February 27, 2007
Well, I updated the site. Artist of the Week is Moby, and the album of the week is the Gipsy Hill EP by Big D and the Kids Table. Since I can’t think of anything else to post, I might as well post Moby’s Play.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WB6OWPFQ
February 26, 2007
This is the most famous album by the Scottish 8-Bit/Chiptune artist, Sabrepulse. Now, you might ask what the heck is 8-Bit? Also, called Nintendocore, 8-Bit was created by musicians, who loved video games as much as music. Some 8-Bit bands like HORSE the Band, combine synthesizers and heavy metal to create metal with scatterings of game sound effects. Other bands like Children of Bodom (really a death metal band) use synthesizers to create a more foreboding, evil sound.
Now, when you first listen to this, you may react, “What is this?! GAMEBOY MUSIC?!” That is an acceptable reaction, because well, it could pass for GameBoy music, but fear not. This is adventurous music that is an excellent listen, regardless of first impressions.
Here you go:
Tracklisting:
01. Enter, Chip Warrior
02. Dot Matrix Hero
03. Purple Haze
04. Mutant Sixty-Four
05. Ranger Elite
06. I <3 Voltage
07. Ocean Bay
08. Famicom Connection
09. Terror Seven
10. Storm Raid Attack
11. Summer Kiss
12. The Repellatron Skyway
13. Net Romance
14. Purple Haze (Saskrotch Remix)
15. Famicom Connection (Tajfel Nipple Remix)
http://rapidshare.com/files/17901705/Famicom_Connection.rar.html
February 25, 2007
Seeing as Black History month is about to end, I figured I should honor some of the great black aritists of the past. This will show some of the artists from every genre, where the artist has made a great impact. Some may be lesser known but were still influential (i.e. The Visitors, who helped start legendary bass player Stanley Clarke) I won’t post any YouTube links for this, because there are going to be too many things. Also, I’ll just post the album art, linking back to the allmusic information for the album. Beneath that will be the download link. Enjoy.
Sorry for the inconvience but the LAST 2 download links will be TORRENT links. If you don’t already have a BitTorrent client, please download µTorrent
Bad Brains – I Against I
http://s2.quicksharing.com/v/7325259/I_Against_I.rar.html
Living Colour – Vivid
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HG11SOD8
Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HPSPP5WU
Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell
http://rapidshare.com/files/1796707/run-dmc-raising_hell.rar
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – The Message
http://rapidshare.com/files/15396202/grand_20master_20flash_20_20the_20furious_20five_20-_20the_20message1982.rar
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
http://www.badongo.com/file/1763935
Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
http://rapidshare.com/files/17085656/PEITaNoMtHU95.rar
The Visitors – In My Youth
Thelonius Monk with John Coltrane
Chuck Berry – The Definitive Collection
February 23, 2007
This is the NEW Kings of Leon album. Don’t ask me where the original uploader got this, but it is an advance.This was posted on a forum and I must say, even though this is a great album, Kings of Leon sound almost nothing like they did on their previous albums. The original uploader had found this comment that basically sums up the whole album.
“I really don’t have the damnedest idea what to make of Because of the Times.
Let me give you the order here:
First they have a very long, useless track.
Then they become a midwest hardcore band.
Then they start JAMMIN’ OUT all crazy and awesome like.
Then there’s some sort of funky southern U2 hip-hop Thursday thing.
After that Lynyrd Skynyrd jams with Oasis.
Who meet up at a bar with the Arctic Monkeys to play a Nine Inch Nails cover.
…that breaks into heavy axe-wielding. Then becomes the new Modest Mouse single.
(deep breath)
Following that, Eddie Money and Don Henley hook up.
Which is obviously the perfect lead-in to: THE STROKES who’ve shown up to play one of their more jaunty, Albert Hammond, Jr, numbers.
Then Angus Young and Jackson Brown meet and look at each-other funny.
Or maybe this is Deep Blue Something and Supertramp?
At this point my brain is having trouble functioning.
Then we have latter-day Bob Dylan doing a lullaby with Ryan Adams on guitar.
After which there’s a moody Phil Collins song and BAM, Built To Spill.
…then I blacked out when something was mentioned about a Camaro.
Upon waking up I found the Kings of Leon had returned and were being joined by the Arcade Fire.
Then like that… it was over.
The end result is that the Kings of Leon have lost their collective damn mind.
Also, this is f*cking awesome.”
There was no official information at the time of the post, so here’s what I was provided with:
Kings Of Leon – Because Of the Times
Genre: Indie Rock/Garage Punk
“Knocked Up” – 7:10
“Charmer” – 2:56
“On Call” – 3:21
“McFearless” – 3:09
“Black Thumbnail” – 3:59
“My Party” – 4:10
“True Love Way” – 4:02
“Ragoo” – 3:01
“Fans” – 3:36
“The Runner” – 4:16
“Trunk” – 3:57
“Camaro” – 3:06
“Arizona” – 4:50
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WWIJ862H
February 22, 2007
Psyclon Nine is a musical group formed in 2000 in the San Francisco Bay Area. While their early efforts are generally categorized as aggrotech, their more recent material has incorporated a disparate set of influences, notably black metal, creating a more accessible and inventive output but remaining reasonably under the umbrella of industrial music.
Divine Infekt, the groups debut album, features a remix of the title track, remixed by another Bay Area EBM band, Tactical Sekt. This album is the base for all the other Psyclon Nine albums to follow. With harsh vocals, screaming synthesizers, and metal-influeced guitars, this album is blend of metal and techno music. Not much is known about this album, and even their official myspace doesn’t mention it. So enjoy this rare find.
Divine Infekt
2005
Noitekk
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RRR278Q3
February 21, 2007
Well, this can go under comedy because it is among the funniest things I have ever seen in my life.
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Before you click that link, I should warn you. EVERYTHING, I repeat, EVERYTHING on that website is entirely inaccurate and only intended for entertainment purposes. For example search “Led Zeppelin” and you will learn that David Hasselhoff was in the band, and that Robert Plant sang all of the guitar parts and that Jimmy Page was only there for the sex. Now, seeing as Jimmy Page is one of the greatest guitarists of all time, that is incorrect.
So PLEASE DON’T USE IT TO DO A SCHOOL REPORT, OR LEARN ANYTHING. YOU WILL GET LAUGHED AT.
February 18, 2007
This game is not for the faint of heart. And unless you like goregrind, death metal, and grindcore, you should plan on muting your system. The game is set up to run at the same speed as the music that’s playing in the background. Whether it’s Regurgitate, Last Days of Humanity, or some other extreme band, the game moves according to the guitars. Now, for those of you who go ahead and play this, you won’t quite understand why the game is moving so slowly to such a fast song. You’ll think about that until, say, maybe the next level, when its moving at 1000 mph and you can’t distinguish the notes of the music from one another and it just becomes a sonic boom of sorts. Also, if you are offended by explicit language, you better last a long time. Plus, if you can’t understand the singing gutteral vocals, then you won’t be offended in the least.
Here’s the game, and good luck:
February 17, 2007
Jim Gaffigan, Sierra Mist commercial star, is uproariously funny on this (mainly) food and religion themed album. From the opening joke, he keeps the listener enticed with funny voices and plenty of emotion in his jokes.
Here’s his appearance on Letterman.
2006
Comedy Central Rec.
Review (allmusic.com):
On the way to his 2006 release, everyman stand-up Jim Gaffigan worked the late night and comedy club circuits hard, building a sizeable, loyal fanbase along the way. They don’t overlap much with the David Cross crowd but they’re just as willing to drag you to a show or email you an MP3 of his brilliant “Hot Pockets” routine. Beyond the Pale offers plenty of reasons this quirky but entirely approachable comedian packs them in. He’s a crowd-pleaser first off, expanding his beloved “Hot Pockets” into an almost five-minute routine and using that doubtful, falsetto alter ego more than ever. This back-and-forth Gaffigan does with himself — telling a joke and then mocking himself in the falsetto voice — is a bit overused this time out and bringing that tired “nobody eats fruitcake” shtick into the 21st century is a bad idea. Otherwise the album satisfies with the comedian sounding more relaxed and in command of his ever-growing audience. Identifiable, domestic issues — mostly concerning food — lead up to his “Freebird,” his “Stairway to Heaven,” “Hot Pockets.” Like Live/Dead had the quintessential performance of the Grateful Dead’s “Dark Star,” Beyond the Pale contains the quintessential “Hot Pockets,” making previous versions obsolete. The most persuasive material for the Gaffigan doubters follows as religion gets a flippant and funny treatment while the falsetto crutch takes a break. Gaffifans can also grab the DVD of the same name for more material, more falsetto voice, while the casual Gaffigonian should start here.
http://www.mediafire.com/?5ouo0twyad1
February 15, 2007
Ranked as the second”Hardest Band to Google” by Spin Magazine, The The is an eclectic mix of styles. With songs ranging from dance-pop to country, The The provides an excellent listen for fans of almost any genre.
Video of The The’s The Beat(en) Generation
1989
Some Bizzare/Epic
Tracks:
Review (allmusic.com):
With the addition of former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, The The attempted their most ambitious album yet with Mind Bomb. Instead of the darkly polished dance-pop stylings of Infected, Mind Bomb opens up the music to reveal a slow, winding textured world of sound that celebrates its rough edges instead of hiding them. It’s serious, dance-influenced rock of the highest order.
Download link: http://rapidshare.com/files/12348743/_1989__MBb.rar
February 14, 2007
I’ve had this album for a while, and i just noticed something. Big D and the Kids Table, a ska band from Boston, covers this song “Little Bitch” at almost all their shows, and I’m not sure whether or not its on one of their albums. However, in my opinion, the original version is much better, and it has a much more reggae feel to it. Here’s a video of the Specials:
Review (allmusic.com):
A perfect moment in time captured on vinyl forever, such is the Specials’ eponymous debut album; it arrived in shops in the middle of October 1979 and soared into the U.K. Top Five. It was an utter revelation — except for anyone who had seen the band on-stage, for the album was at its core a studio recording of their live set, and at times even masquerades as a gig. There were some notable omissions: “Gangsters,” for one, but that had already spun on 45, as well as the quartet of covers that would appear on their live Too Much Too Young EP in the new year. But the rest are all here, 14 songs’ strong, mostly originals with a few covers of classics thrown in for good measure. That includes their fabulous take on Dandy Livingstone’s “A Message to You Rudy,” an equally stellar version of the Maytals‘ “Monkey Man,” and the sizzling take on Prince Buster’s “Too Hot.” If those were fabulous, their own compositions were magnificent. The Specials managed to distill all the anger, disenchantment, and bitterness of the day straight into their music. The vicious “Nite Klub” — with its unforgettable line, “All the girls are slags and the beer tastes just like piss” — perfectly skewered every bad night the members had ever spent out on the town; “Blank Expression” extended the misery into unwelcoming pubs, while “Concrete Jungle” moved the action onto the streets, capturing the fear and violence that stalked the inner cities. And then it gets personal. “It’s Up to You” throws down the gauntlets to those who disliked the group, its music, and its stance, while simultaneously acting as a rallying cry for supporters. “Too Much Too Young” shows the Specials’ disdain for teen pregnancy and marriage; “Stupid Marriage” drags two such offenders before a Judge Dread-esque magistrate, with Terry Hall playing the outraged and sniping prosecutor; while “Little Bitch” is downright nasty. Those were polemics; “It Doesn’t Make It Alright” reaches a hand out to listeners and, with conviction, delivers up a heartfelt plea against racism, but even this number contains a sharp sting in its tail. It’s a bitter brew, aggressively delivered, with even the slower numbers sharply edged, and therefore the band wisely scattered sparkling covers across the album to help lift its mood. The set appropriately ends with the rocksteady-esque yearning of “You’re Wondering Now,” the song that invariably closed their live shows. Even though producer Elvis Costello gave the record a bright sound, it doesn’t lighten the dark currents that run through the group’s songs; if anything, his production heightens them. It’s left to guests Rico Rodriguez and Dick Cuthell to provide a little Caribbean sun to the Specials’ sound, their brass sweetening the flashes of anger and disaffection that sweep across the record. And so, this was Britain in late 1979, an unhappy island about to explode. This enhanced CD reissue includes the videos for “Gangsters” and “Too Much,” true must-see TV.
My CD didn’t include the videos. Sorry!
The Specials
1979
2-Tone/Chrysalis
