current favorite albums

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:54 pm

For the most part I seem to have regressed to my high school freshman days...

Agnostic Front - Victim in Pain
Misfits - homemade compilation
Anthrax - Among the Living
Extreme Noise Terror - A Holocaust in Your Head
Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
A Death Between Seasons/As the World Burns - split cassette
Sonic Youth - homemade compilation
Public Enemy - It takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
V/A - It Came From the Northwest 7" EP (Sup, Pa. How you been, man?)

oh, and RIP, James Joseph Brown...

James Brown - Black Caesar OST
The JB's - Pass the Peas - The Best of the JB's

EDIT: Oops. I don't mean to keep hogging the top post spot. Sorry, gents.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:12 pm

Rob wrote: Nas - Illmatic -- played out It Was Written way back, never heard this until now. nice change of pace.

"It Was Written" was terrible and while "Illmatic" is critically acclaimed, you need to check out "I Am..." for the pinnacle Nas record, everything he's done before and since has paled in comparison.

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:05 pm

JoshF wrote:
Boris - Absolutego
My friend was telling me about these guys. He said they're like the Japanese Melvins with longer jams. I'll definitely need to check these guys out.

Fantomas - Delirium Cordia

This is the only Fantomas album I haven't heard yet. How does it compare with Fantomas and Suspended Animation?

Yeah Boris are named after a Melvins track aparently and although i'm not overly familiar with Melvins, what i've heard does compare favourably. Very droney and drawn out but really atmospheric.

Not heard anything else by Fantomas but this is compelling. 75 mins and 1 track, almost like a soudtrack of a trip into hell, or through a horror movie. Wierd.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:25 pm

JoshF wrote:
It's Hella for bass-freaks.

you are teh sex.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:29 pm

This is a good thing, no?

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:02 pm

Mikami Kan - Hiraku yume nado arujanashi

I would rate this album 10/10, one of the real classics of Japanese rock music.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:46 am

Yay! Kan Mikami is on the board!

Think I already mentioned his amazing trio with Keiji Haino and Moto Yoshizawa (unfortunately now deceased)--that double live set is still one of my favorite releases of all time.

Amazingly from Kan Mikami you can branch into the more stylized Tomokawa, or say fuck it and dig right back into the gruffer Vladimer Vissotski (who it is hard to say wasn't directly ripped off by Mikami, but really who cares, they are both legends!)

Was just listening to this one the other day:

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:24 am

Please forget any instances of bad taste on my part and listen to the Pastels - Sittin' Pretty

Particularly the track Nothing to be Done 1:10 seconds in

edit - love these songs also, exactly what I'm looking for

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSuySCf1uck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6u82QZZglM

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:47 pm

CMoon wrote:Yay! Kan Mikami is on the board!

Think I already mentioned his amazing trio with Keiji Haino and Moto Yoshizawa (unfortunately now deceased)--that double live set is still one of my favorite releases of all time.

Amazingly from Kan Mikami you can branch into the more stylized Tomokawa, or say fuck it and dig right back into the gruffer Vladimer Vissotski (who it is hard to say wasn't directly ripped off by Mikami, but really who cares, they are both legends!)

Was just listening to this one the other day:

Nice!

Yeah, Tomokawa is great too. I've seen him play in Tokyo before, his shows are very odd. Apparently he hasn't memorized the lyrics to any of his songs.

I'll have to check out Vladimer Vissotski.

The other album I bought this time in japan was "Dial Y wo mawase" by Yapoos:

Dunno if you're into them at all.

Actually, I prefer earlier Yapoos, Jun Togawa and Guernica stuff more than this one.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:06 pm

Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
Shellac - At Action Park
Polvo (passim)
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Hella - The Devil Isn't Red
Slint - Spiderland
Speedking - The Fist and the Laurels
Arab on Radar - Yahweh or the Highway

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:32 pm

JoshF wrote: I think I have this one on iTunes but haven't properly listened to it yet. I do know their new album is going to be released on Ipecac and Mike Patton has predicted that this is going to be the year of Hella.

The new album is *really bad*. Truly. If this is the direction the band is going, they're done. Instrumentally repetitive and lazy, the drumming is ten times worse than the most worthless moment they ever recorded, the vocals... Oh God. Mike Patton has bad taste.

RippleScythe · Post by **RippleScythe** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:32 pm

Gangstarr - The Ownerz

Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead

Most of my other hip hop are on minidiscs recorded off streaming radio.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:51 pm

CIT wrote: I'll have to check out Vladimer Vissotski.

I doubt its a big leap, but I think a lot of people are just going to hear that russian folk sound, but really it is so gruff and threatening with a melodic structure just like Mikami, it is hard to imagine there was no influence of one on the other.

The other album I bought this time in japan was "Dial Y wo mawase" by Yapoos

You'll have to fill me in on this.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:05 am

The Eraser - Thom Yorke, amazing album.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:20 am

CMoon wrote:
pirate1019 wrote: If you can have a powermetal overdose then I haven't reached it yet.
Don't worry, you will...

I'm expecting it soon. I want to be prepared. When it happens I'm gonna have to fall back on Finger Eleven, and Modest Mouse.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:10 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6zJqlUIkPI

More Pastels, those girls are cute

This one sounds almost like a Temptations song in a way

fast forward about 30 seconds in

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:14 am

RippleScythe wrote:Gangstarr - The Ownerz

Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead

Most of my other hip hop are on minidiscs recorded off streaming radio.

are you a deejay?
I used to deejay and most MD owners who are into hip hop like you and I mostly deejay or make beats.
I agree with the Ownerz, but Hip Hop is Dead is tee rash. Its got some hot Nas verses but his beat selection is bleh...Nastradamus was better than this beatwise.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:38 pm

I haven't been able to get into a Nas album since Illmatic. The guy instantly went form making one of the greatest rap albums of all time to just being another mediocre wannabe rich guy. He never should have changed his name from Nasty Nas or disassociated himself from Cormega.

Pa

Stormowl · Post by **Stormowl** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:49 pm

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

so awesome.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:52 pm

Boredoms - Pop Tatari
Brilliant noise!

Melvins - The Bootlicker
A nice deviation from their usual style. Great bass too!

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:33 pm

Taken from Ipecac's website:

Dec. 26, 2006

It's that time of the year, we look back on the past year ( Isis, Melvins, Mouse on Mars, Peeping Tom, etc, etc) but more importantly look forward to the new year. 2007 promises to be a great one for all things Ipecac. Here is some of what you can expect in 2007 (in no particular order):
new releases from:
Hella
Dälek
Unsane
Goon Moon (Twiggy Ramirez & Chris Goss & Zach Hill)
Tomahawk
Eyvind Kang
Tom Hazelmyer & Dalek cd&dvd (a mix of music and animation from world renowned artist Dalek and muso Haze!)
Desert Sessions (more from Josh Homme)
some pretty big suprises
a couple of Dvds
a new website!!!!!!!
and of course more from the Melvins and Mike Patton.

It's like my top five assembled under a single label to create the best year possible for JoshF!

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:16 pm

PaCrappa wrote:I haven't been able to get into a Nas album since Illmatic. The guy instantly went form making one of the greatest rap albums of all time to just being another mediocre wannabe rich guy.

I wouldn't say instantly. Even Nas's harshest and most ardent Illmatic era fans(like myself) wouldn't say that. It really was a gradual thing. The thing that did his career in was his beat selection and overall album coordination. After It was Written, Nas lost his ability to put more than 5 hot songs on an album at the same time.

PaCrappa wrote:He never should have changed his name from Nasty Nas or disassociated himself from Cormega, AZ, MC Serch, Pete Rock, Marley Marl, Dj Premier, Raekwon and Ghost, Mobb Deep, and Large Professor.

Pa

Fixed.

RippleScythe · Post by **RippleScythe** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:15 pm

Never_Scurred wrote:
RippleScythe wrote:Gangstarr - The Ownerz

Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead

Most of my other hip hop are on minidiscs recorded off streaming radio.
are you a deejay?
I used to deejay and most MD owners who are into hip hop like you and I mostly deejay or make beats.
I agree with the Ownerz, but Hip Hop is Dead is tee rash. Its got some hot Nas verses but his beat selection is bleh...Nastradamus was better than this beatwise.

Nah I don't DJ but I do wish I had the equipment; but I get connections through my brother who lives in New Jersey. Several of his friends (one of them his roommate) does have a radio show which I think comes on Sunday or Monday nights. Though I live in Virginia, it's great as hell to hear some great beats and rhymes from people I have no clue who they are so I'm pretty much the envy of driving music.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:02 am

Dinosaur Jr. - without a sound

Scrumtrillescent.

Ayanami · Post by **Ayanami** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:45 pm

Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Electric Six - Switzerland

LSU · Post by **LSU** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:32 pm

Gary Numan - Jagged
Front Line Assembly - Artificial Soldier
Lacuna Coil - Karmacode

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:48 am

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra
Neurosis - Through Silver / Times ...
Gorod - Neurotripsicks
YMO- Solid State Survivor
Negativa - s/t -- Like this more upon revisiting since I can appreciate it for what it is, without any expectations. Even the funny bass on track 3 sounds better.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:55 pm

Archie Shepp - Fire Music
Willie Nelson - Willie & Family Live
Subhumans - The Day the Country Died
Armitage Shanks - "Support Slot"/"Everyday" 7"
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
Butz - "A.X."/"The Jerusifier" 12"
Problem Child/Panacea - Defender Remixes 12"
Saint Vitus - Mournful Cries
Sugar Shack/Boss 302 - split 7"
The Motards/The Fuckemos - split 7"

and still listening to:

Jay Reatard - Blood Visions

One of the best things I've heard all (last) year.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:28 pm

june of 44 - four great points
made in mexico - zodiac zoo
drive like jehu - yank crime

yank crime is the best album I've heard in a while. Sonic Youth wishes they sounded this raw, powerful, expert.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:05 am

MadSteelDarkness wrote: Armitage Shanks - "Support Slot"/"Everyday" 7"
Big Black - Songs About Fucking

Sweet! Big Black is an old favorite and Armitage Shanks is certainly my current favorite.

Pa