Music:
Pretty much everything except for vomit-pop (like Nickelback, Hinder, and overcompensating gangsta rap) and bad country and western stuff.
Danny Elfman, Lalo Schifrin, Michael Andrews, Shirley Walker, Basil Poledouris, Clint Mansell, Kenji Kawai, Joe Hisaishi, John Williams, Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Jerry Goldsmith, Bruce Broughton, John Powell. If you don't know who they are, please, look them up (hint— they're all badass film composers). Also Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, who are responsible for the Winnie-the-Pooh theme.
This is the music I like to listen to. It's kinda incomplete.
Arvo Pärt, Anna Asch, Gustav Mahler, Modest Mussorgsky, Frédéric Chopin, Gerald Berry, John Cage, ICP, Green Jellö, Twiztid, Cypress Hill, Hollywood Undead, Creature Feature, The Candy Spooky Theater, Sugarfist, Elvish Presley, HORSE the band, Echovalve, His Irate Life, Seventh Soldier, Afflitus, Saosin, Neurosonic, Gothminister, Opeth, E Nomine, Angelspit, Combichrist, Hanzel und Gretyl, Skinny Puppy, Download, Razorwire, Bumblebeez, Suicide Club, Aural Vampire, VNV Nation, Switchblade Symphony, Birthday Massacre, Todesengel, Recreational Revenge, Shiny Toy Guns, The Sounds, Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer, You And What Army?, Interabang, Trikkaan (/Mr Pie/Falcon/Dave Brown), UPD (dead!), The Pixelatas, Electric Dragon, Eat Babies?, Mindless Self Indulgence, Pop Will Eat Itself, Miranda Sex Garden, Lunabee, Ella Blame, Noel, Film Noir World, Post Dead Soundtrack, Giligadi, Made Out Of Babies, Battle Of Mice, Stever, Daisy Chainsaw, Mary Magdalan, Kabosh, 616 Abortions, Miss 616, Red Dancers Cometh, Estrum, The Vincent Black Shadow, Red Sparowes, the commuter exit, Random Precision, Otep Shamaya, Jarboe, Jandek, Johnny Hollow, Glim, Glen Gabriel, Delerium, Razed In Black, Callenish Circle, Qntal, Corvus Corvax, Carfax Abbey, Juno Reactor, The Crüxshadows, Evanescence, The Silent Force, Jennifer Grassman, Nightwish, Marilyn Manson (and the Spooky Kids), Deftones, Run With Wolves, Renholder, Rammstein, KMFDM, Ministry, MDM, Girl Loves Dead Boys, Tre Lux, The Medic Droid, Hollow, Anders Manga, Mark Lane, Puppet Truth, Bunnydrums, Snake River Conspiracy, Betty Rumble, Bif Naked, Newlydeads, Sindustry (of Scottland) & Sindustry (of Australia), Tester, Mikill, Glitch, I Am Ghost, Children of Bodom, Dimmu Borgir, Deicide, Cradle of Filth, Avenged Sevenfold, Sisters Of Mercy, Black Label Society, Amon Amarth, Stormlord, Loudrage, Ancient, Cruor Deum, Old Man's Child, Dark Tranquility, Reverend Agony, Assacre, Illis Amora, The Roe, Decayed 8:44, Rictus Grin, Omnicidal Intent, Cattle Decapitation, Kill All Betrayers, Hebron, Steady Mobbin', Gargaroth, Scar Symmetry, Burmese, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Ebola, Mr. Bungle, Good Ship Zion, As A People, The Residents, Alice Cooper, AGENDA, Jungle Rooster, Queensryche, Dokken, The End, Ozzy, Ben Zephyr, Matthew Sweet, The Weak Need, Exene Cervenka & Original Sinners, Horrorpops, Lunachicks, The Soviettes, Ahab Rex, Lesbian Bed Death, Dir En Grey, Psycho le Cemu, Polysics, See-Saw, Gackt, La'Cryma Christi, Schwarz Stein, The Candy Spooky Theater, D'espairsray, LiN CLOVER, Origa, Day After Tomorrow, Duel Jewel, Hearts Glow, Utada Hikaru, Yoko Kanno, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Pizzicato Five, Gito Gito Hustler, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Ayumi Hamasaki, Namie Amuro, YeLLOW GENERATION, Takacha, L'arc-en-ciel, Yu Chae Young, Rivermaya, Sarah Brightman, DragonForce, Stoic Nai, Pearl Jam, Cracker, Sponge, RHCP, Pistola, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Lacuna Coil, Arch Enemy, Alkaline Trio, CKY, Atreyu, Shadows Fall, Kill Hannah, AFI, Finch, Jonezetta, the Jonbenet, Kasabian, Zhen Merit, Oasis, Modest Mouse, The Kaiser Chiefs, The Golden Republic, 30 Seconds To Mars, The Cure, Deftones, Supernova, Muse, Battle Circus, the Fratellis, Rooney, MIKA, Interpol, She Wants Revenge, Mazzy Star, Death Cab For Cutie, Postal Service, Mates of State, Best Fwends, Bunky, Strange Rebel Frequency, Michael Gooden, Jody Gnant, Appleseed Cast, Apollo, Jet Lag Gemini, Operator Please, My Epiphany, Battle Arena, So Much For Sweet Talk, Safe As Houses, X's For Eyes, A Wilhelm Scream, My Chemical Romance, Finch, Spitalfield, Funeral For A Friend, Thursday, MCS, When Cars Collide (not dead! yaay!), Murder of Gonzago, Batavia, Ian Abrahamson, Sven Kaszta, Hillcrest Road, The Heroes of Valhalla, I Voted For Kodos (dead!), firefight, Vinny Bex Dae, The Undeniable aka Jay Tamez Project (mon groupe musical du salut), Thundertrike (my secondary destiny), Burdizzo Chic (my new band), Ox (Rick's band), Page Fortysix (my self), Single Serving Friends, Starwind & Hawking, Of Hurricanes, A Postscript Fatality (dead!), 3 Second Jerk (dead!), Direct Hit!, 7Decayed 8:44, [the] commuter exit, Omnicidal Intent, Infant Mortality (you could have been great), Terrior Bute, Nummy, Orchis, Mildew, Climax Denial, Raperies (Like Draperies), E=MC Hammer, Pete-Za, ... , Porcelain Dorsal Fin, the Recalcitrants (better regroup someday), The Box Social, Thunderpack, Dart Throwing Bartenders, Dan Waldkirch, Fat Cat, The Flow, Hoyven Schtoyven, Butterfly Life Cycle, The Smunn, Logan5, Gerald Hologram, House Cat Sized Fennec, Vincent Presley, Now You Have Audio, Juiceboxxx, I'm A Little Robot! Beep Beep Beep, Big Fun, The Glamour, Codebreaker, Testa Rosa, Mechanics of Romance, Get Rad, Call Me Lightning, The Calamities, Catacombs of Rome, The Kind Of Jazz Music That Kills, Bear Proof Suit, Lefty Loosie, Fever Marlene, Lights Out Dancing, Kid Ginseng, Crunc Tesla, Japanther, The Death Set, Vivi C. Diem, Air Conditioning, Cadaver In Drag, Unicorn Hard-On, The Plastic Constellations, Les Savy Fav, The Big Sleep, The Hold Steady, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Fatal Flying Guilloteens, Yours Truly, Awesome Car Funmaker, Digitata, Atom & His Package, Plastic Turtles and the Concubines, Best Fwends, Splen, Full Of Fancy, Videohippos, FriendsWithYou, Red Dress White, Annisty, Reasons For Leaving, Midnight Aria (dead), Carawae, Faction Of The Fox, Gym Class Heroes, Chronic Future, Mel Gibson and the Pants, Evil Empire, 4-Squares, Beyond A Grey Skye, Ice Castles, Jackson Jackson, roAE, Impossible Recording Machine, The Beatles, ELO, Middle Of The Road, The Electrolites, My Cat's Pet, King Crimson, Super Eagles, Badfinger, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Supertramp, The Who, Yes, Rush, the Korgis, Nick Cave, The Gothic Archies, The Whitest Boy Alive, Kings of Convenience, Royksopp, Erlend Oye, Moby, Rod Of Iron, Rooney, Hot Hot Heat, OK Go, Arctic Monkeys, The Klaxons, Wired All Wrong, Whitey, Justice, Metric, the Dresden Dolls, Huxley Vertical, Seth Bedford, The Elastic Waste Band, Ghost of Deep Edward, Mistress Stephanie and Her Melodic Cat, Voltaire, Cowboy X, Beck, Phat Phunktion, The Average White Band, New Birth, Big Dumb Face, Captain Beefheart, Colonel Cuss 'N' Crust, Dr. Demento, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (wooo!), The Flaming Lips, Ween, They Might Be Giants!, Beeblo, The Legendary Pink Dots, Primus, 1 Man Banjo!, Tim Exile, Negativland, Shitmat, Avalanches, Prodigy, Crystal Method, Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, Bobby Darin, Bobby Short, Tori Amos, Sia, KT Tunstall, Jem, Future Clouds and Radar, Poi Dog Pondering, Peter Bjorn and John, Snow Patrol, Nicolai Prowse, Do Me Bad Things, The Shout Out Louds, Simon Parks, Arcade Fire, Patrick Watson, Scott Lanaway, Zoë Poledouris (Roche), Looner, Jeff Buckley, DeVotchKa, Eliza Gilkyson, Emiliana Torrini, KristÃn Anna Valtysdóttir, Björk, Joanna Swan (of Ilya, Lunabee & Swan), Happy Rhodes, Noe Venable (also of Edison Woods), Simon Alexander Hook, Tim Holehouse, Ella Blame, Kate Bush, Joanna Newsom, Psapp, Jellyfish, Larrikin Love, Clifford T Ward, Eliza Lumley, James Morrison, Paolo Nutini, Daniel Johnston, Brian Wilson, Itchyhead, Bright Eyes, Radiohead, The Golden Republic, Tuuli, Make Your Momma Proud, Laika & The Cosmonauts, Badly Drawn Boy, idiot love, Jesse Friedman, Zach Rapport, R. Stevie Moore, Talking Heads, Talking Heads, Devo, The Aquabats, Polysics, Ben Folds Five, Blink 182, the Caesars, Get Him Eat Him, Cat Empire, El Presidente, The Raconteurs, White Stripes, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Forever The Sickest Kids, The Damnwells, Kottonmouth Kings, 311, Flow, Thrice, Dogboy, Sublime, Hidden In Plain View, Something Corporate, Greenskeepers, LeBlanc, Bear vs. Shark, Pilot Speed, The Choir, Patterns In Static, Broken Social Scene, Bright Eyes, Eels, T.A.T.u, Emery, Larusso, The Cure, Duran Duran, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Jawbreaker, The Clash, The Exploited, Reel Big Fish, The Flaming Tsunamis, The Tandem Mouses, Screaming Females, The Unidentified, Mess Up The Mess, Dead Kennedies, The Kind Of Jazz Music That Kills, Plain White T's, The Clash (again), Partyline, The Frumpies, Les Aus, Love Or Perish!, Grabba Grabba Tape, We Smoke Fags, Avenpitch, Zom Zoms, The Emotron, Mose Giganticus, DEVO!, thee tv oh dees, Caustic Crush, Marinelli, The Mystechs, Corporate MF, Extreme Animals, ROFLOL, Fortress of Amplitude, Buddy Guy, Dr John, RXRA, Genesis, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Optimus Rhyme, MC Router, T-Byte, Beefy, MC Frontalot, Baddd Spellah, Schaffer the Darklord, MC KidZ, MC Paul Barman, MC Hawking, The Scramblin' Scholar Team, Element Everest, EMC, KRS-One, Busdriver, Cee-Lo Green, Heather B, Yung Crisis, Jennifer Johns, Quinn Maeback, 7Fat Freddy's Drop, O-Fresh, Brother Ali, Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, Coincidence, Doomtree, Rucka Rucka Ali, Kamilion, 1TYM, AtWill, KV, Mobb Deep, Tupac, Wes Weston (Lil' Flip), Wyclef Jean, Fugees, Lauren Hill, Keyshia Cole, Ladybug Mecca, Digable Planets (back again, oh yes), Us3, Kriss Kross, Another Bad Creation, Digital Underground, Humpty Hump, K-Os, John Legend, T.I., Kelis, Ne-Yo, Hustle (WestFront), Prefuse 73, BSBD, Common, Kanye West, UB40, Impakt, Orchestra Baobab, Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck, Salif Keita, ExCentric Sound System, Ravi Shankar, Swami, Palenke Soultribe, DJ Drunken Master, MSTRKRFT, Boom Boom Satellites, Tonite Only, XXXchange, Sneaky Sound System, Groove Armada, Basement Jaxx, Rip Slyme, Fatboy Slim, Chemical Brothers, !!!, Playgroup, New Young Pony Club, The Rapture, Los Campesinos, Codebreaker, Young Love, Le Tigre, Mad HaPPy, Reverend and the Makers, Simian Mobile Disco, Metric, Freezepop, Supermayer!, The Faint, Eiffel 65, Hellogoodbye, Anabolic Frolic, O-Zone, ATC, Aqua, Toybox, Lazy Town music, Shiny Toy Guns, The Medic Droid, SL2, DJ Sharpnel, Pendulum, Basshunter, Atom, Hixxy, Infected Mushroom, Nightcore, Wigan Pier 50, Force & Styles, DJ Diamond, Nool, Swarf, DRC, Eric Prydz, DJ Rooster, Pure Energy, Groove Cutters, Electro Funk Lovers, Backslash, David Guetta, Fedde Le Grand, Studio B, Sunset Strippers, Motel Connection, Justice, Digitalism, Daft Punk, Calvin Harris, Mylo, DJ Jose, Robbie Rivera, DJ Zannon, DJ Emily, Carl Cox, Doc Martin, Tiesto, Kaskade, Soda Club, 4 Strings, Spirit G, Matt Darey, Perpetuous Dreamer, DJ Patrix, Lange, Children of Roswell, Paul van Dyk, Ivana, Paul Oakenfold, Underworld, MIDIval PunditZ, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Marc Et Claude, Hernan Cattaneo, Loken, Elekid, Pelle och Ponta, LFO (the other one), Grinning Ape, D45, Robbie Mata, DJ Reality, Chemical Bros., Crystal Method, Acen, Prodigy, Cloud Strife, Tweaker, Dangermouse, Air, Ming & Ping, Daft Punk, Nix, Kratos, Squarepusher, Autechre, Quantic, [AFX], The Orb, William Orbit, John B, DJ Mayonnaise, Ulrich Schnauss, Brian Eno, Almemegretta, Grizzly Bear, Sixtoo, Phobos, Dead Can Dance, Mystikos Quartet, Nightmares On Wax, Waldeck, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Thievery Corporation, Air, St. Germain, Portishead, Phobos, Hoopy Frood, Boards Of Canada, Sigur Ros, Stereolab, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Pidgin, !!!, Oakenfold, Leftfield, Underworld, Enigma, Faithless, Freeland, Eyes & Teeth, Alan Titmash, Radioactive Sandwich, Dr. Bastardo, Autobee, Venetian Snares, Ladyscraper, Grrr, Judith Priest, The Private Sector, joeyquicksand, Operating Theatre, EOD, Jackson And His Computer Band, Cylob, Ott, CybO, Amon Tobin, m||m, Aphex Twin, Four Tet, Like A Tim, Photek,...
i'm lazy. hundreds more. I'll just add ten artists a week and pretty soon i'll have a nice boring list that nobody will bother to read :D !!!
Unsigned and/or little-known bands that deserve be taken notice of:
616 Abortions
A devastating gothmetal/industrial hardcore mosh rock band with fresh lyrics and a uniquely chilling sound. www.616abortions.net.
Impossible Recording Machine
Glorious melodic and offbeat experimental duo turning out a mix of extraordinary drum and bass, alternative pop and moody contemplations with a sound that's not quite Steely Dan, almost Aphex Twin, a little bit of Man or Astro-Man, and the best of all of the above. www.impossiblerecordingmachine.com.
Call Me Lightning
This is a band with a future of epic proportions. I'm not just saying that. Hailing from my hometown of Milwaukee, they deliver impossibly visceral, energetic, and spot-on hooks, riffs, and lyrics, song after song. Their second album, Soft Skeletons, is the best I ever heard out of this town. This is the new punk. It makes you want to dance. www.myspace.com/callmelightning www.frenchkissrecords.com
