Open Thread: Genre Love?

by Justin on Sep 18, 06

Just for fun…

NAME YOUR FAVORITE MUSICAL GENRE RIGHT NOW

Answers cannot include the words “jamband” or “indie” — bonus points given to the most obscure (w/ proof that it’s actually a genre you enjoy). Let’s hear it…

{ 12 comments }

1 Justin Sep 18, 06 at 3:32 pm: My answer: space rock

Anything euphoric to the ears, soaring, gliding, space-y…good stuff.
2 David Einstein Sep 18, 06 at 4:23 pm: Sextro.

It’s apparently getting huge in England.
3 Marianne Sep 18, 06 at 4:34 pm: psychedelic pop!
4 Justin Sep 18, 06 at 4:40 pm: Yeah, I could have chosen psychedelic pop, too. Of Montreal fits nicely into that category and they’re one of my favorites right now…
5 zaptor Sep 18, 06 at 6:34 pm: Hyphee.
6 danfun Sep 18, 06 at 7:03 pm: I would say the music I listen to the most could be broken into 3 caterogries that would be
Brooklyn Country and Bluegrass
example of bands are O’death, The Goddamn Rattle Snake, M Shanghia String Band,
Stoner Rock
examples of bands would be Pearls and brass, and Witch.
Freak Folk
Wooden Wand, Vetiver, Devendra Banhart
7 Leith DuVall Sep 18, 06 at 10:15 pm: I love Improvisational Rock and Roll.
Bands in this genre include CAN, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Phish, etc.
8 Hans Sep 19, 06 at 2:06 am: Avant Punk Folk (Check out the Avett Bros)
9 Umphil Sep 19, 06 at 9:46 am: post rock

I like noises…
10 skamikaze Sep 19, 06 at 11:19 am: i’m really diggin freak folk, and folk punk right now… Check out Ghost Mice, and Defiance Ohio they are really good. And some ska is gettin decent play on my ipod as well…. gotta love rbf and mustard plug
11 Justin Sep 19, 06 at 11:22 am: “Improv Rock and Roll” — you flew under the radar there; I should have also added “bands that improvise” as an unacceptable clause.

I’m hearing some good stuff…freak folk taking the cake for silliest new genre yet totally weirdly enjoyable. The *ska* genre got thrown in, too. Sweet…keep ‘em coming…
12 gfon Sep 19, 06 at 6:39 pm: Newgrass-YMSB, Tim Obrien,Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Peter Rowan. Great Genre completely different than bluegrass.

I use Mexigrass as sub genre on my ipod. This entails folk tunes from Los Lobos, Peter Rowan stuff with Flaco Jimenez, and SCI latin tunes. It took me a while to justify this genre. But I figure grass refers to roots and/or folk or something like that. Best I got.