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I'm not trying to open this up for too much discussion because clearly we could spend all day debating how to pigeon hole certain acts to a specific genre. However, I wanted to create a quick reference guide for people who haven't heard of a particular artist or band by listing each by a genre/sub-genre that they are associated with. From here, if there is an interest in a particular act you can do your own expansive research. I denoted Jam Bands with parentheses.
Baroque Rock
Arcade Fire The Decemberists Florence + The Machine Freelance Whales
Blues-Rock
Widespread Panic (Jam Band) The Black Keys Cold War Kids Warren Haynes Band (Jam Band) Dr. John and The Original Meters Gregg Allman 22-20s Band of Skulls
Country and/or Bluegrass
The String Cheese Incident (Jam Band) Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas Old Crow Medicine Show The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band Loretta Lynn Wanda Jackson Railroad Earth (Jam Band) Justin Townes Earle Ryan Bingham Abigail Washburn Karen Elson Hayes Carll
Electronic Rock & Electronica
Bassnectar Girl Talk Pretty Lights STS9 (Jam Band) Sleigh Bells School of Seven bells Ratatat Beats Antique Omar Souleyman
Experimental Rock
Primus Portugal. The Man Man Man
Folk & Folk Rock
Buffalo Springfield Robert Plant and The Band of Joy Mumford & Sons Ray Lamontagne Iron & Wine Beirut Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Amos Lee Junip Deer Tick Sharon Van Etten The Low Anthem Alberta Cross Jessica Lea Mayfield The Head and The Heart Phosphorescent Clare Maguire
Funk
Bootsy Collins & The Funk University Dam Funk
Gypsy Punk Rock
Gogol Bordello Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene Hutz Devotchka
Hip-Hop
Eminem Lil Wayne Big Boi Atmosphere Wiz Khalifa Chiddy Bang Jovanotti J Cole
Metal
Opeth The Sword Kylesa
Multi-Genre
Bruce Hornsby and the Noise Makers (Jam Band) Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Pop Rock
Scissor Sisters Best Coast Robyn The Drums Neon Trees Wavves Smith Westerns Twin Shadows
Post-Punk Rock
The Strokes Deerhunter Matt & Kim The Walkmen !!!
Post-Rock
Explosions in the Sky
Psychedelic Rock
My Morning Jacket (Jam Band) The Black Angels Nicole Atkins and The Black Sea
Oh I could nitpick all day with the rest of you Inforoosters on how so and so should be in a different category or a category not listed, but this is a useful, generally accurate listing. Totally C&Ping it and sending it to my friends who are going to Roo with me! I don't have Coco to share right now, but next hour, I'm coming back and giving some to you!
Post by braundiggity on Feb 17, 2011 17:40:31 GMT -5
Maybe I'm listening to the wrong Matt & Kim songs, but they're not post-punk.
Florence + The Machine is closer to baroque rock than folk.
Decemberists could switch over to folk rock, based on their entirely-folk new album (which will probably be a lot of their set). But Baroque works, I guess.
Thank you for everyone's feedback on where certain acts should be categorized. I appreciate everyone's passions for certain acts and I was going to make changes. However, I was advised against it (and originally had the same feeling) in that if I start make changes once way, someone will counter with an argument that the change should not be made. I don't want to spend hours making changes back and forth.
So as originally stated, please use this as a quick reference guide to get started on artists you aren't very familiar with. Once you listen to the act, you can determine for yourself not only what genre they fall under, but whether you like them enough to see them at Roo X.
Post by sheiscindy on Feb 17, 2011 17:53:50 GMT -5
Cut and pasted from my Excel Spreadsheet (I wish it would preserve the columns). Genre descriptions courtesy Wikipedia.
Band Genre
Eminem hip-hop Arcade Fire Indie rock, baroque pop, art rock Widespread Panic Blues-rock, southern rock, jazz fusion, jam rock The Black Keys hard rock, blues rock, garage rock Buffalo Springfield feat Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas, Joe Vitale folk rock My Morning Jacket Indie rock, progressive rock, roots rock, jam band Lil Wayne hip-hop String Cheese Incident Progressive bluegrass, country, neo-psychedelia, jam band Robert Plant & Band of Joy blues rock Mumford & Sons college alternative radio indie folk The Strokes Alternative rock, post-punk revival, indie rock The Decemberists Indie rock, folk rock, baroque pop, progressive rock, alt-country Ray Lamontagne Folk, folk rock, folk blues Bassnectar trip-hop, electronic Iron & Wine Folk, folk rock Girl Talk Mashup, Electro, Dance, Glitch, Exprmntl Pop, Plunderphonics Primus Alternative rock, funk metal, funk rock, experimental rock Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo Blues, rock, New Orleans R&B Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler Pretty Lights electronic, hiphop, soul, funk, rave Florence & the Machine Folk Rock,indie pop, indie rock, baroque pop, art rock, soul Superjam ft. Dan Auerbach and Dr. John Explosions in the Sky post-rock STS9 Instrumental rock, electronic, jam band Gogol Bordello gypsy punk Beirut East Euro Balkan folk w/ pop , indie-rock , World Music Big Boi hip-hop Scissor Sisters Alternative, glam rock, pop, nu-disco, Gregg Allman Southern rock, blues, country, gospel Ratatat Indie rock, electro rock, alt rock, house, electronic, post rock Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene Hütz Robyn electro pop, synth pop, R&B Warren Haynes Band southern rock Deerhunter Noise rock, Ambient, Shoegaze, Punk rock, Indie rock Opeth Progressive death metal, symphonic black metal Atmosphere Alternative hip hop, indie Old Crow Medicine Show Folk, Alt-Country, Bluegrass, Americana, Old-Time Bootsy Collins & the Funk University Funk, psychedelic soul, rhythm and blues Wiz Khalifa hip-hop Matt & Kim Dance punk, indie rock Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Folk rock, blues, roots rock, hard rock The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band bluegrass, jam band Mavis Staples Rhythm and blues, soul, gospel Béla Fleck & the Flecktones Jazz, jazz fusion, Bluegrass, folk, classical, World music Chiddy Bang electronica, Hip Hop , pop Jovanotti rap, hip-hop, rock, world music Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Improvisational multi-genre, jam band, rock, heartland Loretta Lynn Country, honky tonk, gospel Cold War Kids indie rock The Walkmen Indie rock, Garage rock, Surf rock, Post-punk revival Devotchka Gypsy punk, indie folk Wanda Jackson rockabilly, country, gospel Neon Trees Alternative rock, New Wave, pop rock, indie rock Portugal. The Man experimental rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock Sleigh Bells noise pop Amos Lee Jazz fusion, soul, folk, blues Best Coast Indie pop, garage pop, surf pop Dãm-Funk funk The Sword Heavy metal, doom metal, stoner metal, alt metal, hard rock The Drums Indie pop, post punk revival The Black Angels Psychedelic rock, Neo-psychedelia, Garage rock School of Seven Bells Dream pop, electronic, shoegaze J. Cole hip-hop Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea Psychedelic, alternative, folk rock Wavves Noise pop, lo-fi, surf rock !!! dance punk, indie rock, post punk revival Junip swedish Freelance Whales Indie rock, Pop, baroque pop Justin Townes Earle Americana, folk, country and western Ryan Bingham singer/songwriter Deer Tick Indie rock, indie folk, alt-country Band of Skulls alt rock, blues rock, garage rock Sharon Van Etten singer/songwriter Abigail Washburn Americana, old-time music Omar Souleyman from Syria Twin Shadow Indie pop, electronic Kylesa Sludge metal Man Man Experimental rock The Low Anthem Folk rock, Indie folk Alberta Cross Rock, folk rock, blues rock Railroad Earth Americana, Progressive bluegrass, jam band Jessica Lea Mayfield Alt. country, Folk rock, indie Smith Westerns Glam rock, garage rock, indie rock The Head and the Heart Karen Elson is a British model, singer/songwriter and guitarist Beats Antique electronic, world, bellydance 22-20s Rock, blues rock Phosphorescent Indie rock, indie folk, alt-country Clare MaGuire singer/songwriter Hayes Carll singer/songwriter
Post by funkedup77 on Feb 17, 2011 19:15:46 GMT -5
I would definitely consider Alberta Cross more of a Blues Rock band personally but this is definitely an open ended discussion. Matter of opinion mostly
I know it's impossible to predict the schedule because we've only got the list of, what, like half the bands playing, but I've started grouping bands together I think would fit with each other. Let me know what you think and if I got some listed that would be better elsewhere.
Amos Lee Justin Townes Earle Ryan Bingham Railroad Earth Hayes Carll
(could be a Thursday night tent) Sleigh Bells Best Coast Sharon Van Etten Karen Elson
(could be a Thursday night tent) Junip Deer Tick Low Anthem Head & the Heart Phosphorescent
Deerhunter Cold War Kids Walkmen Alberta Cross 22-20s
(could be a Thursday night tent) Jovanotti Dam Funk J Cole Omar Souleyman Beats Antique
(could be a Thursday night tent) School of 7 Bells Wavves Freelance Whales Twin Shadow Smith Westerns
Post by itrainmonkeys on Feb 18, 2011 15:27:45 GMT -5
^^^ I don't think they always group acts together if they are similar. Some times we get tents with two or three shows in a row that are similar but they won't put all the country girls in one tent. we'll see though.
^^^ I don't think they always group acts together if they are similar. Some times we get tents with two or three shows in a row that are similar but they won't put all the country girls in one tent. we'll see though.
Last year it seemed like the daytime tent shows were grouped pretty well so you could hear that genre back-to-back without alot of scooting around. I still wish I could clone myself because I like a variety of genres but at least it's like having waaaay too many choices of great candy - a great problem to have.
Did a shot at this over the weekend as well. Sorry about the formatting....
Alberta Cross Folk Rock Amos Lee Singer/Song Band of Skulls Rock Béla Fleck & the Flecktones Bluegrass Bootsy Collins & the Funk University Funk Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Pop Jazz Buffalo Springfield feat Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas, Joe Vitale Folk Rock Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo Nawlins Gogol Bordello Freaky Stuff Gregg Allman Southern Rock Hayes Carll Singer/Song Junip Mellow Rock Justin Townes Earle Country Loretta Lynn Country Mavis Staples Soul Mumford & Sons Folk Rock Old Crow Medicine Show Folk Rock Phosphorescent Folk Rock Primus Funk Railroad Earth Jam/Folk Ray Lamontagne Singer/Song Robert Plant & Band of Joy Rock Ryan Bingham Country String Cheese Incident Jam Band The Black Angels Mellow Rock The Black Keys Rock The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band Bluegrass+Jazz The Head and the Heart Folk The Low Anthem Folk Rock The Strokes Rock Wanda Jackson Old Rockabilly Warren Haynes Band Southern Rock Widespread Panic Jam 22-20s Rock Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas Country Arcade Fire Pop Rock Dãm-Funk & Master Blazter Funk/Jazz Deer Tick Folk Rock Eminem Rap Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene Hütz Freaky Stuff Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Rock My Morning Jacket Folk Rock Portugal. The Man Hippie Rock Sleigh Bells Chick Rock Superjam ft. Dan Auerbach and Dr. John Superjam !!! Electronic Abigail Washburn Bluegrass Atmosphere Rap Bassnectar Electronic Beats Antique Electronic Beirut Singer/Song Best Coast Chick Rock Big Boi Rap Chiddy Bang Rap Clare MaGuire Moody Pop Cold War Kids Emo Rock Deerhunter Emo Devotchka Emo Explosions in the Sky Mellow Rock Florence + the Machine Moody Pop Freelance Whales Emo Girl Talk Rap Iron & Wine Singer/Song J. Cole Rap Jessica Lea Mayfield Singer/Song Jovanotti Italian Rap Karen Elson Singer/Song Kylesa Metal Lil Wayne Rap Man Man Freaky Stuff Matt & Kim Indie Neon Trees Pop Rock Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea Chick Rock Omar Souleyman Middle East Opeth Metal Pretty Lights Electronic Ratatat Electronic Robyn Dance School of Seven Bells Pop Scissor Sisters Dance Sharon Van Etten Singer/Song Smith Westerns Folk Rock STS9 Electronic The Decemberists Emo The Drums Gay 80s The Sword Metal The Walkmen Emo Rock Twin Shadow Gay 80s Wavves Emo Pop Wiz Khalifa Rap
Did a shot at this over the weekend as well. Sorry about the formatting....
Gogol Bordello Freaky Stuff Best Coast Chick Rock Clare MaGuire Moody Pop Cold War Kids Emo Rock Deerhunter Emo Devotchka Emo Freelance Whales Emo Girl Talk Rap Man Man Freaky Stuff Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea Chick Rock The Decemberists Emo The Drums Gay 80s The Walkmen Emo Rock Twin Shadow Gay 80s Wavves Emo Pop
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