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I love rock bands with women on the vocals. I like Dead Sara, The Pretty Reckless, Halestorm, The Beaches, The Warning, In This Moment, Metric, The Interrupters, Larkin Poe. Lots more but that’s a good sample.
What other bands/artists might I like?
Edit: thank you everyone for the recommendations! I have so much new stuff to listen to!
Have you tried venturing more towards the metal side like…
- Lacuna Coil
- After Forever
- A Sound of Thunder (probably more rock)
- Arch Enemy
- Epica
- Unleash the Archers
- Veruca Salt
- The Go-Go’s
- The Bangles
- Wilson Phillips
- Bananarama
- Sugababes
Ok, I’m old and my tastes might be different to yours 😜
Amyl & the sniffers is my fav
Hell yeah, good recommendation! I fucking love them.
I’ll go a bit more into my niche. Might not be what you’re looking for but it’s all female or female fronted rock in a broader sense. Genres here are Stoner, Doom and Death metal.
Blackwater Holylight
L.A. Witch
Hippie Death Cult
Brutus
Archenemy
Throne HammerI would like to ask a similar question:
I very much like the “the beauty and the beast” - styled metal. That’s at least what I read online sometime what it’s called.
The mix of a male voice growling and a female voice singing melodic kinda does it for me, but so far I had very little luck finding stuff that fits, actually just a few songs.
Any recommendations?
A lot of symphonic metal bands are like that. On the top of my head, you could check out Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica and Unleash the Archers.
Tristania - World of Glass, and if you like that check out the two albums before it as well.
Their first two albums are my favorites, just amazing music.
Theatre of Tragedy fits that style. They are older, but worth checking out.
Just their early stuff - self-titled debut, Velvet Darkness They Fear, A Rose for the Dead, Aegis. The stuff afterwards isn’t bad, but it’s not the same genre.
July Talk would be my #1 recommendation. They are fantastic and perfectly fit your description.
There are a few songs around with Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly) and Maria Brink (In This Moment). Not at home at the moment, can’t check my collection, but if you can find them, they’re probably the sort of thing you like.
I’m on a Tulip binge right now.
Her voice is amazing. Give a few songs a listen and you’ll be hooked!
Midnight in the Desert remastered, Bird set free and Dimensional Rift unplugged are great
I really like more melodic stuff, and my favorites are Ad Infinitum, Dark side of the Moon, Enemy Inside, Beyond the Black, Scarlet Dorn
Melissa Bonny does a lot of collaborations with other bands, just search her name on Youtube.
You might like some of the output of Elysian Fields (Jennifer Charles, Oren Bloedow). Maybe in particular their earlier stuff, like their Bleed Your Cedar (1996) album:
https://piped.video/watch?v=-x6w5DQ5sLM
They’ve made many a fantastic albums though, worth checking out.
I saw them several times live in the early-mid aughts. They’re great!
Never managed to catch them playing live, so I’m well jealous!
The benefit of living in NYC (I recently moved after living there for nearly 25 years)! I remember one show where they didn’t have a full band and Oren played drums and guitar at the same time. The space in their music allows for that sort of thing, but it still was pretty cool to see.
I liked them a lot before I read this. Now I like them even more (:
I remember getting their newsletter where they would regularly announce live shows in NYC. It’s nice having live music on tap like that.
surprised no one recommended Guano Apes yet
I wonder if you’d like Sleigh Bells. Twee pop vocals over grungy guitar. A lot of fun
I really liked the song Demons after hearing it on Netflix’s Jessica Jones. But I looked into their other stuff and it felt a bit less my style. Maybe I should give them another go…
Anything Kristine Hersh has touched, especially 50 FOOT WAVE
You have a lot of recommendations already but I’d like to add two of my favorites: Courtney Barnett and Alvvays!
Crimson Spirit
Halocene, she does a bunch of covers of old rock songs from around the early 2000s. It’s like fresh nostalgia straight into my ears. Her original stuff is also pretty good :)
Eva Under Fire fits that list perfectly!
V.A Rocks
A few great ones come to mind but they’re a bit more punky than your examples. Like I’m thinking of The Muffs, who are fucking kickass!!!
Bad cop bad cop
There are a lot of Asian female fronted rock bands, like BabyMetal, Lovebites, Gacharic Spin and Asterism. EDIT: also Hanabie.
Tsunami Bomb is worth a check out if you like punk rock
I like time-loop movies, groundhog Day being there most notable. My favorite is probably Triangle. I’ve seen Timecrimes, Happy Death Day (& 2U), Edge of tomorrow,
Obvious choice: Primer
There’s also a decent tng episode that has this exact premise.
It seems this is an entire genre though, so Wikipedia does have a list of time loop movies. Maybe check if any of those short descriptions seem to fit your tastes?
Bloody great TNG episode, unsurprising that it was written by the director of the new Cosmos series
The Netflix show Russian Doll might be up your alley
I’ll check it out!
Give it a couple of episodes to see if you like it. The first episode spends a lot of time setting things up, but the main character doesn’t come across as very likeable at first IMO. Once you get into the next couple of episodes, and she starts actually using her brain to try and understand what’s happening to her, she becomes a lot more likeable as a character.
Did you try time-loop games yet? Outer Wilds is fantastic. Majora’s Mask, The Forgotten City and The Sexy Brutale are also pretty cool.
No but def something I’ve thought about
Predestination. If you haven’t seen it, you might like it.
One of the best adaptations of a sf short story, period.
This is slightly different than a time loop, but check out Coherence.
Watched it. Liked it.
I watched HDD and then 2U on a glowing recommendation I knew it was positioned as a horror but damn I didn’t know what I was getting into and they’re two of the funnest movies I’ve seen in years. My only regret is not seeing them in the theatre as they come across as movies people would be yelling at the screen which is the best kind of movie IMHO
They are both movies that exceed expectations! I really liked them too!
Memento is a time loop of sorts, good movie for sure.
Love Edge of Tomorrow. Wish they would make that sequel.
It’s almost too obvious which makes me think you’ve left it off your list but: Looper fits your niche to a T.
I’m really into sci-fi. Constantly craving new content. Internet searches filled with if you like this sci-fi show, here are others you might like.
Farscape kept getting recommended. Muppets in space, how could I take that seriously?
Finally gave it a shot. Thank you, internet, for suggesting it repeatedly, awesome show.
Which shows have you liked?
If I love “unreliable shifting cities” narratives, like Dark City, Fallen London and the City of Saints and Madmen books, what similar kinds of settings might I like?
I’m not familiar with those, so this might be a bad suggestion, but the short description makes me think this may still fit, have you read The City & the City by China Miéville?
It’s set in two overlapping cities, whose inhabitants diligently disregard the other city’s until they formally cross the borders, and it’s a crime to do otherwise. It’s a pretty compelling read imo!
I haven’t but it sounds like I should. Thanks for the rec!
There was an okay-ish TV adaptation, it’s on Britbox or freevee with ads.
I stumbled across this the other week while trying to find the name of the book invisible cities and gave it a watch because the trailer reminded me of Disco Elysium.
Without knowing the original novel, I thought it was really compelling and entertaining, with my only major critique being the pacing of the final episode, but equally 4 episodes is such an easy commitment that I’d absolutely recommend the show if you aren’t in the mood to pick up a book.
If an unreliable shifting house would work, House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski. The writing is very much love it or hate it for a lot of people, but the idea fits.
Edit: Oh! And House of Windows by John Langan. No relation despite the similar titles.
I did love House of Leaves!
Have you tried Neverwhere [tv series, novel, comic] by Neil Gaiman?
Just the novel, but yes, it is great! Is the TV series good?
I saw the tv series first (the book came later) and really enjoyed it. I think some of the special effects are dated and … I’m not sure but, like, when I read the book, the tv characters had already been established in my brain as canonical, so I saw and heard those characters as I read the book. In cases where I’ve read the book first, sometimes I have my own version of canonical characters in my brain and it can be hard for me to accept those characters if I really loved the book and the on-screen depiction is very different. And the opportunity for a disconnect (and disappointment) between versions just increases when you’re dealing with a world that varies (yet is so dependent) on our own.
tl;dr: you might find it disappointing because it doesn’t ‘match’ the world you read, or because of some of the effects. But I absolutely loved the series, both at the time and still now - I watched it again just over the summer.
Maybe Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente? Her Orphan’s Tales have some interesting cities too, but that’s a bit of a stretch.
Again, not just one city, but take a look at Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino - it was a direct inspiration for Fallen London.
China Miéville might be worth checking out - go for either the City and the City or for Perdido Street Station.
HP Lovecraft’s way of conveying old and decrepit settings, threaded with veins of natural beauty that encompass the horrors lurking within them. He had a particular knack for inspiring imagery that is both vividly moving and unsettling. For a specific example, scope out the first few paragraphs of A Color Out of Space
The first couple of paragraphs of The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath serves as a testiment to the sense of majesty he could impart to the reader, but it was also (in my opinion) the last of his older, flowery, and overly-poetic style of writing before he hit a home run and found a new rhythm with A Colour Out of Space and everything thereafter. I personally was not a huge fan of The Dream Quest, but he certainly knew how to describe a triumphant city.
NOTE: I recently watched the new Color Out of Space film immediately after finishing the short story, and in my opinion the short story is infinitely better. It’s more subtle, much creepier, far more detailed, and takes place 150 years earlier (1880s). It has an entirely different vibe that I found to be far more isolating and less obnoxious than the film.
I think China Mieville is the closest I’ve read, though obviously not 1:1.
Have you seen Glorious (2022)? Its a movie that you might enjoy that has very lovecraftian vibes.
Where can I watch this? Saw the trailer. Can’t find it anywhere
Yo ho me matey.
I don’t have a rec for you, but I’ve added the Color Out of Space audiobook to my library holds. Thanks for that!
Oooh, this is great!
I love Hilda. The Netflix series. It has this feeling of adventure, an ubiquitous optimism and (and this is where it really gets difficult) combines this with a mixture of fast and slow pacing and (almost) traditional 2d animation. I haven’t found anything similar. Friends recommended gravity falls and adventure time, but I didn’t really like the faster pacing and American slapstick humour. The only thing that really ever came close was the ghibli adaptation of Ronja, which had this off-putting uncanny 3d cell shaded look of the characters but which I still enjoyed due to the writing (but which has disappeared from streaming services in Europe since).
Hilda is kind of like star trek tng, with episodes being not too connected and the protagonists mastering their challenges without antagonising their adversaries or resorting to violence as the solution (the final movie being the exception here, which was really weird imho).
And ideas?
The Owl House might be simillar, the world is like a Hieronymus Bosch painting and past the first season the overarching story picks up, but there’s a consistent undertone of optimism throughout.
Didn’t know that one, will check it out! Thank you!
I just saw, season 3 releases December 7th! I thought the movie was the ending
Anyone know any good books in the same vein as Robinson Crusoe, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Count of Monte Cristo, and Don Quixote?
I tend to really enjoy the old classic adventure novels.
Have you read la morte d’arthur? It’s probably most similar to don Quixote but not as humorous.
Came back to add a few
Journey to the center of the earth
3 musketeers
The lost world-also all of the Sherlock Holmes are great
If you’re up for some very droll British humor adventures I’d recommend PG wodehouse
I liked East of Eden by Steinback. And Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.
I started listening to Look Mum No Computer after watching some of his tech videos on YT, he does a lot of synth stuff and it opened up a whole new world of music that I’ve been loving. If anyone has some similar stuff let me know!
A genre of movie that I like I term “Cube”-like movies. " Platform" and “Circle” are included, along with all the “Cube” movies.
Any suggestions?
There’s Exam but it’s not as good as the movies you mentioned. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1258197/
Also, slightly unrelated but for some reason ticks the same boxes in my mind, The Game https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0119174/
I’ve watched Exam, I forgot to include it but you’re right, same genre. I’ve watched The Game but I’m going to rewatch it with my adult son who hasn’t seen it to feel out there similarities you’re getting.
Hard for me to define the similarities. Maybe the feeling that you don’t really know any of the characters’ motivations. The overall vibe maybe
I loved to play uncharted (for pc, I don’t have a ps) and I am searching for similar games. I still have not played the second part of the “master of thieves collection” on steam.
Any recommendations? Lara croft is fun, but not as mysterious and does not have such a fun story imo.
And also I loved all of the broken sword games. I can highly recommend them! Any alternatives I could try?
Hmmmm… Adventurous third person action game with a sense of mystery and strong scripting? Is that it?
Horizon: zero dawn or forbidden west? That’s more on the open world side of things though.
What about God of war or maybe shadow of the colossus?
A little shorter and not so much on the adventure side but very mysterious and very intense: hellblade - senua’s sacrifice. That’s quite dark though, missing some of those feelgood indy vibes.
Thanks for the suggestions :)
I will look into them
No recommendations for broken sword 🧐
The movie Ravenous.
Eastward? I actually learned about this game on lemmy a year or two ago.
I thought the pixel graphics were incredible, gave the game such a beautifully creepy atmosphere when it needed it. Even though I was really disappointed that the game just ended without tying any of the story together, I did think the story was great before I finished it. At times the game was unsettling and eerie and at other times it was heartwarming, and the dialogue throughout seemed very well-written.