I see.

I consider them indie rock.

Especially considering the way the instruments are used - they play them!

Supporting my assertion is the fact the Edge, Toronto's alt rock station, has given them airtime too.

btw, channel management tip - you have 'one-click' access to remove a vid from rocknroll, so you don't have to use the *-nochannel invocation

In reply to this comment by rasch187:
To me, this is clearly pop music. It's just the feel of the song, the way the instruments are used, the vocals and the band itself (I've heard some of their other songs). The borders of rocknroll is a big grey area, so I will only remove a vid when I feel sure it's not rocknroll.


In reply to this comment by Krupo:
Not Rock? How so?

In reply to this comment by rasch187:
*nochannel, *music, *british, *obscure, *dark, *happy

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artist - Title [Album]

01. the pillows - TONIGHT [WHITE INCARNATION]
02. CONDOR44 - AZKD(on the crucial rhythms) [Good Bye 44th music]
03. PROTOKOLL - Sunken [PARADOXON]
04. bloodthirsty butchers - nagisanite [yamane]
05. SPARTA LOCALS - 黄金WAVE [セコンドファンファーレ]
i.e. Gold Wave [Second Fanfare]
06. My Bloody Valentine - Touched [Loveless]
07. ZAZEN BOYS - COLD SUMMER [ZAZEN BOYS]
08. The Jam - Slow Down [In the City]
09. 凛として時雨 - セルジオ越後(LIVE in 高崎フリーズ) [として]
i.e. ling tosite sigure - Sergio Echigo (Live in Takasaki Fleez) [tosite]
10. GUIDO - 時の最果て [クロノトリガー　「ザ・ブリンク・オブ}
39;タイム」]
i.e. The End of Time [Chrono Trigger "The Brink of Time"]
(this is a really really tight sort of Acid Jazz arrangement album of 10 songs from Chrono Trigger, and I love it muchly)

Well...this is the reason I don't really listen to my music on shuffle. The volume of Japanese rock and indie rock on there makes it so that the odds of busting out any of the other Western music I love is a little low, but the awesomeness of it starting with my favorite band on random was pretty neat. I was pleasantly surprised that The Jam managed to pop up, since due to space issues I currently only have that one album in here right now.

Awesome fun!

Nice to see Shpongle and Infected Mushroom on your list, dsjunkid, hadn't listened to them IN YEARS, literally! And Saint Germain is nothing to be ashamed of, even with their popularity.

So here's my 10 cent:
1. Bear McCreary - Something Dark Is Coming (BSG Season 2)
Dark ambient. One of the best tracks from _the_ best TV series soundtrack ever created, I shit you not. We're off to a great start; McCreary is exactly what I hoped to see on my list.

2. Joke Society - Morphing Morning
From Cafe Del Mar SunSand. Yes, I confess guilty as charged, I'm one of the Cafe Del Mar obsessed.

3. Faithless - We Come One

4. Awake On A Train - Múm
Their 2000 "Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK" is one of the best albums in the world, period. This masterpiece of theirs is even better than Sigur Ros (they're both icelandic). We're doing a lot better than I expected.

5. Obstacle 1 - Interpol
Again, "Turn On The Bright Lights" was one hell of an album. Thank you, people that helped me sift some of their stuff. This is indie rock at its best.

6. Ace Of Spades - Motörhead

7. Evergreen (Dusted Remix) - Faithless
From Hed Kandi's Winter Chill 3, this is one of my favorite lounge/chillout tracks of all time. Excellent mix, too, a lot better than original, which is definitely saying something.

8. Jumbo - Underworld

9. All Along The Watchtower - Bear McCreary (BSG Season 3)
Best modern cover of this masterpiece. A tune of harps and sitar pave the way for a surprisingly powerful progressive guitar. I strongly suggest you google/youtube it.

10. Knights of Cydonia - Muse

Well, I must say, I never expected this to turn out as well as it did. Thank you, trusty shuffle, I may now actually use more of you in the future. And thanks for starting this experiment, dft

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More indie rock: Tokyo Police Club.
You're welcome =)

More indie rock: Tokyo Police Club.
You're welcome =)

Cool sift. I've been digging a little into the Chinese indie rock scene lately, and there are a surprising number of good bands there.

Wow, that's quite a compliment. Thanks. I just happen to have friends with great taste in music that recommend me some amazing bands, and occasionally dig around a bit. Videosift itself has actually been the occasional source of some great bands for me, such as The Format and Lonely China Day.

In reply to this comment by CaptWillard:
I consider you one of the indie rock princes here at the Sift, so I appreciate your approval.



In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Very catchy!

I consider you one of the indie rock princes here at the Sift, so I appreciate your approval.



In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Very catchy!

^I consider you one of the indie rock princes here at the Sift, so I appreciate your approval.

*promote because Steven and Pavement invented indie rock.

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In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
Bamdrew told me that you were into Supercar. I saw a video he had posted and got interested. It seems they have very little for sale on amazon and what is for sale is around $40-50 per album. What's going on with them?

www.hmv.co.jp
www.cdjapan.co.jp
www.yesasia.com

Amazon is the WORST place to get Japanese music (Amazon Japan is decent though). Use these sites, you'll find their albums for much better prices (and Yesasia gives you free shipping on orders over 25 bucks - a REALLY good deal; this is offset by their smaller selection and slightly higher CD prices). I use a combination of these when buying Japanese music.

As for Supercar themselves, they broke up in February 2005. The current projects are as follows:

Kouji Nakamura (vocals, guitar) is currently doing a solo project called iLL (http://www.illtheworld.jp/). It's electronic music, though in his latest single that came out last spring he did some singing (which really got me excited for what he's going to do next; I love his voice).

Miki Furukawa (bass, vocals) also went solo, under her own name　(Furukawa Miki/フルカワ ミキ). It's pretty interesting, a nice blend of pop, pop-rock, and electronic music. Nakamura plays guitar for her at live shows. (http://www.furukawamiki.jp/)

Junji Ishiwatari (guitar), who actually wrote all of their amazing lyrics, is currently not in any bands. He is, however, writing lyrics from time to time for various musicians, and does sound production for the bands Chatmonchy (http://www.chatmonchy.com/), a three-piece girl rock band with a great catchy sound, and 9mm Parabellum Bullet (http://9mm.moo.jp/), a high energy indie rock band.

Koudai Tazawa (drums) is currently doing some rather boring electronic music as aM (アム). I had a link to his MySpace at one point, but they weren't really worth checking out anyway, sadly.

Ummm...monster post. Sorry about that lol. I'm just a huge fan, so I've been following them since the breakup to see what they've been doing (Been a fan since I first heard them in early 2004). Of the solo projects, Miki's is the best, but iLL's latest release has me excited for what he'll do next.

Concerning Supercar itself, I have everything on my computer (as well as owning a decent portion of their releases), so if you want recommendations/a hookup, I can upload whatever for you. They're my second favorite Japanese band. If you're looking to buying things, the older singles are getting harder and harder to find, so I'd recommend starting there if anywhere.

ha, no problem, I'm no vote vigilante. Keep up the posts!



In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
ha! no, no. music (and comedy) are both far too subjective a thing, for me to think anything like that.

and aye, those words be immortal, indeed, boombap. thanks for not downvoting it.

In reply to this comment by boombap:
Why are you the first? It might have something to do with this song being, in the immortal words of Kriss Kross, "wiggity wiggity wiggity wack."

But then again I'm not cool enough for indie rock so...