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[TurtleFu]

Originally Posted by deadgrandma

To me, Hipster=Pitchfork. If you wanna know whether you're cool or not, you better pre-approve your music tastes on there first. Time to crank up your Animal Collective.

I don't follow Pitchfork, but I know that they think Janelle Monae is very good and I also think so too. So it's not all Pitchfork-approved music is "Hipster" or even bad. Some of my musical tastes over-lap with Pitchfork. Sometimes good music is good music and that can't be denied.

Also, Animal Collective is really good. I like them. Now, if you were talking about Neon Neon...

[Superficial Fan]

I've been listening quite a bit to this compilation. I particularly like Morena y Clara. (This is not salsa, incidentally.)

Acid Rumba

[hoopra]

i finally discovered korean music that is non cheesy kpop, and i love it like i first discovered japanese music about five years ago can't even remember, it was mika nakashima - seppun,
although i got a guilty pleasure for kara - mister (oh god)
but this korean girl got so much talent and she really feels the music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR0NNRXJJho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3P_HuKqlS4

[TurtleFu]

There's a lot of Korean music that isn't cheesy K-Pop.

I love Epik High. They do alternative Hip-Hop, but it's very good and one of the few "artists" out there left in Hip-Hop.
I also like Clazziquai Project; they do jazzy electronica music. Think Mondo Grosso with a male and female vocalist.

Anyways, currently LOVING this

salyu, produced by Cornelius

I know how a lot of people on this forum feel a bout salyu (that she's a Shiina rip-off, which I completely agree with), but I feel like her new album is more about Cornelius than salyu.
It's really good, Cornelius is attempting to do something like Bjork's Medulla, and it is actually really good.

[D.K.Liu]

Originally Posted by TurtleFu

I know how a lot of people on this forum feel a bout salyu (that she's a Shiina rip-off, which I completely agree with)

Please explain how you came to that conclusion. I haven't properly heard any albums of salyu fully as yet, but from the bits and pieces I picked up from youtube (became interested in her music after hearing "ether" last December), her style is so different from SR that the thought of comparing them never even entered my head.

In any case, I really enjoyed "Tada no tomodachi", "Sailing days", "Muse'ic", and I look forward to listening to the whole of "s(o)un(d)beams".

[TurtleFu]

From what I've heard, salyu is trying really hard to do the artsy-rock of Shiina, but considering she has none of the "art" to support it (she doesn't write her own songs or even produce her won albums like Yuki), it comes off as really insincere. She's basically an idol version of Shiina.

[mr. Pillow]

^ I never thought of comparing them, too. And I'm not even into her solo stuff, I found "TERMINAL" sooo boring, whereas "s(o)un(d)beams" is basically a Cornelius album with Salyu on vocals.

By the way, I'm listening to some lovely Saint-Saëns:

Camille Saint-Saëns - Sonata for bassoon and piano op. 168 (2/2)

[Maou]

Originally Posted by TurtleFu

From what I've heard, salyu is trying really hard to do the artsy-rock of Shiina, but considering she has none of the "art" to support it (she doesn't write her own songs or even produce her won albums like Yuki), it comes off as really insincere. She's basically an idol version of Shiina.

I've never heard of this since I don't listen to salyu. However, I'd like to add to conspiracy by adding that Yukio Nagoshi (Ringo Expo, SS) plays guitar for salyu.

Originally Posted by hoopra

although i got a guilty pleasure for kara - mister (oh god)

It's difficult not to have Kara as a guilty pleasure. Who can resist the butt dance? On top of that, Nicole is one of the most appealing women women I've ever seen.

[TurtleFu]

Originally Posted by mr. Pillow

And I'm not even into her solo stuff, I found "TERMINAL" sooo boring, whereas "s(o)un(d)beams" is basically a Cornelius album with Salyu on vocals.

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I don't care about salyu, I'm there for Cornelius. And he is still awesome.

[hoopra]

yea there are a lot of non kpop stuff that is dope out there, tough to find tho unless u type in korean letters, i heard some clazziquai stuff their pretty good too, theyre sorta like free tempo, i like that salyu, jang yeon ju has a monster 4 track ep out now, here is the live version of one the songs, i really like her voice

http://www.youtube.com/user/kamille4...17/U0YcxFsNH2I