Just so you don't think I'm all vampires + emo.

My all time favorite Thai musicians; Thaitanium! I had a chance to see them last year, but it was on too short notice I'm determined to see them this time in 2009.  I Know You Love Me - Thaitanium

Ta Leung - Thaitanium

Doown - Thaitanium

they're a bit hit and miss!!

I saw them at Gazebo once.... no concert, they were having a b-day bash for someone in the band.

Apparently they played up in SF last week. There is a club called RCA/Slims-SF... Had I known I would have checked them out...

Just watched the videos.. musicallly not very impressed. The vids are sort of generic hiphop stuff... overall not much there to seperate them from the pop sound. I would be interested in hearing different groups though... ? Any groups with a more unique sound? I know these guys have been around a long time..

who are they???

stegee >> Isn't everyone? Snow Patrol is the only full album I've been able to listen to this year + ended up

deleting 3 or 4 songs from them.

GM >> This is older stuff from them but yes they stick with an old school sound, which I like. I love their music

production I think they put together some hooky beats. If you check out some more Thai hip hop you'll see

that most of it runs to the goofy side of things

SweetieBabieTS >> Are you serious?? Are you sure you live in Thailand?? The King plays Thaitanium all the time in

the palace

ym,

Any other groups you might recommend checking out?

Cheers

That's all I know about Thai music.

The rest sounds to me like alt/rock + Isaan sound (bung chic, bung chic) pop/dance.

As far as music in general, it's hard to say because different people like different things (although you have inspired a series of upcoming journal posts). Groups; I don't know if there are any good groups left. Now it's all about songs, a band can put out an incredible song, but you listen to their other stuff + it's crap on wheels.

For Brit pop, emo, punk, alt/indie + some dance/remix there's a guy called Shankly who puts out monthly collections of new music. It's a great way to find some new stuff. He puts out year end best ofs, that's a great place to start. You'll find him on the Pirate Bay for sure (once a pirate...).

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3939557/2007_Best_Albums_(Selected_Tracks)_from_Shankly

Enjoy