Something a little bit different from Reverbrony – this time utilising his own vocals, something of a rarity in his extensive body of work. Whilst it’s definitely not quite at the level of quality of some of the other vocalist he brings in for many of his projects, it has a lot of promise regardless and absolutely suits his signature brand of progressive metal.
Rock
Atmosphery Pony – You Keep Me Waiting | Indie
Here’s a short tune from Atmosphery Pony. There’s some cool guitar work in the background but it’s the vocals that really carry the track which despite its length is nicely paced with an organic rhythm.
Mathematicus & Art Fonseca – Rarity † Fluttershy | Indie
Something with a little bit more of an artistic indie flourish, we see another track from the recently returned Art Fonseca and the ever-creative Mathematicus. The song is divided into 2 parts: ‘Toils’ and ‘You & I’, and features on Mathie’s new album, Zeitumkehrer, a collection of songs made by herself and friends over the past three years.
Redd – Little Dreams (covering Vylet Pony) | Grunge
While everyone else was out remixing Little Dreams for SPW Deluxe (guilty as charged), Redd decided to go in a different direction and cover the song instead. Redd has a way with completely switching up songs when he covers them (like his cover of The Smile Song), and gives a totally new feel each time he does so!
Jyc Row – Fire of Daydream (feat. Skyline) | Orchestral
The bagpipes are back out again for another Jyc Row song, this time a collaboration with Skyline, who did the guitar parts towards the end of this track. The addition of that guitar really takes this orchestral piece to another level and gives it a good symphonic rock vibe too!
Sprocket – Praise the Sun | Hip-Hop
Part of the ongoing “Princess Variations” project, a series of songs about Celestia and Luna, based around the same basic chords and melodies but performed in different styles and genres. This song seems to have a bit of everything; a hip-hop style beat, subtle rock keys and guitars, electronic vocoded vocals, and orchestral parts which come and go with the progression of the song. It’s such a diverse soundscape, I wasn’t expecting to hear something quite like this from Sprocket but he’s done an amazing job here!
Chris Wöhrer – We are the Night | Metal
Originally released as an instrumental 2 years ago as an instrumental, Chris Wöhrer has re-recorded and re-released his song We are the Night, now with his own vocals too! The Austrian metal musician has recently hit 700 subs, so congratulations from us, it’s well deserved!
Horse Music Hotspot – July 2016
Another month gone by, and another episode of the hotspot aired last night. Intersekt is back as host this month with our top picks from July! You can listen to it on YouTube, SoundCloud, or your favourite podcast app.
July saw multiple album releases as well as some excellent singles from all sorts of artists. Sit down and let Intersekt take you through the last month in brony music!
To listen in live, tune in to Ponyville FM at 10PM Eastern on the last Sunday of each month!
Embeds and tracklist are both available after the break
Quicksilver – Problems (Fluttershy Has a Chainsaw) | Punk Rock
Quicksilver has definitely become one of my favourite non-electronic artists in the fandom, and even in a relatively short track such as this one he shows why with some really energetic vocals, and an instrumental to match. I’m not the biggest fan of the subject matter, but can definitely still groove along to this one regardless.
Lycan Dese Beats – Season 2 Episode 20
As LDB brings you the latest and greatest songs of the fandom, we have “Pony Bands” in our theme this week including The Shake Ups in Ponyville, AcoustiMandoBrony, and The Wonderbolts. In the new music part of the show, we spotlight some drum and bass with Protocat, an interesting song about socks with the Luna Ticks and a Tubby Wubby Pony Waifu cover by Crusader!
Click here to download this episode
Full tracklist available after the break
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