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Staind's 9/11 Benefit Show to Stream Live Tonight on Noisecreep

PR Brown

Staind will be performing a special show tonight in New York City to benefit the families of 9/11 victims. This show marks the release of the new self titled album and will be broadcasted live only on Noisecreep. Show tickets are priced at $9.11, and all of that money goes to helping those families. In addition, Atlantic Records will be matching the total ticket sales that Staind raises, and will be donating that separately to the charity. If you can't attend, feel free to watch the live stream online over at Noisecreep. 

Enjoy,

steve

n.m.w. 4 ... staind

artist:
staind
album:
staind 


holy tear my face off batman.


this album has been the one i have been waiting for since dysfunction... not to say their music has gone downhill, just to say that there was only a few gems on all of the albums since. each tune, dare i call them tunes, are absolutely brutal. i feel like i am in college again... listening to mean nasty songs, being slightly pissed off at something, or just thinking how cool it would be to scream at someone.


now that i'm a touch older and way more calm... i have to say, the memories of angry nights and uncomfortable arguments resurface when i'm listening to any of these raw emotional tracks. i feel like i need to quickly get on the horn and have at it with someone... but then it dawns on me that i am driving to get my morning dunkin donuts coffee, and all is okay. what once was coping music, has now become nostalgic and much more enjoyable.


this new album revisits their older style guitar riffs. brutal, down-tuned, rhythmic grooves help set the album up for being one of the heaviest to date. aaron lewis' melodic vocals have been paired up with one of the meanest screams in modern rock. it's ridiculous actually. every song on this album has a place in a best of mix for me. 


so i'm off no to find my old staind discs. mix tape, here i come.
go buy this now.
steve

n.m.w. 3 ... 311

ARTIST
311
ALBUM
universal pulse



okay, so let it be known that i am a rabid 311 fan... not the kind that knows every word, but the sort of rabid that only comes from repeating an album for weeks on end. 


there are only eight tracks on this disc... and they made them count.  somehow they have managed to make an album that sonically could fit somewhere in between 311's "blue album" and "from chaos".


this album contains great grooves like their self-titled album and fantastic melodies like we have heard before on "from chaos". 


on one note, if you haven't purchased a 311 album since high school, you are still okay ... you haven't missed too too much. luckily, this disc will drop you off somewhere close to high school algebra class.


give it a fair share of listens... at only 28 minutes, it's a quick listen. lots to hold on to musically once you get used to the songs.


go buy it... 

... and put on track 4, "trouble". then listen to track 7, "weightless". after that is done, start from the beginning. there is not a bad song on the album... those just happen to be the songs that i am stuck on. below is a video for their first single (sunset in july) off of universal pulse... it's a dumb album art video, but it;s a good quality recording of the whole tune.




and we cannot forget this little gem... god i love this song. i'm pretty sure at one point or another i thought i was nick hexum. (you can't see me, but i am shaking my head)
i hope "you, you" like this oldie too.

311 - Music - More Music Videos

n.m.w. 2 ... the civil wars

ARTIST
the civil wars
ALBUM
barton hallow

this music completely blew me away. it's a southern, male female, call in response, gospel-ish, pull on your heart strings sort of band... if that makes any sense. 


every new song/video i come across absolutely captivates me. with such a simple broken down setup to the music, i can easily skip past how technically wonderful their song writing and harmonies are. specifically, in the song "poison & wine", just before the two minute mark, as joy williams sings the verse melody, john paul white sneaks in with a harmony that i image most wouldn't pick up on let alone be able to write and perform.


every vocal melody is created with such intent but delivered in such a way, that you would never notice.


go buy this and a bottle of wine... press play, sip and enjoy.

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if you like the deftones, or chino marino, you are going to dig this. 
crosses
the new side project of deftones lead singer chino marino. crosses offers up a free EP for the taking. just as moody, spacey and textural as any decent chino project. i know you'll enjoy.

later,
steve