Thu 24 Sep – Manic Street Preachers
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I went to see the Manic Street Preachers at the Fillmore in San Francisco yesterday…seeing as they haven't been here in 10 years! That and being encouraged by the recent setlists (archived at Forever Delayed) being wonderful, with an eclectic mix from past and present releases, I knew it would be a show I could not afford to miss. Also, I had my heart set on meeting Nicky Wire - I bought him a bouquet of pink roses beforehand and attached a little note.

It wasn't that crowded when I got there,…

(this was cross-posted to my music blog A Future in Noise, and here for your perusal!)

Here, by 'underrated', I'm referring to artists that I enjoy that have a relative lack of mainstream acclaim and appeal in the present, though many (if not all) of the artists below have been critically acclaimed and some even did reasonably well sales-wise in their heyday. Check out the list below of my picks for best underrated bands, suggestions from Tumblr users, and be sure to name your personal favorites in the comments!

The Cars
Why They're Great: Ah, where to begin…The Cars are…

I'm excited about this!!
VISIONBLURRED is a project I've just started as a directory of Manic Street Preachers and The Horrors links, including site types such as: official sites, info + fan sites, forums, groups, photo and fan art galleries, text articles and interviews, videos, 'definitive' lists on which the bands appear, and general discography/review links. The address: http://visionblurred.moonfruit.com/

Since there are already plenty of info- and pic-packed, audio-visual sites out there, that happen to all be scattered across the web, and some of the best are available only as archived versions, and I thought I could fill a gap…

The product of marathon-listening to the Manic Street Preachers, I just made this and I think it turned out lovely, personally, and I think I'm allowed some occasional fangirlishness, anyway. Set to the Nymphs track Imitating Angels:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQU0kBVcYgc

Connected Artists:
Manic Street Preachers, Richey James Edwards, Nicky Wire

I generally don't promote my stuff through journal entries, but what the heck, I've been a Last.fm user since 2007 and I'm excited about it. I (Marilyn Roxie) have a new album out: New Limerent Object, and all tracks are free to stream+download.

If you've heard my stuff before, echoes of the video game music influence (植松伸夫, 近藤浩治, 西浦智仁, and so forth), and hints of library music remain, though I'd like to think that my sound is expanding to include some of my other influences as well, like krautrock, drone, and…

(originally posted at A Future in Noise)
Suggest your fav out-of-print albums in the comments!

The 2000s have seen a host of wonderful re-issues; the Japan discography,Tom Verlaine - Dreamtime, Danielle Dax - Dark Adapted Eye, the Wipers Box Set, for instance. Even still, there are many more critically important albums and hidden gems that could certainly stand to be re-released. Many of these I hadn't realized were out-of-print until I began poking around Amazon/Amazon UK for the purpose of this list, though you may be in luck with some individual sellers there, on eBay, and particularly through GEMM.…

The article Last.fm: A site for music lovers everywhere, also appearing on the front page of the official Smashing Pumpkins site includes some remarks from me on how unsigned artists can benefit from using Last.fm- special thanks to saeed1985 for making this happen!

Connected artists: The Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan, Billy Corgan

Here's an update on what's been going on at A Future in Noise since my last update- special thanks to Inertia_90 and CFilardo for being excellent contributors. :) Click and browse what we've been up to, and make some music discoveries!

- Initialized tag station a future in noise for music mentioned and reviewed at the blog; type it into the radio client, and listen, it's all ready to go, and also feel free to tag music you feel should get a nod at A Future in Noise with the tag!

- Shoegaze - From the Beginning and Beyond: Article…

Here's what's been happening at A Future in Noise!

Review of Daniel Ouellette - Kaiju Carnival EP: Daniel Ouellette is an electronic solo artist from Massachusetts. He released 2003-2008 compilation Monsterland- The Revenge of Daniel last spring via his own label Meanie Jeannie, and the Kaiju Carnival EP (pictured at left) in October on the New Shiner label, co-produced by Scott Harrison (Burnt Fur)…FULL ARTICLE HERE…
Artist connections: Grace Jones, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson

Review of Burnt Fur - Unfurl: Music that sounds like a collision of the best of…

Original post at my blog A Future in Noise is READABLE HERE

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Minty Fresh Beats, a New York hip-hop/dance producer, has recently released Jaydiohead, a digital mash-up album of Jay-Z and Radiohead tracks. I initially checked this out not only because both Jay-Z and Radiohead interest me musically, but also to hear if it might be a formidable opponent to DJ Danger Mouse's The Grey Album (a mash-up of Jay-Z's The Black Album a cappella, with tracks from the Beatles' White Album). After a few listens, I can say that it definitely is!

The songs are culled…