ariich's DARK TO LIGHT roulette (v8) - Post-roulette updates (ongoing)

[Luoto]

3 I suppose?

[jingle.boy]

Tim's is the only one that was borderline.

Tim is borderline many things, you’ll have to narrow it down 

Besides, Ariich said mine was pretty.

So you're saying that Heavy music can't be "pretty"?

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Just perused thru the playlist, and man alive.  @ Tim/Victor/Kade... obvious penalty on the play that the ref kindly overlooked.  Holy crap - that's some impressive level cheating.   

Huh?

This I assume…

[romdrums]

17, I think.  Maybe 1.

[ariich]

3 I suppose?

17, I think.

Yes and yes.

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Round 5 first impressions

1. I hear a lot of more recent acts in this, which leads to me to think this artist may have been more influential than I had previously appreciated.

[wolfking – Blessed By A Broken Heart] 2. Hair metal with metalcore vocals is a bit… actually you know what, it's a ton of fun.

[Luoto – Sisare] 3. Really loving the warm melancholy mood and some lovely playing in this.

[King – Joe Jackson] 4. The sound feels somewhat dated and the vocal style isn’t my favourite, but the music seems nice enough, with a slightly punky energy in some songs, to make it enjoyable anyway.

[HOF – The Clientele] 5. This was rather calming and relaxing - not much jumped out at me melodically, but it has a nice sound and a range of styles and tones.

[Buddy – Della Zyr] 6. This isn’t a style that tends to excite me, but this sounds pretty - I don’t really have a sense yet of how much I’ll end up liking it.

[lonestar – Atarashii Gakko!] 7. Started more understated and less off-the-wall than I expected, but gets more varied as it goes - it’s a lot of fun, and has some groove and nice hooks.

[Puppies – Kiss Kiss] 8. The dark theatricality to this was something I wasn’t particularly expecting and it works great - nice emotionality and strong hooks.

9. It's very odd to be sent an artist that I myself have sent in other roulettes.

[luke – Billy Talent] 10. This somewhat reminds me of my university days but funnily enough I’m more into this style than at any other point since then.

11. This was very nice stuff but I did still feel, at times, like I wanted to know where the vocals had gone.

[Sacul – George Clanton] 12. So that genre I’ve seen some people banging on about lately, this is what it sounds like. It’s pretty cool.

[Evermind – Galahad] 13. Not sure what you were worried about, this is definitely up my alley - not the strongest production maybe but it’s still punchy and dramatic.

[Crow – Black Country, New Road] 14. This was elegant and attractive, though I didn’t love all the vocals and the songs maybe don’t develop as much as I might have liked.

[nick_z – Kent] 15. The style is not dissimilar to other bands from that genre and era, but the music and sound are really lush and rich and had me hooked.

[jingle – Robert Plant] 16. This was a nice surprise - more varied than I expected and probably some of the most interesting stuff I’ve heard from this artist.

[romdrums – Imogen Heap] 17. Rich, creative, varied and really interesting - even the simpler-sounding, more accessible songs have a lot going on in the instrumentation.

[faizoff – Coldplay] 18. I’m not sure this band will ever excite me, but there are some lovely vibes and nice surprises here.

19. It's that guitar noodling again! This is nice though, has a sort of mellow elegance to it.

[soupy – The Pierces] 20. This seems like incredibly attractive pop music with some folk rock influences - chance it could be a bit too safe but then the warmth and the melodies really are very nice.

[Glasser – Mr. Reality] 21. Slightly middle of the road perhaps? But nice melodies and especially nice vocal harmonising.

22. These are basically anthemic pop songs with more distorted guitars, and I'm here for it.

[TAC – Dark The Suns] 23. This is surely the least light submission in either of the light rounds, but I’ll allow because it is indeed pretty and energetic, which incidentally are also what I’m finding attractive about it.

[Litho – Haerts] 24. I love the sound of this - somewhat reminiscent of other things I like, with the poppy style contrasting nicely with some gorgeous melancholic hooks.

[Lonk]

19. It's that guitar noodling again! This is nice though, has a sort of mellow elegance to it.

 

[Sacul]

12?

[nick_z]

Mmmhh…so maybe I am 22?

[ariich]

19. It's that guitar noodling again! This is nice though, has a sort of mellow elegance to it.

 

Mmmhh…so maybe I am 22?

Actually no to both.

12?

Yep!

[nick_z]

I’m going to try with 10, mostly by process of elimination 

[ariich]

Still no.

[King Postwhore]

Still no.

You are enjoying this, aren't you?   

[TAC]

How do people not know a description of their own song??

[nick_z]

Still no.

You are enjoying this, aren't you?   

 

I’m going to try 15

[nick_z]

How do people not know a description of their own song??

To be fair, my first guess wasn’t too far off, by Rich’s own admission

[TAC]

How do people not know a description of their own song??

To be fair, my first guess wasn’t too far off, by Rich’s own admission

To be fair, I wasn't addressing that to you.


Maybe..

[nick_z]

How do people not know a description of their own song??

To be fair, my first guess wasn’t too far off, by Rich’s own admission

To be fair, I wasn't addressing that to you.


Maybe..

you weren’t wrong anyway

[twosuitsluke]

10?

[wolfking]

Just perused thru the playlist, and man alive.  @ Tim/Victor/Kade... obvious penalty on the play that the ref kindly overlooked.  Holy crap - that's some impressive level cheating.   

Huh?

This I assume…

 

[lonestar]

 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Based on my first impression I'm expecting an 11/10

[ariich]

I’m going to try 15

3rd time lucky!

10?

Also Kade's submission isn't particularly heavy, especially compared with his other ones but also just in general. Like I said in my first impressions, the vocals are a bit metalcorey, but otherwise it's basically modernised hair metal.

Anyway, this round is shaping up to probably have a similar score profile to round 2. After the first couple of listens I was thinking "jeez is anything going to get below an 8?" but yeah a few haven't held their interest all that well. Still all really good stuff though!

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Anyway, this round is shaping up to probably have a similar score profile to round 2. After the first couple of listens I was thinking "jeez is anything going to get below an 8?" but yeah a few haven't held their interest all that well. Still all really good stuff though!

Seems everyone is bringing their A game for you in this roulette.

[Crow]

time for my first flop 

[Glasser]

Tim's is the only one that was borderline.

Tim is borderline many things, you’ll have to narrow it down 

Besides, Ariich said mine was pretty.

You are very pretty on the Permanent Waves cover!

[ariich]

Anyway, this round is shaping up to probably have a similar score profile to round 2. After the first couple of listens I was thinking "jeez is anything going to get below an 8?" but yeah a few haven't held their interest all that well. Still all really good stuff though!

Seems everyone is bringing their A game for you in this roulette.

Roughly on a par with my v6 actually, so basically yes because that was amazing too. Average score so far is slightly lower than in v6 overall but that had an uptick in the last two rounds (round 7 was crazy, the lowest score was 7.9). Based on indicative scores so far, rounds 1-5 are averaging pretty much identical to rounds 1-5 from v6.

Anyway here are the completed first impressions. Comparisons will be later today once I've finished all my fourth listens.

Round 5 first impressions

[Stadler – Fleetwood Mac] 1. I hear a lot of more recent acts in this, which leads to me to think this artist may have been more influential than I had previously appreciated.

[wolfking – Blessed By A Broken Heart] 2. Hair metal with metalcore vocals is a bit… actually you know what, it's a ton of fun.

[Luoto – Sisare] 3. Really loving the warm melancholy mood and some lovely playing in this.

[King – Joe Jackson] 4. The sound feels somewhat dated and the vocal style isn’t my favourite, but the music seems nice enough, with a slightly punky energy in some songs, to make it enjoyable anyway.

[HOF – The Clientele] 5. This was rather calming and relaxing - not much jumped out at me melodically, but it has a nice sound and a range of styles and tones.

[Buddy – Della Zyr] 6. This isn’t a style that tends to excite me, but this sounds pretty - I don’t really have a sense yet of how much I’ll end up liking it.

[lonestar – Atarashii Gakko!] 7. Started more understated and less off-the-wall than I expected, but gets more varied as it goes - it’s a lot of fun, and has some groove and nice hooks.

[Puppies – Kiss Kiss] 8. The dark theatricality to this was something I wasn’t particularly expecting and it works great - nice emotionality and strong hooks.

[Reaper – KOAN Sound] 9. It's very odd to be sent an artist that I myself have sent in other roulettes.

[luke – Billy Talent] 10. This somewhat reminds me of my university days but funnily enough I’m more into this style than at any other point since then.

[Vmadera – Angel Vivaldi] 11. This was very nice stuff but I did still feel, at times, like I wanted to know where the vocals had gone.

[Sacul – George Clanton] 12. So that genre I’ve seen some people banging on about lately, this is what it sounds like. It’s pretty cool.

[Evermind – Galahad] 13. Not sure what you were worried about, this is definitely up my alley - not the strongest production maybe but it’s still punchy and dramatic.

[Crow – Black Country, New Road] 14. This was elegant and attractive, though I didn’t love all the vocals and the songs maybe don’t develop as much as I might have liked.

[nick_z – Kent] 15. The style is not dissimilar to other bands from that genre and era, but the music and sound are really lush and rich and had me hooked.

[jingle – Robert Plant] 16. This was a nice surprise - more varied than I expected and probably some of the most interesting stuff I’ve heard from this artist.

[romdrums – Imogen Heap] 17. Rich, creative, varied and really interesting - even the simpler-sounding, more accessible songs have a lot going on in the instrumentation.

[faizoff – Coldplay] 18. I’m not sure this band will ever excite me, but there are some lovely vibes and nice surprises here.

[Elite – Kurt Rosenwinkel] 19. It's that guitar noodling again! This is nice though, has a sort of mellow elegance to it.

[soupy – The Pierces] 20. This seems like incredibly attractive pop music with some folk rock influences - chance it could be a bit too safe but then the warmth and the melodies really are very nice.

[Glasser – Mr. Reality] 21. Slightly middle of the road perhaps? But nice melodies and especially nice vocal harmonising.

[seneca – Unleash the Archers] 22. These are basically anthemic pop songs with more distorted guitars, and I'm here for it.

[TAC – Dark The Suns] 23. This is surely the least light submission in either of the light rounds, but I’ll allow because it is indeed pretty and energetic, which incidentally are also what I’m finding attractive about it.

[Litho – Haerts] 24. I love the sound of this - somewhat reminiscent of other things I like, with the poppy style contrasting nicely with some gorgeous melancholic hooks.

[Crow]

c'mon, mama needs a new ^

[twosuitsluke]

[luke – Billy Talent] 10.

Giving out scores early? I’ll take it.

[jingle.boy]

Anyway, this round is shaping up to probably have a similar score profile to round 2. After the first couple of listens I was thinking "jeez is anything going to get below an 8?" but yeah a few haven't held their interest all that well. Still all really good stuff though!

Woohoo!!!  Looking forward to my 7.7 and dropping out of the Top 10 again.   

[lonestar]

Comparisons will be later today once I've finished all my fourth listens.

[ariich]

Round 5 comparisons
Comparisons to the previous round, indicative and subject to change.
As ever, ups and downs show only direction, not scale. Could be 0.1, could be 1.0.

Luoto v
seneca v
wolfking v
Evermind v
jingle v
Litho ^
nick_z ^
soupy v
Buddy v
Crow v
romdrums ^
Vmadera v
Glasser =
lonestar ^
TAC ^
Reaper ^
luke ^
King v
Puppies ^
Sacul ^
HOF v
Stadler ^
Elite ^
faizoff ^

Things starting to heat up...

[LithoJazzoSphere]

[ariich]

Anyway, this round is shaping up to probably have a similar score profile to round 2. After the first couple of listens I was thinking "jeez is anything going to get below an 8?" but yeah a few haven't held their interest all that well. Still all really good stuff though!

Woohoo!!!  Looking forward to my 7.7 and dropping out of the Top 10 again.   

Technically you're top 12 (i.e. exactly top half) after round 4, as there are three of you at joint 10th place.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

It just suits HAERTS' sound so well, doesn't it?

[HOF]

Oof, down from my heavy submission.