burningmonk

Mastodon!! :guitarist:

:lol: I love this post. But seriously, thanks for the tape, I did enjoy it and for the band info as well! My name's Mo btw, nice to meet you :nice:

Hi :awesome: Sorry you had to change your plans haha (I say haha a lot too :wacky: ). But thanks for the tape, though. I did enjoy it and will check out Five Iron Frenzy, Deas Vail, Relient K and Anathallo! Cheeeers

OK, here's my review. Sorry it's a bit late! :embarrassed: 1- Slow build up with chimy guitars and female vocals. A man's voice joins in along with some drums. Quite enjoying; I like the drums and the backing female vocals. Oooh trumpets. I love trumpets! Cool start! 2- Rockier start to this, with heavy use of synth. I quite like the guitar part in the bridge parts. I can imagine listening to this while I'm driving. Not something I'd normally listen to, but it's not bad. 3- Slightly electronic start to this and a strong synth beat. Electronic vocals. I found the vocals a little annoying the first time I heard it, but after a couple of listens they're quite catchy. Reminds me of 80s pop, maybe it is from the 80s? Again, not something I'd usually listen to but it's quite good! 4- Woop rocky. It's a bit too mainstram-y for my liking, though. Sorry :\ It sounds like it's trying to be heavy without being heavy, if that makes any sense :blank: The breakdown around the middle is pretty cool, though :wacky: 5- Another slightly electronic track. Not sure how I feel about this, the chorus is quite catchy, but it isn't really my thing again. It's OK, the lyrics are good. 6-Enjoying this; I like the guy's almost laid back vocals and the strings that start after the halfway point. Cool song. BTW, the name of the song popped up on Media Player, no band name, though :) 7- Oooh, I like this. I'm really enjoying the ska-like trumpets and the bass. My favourite song so far! 8-Another track with the song name showing. No band name, though! I like this, too, especially the synthy outro from 2:30 onwards. 9-Acoustic guitar with some strings in the background, mellow start. Vocals sound familiar, hmm. Quite a relaxing song, good for the late nights. 10-A more upbeat love song now. This is fun, vocals sort of remind me of Ben Gibbard at times, is it him? I'm not that familiar with his stuff so I might be wrong. Anyway, nice song. 11-I don't really have much to say about this, I'm afraid. It's OK, not really my cup of tea. Sorry :\ 12-Is this Mew? I don't really know them too well, but I think it is..I quite like it anyway! Good way to end the tape. So thank you, mixtape maker. I enjoyed listening to your tape. I think we might different tastes in music, but I appreciate that you put stuff that you like and got me listening to stuff I wouldn't normally. Tracks 1, 3, 7, 10 and 12. Cheers :nice:

So I'm glad you enjoyed the mix overall and that I was able to introduce you to some new stuff! I had a lot of fun putting it all together for you. Cheers :) Tracklisting: Side 1: 1-Pulp- The Fear (This is Hardcore, 1998) 2-Slowdive- Alison (Souvlaki, 1993) 3-Memory Tapes- Bicycle (Seek Magic, 2009) 4-Explosions in the Sky- Trembling Hands (Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, 2011) 5-The Crookes- Godless Girl (Chasing After Ghosts, 2011) 6-Ratatat- Wildcat (Classics, 2006) 7-The Avalanches- Since I Left You (Since I Left You, 2000) 8- Liars- The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack (Drums Not Dead, 2006) Side 2: 1-Excerpt from "The Usual Suspects" 2-Skream- Tortured Soul (Skream!, 2006) 3-Blk Jks- Molalatadi (After Robots, 2009) 4-Bon Iver- Calgary (Bon Iver, Bon Iver, 2011) 5-Flying Lotus ft.Thom Yorke- ...And the World Laughs With You (Cosmograma, 2010) 6-Max Richter- Song (Songs From Before, 2006) 7-Erik Truffaz and Mounir Troudi- Flamingos (live from The Truffaz Quartet Paris Tour, 2007) 8-Madvillain- Supervillain Theme (Instrumental) (Madvillainy, 2004) 9-The Williams Fairey Brass Band- The Groove that Won't Stop (Acid Brass, 1998) http://www.mediafire.com/?a9aewg681be8a6p

It's tragically hilarious that the army isn't available.

Hear hear. Well said.

Pretty moving speech from a West Indian Hackney resident. Please watch: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpvtbRw0AOo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpvtbRw0AOo[/ame]

Here's my Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/burningmonk

Sign me up, please :nice:

:( :disappointed:

Alison Mosshart will be my wife in the near/distant/never gonna happen future. You heard it here first.

I don't really see their music as depressing. They have a lot of sad songs, but they use a lot of dark humour, which is perfect for me, cos it's not too much melodrama. Maybe if you listen to them with that in mind it'll help? "Gonna tackle young girls off their beautiful bikes" :dance:

Is that any better above?

Thanks for volunteering to review it :nice: Like I said, not my best mixtape I'll admit, but I'm glad it got heard. An unheard mixtape is a sad thing :\ :P 1-Doves- Intro (The Last Broadcast, 2002) 2-Built to Spill- The Plan (Keep it Like A Secret, 1999) 3-The Pains of Being Pure At Heart- Heart in Your Heartbreak (Belong, 2011) 4-Elliott Smith- Waltz #2 (XO) (XO, 1998) 5-The Wrens- Boys You Won't (The Meadowlands, 2003) 6-Michael C. Hall and Daniel Licht- "Blood" (Dexter OST, 2006) 7- Belle & Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister (If You're Feeling Sinister, 1996) 8-Echo and the Bunnymen- The Killing Moon (Ocean Rain, 1984) 9-Wire- Strange (Pink Flag, 1977) 10- The Flaming Lips- Do You Realise?? (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, 2002) 11-Spoon- Out Go the Lights (Transference, 2010) 12-Aphex Twin- Avril 14th (Drukqs, 2001) 13-Ren and Stimpy- The Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy Song http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GS73FN2Q

^ Pretty cool track that. Video must've been fun to shoot :wacko:

Me neither :disappointed:

I'm still not feeling it :\ I always feel like their music should go somewhere but it never does (for me)

Ooh, sorry haha! I'm willing to give em another try if you guys recommend something :nice:

Animal Collective. I just don't hear anything interesting at all. Really cold, cold music to my ears.

Yeah, it is pretty cool. His dad and sister are maths professors too I think. Pretty stupid family, really.

Hola! :D Estoy estudiando espanol ahora en el Instituto Cervantes en El Cairo, pero completo dos cursos solo :blush:

Hey, thanks again for the tape! I really enjoyed it :) I can't believe I didn't recognise the Crookes! I got their last album a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed it; fun band! I've heard of a few bands on here (Wavves, Sleigh Bells) and had heard of good things so thanks for helping me sample them. I'll be checking them out for sure, as well David Ford and 41st and Home (do pass on the message that it was enjoyed! Thanks again (again) :nice:

Impatient 22 year old

Just stay away from Germans..forever D: