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[Post New]03/22/2010 23:34:38
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Ok, so I stumbled upon this treasure that I am absolutely ecstatic about. I'm a huge Shiny Toy Guns fan and apparently did not know their full history. Well, their keyboardist and lead male singer created two bands together prior to Shiny and much of it has been incorporated into STG.

The bands are Slyder and Cloud2Ground. Slyder is an Electronic/Trance band and Cloud2Ground is a mix of trance and vocals...more of an actual band. But some song parts now on actual Shiny Toy Guns albums. What's great is that their work is FREE.

**Now I downloaded everything using their free downloader, which limits your downloads per hour, thus you can only download about half the stuff before you have to wait an hour to download the rest** (worth it!)

http://slyder.clan.su/index/slyder/0-4 (For Slyder)
http://slyder.clan.su/index/cloud2ground/0-5 (For Cloud2Ground)

Also random, but one of their songs was featured in Grand Theft Auto 3 so some may recognize "Score" from the game if you played it.
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[Post New]03/30/2010 22:49:12
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Love it! Thanks Pyra!
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[Post New]04/03/2010 07:29:55
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I just worked with a woman named Lenka yesterday. I really dug her music, very light, but couldn't get the song out of my head.

Check it out this song (not the one i worked on)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC76b0VZQog

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[Post New]04/16/2010 09:45:00
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Don't venture out of my music box much, but the latest commercial from Lincoln with the new 2010 MKZ got me likin' that song they used. A little searching lead me to this band... Shiny Toy Guns. The song is Major Tom (Coming Home) Their website is here:

http://www.shinytoyguns.com/music/

They remind me a lot of Erasure...who I love. Should dig out my albums as I haven't listened to them in a long time.


Sometimes it's the people in charge of finding music for car commercials that find treasures. I found a few over the years.

Ratar...love that one...fun and definitely catchy.
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[Post New]04/16/2010 22:17:31
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Ahem....

I introduced STG's to DC a long while back in this thread. It's a long thread and I wouldn't have waded through it either. But just to give ya a little crap, Pyra did mention them about two posts above yours on this same page....

They are a great band.

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[Post New]04/16/2010 23:02:35
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the honorary title, maybe not so obscure but really good if you like indie..

actually i have a nice taste for indie, and i can advice or share some music, this works bothways, if you know a band that plays like THT, let me know
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[Post New]04/17/2010 08:50:56
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TheElectrician wrote:



Ahem....

I introduced STG's to DC a long while back in this thread. It's a long thread and I wouldn't have waded through it either. But just to give ya a little crap, Pyra did mention them about two posts above yours on this same page....

They are a great band.

Love ya buddy.  


LOL, well, instead of browsing I did a search and nothing came up so I figured nobody mentioned them before. but sho-nuff, there it is at top. I do have to agree, I like STG music. I browsed the 3 albums they have on their website...like a good portion of them.
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[Post New]09/01/2010 16:43:55
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My local indie station turned me on to a new band that is out of my normal listening realm, but great all the same.

The band is Mumford & Sons. Wonderful harmonies, great vocals, meaningful lyrics...all with a Celtic-ish, folk-ish, bluegrass-ish twist.

Check out the single Little Lion Man. If you aren't humming that song in your head for a while, then something is wrong with you.

I also like Roll Away Your Stone, Winter Winds, The Cave, and Timshel.

Just a wonderful band, and something different.
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[Post New]12/06/2010 09:34:53
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My new favorite song.

On MPCs website, there is an article about the Grammy nomination for a song from the game Civilization IV. I have never got into games such as this, but this song is wonderful and the video of cinematic events from the game fit perfectly. Anyone who has played Civi IV should recognize it...and also know that his game came out a long time ago. But the artist released it as a track on a new album (so says the posts of those in the comments below the article). Anyway, check it out. It's a moving and powerful piece, IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJiHDmyhE1A

The article:

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/civilization_iv_becomes_first_game_ever_be_nominated_grammy
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[Post New]03/05/2011 18:03:08
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I was curious how it did at the Grammys.. IT WON!

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[Post New]03/03/2013 14:56:39
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Been a while since this thread got dug into...

My new favorite song is another Grammy winner.

HO HEY from The Lumineers. It's one of those songs you could listen to and jitterbug to all day long. I listen to it a lot at work when I'm at my desk.

http://thelumineers.com/
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If you get a minute, check out the Five Points Band, it's worth it.
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