Loudon Wainwright III - Good Ship Venus”
Brief: Discovered this amazing lyrical genius piece while looking for good Pirate music (don’t ask) a few years ago and just remembered it. My friends really took to it and it earned a spot on our play list for awhile ;p Pirate songs 4tw?
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Review: This is one of those funny slash embarrasing album choices for me. I listened to this album the first time and subsequently blew it off shortly after the first few songs because of the cover art. As you can tell its pretty hot. It was eye catching enough to get me to pick it up back then and since then its had a stranglehold on my playlist.
Review: I am a complete and utter sucker for female vocalists in genres they typically aren’t allowed in. Metalish sounding (on the hard side of alternative rather), Flyleaf doesn’t disapoint. Through a variety of sounds and efforts Lacey Mosely pulls off both a great offering of rock but also nearly christian inspired songs that led me wondering if this album had been misclassified. Luckily the religious overtones are present in only a few of her songs (at least obviously). This is good in that it doesnt relegate such a great album to the category some would instantly write off and instead keeps it as mainstream as your gonna get.
Haven’t listened to these artists in awhile…. also posted up some Gears of War 2 related music from their new tv spot ad.
Devotchka - How it Ends
Reminds me of a foreignish inspired Depeche Mode which I totally dig. New favorite of the month, really glad gaming advertising uses unknown indie artists to establish a unique feel to their campaigns.
Lamb - Gabriel
Awesome tune that makes me want to believe in a god, but alas fails only slightly in that goal. Still an emotional tune that I like (D&B + Female Vocals = Instant Fav).
Nonpoint - In the Air Tonight
Still one of the best covers I’ve ever heard…. and I’m a fan of different takes on good songs. Love the energy and anticipation that gets built up with this song.
Couple reviews coming up for some of the old favorites I never got to put up, but this should tide over the few of you asking ;p
Review: I think in perhaps the greatest failure of my forgettable media career is failing to know where my System of a Down brothers have gone off to. Wandering around the store writing down album names one day I wrote this one down because SOMETHING about that cover and band name drew me to it. I didn’t know it at the time, but it was SOAD members Daron Malakian (guitarist) and John Dolmayan (drummer) calling to me….ushering me towards greatness. This album, from some members of the critic community has called this the Black (Metallica reference) album for SOAD. Calling this the greatest system of a down album to date is something I was skeptical about when reading up on the album before listening.
Review: If the cover doesn’t get you, the band name surely will. How did I discover this gem of mediocrity? I was creating CD Labels at Best Buy for rock music, A’s through D’s. Sure enough I scanned the CD and came back out to the floor 15 minutes later to discover one of the band names was Goblin Cock. Now to my credit, I thought for a moment, should I put up a sticker that says “Cock” in a “family friendly environment”. Luckily, no one seemed to give a shit because it was surrounded by even less-frequented artists than they were. The cover itself, is uncensored in most locations, but searching for this album art online revealed the other version linked below which I found just as funny.