Weekly 3x3: 07-Jul-2013

I know, I know, I'm the worst at this. A day late again. Whatever.

Black Flag - Jealous Again EP: I'm only getting into Black Flag now (a sin, I know), and I'm digging everything from Nervous Breakdown to Damaged, but my favorite release so far has got to be Jealous Again. It's a solid mix of the punk aggression and not-Henry Rollins' voice that gets me riled up every time.

Rush - Clockwork Angels: I was jamming Rush's newest album in anticipation of seeing them this past Saturday. And while I loved this album, it was brought to even higher levels of awesome played live with a string sextet.

El-P & Killer Mike - Run the Jewels: This album is like the grindcore of hip-hop. Aggressive, loud, heavy, and before you know it, over. It only clocks in at half an hour, but both El and Mike rip out some freaking awesome lyrics over top of El's futuristic beats.

Magrudergrind - Magrudergrind: This album is what introduced me to this amazing grind/ powerviolence band. I don't jam it as often as I used to, but whenever I want to throw the fuck down, this is the first thing I go to.

Foals - Antidotes: This one is a surprise, even for me. I totally forget how it got onto my iPod, but I jammed it in the car one day, and shit, is it ever good. It's kind of a proggy, indie alt-rock sound, which I understand sounds pretentious as fuck, but I swear, it's actually pretty solid.

Big Chocolate - HiLion: Summer driving music. Especially the title track, my favorite Choco Grande song.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist: More summer driving music. Word.

Weekend Nachos - Worthless: What's a man without a circle pit every once in a while?

The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of Us is the Killer: Mandatory (potential) AOTY jams.


That's all for now, folks!

-DG

Weekly 3x3: 23-Jun-2013

Yeah, yeah. I know I'm a day late and it's actually the 24th today. Whatever. Fuck the police.

Weedeater - God Luck and Good Speed: More Weedeater this week. It took me a while to get into them, but I definitely love their Southern style sludge. Between God Luck and Jason, I'm going to have to go with the former, if only for the back-to-back riff fest of the title track and "Wizard Fight".

Mastodon - Crack the Skye: Well, it's my favorite album. The fact that I'm getting a Crack the Skye tattoo in a couple weeks means that I'm going to be pumping myself up by listening to this over and over.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist: "Can't Hold Us" and "Thrift Shop" are bumpin' summer driving songs. But this whole album is wicked solid, too.

The Acacia Strain - Wormwood: Another one of my favorites, I credit this album as one of the heaviest ever recorded (alongside Dopethrone, and Nothing). It's a great album to blast on the way to work to wake yourself up by inducing non-stop rage and headbanging in any listeners.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea: Yeah. I'm a pleb entry-level hipster. Fight me.

Lil B - God`s Father: Seriously. This mixtape is legitimately some pretty solid music. Who doesn`t love the Basedgod? #bitchmobtaskforce #tybg

Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive: After discovering this band through the awesome show Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, this album has definitely begun to enter my usual rotation of albums with its interesting blend of sludge, doom, and NWoBHM.

Weekend Nachos - Worthless: Move over Hatebreed, I've found new workout music.

Bongripper - Hippie Killer: I've always heard of this band, but only through /r/doommetal's "Heaviest Riff Ever" contest did I actually take some time to check em out. Heavy as fuck, psychedelic as fuck, and all around a sweet stoner/ doom record.

That's all for now, folks! There won't be a Weekly 3x3 next week because here in Canada we have a long weekend coming up. I'll be up in my igloo, and my moose doesn't get any wireless up there.

-DG

Weekly 3x3: 16-Jun-2013

Howdy, y'all. I'm starting up a new weekly post called Weekly 3x3 where I share and talk briefly about what albums I've been jamming for the past week. I've only chosen 9 albums because it's close enough to 10 and square/ rectangular layouts are the only thing this site can do. So yeah.

I'm thinking of posting it every Sunday, just because it's usually the day I have the most off in the week. I also just want to say, albums I review aren't included, unless I end up listening to them a bunch after my review is up. Here's this week's:

Weedeater - Jason... The Dragon: Southern sludgy doom made for headbanging and whiskey drinking. It took me a while to get into Weedeater, but now I can't get enough of Dixie Dave's raspy growls :and mind-bending bass riffage.

Isis - The Red Sea EP: I bought this on vinyl before ever listening to Isis before. It was a risky buy, but I've only ever heard great things about all their albums, so I decided to take the plunge, and it was totally worth it. The Red Sea is some heavy as fuck post-metal and is a must-listen for anyone who is into atmospheric and totally engulfing music without much vocal work.

Kanye West - Yeezus: It took me a couple listens to warm up to Yeezus. As underwhelming as it is (compared to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, at least), for some reason I can't help but keep jamming this record. It's dark and simple, but still pretty powerful. Check it out if you can. It officially drops this Tuesday.

Minor Threat - Complete Discography: I don't even have to explain this. Blast some Minor Threat and start circle pitting!

Nails - Abandon All Life: Grindcore/ hardcore done right. It's a short, brutal album that I haven't been able to stop spinning since I first heard it. Kurt Ballou is a studio wizard with this album's production. Hard. As. Fuck.

The Dillinger Escape Plan - One of us is the Killer: Any Dillinger is good Dillinger. Get wrecked with this year's most unfuckwithable album.

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories: There was so much hype for this album, what when it finally dropped, I was a little disappointed. After realizing that I was a wet blanket, I opened up to RAM, seeing it as it really is: a simple, awesome dance record. It's tons of fun and has some seriously infectious grooves and hooks. Highly recommended, but don't go in expecting the usual Daft Punk house music.

Baroness - Blue Record: This is a modern classic in sludge/ progressive metal. Definitely my favorite Baroness release by far. It was raining like crazy earlier this week, and Blue Record fit perfectly with the torrential downpour on the way to and from work.

Foxy Shazam - The Church of Rock and Roll: Opposite to Blue Record, this album makes for some of the best summer driving music there is! Luckily, the past few days have been beautiful, so I've been jamming this with my windows down for everyone to hear.

That's all for now, folks -- that's been my week! What have you guys been listening to?

-DG