The Loud Stuff
ABRAMIS BRAMA – Enkel Biljett
As a rule non-English speaking old-school hard
rock sucks but these guys miraculously sound just fine in Swedish. I don’t
understand a single word of course, for all I know they might be reciting the
Muppet Show chef’s recipes. (7)
ANTEMASQUE
– Antemasque
Despite
being basically the same band, it doesn’t sound like the Mars Volta at all. You
can actually tap your foot and sing along to this without a PhD in Quantum
Physics! (8)
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – IX
Godammit Pepper, surely you’ve got enough riffs
for two bands? Come back home now, these guys are no fun without you anymore.
(5)
EVERY TIME I DIE – From Parts Unknown
Wow! Just, like, wow! And this coming from
someone who doesn’t particularly like screaming metalcore. (9)
JUDAS PRIEST – Redeemer Of Souls
Full of clichés and the lyrics are really stupid but what did you expect, “OK
Computer”? This is Judas Priest for fuck’s sake, it’s supposed to be full of clichés and really stupid. (7)
ORIGIN – Omnipresent
Brutal but very technical death metal. Handle
with care, this is pretty extreme stuff. Not for the weak of heart or the wimpy
of musical taste. (7)
THINE – The Dead City Blueprint
Well, with Anathema trying to be Porcupine
Tree, someone had to step up and be
Anathema. (7)
WOLVES
IN THE THRONE ROOM – Celestite
Forget black metal and guitars, this is ambient,
all analog synths. Sounds more like Tangerine Dream than like Xasthur. I think
Tangerine Dream is fucking boring. (5)
The Other Stuff
LANA
DEL REY – Ultraviolence
Hype
aside, this is a pretty decent Chris-Isaac-meets-Cowboy-Junkies album.
Fantastic single (“West Coast”), relatively limited amount of filler. (7)
NOURA
MINT SEYMALI – Tzenni
Reshaping
Mauritanian folk music into pentatonic desert blues, funkier than Tinariwen and
with a voice as old and wise as time, this lady has just released the World
Music Album of the Year. (9)
SHABAZZ
PALACES – Lese Majesty
Weird
and wonderful experimental hip-hop. Be warned: You can’t dance to it, you can’t
lowride to it and you can’t pimp to it. This is more Jaz-Z than Jay-Z. (8)
WILLIE
NELSON – Band Of Brothers
Country
music’s answer to Lemmy Kilminster is unstoppable. 150 years old, smokes a ton
of weed every day and his 500th album still sounds great. (7)
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