I have ascended.

I have discovered the One True Song .

All music is but pale imitations of this platonic ideal of music. From this point on it will be Popcorn 24/7 forever more.

(sibashen - Pinkie & Popcorn)

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I think this is my all-time favourite band so far (just barely edging out Volbeat). I practically grew up listening to them thanks to my brothers. A delicious blend of prog rock, electronica, and space rock. A rather distinctive sound, especially with Matt Bellamy's impressive, boisterous vocals.

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Significant other introduced me to this artist. They are mainly comprised of experimental pop and pop rock type music. The artist's name amuses me as an MLP fan and brings a wry smile to my face...

(uotapo - Equestria Girls Flash Sentry with Camaro)

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More delightfully crunchy steampunk and industrial folk (!) courtesy of all 'round good guy/gal Cynewulf. These guys are pretty much the ur-example of steampunk music and the unofficial "spokesband" of the genre.

It has been nearly 2 years, but thanks for the suggestion!

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Some bluegrass-folk music courtesy of Canada this time around. Features blisteringly fast banjo (is there any other kind?) which counterpoints lead singer Nate Hilt's rather raspy voice quite well. Quite nice if you are into that sort of thing.

(Maran-Zelde - Equestria Girls: Indie Rocks)

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This certainly is an interesting album, filled with a pleasingly wide variety of influences and sounds. I remember an interview somewhere (YouTube perhaps?) a while back with Johannes Eckerström, the lead singer, saying the band did not want to get stuck making the same sounds and music again and again. They succeeded quite well here; a veritable cornucopia of different styles here!

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Hillbilly Casino is a glorious mix of country rock and rockabilly. Not quite country per se, but you can definitely hear how rockabilly genre influenced "modern" country. Regardless, it is almost breathlessly fast paced, upbeat, and excitedly energetic. Shades of Elvis Presley abound. This one comes courtesy of my coworkers on the production floor. If you would have told me 5 years ago that I would begin to take interest in country type musical genres, I would have scoffed

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On the power metal cheesy fun scale from "At home in the 80's" to "Featured on the box art for a graphics card", Gloryhammer certainly pegs the metre. The first song is about a wizard leading an army of undead unicorns which sets the tone for everything that follows.

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Significant Other introduced them to me. He and his fellow computer jockeys and byte wranglers like to listen to this sort of thing as they work. "Music to program to" he calls it. I certainly like it. It is some nice instrumental chill out music.

(argodaemon - Derpo Taxes)

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A bit of neo-psychedelic rock here. Think "Doors" mixed with "Black Rebel Motorcycle Club". If you enjoyed Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from (much) earlier, odds are you will enjoy this.

(johnjoseco - Rocktavia)

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