A7th Circle of ShitX

Yesterday while I was doing homework I got distracted by downloading and watching the sweet necture of music flowing through my computer. I downloaded Saves The Days newest record (the new one comes out next week), The Gym Class Heroes record that came out in July called "As Cruel as School Children), and finally the very anticipated Avenged Sevenfold self titled record. Ok lets take a trip down memory lane...

Sounding the Seventh Trumpet:Was an awesome harder record by A7X. This record had a lot of awesome licks and lead lines, despite the quailty of the recording being a little off it was still a pretty decent record.

Waking the Fallen: Then we move into the medal winner of A7X's repertoire. This was probably one of the first hard records that i really got into. The guitar parts were memorable and the lyrics were epic, basically everything you expected from the cover of the record, which is it their infamous skull with wings. I really can't say enough about how awesome this record was. It will forever be a corner stone in my rock and roll foundation.

City of Evil: Supposively M. Shadows destroyed his vocal chords and thats why there is more singing on this record. The this record was released and someone said, "Wow A7x is really starting to encompass Guns'n'Roses version of rock and roll." I think that went to much to their head. This record was actually pretty good it's sad to say, but it kind of is. There are is everything that you want in a record here. I'll admit after listening to waking the fallen for so long and then i heard the single "Beast and the Harlot" i was like WHAT THE FUCK?! but i'll give this record a good listen to every once and a while when i want to hear awesome guitar licks...thank you sinister.

S/T: Come the fuck on! I heard that they were coming out with a new record, but didn't pursue it much and then one day i was on the myspace music video pages, like i do, and saw their video for "Almost Easy." I watched the video and i couldn't belief how much the song really blew, which i gave them the benefit of the doubt sometimes labels choose an awful song for the bands single. Well after giving the whole album an honest chance...Fuck me it blows so much. The first track, which to me can be on of the most important on the record, was an open d chord for most of the song except for some wailing from sinister, then shadows gives a speech about patriotism twice. The songs are horribly written with bullshit for memorable parts.

So i laugh as josh said to those kids that got A7X tattoos and plead with the band just fucking stop....fucking stop.

On the train tonight I finally got all the way through the Postal Service record Give Up. I know, I know a lot of people adore this record and people have giving me the "What?! You haven't listened to it yet?" As if it were this epic piece of work that everyone that has ever had a sad thought should listen to. I honestly think you feel melancholy when you listen to it because the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie always looks like he's trying to pass some heartbreak that he will never actually shit out. I haven't really taken a good deep look at the lyrics, but I always do appreciate some out of ordinary lyrics. I remember him saying something about the guy who killed JFK, which by no means should be poetic, but he certainly makes you feel like it is.

I can say i definitely like the album and maybe its appeal is also what i have to criticize about it. I like the electronics of if it. I think which ever one of the two guys did it, did an awesome job with the music for the most part and in many ways inspired me. I hope that my many hours spent on this monotonous god forsaken steal bullet back to the suburbs will help me write some cool electronic stuff. My main problem with it in many cases (if not all the tracks) the drums sound to much and unnecessary. Although, I do understand that electronica is focused mainly with the beat and rhythm, i think at times it detracts away from the awesome song writing. You could argue that its part of its attraction, i suppose, but arguing the opposite seems much more fun. For example, "This Place is a Prison" the drums sound perfectly planed, despite the rhythm being a stray from the straight beat it makes it all the more appealing. On some tracks it's like a fast awkward hand-job that you just can't make feel good.

Radio Nowhere?

So here's the story:
Bored on a Saturday afternoon, looking for something to do, I make my usual rounds of the myspace music and music videos pages to see if I can find something to spark my interest and much to my dismay I found that Bruce Springsteen had taken over all of the music pages. Now yesterday I was in Borders and saw that his new album was released, evidentally Tuesday, so I decide that well if he has a new record out lets watch the music video for his single "Radio Nowhere" and just then the weirdest thing in the ENTIRE WORLD happened...I liked it. Now I'm not saying I hate Bruce Springsteen because I don't. I realize that he's a mover and shaker amoungst the rock and roll scene; I just never got into him. When I worked at Borders we would play the Segger Sessions from time to time and I have to say I loved that CD. I just assumed it was because Pete Seggers was a incredible songwriter and Bruce Springsteen had a big enough band where they could just insessantly add more instuments and make it sound cool. So here I am now downloading Bruce Springsteens new album Magic. There will probably be an update to let no one at all know what I think of it.

Speaking of updates, coming soon the review of Jimmy Eat World's new record Chase the Light. More on that when it actually happens.

New Records In October...

A Wilhelm Scream-Career Suicide- October 9th
Jimmy Eat World-Chase This Light-October 16th
Thrice- Alchemy Index:Fire and Water- October 16th
Coheed and Cambria-No World for Tomorrow-October 23rd
Serj Tankian-Elect the Dead-October 23rd
Saves the Day-Under The Boards-October 30th
Avenged Sevenfold-Selftitled-October 30th
Taking Back Sunday-Notes from the Past-October 30th
The Color Fred-Bend to Break October 30th

Shhh Secrets.

So I decided that I have a lot of down time on my hands while I wait in between my classes on Tuesdays. So, as a combatant to my bordum I decided to make a "music blog-ish type thing." We'll see how well it works out and how long I actually stayed dedicated to it. Basically I'm going to have reviews and recommendations here. Hopefully this will stem some of my needs to write and listen to music all in once. We'll see if this works. I really don't plan on telling anyone about it. Shh secrets, secrets are lots fun especially when you don't share them with anyone.
Well hope to see no one read this at all.

Love,
Chris