Theme: Man if they’re going to make another Tony Hawk Pro Skater they can’t fuck up the soundtrack. Continue reading
Fermixtape Over Whole Rest #15: Skoundtracking
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A nighrt with stoben: penny lane / silly dad
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John Vs. “XXX” by Danny Brown
This review is brought to you by the promise that I’d start writing whenever I felt I had something to say about a record, new or old. Also, real quick, before anyone gets anything I say twisted, fuck all the patriarchal bullshit in the world that crushes my friends and their friends and the people we’re not friends with yet. This is not a defense for you or any pigs. This is just a review of an album. Continue reading
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Fermixtape #14: Pretending Not To Fall Behind
THEME: Okay fine things have been happening in 2014 worth talking about FINE OKAY FINE HERE’S A TAPE.
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John Vs. “Because the Internet” by Childish Gambino
I felt compelled to write this after posting the award dump where it’s revealed that my personal pick was this record, and I felt there’s kind of an explanation required. Continue reading
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FERMIXTAPE SPECIAL: Best Songs of 2013
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The Candidates For The Awards We Didn’t Do
This is where a huge monologue about the year would’ve gone. Instead, I’m just posting this for two reasons. You see, we did have genre awards and we did decide winners. We even had the personal picks done! We just couldn’t get shit together and get the Best Album podcast done, or other art done. So, here are the award categories and winners for 2013’s FOWRies, so you can see other shit that we were ready to hype. Winners underlined, personal picks marked with a * and a letter for the author. See if you can guess the other reason I posted this!
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John Vs. “R Plus Seven” by Oneohtrix Point Never, the Best Album of 2013
This is probably not a surprise if you have directly talked to us at any point after September, but before we talk about this album, let’s talk about MEEEEE. Continue reading
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Dan Vs. ‘Necrocracy’ by Exumed.
I seem to be talking about Carcass a lot these days. It’s probably not that surprising considering how far reaching the British legends’ influence is. Their influence has spawned many ‘Worship’ bands that attempt to capture the feel of certain parts of the bands career. Exhumed along with General surgery are two of the most masterful examples of this. At least they are, in my opinion.
Exhumed’s earlier material sounded like a very faithful and effective channeling of Carcass’s first two albums: ‘Reek of Putrefaction’ and ‘Symphonies of Sickness’. After disappearing for around 5 years Exhumed came back in 2011 with ‘All guts, no glory’ which had Matt Harvey handling all vocal duties. Instrumentally, ‘All guts, no glory’ followed a similar instrumental frame work as their earlier stuff, delivering fast Death metal inflected Grindcore. Necrocracy marks a return to two vocal styles, with Matt Harvey delivering the shrieks and the lower growls provided by Rob Babcock and Bud Burke. Despite the return to the old vocal dynamic, ‘Necrocracy’ could be, as far as musical direction is concerned, thought of as Exhumed’s ‘Heartwork’. This is due to the more melodic and wider appealing sound. But honestly, it’s no where near as good as Heartwork.
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