Wall of Mouths

They had PJ20 on a PBS (public Broadcasting station) not sure if that’s a bad sign…usually all they play is stuff from old 60s groups that still tour.

…it was cool to watch even though my DVR ran out of space with 10 mins to go. Enjoyed the old footage. Cool to watch Eddie in the rafters.

Relaxing to the dulcet tones of King Diamond’s Abigail

Just got my Limited Edition First Pressing of Face to Face’s reunion album “Laugh Now…Laugh Later”! Like an old buddy coming home! Bitter I had to miss their show in Norfolk w/Strung Out

Rush, Motorhead and Mercyful Fate have been in heavy rotation lately.

waiting for my new Face to Face record. Got in on a limited pressing w/ free download. The albums out already..killing me!!

this reminds me, I need to pre-order the new Pulley 7-inch.
Vinyl sounds sooooo much better loud…too bad een vinyl couldn’t help Death Magenetic.

I missed it on XM! BOO!!! wanted to hear Anthrax and Megadeth. BOth of them sound the best they have in years. Slayer and Metallica are starting to show their mileage.

We Die Young - Alice in Chains

Got Strung Out’s - Element of SOnic Defiance on vinyl. Great album (EP really but it is 9 songs long). This is where they morphed from skate punk to quasi-thrash. Complex arrangments, and ripping guitars friven along by one of the best drummers going now, and excellent singing..all the while keeping the hooks coming.

This live version of Savant is killer - taken from their Live in a DIve album. ALso on it is the best cover of Bark at the Moon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EJIp-iRoM0

So bitter I missed it again! Actually didn;t miss last year, but all the really cool stuff was gone by the time I got there. What Ozzy Albums were re-released?
I just got the Pearl Jam Vs/Vitology Uber-set…well worth it..high quality as usual and a great live double disk included, but pricey. Need tires so may be another month or so before I can splurge on any more vinyl.
But I do have some Amazon bucks coming from my credit card, was planning on getting the slayer box set.

Where the Boys Go - The Rolling Stones

Got two boxes full of tunes delivered today.

One box full of vinyl punk , Pulley’s - Time Insensitive Material and Strung Out’s-Element of Sonic Defiance (classic!!)

And another a couple of classic thrash CDs…Exodus’ Bonded by Blood and Pleasures of the Flesh.

Escape from an A-Bomb house - Less than Jake

Downloaded some classics to listen to
Iron Fist - Motorhead
Thunder & Lightning and Renegade - Thin Lizzy

Peaceful Day - Pennywise

Been listening to the new Rival Schools singles from their new album coming out soon…only took 8 years!! The song Shot After Shot is stuck in my head!

Divers wrote:

I still feel fugazis last album was their crowning moment I just love it.

Great album. Also loved that I used to pass the building that was used in the artwork everyday on my way to work when I worked in Arlington,VA. Never did bother to find out what it was though.

Strung Out - Prototypes and Painkillers “Lost Motel” is brilliant!

Hell Child - Lynch Mob

Only CDs from 2010 that stick out are “We’re here to the End” which I just got…and “The Dissent of Man” from Bad Religion..class as usual.

Hit this little indie record store in Charlottesville (where I recently moved to) and went on a vinyl binge.
Picked up
Jesus Lizard - Goat and Liar
Franz Ferdidnand- Tonight
Snow Patrol- A Hundred Million Suns
(All of which came with MP3 download..always nice)
plus a few 7 incers
The Futureheads-SKip to the End (Never heard of them, but thought I’d take a risk)
Bullet Treatment (some kinda sampler from Fat Wreck Chords records)
New Order- Temptation/Hurt

Pip wrote:

Megadeth - Endgame (Best album they released since Rust in Peace)

Finally listened to this. Not bad, some great guitar work (of course), but nothing really stuck out. Enough of the phony news clips in the songs already.
Also finally listened to the new Pearl Jam. A couple of really strong tracks, but again nothing exceptional.

Epitome wrote:

Pulley - Matters

Quality CD. Their new-ish EP “Time Insensitive Material” is pretty good too..

The new Strung Out - Agents of the Underground (one of the best bands going today..excellent album)
Megadeth- End game was listening to it at work, liked what I heard but iPod power ran down, forgot to take my cord

I have the new Pearl Jam on vinyl, but haven’t had time to listen to it.

Joy Division’s Closer on vinyl. Right now it’s colony. Just finished moving, and today I got to build a bookcase (a disaster) and TV stand (went OK).
Needed something to chill me out after a rough day.

another batch of vinyl
Rush- Farewell to Kings, Hemisphers, All the Worlds A Stage, Grace Under Pressure, Signals, Moving Pictures, 2112, Caress of Steel, Permanent Waves
Foreigner- Fist album & Double Vision (Freebee’s thrown in on one of my Rush order)
GNR- Appetite
Fresh Foxes took a flyer on this one…different
Jethro Tull- This Was, Benefit, Stand Up
and downloaded a Metallica show from Europe where they did Master of Puppets album completely…loved Orion! Had a chance to see their show in DC last week but buddy backed out.

Just got Chinese Democracy- Not bad so far.

Also I’ve been putting Killing is My Buisiness and Buisiness is Good in heavy rotation…Rattlehead is such a great song

Joshua wrote:

I think my end of the year round up will be a re-release year of cd and dvd’s mostly.
Not really in to the current music scene..

I was tring to think of the best of 2008 and kept coming up with the same problem.
I’m having the worst time thinking of something new I actually bought this year…Most stuff that comes to mind are re-issues. Especially re-issues on vinyl.

I guess Weezer’s Red Album was this year from reading everyone elses posts…but I wasn’t that crazy about it.

The only others I can think of were

Pennywise - Reason to Believe
Metallica - Death Magnetic

In both these cases I was excited because they were better than their last few releases…but when compared to earlier stuff, they’re really only average.

The rest of my list can be labeled “New releases from bands I like, not bad but nothing memorable, good or bad”
Nada Surf - Lucky
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
I think there was a new Millencolin in there as well.

After that I’m completely blank.

Graeme55? wrote:

just heard Day and Age - The Killers, im not impressed, i heard it was heading more into Hot Fuss era, which got me excited, but its sounds nothing like it, its very very 80s sounding, there are good moments but to be honest its disappointing :(

Haven’t heard it yet, but the Killers have always been hit or miss.
When they’re strong they’re really strong…but alot of fluff in between the good stuff.
I got hooked on Sam’s Town (the song…not so much the whole album), I loved the vocal melody for the main verses.

And I have to admit, I liked their version of ‘Shadowplay’. Not as good as the original, but they at least tried doing something a little different with it.
I liked the parts around the solo.

My current playlist

Rush supermix (been my go-to “fall asleep” mix lately)
Ramones mix
AC/DC - Back in Black, Dirty Deeds and Highway to Hell…just got them on vinyl.

right now listening to some Pearl Jam

Got yet another batch of fresh vinyl. The majors are pumping out a ton of high quality reissues.
Today’s batch:
Megadeth-Peace Sells & Rust in Peace
Metallica- AJFA
Queensryche-Operation Mindcrime.

But the most appropriate for Holloween… Slayer- Hell Awaits! The only album with a legit backwards message…”Join Us! Join Us! Join Us!”