The Official Genre Gateway Thread

Trollheart · 12-13-2017, 01:23 PM

Here's an idea. As I go through my "Albums of 2017" thread I'm finding myself as a matter of course listening to a lot of genres and sub-genres I have never heard, or would never think to listen to. Some have been successful listens, some not so. But it's interesting.

So here's your chance, if you ever wanted to get me to try your favourite genre(s). Post videos relating to a genre or sub-genre I'm not into or that into, or have never heard before. I will promise to listen to it and give you my opinion. Maybe you'll get me into something, maybe not. A list of the genres/sub-genres I am not into, or familiar with, is below, but if unsure just post and if I know the genre/sub-genre I'll let you know. And be patient, please, if I don't get back to you right away. Also please if you can put down the title of the song as it's not always legible from the video.

If I'm not impressed within, say, two minutes of the video I probably will write it off at that stage. If you think I should have listened for longer and that that would have changed my mind, make your case but it will still be up to me. Oh, and note what genre or sub-genre it is that you're posting, as it may not be obvious to me.

New rule: No posting the same artist twice, unless the genres are different, or unless I specifically request more of that artist.

I'd just like to point out that, though I won't be thanking everyone for their suggestions in every post, I do appreciate those of you who make the effort to post a song or songs. If I hate your song(s) please don't take it personally. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten, and your names will live on.

Genre list (will probably be expanded as I think of others)
Anything bolded has been already suggested (but don't let that stop you), while if any genre impresses me enough it will be colour-coded green, and any I really don't think, after having sampled enough of it, that I will ever like, will go red.

Jazz (all types but especially free jazz, ugh)
Punk (all types)
Electronic (including techno, vaporwave, etc)
Reggae
Dubstep
Drum'n'bass
Metalcore
Deathcore
Hip-hop
Indie Rock
Indie Folk
Folk
Bluegrass
Alt-Country
Soul
R&B
Industrial
Garage Rock
Rockabilly
Avant-Garde
Stoner Rock
World Music
Blackgaze
and many many more.

GENRE RESULTS
For each song that I rate, I'll add the score here and keep a running total on that genre, so we can see how I'm doing on each genre.

AVANT-GARDE
26

ELECTRONIC
Avant-Garde 13
Dubstep 5
IDM 4

FOLK
Acid Folk 8
Folk Rock 20
Freak Folk 4
Psyche Folk 8

GARAGE ROCK 5

INDUSTRIAL 8

JAZZ
Standard Jazz? 9
Free Jazz 4

HARD ROCK
10

HEAVY METAL
Blackgaze 20
Folk Metal 10
Metalcore 47
Progressive Metal 9

HIP-HOP 24

NOISE ROCK 9

POST-PUNK 5

REGGAE 9

ROCKABILLY 3

SOUL 6

STONER ROCK 8

WORLD MUSIC 10

INDEX
Ordered alphabetically by genre, then by artist. All links point to where I listened and gave my reaction to each song, not where it was originally posted.

AVANT-GARDE

Deerhoof - “Fresh Born”
Captain Beefheart – Various live tracks/jam
Captain Beefheart - “Ashtray Heart”
Tin Huey - “Puppet Wipes”

ELECTRONIC

Avant-Garde
Holly Herndon - “Chorus”
Paul Lansky - “Idle Chatter”
Bruce Haack - “Electric To Me Turn”

Dubstep
Katy B - “On a Mission”

IDM
Boards of Canada - “Sixtyten”

FOLK

Acid Folk
Mellow Candle - “Dan the Wing”
Steeleye Span - “The Blacksmith”

Folk Rock
Garry Higgins - “It Didn't Take Too Long”
Joni Mitchell - “TinAngel”
Eluveitie - "Lvgvs"

Freak Folk
Josephine Foster - “Garden of Earthly Delights”

Psych Folk
Pearls Before Swine - “Drop Out!”

GARAGE ROCK

Detroit Cobras - “Putty (In Your Hands)”

HARD ROCK
The Gun - “Race With the Devil”

HEAVY METAL

Blackgaze
Blackgaze
Oathebreaker - “Needles in Your Skin”
Harakiri For the Sky - “Funeral Dreams”

Deathcore
Eternal Lord - “Get to ****”

Folk Metal
Arkona - “Slovo”

Metalcore
The Agonist - “The Hunt”
Between the Buried and Me - “Ants of the Sky”
We're Wolf - “Every Time I Die”
Burst - “I Hold Vertigo”
Undying - “Teratism”
Misery Signals “Labyrinthian”

Progressive Metal

Dir En Grey - “Rinkaku”

HIP-HOP

Porter Ray - “East Seattle”
Outkast - “Aquemini”
Shabazz Palaces - “Swerve”

INDUSTRIAL

Einstürzende Neubauten - “ZNS”
Coil - “Penetralia”

JAZZ

Kendrick Scott Oracle - “We Are the Drum”
Free Jazz
John Coltrane - "Dearly Beloved"

NOISE ROCK
Rowland S. Howard - “Sleep Alone”

POST-PUNK

Fad Gadget - “Ideal World”

REGGAE

Toots and the Maytalls - “Funky King”

ROCKABILLY

Johnny Burnette and the Rock'n'Roll Trio - “

SOUL
The Soul Drifters - “Funky Soul Brother Part II”

STONER ROCK

Brant Bjork - “Johnny Called”
Monster Magnet - “Powertrip”

WORLD MUSIC

Mor Kabasi - “Un beso de vida”
Mdou Moctar - “A Fleur Tamgak”

**Frownland** · 12-13-2017, 01:24 PM

Journal of the year 2017

What folk have you heard? I'm assuming you're referring to American folk.

Trollheart · 12-13-2017, 01:27 PM

[retained for indices, part 2]

Trollheart · 12-13-2017, 01:28 PM

[retained for indices, part 3]

Trollheart · 12-13-2017, 01:28 PM

[retained for indices, part 4]

rubber soul · 12-13-2017, 01:28 PM

This is considered folk circa 1967

Trollheart · 12-13-2017, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

Journal of the year 2017

What folk have you heard? I'm assuming you're referring to American folk.

Very little, most of it American, yes, but any country is fine. Your basic Woodie Guthrie, Dylan, Townes kind of stuff is mostly what I've heard, and some Fairport.

**Frownland** · 12-13-2017, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Very little, most of it American, yes, but any country is fine. Your basic Woodie Guthrie, Dylan, Townes kind of stuff is mostly what I've heard, and some Fairport.

Ja that would be American folk. A lot of the folk music of various countries is annoyingly referred to as world music, but that's another convo.

American Folk

Gary Higgins - It Didn't Take Too Long

Freak folk

Josephine Foster - Garden of Earthly Delights

rubber soul · 12-13-2017, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor

I'd prefer if you didn't like any of the music I like thanks

We probably don't

rubber soul · 12-13-2017, 01:44 PM

1956 Rockabilly

12-13-2017, 01:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	The Official Genre Gateway Thread Here's an idea. As I go through my "Albums of 2017" thread I'm finding myself as a matter of course listening to a lot of genres and sub-genres I have never heard, or would never think to listen to. Some have been successful listens, some not so. But it's interesting. So here's your chance, if you ever wanted to get me to try your favourite genre(s). Post videos relating to a genre or sub-genre I'm not into or that into, or have never heard before. I will promise to listen to it and give you my opinion. Maybe you'll get me into something, maybe not. A list of the genres/sub-genres I am not into, or familiar with, is below, but if unsure just post and if I know the genre/sub-genre I'll let you know. And be patient, please, if I don't get back to you right away. Also please if you can put down the title of the song as it's not always legible from the video. If I'm not impressed within, say, two minutes of the video I probably will write it off at that stage. If you think I should have listened for longer and that that would have changed my mind, make your case but it will still be up to me. Oh, and note what genre or sub-genre it is that you're posting, as it may not be obvious to me. New rule: No posting the same artist twice, unless the genres are different, or unless I specifically request more of that artist. I'd just like to point out that, though I won't be thanking everyone for their suggestions in every post, I do appreciate those of you who make the effort to post a song or songs. If I hate your song(s) please don't take it personally. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten, and your names will live on. Genre list (will probably be expanded as I think of others) Anything bolded has been already suggested (but don't let that stop you), while if any genre impresses me enough it will be colour-coded green, and any I really don't think, after having sampled enough of it, that I will ever like, will go red. Jazz (all types but especially free jazz, ugh) Punk (all types) Electronic (including techno, vaporwave, etc) Reggae Dubstep Drum'n'bass Metalcore Deathcore Hip-hop Indie Rock Indie Folk Folk Bluegrass Alt-Country Soul R&B Industrial Garage Rock Rockabilly Avant-Garde Stoner Rock World Music Blackgaze and many many more. GENRE RESULTS For each song that I rate, I'll add the score here and keep a running total on that genre, so we can see how I'm doing on each genre. AVANT-GARDE 26 ELECTRONIC Avant-Garde 13 Dubstep 5 IDM 4 FOLK Acid Folk 8 Folk Rock 20 Freak Folk 4 Psyche Folk 8 GARAGE ROCK 5 INDUSTRIAL 8 JAZZ Standard Jazz? 9 Free Jazz 4 HARD ROCK 10 HEAVY METAL Blackgaze 20 Folk Metal 10 Metalcore 47 Progressive Metal 9 HIP-HOP 24 NOISE ROCK 9 POST-PUNK 5 REGGAE 9 ROCKABILLY 3 SOUL 6 STONER ROCK 8 WORLD MUSIC 10 INDEX Ordered alphabetically by genre, then by artist. All links point to where I listened and gave my reaction to each song, not where it was originally posted. AVANT-GARDE Deerhoof - “Fresh Born” Captain Beefheart – Various live tracks/jam Captain Beefheart - “Ashtray Heart” Tin Huey - “Puppet Wipes” ELECTRONIC Avant-Garde Holly Herndon - “Chorus” Paul Lansky - “Idle Chatter” Bruce Haack - “Electric To Me Turn” *Dubstep* Katy B - “On a Mission” *IDM* Boards of Canada - “Sixtyten” FOLK *Acid Folk* Mellow Candle - “Dan the Wing” Steeleye Span - “The Blacksmith” *Folk Rock* Garry Higgins - “It Didn't Take Too Long” Joni Mitchell - “TinAngel” Eluveitie - "Lvgvs" *Freak Folk* Josephine Foster - “Garden of Earthly Delights” *Psych Folk* Pearls Before Swine - “Drop Out!” GARAGE ROCK Detroit Cobras - “Putty (In Your Hands)” HARD ROCK The Gun - “Race With the Devil” HEAVY METAL *Blackgaze* Blackgaze Oathebreaker - “Needles in Your Skin” Harakiri For the Sky - “Funeral Dreams” *Deathcore* Eternal Lord - “Get to **” Folk Metal Arkona - “Slovo” Metalcore The Agonist - “The Hunt” Between the Buried and Me - “Ants of the Sky” We're Wolf - “Every Time I Die” Burst - “I Hold Vertigo” Undying - “Teratism” Misery Signals “Labyrinthian” Progressive Metal Dir En Grey - “Rinkaku” HIP-HOP Porter Ray - “East Seattle” Outkast - “Aquemini” Shabazz Palaces - “Swerve” INDUSTRIAL Einstürzende Neubauten - “ZNS” Coil - “Penetralia” JAZZ Kendrick Scott Oracle - “We Are the Drum” Free Jazz John Coltrane - "Dearly Beloved" NOISE ROCK Rowland S. Howard - “Sleep Alone” POST-PUNK Fad Gadget - “Ideal World” REGGAE Toots and the Maytalls - “Funky King” ROCKABILLY Johnny Burnette and the Rock'n'Roll Trio - “ SOUL The Soul Drifters - “Funky Soul Brother Part II” STONER ROCK Brant Bjork - “Johnny Called” Monster Magnet - “Powertrip” WORLD MUSIC** Mor Kabasi - “Un beso de vida” Mdou Moctar - “A Fleur Tamgak” __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 12-20-2017 at 10:21 AM.

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