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End Of Year Wrap Up
Top 10 Heavy Records
Honourable mentions to: Coalesce, Slayer, Goatwhore and Megadeth
Top 10 Punk/Hardcore Records
A Day To Remember – Homesick
Honourable mentions to: The Swellers, A Loss For Words, Narrows, Farewell
The Dangerous Summer – Reach For The Sun
Top 10 Australian Records
Hopeless – Dear World
Up
Honourable mentions to The Informers and The Bad Lieutenant as I’m sure they will both rule when I finally watch them
Misery Signals @ The Arthouse
Honourable mentions to: Architects @ Moorabbin Town Hall, Propagandhi @ The Corner, NERD @ Vodafone Arena and Mindsnare @ The Arthouse
Tiger Woods – couldn’t give two shits about the dude normally, but anyone causing that much trouble is ok in my books
Patrick Swayze – Roadhouse, Point Break, Donnie Darko. Yep, the guy was in all of them. RIP mate
John Daly – dude lots about 100 pounds and is still smashing beers and being a larrikin. What a guy!
Katy Perry – for no reason other than she’s unbelievably hot
Christian Bale – on set melt down where he swore like a sailor and threatened to smash someone… guru!
Tommy Wiseau – for looking like a creepy piece of shit who sounds like a stoned version of Borat, and thus introducing myself and my friends to the worst/best film of all time, “The Room”.
John Mayer – every time I see a gossip mag laying about he gets a mention for pumping half the women in Hollywood and generally leaves a trail of destruction wherever he goes. His music is balls but the dude sounds like he’d be fun to party with.
Andrew O’Keefe – dude hosts Deal Or No Deal (ruler) and got smashed and videotaped on Chapel Street. He mans up, where’s it on the chin and gets on with the job.
Kanye West & Taylor Swift’s publicist – sif she was even bummed about Kanye’s little outburst. He kept his name in the media after releasing a mediocre album and she sold another 20394729834923 records because people felt sorry for lil ol’ her. Good times.
Joe Rogan – UFC commentator, comedian and probably the most washed up dude ever. Wears thousand dollar, orange silk shirts (which he never irons) and always looks like he’s come off a 3 day coke bender. Joe… we salute you!
And finally, the song of the year.
T.I. featuring Mary J Blige - Don't Forget Me
BRING ON 2010
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Soundwave 2010
No doubt everyone is talking about how amazing next year's line-up is, so here's my two cents/who I'm the most stoked to see:
Faith No More - one of the greatest bands of the last few decades. Even if you're not a fan you should come along and witness a piece of musical history.
My Chemical Romance - say what you want about the music, band can put on one hell of a show. BRING ON THE PYRO
AFI - their live show is legendary, their back catalogue is practically flawless. What more could you want?!
Paramore - if you claim to not enjoy their sugary pop hits you're either a liar or a dickhead. Either way, I'm keen
Alexisonfire - this band has never played a bad set in my opinion. Their first show in Melbourne was on a 40 degree day @ The Espy and it still stands out as one of my favourite live experiences.
Sunny Day Real Estate - before guyliner and shit hair was synonymous with emo, these guys gave the genre and its unfortunate name some credibility. Don't miss them
The Get Up Kids - one of my favourite bands will be here celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their seminal record, "Something To Write Home About". On course to be one of the highlights of the fest!
Meshuggah - heaviest band I've ever seen. Period.
All Time Low - recent visitors to our shores on the Take Action Tour, these guys are water-tight live and good dudes to boot. Expect large amounts of pogo.
A Day To Remember - if you're on this site you probably own their awesome "Homesick" record. If you missed them last year with Parkway Drive, don't make the same mistake again. DADADADA DADA...
Clutch - southern rock legends. Smoke out and rock out
Isis - another of my all time favourite bands on this mammoth bill. If you don't own the classic Oceanic you're probably a fuckwit.
Gallows - best thing to come out of the UK since Maiden. Angry, ginger and sure to impress
A Wilhelm Scream - fast, technically precise and enjoy a drink or two. Strung Out for a new generation.
Emarosa - helium vocals and delay pedals ahoy!
The Weakerthans - great band. More stoked because my good friend Brad will be over the moon.
Anvil - the stars of the greatest rockumentary since Spinal Tap. Cannot wait to see Lips & co in action
Four Year Strong - better beards than you and then can rock a Third Eye Blind cover like no-one's business.
Baroness - John Dyer Baizley has done the art for most of your favourite bands. Return the favour by watching his own musical creation
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Band Of The Week - Vices And Virtues
Vices And Virtues put a new jam on their MySpace. More metal than how they used to sound but pretty cracking.
www.myspace.com/vicesandvirtuesmelbourne
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Movie Of The Week - Roadhouse
So, I thought I'd do something a little different for the next few weeks and focus on some of the cinematic greats of yesteryear rather than upcoming bands (coz you all seem to be talking about them already anyway).
First up, we're going to discuss the 1989 classic, Roadhouse. Starring Patrick Swayze and the down to fuck Kelly Lynch, Roadhouse is a tale of a hardened cooler (that means head bouncer kids) named Dalton. Dalton basically knows how to fuck shit up. Think you've got him cornered coz you've got a knife and he doesn't? No worries, he'll spin kick you in the face, finish your coffee (he doesn't drink) and then pump your girlfriend.
Here's the run down.
Dalton gets called to sort out a shitty bar in the middle of bum fuck no where. The town hard arse/business kingpin/head fuckwit isn't into the idea and tries to lay the smack down, but like all great action hits, we know that the good guy will prevail, while leaving a trail of death and destruction along the way.
This movie retails for $6.95 so I suggest you splash out and buy this one instead of downloading it. You'll also have some change for the pokies when you're done.
There's something here for the guys and gals, as there's a bevy of naked women running around and old mate Swayze takes a naked stroll through the moonlight in the film's mid-section.
Oh yeah, keep an ear out for the line, "I used to fuck guys like you in prison".
Peace
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We're half way there...
Now that we'd nearing the middle of June, I figured I'd take a week off posting a "band of the week", and take the opportunity to post some of my favourite records of 2009.
I was originally planning to post a top ten, but as you can see below, it was a little difficult to try and whittle down the list when there's been so many great albums this year.
If the second half of the year is anything like the first, then I'm going to need a top 50 for the 2009!
New Found Glory – Not Without A Fight: Pretty much my favourite band. I doubt the band will ever do another Self-Titled or Sticks And Stones, but it still rules.
Mastodon – Crack The Skye: More rock and less metal but who gives a shit when it's this could. Conceptual wank, epic shred and Sabbath vocals is a huge win in my book.
A Day To Remember – Homesick: Pop punk + mosh = one of the most fun records of 2009
Closure In Moscow – First Temple: Emo kids get stoked on The Mars Volta and drop one of the most creative bombshells of the year
Two Tongues – Self Titled: I love Saves The Day, don't care for Say Anything but really, really dig this.
Gallows – Grey Britain: Pissed off British punks show monumental growth between records.
Atmosphere – God Loves Ugly (re-release): Heartfelt lyrics delivered by a whiter than white rapper... rules
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown: Fuck the haters. Love this band and love this record.
Architects – Hollow Crown: Cannot wait to see these guys in August. In a word... HEAVY
The Dangerous Summer – Reach For The Sun: Serious contender for album of the year. I hear a new lyric I love every time I listen to this and the music is perfect.
Anchors – Self Titled (EP): Melbourne Fat Wreck devotees bring the speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
Rancid – Let The Dominoes Fall: Skull tatts, reggae, whiskey fucked vocals. Bless ya Rancid
Daylight – Demo: Cranking demo from this new US outfit. For fans of Gainsville (you know what I mean).
POS – Never Better: Well thought and lyrics and creative instrumentation from this rope haired rapper
Isis – Wavering Radiant: Heavier than their last outing which is always a plus. One of my favourite bands EVER
A Loss For Words – The Kids Can’t Lose: Four Year Strong love these guys more than their beards. Nuff said.
Narrows – New Distances: Botch + Unbroken + high levels of awesome = Narrows
Fireworks – All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion: Produced by Chad NFG. Cranking, nasal pop-punk anthems.
Shook Ones – The Unquotable A.M.H.: More Lifetime worship than... fuck it, they're great, ok!?
Pulling Teeth – Paranoid Delusions/Paradise Illusions: This record would be depressing if it wasn't so damn awesome.
The following are records that are about to drop that I may or may not have been lucky enough to hear, so let me assure you that y'all are in for some seriously good times with these releases!
Poison The Well – The Tropic Rot
Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster – III
Alexisonfire – Old Crows/Young Cardinals
Set Your Goals – This Will Be The Death Of Us
All Time Low – Nothing Personal
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