current favorite albums

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:24 am

Laura Nyro - Gonna Take a Miracle
more Elis & Tom

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:26 am

Acid King wrote:Behold! The Merzbox!

that is awesome. i'm not a particular fan, and i even want it.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:43 pm

CMoon wrote:Acid King> Why not go all the way and get the MerzCar?

I wish. I did a quick search on the internet and apparently it doesn't exist anymore.

Anders of Releasing Eskimo:

"A while ago I had a Mercedes 230 that I didn't drive much. The police
told me that I had to move it or they'd tow it away. Well, I didn't
want to keep it and I didn't have anywhere to store it so I decided
to use it for something else. I rigged the car's CD player with our
latest release of Merzbow's "Noise Embryo" CD so that the music
started when the car was turned on and it was impossible to turn it
off. I put it up for sale as an extremely limited edition of the
"Noise Embryo" CD but no one ever bought it, and in the end the car
broke down. So we took out the CD and got rid of the car. Now I'm
thinking about if it's possible to release a record in a Boeing
747..."

Shipping to America would have been a bitch.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:37 am

Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer -- what the hell happened with that last PD album? so boring in comparison.
Songs: Ohia - The Lioness

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:05 pm

Bearsuit - OH-IO

More twee than you can shake a stick at. They were just what I needed when Belle and Sebastian started getting shit.

Various - Dynamite witha a Lazerbeam:Queen through the meat-grinder.

The Locusts cover of the Flash Gordon theme is priceless:

FLASH!

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH!

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:04 pm

Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine - Rampton

Love the drum intro on He Who Accepts All That is Offered

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:55 pm

MX7 wrote:Bearsuit - OH-IO

Nice. In spite of the album title, which is all too often heard in these parts. (Yeah, I live north of Ohio State University.) They make interesting use of fight-song antics here-- makes the album title appropriate.

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:39 pm

Rob wrote:Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer

Good choice sir!

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:53 pm

Amon Tobin - Bricolage
Requiem for a Dream -soundtrack

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:13 am

Hate Eternal - Fury and Flames -- first great 08 album I've heard. JoshF would make fun of it. :(

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:00 am

Signull - live fast die pretty

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:41 am

Is that you? I noticed you're in the same location and Devastatin' Dave makes an appearance.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:30 am

Hey a brother too!

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:36 am

Rob wrote:Hate Eternal - Fury and Flames

Hoorah. Radical departure?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:12 am

I have no idea why people have a problem with Hate Eternal. This is the only album of theirs I've heard, but I was pleasantly surprised (by the non-tedious brutality). I doubt it's much of a departure.

If people don't like this album I wonder what modern death metal albums they do like. Any?

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:20 am

Calm down there. I've listened Hate Eternal since I, Monarch came out. They are by far my favourite death metal band. I was just wondering how they've evolved since their last.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:30 am

I assumed you meant that it needed to be a radical departure. But I wasn't responding so much to your comment as the unusual amount of criticism about the band (read a bit today, and after that I still have no clue why). They must've wore the wrong band t-shirts in a photo shoot or something.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:31 am

Yeah, people hate them. Death metal, like every sub division of metal and punk, can be very cliquey. To me, they embody everything I like about death metal, and they serve it up in a completely no-nonsense, and technically superb manner. For some reason, people think this is a bad thing. This is why I stear clear of music forums.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:52 am

While we're talking about death metal, is Human Remains any good?

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:03 pm

Personally, I think Hate Eternal is boring. I've seen a lot more praise for them than criticism but maybe that's because I just read reviews, not forums.

Boris w/ Merzbow - Sun Baked Snow Cave
Atrax Morgue - Sickness Report - Watching Zombi made me want to listen to squishy synth noise.

JoshF wrote:While we're talking about death metal, is Human Remains any good?

They're not really death metal... least I wouldn't call them that. But yeah, they're great. They're the forebears to a lot of techy newer bands but don't get much credit because few people have really listened to them.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:31 pm

Acid King wrote:Personally, I think Hate Eternal is boring.

One worry I have is that they can be a bit monotonous over the length of an album, though they have a nice sound and seem technically expert. Perhaps they're best for a single here and there. But this impression is based on very little evidence. Must listen more.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:58 pm

Utabi - Manchurian Candy

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:37 pm

That criticism I saw was at Metal Archives, where their grading scale is 5-10% or 93-98% and they were split between the two. I think one of the guys in the band has short hair.

professor ganson wrote: One worry I have is that they can be a bit monotonous over the length of an album, though they have a nice sound and seem technically expert.

Yeah, the ideal length for this type of metal album is 25-30 minutes (it's 40). I'll probably just listen to a half at a time.

uroko-sakanabito · Post by **uroko-sakanabito** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:08 pm

vitalic - poney
daft punk - steam machine
nin - year zero remixes

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:04 pm

Ratatat - s/t

Shalashaska · Post by **Shalashaska** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:25 pm

I recently discovered Five Finger Death Punch and so far I'm loving the album.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:38 pm

steve reich - electric counterpoint

I just realized that Reich was a philosophy major at Cornell, where I got my PhD in philosophy. I knew he went to Cornell, but I figured he studied music. Easily my favorite living composer.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:21 am

professor ganson wrote:steve reich

Yeah, he's pretty fantastic. A lot better than Phillip Glass too,imo.

charlie chong · Post by **charlie chong** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:35 pm

terry riley pissed on both of them...
check house of anthrax with john cale as well..
drone funk prog psych

yeshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:00 pm

charlie chong wrote:terry riley pissed on both of them...
check house of anthrax with john cale as well..
drone funk prog psych

yeshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Yeah, check out that album that isn't legitimately available! Go! (it is indeed great, at least in parts!)

As seems the trend, the best things by Riley are the hardest to get. While Rainbow in Curved Air, Shri Camel and even the Poppy no-good band album are easy to get, the best yet is Persian Surgery Dervishes, which is now terribly hard to come by. Figures.

And yeah, Reich--what a pain in the ass. Make sure you actually get his original recordings and not the wall paper performances by the chronos quartet. There's actually a very modestly priced box set of the later I'd avoid.

Edit: While we're at it, go pick some Angus MacLise for some of the real deal (or maybe some Tony Conrad? the one with Faust is truly great.)