Chain Of Strength - What Holds Us Apart 7" / True Till Death 7"

No review needed, just going to say that this is the way the songs were supposed to sound in all of it's raw and passionate form.

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Lariat - Means Of Production

I had recently found myself going through my cd collection and looking for albums that I haven't listened to in quite some time. Means of Production by Lariat was one of the albums that I dusted off the shelf and put in the cd player only to remember why I purchased this album in the first place. Putting it in brought me right back to Hellfest 2001 which was the first time I had seen and heard them and I remember being completely blown away by their set. I remember there being a pretty large sing-a-long to the song "Cubicle" (which is on their split with At War With Shadows) and just being pulled in by everyone screaming "This is not forever, we are not immortal/If you knew you were dying tomorrow how would you have lived today?" Unfortunately that was the only time I had caught these dudes live. Excellent hardcore and crust influenced metalcore with a big political agenda to boot. Think Unbroken meets His Hero Is Gone meets Deadguy...kind of. Just give this a listen if you have not heard them, this release will NOT disappoint. I know I say that about a lot of things, but I MEAN IT!


Favorite Track: Monsanto

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WATCHMEN TRAILER!

This is my nerdy side coming out. I saw this trailer last night when I went to go see The Dark Knight (which is the best movie ever, mind you) and I cannot tell you how ridiculously stoked I am for this. I was kind of worried about how Dr. Manhattan was going to look but I think he looks spot-on. HURRY UP 2009!!

Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2

I know it has taken me a little while to update the blog, my internet has been down, I've been in NYC for a few days and yesterday I was pretty much bed ridden all day, but it's all good beause I am back now. Over the past week or so, I have been listening to Immortal Technique more than any other artist, and I have been listening to this album more than any other album. Tech has recently put out an album called The 3rd World which is pretty incredible in itself and has sparked me to rock this album after some time. After not listening to it for a few months and rediscovering it, I completely forgot how much I truly love this album. Immortal Technique delivers the left-wing based lyrics that he is typically known for that still ring true and hold as much water today as they did five years ago when this album was released. Politically relevant and often very witty, IT never trades in a true thought or belief for a weak rhyme. Actively speaking out against both major and independent record labels alike, Technique has proven that he has and is accomplishing what he wants to on his own terms, and I can definitely respect that a lot. Any cat that is truly making music for themselves gets my seal of approval.

Favorite Track: Internally Bleeding

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Torche Video PLAYING BOMB STRING

Ok, I lied. I'm not linking or reviewing any albums right yet and it also isn't hip-hop, but I love this video and have been watching it nonstop. Torche plays the bomb string they're known for and it SHAKES THE CAMERA! So good, I love it.

Layout

So I was a little bored and messed around with the colors for this thing. Nothing great really but the black just seemed a little too boring and I didn't even like looking at this blog much anymore. When I have a few more extra minutes, I will change it around again to make it suck even less.

I'll have a few new albums linked soon, I PROMISE!. I keep linking older releases but I will try to get some newer jams on here. They are probably going to end up being hip-hop albums for a little while because that is all I have been really listening to lately. Whatevs.

John Brown - King Of Da Burbz MIXTAPE

Remember the dude from Ego Trip's The White Rapper Show on VH1? Yep, this is him. All of life's mysteries have been solved and questions have been answered. My life is now complete. Duh.
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The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta!

This is the most recent, though really not all that recent, release from Chicago's The Lawrence Arms, and it is easily my favorite record of theirs. On this album, The Larry Arms still blend the East Bay sound and Chicago sound like they have always been known to pull off, but it is a little less Jawbreaker and a little bit more of themselves. I think the band has always done a good job of taking what they know and mixing it well with their influences but I feel that this is an album they can call their own. The songs for the most part are a little bit shorter in length and I believe it to be lyrically leaps and bounds ahead their previous albums. I am by no means trying to knock their older work, I LOVE everything this band has released, but nothing they have put out has knocked me on my ass as much as this one and in the same way that Oh! Calcutta! did when it was first released. This is one of those albums that helps me every time I get into a little funk and I hope it has the same affect on some other people that it does for me.

Favorite Track: Cut It Up or Are You There Margaret? It's Me, God.

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Alkaline Trio - Help Me 7"

A while ago I had posted the Help Me EP that had three songs from the new full length which actually dropped today. This is not that. This is 7" with a single edition of the version of "Help Me" and also has a Tegan and Sara cover on it of the song "Wake Up Exhausted." The cover is pretty excellent. Get into it.

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David Lee Roth Isolated Vocal Track

Why post THIS?? Because it cracks me up.