Album Review: Slayer – South Of Heaven

09Mar11

I have been fascinated with Slayer for a very long time. When I was in grade 6 or 7 I had asked my older neighbor (who happened to be a metal head) to make me a mix tape of the heaviest, metalist stuff that he had. Slayer was on the tape. This is obvious right? [...]

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Tags: angry, cd, fast, heavy, mad, metal, mix, power, rock, Slayer, South of heaven, tape, thrasher

Pantera: A Lament

09Feb11

I remember when I was in gr 6 I got an older neighbor of mine to make me a CD. I knew he was into metal because he is also the same neighbor that inspired me to start playing the guitar. I said to him: “Make it as metal as you can, I want to [...]

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Tags: abbott, anselmo, cd, damageplan, dean, dimebag, down, guitars, headbang, lament, metal, pantera, phil, rex brown, superjoint ritual, the start, vinnie paul

Album Review: Tegan and Sara – Under Feet Like Ours

19Sep10

This album was Tegan and Sara’s first full length album, after the Orange, Yellow and Red demos. I’ve recently been on a big Tegan and Sara kick, and came across this gem in my library, and was simply moved. I was crying by the end of the album. Its a very strong, acoustic rhythm album [...]

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Tags: album review, calgary, sara, tegan, tegan and sara, under feet like ours, vancouver

Album Review: The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

07Sep10

I got the word on the street that Arcade Fire’s much anticipated album, The Suburbs, was out, so I had to get it. My impression? I love it. Its not a number one all time favorite of everything kind of album, but its an album I played front to back twice kind of love thing. [...]

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Tags: arcade fire, the suburbs, win butler

Album Review: Antidotes – The Foals

21Aug10

The Foals have been around since…. well, according to their website, they’ve had albums coming out since 2007. SO, one would be led to assume sometime around then they’ve been in existence…. They should put a bio up… Not even myspace, the god of all thing bands, has anything on them… They released an album [...]

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Tags: Antidotes, indy, the Foals