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Last Active 02-16-11 5:19 am
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| The Big Five Oh
My 50th list, and to celebrate, here are 8 current digs. (8, as we are all well aware, goes into the Big Five Oh 6.25 times. And that's all the math I care to know. Plus, it looks like the infinity symbol got crunk and tipped onto its side.) | | 1 |  | Rosetta
Wake/Lift
An oldie, but a real goodie. These guys have the rare distinction in post-metal of making distorted, abrasive melodies sound absolutely gorgeous without sacrificing a shred of intensity. | | 2 |  | Sigur Ros
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No explanation necessary, really. | | 3 |  | Baroness
Blue Record
Not quite as strong as the Red Album, in my opinion, but definitely a worthy release from one of the most promising sludgy/gritty/occasionally psychedelic metal acts out there. And the throaty yet clean vocals are amazing. | | 4 | | New Moon
Original Soundtrack
A preposterously good collection of songs for such a subpar film series. Once you get past the album artwork, there's some great stuff here (Thom Yorke, Bon Iver, Sea Wolf, and -- surprisingly -- OK Go all stand out in particular). | | 5 |  | Imogen Heap
Ellipse
Generally more introspective than her past releases, which is fine by me. Make no mistake, there's no lack of catchy hooks here -- it's just that there's seems to be a stronger focus on atmosphere than in the past (especially evident in the instrumental versions). | | 6 |  | Rodrigo y Gabriela
11:11
Not terribly different from their self-titled, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. There's still enough progression for them to avoid cries of complacency and laziness. | | 7 | | Boomtown
Season 1
Extremely well done, as far as procedural crime shows are concerned. The fact that it was canceled so early is...wait for it...criminal. | | 8 | | David Small
Stitches
Got this on a whim, and I'm really glad that I did. A vivid, almost uncomfortably personal graphic novel depicting the lack of communication (both figurative and literal) in the author's family as he grew up. I generally dislike memoirs, just because everything is so subjective, but this manages to channel that subjectivity into a brilliant (and brilliantly-rendered) story. | |
thecheatisnotdead
11.04.09 | Oh, how I wish that was the real artwork for 4. I wouldn't have to hide it. | cvlts
11.04.09 | props for 1 bro
jus bought the galilean satelites, super epic! | Relinquished
11.04.09 | ^ Dude I know | PanasonicYouth
11.04.09 | woah holy crap thecheatisnotdead is still around
i haven't seen you around in forever | SeaAnemone
11.04.09 | 4 has a horrible deion sorry. subpar genre? noooo. good collection of songs? not realllyyyy
2, pretty much yea though | thecheatisnotdead
11.04.09 | Yup, I'm around. Busy with midterms lately, but still hanging in there. | thecheatisnotdead
11.04.09 | @Sea: I meant of film. Fixed that. Still like the songs, though...sorry bout that. |
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