It was a strong year for new albums as a whole. I don't feel like I listened to as much new stuff as I really wanted to, but what I did I really liked. Here is my top 20 albums of the year.
1. Manchester Orchestra “Mean Everything To Nothing”
2. Brand New "Daisy"
3. Cursive “Mama, I’m Swollen”
4. Future of the Left "Travels With Myself and Another"
5. Mastodon “Crack The Skye”
6. Sonic Youth "The Eternal"
7. Converge “Axe To Fall”
8. Isis “Wavering Radiant”
9. Coalesce “Ox”
10. Silversun Pickups “Swoon”
11. Animal Collective “Merriweather Post Pavilion”
12. NOFX “Coaster”
13. Slayer “World Painted Blood”
14. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead “The Century of Self”
15. Kreator “Hordes of Chaos”
16. Mono “Hymn To The Immortal”
17. Pearl Jam “Backspacer”
18. Propagandhi “Supporting Caste”
19. Japandroids “Post-nothing”
20. City of Ships “Look What God Did To Us”
Friday, December 18, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Best Records of the 00's - At The Drive-In "Relationship Of Command"
Everyone liked this record back in 2000. Seriously. When you are thinking about great rock records from this decade, I think fans of pretty much every genre of rock music like At The Drive-In's "Relationship of Command". It's easy to get but at the same time it's also didn't sound like a lot of what was out at the time.
To some people At The Drive-In seemed like a breath of fresh air that came out of nowhere. Those "in the know" (LIKE ME cause I'm so cool) had their previous releases and knew what this band was like. A post-punk Fugazi-ish sound but almost faster and with a great sense of how to do the whole soft/loud contrast, At The Drive-In had put together some great songs - but with "Relationship of Command" they seemed to put it together to last the whole record. The band also had great energy in their live shows and were really a sight to behold. Unfortunately, they got big and then it killed the band. They broke up and two noteworthy bands formed from their ashes - Sparta and The Mars Volta. Both bands then went on to only put out one good record each. Bummer. Maybe they cash in for a reunion tour soon?
To some people At The Drive-In seemed like a breath of fresh air that came out of nowhere. Those "in the know" (LIKE ME cause I'm so cool) had their previous releases and knew what this band was like. A post-punk Fugazi-ish sound but almost faster and with a great sense of how to do the whole soft/loud contrast, At The Drive-In had put together some great songs - but with "Relationship of Command" they seemed to put it together to last the whole record. The band also had great energy in their live shows and were really a sight to behold. Unfortunately, they got big and then it killed the band. They broke up and two noteworthy bands formed from their ashes - Sparta and The Mars Volta. Both bands then went on to only put out one good record each. Bummer. Maybe they cash in for a reunion tour soon?
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