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music recs
So, as stated and very obviously I'm really big into the music scene and I like to say that I have a very well rounded music taste and am pretty much open to every band or type of music. If you think I should give it a try then I'm down, just give me a name and I'll go buy a couple songs off of itunes.
Because I do listen to so many different types of music I feel that I'm pretty good at handing out recommendations for new music that you should check out. So I think I might do that fairly often and friends lock the entries so if I put a download link the RIAA doesn't like, throw me in jail :).
First up is an artist I just discovered myself. I'm going to the Blink 182 (YAY) concert in September and their line up is pretty crazy. The All-American Rejects (!), Fall Out Boy (!!), and Asher Roth (!!) but for the first half of the tour they are also playing with this band called Chester French who I think everyone should definitely check out.
Who is Chester French? They're two kids who met at Harvard and discovered their mutual love of music and got signed to Pharell's Star Trakk records. They sound like the love child of Outkast and The Beatles to steal a saying from DJ Clinton Sparks. It's indie pop that's influenced by hip hop. It sounds like it'd be a crack shot in hell but it works amazingly enough. Their debut record Love The Future has a little bit of everything with the power track being She Loves Everybody (which has been featured on MTV) but it also has a little bit of country, a little bit of power pop, and a little bit of rock & roll. There's something for everybody and I think that's what sold it to me that these kids (I keep calling them kids like they're younger than me!) are so versatile.
They have a mixtape produced by Clinton Sparks that you can get for free off their website www.chesterfrench.com called Jacques Jams: Vol. 1 Endurance. It tells the story of their band formation with guest appearances from rappers NORE and Kardinal Offishall to P. Diddy and everyone in between. If you want to see what you're getting into before buying the full length album it features the songs She Loves Everybody and Jimmy Choos (another favorite on the album for me).
So yeah, that's Chester French! What do you guys recommend I listen to this week?
Because I do listen to so many different types of music I feel that I'm pretty good at handing out recommendations for new music that you should check out. So I think I might do that fairly often and friends lock the entries so if I put a download link the RIAA doesn't like, throw me in jail :).
First up is an artist I just discovered myself. I'm going to the Blink 182 (YAY) concert in September and their line up is pretty crazy. The All-American Rejects (!), Fall Out Boy (!!), and Asher Roth (!!) but for the first half of the tour they are also playing with this band called Chester French who I think everyone should definitely check out.
Who is Chester French? They're two kids who met at Harvard and discovered their mutual love of music and got signed to Pharell's Star Trakk records. They sound like the love child of Outkast and The Beatles to steal a saying from DJ Clinton Sparks. It's indie pop that's influenced by hip hop. It sounds like it'd be a crack shot in hell but it works amazingly enough. Their debut record Love The Future has a little bit of everything with the power track being She Loves Everybody (which has been featured on MTV) but it also has a little bit of country, a little bit of power pop, and a little bit of rock & roll. There's something for everybody and I think that's what sold it to me that these kids (I keep calling them kids like they're younger than me!) are so versatile.
They have a mixtape produced by Clinton Sparks that you can get for free off their website www.chesterfrench.com called Jacques Jams: Vol. 1 Endurance. It tells the story of their band formation with guest appearances from rappers NORE and Kardinal Offishall to P. Diddy and everyone in between. If you want to see what you're getting into before buying the full length album it features the songs She Loves Everybody and Jimmy Choos (another favorite on the album for me).
So yeah, that's Chester French! What do you guys recommend I listen to this week?
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try listening to a group called lostalone. They're good friends of mine and bloody amazing if I do say so myself! They've supported a few big acts such as MCR and played big festivals such as Reading, Download and Bochum total. I actually really think you'd like them :)
www.myspace.com/lostalonemusic
www.saynototheworld.com (the official forum, which I run!)
www.lostalone.com
Not that I'm plugging or anything XD
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So I went over to their myspace and I listened to Standing On The Ruin just for a quick taste and I get like 2 full minutes before I hear him singing and I'm like, lol, okay I'm down with long intros. They remind me a little of like, first CD My Chemical Romance with more screaming? Which is good because I'm definitely an MCR fan (and haha, I just looked back at your comment and you said they supported MCR. Well, that makes sense).
Anyway song's playing and it slows down and I hear some rhythm guitar and I'm like, yes, I like this more (because seriously, I don't dig guys yelling @ me) and then it transitions back into some hardcore guitar playing.
In a nutshell, the first song grabbed me (and I didn't even notice my quick taste turned out to be 10 minutes of the same song) and I'm currently downloading on itunes :).