Art Rock

Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of rock music that tends to have “experimental or avant-garde influences” and emphasizes “novel sonic texture.” Art rock is an “intrinsically album-based” form, which takes “advantage of the format’s capacity for longer, more complex compositions and extended instrumental explorations. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Spiral

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Dec 4 Friday 4 December 2009
Java with Javelyn at The Talking Stick Deep 6 Holiday	The Talking Stick Venice, CA, Los Angeles, United States 33.997818 -118.460603	Add shout
Falcon Arrow	Club 501 Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis, United States 44.978285 -93.261147	2 people attending Add shout
Jan 15 Friday 15 January 2010
The Musical Box at Nokia Theatre, Times Square The Musical Box	Nokia Theatre,… New York City, New York, United States 40.757708 -73.985838	Add shout Buy Tickets
Jan 16 Saturday 16 January 2010
The Musical Box at Nokia Theatre, Times Square The Musical Box	Nokia Theatre,… New York City, New York, United States 40.757708 -73.985838	Add shout Buy Tickets
Jan 21 Thursday 21 January 2010
Simo Soo Mangled Bohemians	Echo Curio Los Angeles CA, United States 34.076105 -118.255846	1 person attending Add shout
Jan 29 Friday 29 January 2010
The Musical Box - "A Trick of The Tail" at Keswick Theatre The Musical Box	Keswick Theatre Glenside (Philadelphia) PA, United States 40.106314 -75.147021	1 person attending Add shout

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Prosthetics wrote:
Thursday morning

Stop being such a plebeian, art rock is not a 'snob' tag.

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TripleSol wrote:
Wednesday evening

Snob tag.

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vophotography wrote:
last week

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wheelofsteel747 wrote:
last month

xXxjaninexXx - you are the average modern mainstream music listener, well done faggot.

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Kamika_C wrote:
last month

it is not art if is isn´t progressive. to holding and performing the new hidden sounds, to hear something at least really unique, i meen. there´s no logic to separate art & genuine brand new rock. anyway everything ends in a clasic rock categorización to the further generations. so art and progresive rock mean the same.end.that´s my kind of think.

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LakeGlade12 wrote:
October 2009

Yes,yes I know, but this argument still stands in the art rock shoutbox. After all, crossover prog and art rock are close to being the same thing.

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FakeActuality wrote:
October 2009

art rock motherfuckers

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LakeGlade12 wrote:
October 2009

3rd, after noticing comparison 1 and 2, I recommended VDGG to a massive Radiohead fan. He loved VDGG and also noticed the similarities. 4th, though Radiohead are at heart an alternative rock group, many prog-rock websites address Radiohead as a classic example of crossover prog. Now given that modern VDGG is also mostly crossover prog, when I listened to Trisector I again saw similar links between the bands. It was because of all these reasons that I shouted the similarities between the 2 bands. I know the bands do have differences, but I am suggesting that perhaps one of the Radiohead members was influenced by VDGG when they were young (and yes I do have too much time on my hands to be going in to so much detail).

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LakeGlade12 wrote:
October 2009

I will explain my thought process in detail so people know why I made that comparison between Radiohead and VDGG. 1st, I heard strong comparisons in some of their songs, such as 2+2=5, paranoid android, national anthem, body snatchers etc with La Rossa, Scorched Earth, Lemmings (including Cog) etc. All of the songs listed are aggressive, and sound quite similar to each other in the way that aggression is delivered. 2nd, the lyrical themes from Radiohead and VDGG can be very similar. Take for example Fitter happier, where a computer reads out what is needed to make a more useful human, which then malfunctions and the equally bizarre and dark Killer, or Paranoid android with the dictatorship madness and Every bloody emperor that also has a go at how politics has and is used in countries. Basically both bands use similar dark, thought provoking and strange lyrics and incorporate them into their songs.

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LakeGlade12 wrote:
October 2009

On the VDGG shout box, I made a comparison with Radiohead and VDGG, given that we are debating Radiohead being art rock and VDGG is one of the top art rock bands, I shall copy and paste in my arguments.

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OmgItsBeto wrote:
October 2009

I don't think Radiohead is a "bad" band, in fact is better than a lot of mainstream crap, but i wouldn't consider them art rock either, they would just be alternative rock or something like that.

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Black_Chyrka wrote:
October 2009

xXxjaninexXx and you have a burthheart, realy.

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Black_Chyrka wrote:
October 2009

fcuk you all, art rock is: yes, rush, genesis, gentle giant. Not the fuckign idiotistic radiohead and other main stream shit!

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OmgItsBeto wrote:
October 2009

"and I would consider them art rock because their album art is amazing" i lol'd

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kgabriel84 wrote:
October 2009

Writing that a tag is shit or ruined is just stupid. Nobody presses you to use a specific tag. If you want to have a "real art rock and no radiohead and so on"-tag then go on and create such a tag. That would be definitely better than to say that other people's opinion is just crap and only you know what should be tagged. Or even better: Launch a new site (called DictatorshipFM) where nobody but you is allowed to use tags... ;)

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S-Tight wrote:
October 2009

radiohead really sucks :/, can't understand this hype or something, but i wont claim they aren't art rock..

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xXxjaninexXx wrote:
October 2009

how is radiohead shit? fucking idiot. and I would consider them art rock because their album art is amazing, they have amazing taste in everything, they're all married to artists, and everything about them is arty and most artists listen to Radiohead. and they are experimental so shut the fuck up! grrr. oh and they're way better than Muse! everyone that gives Radiohead shit listens to really obscure bands that no one knows about LMAO and they're REALLY creepy.

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Black_Chyrka wrote:
October 2009

radiohead is shit, not art rock, fuck you maggots.

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FauveTerror wrote:
October 2009

Muse is

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_Dumal_ wrote:
September 2009

The Reign of Kindo is art rock.

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