I downloaded the Stolen Babies album There Be Squabbles Ahead the other day to check it out. The new drummer for Dillinger Escape Plan is in SB, so I wanted to have a listen to it, and god damn is it good.
It has a bit of a Fantomas-y vibe to it, but it's less crazy, more structured than that. It's loud and heavy (but not too heavy), interesting and just a little bit crazy.
Now I'm going to have to try and track the album down at a local CD store when I actually have some time away from work that doesn't involve drinking and sleeping.
I confess: I'm too lazy to thumb through 325 posts to see if this has been mentioned already. But I've had Kristin Hersh's latest on infinite repeat for the past couple of days. You can download it right here:
williac: a lot of people like crimes, but i prefer when they are faster and more chaotic. i saw them on the crimes tour also, it was ok, but nowhere near the intensity. good to see some other people into some cool shit!
tonight: hot cross-risk revival lp nine shocks terror/killers split broadways-big city ep
wooo! finished all of my comics from this week, too. today is good.
burn, piano island is my favorite too, with march on electric children! a close second. ive seen the plot... before with some girls and year future. good, but no blood brothers.
While on a trip to beautiful Reno, NV with some friends, this starting playing on my buddy's ipod, and I was immediately captivated. It's a collection of 60's French pop. I love it, and I'm not entirely sure why. It's probably because I don't know what they're saying, and to me it amounts to all catchy poppy goodness with no cheese or fromage or whatever.
Oddly enough it's put out by a night club in Munich called The Atomic Cafe.
Today, I'm listening to Karin Ström's album "En saga om en sten" It's in Swedish, but I think you should look it up anyway (for you obscure people who like to be obscure)
It's grey, gloomy, icy, and snowy out there today. So, I've got Stars Of The Lid on the headphones, and a hot cup of coffee in my hand. Too bad I have to actually work.
Ulver - Teachings in Silence Future Sound of London - Cascade, Lifeforms (EP), etc. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day, The Great Cold Distance Reverend Bizarre - III: So Long, Suckers! Negura Bunget - OM Enslaved - Ruun Dax Riggs - We Sing of Only Blood and Love Big Business - Here Come the Waterworks Mammatus - The Coast Explodes Delerium - Karma Borknagar - s/t October Falls - Tuoni
And a CD called Forest that I picked up from Target years ago, one of those relaxation things. It's quite good.
graf orlock-destination time:tomorrow ep books lie-its a weapon cd kung fu rick-statues to stones, soldiers to bones 7" the black parade cd prick-the wreckard cdr
Other than a large amount of funk and disco that I have been required to brush up on to play at a gig tomorrow (I'm heartily sick of "Instant Replay" by Dan Hartmann), in the last few days I've listened to:
Steely Dan - "Live At The Record Plant '74" (bootleg) Chicago - "The Very Best Of" Alice In Chains - "Dirt" Divine Heresy - "Bleed The Fifth" Down - "III: Over The Under" Shadows Fall - "Threads Of Life" Rush - "Snakes And Arrows" Fall Out Boy - "Take This To Your Grave" John Mayer - "Heavier Things"
Those are all that I can remember offhand right now - there's always a record playing unless I'm working or watching a movie, so I've probably missed rather a lot.