Fiftieth Niftiest
Our 50th show of the year sees the end of our Bands Across America segment. It was a hell of a trip, discovering a lot of cool bands that we may have otherwise never heard! We hope you all had fun with it too, and found a few bands that you’ll keep going back to.
Memfis – Imperium
Pyralis – Everything is Emptiness (Good Fight)
I promise this will be the last new 2017 episode without 2017 releases. We have some stuff lined up the next two weeks that will catch us up a bit. For now, though, we have a few more we found from 2016 that we think you’ll enjoy.
Reviews:
Cyborg Octopus – Learning to Breathe (Apewhale)
Khonsu – The Sun Protectorate
Colosso – Obnoxious (Apewhale)
We are now back to our regularly scheduled programming. So, that means you stuck with just Nick and Brian, but you get three new album reviews and a whole slew of live reviews since Nick was busy this last week.
Reviews:
Filter – Crazy Eyes (Wind Up)
Mantar – Ode to the Flame (Nuclear Blast)
Primitive Weapons – The Future of Death (Party Smasher Inc.)
Live Reviews:
The Sword, Royal Thunder at Pearl Street Night Club in Northampton, MA on April 15, 2016
Kvelertak, Torche, Wild Throne at Middle East (downstairs in Cambridge, MA on April 17, 2016
Despite Marilyn Manson’s proclamation in 1998, Rock is not dead. It just kind of went into hiding. Rock hid in the underground, and also holed up with some other sub-genres…which it started doing way before 1998. Anyway, another thing that largely went into hiding only to rear it’s head again is Nu-Metal. While we have presented a few exceptions on this here podcast, we have probably given more examples as to why Nu-Metal should have stayed hidden. Unfortunately, we have an argument for the latter again this week. Oh, and we have some first impressions to discuss too, so if you are still reading this, hopefully you have started the show already.
Reviews:
Entombed A.D. – Dead Dawn (Century Media)
Bombus – Repeat Until Death (Century Media)
American Head Charge – Tango Umbrella (Napalm)
First Impressions:
Kvelertak – “1985” from Nattesford, out May 13th from Roadrunner Records
Skeletonwitch – “Well of Despair”, a new single out now with a new EP due this summer
Aborted – “Retrogore” from Retrogore, out April 22nd from Century Media
So, now that you have recovered from your food comas and Black Friday shopping antics, you can can relax and check out some new tunes and reviews. We were going to do one of these reviews last week, but, much like the album we reviewed, that show ran longer than we intended. We also have a live review! It derails a bit into a discussion of setlists, production, and the overall execution of concerts, but that’s just as interesting a topic to get involved with, in our humble opinions.
Reviews:
Vision of Disorder – Razed to the Ground (Candlelight)
Otargos – Zeno Kaos (Kaotoxin)
Cult Leader – Lightless Walk (Deathwish)
Live Review(s):
An Evening with Machine Head at Webster Theater in Hartford, CT on November 25, 2015 and at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ on November 28, 2015
(sorry for the audio quality jump on the first review. It was recorded last week.)
