lot of which are cheap for students, or are free alltogether. For a medium sized city, it has a great music and cultural scene in general. I go to the music school, which helps you get a foot in. I think you have an easier time getting gigs as well. Some of my favorite bands from nearby Mining In Yukon Röyksopp Peter Estdahl Flunk Dunderhonning Kråkesølv Einar Stray Moddi Cold Mailman __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Destrokk Kobe Bryant was in my Sprite once.

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Darlene_Ihnfsa Rising Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 50,537 My Mood: Location: Bavaria-Bohemia-Silesia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 4 Thanked 25 Times in 10 Posts	Yeah since late last year i'm trying to attend local bands gigs near my area, some are already big like Second who started singing in english back in the early 00's. Not always the venues bring local artists, which in a way is good. Thankfully seems that the city is opening to more music, more variated styles and having more venues. Since most them sing in spanish i don't see much the point in listing them but anyways: Audio's Pain (seen them 3 times already, have two albums signed, they sing in english sounding sort of Muse+Radiohead). Los últimos bañistas (they seem so shy but i think have good potential, bad-ass drummer). Neil Gosney (well he is british but lives here so... obviously he sings in english, is funny when speaking spanish). Varry Brava (quite festive music). from my born town, which i keep contact with (Valladolid). Arizona baby (they are of the blue revival wave as to say, also sing in english). Cosmic Birds (sing in english, they are quite new) __________________ no rompas el silencio si no es para mejorarlo. nadie me dirá que jamás alcanzaré la cima que yo quiero ascender W W Cervantes D? life is for living, care to live it fully. be back in 2023. (20th anniversary).

01-05-2012, 10:21 AM	#7
Italian Plastic 'til infinity Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 11,156 Country: Chat posts: 2 Thanks given: 359 Thanked 207 Times in 112 Posts	awkward bump to tell you how small new zealand is and how no one buys albums anymore Toy Love released a special edition record limited to 400, and they managed to get number 11 on NZs Album charts... 400 ...400 albums to get into NZ's top 20 __________________ .

01-05-2012, 10:37 PM	#8
Violet 2:3 Life Round Here Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 18,749 My Mood: Location: Ripper Street Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 99 Thanked 145 Times in 112 Posts	Wow. That's pretty sad. __________________ Facebook \| Twitter \| Last \| Tumblr Quote: Originally Posted by Showbiz;4807100 A few people are actually Wolstenfluent. I believe Violet may be one of the lucky few born with this gift.

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Mark It was such a perfect day Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,725 Location: Oxford Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 64 Thanked 320 Times in 163 Posts	Most of our local scene in Oxford, UK is metal. My band, Circuit Chase are one of the few indie bands around. We're rare, these days __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Til_Kingdom_Come;5516187 If coldplay do actually do that death metal thing then the songs won't hat well, won't get much airplay and will confirm my sad belief that rock music is becoming extinct as there will be no more high charting rock singles!! Oh no. The albums do fine but now all the rock awards are going to ed Sherran (who i do not like!) :/

02-05-2012, 02:05 AM	#10
Cheese Nip 2 Milkmen = Interesting Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,867 My Mood: Location: Back into your open arms Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 64 Thanked 95 Times in 72 Posts	Our scene in DC is rap and really generic hard rock. You can also find jazz but I've never really looked for it. We have this radio show called local licks though, so it's a great way for emerging bands to make waves. I've heard there's a Garage rock movement, which would be great but I've never seen it so I don't know how true that is..... __________________ I never have signatures on so I probably won't see this again for another 6 to 7 months. In that case... Dear Chesse Nip 2, How is the future? Do they have jet packs? Did gorillas take over the world? Has Car Kids been released yet? If so can you email me a copy from your brain (obviously where data is stored in the future). Well, good luck with those terminators! Sincerley, Cheese Nip 2

02-05-2012, 04:49 AM	#11
Cobalt OH SUCH THE SHAME! Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 18,297 My Mood: Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: Country: Chat posts: 10 Thanks given: 159 Thanked 163 Times in 118 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Italian Plastic;5288636 awkward bump to tell you how small new zealand is and how no one buys albums anymore Toy Love released a special edition record limited to 400, and they managed to get number 11 on NZs Album charts... 400 ...400 albums to get into NZ's top 20 oh dear

04-05-2012, 11:13 AM	#12
almwilso Coldplayer Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 1 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My fav band is Hey Ocean! __________________ awilso

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