A Soft Spot for Acoustic
What is it that draws someone to the sound of acoustic singer songwriters? It is definitely a sound like no other.
Is it the raw vulnerability that that the song offers? Perhaps it’s the pure sound that allows no frills, no editing, no falseness. All I know is I like it.
Here’s 5 songs to wet your appetite for acoustic guitar, ranging from well known hits to those lesser known and even a couple of guys in their bedroom covering a classic. Enjoy:
Please leave links to your favourite acoustic songs as well.
Must Hear: Neo-Classical
Neoclassical Music
This is a new feature of The Music Mag.
Every week we will be posting Must Hear Music, featuring a different type of music, which is a relatively unknown genre. As our first week we will start out with one of my favourites.
Mono
Anyone that is a regular on here knows that I freekin love these guys, and it’s one reason to make this post – so that I can help more people find this band. The way the music builds up, climaxes, and the “big band” feel they provide makes them feel Neo-Classical to me. They use electrical instruments, but who’s to say that isn’t the way of the future for Classical music? Well, Neo-Classical anyway.
Sigur Ros
Sigur Ros are interesting. Some songs resemble classical music, with piano and strings creating an atmosphere like which I have never heard, but then others are experimental, louder and not so classical. Nevertheless they need a mention. The songs that fit in to this category are probably some of the best. Make sure you listen to this one:
Triarii
(taken from LastFM)
Triarii is a German martial industrial act. They combine martial industrial with neo-classical and even neo-military pop.
The name of the group comes from Latin: The Triarii (Latin singular: triarius) was the third standard line of infantry of the Roman Republic’s army. Its name is related to the Latin word tres (“three”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *trei-.
DISCLAIMER:
After some feedback on reddit, I’d like to say this is what neo-classical music is to me. It definitely does not agree with popular classifications and I’m by no means an expert on the subject. The following are just a few bands I feel are good and I believe to fit in to this genre.
