DOWN IN FLAMES-s/t 12" (one of the best HC records in the past ten years. smokes your ears off, but not your weed [straight edge]) FAILURES-S/T 12" DRESDEN DOLLS-no virginia GENGHIS TRON-board up the house FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND-casually dressed and deep in conversation (uhhh this is probably the weiner-est album i like. its so cheesy, and a quarter of it is downright horrible, but its super catchy. please dont ever call it 'hardcore' or 'screamo' or 'metalcore'. i have seen that done and its so far wrong that i dont know what to say)
today has been a combination of early pivortal rock n roll tracks (for a class i teach). Ministry - in case you didn't feel like showing up live (for the drive to and from work). and the first few tracks that have come together for the second volume of my Phantasms series (which i was promoing to a couple of friends earlier before we went to the pub).
Two Bicycles - The Holy Forest The War on Drugs - Future Weather Front Line Assembly - Caustic Grip The Slaves - Ocean on Ocean The Slits - Cut Black Devil - Disco Club A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Autumn, Again Bark Psychosis - Codename Dustsucker (2004) Alain Gorageur - La Planète Sauvage Suuns - Zeros QC
Ben Nichols and Cory Branan - Empire Theater, Richmond - Live bootleg of a show these two put on back in 2007. The between song banter alone is well worth the listen. Lucero - All of 'em Gaslight Anthem - All of 'em. Brian Fallon - Acoustic Sessions
There's a theme there, I know, but I'm learning to play a bunch of their songs, so I'm pretty firmly entrenched in the sound at the moment. When I can break free from that sort of "good old American rock and roll" sound, here's what's been playing:
Melechesh - Epigenesis Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard Laethora - March of the Parasite Blood Red Throne - Altered Genesis
I don't really care about anything else right now, but Ben Abernathy just reminded me of how awesome Metallica's St. Anger is. The production quality alone makes my bones vibrate at a rate usually reserved for bar fights and hate-fucking.
BRIGHT CALM BLUE-ep with some ridiculous name i cant remember
spazzed out synth punk with mostly clean vocals. forgot i used to listen to this all the time. sounds like the kind of thing that would be semi big now, they missed the boat by a few years.