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An album creates a whole; a collection of songs that together tell a story much wider and complex than they would alone. It feels like nowadays I just tend to listen to individual songs and kind of miss the big picture that an artist or a band is creating with the whole of an album. But every now and then I’m lucky enough to stop, take a moment, and listen to the whole story instead of just hearing the beginning.
Fay felt something tighten around her chest.“I can’t remember the last time I’ve heard music”, Nicole whispered from somewhere far away.
There’s no expiration date on good music, but there is a certain flavor of regret reserved for discovering an awesome band through a midcareer album’s 11th anniversary show. Boris recently played the entirety of Pink at Tavastia, a noisy, smoke-drenched, perfect experience. The band’s particular mix of doom, psychedelic rock, and avant garde noise leaves little space for any sentiment other than pure enjoyment.
The first ten seconds of Babymetal's “Road of Resistance”, the first track of their 2016 album Metal Resistance, make it clear that here's a band that means business. Still, nothing quite prepares the listener for 0:55 and beyond. But how on earth can the combination of J-pop idol vocals and the gimmicks of all kinds of extreme metal rock so much?
Music perfect for a road trip... the album evokes laid-back, visual atmospheres that are a call for adventure... lyrics delightful in their originality and darkness... And many other reasons you should give these five albums a listen.
I love old Finnish death metal. In the vast, adjective-laden world of extreme metal, it simultaneously manages to be the filthiest, most crushing, and weirdest. It's pitch black, evil, and it takes its time.
On my birthday, July 1st, I bought two-day tickets to Flow Festival 2015 as a gift for myself. I had never been to Flow before, even though I’d wanted to go for the past few years...
A bunch of friends and I managed to score tickets to a humble weekend festival called Sónar, hosted under the lovely mid-summer skies of Barcelona. And sure enough, I may have just discovered my new electronic Mecca...