let's look beyond the fact that it's 3 days later.
Reconfiguring…
9 years ago
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
records i'm looking forward to in 09
mastodon
dredg
deftones
tlat
thrice
dear hunter
autolux
thursday
isis
mono
appleseed cast
open hand
oceansize
circa survive
glassjaw
as cities burn
dredg
deftones
tlat
thrice
dear hunter
autolux
thursday
isis
mono
appleseed cast
open hand
oceansize
circa survive
glassjaw
as cities burn
The Beard is gone.
It begins.
The great beard-off of 09'.
www.beard-oh-nine.blogspot.com/
it's weird, but, hopefully i won't have to wait too long to get back to a normal face.
The great beard-off of 09'.
www.beard-oh-nine.blogspot.com/
it's weird, but, hopefully i won't have to wait too long to get back to a normal face.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Happy new year.
Let's hope the 09 is better than 08!
To be fair, 08' is Goin out with a bang...hum & the life and times @
double door.
I have a wall calender with a bunch of red "x's" leading up to tonight.
Jazzed is an understatement.
So, what will stick out about 08 to me?
A great vacation with Andi and her family. A massive house on the
ocean is ok in my book.
Finally seeing the youth center open it's doors, and quickly become
mainstay in local music.
Snow. Relentless, miserable snow.
A year spent on improvement. Studying studio crap, gear research,
piano & voice lessons, and going to a foreign place called a gym.
Developing a snob's attitude with beer. I learned a lot, by both
reading, and getting my hands dirty with what I'll call research.
Delicious research. I forsee brewing in the near future.
Time well spent with good people, and the never ending feeling that I
need more time to dedicate to them.
Sports teams building me up, just to let me down.
A new band rehearsing, and an old band getting a breath of life.
Welp. Dinner time.
Have a good one :-)
Sent from my iPhone
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
List of the Year
lists of 08
no particular order.
1. thrice - alchemy index 3/4
2. nin - ghosts
3. caspian/constants split.
4. god is an astronaught - s/t
5. this town needs guns - animals
6. meshuggah -obzen
7. celebrity - ep
8. Russian Circles - Station
9. roma 79 - praise the divide
10. mogwai - the hawk is howling
honorable mention:
sigur ros- Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
death cab - narrow stairs
mock orange - captain love
city and colour - bring me your love
- how does a 2 song split make a top 10 list?
1. 100% of the songs kick ass. better than most of the other cds on the list.
2. it was a shitty year for releases.
that brings me to the next list.....
- non 08 records that received the most spins -
#1 HANDS DOWN MOST PLAYED
- Oceansize - Frames
somehow, this record slipped my radar in 07, despite me loving the shit out of 05's 'everyone into position'.
when i sat down with frames, i knew then and there that i could survive through the music drought of 08, by celebrating this band's catalog.
....and boy, i have. so when i say Frames is the most played record, i mean that it barely edges out their other lp's/ep's.
if i could put frames as #1 on the 08 list, i would.
2. shiner - the egg
3. nin - the fragile / with teeth / year zero
4. the dear hunter - act I / act II
5. failure - fantastic planet
6. jatun - s/t
7. the life and times - hymns/the magician
8. hum - downward is heavenward
9. thrice - alchemy index 1/2
10. swervedriver - mezcalhead
-top shows-
1. Swervedriver/ life and times @ metro (tlat's set was mediocre to a shitty live mix)
2. my bloody valentine @ aragon
3. the dear hunter @ the beat kitchen
4. thrice @ metro
5. sigur ros @ chicago theater
2009 is shaping up to be sweet though.
records from:
- autolux
- the dear hunter
- the life and times!
- jatun
and for a frame of reference, a few old lists.....
===
Lists of 2007
In no particular order…..
Except for number 1.
Best records of the Year.
1. The Dear Hunter - Act 2.
Simply the best music I have heard in a long, long time.
2. Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
A Proggy pop gem.
3. The End - Elementary
Metal album of the year, no doubt.
4. Thrice – The Alchemy Index
Fire is awesome, but water is amazing.
5. Ken Andrews - Secret of the Lost Satellite.
What it lacks in song quality, it makes up for with Production.
6. 6. Tie.
-National Skyline – Last Day EP.
Just awesome. Itunes only. Bastards.
- As Cities Burn - Come now Sleep
At the drive in meets shoegaze. wonderful.
7. Coheed – No World for Tomorrow
Just a killer rock record. A bit of a vocal show case, but still solid.
8. Battles – Mirrored
Avant-garde, and awesome.
9. Radiohead – In Rainbows
Just about anything they do will likely make my list ☺
10. 10. Tie:
- Wilco – Sky Blue Sky.
- Futures of Forestry - Twilight.
Both records are only about 1/2 good....it was a slow year for music!
Honorable Mention:
- Adam Franklin – Bolts of Melody.
- Circa Survive – On Letting Go
- The Fucking Champs – VI
- Jesu – Pale Sketches
Albums that failed to meet meager expectations:
1. Hopesfall – Magnetic North.
The band needs to break up, now.
2. Pelican – City of Echos.
Good riffs do not make a good record.
3. Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi.
They booted all the talent in that band. The difference in the 2 records
Scream they made the wrong decision.
Non 2007 Records that got the most play.
1. Shiner- the egg
2. Failure- fantastic planet
3. celebrity- lovesick
4. Cave In- Antenna
5. Isis- Panopticon/Oceanic
6. Clint Mansell – The Fountain Soundtrack
7. Mkshft- Caterwaul Effect
8. Ava- Music of Chance
9. houston- bottom of the curve
10. actors and actresses - we love our enemies
11. swervedriver - mezcalhead
12. life and times – hymns/the magician
13. hum- Downward
14. Dredg – El Cielo
15. Dear Hunter – Act 1
16. Brand New- The Devil and God are raging inside me.
Best Shows of 2007
1. Dear Hunter/Culpa @ Chubby Rain
2. The End @ the Beat Kitchen
3. Caspian/Constants @ The Note
4. The Fucking Champs @ the Bottle
5. Open Hand @ Double Door
6. Isis/Jesu @ Metro (Jesu dropped the ball, isis made up for it).
=====
Lists Of The Year 2006
in no particular order.....
(well, maybe a rough order)
1. the life and times - the magician
2. tool - 10000 days
3. mastodon - blood mountain
4. celebrity - mining for twilight
5. jesu - silver
6. isis - in the absence of truth (and/or Fishtank ep)
7. Constants - the murder of tom fitzgerril
8. Don Cab - World Class Listening Problem
9. of the opera - study natural law
10. tie: 2 mediocre records...... KSE and Incubus
(review below) ---------
Albums i wish i liked more. To be fair, it is not that i don't like these records.....they just weren't what i had expected.....which kills me, because i hate to put high expectations on a record.
Russian Circles - Enter --- its the EP, with 2 extra songs, that imo, don't hold up with the other tracks on the disc. Mars Volta- Amputecture--- i get into the other albums, but this just doesn't do it for me. songwriting and jamming both lack.
Muse- Blackholes and Revelations --- i think it is a hair to brit pop for me. less pop, more rock, thats my motto.
Incubus - Light Grenades --- it is at least consistent.......in the sense that each album has progressively gotten worse since SCIENCE. Although, to be fair, id rate science at a 10.01, and make yourself at a 10.0........
Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies. ---- Sounds like a batch of killer songs......that didn't make it on to The End of Heartache........the songs aren't bad......but the record is very vanilla......has all the parts: killer guitars, awesome drums, huge vox........just didn't bring it overall. it has potential to grow on me.
-------------------
a few worth mentioning....
del rey - a pyramid for the living (2 drummer inst. indie band)
your black star - sound from the ground (ex elliot.....poppy space rock sounds)
the octave museum- s't_ (stephen brodsky from cave in.....indie pop cd)
En-masse - the alarm_ _(ex further seems forever, moments in grace....poppy space rock
(i have a type, i know))
Irreversible - Age (awesome doom metal meets hopesfall rawk)
---------------
non 06 albums that got the most play
1. Shiner- the egg
2. Failure- fantastic planet
3. celebrity- lovesick
4. Cave In- Antenna
5. Isis- Panopticon
6. Minus the Bear- pirates
7. Mkshft- Caterwaul Effect
8. Ava- Music of Chance
9. houston- bottom of the curve
10. actors and actresses - we love our enemies
11. swervedriver - mezcalhead
12. life and times - hymns
13. hum- ypaa
14. year of the rabbit - st
------
shows of 06
1. mastodon @ metro
2. life and times @ subt.
3. minus the bear/circles @ logan square/mirmar
4. isis @ beat kitchen
5. pelican/circles @ empty bottle
6. rock in the park_ ;D
7. actors&actresses/caspian
8. pelican/tlat @ metro
9. poison the well @ metro
10. tool/isis @ allstate
----------
lists of the year 2005.....
[U]top 10 cds[/U]
released this year (rough order, changes daily)
1. life and times- suburban hymns
2. coheed- good apollo
3. circa survive- juturna
4. pelican- fire in our throats
5. thrice- vheissu
6. the recieving ends of sirens- between the heart..
7. dredg- catch without arms
8. tmv- frances the mute
9. [B]TIE[/B] open hand- you and me[]minus the bear- menos el oso
10. Theta- tone poems
[U]honorable mention[/U]
death cab for cutie- plans
riddle of steel- got this feelin'
Finch- Say Hello to Sunshinet
[U]biggest disappointment[/U]
avenged sevenfold- city of evil
[U]Top 5 Shows[/U]
1. Pelican/Russian Circles/Red Sparrowes @ Metro
2. Coheed @ Metro
3. Dredg/Circa Survive @ the Rave Bar
4. [B]TIE[/B] Mastodon/Cult of Luna @ Bottom Lounge[]The Life and Times @ Bottom Lounge
5. Open Hand @ Rave Bar (me and 8 people got to see open hand perform, and they rocked as hard as if there were 1000)
[U]Top 5 Local Shows[/U]
1. A Promise Made/Constants/Piglet@ Venetian
2. Braille/Anathello @ Abby
3. Owen/Anathallo/Bullet Conscience @ LFC
4. Mondays Hero/Braille/Ammi/Culpa @ Venetian
5. 24frames/bleeding martyr/protosaur @ Rock and Rack
[U]Non 05 discs that got the most play[/U]
1. Shiner- the egg
2. Failure- fantastic planet
3. hopesfall- the satellite years
4. Cave In- Antenna
5. Isis- Panopticon
6. Minus the Bear- Beer Commercials
7. Mkshft- Caterwaul Effect
8. Ava- Music of Chance
9. Dredg- El Cielo
10.[B]TIE[/B]Year of the Rabbit- S/T[] Incubus- A Crow
Left of the Murder
no particular order.
1. thrice - alchemy index 3/4
2. nin - ghosts
3. caspian/constants split.
4. god is an astronaught - s/t
5. this town needs guns - animals
6. meshuggah -obzen
7. celebrity - ep
8. Russian Circles - Station
9. roma 79 - praise the divide
10. mogwai - the hawk is howling
honorable mention:
sigur ros- Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
death cab - narrow stairs
mock orange - captain love
city and colour - bring me your love
- how does a 2 song split make a top 10 list?
1. 100% of the songs kick ass. better than most of the other cds on the list.
2. it was a shitty year for releases.
that brings me to the next list.....
- non 08 records that received the most spins -
#1 HANDS DOWN MOST PLAYED
- Oceansize - Frames
somehow, this record slipped my radar in 07, despite me loving the shit out of 05's 'everyone into position'.
when i sat down with frames, i knew then and there that i could survive through the music drought of 08, by celebrating this band's catalog.
....and boy, i have. so when i say Frames is the most played record, i mean that it barely edges out their other lp's/ep's.
if i could put frames as #1 on the 08 list, i would.
2. shiner - the egg
3. nin - the fragile / with teeth / year zero
4. the dear hunter - act I / act II
5. failure - fantastic planet
6. jatun - s/t
7. the life and times - hymns/the magician
8. hum - downward is heavenward
9. thrice - alchemy index 1/2
10. swervedriver - mezcalhead
-top shows-
1. Swervedriver/ life and times @ metro (tlat's set was mediocre to a shitty live mix)
2. my bloody valentine @ aragon
3. the dear hunter @ the beat kitchen
4. thrice @ metro
5. sigur ros @ chicago theater
2009 is shaping up to be sweet though.
records from:
- autolux
- the dear hunter
- the life and times!
- jatun
and for a frame of reference, a few old lists.....
===
Lists of 2007
In no particular order…..
Except for number 1.
Best records of the Year.
1. The Dear Hunter - Act 2.
Simply the best music I have heard in a long, long time.
2. Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
A Proggy pop gem.
3. The End - Elementary
Metal album of the year, no doubt.
4. Thrice – The Alchemy Index
Fire is awesome, but water is amazing.
5. Ken Andrews - Secret of the Lost Satellite.
What it lacks in song quality, it makes up for with Production.
6. 6. Tie.
-National Skyline – Last Day EP.
Just awesome. Itunes only. Bastards.
- As Cities Burn - Come now Sleep
At the drive in meets shoegaze. wonderful.
7. Coheed – No World for Tomorrow
Just a killer rock record. A bit of a vocal show case, but still solid.
8. Battles – Mirrored
Avant-garde, and awesome.
9. Radiohead – In Rainbows
Just about anything they do will likely make my list ☺
10. 10. Tie:
- Wilco – Sky Blue Sky.
- Futures of Forestry - Twilight.
Both records are only about 1/2 good....it was a slow year for music!
Honorable Mention:
- Adam Franklin – Bolts of Melody.
- Circa Survive – On Letting Go
- The Fucking Champs – VI
- Jesu – Pale Sketches
Albums that failed to meet meager expectations:
1. Hopesfall – Magnetic North.
The band needs to break up, now.
2. Pelican – City of Echos.
Good riffs do not make a good record.
3. Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi.
They booted all the talent in that band. The difference in the 2 records
Scream they made the wrong decision.
Non 2007 Records that got the most play.
1. Shiner- the egg
2. Failure- fantastic planet
3. celebrity- lovesick
4. Cave In- Antenna
5. Isis- Panopticon/Oceanic
6. Clint Mansell – The Fountain Soundtrack
7. Mkshft- Caterwaul Effect
8. Ava- Music of Chance
9. houston- bottom of the curve
10. actors and actresses - we love our enemies
11. swervedriver - mezcalhead
12. life and times – hymns/the magician
13. hum- Downward
14. Dredg – El Cielo
15. Dear Hunter – Act 1
16. Brand New- The Devil and God are raging inside me.
Best Shows of 2007
1. Dear Hunter/Culpa @ Chubby Rain
2. The End @ the Beat Kitchen
3. Caspian/Constants @ The Note
4. The Fucking Champs @ the Bottle
5. Open Hand @ Double Door
6. Isis/Jesu @ Metro (Jesu dropped the ball, isis made up for it).
=====
Lists Of The Year 2006
in no particular order.....
(well, maybe a rough order)
1. the life and times - the magician
2. tool - 10000 days
3. mastodon - blood mountain
4. celebrity - mining for twilight
5. jesu - silver
6. isis - in the absence of truth (and/or Fishtank ep)
7. Constants - the murder of tom fitzgerril
8. Don Cab - World Class Listening Problem
9. of the opera - study natural law
10. tie: 2 mediocre records...... KSE and Incubus
(review below) ---------
Albums i wish i liked more. To be fair, it is not that i don't like these records.....they just weren't what i had expected.....which kills me, because i hate to put high expectations on a record.
Russian Circles - Enter --- its the EP, with 2 extra songs, that imo, don't hold up with the other tracks on the disc. Mars Volta- Amputecture--- i get into the other albums, but this just doesn't do it for me. songwriting and jamming both lack.
Muse- Blackholes and Revelations --- i think it is a hair to brit pop for me. less pop, more rock, thats my motto.
Incubus - Light Grenades --- it is at least consistent.......in the sense that each album has progressively gotten worse since SCIENCE. Although, to be fair, id rate science at a 10.01, and make yourself at a 10.0........
Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies. ---- Sounds like a batch of killer songs......that didn't make it on to The End of Heartache........the songs aren't bad......but the record is very vanilla......has all the parts: killer guitars, awesome drums, huge vox........just didn't bring it overall. it has potential to grow on me.
-------------------
a few worth mentioning....
del rey - a pyramid for the living (2 drummer inst. indie band)
your black star - sound from the ground (ex elliot.....poppy space rock sounds)
the octave museum- s't_ (stephen brodsky from cave in.....indie pop cd)
En-masse - the alarm_ _(ex further seems forever, moments in grace....poppy space rock
(i have a type, i know))
Irreversible - Age (awesome doom metal meets hopesfall rawk)
---------------
non 06 albums that got the most play
1. Shiner- the egg
2. Failure- fantastic planet
3. celebrity- lovesick
4. Cave In- Antenna
5. Isis- Panopticon
6. Minus the Bear- pirates
7. Mkshft- Caterwaul Effect
8. Ava- Music of Chance
9. houston- bottom of the curve
10. actors and actresses - we love our enemies
11. swervedriver - mezcalhead
12. life and times - hymns
13. hum- ypaa
14. year of the rabbit - st
------
shows of 06
1. mastodon @ metro
2. life and times @ subt.
3. minus the bear/circles @ logan square/mirmar
4. isis @ beat kitchen
5. pelican/circles @ empty bottle
6. rock in the park_ ;D
7. actors&actresses/caspian
8. pelican/tlat @ metro
9. poison the well @ metro
10. tool/isis @ allstate
----------
lists of the year 2005.....
[U]top 10 cds[/U]
released this year (rough order, changes daily)
1. life and times- suburban hymns
2. coheed- good apollo
3. circa survive- juturna
4. pelican- fire in our throats
5. thrice- vheissu
6. the recieving ends of sirens- between the heart..
7. dredg- catch without arms
8. tmv- frances the mute
9. [B]TIE[/B] open hand- you and me[]minus the bear- menos el oso
10. Theta- tone poems
[U]honorable mention[/U]
death cab for cutie- plans
riddle of steel- got this feelin'
Finch- Say Hello to Sunshinet
[U]biggest disappointment[/U]
avenged sevenfold- city of evil
[U]Top 5 Shows[/U]
1. Pelican/Russian Circles/Red Sparrowes @ Metro
2. Coheed @ Metro
3. Dredg/Circa Survive @ the Rave Bar
4. [B]TIE[/B] Mastodon/Cult of Luna @ Bottom Lounge[]The Life and Times @ Bottom Lounge
5. Open Hand @ Rave Bar (me and 8 people got to see open hand perform, and they rocked as hard as if there were 1000)
[U]Top 5 Local Shows[/U]
1. A Promise Made/Constants/Piglet@ Venetian
2. Braille/Anathello @ Abby
3. Owen/Anathallo/Bullet Conscience @ LFC
4. Mondays Hero/Braille/Ammi/Culpa @ Venetian
5. 24frames/bleeding martyr/protosaur @ Rock and Rack
[U]Non 05 discs that got the most play[/U]
1. Shiner- the egg
2. Failure- fantastic planet
3. hopesfall- the satellite years
4. Cave In- Antenna
5. Isis- Panopticon
6. Minus the Bear- Beer Commercials
7. Mkshft- Caterwaul Effect
8. Ava- Music of Chance
9. Dredg- El Cielo
10.[B]TIE[/B]Year of the Rabbit- S/T[] Incubus- A Crow
Left of the Murder
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Well, crap
I guess it's just one step closer to what everyone already assumes
anyways.
Jackasses.
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