General Patton vs. The X-ecutioners – Joint Special Operations Task Force (Ipecac) Released earlier in the year than Patton’s Fantômas album, this is aurally very much a practice run for what is to follow. The key difference, though, is the method of composition. Whereas the Fantômas was essentially an incredibly complex take on the heavyContinue reading “Forty-eight”
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Forty-nine
System Of A Down – Mezmerize (Sony) System Of A Down makes the right noises a lot of the time; the angst is present and correct, the riffs are usually solid and well constructed, and the occasional melody creates a level of emotional affect. However, and with little in the way of exception, I can’tContinue reading “Forty-nine”
Fifty
Great Lake Swimmers – Bodies And Minds (Fargo) Second album from what has to be the saddest band in the world. And I mean that as a compliment – there can be few bands roaming this earth as in touch with their ennui. Their 2003 self-titled debut came off like the depressive brother of MyContinue reading “Fifty”
2005: These didn’t make it. The albums in the list, I should add, have been awarded something in the limbo between ‘notes’ and ‘a review’. So, with that in mind, I would like to present these albums. They weren’t great. At the time of writing, I was unaware as to what my bottom line forContinue reading
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