BOOTS, CLOTHES, MOTORCYCLE.
If you’ve never heard of Austrian Death Machine, I recommend you take a good, long look at your priorities in life. The second album, “Double Brutal“, was released yesterday and happens to be one of the most perfect albums of all time. I’ve been listening to it on loop since last night (yes, even when asleep.)
Other new albums that have disappointed me very much – Alice In Chains’ new album which isn’t actually Alice In Chains at all – it’s Jerry Cantrell and the original members with some new singer, which makes no sense. Layne’s signature growl was the major defining point of Alice in Chains, and without it (whoever the new singer is, sucks) AIC just sounds like generic heavy rock. It sucks to see them embarrass themselves this bad. But not nearly as bad as Pearl Jam.
Now, I’m not against artists making money. Far from it. And if it weren’t for Pearl Jam’s music over the years, I probably would have jumped off a bridge a while ago. Alright, well maybe not that drastic, but one of the appeals of Eddie and the band was that they were always so against marketing and coroprate control of the media. Sure, they may have a band run fan club that is almost required to be a member of (I’m a member) to get decent tickets to any of their shows, but I think this goes a bit past the realm of making money – many a Pearl Jam show I’ve seen, Eddie has actually called out businesses like Wal-Mart and Ticketmaster. But, hey, the album is only twelve bones, right? Too bad Backspacer sounds awful. Every song sounds the same, save for two that sound like they belong on Eddie’s Into The Wild. I’m sure somewhere, a plaid wearing, torn jeans and Chuck Taylor wearing Pearl Jam fan is laughing at me for claiming to be a fan after Ten, but what can I say? I like the band. I still do, even if they are starting to embarrass themselves horribly.
In video game news, The Old Republic beta apps have opened up – a surprise move by Bioware, but also a good one. Hopefully beta starts in two to three months, and release about a year from now. Maybe sooner. I’m also playing Aion right now, and I have to admit, for all the shitty sounds and over the top animations, it’s a solid game. It reminds me of WoW 1.0, but a bit grindier. Actually, a lot grindier, but if you expect that going in, it’s not bad. Oh, and it’s focused on PvP, which makes me happy in the pants. I should have a review up for it soon.
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