Everything Aaron Funk does as Venetian Snares is intense. That's the only word to describe the sound, intense. Drill 'n' bass at it's finest (think Aphex Twin, certain Squarepusher albums, Amon Tobin), every Venetian Snares album is composed of blisteringly fast breakbeats that have been sliced and diced into mind melting sounds, mixed with samples and harsh melodies (if you can call them melodies). Winter In the Belly Of a Snake is another solid album from the Winnipeg artist.
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Venetian Snares - Winter In the Belly of a Snake
Boris - Pink
Any band that gets its name from a song off of the Melvins album Bullhead is alright in my book. Although this album is significantly different style-wise from their other albums, this is perhaps their best. Fans of the band's earlier work would argue that the Japanese trio crafted this album specifically with American audiences in mind. That's not to say that this album should be ignored (despite shoe-gaze influences on several tracks), in fact it should be paid attention to as a great sludge album. To quote AllMusic critic Thom Jurek, "The rootsy metallic thrash of the band outdoes anything they've done before -- "Woman on the Screen" sounds like Iggy Pop fronting the MC5 of Kick Out the Jams in the Sunn 0))) era -- all in two-minutes-and-thirty-eight seconds."
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Acrimony - Tumuli Shroomaroom
Acrimony's sophomore album, Tumuli Shroomaroom is an absolute stoner classic. Packed with earth-shattering riffs, acid trips, space rock flights, and bong sound effects, this is everything a stoner album should be. This album is essential listening for anyone who is into stoner metal and seriously does stoner metal right.
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Henry Rollins - Talk Is Cheap Vols 1-4
So, as I mentioned previously in my recent Henry Rollins post, I really love his spoken word/stand-up albums. So grabbing these four volumes, released between 2003-04. It's truly a great set, with longer tracks, which I love. Of course a more unbiased review would be helpful, and I suppose a longer and more detailed one too, but I had to get this one up and out there because it's so good.
Download - All 4 Volumes in 1 .rar (700 MB)
Sorry but only 2 volumes are in V0, the other two are AAC rips :(
If you find anything better (I haven't) please let me know!!!
For more info and album art check out these wiki articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Is_Cheap_Vol_I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Is_Cheap_Vol_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Is_Cheap_Vol_III
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Is_Cheap_Vol_IV
Omega Massif - Geisterstadt
German sludge/post-metal band Omega Massif's debut album. In German, "Geisterstadt" means ghost town. This album could be the soundtrack to a ghost town for sure, so it is aptly titled. Entirely instrumental, this is an album that really shows the musical side of sludge and doom. This album is also considered post-metal because it is on the minimalistic side and has many atmospheric touches.
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National Treasure OST
Composed by ex-Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin, the music fits the Disney hit movie National Treasure. With suspenseful passages and more up-beat compositions, this is a typical soundtrack to a pretty good movie. Nothing here is really special or standout, it's just that I liked hearing the music in the movie, and it's pretty good on it's own too.
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Henry Rollins - Eric the Pilot
Henry Rollins, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways...
Now with the major ass-kissing out of the way, here is another solid Rollins spoken word/stand-up album. An engaging and hilarious account of a strange pilot and the Midwest, Rollins is in his usual form. Brutally honest, and bringing a dose of reality into an otherwise hazy existence, every Rollins set leaves you wanting more, wishing he would never step off the stage. Fantastic.
I also highly recommend reading his journal entry based books if you like his stand-up stuff, very similar. If you like his audiobooks too, you should get his other stories.
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The Devil's Blood - Come, Reap
I initially assumed this was a doom album. This album is nowhere near doom, much more along the lines of a throwback band (ie. Priestess, Wolfmother) Although they did have a prominent Sabbath influence (like most doom bands), this album feels more like it belongs with Sabbath in the late 70s than present day. The extensive occult and satanic imagery fits in perfectly with modern metal bands who have a tendency to overdo things, but somehow, it works here. . Only 5 songs, this is a throwback tribute that does those late-70s metal bands justice.
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Walter/Wendy Carlos - Switched-On Bach
Stolen from Kaptain Carbon on waffles:
Many people today know the name Walter/Wendy Carlos through many movie scores including "The Shining," "Split Second" and "Tron."
The name Walter, or Wendy Carlos, is associated with a dense patchwork made of classical music and synthesizers. It is perhaps the movie "A Clockwork Orange" and the processed vocal climax of the Ninth Symphony that Carlos style and legacy is most known. Switched On Bach also represents one of the first landmarks in the complicated and rudimentary birth of electronic music. Carlos was not the first electronic musician in the 60s, however, it could be argued that he was among the most popular. Switched On Bach went on to win three Grammy awards in the next year and become the highest selling classical album to date. The late 60's was a time of great social change when many old institutions were being questioned and destroyed. Carlos' electronic reinterpretation of Johan Sebastian Bach is unlikely to remembered as socially revolutionary as other musical acts or events at the time. However, the popularity of Moog-based classical music, for better or worse, represented a shift in consciousness on the nature of traditions. Sure, there were older reinterpretations on classical pieces including Spike Jones' zany pillaging of the classics. However, Carlos' works are based off of sound rather than comedy. Switched on Bach remains one of the most popular Moog-based classical albums. For Carlos, the sound of Switched on Bach spawned many sequels and variations and remains artistically tied to the composer. It is the polarity between the electronic sound and baroque composition that makes the album timeless, or rather caught in a vacuum, vortex or hyper-dimension.
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Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea
So long without an update. I haven't really downloaded much of anything recently. My HD is running out of space and I need to upgrade to a 1 TB. The problem with that is I'm a little short on money and have to wait. So, one of very few downloads these past five days, funeral doom band Ahab's The Call of the Wretched Sea. The album is a retelling of Melville's classic Moby Dick through the medium of funeral doom metal. Doom itself may be some heavy shit, but funeral doom is heavy to the max. All you can feel when you listen to this is despair. Ahab does funeral doom so well it could literally crush the entire horrible nu-metal genre with one of these songs.
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Ringo Starr - Goodnight Vienna
Ringo Starr, former Beatles drummer, had a very inconsistent career musically after the Beatles called it quits. An okay solo debut, followed by a good album and two excellent ones, followed by a long string of okay albums and the occasional good one in between. In comparison to (almost) everything else he did in the 70s, Goodnight Vienna was a star-studded masterpiece, featuring the likes of former bandmate John Lennon, Elton John, Dr. John, and others. Although the only two Top 10 tracks aren't written by anyone on the record, this proves to be an enjoyable record, even if it doesn't quite match up to it's predecessor.
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Michael Jackson - 3 albums
Again with the threes! Anyways, I realized I had no Michael Jackson as I was digging through three boxes of records my local record store gave me for free and I happened upon a compilation album from 1980, a sort of Now! That's What I Call Music of hits from 1979. First track, "I Wanna Rock With You". It was then I realized, "Damn, Michael Jackson is fun to listen to!" A fact clearly evident to the rest of the world, it explains was such a HUGE world star in the 80's, and still has a huge influence on pop today. That said, I don't care how "metal" or "punk" you may be, or how much you claim to hate Michael Jackson, you want to dance when this stuff comes on.
Off the Wall (Special Edition)
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Thriller (Special Edition)
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Bad
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Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream and Other Delights
It's hard to believe (in today's world) that in the past people were into pop music that was entirely instrumental. Often times I'll show friends an amazing instrumental piece and they'll call it boring. Other times I'll show them this and they'll ask me why I'm into elevator music. The thing is, they don't realize what they're missing out on. Herb Alpert is a Grammy-winning, Top 10 artist who can really play the easy listening. If you're into lounge and easy listening, and you don't have this, you're not into lounge and easy listening.
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