What's your favourite band, and why?

I had a favourite band earlier this month, but I can't remember it.

I'll just go with Sidibe.

 

I love their first album, and half of their second. After the first they became too mainstream-y for me to be listenable.

My favourite band for the last couple of years has been Asking Alexandria. There may be times where I can't listen to anything, or favour other bands, but I always come back to them. I have been too preoccupied to listen to their newest album more intently, though. Still don't know if I like it as a whole.

 

My current favorite band has to be Poets of the Fall. I'm kind of sad that I just discovered them, they're pretty good. I guess the main reason I like them is that their songs can be interpreted from different levels. Their songs always have a deeper meaning, and what to say about the vocals? The vocalist is a damn legend lol

 

Here's a list of my artists by how many songs they have in my playlist. Take it with a grain of salt.

Spoiler: List

Tom Misch - 24
Imogen Heap - 21
Lianne La Havas - 19
Passion Pit - 18
Mother Mother - 16
Sidibe - 16
Ivy Sole - 10
Florence + The Machine - 10
The Hush Sound - 9
s/he - 9
Hellogoodbye - 8
Kimbra - 8
Patrick Watson - 8
Alina Baraz - 7
Brayton Bowman - 6
Yael Naim - 5
Zak Abel - 5
Alessia Cara - 4
Caravan Palace - 4
Hiatus Kaiyote - 4
Jordan Rakei - 4
Joe Hisaishi - 4
James Tillman - 4
Miike Snow - 4
FKJ - 4
Eryn Allen Kane - 4
Anderson .Paak - 3
Christian Rich - 3
Gorillaz - 3
Muse - 3
Two Door Cinema Club - 3
Alo Lee - 2
Andrew Huang - 2
Empire of the Sun - 2
Daft Punk - 2
Charlotte Day Wilson - 2
Gramatik -2
Helen Jane Long - 2
GoldLink - 2
HONNE - 2
Intalekt - 2
Keane - 2
Kaytranda - 2
June Marieezy - 2
Jorja Smith - 2
Masego - 2
M83 - 2
LION BABE - 2
MIKA - 2
Paramore - 2
Mystery Skulls - 2
Rosie Lowe - 2
Ravyn Lenae - 2
Ra Ra Riot - 2
Quadron - 2
Phoenix - 2
Tuxedo - 2
Tom Apsul - 2
The Temper Trap - 2
SiR -2
Yann Tiersen - 2
YACHT - 2
Yeasayer - 2

 

There's a difference in growing and becoming mainstream. Take Papa Roach, for instance, they always stayed true to their sound and managed to develop at the same time. Most bands in the pop genre are just incapable of it.

Do I really need a reason to like them? To some extent it's Danny and Ben, I think, the singer and the background vocalist/guitarrist. I can't really put my finger on it, they have just the perfect amount of screaming, growling and clean vocals, coupled with metal guitar riffs that aren't heavy (I hate heavy metal, esp. the vocals). Their songs echo the force of my emotions, they couple the fire that I know I am capable of, but won't show.

Alone in a Room is a great song, but I want to give you some examples that show how I think of their sound. These are the first 4 songs that I knew, in the order that I knew them. This is how they reeled me in.

Spoiler: Watch out for your ears

 

Which seven? I haven't cleared out my playlist in years, so there might be a lot of stuff I wouldn't listen to now

 

The only one that surprises me really is Hellogoodbye.

 

With the albums, it depends on the timing. Native was published around the time where awareness around (South) Africa was rising. Sure, the stories are their own, but the music stlye is largely influenced by mainstream. Thus the conclusion is not far off that they became more mainstream.

Asking for reasons does not predetermine a presence of reasons. I understand that you don't get the screaming, and it put me off as well, but I got used to it when I worked in a club. Once I was able to hear the lyrics through it, it didn't bother me as much anymore. But, and that is something which has always been this way, I prefer screaming over growling. At least the lyrics are more easily made out. BTW, the screaming has largely disappeared with the third album.

30 Seconds to Mars: The Kill was their best song. And the only song I liked.