Originally posted by elFreak
i ing hate bryan adams, celine dion, nickleback and deadmau5.
there are tons of great canadian bands though.
slightly harder than bryan adams :p but a canadian band getting a lot of airplay over here recently is Billy Talent. Hot Hot Heat are also ok for a few tracks that i've heard.
elFreak
yeah, i'm not into that punk sound too much, but they have a few nice tracks.
arcade fire is pwn as though. It is amazing that they are selling out stadiums, when i got to see them as a local pub band.
diggerz
arcade fire sucks, i only enjoyed part of 'neon bible' and i can only recall enjoying 'no cars go' ...
i also suggest you look into, a kid, a band, under the name of 'Atlas Sound'
Lebezniatnikov
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Originally posted by diggerz
he is, but what is contemporary rock?
mr. jivebojingles moment of wisdom...
according to wikipedia there is no such thing as contemporary rock, in fact the only correlation i could find was 'contemporary music'.
"In the broadest and popular sense, Contemporary music is any music being written in the present day. This could include any kind of present music. However in the strict historical and musicological terminology, the term Contemporary music exclusively refers to the modern forms of art music..."
/ and that was 'a moment of wisdom with jivebojingles.'
It wasn't meant as a genre label. Contemporary as in current. And Rock as anything that could fall under that label. I dislike the phrase "modern rock" because to some it is a sub-genre of rock music released contemporaneously.
diggerz
yeah, cuz modern rock is usually linkin park and MCR, right? haha i know what you mean dude. :wtf:
Lebezniatnikov
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Originally posted by elFreak
yeah, i'm not into that punk sound too much, but they have a few nice tracks.
arcade fire is pwn as though. It is amazing that they are selling out stadiums, when i got to see them as a local pub band.
I'm very jealous. "Funeral" has been one of my favorite albums for some time now.
And it's absolutely hilarious that they wrote this song about Jessica Simpson's father:
DuBam
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
It wasn't meant as a genre label. Contemporary as in current.
That means I failed again :(
Lebezniatnikov
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Originally posted by DuBam
That means I failed again :(
Well, technically The Cure are timeless.
elFreak
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Originally posted by diggerz
arcade fire sucks, i only enjoyed part of 'neon bible' and i can only recall enjoying 'no cars go' ...
i also suggest you look into, a kid, a band, under the name of 'Atlas Sound'
you have to see them live to really appreciate them. Every member plays like 5 different instruments during their set and pulls it off. I'm no fan of the harp, but if you can make it work = talent.
Lebezniatnikov
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Originally posted by elFreak
you have to see them live to really appreciate them. Every member plays like 5 different instruments during their set and pulls it off. I'm no fan of the harp, but if you can make it work = talent.
I agree - I think Radiohead and Arcade Fire are the two bands you really need to see live to fully appreciate because of how much energy and innovation they pour into their live shows.
diggerz
granted. good point.
live > recording
LittleEmo
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Originally posted by Ian
slightly harder than bryan adams :p but a canadian band getting a lot of airplay over here recently is Billy Talent.
I cracked a rib during their set when they were opening for My Chem this last april. I remember one dude had awesome hair, but that's about it. I went on to crack a total of three ribs at that show but the perserveriance paid off cause I got Frank Iero's guitar pic.
Personally, my fave of all rock is AFI.
And because somebody has to do it, let's throw in a little MCR.
