Videos: A Case Of Grenada live @ Grassriver Festival

Performing their song, "Artificial Sun Kills Ideologists". One of my favorite vocalist, one of my favorite bands.



As I've always said, I've never heard a German hardcore band that I didn't like.

Sonic Youth announces tour dates

6.28.09 – Chicago, IL – Vic Theater
6.29.09 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
7.2.09 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
7.3.09 – New York, NY – United Palace Theatre
7.6.09 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
7.8.09 – Richmond, VA – The National
7.10.09 – Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theater
7.11.09 – Nashville, TN – War Memorial
7.12.09 – Birmingham, AL – Sloss Furnaces
7.13.09 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
7.15.09 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
7.16.09 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s
7.18.09 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
7.20.09 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
7.21.09 – Minneapolis, MN – First Ave
7.23.09 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
7.25.09 – Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
7.28.09 – Portland, OR – Roseland Ballroom
7.30.09 – Salt Lake City, UT – Twilight Music Fest
7.31.09 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
7.2.09 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater

Announcement. Tickets go on sale May 1.

For The Open-Minded Adventurer: Dead edition

Changing the way I come up with the artists for this, just taking them from my most played on my 7 day charts from last.fm, unless there are repeats from the week before, than I'll just move to the next on the list. Not that you care :/

01. Charles Bronson - (Fuck Being) Positive
02. Jeromes Dream - What I Learned At This Year's Regional Optometry Convention
03. Joan of Arc - Nate Kinsella & Ben Vida
04. Noisy Sins Of The Insect - End of Love Doesn't Mean End Of Me But I Like To Kill Myself Because I Listen To Noise
05. Crystal Castles - Insecticon
06. A Fine Boat, That Coffin! - Ins Fernsehen? Wo Muss Ich Unterschreiben
07. Monkey - Sandy The River Demon
08. See You Next Tuesday - How To Survive A Vicious Cock Fight
09. The Locust - Twenty-Three Full-Time Cowboys
10. Arab On Radar - Father, Son, And The Goalie Post
11. Bad Brains - Right Brigade
12. Owen - That Tattoo Isn't Funny Anymore

Bad brains, bad attitude, bad disposition, bad life.

Ready for the semester to be over.

andtheywillriot! recording a new EP

Three new songs and set to be released in the summer (hopefully). Then.....A TOUR, FUCK YEAH!

Official announcement

I can't wait, few bands can capture the raw emotion these guys do.

Videos: Luminous Orange - Absent Minded My Sugar

Love this band, just got into them about 2 weeks ago and I've listened to everything I can find of them, so far I've got 5 albums :) Japanese Shoegaze, how could you not like this???



Lovely.

Game Updates: 4.21.09

So. Numb. Not much to report on...or maybe I just don't feel like it right now, eh.

Bethesda has announced that the title for the next game in the Fallout series is going to be Fallout: New Vegas. The studio behind the game will be Obsidian Entertainment and will be developed for the 360, PC, and PS3 and scheduled to be released in 2010. It won't be a direct sequel to Fallout 3 according to sources.

Time for releases of interest....
Cryostasis: The Sleep of Reason (PC) FPS set in a Russian nuclear station, 'nuff said.
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 (360, PS2, PS3) I didn't even know this combination was possible...
Zeno Clash (PC) Because the title is pretty cash.

On a side note, I had a dream last night where I was at some outside party and there was a laaaaaarge bundle of...marijuana plants or something (It was 4/20 yesterday I know, but I didn't participate)? Anyway, it turned into some kind of Fallout 3 like dream, as in it felt like the game...hard to explain.

For The Open-Minded Adventurer: almost edition

I can feel myself burning out, so close to the end of the semester though....can almost see the light...

01. Gantz - Vieillir Sans Compter, Vieillir Sans Trembler
02. Efterklang - Collecting Shields
03. Luminous Orange - Another Sick New World
04. Heatmiser - Plainclothes Man
05. Dan Deacon - Woof Woof
06. Mesrine - Sociopathic Worm
07. The Man I Fell In Love With - Never Ever Even
08. cLOUDDEAD - Dead Dogs Two
09. Architects - Follow the Water
10. Follow the White Rabbit - Christmas is Back
11. Some Girls - Bone Metal
12. Isis - Life Under the Swatter

I've never ever even been as close...well maybe when I was what I'm not.

Ran into an amazing share thread today, So. Much. Good. Music. I reaaaaaaally need to get an external hard drive....but I've already decided my next "big" purchase is going to be that Korg motherfucker.

call me betty calls it quits

Announcement

:(((((( This is sad....I loved them!

*mourns*

New Assassins Creed 2 Teaser Trailer

Fucking Italy, fuck yeah!

Linkie because the video is too big and fucks up my layout :/

I should probably try and play the first one before this comes out...

New Kaki King EP "Black Pear Tree"

Kaki King and The Mountain Goats recorded an EP together, which has been released on vinyl.

Side A:
Black Pear Tree
Mosquito Repellent
Bring Our Curses Home

Side B:
Supergenesis
Roger Patterson Van
Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle

You can purchase it here.

I love her music, so beautiful. If you haven't checked her out yet, you should.
Now.

The Number Twelve Looks Like You tour starts tomorrow

#12 are touring with Protest The Hero, Misery Signals, and Scale The Summit.

Dates:
4.17.09 - Denver, CO - The Marquis Theater
4.18.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Avalon
4.20.09 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
4.21.09 - Portland, OR - Satyricon
4.23.09 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
4.24.09 - Hollywood, CA - Knitting Factory
4.25.09 - San Diego, CA - Soma Sidestage
4.26.09 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
4.27.09 -Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
4.28.09 - Albuquerque, NM - The Launchpad
4.30.09 - Dallas, TX - The Door
5.01.09 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
5.02.09 - Houston, TX - Java Jazz
5.04.09 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade - Downstairs
5.05.09 - Orlando, FL - The Social
5.06.09 - St. Petersburg, FL - State Theater
5.08.09 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
5.09.09 - New York, NY - The Blender Theater @ Gramercy
5.10.09 - Worcester, MA - Upstairs @ The Palladium
5.11.09 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore @ TLA
5.12.09 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's Down Under
5.13.09 - Mt. Clemens, MI - The Hayloft
5.14.09 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club
5.15.09 - St. Paul, MN - Station 4

They've also said they're touring in Canada after this tour ends and will announce the dates/locations soon.

The Eternal Pre-release listening party and Nightmare Before Christmas

Click on the image to see a bigger version and read the official blog from Sonic Youth about the pre-release party...a lot of cool bands are playing there also, it's a 3 day event...oh how I miss living there!

SY has also announced they're playing at Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 along with many other great bands. Dates are December 4-6th in in Minehead, England at Butlins Holiday Resort.

June Paik touring this summer

June Paik has announced they are playing at Cry Me A River (June 26th - Wöstenkrug, Versmold, Germany) and the Fluff Festival (July 24th - sport airport Rokycany, Rokycany, Czech Republic) this summer. They also plan on touring Europe during the summer as well, no dates announced yet though.

Videos: Converge

I love this band and I love this video, fucking hardcore and the fans at it's finest.



If that doesn't get your blood pumping, you're probably dead. Or dumb, you choose.
(If you want to be an asshole, skip to 2:30 to see the fight, including Nate hitting someone with a fucking bass.)

Game Updates: 4.14.09

I've got about 30 minutes before I have to head out again, fucking photography projects. I'll make this quick but not shitty, I want to keep this blog consistent with it's posts and such...the video tomorrow is one of my favorites so it'll make up for this!
Only news worth hearing about isn't anything really. Microsoft decided to extend it's 3 year warranty to cover E74 errors for the 360.

The company said that the E74 error message some users have encountered “can indicate the general hardware failure that is associated with three flashing red lights error on the console”.

--- Edge

Time for some recent releases:
Demigod (PC) Because you've always wanted to be one...plus it looks cool as fuck.
Still Life 2 (PC) I love games like this...too bad I never get to play them anymore.
Guitar Hero: Metallica (PS2) The music may not be so good (lolsellouts), but it's fun to pretend.
Samurai Shodown Anthology (Wii) It's a fucking classic bro.

For The Open-Minded Adventurer: Refreshed edition

Been feeling very nauseous for a few days, almost every smell makes me want to vomit. Am....am I pregnant?

01. Killing The Dream - Thirty Four Seconds
02. ent - Do Not Adjust Your Set
03. Ruination - The One That Got Away
04. HeartsRevolution - Switchblade
05. Joan Of Arc - A Picture Postcard
06. Castor Troy - This City Will Destroy Us
07. The Album Leaf - Micro Melodies
08. Walrus Hunt - The Hunt Part I: The Pursuit
09. Braid - Grace Car Part One
10. Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely
11. Genghis Tron - Ride the Steambolt
12. AVAST! - Skyscrapers Of The Midwest

Killed dreams....story of my fucking life.

Didn't really do much with my personal blog before, doing a lot more with it now, album downloads, funny shit on the internet...introspective musings on life...so yeah, go there ^_^

Comadre Tour

Comadre will kick off a US tour May 20th that will last for 6 weeks. Details are still shaky, some locations are still TBA according to their myspace, but I will post the dates/locations that are confirmed as of right now.

5.22.09 - Tacoma, WA - Rainfest
5.23.09 - Tacoma, WA - Rainfest
5.24.09 - Tacoma, WA - Rainfest
5.25.09 - Seattle, WA - The Holy Mountain (with Loma Prieta)
5.26.09 - Missoula, MT - The Zacc Basement (with Loma Prieta)
5.28.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Baxter's Cafe (with Loma Prieta)
5.29.09 - Denver, CO - The Blast-O-Mat (with Loma Prieta)
5.30.09 - Lincoln, NE - The Ghost House (with Loma Prieta)
5.31.09 - Des Moines, IA - Haunted Basement (with Loma Prieta)
6.03.09 - Chicago, IL - Phrat Pharm (with La Dispute)
6.04.09 - Grand Rapids, MI - Mixtape Venue (with La Dispute)
6.05.09 - Indianapolis, IN - Es Jungle (with Trainwreck, In The Face Of War)
6.06.09 - Pekin, IL - This Is Ours Fest (with Trainwreck)
6.09.09 - Burlington, VT - 242Main (with Trainwreck)
6.10.09 - Brunswick, ME - Brunswick UU Church (with Trainwreck)
6.11.09 - Boston, MA - The House Of Brews (with Trainwreck, L'antietam, Furnace)
6.13.09 - Manhattan, NY - ABC No Rio Matinee (with Trainwreck)
6.14.09 - Brooklyn, NY - Stolen Sleeves Collective (with Trainwreck)
6.16.09 - Philadelphia, PA - The Model Home (with Trainwreck)
6.17.09 - Richmond, VA - Nara Sushi (with Trainwreck)
6.18.09 - Washington DC - Alfishawy Cafe (with Trainwreck)
6.19.09 - Greensboro, NC - Square One
6.24.09 - Houston, TX - 10553 Fisher Road
6.25.09 - Fort Worth, TX - 1919 Hemphill
7.17.09 - Indianapolis, IN - Dude Fest
7.18.09 - Indianapolis, IN - Dude Fest
7.19.09 - Indianapolis, IN - Dude Fest

I don't think I'm going to be in NC when they come here....which sucks.

HEALTH's Die Slow Tour begins tonight

These guys are fantastic, you lucky European assholes.

Dates:
4.10.09 - Groningen, NL - Vera
4.11.09 - Rotterdam, NL - Motel Mozaique Festival
4.12.09 - Brussels, BE - Domino Festival
4.13.09 - Brighton, UK - Prince Albert
4.15.09 - London, UK - Tuffnell Park Dome
4.17.09 - Dublin, IRL - Whelans
4.18.09 - Belfast, UK - The Menagerie
4.19.09 - Glasgow, UK - Stereo
4.20.09 - Newcastle, UK - End Bar
4.21.09 - Nottingham, UK - Chameleon Arts Cafe
4.22.09 - Manchester, UK - The Deaf Institute
4.23.09 - Tourcoing, FR - Grand Mix
4.24.09 - Paris, FR - Point Ephemere
4.25.09 - Lyon, FR - Grrnd Zero
4.26.09 - Lausanne, CH - Le Romandie
4.27.09 - Zurich, CH - Abart
4.28.09 - Milano, IT - Casa 139
4.30.09 - Zagreb, CR - Zedno Uho
5.01.09 - Graz, AT, Postgarage
5.02.09 - Prague, CZ - oo7
5.03.09 - Berlin, D - Berghain Kantine
5.05.09 - Harlem, NL - Bevrijdingspop
5.05.09 - Amsterdam, Paradiso
5.06.09 - Nijmegen, NL - Merelyn
5.08.09 - Minehead, UK - All Tomorrows Parties

Blog Announcement...

I've decided to make this blog strictly about music and gaming, no more of the personal stuff (Ramblings and Virtual Synopsis).

I'll still be giving my opinion on everything gaming/music related though, no worries.

If you liked the Ramblings and the VS sections, or just hearing about my life in general, head on over to Disconnection Notice, which now has a new home and layout. I'll also be posting music downloads up there from time to time, cool stuff bro.

:/

Swing Kids show May 9th @ The Glasshouse

This is why I miss living in Cali and hate where I am now!

Saturday May 9th 2009 at The Glasshouse in Pamona, CA

Burning Fight Book Release and Benefit Show

Unbroken
Swing Kids
Undertow
Jenny Piccolo
Threadbare
Fast Forward


NO bands will be paid.


ALL money after expenses will go to charity.


This is a chance to have a great time for good causes. No barricades, No bouncers.

Source

Tickets are all sold out but....maybe you could stand outside and listen :D

Justin left The Number Twelve Looks Like You

Announcement

;_;

Videos: Crystal Castles - Alice Practice live @ SAT

Gotta love this 8-bit electronica, too fucking addictive.



I seriously can't not play these guys at least once a week, I don't even do that with Elliott Smith :/

Game Updates: 4.7.09

Ok...school is becoming a nuisance :( WHAT AM I SAYING??!?!

A new teaser trailer has been released by Ubisoft for Assassin's Creed 2...I really wanted to play the first one...still do. Kind of hard to do that with no PS3 though :/ The video features the Venetian inventor drawing by Leonardo da Vinci with some...upgrades?

A new shooter based in Iraq is set to come out sometime next year and will be titled "Six Days in Fallujah". The game will be developed by Atomic Games for the 360, PC, and the PS3, and also published by Konami. Hope it doesn't turn out as some mediocre FPS using the same old formula most war shooters follow.

The remake of Silent Hill, or rather, the "reimagining" has been given a title, "Silent Hill: Shattered Memories" and will be released on the 360, PC, and PS3. The main character will still be Harry Mason and I don't think the plot will change too much, just game mechanics and...well stuff like that :/

Interesting releases...
The Godfather II (360, PC, PS3) The first game was pretty good actually...
Elven Legacy (PC) For the lulz, obviously.
The Chronicles of Riddick (360, PC, PS3) Uhmmm...yeah :/
Ninja Blade (36) Ninjas!
Dragon Ball: Evolution (PSP) Again, for the lulz....I think this will be almost as horrible as the movie!
Hammerin' Hero (PSP) C'mon, you know this looks cool as fuck!

For The Open-Minded Adventurer: Restart edition

Everything seems so brand new, like a new start. A new outlook and new goals, finally.

01. Autistic Daughters - Gin Over Sour Milk
02. Gay For Johnny Depp - Delirium Approached (Slut Dust)
03. Alesana - Goodbye, Goodnight, For Good
04. Examination Of The... - Kicking A Dead Horse Aside
05. Carissa's Wierd - Blue Champagne Glass
06. Animal Collective - Also Frightened
07. Genghis Tron - Colony Collapse
08. Collin Kramer - Scattered My Soul
09. A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Angles Standing Guard 'Round the Side of Your Bed
10. Cutting Pink With Knives - No Falcons
11. Angel Hair - New Rocket
12. Asebia - Treatment Is Useless

Cutting Hope With Reality...

It's amazing how one's outlook can change so suddenly. All because of one event that lasted for a moment...maybe it is better this way. It almost always is once you've had time to reflect and examine.

Ramblings: Discontinuity edition

I haven't really been doing these or the Virtual Synopsis lately...kind of busy and the usual lack of motivation....so I'm doing something different this time! No ongoing dialogue while I listen to my library on random...I'm kind of on a I-Listen-To-Albums-Not-Songs kick right now and I don't feel like fucking it up :/

I am listening to I Would Set Myself On Fire For You - ...Believes In Patterns right now though, one of my all time favorite albums (I seem to have a lot of those) and one of my favorite Screamo bands. They really did stand out form the other bands of the same genre, I would describe them as pure art, an experience not to be missed. Poetry, not song lyrics.

So just what am I going to talk about? I have no fucking idea. I planned on going to a local house show tonight, but shit changed and now I'm sitting here typing this after a pretty interesting day; filled with jubilation, pizza, and synthesizing. That's right, fucking synthfag here. Just starting out, I don't have one yet, just been playing around with some crazy shit I found on the web and trying to get an old keyboard of mine to work. I do plan on buying a Korg Microkorg very soon though, within 5 months...probably in 2 though. Can't fucking wait to start making shitty ass Noise with some really annoying vocals and sampling every fucking thing I can think of...like the sound of the bathroom fan you turn on when you're about to take a giant shit.

I don't even care about song structure or poetic lyrics, just want to have some fun and as long as I like it, it'll be worth the time and money and effort. Plus, it'll keep my mind off all the confusing shit I'm going through, fucking societal pressures. The local hipster crowd will eat that shit up though, OMG SO EXPERIMENTAL AND OBSCURE LOLOLOLOL

But am I not one of those kids?

Whatever, I look forward to it. I've had this great band name I've been waiting to use and now I have a reason to, the joke Grindcore band will have to wait. My head hurts from anticipation...but I finally have some motivation, something to strive for, a goal.

I seem to rarely post about games other than on Tuesday's....so ummm...well I haven't been playing much of anything lately.

Ok, that failed...time for some music recommendations or whatever.

Go here and download the album, trust me, it's fucking amazing. Best blind download I've had in a while.
Also: Cutting Pink With Knives

I'll also share this amazing thread with you if you haven't already seen it...I'm still working my way through it!
Epic music thread

And as always, if you see something mentioned on this blog that you like, ask me for it. I'm a pretty generous person.

Videos: Fuck Buttons live @ Club Downunder

One of my favorite bands, a little bit of noise and electronic and a minuscule of drone for you this time.



Enjoy it and smile.