[Edit] I've got a new song out in the portal, Circle of Flight and I'd appreciate a listen and a vote or comment on it. It's for this month's MAC, and there's plenty of time to submit a track for it, or, if you don't think you can write something for the competition, I'm sure Maestro would love all the assistance he could get with some good, reliable judging. Seriously, he busts his ass off for NG, it's the least you could do.
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Same deal as Vol 1, I'm just going to post a bunch of awesome songs that I think are awesome.

This first song is called Pennywhistle. It's a single off the brand new album from Melbourne band Augie March, the album's called Watch Me Disappear, named after the lead single. The lead lyricist/vocalist in the band is a real poet, he's got a real gift for words, and listening to the flow of these words in the soothing melodies that Augie March makes, the songs have a captivating finesse about them. I wouldn't call Augie March an "awesome" band, "beautiful" would be a better term. You wouldn't be ashamed to invite these guys home for a Sunday lunch with your mother or grandmother.

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This next song is also a very recent release. The official vid's been disabled for embedding, so here's a vid with just a slide show. ;D
It's called Re-Education (Through Labor) by Rise Against, from their 2008 album Appeal to Reason.
I got into these guys after hearing "Like the Angel" on one of the Tony Hawk skating games (THUG, I think it was?).

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Australian Hip-hop? I'm not a huge fan of hip-hop, but the content material in this song had something drawing me in. It's called Clockwork by Australian Hip-hop artist, Phrase.

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I was going to put in a song from Metallica's new album, Death Magnetic, but there are a few Metallica songs that I absolutely love. So here's Unforgiven II, from ReLoad. It's songs like these that got me into Metallica in the first place.

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Band: Kings of Leon
Song: On Call
Album: Because of the Times

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Starlight, by Muse, from Black Holes and Revelations. This was the second song I heard of theirs, and from there on I've been a fan. It's still one of my favourites of theirs.

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Pendulum's Slam, from Hold Your Colour. Love this vid. <3
Also, these guys are touring on the Big Day Out tour '09, I should totally try and get tickets for the Perth show.

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3 Doors Down: Kryptonite
This song is pure awesome.

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Placebo: Meds

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Love Hurts, off of Incubus' album Light Grenades.

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Aussie rockers, Bodyjar, with Too Drunk to Drive. A catchy song with a duet vocal line that sounds kind of retro.

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Another band and another song I first heard from the Tony Hawk skate gaming franchise. The song: Armageddon. The band: Alkaline Trio.
Lol at 0:15 He slits everyone's throats.O.o

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I also really wanted to embed this song but I couldn't find a good video that didn't have the embedding feature disabled. >:(
I was around 10-11 years old when I first heard a few songs from these guys.

That's pretty much it. I'll leave you with one last video, Schubert's Der Erlkönig. I heard it last year in music class, and I've got nothing to say other than it is completely brilliant, the vocals are imaginative (4 different "characters" sung by the one vocalist) and the piano accompaniment is off the fucking chart.

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