Here are a few of my favorite guys who usually miss the Billboard charts:
First up is a band that would be local to Denver, the successor to RATM in Flobots:
Second is probably more well-known, miss Amanda Palmer. Theatre is Evil was my favorite album of last year. I know she has a bit of a controversial reputation, but seriously, tell me this song isn't freaking beautiful:
Finally I have Orphaned Land, an Arabic metal band who are just fantastic if you're a metal fan:
"The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules."
"Good men don't need rules. And today's not the day to find out why I have so many."
For those who are interested this weekend, Lollapalooza is streaming most of their live sets on YouTube. It starts today at 1:30 MST at the link below!
"The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules."
"Good men don't need rules. And today's not the day to find out why I have so many."
08-03-2013, 11:27 AM (This post was last modified: 08-03-2013, 11:33 AM by Samael.)
My new favorite song and music video. You may have seen this, it's made a lot of rounds but it's totally worth it.
All the signs are great, but my personal favorite is "I don't need you to tell me how much I like anything." "Men are women too," "No one gets to tell you how to be a geek" and "Geek + Equality = Geekuality" tied for close seconds.
"The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules."
"Good men don't need rules. And today's not the day to find out why I have so many."
So you may well have heard of Lindsey Stirling. If you haven't, you're in for a serious treat. Lindsey is a violinist/dancer/performance artist who's been known for her choreographed violin performances (she was the "Hip Hop Violinist" on a season of America's Got Talent too).
I have a ton of respect for people who can do mainstream covers with string instruments, so here's her cover of "Radioactive" with a cappella group Pentatonix...and as a bonus, another great string group 2CELLOS covering U2's "With Or Without You":
"The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules."
"Good men don't need rules. And today's not the day to find out why I have so many."
I see your hip hop violinist and meet her with dubstep as performed by a one man string quartet. Meet Aidan Chan, who is adorable as well as super talented. For the record, these following videos are what I think Performance 4 looks like - vaguely unhinged and completely lost in the art one is creating.
Pulling up Aidan Chan led me to this girl, who is also amazing - more dubstep, this time on piano. I'm in awe of people who can create the drop on real instruments.
And now, hot blonde twins playing harp - I wish they were a little less obviously conscious of staging, etc. It comes off as false, but still! Pretty, pretty. Also, not dubstep.
This is my favorite 2cellos video - I made a Euthie based on this video once, and I've still never played him for more than a social scene or two.
Portugal the Man played the Ogden over the weekend and I went and they played this which is one of my favorite songs, and definitely my favorite song from them so far.
