The Men - Dead Air Sessions

New band from Western Long Island. They have a noisy punk sound similar to Black Flag and the Jesus Lizard, or newer bands like Pissed Jeans. These four songs are really great, the only weak part of the record is the third song, "the man". This song almost seems out of place on this ep because its a more melodic, laid back song. Either way this record is awesome and should download it/buy it when it comes out.

http://www.wearethemen.blogspot.com/

Koro - s/t

The one repress you need to buy
Might be the best ushc 7" of the entire 1980's
buy it
worship it

http://fashionableidiots.com/catalog

Iron Age - The Sleeping Eye, Cyclopean 2009

I hate the metalcore/crossover/nyhc style. I think its boring and has been done to death; however this record rules. the spacey, stoner aesthetic makes the heaviness of the music more welcome to me than other bands playing this style. This is about as far into the metal spectrum that a hardcore band can go and not completely suck. For fans of both smoking weed and lifting weights.

Best songs: Burden of Empire, The Way is Narrow

7/10


Other stuff I've been playing lately:

His Hero is Gone - 15 Counts/Monuments to Thieves
The originators, often copied but never matched.

Velvet Underground - s/t
There's nothing better in the world to listen to late at night or just mellow out

Die Kreuzen - Cows and beer
Void side of the split with the faith
Class hardcore records, not copied nearly enough.

Tom Waits - Rain dogs
The best record for the weather we've been having this summer. I love this record so much. Its absolutely perfect, best atmosphere on any record I've ever heard.

Some videos

Velvet Underground - After Hours

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLUUDZdKxuA
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Orphans
I couldn't embed this one but watch it, its next level shit


You are human, go forth and thrash

Sonic Youth - The Eternal

A record that I've been eagerly anticipating, so such that I actually went out and bought it the day it came out. This record blows Rather Ripped out of the water. They sound as good as ever and after 25+ years really don't show their age. Apparently while writing this record, Thurston listened to nothing but black metal and the wipers; those influences can be felt in subtle ways, which is an awesome addition to the Sonic Youth sound. This record is great and you should go buy it.

8.9/10

I made a mix cd to play at work
Something to make you forget that the sun hasn't been out in like a month
no hardcore

Wipers - Wait a minute
Dinosaur Jr - This is all I came to do
Replacements - Favorite thing
Zero Boys - Trying harder
Bent Outta Shape - tell me why
Sonic Youth - Teenage riot
Dinosaur Jr - Over it
Exploding Hearts - Modern Kicks
Replacements - Bastards of young
Hot Water Music - trusty chords/I was a mountain
Exploding Hearts - boulevard trash
The Explosion - if you don't know
Radiohead - let down
Minutemen - corona

The good

Music I've been listening to a lot lately:

Dustheads - Tall Tales I & II:
This is one of my favorite bands to come out in the 2000's. The mix of punk with the Sabbathesque riffs, while not groundbreaking, is one of my favorite combinations (the best example being Annihilation Time). These records make me want to get drunk.

For Science - Tomorrow's Just Another Day
Their first record was a straight pop punk record, which was sick and one of my favorites. But this record and the one that came after it were creative and took the "ramonescore" sound somewhere different, and it worked really well.

Nomos - demo
Straight ahead hardcore from Brooklyn. This demo is awesome, not to echo the hyperbolic praise that MRR gave it, but it does stand out from the pack of bands playing purist hc these days.
download here:
http://icoulddietomorrow.blogspot.com/2009/04/nomos-demo.html

Cult Ritual - The first three ep's.
Hardcore band from Florida, and one of the best bands going today. awesome, dirty sounding hardcore and they cover my favorite Sonic Youth song.
cultmaternal.blogspot.com

Today I bought:
The Stranger - Albert Camus
Hot Water Music - Charles Bukowski
new Sonic Youth record

excited to finally have some money and new books to read