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Tuesday, August 10, 2004

In one ear and in the other

Recent listening:

Undying - The Whispered Lies of Angels -- In the player right now; tight, catchy, way metal hardcore. They played the show I traveled farthest to attend (nine hours, give or take).

Mix du Scott -- Hot stuff from the Avengers, Descendents, Velvet Underground, From Ashes Rise and more. Scott's been informed that I'm not a Misfits fan and will tailor the next mix accordingly.

Pinback - 2002 Tour EP -- Music doesn't get much more fun than this. I love these dudes. Go buy their records.

Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream -- ripping Swedish thrash/death metal from '89. Amazing music, less-than-stellar lyrics. At some point I'm going to write a long entry here about the relationships among artist, content, and consumer, which this record made me think a lot about.

Old Man Gloom - Christmas -- I've only listened to this twice so far, but it's pretty damn good. Heavy, throaty hardcore from Boston (and now L.A.) area all-stars.

!!! - Louden Up Now -- "Dance punk"? Try "bad 80's new wave mixed with Jamiroquai." Boring music made worse by pretentious vocals. I expect at least one impassioned defense of this band to appear in the "comments" section, but really... !!! = yawn yawn yawn.

Songs:Ohia - various -- Amazing singer/songwriter stuff. Occassionally sounds a lot like Neil Young, but is at his best when he doesn't.


3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

all you have to do is ask if you want the first !!! album

8:54 PM  
Blogger John said...

Only under one condition: it must not suck.

11:32 PM  
Blogger John said...

It was just stuff I had listened to in the past 24 hours. Which didn't include On Fire.

4:31 PM  

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