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 | Puzzles Hah, I'm with you there - the problem comes when the journey is so frustrating and you just want to finish it, then you get to the end and you're like, "oh, well that's that. I'll just move on now." That's kind of how that music video was for me. Anyway, I'd be hella interested to read your material if you're keen, give my interpretation etc. Don't feel obligated but if you want to send stuff through, my email is tom.lilley01@hotmail.com
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| Puzzles Yeah I know what you mean, the hardest thing ever is resuming something you haven't been in touch with in a while and realising that you think nothing of it. It's always easier to cut your losses and start fresh. Don't worry about it though man, you'll eventually come up with something that you'll want to stick with and at the end of the road you'll be proud of it. You've just got to push through the dirt and s*** to get to the diamonds.
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| Puzzles What kind of stuff do you write - is it along the lines of short stories/articles and stuff or screenplays/novels? I had an intense streak of inspiration where I had a synopsis after less than two weeks, followed by a writing spree to 50 pages, then I slipped into that overanalytical, impure creative mindset so I haven't written anything in a couple of months. By the way, how was Deftones? It ****ing ruled, I bet
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| Puzzles You're right in a lot of ways, and from a creative standpoint, that's the most productive and purest outlook to have. I still can't escape the ambitions that I have in terms of music/writing/filmmaking but those ambitions are much more in the background now than, say, two years ago. Yeah far out, the Annandale's pretty iconic around Sydney, at least from what I've heard. I'm insanely jealous you're seeing Deftones, so bummed to have missed out
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| Puzzles I know what you mean, I used to do it a lot but sort of got sick of it, plus the only bands worth seeing around here cost a fair bit. Seems kind of s*** spending 60 bucks to see a band alone that I'll only half remember, but that's just me lol. What's the scene/venues like around Sydney?
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| Puzzles Ah man, that's pretty cool to hear - I appreciate it. You're right in pointing out the contrast between intent and interpretation. It'd all be cool if more than 20 people had heard the record, but oh well lol. By the way, I just came across this insane relic - it's a record of Nick Drake's mum singing and playing piano in their living room, recently remastered. She has a beautiful, soulful voice and it's well worth a listen http://mollydrake.bandcamp.com/album/molly-drake
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| Puzzles Nah dude I haven't seen too many bands of late - I saw alot of indie bands earlier in the year as well as DZ Deathrays and Twelve Foot Ninja but I haven't been inclined to spend all my cash on bigger shows (Converge/Godspeed/Tool). Problem is the few good mates I have are pretty indie-centric and I don't particularly enjoy going to gigs by myself hahah. Pretty bummed about missing out on Deftones tickets though :(
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| Puzzles so I've reached the point where I'm just going to make the music I want to make, with no expectations and without targeting any audience. I was in a hurry back then to achieve some sort of success, so after losing those delusions I don't really care at this point - I just want to make the record I want to make - and what's the point if a bunch of people like something you did and you're not 100% behind it?
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| Puzzles I suppose it was a little less derivative by comparison but looking back, it was like with the first record I was just making the music I wanted to make and I was really into it - the second was like I was making music I thought would appeal to a certain crowd, sort of trying my hand at making pop music. I had expectations going into it which is why it sounds dishonest to me. At the same time, with the first record, it was still a bit contrived to a degree -
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| Puzzles Woah man, you actually dug the Aviator? I was into it at the time but in retrospect it wasn't particularly 'honest' and it's kind of a black sheep to me. I love Trampled Underfoot, but there isn't anything else on there that interests me looking back. I'm glad you're into it man, I'm keen to hear some of your material. I'll sit tight
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| Puzzles I've had a revelation - you know how the Cog guys took to the name? I think I'm going to rename the project as Venusian. Seems like a pretty good option to me, what do you think? I could ask the guys to change the name, but grovelling to musicians I admire isn't exactly one of my favourite past times
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 | Well Colonel Butkuiss, it's about time. Presenting... the bane of my existence, the Damoclesian Sword that lives above my head - enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3DvjNSZy84
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| Puzzles Lap steels are the s*** man, I'm considering amazon'ing for one. No worries bud, I'll hit you up with a link when they're done. I've got to go out and buy some universal adapters because the bloody power plug on the EHD I just bought is Chinese on the hard drive I just bought... Can't do any work on the vid on account of my hard drive being filled up ahha
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| Puzzles Basically two music videos - 1 is for 'Ipse Captivus' running into 'Nos, Liberi' which I did last year just for the sake of it, it's fairly straightforward. The other is for the demo I showed you a while back, which has obviously been re-recorded and fleshed out since you heard it - I filmed the video sporadically through four weeks last year and filmed a little more a couple of months ago. Editing has been a nightmare but it's 6 and a half minutes long so all will be revealed hehe
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| Puzzles I know how it is dude, I'm working my way through a list of gear to get, basically a full band's worth so I don't have to rely on people for gear (because most people don't have much in the way of gear, and if they leave, you're ****ed) - so far I've bought Studio Monitors, an external hard drive, that preamp, a MIDI keyboard and a MIDI foot controller, but I'm saving up every week so that in a few months I'll have about 2 grand's worth of gear. All of it I'm getting off Amazon ahha
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| Puzzles It's tricky trying to balance spending with sonic limitations... Sometimes, spreading the butter thinly works out but every now and then you try to persist with something that just isn't working (ie that s***ty mixing console I was using). Those bastards! Ah well, I've still got the better variation of the name (who needs 'the') and once I put out these first two music videos next week or so, I'll be set in some level of legitimacy (albeit very little legitimacy).
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| Puzzles Hahah dude it was hardly worth mentioning, it was just a fun exercise in singing that I knocked off in a couple of weeks. I don't even know why it's up there tbh, it's pretty s***
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| Puzzles It'll make things way easier. I know what you mean, have you been in many bands before? Dude I've got a few mates doing Science degrees at UQ and it's always the same story - an insane workload, 4 or 5 days a week, just constant pressure and hard work. Are you digging it? I'm doing a bachelor of international studies for the meantime, majoring in international relations and french. It's great given that I've met a few people that are really into what they're doing and they're really on the ball
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| Puzzles I'm mad keen to hear some stuff man - it's always good fun mucking about with different guitar tones and what not. What gear are you using? I can make a few suggestions if you want, I've recently become accustomed to plugging my guitar and condenser mic into this little Behringer 5 input preamp (whereas before I was using a $100 mixer which had s*** loads of hiss) which has been brilliant - no feedback/hiss whatsoever, it's pretty small, great sonics and about $60 off amazon
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| Puzzles Far out dude, sounds sweet, can I hear a track or two/rough demo? I'm keen to hear your weird bass stylings - I've only got 2 days of uni dude :P you'll find you're a lot more productive when you have less time do make music. I've had heaps of free time the last couple of months and haven't done s***. It's only since I've gotten really busy have I been inspired ahha
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| Puzzles hey dude, how are things? Have you gotten around to any recording/writing recently?
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 | kingsoby1 yeah i think it was an alright review, but i was way too harsh. felt wrong after writing that sadistik review. i might go back and do it again, we'll see
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| kingsoby1 you mean eyedea? i retracted it, too harsh and borderline wrong
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 | DarthMann alright man, i forgot to shoutbox you earlier sorry lol, anyway, if you're still interested it'd be cool if you could give everyone your skype and we create a group convo where we discuss s*** with everyone else? only if you're still interested though haha
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 | bloc Love the avatar dude, hilarious
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 | ChadMuska yo sup, thanks bro i got mad cash from lil aces like you. you still skate homie?
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 | Ignimbrite haha, glad to know someone remembers that time.
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 | Captain North **** yeah, good to not be alone in liking those aspects! I think it kinda got panned cos they were full on hardcore before that record so it was too much of a departure people to handle
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 | silentpotato dude, real tough question. haven't even begun picking the top of the heap. Contenders would be new Why?, Flylo, Mount Eerie, DFRNT, Four Tet, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Om, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Russ Liquid, Brian Jonestown, Sidi Toure, Mount Fuji, XXYYXX, Moss of Moonlight, The Herbaliser, Polica, Bonobo remix album, Ilyas Ahmed, and Kayo Dot. lol... yeah. its been a good year. what about you?
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| Puzzles I reckon I'll get that before Allelujah!, it sounds pretty damn promising. Yeah I suppose so, though I don't have the mad production that Chino does. I'm still keen to hear your material man, keep in mind that if you can make a little progress you can make a lot. Music is a fun journey like that
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| Puzzles I haven't heard the new Godspeed record yet but I just got Skinny Fists and am already a big fan of F#A# infinity so I'm getting pretty keen. You ought to try Amplitube, it's considered to be the best software amp modeller around and every customisation option you could ask for!
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| Puzzles I'm totally ruined on guitar tones man, I'm just trying and trying to get one I like the sound of. Yeah, I'm actually working on my voice at the moment and trying to find my own distinct style. Silentpotato made the point that I do sound a bit like those tech metal band cleans which I had a feeling I did, so mortified as I am I've realised that I need to find my own voice. Technicality-wise I'm a really strong singer, but I've fallen into a rut in terms of tone.
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| Puzzles Also, presenting my latest aural misadventure... http://soundcloud.com/occupantsband/venusian
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| Puzzles Damn, I'm insanely jealous. I should probably listen to more Defeater. Love Sufjan Stevens, especially the Age of Adz and Illinoise (to a lesser extent). I've heard GY!BE are amazing live, and had no idea they were touring - I think I'll get tickets actually seeing as I'll be 18. Dude, the best thing you can do for yourself is to develop a strong breathing technique, like pulling in your stomach as you sing. There should be some good stuff if you google it
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| Puzzles Argh, no worries brah, sorry to hear it. Yeah, nothing related to hardcore has ever been kind to one's health ahha (except straight edge, I guess). It sounds like you have the same attitude as me man, I'm stoked to hear what you come up with. What are ya listening to these days man?
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| Puzzles I can still pull off some interesting stuff. I guarantee 100% if you have a goal for yourself and work towards it that you will reach it. It was a matter of realising things overnight and one day I can't sing anything above a G4 and the next day (literally) I can easily hit D5s. It'll be the same with you man, you just have to set that goal and let the technique reveal itself to you.
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| Puzzles That was my perspective then, anyway lol. Sounds ridiculous now. That was mid-way through 2010 that I started, and I'd only thought of myself as a Dave Grohl, Billy Corgan type (that the music was important and singing was just a necessity) and if I shrouded everything in distortion then people wouldn't notice how bad I was. I took lessons and really worked my ass off with technique and I'm more of a singer now. I've still got so much further to go, but...
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| Puzzles Far out man, that sounds nasty, especially if you're off your feet. Screaming incorrectly does **** up your voice haha, what's it done to yours? That whole first EP I wasn't screaming correctly at all. That was all a combination of doing things I'm not supposed to and vocal distortion, like Chino. I was trying to make that screaming sound by just grating my voice, and half way through I figured out that if you shouted a high note really loudly it would sound like a scream.
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| Puzzles Yeah, I had something like that around the end of last term, my voice was all raspy for a couple of weeks so I couldn't speak let alone sing. How long have you been singing for, man?
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| Puzzles "equal parts hardcore, post-rock, and a bit of metal filtered through whatever weird indie I'm listening to this week." - Sounds like all kinds of awesome to me, you've got to send something through man, at least a track! Yeah switching from Cubase was weird - I wasn't aware of the concept of the actually program having a MIDI grid and so it freaked me out when I realised it wasn't built into EZDrummer, which was what I was using at the time.
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| Puzzles You beauty!! That's good stuff, man, can't wait to see what you come up with. If ever you need a hand with mixing, you can certainly send whatever you have through and I'll mix/EQ all of it (hopefully my s***ty job with Uno is no discouragement). How's Logic working out for you? First time I got it, it was really overwhelming with the MIDI grid and what not. It gets easy pretty quickly though
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| Puzzles Have fixed the trebly problem twofold by adjusting the multi band compressor. It sounds much better now!
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| Puzzles There is still a lot of me in there. That's the reason for the intro and outro tracks and the lyrical content. Trampled Underfoot is still my favourite track! Love and Protest is meant to be a dance-y pop song (or at least my best attempt at one) minus the lyrics, I guess. Its major key-ness isn't for everyone!
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| Puzzles This is something I noticed too, about the production - I changed a couple mixes quite considerably last night and tweaked the mastering. I'd give two reasons for it being trebly - the headphones I'm using to mix with and my hearing loss in the upper frequencies, but I'm doing my best to smooth out by using a reference CD. I toned down a bunch of reverb and fixed it up a lot! I was too eager to put it up on Bandcamp, I think. In any case, it's a concept record, like a narrative, but..
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| Puzzles I'm really interested to know what you didn't actually like about it, probably more so than what you did! ahha
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| Puzzles (one of which is an NTA-1, that one's mine, the other two were borrowed to mic the piano), a shock mount and pop filter for the vocals, Superior Drummer and a Cort steel-stringed acoustic. I mix and mastered in Logic. I'd run everything into the mixing console and then from the mixing console straight to the Mac. It's lightyears away from what I had on Uno (there's a reason that record sounds like s*** - I didn't know to to record, mix or master and did everything pretty haphazardly).
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| Puzzles Right on, man! Glad you're digging it. It's funny that it came off as weird and eclectic, considering I'd set out to make a really conventional pop/rock record. I guess my voice has a depressing quality to it, and there's a lot of reverb on it as well. Can you give me a bit more detail about how the production came across to you? My setup is pretty simple, for this record I used a Macbook Pro, Logic Pro, a Yamaha MG102c mixing console, an Ibanez guitar, a Yamaha piano, multiple Rode microphones
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| Puzzles Far out man! It took me a little over a month to record, mix and master but it's done! It's just a sidestep, really. The LP that's coming alone at the moment is heavy, but in a different, weird sort of way. It's got the odd time signatures, but I want to stay as far away from 'djent' as possible. Anyway, here you go! http://occupants.bandcamp.com/
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| silentpotato haha theres tonnes of random s*** on there man... mandolin, jew harp, recorder, thumb piano, electric bass, acoustic bass, keyboard, guitar, djembe, bongos, monkey bracelet... think thats bout it!
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| Puzzles Nearly finished mixing so here's one track for ya: http://soundcloud.com/occupantsband/the-tallest-man-on-earth. Not sure about the name but I'll figure something out.
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| silentpotato thanks for the birthday wishes dude and the kind words, im really stoked you liked it that much and thanks for showing your friends! any highlights for you?
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| silentpotato "cuddly gypsy swagging sexy man bear you" lol i love you. let me know how u like it!
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| silentpotato yo i finished my lp! http://sudatsuga.bandcamp.com/
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| Puzzles Hahaha, you said it. I shall, man! I suppose I share that fear, but then again, I don't care how much of an asshole someone is, if he wants to tour and play this stuff, that's good enough!
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| Puzzles I guess so, finding good enough players who actually want to play and tour is a fear of mine. Then again, I never know who I'll meet tomorrow. You've just got to be in the right place at the right time. So anyway, link us up to some material man! Everyone's self conscious about their own work to a degree!
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| Puzzles Yeah but in terms of playing live, if you've got material, you have a selection of people who'd be able to play your stuff. My biggest challenge in taking this thing the next step further is finding people who will actually be able to play it and have the desire to tour. Drummers are the worst, especially given my age and the complexity of the stuff I program for drums (in terms of time signatures and techniques and such). And it helps if they're not assholes lol. Have you recorded anything?
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| Puzzles I was initially going to jump straight into the full-length but found myself with a bunch of material that didn't fit, which I really dug. Plus, I need to be working on several things at once because otherwise I'll hit a brick wall with one set of material and have nowhere to go. That kills creativity, man. Tell me more about this thing you've got going on, now that you got me interested lol
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| Puzzles Ahha, we're the same age man! I thought you were twenty-something, given your insane writing. You're lucky to have so many musicians, especially with such a variety of taste. I go to this upper-class, conservative as s*** school, so you'd figure I don't know anyone with more than a vague interest in music. I guess there's one or two people, but they barely play. Anyway, I'm no Cloudkicker - I finished recording that EP in 2011 so I've been pretty slack.
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| Puzzles The single (or double A-side) will be after that and will be the heaviest yet and eclectic as I said. s*** yes!
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| Puzzles Ah s***, forgot to mention that this EP will be a pop concept record. It'll be six tracks (only four of them being full length songs and the other two being 'filler' tracks like something on NIN's Broken or a Tool album). I'm experimenting a lot with harmonies and vocal-centric tracks so it's hella melodic, like a cross between The Jezabels and OK Computer era RH. It's called 'The Aviator' and I did the artwork myself again.
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| Puzzles I'm pretty much the same, I only dig Muramasa, Ragnarok and MTD. I was actually really stoked for the album after hearing Muramasa and MTD, but so let down when I heard the whole thing. Meshuggah can pull off the small-progression-but-mostly-the-same vibe from album to album but with these guys, it just sounds cheesy as hell. s***, those are two things I didn't know about you man - that you're at school and have a band. What do you play? (I hope you haven't already told me and I've forgotten lol
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| Puzzles Nah not at all, I think it's a flaming pile of horse semen. Seems I'm the odd one out though, the large majority of their fans seem to be loving it. It's just too bland and repetitive for me, and the melodic sections are even cheesier than before. What do you reckon? Also, the new EP will be finished in a week and a half man, then a single in a few months!!!
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 | fr33convict Haha getting suddenly massive off of our EP the average song length is like six and a half minutes would be pretty m/ thanks dude :3
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| fr33convict Things are good dude. We've had some great shows recently and have some incredibly exciting opportunities coming up. There's been a comedy of errors delaying in the recording process for our ep lol but hopefully we'll be able to have the thing out by mid-July or August.
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| Puzzles Hahahahaha! Very nice, mate. How sick is that new Periphery track?
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| Puzzles Oops, finger slipped. Oh, what's this? A DZ Deathrays review?! http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/50094/DZ-Deathrays-Bloodstreams/
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| Puzzles Ha! I have indeed. I was actually going to mention it once I've finished the new EP, which should be done in 7 weeks. I've got to wait until the holidays then I'm going to finish the rest of it in the 3 weeks. But yeah, I found the perfect name, and I thought that Duality and the Republic was too long and pretentious. It makes a strange first impression. No more name changes, I swear!
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 | MetalMan79 I'm really digging The Contortionist's Exoplanet, check it out!
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| MetalMan79 Hey, I sent you an email, and I'm writing here too: I've got a new review, and since you're like my teacher, feel free to check it out! Thanks man!
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| Puzzles That is one hell of a compliment. Thanks man, glad to hear it's being played loud m/ lol
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 | FranzSchubert its just that i can clearly remember it because it was the most awkward fist pump/ hug. haha
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| FranzSchubert ah yes, i remember you now... they were so tight! pretty funny how dreyer just shoved you off the stage
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| FranzSchubert Central Coast. was a bit of a trek due to cancelled trains :/, well worth it though. ive received much love for that pic during my short time on the site
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| MetalMan79 I sent an email on the adresse you gave me. Check it out please.
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| Puzzles Don't be sorry bro! I appreciate it as always
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| MetalMan79 what's your email adress? i have some questions to ask you... im writing a review of Desolation from Lamb of God I need advice
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| Puzzles pop songs with the quick verse-chorus-verse structure. Should be interesting! Won't cost me a thing either. Anyway man, I know I'm boring you/don't want to be a pain in the ass, but do you think you could/re-post that review? Rather than referring to this as a remaster, I would rather pretend it didn't exist in any other form. It's just not really necessary to do that seeing as only like 200 people have heard the thing lol
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| Puzzles I'm still demoing tracks for the full-length, but since I have some artwork going and a few tracks I've been wanting to release, I'll have another EP out in a couple months. It'll be a 5 track thing, with 3 really strong tracks and two tracks on either side which will be short programmatic tracks with lots of sampling. It'll be a really short concept album, really, should be interesting, although it's a dichotomy in the sense that there is a very deep concept involved but they're essentially
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 | ToMMyMiL116 Thanks bud! I have heard probably about half of those bands, but the ones I haven't I will Def check out. Good looks!
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| silentpotato ****in sweet man i have heard none of that!! thanks ill give u holla when i check em out!
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| Puzzles Now it's 'Duality and the Republic', hope you dig it - jump onto http://dualityandtherepublic.bandcamp.com/ Other sites and such aren't quite there, should be in the next couple of days. The bandcamp layout will be the same as delusiontwin.bandcamp.com which I also changed recently. You'll probably find some changes in the music a bit strange because it's not what you're used to. Let me know what you think mang!
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| Puzzles Well, it's finally done dude! I'm excited about this, it's louder, less abrasive, you can hear the vocals, there's plenty of bass and it just sounds bigger all round. I've refined a lot of drum parts and re-recorded some sections, as well as re-recording the entire final track. I don't think I mentioned, but I was trying to come up with names for a second EP, but I ended up changing the name entirely lol
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| silentpotato haha damn thanks man im glad you dig it! really stoked u have been showin your friends too! you'll definitely be the first person i hit up when i get around to an lp :).
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| silentpotato i am sad to say waste age teen land is not nearly as good as this is where we were... its a lot more tongue and cheek and a lot less wow awesome
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 | SylentEcho haha epic avatar. I remember Nigel Thornberry. "Gobblers!"
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| silentpotato holy ****... well im gonna go dl everything that you mentioned in those 2 shoutboxes now lol
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| silentpotato yeah man everything is ****ing A. obviously im a sucker for some suave drums since im a drummer and i love bass too and i think that really makes it. whats the new one called?
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| silentpotato man that facecandy album is absolutely incredible
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| Puzzles Yeah can't say I dig Fellsilent, but I can see where the influence comes from. I still can't get into that polyrhythmic metalcore type stuff, with those post-hardcore vocal harmonies and such. To be honest the only metalcore I dig is The Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge and Botch. Anything other than that I just can't get into
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| Puzzles Hell yeah man, that's sick - they're really Periphery-esque which I kind of dig, apart from the vocals. Just not so one-sided. I wish I could be their vocalist lol. Kim would be great on one of the tracks, I bet. Btw can't make a shoutbox post without mentioning, I'm remastering, partially re-recording my EP. I'm mastering it myself this time, considering how much that dude at Angel Studios ****ed it up. It's going to sound awesome.
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| Puzzles Hah, thanks alot mang. I appreciate the support
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| silentpotato check out my new review man :). It ain't Wavering Radiant, but its something! i feel like i need to practice up a bit before i unleash that beast...
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| Puzzles Really digging that Jezabels record now man! It was a bit much to take in at first, but it's starting to make sense now lol - thanks again for the rec!
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 | IpodMastery Hey man, read my latest, tell me what you think.
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| silentpotato nice! I was kinda hoping a good review for that album would come up! I'll give er a read!
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 | Collateral Ah very nicee, I've been to QLD a few times, most places dont seem too dissimilar to NSW.. I tend to gravitate towards Sydney's busy vibe though lol
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| Collateral Wicked dude. I dig your writing and that delusion twin review was tops. I take it youre a Queenslander yeah? I'm from Sydney myself
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| Puzzles Thanks man, it would be my pleasure! I certainly mean it when I say that was a great review - flawlessly structured, appropriately detailed and consistently interesting (even though it's of my record haha). I'm reading your new one now, let you know what I think!
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| IpodMastery Sad thing is, i have plenty more coming. I just have to balance my writing with my apprenticeship.(pulling about 50hrs a week)so i don't have the time i would like for writing.
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| Puzzles Hah. You're a legend, mate!
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| Puzzles As egotistical as this sounds, is bumping it to a 4 out of the question? Coming from the guy who said "be as objective as possible" haha... It just seems that reviews can influence people's opinions, so I figure "why not" haha
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| Puzzles Thanks again mate! You're one hell of a writer, and it's a fantastic review. Cheers!
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| Puzzles haha, no trouble mate! I appreciate you doing it in the first place
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| silentpotato :) thanks man! and no worries. theres actually another new one on the same list towards the bottom of the comments as well. probably my fav ive made so far. ill keep u in the loop when i finish more
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| silentpotato also check out my new song. its in my list. the deceiving one, entitled New Slint Song
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| Puzzles Whew, thanks bro! I'm really looking forward to it. By all means, be objective as possible - I like criticism just as much as I like praise, so go for it! I'm also just wondering if you could keep from linking it to me to the site - it's just to keep the objectivity if somebody happens to listen to it and also because staff don't tend to pay attention to music if it's made by one of the site's users. Cheers bro!
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| Puzzles Yeah the gold coast is pretty sick and Surfer's Paradise ****ing rules but yeah it probably isn't much better than Western Sydney. I mean, Bondi is crowded as **** almost all the time haha.. Melbourne's where it's at. I want to move there
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| Puzzles Nah I'm not from there, although I've been there a few times - I'm born and bred in Brisbane! My dad and uncle grew up there though. It's a pretty straightforward place haha, I wouldn't want to live there.
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| Puzzles Yeah I know Kempsey! My family are from Moree so they more or less know the area. I've been through there a couple of times, it's pretty nice around there. South West Rocks has a pretty quiet beach if I'm not mistaken
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| Puzzles No problem! It's hugely appreciated either way. Good luck with exams dude, I just finished all mine and it was a s***ty two weeks. I had like 3 assignments and 4 exams on the last week, fml. You're from Australia right? Which beach are you heading to?
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| Puzzles Well of course, feel free to review it if you like! haha I mean I'd hugely appreciate it, and I really dug your reviews for Periphery and TesseracT, it would be great
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| Puzzles Thanks for the support dude! It's stuff like that which gives me reason to do what I do haha
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| Puzzles Hey bro, I remembered that you were digging my EP a while back, so I thought I'd let you know that it's officially out and everything.. If you go to www.delusiontwin.bandcamp.com you can download it for free. Let me know what you think!
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| silentpotato ill get around to it, im just really busy for the next bit. full time work, getting my portfolio together for school etc etc. its a gong show.
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| IpodMastery http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=hp#!/loscardenales?sk=app_2405167945
local act, get on board!
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| IpodMastery hey champ, that's my nameless comment there too (don't know why it did that) just wanted to see if you had a spare moment to read my latest review? It's an Australian metalcore act from Wollongong.
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 | R0O The aim was to get their Lightning... album up to 100 pages. The last 30 happened in just 1 day which I guess amounted to spam. The thread was cut back to about 7 pages and many who commented on it were banned.
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| R0O Haha, yes this roo poos too. Got banned for 2 weeks with about 7 others for the Diamond Head thread.
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| That's okay man. I know your one of those busy guys :)
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| IpodMastery Hey Champ, got a review for you lol. How's things?
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 | JasperrrD Absolutely digging Come Clarity dude, thanks for the recs, much appreciated.
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 | Edwin Ps, the Marshall Mathers LP could do with another full rating point ;)
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| Edwin Just got that message! How's things been man? I still haven't bought a ticket to SWR yet, not entirely sure if I'll be going. Trying to save my dosh a bit, may just wait for the next full Soundwave. And I've barely had a chance to listen to music lately to get excited about it. What's new for you?
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 | MetallicOpeth Check out Vildhjarta if youre a djent fan. So good.
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| Edwin So you're definitely not going to SWR? What did you make of the lineup anyways?
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| IpodMastery Thanks man, i already have #33 ready to go. but ill leave that for the start of the week. Sunday is ussually my day off from here.
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| IpodMastery #31 is up man, hope life's not hitting you too hard so you can give it a read for me. Also i have #32 ready for tomorrow, but it's going to wait so i don't s*** anyone off. Cheers champ. Offtopic: AFL or NRL?
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| Puzzles I will indeed mate! And yeah, that's always a bummer when that happens haha. Somebody recently told me it sounded like Filter and I was like "get the **** out" haha
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| Puzzles Oh yeah I did indeed play all the instruments :)
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| Puzzles Thank you very much man, I really appreciate the feedback. I'm putting it out in a couple of weeks for a free download. I'm well past half way through writing a new record, and I think I'll start demoing songs in a couple of months. And by the way I'm indeed a big fan of the bands you mentioned, especially Deftones and Karnivool's second record is my favourite of all time haha. Anyway, thanks again for the listen mate.
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| IpodMastery #30. I'm hitting up them numbers man. Give it a read for me, thanks champ.
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| IpodMastery Yeah it was awesome, we went to the stands after the meet and greet, got some pics footage. I prefer the older stuff tto Shogun (im not saying it's bad) it's just that where Trivium started for me. You got face-book? I actually never paid to much attention to AILD before the concert, (that's where the review came from initially) but there was a couple of songs that kept me going. It was a hell of a night though.
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| IpodMastery pretty good mate, missed half of the AILD set, meet and greet with Trivium see? Lol. Got some stuff signed. The gf and i mainly went for Trivium anyway. Their live energy is great!
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| IpodMastery Hey man, you should enjoy #27,28,29 reviews. I'm starting to slow down on the review writing i think.
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| IpodMastery Hey man. How was the music as a weapon tour?
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| Edwin "Black Sabbath were in the running to play Soundwave Revolution until "the reunion fell apart :("." :( :( I would've given my left nut to see a Black Sabbath reunion.
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| Edwin If the rumours are true about Alice Cooper being on the line up, I'll be way excited.
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| Edwin I didn't make it in time for As I Lay Dying the other night, which was a bit of a bummer. Trivium were good though. I was pretty disappointed in Disturbed. I wasn't expecting to love it, but I just found their show boring, even with all the fancy lighting and videos. And I agree, weird setlist. Plus it made me miss Frenzal Rhomb :( Oh well. Ahh man cancel whatever you have on Soundwave Revolution Day!
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| IpodMastery #26, in 3 months. I don't think i have writers block anymore, after a couple days off form this site, i'm back with a Melbourne, post-hardcore band review.
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| IpodMastery Well let me know when you do and i'll fit in a few comments for you between work.
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| IpodMastery pc doesn't like that or the 'édit my reviews' button, crashes like a bitch. I look forward to your no.7 shoutbox me when it's up
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| IpodMastery your a champ mate, hope to see you floating around on my reviews.
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| IpodMastery hey man, check out my Mnemic review, wouldn't mind a fellow user's thoughts. and you seem to have your reviews down pat.
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| Edwin Oh and I just got home from seeing ZZ Top with my dad, it was so good haha. Did some old time beer drinking and hell raising.
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| Edwin Is that the whole lineup? Or is there still another announcement to come? A lot of those bands fall in the 'wouldn't mind seeing category' for me, but only Devin Townsend falls under 'I'd travel to the moon to see this guy play'. Are you gonna go? I'll probably end up hitting it up.
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| Edwin Ahh mate I would've come had a beer with you! But I'm doing the Newcastle edition of that show. I'm not a massive fan of any of the bands, but I kinda like each of them, so I'm going with my brother in law (who's a massive Disturbed fan). What sucks though is that it means I'm going to miss out on a Frenzal Rhomb gig at my uni that night :( oh well. What's new man?
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| Edwin A bit of hip-hop with Soundwave would be awesome. Are they talking about this happening later this year? Or next year, along with the 2012 Soundwave?
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| Edwin Yeah I heard someone talking about Soundwave Revolution or whatever it is. What is it? Save me some internet browsing time by explaining it? haha.
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| Edwin Haha, good work. My second local vote went to a cute independent who was campaigning in our area. Went out and got as drunk as I could knowing Kristina had just quit. What's new?
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| Edwin Unfortunately it looks like we're going to have to say goodbye to Kristina tonight :( You better have voted for her, because I sure did!
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| Edwin Didn't end up wearing my NOTB shirt, ended up wearing a Defeater shirt haha. Not very metal but my NOTB shirt is pretty unwearable. Kinda bummed that Soundwave has come and gone. Where were you standing for Maiden? What's your next gig coming up?
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| Edwin Loved it man. Bummed about Slayer, but oh well that sort of thing happens I guess. Maiden and Primus more than made up for it, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed One Day As a Lion and QOTSA. But yeah Maiden were so great. Everything go smoothly for your day?
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| Edwin And by shows I meant *bands.
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| Edwin Not long now man! God I'm so pumped, just went and stocked the car full of Guinness and chicken schnitzels to heat up for afterwards lol. So metal. The closer it gets, the more I realize I'm mostly excited for Maiden and haven't really thought about any other shows, thinking I should've done one of their headliners as well. Getting psyched?
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| Edwin The Longest Day would have been huge, but you're probably right, not many people would be hugely into songs like that. Damn I'm excited. Not sure if I'll get there in time for Rise to Remain, I haven't heard a lot by them either but I hear they're pretty good. You a fan? I'm thinking of entering at about 2 or so, in time for Devildriver. That way I'll get a good few hours in the pub. It's a massively long day otherwise. Just listened to Travels and the new Defeater album back to back, so good.
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| Edwin Oh, and the new Defeater leaked. I couldn't help myself and listened. ****ing amazing.
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| Edwin I'm a little disappointed we won't see anything off of AMOLAD, but oh well. Leaving before Maiden? Geez. I'm planning on spending however long it takes to get as close to the front, and therefore Steve Harris, as possible haha.
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| Edwin Dude have you seen the supposed setlist for Maiden's 2011 tour? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Frontier_World_Tour#Setlist Scroll down and have a gander, I'm stoked with it. Couple of my personal favourites feature. Thoughts on it?
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| Edwin Yeah heard about the venue change man. Very much so last minute. Are you happy with it? I was so close to booking accommodation near Eastern Creek but decided to book some right in the city, so it's worked out well for me haha. Less travelling time. I've never been to Eastern Creek but I heard it's hot as **** there, true? Haven't been to a festival at the Showground either though.
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| Edwin I got separated from my mate I was with as well. Also nearly lost my shoes again during 7 Words but I dived down and picked them both up but got my arms stepped on haha. Good shoes though, worth it! I ended up staying at the Wynyard Hotel so I got home earlier today. The Roundhouse was a great venue though, I was impressed. What's your next gig?
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| Edwin That was ****ing awesome! haha. The setlist was a bit weird, but I loved all the songs they played anyway. I can't remember seeing an Isis shirt. I got stuck upstairs drinking when the first song started playing, so I was stuck at the back till I got the s***s and pushed forward. I was probably 2 metres from the barrier, in the middle, for most of it. One of the best gigs I've been to. 7 Words was amazing! Never sweated so much in my life. Have a blast?
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| Edwin Not long now brother. I'm about to leave, can't wait to get some beers under my belt and hear some 'Tones! Have a blast!
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| Edwin Not long to go now! Hopefully it's not ****ing hot tomorrow like it has been. Rain would be good. Yeah I've mostly learnt to ignore the existence of Triple J nowadays, there's only so much overrated indie tripe I can stomach. There's no such thing as too many sausages man.
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| Edwin Did you hate today's Triple J Hottest 100 as much as me? I need someone to whinge about it with haha. My favourite is probably White Pony as well, although Saturday Night Wrist and Around the Fur are just behind for a tied second. I didn't love Diamond Eyes as much as most people seemed to. I'm getting pumped for the gig though! Good Australia Day for you?
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| Edwin Ah okay that'd be pretty handy then, living there. I'm from the Hunter so it's only 2 or so hours along the Freeway but it's still a bit of a pain. Move your damn city closer! What's your favourite Deftones album? Kinda hoping they don't play toooo much new stuff, but I'll be stoked just to be there so it won't matter.
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| Edwin My Dad had a fair collection of Floyd vinyls, as well as Alice Cooper and Led Zep and other classic stuff. Unfortunately some **** broke in and stole them lol. Stole my Gamecube too, I've never been the same. Where are you from anyways? Just booked accommodation for Deftones, so excited.
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| Edwin I considered spending a lot of my cash I've earned over the Christmas period on Pink Floyd vinyls, but I'm way too broke from gigs and festivals as well. They should be free God dammit. Primus are doing a Sidewave with Melvins too aren't they?
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| Edwin Oh, and good work 5'ing Animals ;) Amazing album.
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| Edwin A few of my mates saw Them Crooked Vultures and enjoyed it so I don't doubt they put on a good show. They're doing a new album sometime soon aren't they? The more I think about it the more bummed I am about missing Melvins. ****. Ah well. I could never get into Isis but I can see why people love them.
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| Edwin I'd buy multiple copies of her centrefold. Haha don't apologise for enthusiasm, glad to hear someone excited about it. Most people I know are doing Big Day Out instead. I was generally disappointed with Them Crooked Vultures (didn't get to catch them live though, how were they?). I'd get giddy over the sight of JPJ though, legend. I made friends with some 70 year old mosh warrior at Megadeth in December. Crazy man.
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| Edwin Damn, I missed Oprah because I worked tonight. Was Keneally looking fine as always? She's a fox. Also it's awesome that you sound as ****ing stoked about Soundwave and Deftones as me haha. Will probably be the highlights of my year.
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| silentpotato ya man that album is fantastic. can't say i dislike anything tuners done (that i've heard)
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 | kangaroopoo I like a lot of their songs but just never became a devoted fan. I played their discog when I got the boxset so they'll be high on my last.fm most played for a while. Same as Megadeth, not a huge fan, but still got their discog. Just get compelled to acquire big band discogs lol.
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| kangaroopoo I'm not a big Beatles fan but I got their boxset anway. Their 1st album 'please please me' has some nice songs (ps I love you, twist and shout). I like their later albums most (white, abbey, sgt.Pepp mag mystery tour).
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| kangaroopoo You did well to find my 2nd comment amidst the kimmathon! You might take to alchemist's pre-Spiritech stuff. Yoni Kunda was the only track I knew and liked.
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 | couldwinarabbit Ya it is actual literature but it is an easy read at the same time. I loved every aspect of the book...though I agree that the ending, while good, was a little unfair.
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 | KimmsightMatters If you could please go to your most recent list and all of Defeater's comments that have my friends' names, I would appreciate that.
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| Edwin Baroness were pretty sweet. I don't know much of their stuff though so I didn't recognize it, but it was a pretty awesome half an hour jam they had. Ditch your friend's birthday and see them man!
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| Edwin Ah righto then, yeah you can't go wrong with a bit of Rush. I've been on a huge Rush binge lately. Cool, I'm from the Hunter Valley. Although I'm heading to Sydney in a few minutes to catch Metallica. Not an enormous fan but I thought I should check them out for history's sake.
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| Edwin Ah okay. Hemispheres probably isn't that much different to 2112, it's just much stronger (in my opinion obviously). Moving Pictures is a really fun casual listen if all else fails. But yeah, what's up? Where abouts in Oz are you from?
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| Edwin Hey man, definitely check out Hemispheres and Moving Pictures. Hemispheres is the best full on prog album they did with much better shorter songs (much better than 2112), and Moving Pictures is just as great in a completely different, more accessible way.
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 | krazytom haha you know it crimson chin, gotta love the flapjack
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