Showing posts with label Metallica. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metallica. Show all posts
Dec 29, 2023
Jul 7, 2023
Favorite Albums of 2023: Mid-Year Report
With rock and rap included. (country only list below)
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1. Lucero - Should’ve Learned by Now
2. JD Clayton - Long Way From Home
3. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
4. William Prince - Stand in the Joy
5. Bully - Lucky for You
6. Metallica - 72 Seasons
7. Country Westerns - Forgive the City
8. Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
9. Pony Bradshaw - North Georgia Rounder
10. Drayton Farley - Twenty on High
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11. Sundy Best - Feel Good Country
12. The War & Treaty - Lover’s Game
13. Jake Worthington - s/t
14. Brit Taylor - Kentucky Blue
15. The Band of Heathens - Simple Things
16. Joy Oladukun - Proof of Life
17. Ritch Henderson - Fallacies & Four-Letter Words
18. Jess Williamson - Time Ain’t Accidental
19. Lance Roark - Better Man
20. Killer Mike - Michael
21. Meg McRee - Is It Just Me?
22. Colby Acuff - Western White Pines
23. Slaid Cleaves - Together Through the Dark
24. Brandy Clark - s/t
25. Jamie Harris - Boomerang Town
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Americana/Country only
1. Lucero - Should’ve Learned by Now
2. JD Clayton - Long Way From Home
3. William Prince - Stand in the Joy
4. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
5. Country Westerns - Forgive the City
6. Ruston Kelly - The Weakness
7. Pony Bradshaw - North Georgia Rounder
8. Drayton Farley - Twenty on High
9. Sundy Best - Feel Good Country
10. The War & Treaty - Lover’s Game
11. Jake Worthington - s/t
12. Brit Taylor - Kentucky Blue
13. The Band of Heathens - Simple Things
14. Joy Oladukun - Proof of Life
15. Ritch Henderson - Fallacies & Four-Letter Words
16. Jess Williamson - Time Ain’t Accidental
17. Lance Roark - Better Man
18. Meg McRee - Is It Just Me?
19. Colby Acuff - Western White Pines
20. Slaid Cleaves - Together Through the Dark
21. Brandy Clark - s/t
22. Jamie Harris - Boomerang Town
23. Muscadine Bloodline - Teenage Dixie
24. Brennen Leigh - Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet
25. The Panhandlers - Tough Country
Mar 31, 2023
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May 25, 2019
Mar 7, 2019
No Sleep Roundup: Metallica, William Matheny, At the Gates, etc.
by Robert Dean
Howdy kids, let’s talk about all of the cool stuff happening in and around the world of music, shall we? Let’s Round Up.
Thank god when asked about his favorite songs off of Master of Puppets, Kirk Hammett listed Orion as one of his top two. If there’s any song that personifies the sadness of
losing Cliff Burton, it’s that bass line.
At The Gates debuted a new live video
Confined Spaces is a new grind band who are releasing a demo tape very soon. They just dropped some new tracks.
If you’re coming to Austin for SXSW check these folks out:
Andrew Adkins has some new tunes out. If you’re in the mood for some funky, mountainous stuff with a lot of attitude, heart and soul, this dude will quench the thirst.
Nov 20, 2018
No Sleep Roundup: Roy Clark, Kacey Musgraves, Vein, Metallica
by Robert Dean
What’s popping in the world of music lately, kids? It’s the holidays, so music news is slow, but here’s what I’ve got.
Let’s get to it.
RIP to the late, great Roy Clark. I remember watching a whole lot of him on Hee-Haw as a kid. Definitely a loss for country music.
Kacey Musgraves won Album of The Year at the CMA’s, which is fucking amazing. I know Chris Stapleton released a banger, but Kacey deserved every inch of that win. She’s not playing the CMA game and has continually done her own thing with a refusal to be a Nashville commodity. So big ups to Texas’ best.
Vein has a new video out, yet again proving those dudes are the best new band in hardcore.
Since High on Fire isn’t on their tour, they’re writing new music, so that’s a good use of their time. There’s never enough Matt Pike jams in the world, toe or not.
Dude from All That Remains was potentially murdered. Talk about a plot twist.
Metallica donated $100K to help California battle the wildfires. Karma points right there, dudes.
Mumford and Sons dropped a new record. Surprise, it's garbage. Rolling Stone even dogged it.
That’s all I got. Stay weird.
Jul 18, 2018
Feb 14, 2017
Why Y’all Need to Get Off the High Horse and Give It Up for Lady Gaga
by Robert Dean
Chances are, if you’re reading this, you’re into music way
deeper than the average bear. You’ve got a closet full of band shirts, and
when someone is looking for new music, you practically wet your shorts. We dig
through crates for vinyl, schedule vacations around shows, and more than once,
we’ve asked for concert tickets as a Christmas gift.
Music nerds bond like glue over our obsession, but it also
drives stakes between camps of people: like those who argue who the best Black
Flag singer was, or should Dio-era Sabbath be called Sabbath or Heaven &
Hell? (Ozzy is Black Sabbath, folks.)
When you go HAAM on music geekology, pop music is a sticky
subject. It took everyone forever to realize it, but Justin Timberlake is one
talented SOB. If you love music, it doesn’t take a genius to admit that dude is
a once in a lifetime performer. I’d go as far and say JT is our generation’s
answer to Frank Sinatra. He’s got the chops, can write (Sinatra never wrote
songs), can play, and most importantly can back up this argument. But, this
ain’t about Just Timberlake. It’s about Lady Gaga.
As a species of dork who loves to argue about the finer
tenants of Patsy Cline’s career, or way Sarah Vaughn is a lesser known
treasure, we need to embrace the fact that Lady Gaga is awesome.
Look, I know you’re about to throw the computer or phone in
the trash over my inflammatory statement. This is one of those times when you
have to set aside the “fuck pop music hat” just for a second. In a world of
trite garbage that’s as morally infectious as whatever’s on the radio, you’ve
gotta give it up to Gaga.
She’s named after a Queen song, did a Bowie tribute,
absolutely destroyed an Oscar performance of The Sound of Music and has
recorded a duets record with Tony Bennett. What’s Britney Spears been up to
lately?
Is Lady Gaga’s pop stuff good? It’s not my cup of tea, but
what is admirable, is the lengths Lady Gaga goes to foster inclusivity, to push
the boundaries of what’s allowed, vs. what’s accepted in popular culture. While
some folks get caught up on a meat dress, there’s something to be said about a
performer who’s donated, and worked in the trenches to help kids find homes
when they’ve been kicked out for their life choices.
Lady Gaga hasn’t played by the rules that her peers do,
she’s like a relic from the 1980’s in her style morphs into things, and assumes
personalities, but always remaining her own. She’s not swinging around in a
chair, trying to hawk things ala The Voice, but instead, she went on tour and
played dive bars to get her chops back up after a lackluster album. Lady Gaga
didn’t get discovered because she was in a halter top and some exec decided
guys wanted to fuck her, and girls wanted to be her – instead, she slugged away
at NYU, and then dropped out to front a Led Zeppelin cover band.
While she made a lot of statements about social causes and
led by the example of what artists should to do lend their platform to others,
it was Till it Happens to You that put Lady Gaga on a different plain than
the rest of her pop peers. The depth of
that song, exercising demons in such a powerful way, left a trail – one asking
if we weren’t paying enough attention to an artist who was visibly taking risks
against commercial success. You just don’t drop a song about date rape and
expect nothing to come from it. That takes guts.
Gaga should be on your list of saints because let’s be
honest – she saved Metallica’s ass on the Grammy’s. When Hetfield’s mic when
MIA – Gaga stepped up, sexy stripper dancing and all. She knew the song. Not,
like a half-assed version, either. She knew the words, the cadence. Her
favorite band is Iron Maiden – it can’t be a far stretch that jumping on stage
with Metallica wouldn’t be a lifetime moment for her, amongst her many success.
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