Going On - Gnarls Barkley
Going On - Gnarls Barkley
you're solid gold // i'll see you in hell
This album:
Seemed an appropriate follow-up to the first one. I wish they had more than two albums because it's not nearly enough.
Pretty Noose - Soundgarden
switching to...
Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums - A Perfect Circle
you're solid gold // i'll see you in hell
I'm Not A Hero - The Dark Knight Soundtrack
Rock Me Tonight - Billy Squire
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
The Body The Blood The Machine - The Thermals
2006, Sub Pop Records
It's a "concept album" which tells the story of a young couple who must flee a United States governed by fascist faux-Christians.
Hail to the Thief - Radiohead
2003, Parlophone/Capitol Records
Such an under-rated album, at least in RH circles. To me, it marks another change in the bands' sound as they learned how to incorporate the electronic experimentation of Kid A and Amnesiac with the guitar-heavy sound of their previous work. It also marked a big step forward for Thom Yorke as a lyricist providing some of his more insightful and meaningful lyrics.
The Coalition of the Willing - Bobby Previte
2006, Ropeadope Records
Personnel:
Bobby Previte - drums
Charlie Hunter - guitar, bass
Steve Bernstein - trumpet, slide trumpet
Jamie Saft - organ, mellotron, moog, guitar, bass
Skerik - saxophone
Stanton Moore - drums
Stew Cutler - harmonica, slide guitar
One of the main reasons this album stands out for me, aside from the all-star personnel listed above, is that it is a rare chance to hear Charlie Hunter play guitar and bass separately. Charlie typically plays an 8-string guitar. On the bottom three strings he plays bass lines, and on the top five he plays guitar. He has the pick-ups routed to two different amps to achieve the sound of independent bass and guitar. He plays the different parts simultaneously which is a lot of fun to watch. On this album, Charlie plays a normal 6 string guitar and a separate 4 string bass. It is unreal what he can do with these instruments not having to play them both at the same time.
Flagpole Sitta~Harvey Danger
Holy Diver - Killswitch Engage
Santa Monica~Everclear
Intelligence Failure - Buckethead & Viggo Mortensen
2005, Perceval Press
The songs on this album utilize excerpts from speeches and news conferences by current and former members of the Bush administration. They are mixed down and overdubbed with new and previously composed music played by Viggo Mortensen, Buckethead, Henry Mortensen, Walter Mortensen, and Travis Dickerson.
Nothing like hearing GWB's ludicrous "Why they hate us" speech mixed with Buckethead playing the William Tell Overture (aka The Lone Ranger theme).
I didn't know what to expect when I got this album as I only knew Viggo as an actor. I purchased it because I'm pretty much interested in any project Buckethead involves himself with (except his brief stint in G'n'R). This album is an interesting one for sure. Not for those who feel patriotism means only thinking good thoughts about one's country, but I was never one of those.
one of the rare good cover songs of the last ten years.Originally Posted by what
Semisonic, "Closing Time"
Blessid Union of Souls, "Hey Leonardo"
Lit, "My Own Worst Enemy"
Animals - Pink Floyd
1977 Harvest Records (UK)/ Columbia Records (US)
"Hey there White House, ha ha charade you are." - Roger Waters "Pigs: Three Different Ones"
Yo Ho - Pirates of the Caribbean theme park song
The Tardis (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) duh!
Violent Femmes, "Gone Daddy Gone"
Love that album! Then again, who doesn't?
Love that album! Then again, who doesn't?
Heh I'll agree with you on that too!!
The Tardis (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) duh!
Slipknot, "Frail Limb Nursery"
"Purity"
Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury - Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
1992, 4th & B'way/Island/PolyGram Records
"Hypocrisy is the greatest luxury, raise the double standard"
- Michael Franti, "Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury"
The Disposable heroes were Michael Franti and Rono Tse. This was Franti's band prior to the formation of Spearhead (who will probably get a spin later this afternoon). This album featured the brilliant 8 string guitar work of a then unknown Charlie Hunter (this album began my obsession with Charlie). Lyrically, this album reminds me a lot of the greatest of the works of Gil Scott-Heron. "Politically charged" doesn't really even begin to describe it. Although recorded during the Regan/Bush #1 days, this album still resonates quite well today. I wonder why that is.
Poison, "Fallen Angel"
Everyone Deserves Music - Michael Franti & Spearhead
2003, Boo Boo Wax Records
"World war one, two, three and four
Chemical weapons, biological war
Bush war 1, Bush war 2
They gotta a war for me, they gotta a war for you"
- Michael Franti, "We Don't Stop"
"You can bomb the world to pieces, but you can't bomb it into peace"
- Michael Franti - Bomb the World
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