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Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:13 am
by Marmot
Syndicate 10th Anniversary Walrus (Annirus)
What is a Walrus?
A walrus is a music-sharing event with a dash of competition. I describe the categories (cats) here, and you submit songs to me that you believe match those categories. I'll listen to those submissions (subs) and rate them. I will then run a live reveal for each cat on discord, where I will play every song submitted and everyone is invited to join in and listen.
How does this Walrus work?
- You can submit songs to me via PM here, or you can DM me on Discord at marmot#0236. Please use youtube links if they are available and send do not spoil the links when you send them.
- The deadline to submit songs is 11:59 PST on Tuesday, October 18th (although I can be a little flexible on this).
- Reveals will be run at 3:00PM PST on Wed-Fri October 19-21.
- Alts are welcome (sending in multiple sets of subs), but I maintain the right to revoke this option.
- An unlimited number of people may participate.
- Each sub will be rated on a score 1-10 for enjoyment and 1-10 for catfit. This is a mini walrus, so I will not be scoring at all based on familiarity. Pander as you will. Nothing is banned. (I enjoy most types of metal and rock, as well as some electronic, hip-hop and pop. Country and some rap are genres that will generally not do well, everything else I don't have trouble finding enjoyment in)
The Categories!
- Monumental: It is the 10th anniversary, a monumental occasion in the Syndicate's history. Send me a song that is monumental, either for the genre or artist. This is open to interpretation.
- Flash-Wagon: QUICK! nutella claimed Pyramid Song, and we need to kill someone else today!!! Send me a song that is fast-paced, short, or leaves little time to think. This cat will be scored live. To honor this theme, I won't listen to the subs until the reveal, and will score them as they flip.
- Rezz: Rezz Please! Resurrection is the theme here. Send me a song either about coming back to life, second chances, or however you interpret this.
Anything else?
Nope, that's it!! Hope y'all have fun! I look forward to the subs!!
Participants
- Shad
- Syn
- Moose
- Quas
- Lyris
- Jambi
- Sabi
- Sloonei
- nutella
- Scotty
- ignoramus
- birdwithteeth11
- hollowkatt
- Macdougall
- katze
- Bloobird
- NateTheLesser
- outed wolf
- MyNameIsNothing
- falcon45ca
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:21 am
by Scotty
I said yes but I am to music what Tom Bergerac is to family feud
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:31 am
by Sabiplz
Second
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 3:16 pm
by LordQuas
Moose will own
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:43 pm
by Shad
I put about 3 minutes into this total glgl
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 2:19 am
by Syn
ok
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 6:07 pm
by katze
length limit?
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 6:54 pm
by Marmot
katze wrote: βFri Oct 14, 2022 6:07 pmlength limit?
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Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:17 pm
by nutella
Subbed -- I restricted myself to a fun little theme that my choices have in common, so if my catfits appear relatively weak so be it
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 7:20 pm
by NateTheLesser
Subbed. I also have a theme.
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 2:10 am
by Sabiplz
My theme is I subbed two hours late
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:32 am
by Marmot
Cat 1 Reveal
1) Monumental: It is the 10th anniversary, a monumental occasion in the Syndicate's history. Send me a song that is monumental, either for the genre or artist. This is open to interpretation.
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:32 am
by Marmot
20th place: Jambi
SΓ³lstafir - Draumfari
I should like this song more than I do. The vocalist didn't do it for me. His softer singing early was fine, but ""shouting Icelandic dude"" didn't do it for me, albeit it suited the vibe of the song. Good piano. Good build. I saw this album is supposed to have hints of sludge-metal in it, but this song didn't have much of that. Still though, this appears to be both a step in a new direction for the band, and also their more popular album. Overall promising.
@Jambi
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:33 am
by Marmot
19th place: ignoramus
Caravan Palace - Moonshine
I like the slow build-up for this song. The kids choir is ok. Better than some I've heard, but I generally think they're not great additions to songs. Aside from that, this song fucking slaps.""I'm looking for!"" I'm not sure what the cat fit is though, I'd love an explanation for that one if you have it.
@ignoramus
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:34 am
by Marmot
18th place: Syn
Harry Styles - As It Was
Oh hey that's the guy from One Direction. I'm not sure if this is monumtental. Is it? I sorta like his voice. The song is enjoyable. I really think the nailed the 80's synthpop vibe well. The synth player seems to want to play ""Take On Me"" but is holding back for some reason.
@Syn
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:34 am
by Marmot
17th place: Lyris
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, P!nk - Lady Marmalade
Why yes I am Lady Marmotlade. This song stands up tbh. Catfit? Sort of, especially in the sense that it's a huge collab. sLaY sOuL SiSter π
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@Lyris
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:35 am
by Marmot
16th place: NateTheLesser
Now Now - Thread
Interpol vibes (in a good way). Boy do those guitars hit really well though. I'm having trouble seeing the catfit in this one.
@NateTheLesser
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:35 am
by Marmot
15th place: Sabi
Joywave - Destruction
These sounds are weird, but wow when you put them together it slaps (especially that bass, I'm melting). Not exactly sure if this is a catfit though.
@Sabiplz
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:36 am
by Marmot
14th place: hollowkatt
The Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow's Parties
I don't love Velvet Undergound. But they're enjoyable enough and I have a ton of respect for them for taking rock, flipping it on it's head, putting it in a soup, cooking it, digesting it, pooping it out, and finding a record label willing to sell the end result, because it actually worked.
@hollowkatt
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:36 am
by Marmot
13th place: birdwithteeth11
Rush - 2112
PoG
@birdwithteeth11
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:36 am
by Marmot
12th place: falcon45ca
Metallica (w/ SF Orchestra) - Master of Puppets
Metallica is one of the few bands around that have managed to release both a 5-star album (well, 2 of them) as well as a 0-star album. They definitely had some highs and some lows. While I don't think of this as the peek of their career, I do think it was the last shining moment before they finally started tanking. Some of their music is kinda well-suited for this format, and the end result is a pretty stellar live show.
@falcon45ca
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:37 am
by Marmot
11th place: outed wolf
Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
Beautiful. This should've been subbed to Schia's music box cat. I don't know the catfit? But I also don't know Aphex Twin music well enough. In particular, I don't know many songs that lack beeps and boops quite like this one. But I'm glad there's no beeps and boops here. It's excellent as is. good interlude
@outed wolf
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:37 am
by Marmot
10th place: Shad
Possessed - The Exorcist
There's some pretty good riffage in here. Wow. Great stuff. I looked them up and it turns out their guitarist is now the long time guitarist for Primus. No wonder this sounded promising. They released another album on Oct 12 I still need to go check out lmao.
@Shad
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:38 am
by Marmot
9th place: MyNameIsNothing
Sophie - Bipp
Whoa. What. Hmm. What? Uhhh. Hey. Help. This. Slaps. Unironically.
@MyNameIsNothing
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:39 am
by Marmot
8th place: LordQuas
Swans - Blind
Amazingly, this song wasn't even on the original album from '92. But it's on the 2015 re-issue. I'll just assume they wrote it around '92 as well, because this album was imo a big step for Swans going from an innovative band to an innovative band that played good music.
@LordQuas
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:39 am
by Marmot
7th place: MacDougall
Ghost B.C - Year Zero
You know, this is both mildly cheesy and extremely ""fuuuck, that bass has grabbed my ass and started shaking it"". I'm not sure what's monumental about it, but the music video has boobs, and it falls into this ""Satanic Hard Rock"" realm that I'm not very familiar with, so it might be a new step there.
@MacDougall
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:39 am
by Marmot
6th place: Scotty
Opeth - In Mist She Was Standing
Ok so a few years earlier, Dream Theater decided to mashup Metallica/Pink Floyd and make it into music. It was good. Opeth said ""hold my beer""
@Scotty
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:39 am
by Marmot
5th place: Sloonei
Regina Spektor - Us
Sometimes she sounds Russian and sometimes she's clearly New Yawk. Thank you for this introduction to Regina that I've long since been missing. This is apparently a genre called Anti-Folk. Cool. Love the concept. Love the voice. I love the startling slides and notes she chooses to sing. Chaotic pop!!!
@Sloonei
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:40 am
by Marmot
4th place: katze
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Iron Lung
I fucking love this album. Yes it came out on like Oct 7, but I've listened to the full thing probably a dozen times at least. I've followed KGLW for the last couple years or so, and this is both one of their best works thus far, and an entirely new step for them into jazzier realms (while still retaining their kinda rough/garage-rock sound
@katze
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:40 am
by Marmot
3rd place: Moose
Swans - Apple Bottom Jeans
Yes. This is a monumental moment in Swans' career.
@Moose
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:40 am
by Marmot
2nd place: Bloobird
Judee Sill - Jesus was a Cross Maker
I'm not familar with Sill, but she appears to be one of the pioneers of the chamber folk scene (as well as being a prominent singer/songwriter). Breathy delivery: good. Naturally clipped words: wow. Excellent stuff.
@Bloobird
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:40 am
by Marmot
1st place: nutella
The Microphones - I Want Wind to Blow
Hi. My name is Marmot and this is my first time listening to the Microphones. Yes I have listened to oddly juxtaposed instruments before. No I don't think it's ever sounded this beautiful. Yes I will probably listen to more. No I am not getting an angry elephant tattooed on my ass. Yes I am getting it tattooed on my left pec. Please ask me what I think of this whole album when I listen to it.
@nutella
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:53 pm
by Marmot
Results after Cat 1.
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:22 am
by Marmot
Cat 2 Reveal
2) Flash-Wagon: QUICK! nutella claimed Pyramid Song, and we need to kill someone else today!!! Send me a song that is fast-paced, short, or leaves little time to think. This cat will be scored live. To honor this theme, I won't listen to the subs until the reveal, and will score them as they flip.
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:22 am
by Marmot
20th place: katze
Devin Townsend - Singularity
Lalala. Choir. Devin gets bombastic. Devin transcends to screaming. Weeyoo guitars. Evil boss, Z-TEAK, enters. CHAOSSSSPEEEDSSSSSSSAAAAAAAAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGA. Retribution. Devin marries Mac's mom, they move out to the country, have a couple kids, have a couple cattle. Mac's mom signs Devin up for a mafia game. She signs up too. Devin gets flash-wagoned Day 1. He screams at Mac's mom. He's still screaming. Devin is still screaming. Mac's mom turns 57. They get divorced. Their kids moved to Romania and Minnesota. One of them passed away in a tragic piano incident. Mac's mom is suffering from dementia, arthritis, and an pending liver failure. Devin is still screaming. Mac's mom asks Devin to stop screaming. Australia asks Devin to stop screaming. Devin remembers he can play other instruments and stops screaming and writes a 6 minute outro. He kills Z-TEAK. Mostly.
@katze
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:22 am
by Marmot
19th place: Jambi
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor
My shoulders are frozen but I am not. This is ok, this Arctic BlackKeys band.
@Jambi
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:25 am
by Marmot
18th place: Scotty
NA - A Scene from Troll 2
oh
@Scotty
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:25 am
by Marmot
17th place: LordQuas
Milo - Yet Another
This isn't fast or particularly short. But there was a trumpet solo, so that get's 2 points by itself.
@LordQuas
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:25 am
by Marmot
16th place: MyNameIsNothing
MJ Lenderman - SUV
Well this was short, uh it kinda slows down at the end, what the heck
@MyNameIsNothing
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:13 pm
by Marmot
15th place: Sloonei
The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl
Why does Meg wear not white, it baffles me
@Sloonei
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:14 pm
by Marmot
14th place: ignoramus
Atomic Heart - Beehive
Slow start. Oh it doesn't speed up. Hmm. Some catfit for short, but my mind isn't plastered to the wall.
@ignoramus
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:14 pm
by Marmot
13th place: NateTheLesser
Russian Dolls - Gully Boys
Not a catfit aside for length tbh, but this song sounds so dank on first listen. I wonder if I'll like it after repeated listens, but me now is bobbin'
@NateTheLesser
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:14 pm
by Marmot
12th place: Lyris
Silverstein - Quit Your Job
too short cant type
@Lyris
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:14 pm
by Marmot
11th place: Shad
Torche - Sky Trials
Yo this is nice. The vocals are neat the guitars go weeyooweeyoo
@Shad
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:15 pm
by Marmot
10th place: outed wolf
clppng - Story 2
Yeeh, fun wordflow. Fun temp change. The Tangerine Dream sample was ""chef's kiss""
@outed wolf
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:15 pm
by Marmot
9th place: Sabiplz
Laura Hes - Haunted
Oh oh my my god god what what is is this this every every sound sound is is repeateated
@Sabiplz
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:15 pm
by Marmot
8th place: Syn
Deadjxhn - Spaceyard
percussively meh, bassly based
oh ah eh ah eh ha ha ha ah ah
@Syn
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:16 pm
by Marmot
7th place: MacDougall
Mcluskey - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues
I know this song. TURNING ME ON WITH MY LIGHTSABER COCKSUCKING BLUES
@MacDougall
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:16 pm
by Marmot
6th place: falcon45ca
Mcluskey - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues
I know this song. YOU'VE OPENED A CAN OF WORMS AND I'M FEARFUL!!!
@falcon45ca
Re: Anniversary Mini-Walrus (hosted by Marmot)
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:16 pm
by Marmot
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5th place: Bloobird
Mcluskey - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues
I know this song. ARE YOU COMING ARE YOU COMING ARE YOU COMING!!!!!!
@Bloobird