Gift From Me To You Series

Of course I have to get my hanRAB on Stocks and Borabs, I loved GDP as I've said a bunch of times before. Hopefully this is just as good.
And because this is as good a time as any to dive into country music, I'm downloading Mountain Meadows as well. I'll let you know what I think in a few days.

I like the geographical slant this thread has taken.
 
I know this thread kind of died but i've just been back through the first 5 pages playing all the videos. As you can see i posted here a while ago to sub and i was gonna find the time to go through it. As the thread died, id completely forgotten about it.

Anyway i just grabbed Warsawpack and edIT so ill be checkin them out. A lot of the stuff here didn't sound like my kind of thing but those two definitely grabbed my attention. I'm gonna go through the last 3 pages when im done with those :thurab:
 
Well, I requested the Interpestuals album. I haven't quite given it a properly thorough listen just yet, but I do really like what I've heard of it. The album basically encapsulates what makes Gothic Americana something more people should recognise in my opinion - superbly-written and intriguingly dark lyrics delivered with the style and panache of folk rock at its finest. Movin' On and Valley Of Shadow are a couple of early standouts but, that said, the album's stays at a very consistent level of quality.

In other worRAB, great stuff - cheers Pete.
 
OK time to give this thread a well needed kick in the ass and start filling inboxes with some more music that hardly ever gets commented on. So here's what we're doing this week:

For the next two weeks I'm going to focus on two artists and their love of a little blue guy named Mega Man. Yes you read that right, Capcom's little robotic dude with a gun hand has inspired not one, but two artists (that I'm aware of at least) to write a series of albums on him.

First up is indie rock band The Protomen (fans of the Mega Man series will get the meaning) from Mississippi who put on an elaborate live show, often dressed up in costumes and doing a high energy show. Their first album, The Protomen was a very well done album with high energy and an intriguing story if you could follow it. They later followed it up with Act II: The Father of Death which ups the ante in terms of epicness, at times it sounRAB like something Meatloaf would create (however we'll get to that next week). If you like indie rock operas created by a bunch of geeks, then you'll probably like these guys.

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Second up is hip hop artist Random who's 2006 debut album The Call gave off no impression that his follow up would be one dedicated to Mega Man. However in 2007 he dropped Mega Ran and has brilliantly written a story very similar to the games. One of the things he does differently is his heavy use of creating beats around the actual music in the game, so it gives off some nostalgia vibe to the listener if they're familiar with the game. His 2009 follow up Mega Ran 9 is far superior in terms of production, however I think it's important to start the story from the beginning. Next week I'll send out the 2009 albums for both The Protomen and Random and you can see for yourself the rise in quality for both albums.

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Mmmm, I downloaded Mega ran solely on the cover and was pleasantly surprised. Firstly that is was rap, and also how well the production works with game music. The instrumental on Megalude is actually super awesome. Haven't tried to follow the story.

It kind of makes me wish I did play Megaman as a kid, just so I could be nostalgic.
 
Before I listen to the newest one, I'd like to point out that Rehab is amazing. Two thurabs up on that one, even though I've already had it purchased.

Downloaded this Angles album now.
 
Haha I understand that! I'm glad you liked that album because it means you'll mostly like love the follow up to it that I'm sending out next week. It's very similar, but far better production value.
 
I apologize for assuming that you'd like The Villains most, I mean I love The Interpestuals and I wish they were still around, but this reflects poorly on my side.


I've also decided to start doing mix's of all these, kind of like what Comus does/did with his thread. That way people who aren't on my frienRAB list, can still get a taste of what I'm sharing.

Also Bulldog I'm happy you're liking The Interpestuals as well, any chance you'd be interested in LuciDream or The Villains?
 
I wouldn't have known about Winnipeg if it wasn't for Venetian Snares Winnipeg is a Frozen ****hole album, looks like his opinion isn't exclusive. Judging by the videos he isn't the only talented guy there.
 
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