December 18, 2008
Another year, another list of the tunes I obsessed over. Some of these are likely to be popular picks all over the internet, but I also want to mention a bunch of albums that haven’t gotten the props they deserve. My favorite albums of 2008:
30. Cool Kids, The Bake Sale
Sparse electronic samples drip and drop […]
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October 30, 2008
I don’t know who smacked sense into these rich, lazy bastards. But the millionaires once known as Alcoholica have finally released a proper follow-up to …And Justice For All. I’ve heard rumors they’ve been releasing “music” of some sort the last couple decades, but no one heard that crap, right? Metal fans should thank Satan […]
July 2, 2008
Only halfway through the Aught Eight, there are a handful of standout discs I would recommend. There are others in the running, but the following have earned the most play time and mindshare at the halfway point.
British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music?
The bravado in the critic-baiting title is equaled only by the rafter-shaking […]
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February 22, 2008
First, a bit of explanation. Got the backstory straight? I guarantee you, on multiple listenings you would never ever ever have figured out any of the mythology regarding Ouija boards, the demon Goliath, or anything else resembling a cohesive narrative. Which, to be honest, is never the point of a Mars Volta record. The point […]
February 20, 2008
Breakneck speed. Throat-tearing vocals. More repressed anger than a Republican with confiscated guns. UK’s Gallows bull-rushed my future hearing levels late last year when I heard their Live BBC Sessions. I searched everywhere for their Epitaph album, and holy crap does it impress. I place this album’s adrenaline level somewhere between a donkey punch to […]
