True Widow - As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth [2011]

True Widow - As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth [2011]

I've been obsessing over this band for quite sometime now. A few friends envy the fact that I bought their first S/T release on vinyl online. This started my craze to start buying records online again, which is a terrible idea. I won't get into that. This band has been given the new genre term of "Stonegaze" which is just "Slowcore" with a bit of an edge than a suicidal feeling that you might get while listening to early releases of LOW or CODEINE. Sadcore is another one.

This record starts off so huge that it gave me chills. Knowing that it was recorded on 2" tape really adds some warmth to every instrument. The songs drops off a bit in the middle and pick up towards the end for a good closer track "Doomseer". They were supposed to play my city on the current tour they will be on shortly, but sadly they can't make it. Bummer. Watch this before you listen to this record.

True Widow Album II Trailer from Justin Wilson on Vimeo.

Young Widows - In and Out of Youth and Lightness [2011]

Young Widows - In and Out of Youth and Lightness

When I was told that there wasn't much guitar on this record, I wasn't sure if it was how I wanted Young Widows to end up in my mind. It feels more and more bands are giving up the old 6 string for some music in a can. This record is not that, it's not as up front as Old Wounds was, but still a great record. It reminds me of another band from the 90's. Please feel free to help me out with this one in the comments.

Boris - New Album [2011]

Boris - New Album [2011]


This is the first of three records to come out this year by Boris. As usual, Boris is all over the place. This is the super limited Japanese only release that's like 56 bucks to buy from Japan. With that kind of money I would hope it was meant to help Japan in the current state they are in. Sorry for the weird download site, my internet has been slow the past two days, I don't feel like re-upping it to Mediafire.

EDIT: This album is called "New Album" not daymare (that's the label name). Here is the tracklisting.

1. Flare
2. Hope -Hope- ** Attention Please
3. Party Boy ** Attention Please
4. Black Original ** Heavy Rock Hits v2
5. Pardon?
6. Spoon ** Attention Please
7. Jackson Head ** Heavy Rocks
8. Les Paul Custom '86 ** Attention Please
9. Tu, La La ** Heavy Rocks
10. Looprider

Milk Music - Beyond Living [2010]

Milk Music - Beyond Living [2010]

If you've seen this everywhere and haven't checked it out and you're a fan of early Husker du/Dino Jr, you're probably a luddite. When trying to buy this record off one of the band members, I asked where to send the money to, he replied with "My butt". Needless to say, I received the record recently, and it sounds amazing.

Obits - Moody, Standard, and Poor [2011]

Obits - Moody, Standard, and Poor [2011]

Leakin' while you're sleepin'. Ex Hot Snakes, Drive like Jehu. Enuf.

Grails - Deep Politics [2011]

Grails - Deep Politics [2011]

A band that can do no wrong. Emil Amos is an amazing musician. Seeing him play in Om was fantastic. I don't think he ever played the same fill twice.

Complications

Complications LP

Gritty punk rock from Montreal. Get into it, or don't.

Bongzilla - Apogee

Bongzilla - Apogee

Smoke. Dope.