For ramblings on how I came to compile this list go here . And for commentary on previous selections: [ #50-46 ] [ #45-41 ] [ #40-36 ] [ #35-31 ] [ #30-26 ] 25. Kid A - Radiohead (2000) While I completely understand my own enthusiasm for this album, I can't say that I really get why everyone else loves it so much. I've noticed that it's already topped some other 'best of the decade' [...]
MP3: Nachtmystium - Cold Tormentor (I've Become) from Nachtmystium (2003) To me, "black metal" means a style of music pioneered by Norwegian bands like Darkthrone and Mayhem in the early 1990s. The (again, for me) defining elements of the genre are densely layered trebly guitars, often low-fidelity production, high screechy vocals, lyrics about darkness, despair, and evil (as opposed to dismemberment, gore and violence), and riffs that are more melodic than one finds in other extreme forms of metal like death metal. In recent years, American bands have produced some of the best music [...]
Hail Of Bullets sings the following genre(s): Death Metal More videos from Hail Of Bullets : "Warsaw Rising", the first-ever video from HAIL OF BULLETS — the Dutch death metal band featuring GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens, former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX singer Martin Van Drunen and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen. The clip was directed/edited by Dave Cardoso and Dave Hall. The "Warsaw Rising" EP was released on July 17 (in Europe) via Metal Blade Records. [...]
Salome, who are both a) one of our favorite doom bands and b) one of our favorite live bands, played the Relapse showcase at CMJ last month, and, as is so often the case, our brostafas at Metal Injection where there to capture some awesome live footage. Check it out: -AR RELATED POSTS:EXCLUSIVE BEARD DESTROYER '09 TOUR [...]
Generation Star Wars by Alec Empire 1994, Mille Plateaux, 13 tracks at 1 hr, 13 min. Listen Buy CD RATING: 46 out of 50 L'enfant terrible of German techno, Alec Empire is a man who is very apt at displaying the polarities of his mother culture. Like East and West Germany, Empire's music is likewise split into opposing factions. He can be stoically ambient, removed of any feeling but fear [...]
Our good friend PJ Sykes shot the awesome cover photo for Lambchop 's brand new live album which came out digitally this week ( Nov 17 ) and will be released as a limited edition CD and high def video download next week ( Nov 24 ) exclusively via the Merge Store . Lambchop - Live at XX Merge (Cover photo by PJ Sykes ) As Merge fans know, Lambchop has [...]
Album of the Quarter : A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar Runners up: Memory Tapes - Seek Magic , Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem I am well aware that this podcast is a good month and a half removed from the end of 2009's third quarter, and that we are balls deep in the year's capping three-month span. But, perhaps the extra reflection has further winnowed the included tracks down from the fickle week to week whims of the blogosphere? Let's just pretend that that's [...]
The problem with a list like this is the "shoulds". You know, the albums you feel like everyone else will pick, so you "should," too? Well, this time I decided not to deal with those. My list is based on the number of times I listened to these albums since they came out, whether I love them so much I already know every word to every song, how much it moved me, etc. This is a personal list. It isn't intended to be complete or controversial. That said, I know I'll get crap for [...]
Tobacco Pat has a penchant for providing me with EPs of dark Americana tinged singer songwriter projects. The third and final installment of his "Apocalypse" series has just been self released and it falls into place quite nicely. You might remember an earlier mention of this project here on the blog and once again this installment comes in the form of 5 tracks in "The Destroyer" package. This one feels like it brings it all down with more energy than the previous EPs, it is definitely a raw lo-fi journey! [...]
La scorsa settimana abbiamo terminato il nostro viaggio attraverso gli album più importanti del decennio che si sta concludendo. Abbiamo quindi pensato di riassumere il tutto in questo post che non è altro che la lista completa, tappa per tappa, degli album che di volta in volta abbiamo approfondito, in modo tale da avere una sorta di indice delle varie puntate. Dopo il salto trovate anche la listona di tutti gli album che di anno in anno sono stati inseriti fra "gli album da salvare". [...]
THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW PIG DESTROYER ALBUM IN 2010. What else do you need to know? -AR RELATED POSTS:EYEHATEGOD TRY TO MAKE A BOAT SINK, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDSREPULSION LIVE CLIPS!EYELOVEYOU, EYEHATEGODMETAL INJECTION INTERVIEWS PIG DESTROYER AND DECIBEL MAGAZINE'S ALBERT MUDRIANGET YOUR INJECTION OF PIG DESTROYER
A editora Merge Records é sem dúvida uma daquelas editoras que mantem o espirito independente desde a sua criação, já lá vão 20 anos. Do catálogo fazem parte bandas como os Arcade Fire,Lambchop, The Clientele, Spoon, Destroyer, Rosebuds, M. Ward, entr muitas outras. Para comemorar o vigésimo aniversário editaram o livro "Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, The Little Label That Got Big And Stayed Small", com a história da editora, centenas de fotografias das bandas, capas e posters.
Pig Destroyer have finally finished work on their new home studio (after recording in the basement of one of their parents' houses for the last few years) and are writing material for a new album, which will (hopefully) be recorded this winter and released next fall. We don't have any more information than that because there isn't any, but for now we can certainly speculate on how good the album
This past weekend was "The Blackened Weekend" here in NYC, a 3-night series of metal shows put on by the same folks behind the Mastodon / Neurosis show a couple of winters back and the Pig Destroyer / Brutal Truth / Repulsion joint this past summer. Krallice headlined Friday's show with support from Liturgy, Malkuth [...]
This past weekend was "The Blackened Weekend" here in NYC, a 3-night series of metal shows put on by the same folks behind the Mastodon / Neurosis show a couple of winters back and the Pig Destroyer / Brutal Truth / Repulsion joint this past summer. Krallice headlined Friday's show with support from Liturgy, Malkuth [...]
Best Albums of 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 2007 might just be my favorite year for music releases this decade. Unfortunately, many, many great albums were left out of this list. It was pretty hard leave them out, but I couldn't press the little blue "Publish" button without any of the following albums on the list: [...]
Being the young age I am (under 30) this last decade was really the one where I can intensely focus on new releases, critically analyze and find real magic in modern music. As much as I wish I was cool enough to say I bought "Slanted and Enchanted" on vinyl the day it came out or smoke a joint and sit around with my friends about to listen to "The Bends follow-up album" with everyone saying "this better not suck!" But since I never saw Nirvana in a basement and didn't hear "Loveless" until Billy Corgan recommended it I'll just stick to [...]
Really, I love Fun Fun Fun Festival. I will readily stand up to the masses and argue about how much better FFF is in comparison to Austin City Limits. But, as with all festivals, there will inevitably be some sort of let down that leaves you frustrated. While I think some of these may be a bit obvious, there are others that definitely need to be brought into the forefront. 5. King Khan and the BBQ Show This is mostly [...]
Monday, Nov. 16 will kick off KISS WEEK at TDoL-five days dedicated to that one band what wears makeup and parties every day and stomps puppies before concerts. Fret not. Even if you're like me, and hate KISS and everything they stand for, I promise it will be as fun as drinking Two Buck Chuck from a Destroyer -era Gene Simmons codpiece ... which I'm doing right now ... in a pair of 7-inch boots ... and nothing else. Please come back.
KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez' debut full-length album is finally out this week. Audio/Visual, released on Recordbreakin' Music is a multi-dimensional collection of atmospheric soundscapes and progressive soul jams. Inspired in large part by Valadez' post-club journeys through the streets of Los Angeles, Audio/Visual demonstrates his eye for images, his ear for sound and his ability to mesh the two together. Gems of LA's progressive music scene pop up all over the album including vocalist Wendisue and musicians Dexter Story (Life Force Trio, Build an Ark), Shaunte Palmer (Raphael Saadiq, Talib Kweli) and Evan Lasrey. Kissey Asplund is also [...]
Beach House have released their first single, "Norway , " from the forthcoming album, Teen Dream , out 1/26 via Sub Pop. [...]More about Beach House
New Lady Gaga from The Fame Monster out November 24th. Originally this album was going to be a re-release of Fame but Gaga said: “I [...]More about Lady GaGa
Ezra is jumping on the auto-tune? Is this the Discovery influence coming to play? Is auto-tune the new trend in indie rock? These questions [...]More about Vampire Weekend
This was my wallpaper this month. I used some website to make a “mosaic” of classic/simple album covers. (Although MPP and London Calling could be considered [...]More about Animal Collective
Beck had completed the second album from his Records Club collection: "The Songs of Leonard Cohen." This time around the group included Devendra Banhart; Ben, Andrew and [...]More about Beck
Some heavy hitters. Midnight Juggernauts - This New Technology (The Juan Maclean remix) Calvin Harris - Flashback (Eric Prydz [...]More about Beyonce
Best Unofficial Day Show: Aquarium Drunkard's CMJ Showcase Where: Fontana's When: 12pm - 5pm Cost: FREE Lineup: 12:00pm - Blair , 12:45pm - [...]More about The xx
So here comes this freestyle or whatever it is from Kanye. No one seems to know if it is new or some unreleased stuff but [...]More about Kanye West
Without further ado, here’s the Lil Wayne No Ceilings mixtape. I heard this would be a Halloween treat, but I guess someone tricked somebody and got to it.� Also, [...]More about Lil' Wayne
Saw Steve Aoki on Friday just there. I was absolutely hammered and therefore dancing like an absolute gimp on the dance-floor. He played a really good set and did about [...]More about Passion Pit
The Cribs - We Share The Same Skies
k-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
The Swell Season featuring Jason Segel - Nov 18, 2009
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WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
‘09 Been Kind
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
Bobby B's Top 50 Albums Of The Decade (#25-21)
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
