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The worst taste in music
Finally something worth listening to (+ the new XX album scheduled for september 11)top 10:
5. anathema - weather systems
Finally something worth listening to (+ the new XX album scheduled for september 11)top 10:
5. anathema - weather systems
i'm a little surprised by the relative lack of acclaim purity ring receives compared to grimes, but i get the feeling that might change soonI love the new Purity Ring. Just heard of these guys recently.
FLAWLESS. I regret not getting tix to see her live :(Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
so channel orange came out yesterday
im not one to quote critics usually but P4k gave it a ridiculous high 9.5 while fantano gave it a 7.. and my rating on 3-4 listens is definitely closer to fantanos.
2-4 Good-great tracks (thinking about you, pyramids, bad religion, pink matter) and a few average ones, and then some that are just "ehhh". I just dont really see how you can justify a 9.5. Especially with other albums that that website has rated that high
Sorry Mailman, you lose to generic muzak Consumer Consumption Bot Pookar.From what I can tell no ones posted about Frank Ocean's album Channel Orange.
If you have not listened to it yet give it a go, the whole album is pretty amazing.
i just added this to my ipod. really looking forward to it.Panopticon - Kentucky
Panopticon is a band I have been a fanboy of for quite a while. In my opinion this one man band is one of the leading voices in modern black metal, and his 2009 concept album about the fall and subsequent rebirth of civilization, Collapse, easily takes a spot in my top 10 all time black metal albums. On Kentucky, Austin Lunn promised to merge the folk music of his home state with the black metal he is known for. Did he succeed? Well... sort of. Let me start by saying this is easily the most melodic album he's ever released, the feeling being almost jovial at times, a spirit not associated often with black metal. My real gripe with this album is more about sequencing and failed expectations than with the quality of the actual songs. for the most part, lengthy black metal songs with some rather nice mellow bluegrass interludes sit next to genuine folk songs rather than a real merging of the two, and the folk then black metal then folk etc formula to the album gives it a rather blocky feel, something surprising considering the usually masterful pacing of Lunn's other works. However, don't let this deter you; the folk songs are, on the whole, well executed and the black metal is excellent as usual. Although this review might seem rather negative, please don't let it stop you from checking out this album or this band's other works, as voices this vital in modern black metal are rare. Overall, 3.5/5
Instead of just reccing something I liked I figured I would just go with a genuine album review just to change it up a bit. What else have people really liked from this year so far?
Good to hear because I'm quite partial to Apple, but when we're talking title length, you can't even compare The Idler Wheel... to this:In other news, Fiona Apple's new album with the remarkably long trying to compete with Sufjan Stevens for most unnecessary amount of words to describe music ever album of 'The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do' is pretty good and worth a listen.
I don't want to start an argument, but I've got to disagree with you on that, and The Sweetest Curse is a good example of why: Baroness definitely play Metal, albeit Progressive Metal, throwing in flourishes of Hard Rock and Sludge Metal proficiency as well. However, this was from their previous album, Blue Record, which was a tad heavier than Yellow & Green.Baroness isn't metal.
Baroness is not metal.So far, this year has been extremely good in Metal. We've had new releases from Fear Factory, Lamb of God, Meshuggah, Gojira, Baroness, Overkill, Soulfly, and Prong, all of which have been exceptional (if not mind-blowingly awesome).
It's all good, man. Arguing on the internet is for douches anyways. Let's just enjoy the music.it's stoner rock. but like i said, whatever.
HERE is some fucking metal:
PICTURE
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