Posted March 2, 200520 yr comment_983357 I am always interested in hearing new albums and different artists. Sometimes, it may be from an artist I love but an album that slipped under the radar. Sometimes, it is just so obscure, you don't know how you came across it. So, with that said, recommend some albums that should be anyone's collection. When doing this... try to do the following... List when it was released. Describe the musical style of the album. If it sounds like a fusion of reggae and thrash metal, tell us. Explain why you love the album. List or discuss any tracks that are worth tracking down.
March 3, 200520 yr comment_994060 ...and you didn't even "kick start our hearts" with a lead-off recommendation? For shame! You're lucky that you're a Pack fan, or I'd be pissed. I don't see no Fighting Irish flag flying though...you're on the fence! Alright, I'll bite. Although it's not that new.... BAND: Seether ALBUM: Disclaimer SOUND LIKE: Pearl Jam, Creed YEAR: 2002 (before Sigorney Weaver....) RECOMMENDED TRACKS: Driven Under, Broken This was one of the last CD's that I actually wanted to spent my money on. Of course, then it was re-released as Disclaimer 2 with Amy Lee (from Evenscence) and they fucked everything up. All the songs that I intially liked, sounded different and were MTVized. So, try to check out the O.G. Disclaimer. Not that re-released crap. A couple slower songs in between some up tempo rock. A good mix.
March 6, 200520 yr comment_1049612 BAND: Failure ALBUM: Fantastic Planet SOUND LIKE: Nirvana, if they stole Spacehog's reverb pedals and lyrics. YEAR: 1996 RECOMMENDED TRACKS: "Pillowhead", "Sergeant Politeness" Listening to modern rock during my commute to work recently, it occurred to me that Failure is a band that really should have gotten a lot more press than they should have. Just listen to a couple of the tracks on this and you'll start thinking "wow, didn't I just hear that on the radio?" In fact, some people may have actually heard a Failure song recently, as A Perfect Circle did a lousy schmaltz cover of "The Nurse Who Loved Me" on Thirteenth Step. I like Maynard tipping a cap (Failure opened up for Tool), but the approach doesn't suit the song or the singer. At any rate, give it a listen. Space rock at its best.
March 12, 200520 yr comment_1157095 We'll give this a shot: Band: The Afghan Whigs Album: 1965 Year: 1998 Sound Like: Um, Screaming Trees/Mark Lanegan, maybe? Not real close, but about as close as it gets Recommended Tracks: John The Baptist, Omerta/The Vampire Lanois I have a hard time comparing bands to each other, so I can't really say who they sound like. However, this album has a lot of infectious grooves (no, not the ST side project), and just flat out moves ya ass. Or something like that. Unfortunately, their finest album was also their final album. Why do all the bands I like have to break up after great albums? Bastards.
March 12, 200520 yr comment_1165823 Artist: Lucinda Williams Album: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Year: 1996 Sound Like: Well it sounds like country, but in the best possible way. Recommended Tracks: "Right in Time," "Can't Let Go," "Jackson" Just a solid, simple album. No cheesy overproduced melodic shit that so much modern country music is guilty of: this sounds like a bar band, strong and true. Well not quite, it's a bit slicker than that, but the album uses all the trademarks of country music (the drawling vocals, the slide guitar, the overall twanginess, that dirty sound of a finger on a steel string that can't quite hit a clean note) to give it an unfettered rawness that's insanely good. The songs are fantastic, and put together they paint this perfect archetypal Southern landscape of small towns, dive bars and broken hearts. They use the electric guitar a bit too much with a bit too much pop edge to it, but for the most part it's a beautiful little album. I don't even like country music, and I couldn't stop listening to this for 2 weeks.
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