Tri-Awesome!

No beating around the bush on this one. Sick Puppies new album, Tri-Polar is freaking amazing!
Bands are always pressured to top their last album, which the Puppies were going to have a hard time of doing after the success of their album, Dressed Up As Life...but they did it. This album rocks so much harder than Dressed Up As Life, literally. The rock tracks on this album are a lot harder than their previous work. Tri-polar is very reminiscent of their first album, Welcome to the Real world. Tracks like Should Have Known Better and I Hate You are so intense. And on the other side of the coin you have songs like White Balloons which, in my opinion could have been an Iron & Wine song. Over all this album is some of the best work the Sick Puppies have put out so far. Its an amazing album to get hooked to the Puppies on and if your already a fan run, don't walk, to get a copy of this cd.

Shine On...Forever More

The world needs another Syd Barrett! I was listing to his solo work today and realized just how amazingly brilliant he was. Every song was so simple, Innocent and in an odd way fragile. It feels like every chord, every drum beat, every lyric is barley connected by a thin gossamer thread that could snap at any point. It made the music fun, you waited for the train wreck that just never came. Syd took lyrics that, through any other mouth, would have rung hollow and gave them a very unique life. Even though his songs have that youthful innocence to them they also have an ominous feel to them. You can actually hear a man going mad in certain songs, "Dark Globe" specifically. On the surface it almost feels like a love song, but when one looks into Syd's history its easy to see that the song is purely about his progression into madness. I don't know who could ever step up and fill his shoes but the world needs another Syd Barrett.

28 Days...

All right. I know I mainly focus on music here but this warranted a sidetracking. DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT EVERYONE SAYS!!! Now that that's out of the way: Watch S. Darko. It was an amazing movie. I know the reviews all bash it but ignore them. If you were a fan of Donnie Darko and have a brain in your head you need to watch this movie. Does it compare to the original? Absolutely not. Is it still amazing? YES! It follows Sam Darko (Donnie's little sister) and her misadventure in a tangent universe. It builds on the original Donnie Darko storyline of time travel with new info and still keeps that creepy feel. There are plenty of references to the first movie including The Philosophy of Time Travel and a reappearance by "Frank". Over all this movie was exquisitely acted, filed and directed. I would recommend it to any one who loved the original.

Foiled Again...

Blue October re-relesed their album Foiled. And to be honest...I have no idea what to think about it. The original release was amazing and they didn't do too much to it this time around. They added a rerecording of "Calling You" (Which I find to be inferior to the original) and two remixes of "X Amount of Words" Any one who knows me would expect me to be uber excited about this. I'm a huge remix nerd and "X Amount of Words" is one of my favorite Blue October songs. But both remixes (one by the legendary Paul Oakenfold) fall short of the original. So is there any reason to consider buying the re-release if you already own the original. Yes, there is one. They included a disk called "Teach Your Baby Well Live" which documents the Blue October experience live. Now this disk will not turn the music world on its ear but it does showcase of well Blue October performs live. If you don't own Foiled already this is a great purchase. If your already lucky enough to own a copy save your cash and get a copy of their new album Approaching Normal

Guess who is back!!!

That's right, the school year is nearly over and you know what that Means? It means that good ole' Noun here will be able to focus on his blog once again, everyone rejoice!!!!

All right lets jump right into this with a review of music I shouldn't have yet. Green Day's new album "21st Century Breakdown" I have to be honest with you, there were moments where I though I was listening to stuff that they forgot to put on "Dookie". There are moments on this album (Know Your Enemy for example) that make you think its 1993 again. But there are some songs that just pull so far away from Green Days older sound (Songs like Last Night On Earth are quite reminiscent of Wake Me Up When September Ends)

This album is worth a shot. If your a fan of Green Day its a solid album, If you want a good listen its a fine album, if you want punk rock I would avoid this particular Green Day undertaking.

Nerdy Beats

I just downloaded an album (LEGALLY!) of some of the most nerdy remixes I have ever heared. The Album is called "Old Nerdy Bastard" and I have to be honest its one of the most intertaining albums I have listened to in a long while. The original mixes of the songs on the album were already amazing but these remixes just kick up the nerdy...I meat we are going from w00t to
\/\/()()7. In my opinion the most intriguing track on the album is 99 Balloon Flights (The Grammar Club vs. Nena) mixxed by Baddd Spellah. First off 99 Luftballoons is one of the best songs ever any way and the lyrics overlapped on this beat are just wicked. This album also tends to harry Potter fans with the bands Ginny and the Heart Breakers, Harry and the Potters, and The Whomping Willow all making an appearance. The low point of the album? I hate to say it but it has to be Pwn Monkey (Jonathan Coulton vs. ... well, everyone) mixed by The Evolution Control Committee. The idea of mixing Code Monkey over a slew of other classic songs is great but to be honest with you it just sounds like there was no effort put into this. The beats seldom match and there are moments where polyrhythems kick in (in a bad way) and the music is in dissonance with the vocals. Over all though this is an entertaining album for anyone who has ever been called a nerd or has proudly called them self a nerd! Go ahead watch your anime, roll your d20, read Harry Potter and ROCK ON!

Rediscovery...

Recently me and my roommate have discovered the simple beauty in the world. Were both huge metal/hard rock fans. On any given day you can hear tool or Dethklock blasting from our room. But lately all we've been able to listen to is Tori Amos, of all people. I'm starting to believe that in the natural evolution in musical taste that if you expose yourself to extrema loudness for too long it becomes boring so when a stripped down starts it sounds so different. I can zone out a Cannibal Corpse song but when a song by Lykke Li starts I snap to attention. Has any one else had experiences like this? Feel free to drop me a line and let me know what you think.