May you be a socks enthusiast or not, it’s always good to be open-minded and tolerate what others like especially in a community like ours, that is the serious message that we can take from this not-so-serious yet awesome new release from pony band Luna Ticks. “Finally a fandom song about socks” I heard someplace, “This is absurd. I love it.” someplace else, for me this is a very enjoyable Punk Rock piece from skilled and based pony rock musicians which has a distinctive charm and additional layer of appreciation thanks to the choice of freely expressing a message about a theme that many of us can relate to inside the community, and that pertains to our liking for certain art and concept that emanate from our very community. Have fun, enjoy and respect, that should be one of our mottos!
Author: Makenshi
Ponysphere & Friends – The Land Of Harmony Part 1: Through the Frost And Ice | Metal
Brace yourselves everypony, masterpiece ahoy! Here we’ve got a quite stunning Progressive/Symphonic/Folk metal beauty from Ponysphere, putting a beautiful and passionate vision to reality with the help of the amazing BriLizy T providing utterly gorgeous vocals, Shurrikane‘s orchestral talents, DivinumX rocking a guest solo, and Secret Metal helping with mixing and mastering. The 8-minutes song has got everything to stand as a timeless gem, from the delightful progression to the masterful instrumentations of both heavy parts empowered by powerful vocals and soft parts sublimated by choruses and piano play. As for the cover art by Flarescale, it completes the whole and adds to the “concept” feel while reminding of cover arts from Folk Metal bands such as Korpiklaani (or from some Prog Rock bands of old).
fractilx – luvstruck -timebond- (feat. gmIX-k) | Trance House
Next to Burstin’ Sun, this second contribution to the tribute album toward King Mars from Fractilx takes on a community favorite by paying tribute to the Derpy x Dr. Hooves ship in a musical way. The tender atmosphere definitely conveys the love very well, as the science/tech-y synths and melodies and the occasional bells remind of Dr. Hooves’ character as depicted in the fateful episode 100 or inside the community for ages! A bond that will last forever and that will never be broken, and including a time-traveling pony, that’s what a timebond is!
Einarx – Devastate EP | Electronic
Einarx’s much awaited new EP is out, everypony!! Including tracks that were already released on the channel before as well as brand new tracks, this EP under the Magnus Records label is 100% bangers. Get to the full writeup after the break, featuring each of the tracks from the EP along their YouTube upload!
The Dark Side – Into The Snow | House
Featuring art from renowned Rarijack-Daily artist WhiteDiamonds, The Dark Side presents the YouTube release of Into The Snow, a much welcomed House track with an interesting progression and cool chords. You don’t know the power of The Dark Side!
Protocat – I’ll Fly | Drum & Bass
No Fun Allowed is a gold mine for amazing pony songs I told you, and Protocat is definitely one of the newfound artists that stood out. This wonderful Drum & Bass remix of the emotional I’ll Fly brings some more feels with the quite unique and masterful use of pony vocals as melodies, that does wonders here. Made me tear up on my first listen along Xavi-nyan when we listened to the album in sync. A definite must-get, so go grab the album and listen to it if you haven’t already!
Rusty Thorsell – Best Day | Indie Pop
Rusty never fails to bring to life unique and happy melodic bliss and this song especially feels like a musical embodiment of raw positivity to me. An original and beautiful instrumental, and cute vocals that make you want to prance around in a grassy meadow holding balloons, give to this song its unique charm.
The Shake Ups In Ponyville – Baking With Gummy | Power Pop
Released in time for the celebration of Andrea Libman’s birthday that is TODAY (July 19th), this Pinkie & Gummy duet from the album Rock Candy (that you can get as a physical CD) not only shines as a strong and happy Power Pop song much to the style of The Shake Ups, but also comes with a delightful music video that is sweet as honey and happy as a pink pony can be. It is sure to make you smile! Go give a smile back to the band with a comment, and go throw the best party ever for Andrea Libman, Pinkie’s voice actress! We love you Andrea, happy birthday and have a blast partying hard as a Pinkie, or soft as a Fluttershy!
[NFA] Wootmaster – The Club Pony Party Palace | Dubstep
If you happen to particularly affectionate The Saddle Row Review as a music fan, well, based Wootmaster has made your wildest dreams come true, or not, as maybe you never imagined such a wonderful creation could ever be released. Extending on some of the musical aspects from the episode (including remixing that BGM from the dance club), this unexpected banger also plays with delightful freedom on unusual concepts such as the intense (and at times kind of lewd) use of pony vocal samples as spoken parts. In the end, what could be mistaken as a mere sweep dance remix is actually an elaborate, hard-hitting, and definitely very pony party track that is proudly asserting its uniqueness while delivering with wubs as dirty as some pony samples are. “80% of this song is Rarity being musically gangbanged”, as stated by the artist! And I find that quite fitting to describe it indeed… Also, the track is part of the recently released >No Fun Allowed album, a musical project from our anon friends over at 4chan, that means you can download The Club Pony Party Palace both from the description of Wootmaster’s upload or by downloading the full album! I’d recommend doing both, that’s what I did!
/MLP/ Plays – >No Fun Allowed | Album | Multi-Genre
Brace yourselves everypony, because you’re about to get surprised in the most amazing ways, as we present to you the result of two years of collaborative effort from musicians of the 4chan /mlp/ board, a massive 51-tracks album of stunning quality. Featuring a wide variety of genres (even including some very unusual ones), perhaps even more variety than in the P@D or LDB albums, this heartfelt compilation of sophisticated tunes will surprise and delight as you experience its many wonders, such as the very mellow and enthralling RarityRF (#7), the emotional and surprising you-would-never-guess pony vocals from Flut (#8), the incredible vocal chops from Protocat’s remix of I’ll Fly (#11), the masterful collaboration work in To Anon Too Late (#15), one of the best and most epic remixes of Luna’s Future (#21), Feral FurE’s wonderful remix of Better Than Ever (#26), some more feels from the Out On My Own remix (#29), the original Derpy-centered Surf Rock track Surfin’ Derp (#30), the blissful piano melodies from Tree of Harmony (#32), the heartfelt realtalk combined with quality instrumental in Waifu Blues (#33), the mighty rock spirit from Eclipses (#48), or the massive party track The Club Pony Party Palace (#50) that I will feature as a solo post next. I guess the expression “Do not judge a book by its cover” works here, and you won’t be disappointed if you decide to go give the full album a proper listen (and if you would consider donating, note that all proceeds will go to charity). This music lover, for one, is blown away.
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