It's not a Noodle Incident if your previous threads still can be seen.
Dolphin
used to be a rapper with lyrics about suicide and drug addiction (which were terribly written), but in recent years he swerved towards immensely depressing electronic post-punk. Юность (2007) is particularly harsh musically. As you can hear below, he still uses a rap-like delivery at times. Звезда (2004) is generally considered his best work, though I'm partial to Юность as well.
I also know of art rockers Сплин and АукцЫон. Classics of Russian rock include the aforementioned Кино, ДДТ and Nautilus Pompilius. Got no specific recommendations on these as I haven't given any of them a thorough listen yet.
Also got nothing female-fronted for you (and even if I had, wouldn't share).
edited 30th Oct '11 1:47:21 PM by Litis
I’m always on the lookout for international music but one problem I have with Russia is that they seem (or seemed) to think that this
is “rock.” It’s easy to say “that was a product of the Soviet era” but this album
, released this year, has that VIA-style of singing.
That’s not fair as there is Russian music I totally love, like this
. Probably not any more “rock” than the above examples, but at least it has an edge (more “avant-garde”/“neo-classical” than “rock”).
Yeah, I'm sorry, but that song by Ариель is rock. Instrumentation-wise it's rather ordinary '70s psychedelic rock, not unlike what the Beatles played. As for the singing, it's simply the way people were taught to sing in USSR's school choirs and dedicated music schools. Believe it or not, but nearly all well-known singers sang like this. I believe you're familiar with Eduard "Trololo Guy" Khil? Despite what you may think, he was (and is) a very respected singer rather than a novelty. And yes, it's still influential nowadays. That recently released album you've mentioned likely utilizes the singing style in the context of nostalgia; it's a tribute to a Soviet TV show that aired from 1960 to 2003.
And the fact that the singer uses the way commonly accepted back then is important: that performance was televised because it was approved by the government
. Anything edgier than that got firmly weeded out. The immensely popular singer-songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky, for example, was on very bad terms with the government because of his politically charged lyrics and gruff voice.
Can't say I'm a fan of this vocal style myself; it sounds very showy and grating to me (funnily enough going against the grain of the "anti-bourgeois" mantra of the Soviet government). But context is always nice to have regardless.
edited 3rd Nov '11 3:34:45 PM by Litis

I swear this topic will not be like the last two and will be completely normal.
Does anyone like Save?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDXAbCZdKxs
(for some reason this video will not embed as will not another uploaded by the same person)
edited 30th Oct '11 9:51:34 AM by jasonwill2
as of the 2nd of Nov. has 6 weeks for a broken collar bone to heal and types 1 handed and slowly