MuteMath are one of those bands that always brings a smile to my face. From the opening march of “Collapse” on their S/T debut through the Twilight single “Spotlight” through the epic “Burden” on their sophomore album Armistice, MuteMath have always delivered in full by infusing electro with live instruments that just reaches for the stars in every song. Their third album, Odd Soul, is due in October and the title track and video have just been released. Electro-Black Keys […]
Posts tagged "2011 in music"
Superfiction is Super Good! (Cold are back!)
I don’t know why I got so excited for Cold’s Superfiction as I pretty much wrote the band off after A Different Kind of Pain. 13 Ways… and Year of the Spider were more evolutions than departures from the Cold sound but I always felt they should’ve named their 4th album A Different Kind of Cold because that’s what it was. I did like frontman Scooter Ward’s Killer and The Star release in 2009 and maybe that’s what got me excited again. […]
bLISTerd Extra: The Popblerd Writers Pick Their Top 10 of 2011…Jesse’s Up Next
1. White Lies-Ritual: This one’s gonna be on my year-end list for sure. Been listening to it since it came out in January 2011and I’m sure I would be listening to it if it came out in January of 2001. Must-own album. Pop, goth, new wave, ’80’s. http://youtu.be/9O-KqZSXQHg 2. Crowbar-Sever The Wicked Hand: Riff-tastic. The best metal album this year until the new Will Haven comes out in October 🙂 3. Childish Gambino 2011 EP: My favorite hip-hop to come […]
Spin Cycle: Taking Back Sunday’s “Taking Back Sunday”
Whatever happened to emo bands? There was always something reasonably endearing about the best of them – whiny, sure, but so earnest and prone to literate ramblings that they seemed the perfect antidote for an indie scene that seemed to value ironic detachment much more than the nerdy kid’s lovelorn poetry, hastily scrawled onto tear-soaked notebook paper. Was it annoying after a while? It sure was, but you gotta admire these kids’ willingness to put aside rock-minded things like pride, […]
Anthrax Isn’t Bringing the Noise With This One
In a word: Nope! Anthrax is back after 8 years with the much-delayed Worship Music finally slated to be released this September. Long story short, Anthrax ditched Joey Belladonna’s replacement John Bush shortly after We’ve Come For You All was released/toured for a reunion of the classic line-up. Joey and Dan Spitz left the group again who then recruited unknown Dan Nelson to be the singer for what would become Worship Music. Something happened and a “he said/she said” war […]
The Alpocalypse is here!
“Weird Al” is the kind of artist that you love or like. There’s no hate in the world of “Weird Al” because in Al’s world whether you love his music or just sort of like it, it’s still really fun. “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Alpocalypse, his 13th album, continues the high standard Straight Outta Lynwood set in 2006 as to how to do a parody in the 21st Century and more importantly, why “Weird Al” Yankovic will never be irrelevant. It’s […]