Random tossing of songs on MPD
June 30, 2009
June 21, 2009
June 16, 2009
Immaculate Machine
Album: High On Jackson Hill
Released: April 28, 2009
Label: Mint Records
Stars: 4.5
Skippable Tracks: 1
The funny thing about this skippable track is that it's song number ONE. Not really a good choice for a first track in my opinion, but maybe someone really wanted it on the album, and another person decided to put it on as the first track just to get it out of the way. I feel like the rest of the album is a LOT better than that this first track.
After that first little bump, you will not have to touch any buttons for the rest of the album; except maybe to crank it up. I especially enjoyed the folk track You Destroyer, a nice little break early in the album. I've must have listened to that song about ten times in a row. The beautiful voice, and raw recording made me fall absolutely in love with it right from the beginning. The only problem with that track was that it left me wanting more, and a whole lot more of that type of sound. Sadly, that sound never comes back. We do hear a couple more ballads later on in the record such as I know its not easy, And It Was, and Blurry Days which are quite great in their own wright.
The rest of the album rocks-out quite a bit more with Sound the Alarm, Primary Colors, all incredibly catchy rockin' tracks. This is one of my recent favorites to pop in to the disc layer! Check it out!
High on Jackson Hill
June 14, 2009
The Kickdrums - Just a game
Album: Just a GameReleased: March 22, 2009
Label: Kickdrums Musik/ Tune Core
Stars: 3.5
Skippable Tracks: 2
Kickdrums...who are the Kickdrums?! They are producer/songwriters from Cleveland that recently released their debut album It's Just a Game. These guys have experience producing for some big shots like 50 Cent, Kid Cudi, Talib Kweli, Kanye, Jay-Z, and others.
Knowing very little about their previously produced music, I dove into "It's Just a Game". To my surprise, these tracks where very different from what I was expecting. There weren't any shotguns being fired in the background, or some idiot saying "Ehhh...ehhh, shyeeeah!", or two bars of music repeating on forever. The songs were very melodic and with different approaches than typically heard on mainstream radio.
The album starts strong with Impatient and continues this way for a few tracks, but quickly gets a little weak. I must admit that it took a couple of listens for me to get into it but slowly I found myself wanting to hear specific tracks a few more times. This was especially true for the tracks called Out to Get me, as well as Slipping away. These are the sixth and seventh track respectively, and are dubbed the catchiest tracks. After these two tracks I loose interest…and it needed a strong finish.
This definitely worth a listen, you can pick which tracks interest you the most. The album left me wishing that there was more content, and less filler.
June 8, 2009
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