Music Picks for December 22nd and 29th, 2009

Attention faithful readers,
This will be the final posting for the year 2009. For the next sixty (or so) days I will be off the grid collating, prioritizing, and generally streamlining all of this year's choices for "Best Songs" and "Best Albums " of 2009.
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Kole Sere!
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12-22-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

BLK JKS – “Molalatladi”, “Kwa Nqingetje” and “Skeleton” (from After Robots)

Count Raven – “Nashira” (from Mammon’s War)

Hatebreed – “Become The Fuse”, “In Ashes They Shall Reap”, “Everyone Bleeds Now”, “Through The Thorns” and “Pollution Of The Soul” (from Self-Titled)

Immortal – “Norden On Fire”and “Mount North” (from All Shall Fall)

Jimmy Buffett – “Nobody From Nowhere”, “Big Top”, “Summerzcool”, “Surfing In A Hurricane” and “A Lot To Drink About” (from Buffet Hotel)

Rammstein – “Waidmann’s Heil”, “Haifisch”, “Weiner Blut” and “Pussy” (from Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da)

Them Crooked Vultures – “New Fang”, “Warsaw Or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up”, “Caligulove” and “Gunman” (from Self-Titled)

New Albums That I Dig:

BLK JKS – After Robots (Secretly Canadian) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: 6.2
http://www.myspace.com/blkjks

Hatebreed – Self-Titled (E1 Music) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatebreed_(album)

Immortal – All Shall Fall (Nuclear Blast) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Shall_Fall

Jimmy Buffett – Buffet Hotel (Mailboat) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffet_Hotel


New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Grief Of War – Worship (Prosthetic Records)

Malfeitor – Incubus (Agonia Records)

Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. II (Ice Water / EMI Records)


Old Songs:

The Bee Gees – “How Deep Is Your Love?” (from Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack 1977)
Converge – “Heartless” (from You Fail Me 2004)
Morbid Angel – “Angel of Disease” (from Covenant 1993)
Motorhead – “Hellraiser” (from March Or Die 1992)
Tom Waits – “In-Between Love” (from from The Early Years, Volume 2 1993)
Neil Young – “Lotta Love” (from Comes A Time 1978)
Savatage – “Back To A Reason” (from Poets And Madmen 2001)

Old Albums:

Armored Saint – Raising Fear (Chrysalis Records 1987)
The Cure – Wish (Fiction / Elektra 1992)
Dave Matthews Band – Busted Stuff (RCA 2002)
Kataklysm – Prevail (Nuclear Blast 2008)
Seal – Second Self-Titled Album (ZZT / Warner Music UK / Sire 1994)
Tears For Fears – Tears Roll Down (Polygram / Fontana 1992)
Tom Petty – Full Moon Fever (MCA 1989)

12-29-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

A Camp – “Stronger Than Jesus” and “Golden Teeth And Silver Medals” (from Colonia)

Asphyx – “Death The Brutal Way” and “Eisenbahnmorser” (from Death…The Brutal Way)

Krallice – “Autochthon” and “Untitled” (from Dimensional Bleedthrough)

The Red Shore – “Misery Hymn”, “Deception Prologue” and “The Architects Of Repulsion” (from Unconsecrated)

The Sign Of The Southern Cross – “Huck Finn”, “Weeping Willow” and “Eating The Sun” (from Of Mountains And Moonshine)

Wolfmother – “New Moon Rising”, “Sundial”, “10,000 Feet” and “Pilgrim” (from Cosmic Egg)

New Albums That I Dig:

Asphyx – Death… The Brutal Way (Century Media) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death...The_Brutal_Way

The Sign Of The Southern Cross – Of Mountains And Moonshine (Independent) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://www.myspace.com/southerncrossband

Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg (Modular) Metacritic: 65 Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Egg


New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Ancestors – Of Sound Mind (Tee Pee Records)

Municipal Waste – Massive Aggressive (Earache)

Old Songs:

Accept – “Restless And Wild” (from Restless And Wild 1983)
Elton John – “Multiple Personality” (from The Muse Soundtrack 1999)
Eric Clapton And B.B. King – “Ten Long Years” (from Riding With The King 2000)
Mudhoney – “Magnolia Caboose Babyshit” (from Self-Titled 1989)
My Dying Bride – “The Light At The End Of The World” (from The Light At The End Of The World 1999)
The Smashing Pumpkins – “Drown” (from Singles Soundtrack 1992)
Sonny Boy Williamson And The Yardbirds – “I Don’t Care No More” (from Sonny Boy Williamson And The Yardbirds 1966)

Old Albums:

Black Sabbath – Volume 4 (Vertigo 1972)
Filter – Title Of Record (Reprise 1999)
Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours (Capitol 1955)
Jethro Tull – Too Old To Rock N Roll: Too Young To Die! (Chrysalis / Capitol 1976)
Megadeth – So Far, So Good…So What! (Combat / Capitol 1988)
Pink Floyd – The Division Bell (EMI 1994)
Tom Waits – Bone Machine (Island 1992)

Music Picks for December 8th and 15th, 2009

12-08-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

Altar Of Plagues – “Earth: As A Furnace” (from White Tomb)

Gwynbleidd – “Nostalgia” and “Stormcalling” (from Nostalgia)

Nile – “Kafir” and “Iskander Dhul Karnon” (from Those Whom The Gods Detest)

Paradise Lost – “Faith Divides Us-Death Unites Us” and “Universal Dream” (from Faith Divides Us-Death Unites Us)

The Red Chord – “Hour Of Rats” and “Ingest The Ash” (from Fed Through The Teeth Machine)

New Albums That I Dig:

Altar Of Plagues – White Tomb (Profound Lore) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tomb

Nile – Those Whom The Gods Detest (Nuclear Blast) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Whom_the_Gods_Detest

New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Culted – Below The Thunders Of The Upper Deep
Keelhaul – Triumphant Return To Obscurity
Killswitch Engage – Self-Titled

Old Songs:

Cat Stevens – “Northern Wind” (from New Masters 1967)
Cracker – “Mr. Wrong” (from Garage D’Or 2000)
Mudhoney – “The Farther I Go” (from Self-Titled 1989)
Neil Young And Crazy Horse – “Cortez The Killer” (from Zuma 1975)
Rare Earth – “Feelin’ Alright” (from Get Ready 1969)
Steely Dan – “Deacon Blues” (from Aja 1977)
Tapes N’ Tapes – “Hang Them All” (from Walk It Off 2008)

Old Albums:

Big Star – Radio City (Ardent Records 1974)
Elvis Costello And The Attractions – Armed Forces (Columbia 1979)
LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver (DFA 2007)
The Police – Ghost in The Machine (A&M 1981)
Sepultura – Chaos A.D. (Roadrunner 1993)
Staind – Tormented (Self-Released 1996)
The Who – A Quick One (Reaction 1966)


12-15-2009:

New Songs That I Dig:

Belphegor – “Veneratio Diaboli”, “Reichswehr In Blood”, “The Crosses Made Of Bone” and “Der Geistertreiber” (from Walpurgis Rites-Hexenwahn)

Death Cab For Cutie – “Meet Me On The Equinox” (from New Moon: Original Soundtrack)

Grizzly Bear w/ Victoria Legrand – “Slow Life” (from New Moon: Original Soundtrack)

Hope Sandoval And The Warm Inventions – “For The Rest Of Your Life” (from Through The Devil Softly)

Lykke Li – “Possibility” (from New Moon: Original Soundtrack)

Marduk – “Funeral Dawn”, “Into Utter Madness” and “Chorus Of Cracking Necks” (from Wormwood)

OK Go – “Shooting The Moon” (from New Moon: Original Soundtrack)

New Albums That I Dig:

Marduk – Wormwood (Regain Records) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwood_(Metal_album)

New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Delain – April Rain
Major Lazer – Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do
November’s Doom – Into Night’s Requiem Infernal

Old Songs:

The Blues Brothers – “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love” (from Blues Brothers: Music From The Soundtrack 1980)
Cryptic Slaughter – “Rage To Kill” (from Convicted 1986)
Frank Sinatra – “Head On My Pillow” (Radio Single 1940)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – “The Mercy Seat” (from Tender Prey 1988)
Pink Floyd – “The Fletcher Memorial Home” (from The Final Cut 1983)
Player – “Baby Come Back” (Radio Single 1977)

Old Albums:

Five For Fighting – Message For Albert (Nettwerk 1997)
Iron Maiden – The X Factor (EMI 1995)
Matt Nathanson – Some Mad Hope (Vanguard 2007)
Pearl Jam – Vitalogy (Epic 1994)
Rush – Vapor Trails (Atlantic 2002)
U2 – How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Island / Interscope 2004)
Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers (Loud/RCA/BMG 1993)

Music Picks for November 24th and December 1st, 2009

11-24-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

Katatonia – “The Longest Year”, “Onward Into Battle” and “Liberation” (from Night Is The New Day)

Passion Pit – “Little Secrets”, “Moth’s Wings”, “To Kingdom Come”, “Swimming In The Flood” and “Let Your Love Grow Tall” (from Manners)

Yonder Mountain String Band – “Fingerprint”, “Honestly”, Steep Grade, Sharp Curves” and “Causualty” (from The Show)

Zoroaster – “Spirit Molecule”, “Undying”, “White Dwarf” and Lamen Of The Master Therion” (from Voice Of Saturn)

New Albums That I Dig:

Yonder Mountain String Band – The Show (Frog Pad Records) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonder_Mountain_String_Band

Zoroaster – Voice Of Saturn (Terminal Doom Records) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://www.myspace.com/thezoroaster


New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of Day (GOOD, Universal, Motown)
Porcupine Tree – The Incident (Roadrunner Records)

Old Songs:

The Corrs – “Breathless” (from In Blue 2000)
Crowded House – “Don’t Dream It’s Over” (from Self-Titled 1986)
Enya – “Orinoco Flow” (from Watermark 1988)
Europe – “Rock The Night” (from The Final Countdown 1986)
Norman Greenbaum – “Spirit In The Sky” (from Spirit In The Sky 1969)
Mat Kearney – “Nothing Left To Lose” (from Nothing Left To Lose 2006)
The Lemon Pipers – “Rice Is Nice” (Radio Single 1968)

Old Albums:

Bobby Bland – Two Steps From The Blues (Duke/MCA 1961)
Alice Cooper – Welcome To My Nightmare (Atlantic 1975)
Genesis – We Can’t Dance (Atlantic, Virgin 1991)
Kix – Blow My Fuse (Atlantic 1988)
Night Ranger – Greatest Hits (MCA 1989)
Samael – Reign Of Light (Galactical Records 2004)
System Of A Down – Steal This Album! (American, Columbia 2002)


12-01-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

Devourment – “Abomination Unseen”, “Fed To The Pigs” and “Incitement To Mass Murder” (from Unleash The Carnivore)

Funebrarum – “Grave Reaper”, “Beyond Recognition”, “Incineration Of Mortal Flesh” and “Nex Monumentum” (from The Sleep Of Morbid Dreams)

Skeletonwitch – “Where The Light Has Failed”, “Released From The Catacombs”, “Stand, Fight And Die”, “The Despoiler Of Human Life” and “Crushed Beyond Dust” (from Breathing The Fire)

Vader – “Devilizer”, “Impure”, “We Are The Horde”, “Black Metal” and “Fight Fire With Fire” (from Necropolis)

New Albums That I Dig:

Vader – Necropolis (Nuclear Blast) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necropolis_(album)

Funebrarum – The Sleep Of Morbid Dreams (Cyclone Empire) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://www.myspace.com/funebrarum

New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Flyleaf – Memento Mori (A&M, Octone)
Gossip – Music For Men (Columbia)

Old Songs:

The Chemical Brothers – “Galvanize (w/Q-Tip)” (from Push The Button 2005)
Company Flow – “Friend Vs. Friend” (from Little Johnny From The Hospitul 1999)
Rick Dees – “Disco Duck” (from The Original Disco Duck 1976)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – “Tuff Enuff” (from Tuff Enuff 1986)
J. Geils Band – “Centerfold” (from Freeze Frame 1981)
Gravel – “Legs Are Spreading” (from Dirty Beauty 2008)
John Parr – “Naughty Naughty” (from Self-Titled 1984)

Old Albums:

Dream Theater – Images And Words (Atco 1992)
Great White - …Twice Shy (Capitol 1989)
Avirl Lavigne – Let Go (Arista 2002)
Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (Epic 2007)
Liz Phair – Exile In Guyville (Matador 1993)
Joe Satriani – Surfing With The Alien (Relativity 1987)
Tom Waits – Closing Time (Asylum 1973)

Music picks for November 10th and 17th, 2009

11-10-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

Dawes – “When You Call My Name”, “Give Me Time” and “Peace In The Valley” (from North Hills)

Drummer – “Mature Fantasy” and “Good Golly” (from Feel Good Together)

Every Time I Die – “The Marvelous Slut” and “Who Invented The Russian Soldier?” (from New Junk Aesthetic)

He Is Legend – “Everyone I Know Has Fangs”, “Cult Of She”, “Stranger Danger”, “That’s Nasty” and “Mean Shadows” (from It Hates You)

Karen O And The Kids – “Animal” and “Heads Up” (from Where The Wild Things Are)

Slayer – “World Painted Blood”, “Beauty Through Order”, “Human Strain” and “Playing With Dolls” (from World Painted Blood)

Snail – “Relief” and “Blacklight” (from Blood)

Train – “Save Me San Francisco”, “Hey, Soul Sister” and “Words” (from Save Me, San Francisco)

New Albums That I Dig:

Slayer – World Painted Blood (American / Sony Music) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Painted_Blood

Train – Save Me San Francisco (Columbia) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_Me_San_Francisco

New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Burnt By The Sun – Heart Of Darkness (Relapse Records)
Dinosaur Jr. – Farm (Jagjaguwar)
Sean Bones – Rings (French Kiss)

Old Songs:

Betty Everett – “The Shoop Shoop Song” (Radio Single 1964)
Cornershop – “Brimful Of Asha” (from When I Was Born For The 7th Time 1997)
The Gants – “Road Runner” (Radio Single 1965)
The Georgia Satellites – “Keep Your Hands To Yourself” (from Self-Titled 1986)
Icehouse – “Electric Blue” (from Man Of Colours 1987)
Laura Branigan – “Gloria” (from Branigan 1982)
Love Me Butch – “Hollywood Holiday” (from This Is The New Pop 2005)

Old Albums:

AC/DC – Back In Black (Atlantic Records 1980)
Carcass – Reek Of Putrefaction (Earache Records 1988)
Dio – Holy Diver (Warner Bros. 1983)
Flickerstick – Welcoming Home The Astronauts (226 Records 2001)
Overkill – I Hear Black (Atlantic 1993)
Soul Asylum – Grave Dancers Union (Columbia 1992)
White Zombie – Astro-Creep 2000: Songs Of Love, Destruction And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head (Geffen 1995)

11-17-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

Animals As Leaders – “On Impulse” (from Self-Titled)

The Big Pink – “Dominos”, “Frisk” and “Tonight” (from A Brief History of Love)

Diablo Swing Orchestra – “A Tap Dancer’s Dilemma”, “Bedlam Sticks”, “Vodka Inferno” and “Stratosphere Serenade” (from Sing-Along Songs For The Damned And Delirious)

Dying Fetus – “Conceived Into Enslavement” and “At What Expense” (from Descend Into Depravity)

Evergreen Terrace – “Sending Signals” (from Almost Home)

Hypocrisy – “No Tomorrow”, “Alive” and “Tamed” (from A Taste of Extreme Divinity)

Tim McGraw – “Good Girls”, “It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You” and “Southern Voice” (from Southern Voice)

New Albums That I Dig:

Dying Fetus – Descend Into Depravity (Relapse) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descend_into_Depravity

Hypocrisy – A Taste of Extreme Divinity (Nuclear Blast) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Extreme_Divinity

Tim McGraw – Southern Voice (Curb) Metacritic: 66 Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Voice_(album)

New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Goreaphobia – Mortal Repulsion (Ibex Moon)
Suffocation – Blood Oath (Nuclear Blast)

Old Songs:

Black Mountain – “Bright Lights” (from In The Future 2008)
Brownsville Station – “Smoking In The Boy’s Room” (from Yeah! 1973)
The Cult – “Love Removal Machine” (from Electric 1987)
Guru Josh – “Infinity” (from Infinity 1989)
Joe Walsh – “Rocky Mountain Way” (from Rocky Mountain Way 1985)
The Marshall Tucker Band – “Can’t You See?” (from Self-Titled 1973)
Tracy Byrd – “Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo” (from Ten Rounds 2002)

Old Albums:

Corrosion Of Conformity – America’s Volume Dealer (Sanctuary 2000)
Evanescence – The Open Door (Wind-Up Records 2006)
Frank Sinatra – Songs For Swingin’ Lovers! (Capitol 1956)
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Automatic (Blanco Y Negro Records 1989)
Kiss – Lick It Up (Mercury 1983)
Metallica – Ride The Lightning (Elektra 1984)
Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Def Jam 1988)

Music Picks for October 27th and November 3rd, 2009

10-27-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

The Avett Brothers – “I And Love And You”, “Ten Thousand Words”, “Laundry Room” and “Tin Man” (from I And Love And You)

Children Of Bodom – “Somebody Put Something In My Drink”, “Just Dropped In”, “Talk Dirty To Me” and “Oops!..I Didi It Again” (from Skeletons In The Closet)

Converge – “Dark Horse”, “Cutter”, “Cruel Bloom” and “Wretched World” (from Axe To Fall)

Willie Nelson – “Fly Me To The Moon”, “Come Rain Or Come Shine”, “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, “I Miss You So”, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” and “On The Street Where You Live” (from American Classic)

New Albums That I Dig:

The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You (American Recordings) Metacritic: 75 Pitchfork: 5.8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_and_Love_and_You

Children Of Bodom – Skeletons In The Closet (Spinefarm) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletons_in_the_Closet_(album)

New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

The Bullet Monks – Weapons Of Mass Destruction (Napalm Records)
Sugar Ray – Music for Cougars (Pulse Recordings)

Old Songs:

Acda En De Munnik – “Niet Of Nooit Geweest” (from Naar Huis 1998)
Amii Stewart – “Knock On Wood” (from Knock On Wood 1979)
Fair Weather – “Natural Sinner” (radio single 1970)
Feeder – “Just A Day” (radio single 2001)
The Futureheads – “The Beginning Of The Twist” (from This Is Not The World 2008)
Phantom Planet – “Leave Yourself For Somebody Else” (from Raise The Dead 2008)
Remy Zero – “Save Me” (from The Golden Hum 2001)

Old Albums:

Bob Marley And The Wailers – Survival (Island / Tuff Gong 1979)
Bruce Springsteen – Human Touch (Columbia 1992)
The Cure – Disintegration (Fiction / Elektra 1989)
House Of Pain – Fine Malt Lyrics (Tommy Boy Records 1992)
Pink – I’m Not Dead (LaFace 2006)
Roxy Music – Country Life (Atco / Reprise 1974)
Wipers – Is This Real? (Sub Pop 1980)

11-03-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

Baroness – “Steel That Sleeps The Eye” and “A Horse Called Golgotha” (from Blue Record)

Civil Twilight – “Anybody Out There?”, “Letters From The Sky” and “Perfect Stranger” (from Self-Titled)

The Flaming Lips – “Your Bats”, “The Ego’s Last Stand”, “Sagittarius Silver Announcement”, “Worm Mountain (w/MGMT)”, “Silver Trembling Hands” and “Watching The Planets (w/Karen O)” (from Embryonic)

New Albums That I Dig:

Baroness – Blue Record (Relapse) Metacritic: 88 Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Record

The Flaming Lips – Embryonic (Warner Bros.) Metacritic: 80 Pitchfork: 9.0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryonic

New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Shrinebuilder – Self-Titled (Neurot Recordings)
Yob – The Great Cessation (Profound Lore)

Old Songs:

Bobby Brown – “Every Little Step I Take” (from Don’t Be Cruel 1988)
The Cowsills – “The Rain, The Park And Other Things” (radio single 1967)
Estrella – “Stay” (from Self-Titled 2007)
Irene Cara - “Fame” (from Fame Soundtrack 1980)
Manfred Mann – “The Mighty Quinn” (from Mighty Garvey! 1968)
Shakira – “Wherever, Whenever” (from Laundry Service 2002)
Sheb Wooley – “Purple People Eater” (radio single 1958)

Old Albums:

Andrew Ridgeley – Son Of Albert (Columbia 1990)
The Eagles – The Long Run (Asylum 1979)
Genitorturers – Sin City (Cleopatra Records 1998)
Jethro Tull – Crest Of A Knave (Chrysalis 1987)
Jimmy Buffett – Fruitcakes (MCA 1994)
Midnight Oil – Red Sails In The Sunset (Columbia Records 1984)
Nirvana – Bleach (Sub Pop 1989)

Music Picks for October 13th and 20th

10-13-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

Coalesce – “Wild Ox Moan” and “The Purveyor Of Novelty And Nonsense” (from Ox)

The Cribs – “We Were Aborted”, “Hari Kari” and “Victim Of Mass Production” (from Ignore The Ignorant)

Goatwhore – “The All-Destroying” and “Shadow Of A Rising Knife” (from Carving Out The Eyes Of God)

Living Colour – “”Burned Bridges”, “Young Man” and “Asshole” (from The Chair In The Doorway)

Shakira – “She Wolf” and “Why Wait?” (from She Wolf)

New Albums That I Dig:

The Cribs – Ignore The Ignorant (Warner Bros.) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignore_the_ignorant

Living Colour – The Chair in The Doorway (Megaforce Records) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chair_in_the_Doorway

New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Children – Hard Times Hanging At The End Of The World (Kemado)
Dead By Sunrise – Out Of Ashes (Warner Bros.)

Old Songs:

Adele – “Chasing Pavements” (from 19 2008)
Animotion – “Obsession” (from Self-Titled 1985)
Briskeby – “Hey Baby” (from Tonight, Captain 2003)
Enrique Iglesias - “Addicted” (from 7 2003)
The Fray – “Over My Head” (from How To Save A Life 2005)
Stevie Nicks – “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (w/Tom Petty)” (from Bella Donna 1981)
Ray Stevens – “The Streak” (from Boogity Boogity 1974)

Old Albums:

Arcade Fire – Funeral (Merge / Rough Trade 2004)
Blink 182 – Take Off Your Pants And Jacket (MCA 2001)
The Clash – London Calling (CBS / Epic / Legacy 1979)
Flogging Molly – Swagger (SideOneDummy 2000)
The Little Mermaid – Original Soundtrack (Disney 1989)
Nine Days – The Madding Crowd (Sony 2000)
George Thorogood And The Destroyers – Haircut (MCA 1993)

10-20-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

The Black Crowes – “Garden Gate”, “Roll Old Jeremiah”, “Good Morning Captain”, “What Is Home?” and “Last Place That Love Lives” (from Before the Frost…Until The Freeze)

Steve Earle – “Pancho And Lefty”, “White Freightliner Blues”, “Lungs (w/Tom Morello)”, “No Place to Fall” and “Loretta” (from Townes)

Madness – “Dust Devil”, “Rainbows”, “Idiot Child”, “Africa” and “NW5” (from The Liberty Of Norton Folgate)

Matisyahu – “One Day”, “For You” and “Darkness Into Light” (from Light)

Daniel Merriweather – “Change (w/Wale)” and “Could You?” (from Love And War)

Monsters Of Folk – “The Right Place”, “Baby Boomer”, “Man Named Truth” “Ahead Of The Curve”, “Losin’ Yo Head” and “The Sandman, The Brakeman And Me” (from Self-Titled)

New Album That I Dig:

Matisyahu – Light (Epic Records / JDub Records) Metacritic: 57 Pitchfork: Not Reviewed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_(Matisyahu_album)

New Album That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Patrick Wolf – The Bachelor (Bloody Chamber Music)

Old Songs:

Bryan Adams – “There Will Never Be Another Tonight” (from Waking Up The Neighbours 1991)
Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass – “A Taste Of Honey” (from Whipped Cream And Other Delights 1965)
Bad English – “Forget Me Not” (from Self-Titled 1989)
Cracker – “Teen Angst” (from Self-Titled 1992)
Dionne Farris – “I Know” (from Wild Seed, Wild Flower 1995)
Queen – “Another One Bites The Dust” (from The Game 1980)
Radiohead – “Creep” (from Pablo Honey 1993)

Old Albums:

Billy Joel – 52nd Street (Columbia 1978)
Van Morrison – Moondance (Warner Bros. 1970)
Primus – The Brown Album (Interscope 1997)
Pro-Pain – Foul Taste Of Freedom (Regain 1992)
Paul Revere And The Raiders – Greatest Hits (Columbia 1967)
Sly And The Family Stone – Dance To The Music (Epic 1968)
The Velvet Underground – Self-Titled (MGM 1969)

Music Picks for September 29th and October 6th, 2009

09-29-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

AFI – “End Transmission”, “I Am Trying Very Hard To Be Here”and “It Was Mine” (from Crash Love)

The Gates Of Slumber – “Beneath The Eye Of Mars” (from Hymns Of Blood And Thunder)

Jay-Z – “D.O.A.”, “Run This Town” (w/Kanye West and Rihanna), “Empire State Of Mind” (w/Alicia Keys) and “Off That” (w/Drake) (from The Blueprint 3)

Korpiklaani – “Mettanpeiton Valtiaalle” (from Karkelo)

Kris Kristofferson – “Good Morning John” (from Closer To The Bone)

Unanimated – “Enemy Of The Sun” (from In The Light Of Darkness)

New Albums That I Dig:

AFI – Crash Love (Interscope) Metacritic: 75 Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Love

Korpiklaani – Karkelo (Nuclear Blast Records) Metacritic: Not Reviewed Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karkelo

New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Voivod – Infini (Relapse)

Old Songs:

Ashton Shepherd – “Takin’ Off This Pain” (from Sounds So Good 2008)
Destiny’s Child – “Bootylicious” (from Survivor 2001)
Evanescence – “Bring Me To Life” (from Fallen and Daredevil Soundtrack 2003)
The Frogs – “Lord Grunge” (from Starjob EP 1997)
Haircut 100 – “Love Plus One” (from Pelican West 1982)
Jonathan Edwards – “Sunshine” (from Self-Titled 1971)
Mountain – “Mississippi Queen” (from Climbing! 1970)

Old Albums:
Anthrax – Persistence Of Time (Island 1990)
David Bowie – Hunky Dory (RCA 1971)
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard (RSO 1974)
Danzig – 2: Lucifuge (Def American 1990)
Iron Maiden – Brave New World (EMI Sony 2000)
New York Dolls – Self-Titled (Mercury 1973)
Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA (Columbia 1984)

10-06-2009:

New Songs That I Like:

3 Inches Of Blood – “Preacher’s Daughter” (from Here Waits Thy Doom)

Mariah Carey – “Obsessed” (Cahill Radio Mix) (from Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel)

La Roux – “Bulletproof” (from Self-Titled)

Miranda Lambert – “White Liar”, “Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go” and “Sin For A Sin” (from Revolution)

Tortoise – “Prepare Your Coffin” (from Beacons Of Ancestorship)

Neil Young – “Just Singing A Song” and “Johnny Magic” (from Fork In The Road)

New Albums That I Dig:

Miranda Lambert – Revolution (Columbia Nashville) Metacritic: 84 Pitchfork: Not Reviewed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_(Miranda_Lambert_album)

Tortoise – Beacons Of Ancestorship (Thrill Jockey) Metacritic: 71 Pitchfork: 7.9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacons_of_Ancestorship

New Albums That Just Didn’t Work For Me:

Iron Man – I Have Returned (Shadow Kingdom Records)
Stratovarius – Polaris (Victor / Edel Music)

Old Songs:

Aerosmith – “Walk This Way” (from Toys In The Attic 1975)
Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me With Science” (from The Golden Age Of Wireless 1982)
Grey Daze – “Sometimes” (from Wake Me 1994)
Harvey Danger – “Flagpole Sitta” (from Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone? 1998)
Paul And Linda McCartney – “Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey” (from Ram 1971)
Plastiscines – “Mister Driver” (from LP1 2007)
Rinocerose – “Cubicle” (from Self-Titled 2006)

Old Albums:

Disturbed – The Sickness (Giant/Reprise 2000)
Judas Priest – British Steel (Epic 1980)
Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy (Atlantic 1973)
Nine Inch Nails – The Slip (The Null Corporation-Halo 27 2008)
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets (Columbia/EMI 1968)
Radiohead – OK Computer (Parlophone / Capitol 1997)
James Taylor – Sweet Baby James (Warner Bros. 1970)