Most first quarters are slow. The music industry seems to go dormant mid-November through mid-February. I had a really hard time coming up with a top ten list, so this is just my top five list of releases from the first quarter of 2011 in the punk and metal vein. They're in no particular order. Comments are welcomed. What did I miss out on?
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Bands I've Always Wanted to Get Into: Between the Buried and Me
As someone who has been an active listener within the independent music scene, naturally over the years I've become familiar with dozens of bands that I don't know a lot about. Dozens of bands that I've been exposed to in small doses, I hear tons of people hyping, and yet I'm sad to announce that I know next to nothing about these bands. One of these bands is Between the Buried and Me.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
A List of Other Things That Reznor Isn't Doing
So Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails isn't going to be in an Abraham Lincoln vampire film. Neat. Well guess what else he's not doing...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Future of Hardcore is... Ambient?
So I decided that this blog would originally be about reviewing albums and posting news updates, but I'm having far more fun posting my own original research on trends, past and present. One trend I noticed late last year was an increasing interest in ambient music side projects from members of heavy and hardcore bands.
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