Congratulations - MGMT

#5. This is the second studio album released by one of my favorite bands MGMT. These guys are from Connecticut, forming at Wesleyan University. They came out with their first release in 2004. At that time they were known as The Management, but when they found out someone was using that name they changed it to MGMT. They released their first studio album Oracular Spectacular in October of 2007 digitally. Then in January they released the CD and LP versions. In my opinion, they haven't released anything yet that I don't like. I first got into theses guys with Oracular Spectacular in fall of 10th grade. That was the year that I really began experimenting with different types of music. The first time I heard any song on this I liked it, but it has only grown on me. Here is the review. This was supposed to go up the 13th, but I wanted to do a fucking amazing job on this review. So instead what I did was I waited until the last week of the month and uploaded the reviews that were going up. Well that was 13 months ago, but you definitely won't be disappointed, hopefully. I know I won't. I bought the CD and picked up stuff I never did before.

1. It's Working: This is an amazing opener to this album. It is a very fun feeling song and it is upbeat and cool. It also has a fun music video. This is already much different for their last album. This is a fun song. Like I said earlier, it's kind of cartoony. You can really get into this song, and it sets up the rest of the album so well. The harmony vocals are dreamy and it's just so like great.
2. Song For Dan Tracey: This is a song that was one of my favorites the first time I heard it. It was a really cool song to listen to and it is fun. It is upbeat and exciting to listen to. This song also has a cartoony feeling to it. But after the verse it goes into a nightmarish cartoon. This song has a jungle vibe.  Part due to the instrumentation, but also the mentioning of the jungle in the song. This song is another song that could get you set up for the rest of the album. The ending is a buildup and it only gets more exciting.
3. Someone's Missing: This is one of my favorite song of all time. I love the way this song builds. This is the most tame song in the beginning, thus far on the album. Because of that fact, it's one of my favorite tracks on the album. This song is too short to be a single, but I wouldn't want it any other way. The whole. I love the way, though it's "hidden", you can hear the bass. If you listen, and the psychedelic sounds there. I love the guitars distortion on this track and it makes me get pumped for what to come next. I've heard this song about a million times and I still get pumped each time I hear it. The outro to the song almost comes in beautifully. ORGASM!!!
4. Flash Delirium: I love the bass on this track. This is a single, but its such a weird song. I don't really see how a normal person, unless you're high, or you're me, would understand this song. Now I'm not going "You just don't get art". No, I'm going, "You don't appreciate it". There's a difference. The lyrics to this song are somewhat sadistic. I'm not 100% sure if this is about the same thing, for the most part, as the line "stab you're FaceBook", and "vanity", like Andrew said how he felt about. This song has a nervous breakdown at the ending of it. This song is kind of like a painting. The same way Life On Mars? is by David Bowie. This song is overwhelming at the ending. And it progressively gets more overwhelming. More and more and more and more and more and more gets built on to it. Then it has little bits where it cools down, but not very much. The music also paints a picture too. It's just so magical. It's almost "the prefect song". The music video is something else too. Check it out, and tell me if you get it.... I did. {10/10}
5. I Found A Whistle: This song reminds me of Christmas. The synthesizers give me that same feeling, not sound but feeling, that I get from Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney & Wings. But you know, it's kind of a twisted one, with a noose. I love the white noise sounds in there. It kind of sounds like snow in the wind. This is a very sweet song to continue after the last "meltdown". 
6. Siberian Breaks: This is the longest song on the album, and it is also the best. It isn't my favorite, because I don't have a one certain favorite on this album, but it is the most well composed and put together song on the album. Ok, it may be my favorite. I'm not sure, but this song is like Flash Delirium but if that song was older and "better", and a more mature version of Metanoia (though it's shorter by around 1:30). It's hard to imagine, especially since I praised that song too. This song is just a trip from the beginning. I love the jazz chords and the whole psychedelic vibe to the acoustic part. It reminds me a little of Jugband Blues. Because it could still be psychedelic and there be an acoustic guitar. And his Rickenbacker... DAMN! The melody of this song and the "second part" where they start singing with the echo. I know it's about surfing in the arctic, and it's a great song. It song is more of a painting than Flash. The part where it sounds like a jumpy part or a skip, reminds me of Syd's Floyd. And the "Old Mary Ann" line, I believe that's an Alice in Wonderland reference to the rabbit. I might be wrong, but I think that's what it is. The next part with the echos and the "flares".... YES! Then there is the part where it kind of goes into a normal song, before going into the acoustic melody of the beginning, and then outro flares of electronic sound, it's beautiful. {12/10}
7. Brian Eno: This song is named after the producer of the same name. This song returns to the fun that was on the songs like Dan Tracey and It's Working. After buying the CD I was able to pick up on the different layers on this song. The little tiny things. Which is something he'd do. Listen to the little details on The Warm Jets and you'll understand. An example in this song is right before the last chorus the "what does he know" that's hard to understand. There is also little Enoesque layers throughout. I love how this song pretty much falls apart. With the sirens in the background. The very ending literally falls apart, kind of like And All Things Will End by A7X. There are things that I probably won't pick up on yet, since I'm getting into Eno now, but in the future it might be fun to see if there's any references that I'ven't picked up. Like how they say his whole name, that he chose Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno.
8. Lady Dada's Nightmare: This is a avant-garde song that could be fit under dada. Hence "Lady Dada's Nightmare". It is also a point to Gaga because I guess Andrew, the singer, likes her music and had a new found appreciation for it. Whatever, I still don't care for Gaga, but this song. This is a great track to go before the ending. Craziness right before a beautiful ending. ITs actually pretty beautiful. Its kind of like the ending of Siberian Breaks. This sounds like it was composed. Then screams in the background make it awesome. My cousin said that when he saw them live this year they cameout to this song playing. And it was extremely loud.
9. Congratulations: This is the best ending for the album. It is such a pretty song. It gives this album a Congrats, you guys did it, you made an amazing album and did it how you wanted to. The applause at the end of the song is so fitting because this album does deserve a round of applause. The keyboards solo brings a tear to my eye. The video is also pretty beautiful. The acoustic guitar in this song is sick, and when I learned it I was so proud. This song is a true gem,

Overall I give this a 10/10. You have to give these guys props. They made it big using commercial electronic sounds and could of continued doing that and making tons of more money, but they didn't want to make that music anymore. To think that they killed it, in a good way, doing the electronic pop stuff, and then killing it doing the neo-psychedelic/prog style. You could trip on this at the same time as this being the soundtrack for a cartoon. The album cover helps set the tone. These guys are very good at song writing. And if you like it or not there is no denying it. There are so many moments on that I still get into with each listen. When I listen to an album and there is songs that progressively grow on me. Oh, real fast, this is better than the Laming Fips. Like say Brian Eno is the only song you like, well once you have established that as a sick song, not to the point of you being bored of the song, but you want to search more. Then your new favorite songs is Song For Dan Tracey then this happens until you like every song. I call this, at least for myself, a standard. I doubt that's the right term, but that's what I refer to stuff like that. Example Nightmare or House of Balloons or Mr. Bungle self titled album or even You Are What You Is. How about Joe's Garage Vol. I or Joe's Garage Vol. II & III. These are examples of albums for me where I progressively fall for another song each listen or so. One last thing, if you want you could play this for kids and they'll probably love it, and people who love psychedelic music too. Most of the lyrics on this album paint a picture too. Hell, this album  is a great big picture. Can't wait to hear MGMT since hearing Alien Days.

Welcome to the Family Ep - Avenged Sevenfold

This is the second Ep release, and as of July 16th, most recent Avenged Sevenfold release. This was released on December 21st, 2012 and I think that it was for their tour at the time. It features Welcome to the Family (off Nightmare) a song that was unreleased (4:00 AM) and a live version of Seize the Day (originally off 2005's City of Evil). I could go on forever explaining or I could review this and have it done.

1. Welcome to the Family: Go here to see review of song
2. 4:00 AM: The piano in the beginning gives this song an intresting beginning. This is a classic song that would be recorded during their Nightmare chapter of their career. This song kind of reminds me of parts of other songs. Like a part right before the pre chorus where it kind of reminds me of God Hates Us with the guitar. The riff of the song is also a solid Avenged riff. I assume this was written after the passing of The Rev. This song screams Avenged Sevenfold outtake for me though. I could kind of see this being on like another Live In The LBC bonus disc Diamonds in the Rough. This also has a more poppy feeling to it.
3. Seize the Day (Live in Seattle): This version of the song was recorded at some point in time before the passing of The Rev. I'm not exactly sure when but I think it's a solid album. I hate doing live reviews before the studio version, because it's basically doing the same song twice, for the most part. Well anyway I think that it's a pretty version and you should check this out. Zacky sings the intro.

Overall I give this a 8/10. The live Seize the Day was solid, 4:00 Am is a good song, and it has the already released Welcome to the Family, which is also solid. Buy it on iTunes, its only $2.49

Work/Sleep EP - The Appreciation Post

This is another band that I found out because of FrostClick and this is their Ep that was released March 2010. These guys are from Boston and started up in '05. They are like a pop=punk/synth-core band, as said on their FaceBook page. So why not give these guys a try, for funzies.

1. The Beating of a Lifetime: This song starts out very poppy. But it has this "bubble gum" happiness to it. The synths give it that feel. They lyrics aren't as happy feeling and the melody. Damn it,  I hope this isn't the whole Ep. The breakdown of the song has an electronic drum in it. This song is too pop feeling to be a punk song.
2. I'm No Sure Thing: This song starts out worse than the last song. This song is kind of like the last song, but I don't think that it's as happy. This has a feeling of Dying is Your Latest Fashion in the vocals and the melody. What kills it is the synth. Its buzzing is abnoxious to me.
3. Doom & Gloom: This song doesn't really show that much of a difference between this one and the last one. There is a part that reminds me of the first album by Escape the Fate, but it ends to fast. If they had that part a little more than maybe it'd be better.
4. No Songs Is Good Songs: This song has a new Weezer feeling to it. That doesn't feel good, it doesn't have a good feeling for me. Yeah this sounds like a more winy Weezer.
5. Better My Future: This is the closest the guys have come to a Punk vibe. The bad thing is that this is just under 40 seconds and is an intrelude.
6. Fear Of Loss: Then this song starts and contiunes that punkish vibe from the last track. The vibe is killed by the synth. The drum roll doesn't even help these guys out.
7. Moving Backwards: Yeah this is the best part, # the ending is near. :(

I have to give this a 3/10. This is the first time that I'd ever heard anything by these guys. And to be honest I don't like this type of music. They sound like some random band on Epitaph Records. I think there is only 2 or 3 bands ever on that label that I like, ETF and FIR. It just doesn't work for me, I can't explain any more than, it just bugs me. I hope they make it onto Epitaph. Hey it's only 18 minutes so....

I Was Her - Zoom On A Kill

This is, what appears to be, the thirds album by electronic artist Zoom on a Kill. I did a review of this artists 100 Altered Girls back last March. As you know, I haven't been reviewing albums as much as before. My goal is to get at least 10 a month. I know, hopefully 1999 will go up this month, along with Let it Be, Rocks, Boys & Girls by The Alabama Shakes, Stranger in Town, and lastly possibly Shades of Deep Purple. Also, as of TODAY I will only do free album/mixtape reviews on weekdays, unless it's on the day it was released, ie The Weeknd's August, 2011 mixtape Thursday will go up the day it was released, just on year later. If that makes any sense to you. Well I still don't know a ton of stuff about this project or artist but I will do a review of this, mainly because I want to hear this a decent much. Each song has a different piece of artwork to go along with it. You can't download this a FrostClick, only at Bandcamp.

1. Intrakatrá: This track starts out with a sample of people talking in, what I think is, either Spanish or Italian. It ends and fades into track 2
2. Wake Up Hanz3l: This song didn't start out that bad. The wahs were a little more buried in the beginning. You can still hear it, but this song is kind of funny. They sampled the Mario coin sounds and other parts of the game two. This song has more variation to it than the other Ep. There is a little ditty at the ending where it reminds me of the ending of the song Frodo (Don't Wear The Ring) off the 2000 live debut album by the New Zeland comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. 
3. Antagonist: I don't really hate this song, but I don't love it. I kind of feel impartial about it.
4. Mario Give Us A Fuck: This song starts out very strong. It has this fast drum beat and samples Mario's "wah who!" when he jumps, and also the sounds it makes when he collects coins and shrinks. This song gets a little bit to Dub for me at parts, but it is still kind of neat. And it ends with the invisibility sound.
5. Punch It Girl!: Here's the dubstep... :( The picture for this is a girl with horns falling forwards to the side, with a noose around her neck.
6. Joystick: This samples good ol Mario again. The picture for this is a naked Asian girl with big/heavy chest. I don't think that's necessary, but what ever.
7. Eres Un Puto Juguete!: This has the same feel as Mario Give Us A Fuck but in stead of Mario's voice, you get more of a German Hitler screaming orders.
8. Taste of You: This is a duby song. Normally I'd hate this song, but the Mario sounds kind of keep me interested.
9. Hall 9000': For some reason the very beginning of this song reminded me of something off the 2009 Crank High Voltage soundtrack that Mike Patton did.
10. ADN of a Space Cdet Bulla': This is kind of a sad ending to this ep or album. This is a sweet piano atmospheric sounding song that could be in a movie.

Overall I would give this a 5.7/10. I think that this was better than 100 Girls. This was only 15 minutes long. That's not terrible, no matter what you listen to. I think that I will re-listen to this again. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't anything that really blew my socks off.

Mondo Cane - Mike Patton

This is the fifth solo album credited to Californian Singer Mike Patton. I love this guy, he is actually one of my musical heroes. This guys voice is crazy, and he also uses tricks and other stuff that I haven't seen anyone even attempt to try. Now I have heard this album about a dozen times and I love it, but as you know nothings that simple with me. Especially if I love this thing as much as I say I do. Well some quick background info about this. This was recorded with Mike and a backing orchestra of about 65 people. This album is cover versions of 50's and 60's Italian pop songs. This was released May 4th, 2010. I'm pissed that I didn't upload this earlier, I was out of town

1. Il Cielo In Una Stanza: This song starts out with what sounds like a storm. It's actually really cool to hear with headphones on. There is so much more going on, and you heard the instrumentation so much clearer when you have headphones on. This song is more stings and drums. The strings on this song make it seem like this would be a song that would be played at someones wedding. This song is very clear and easy to listen to. This is a very pretty song that I have teared up before because of.
2. Che Notte!: This is a faster song. There is more more brass on this song than the last. This is a more quick song, and I could never see at someones wedding. There is a trumpet solo in the middle of the songs and it is very cool sounding. Then after that solo comes a screach by Mikie and the song sounds like it falls apart. After it falls apart there is a like horn and then the song starts up again. The ending of the song has this feel of like a '50s jazz song.
3. Ore D'Amore: This song was partially written by Bert Kaempfert. That is a German orchestral leader and songwriter. He composed a song called Moon Over Naples, which Faith No More covered the song in 1995, but the version with lyrics. The lyrics were added in 1966 and the songs was retitled Spanish Eyes. This song is ok but I'm not huge on it.
4. Deep Down: This song was written by Ennio Morricone. Ennio was a Italian composer who wrote soundtracks for movies. Some of his best word was for The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly soundtrack. This song is ok in the beginning. I am not huge on this song, but the best part is where it's like in the breakdown where it changes up a little. I think that sounds really cool. Guitar comes in and it is the only part that is, for the most part, different from the rest of the song. The ending is also pretty cool where it's him whispering the last part into the mic without any other music behind him.
5. Quello Che Conta: The beginning of this song sounds like it would be in a soundtrack to a classic Spaghetti Western. After the intro there is a fingerpicked guitar accompanied by strings and bass. Then after that comes in, what I am pretty sure is, a harpsichord and Mike's vocals. This song is beautiful and can bring a tear to your eye. This entire song is very sweat and not hard to digest. This song is one of my favorites on this thing. {9/10}
6. Urlo Negro: This is the heaviest song on this album. And it is by a landslide. The feedback in the beginning of the song is in the crossfades with the last track. Then there is a drum roll and Mike screams. "AH!!". He sounds like he is angry on this song. Like he has almost blood curtling screams on the versus on this song. But the thing is for the chorus he sings like it is a very catchy song. This is easily the catchiest song on here, because of the chorus. This song is a masterpiece and I tip my hats off to The Blackmen. That's who the song is credited to. Watch the video for this song, its actually kind of cool to see them do this. It looks like they are all having fun.
7. Scalinatella: This is another song that I could see being in a soundtrack to a movie. I could also see this being a song you can dance to. It is, for the most part, just Mike and an acoustic guitar. Strings do come in a little later. This song is also a beautiful song. This is a very, very chill song.
8. L'Uomo Che Non Sapeva Amare: This is a return to the feeling that I get from  Il Cielo In Una Stanza. I love this song because the backing vocals are awesome and this song has, what I think is, a harpsichord in it. There is also a part where there is this video games sounding thing. It kind of reminded me of The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny demo that Mr. Bungle made back in '86.
9. 20 KM Al Giorno: This is a jazzy feeling to it. It kind of reminds me of Minnie the Moocher. This song has a very slick feeling to it. The solo in this song is a keyboard solo that sounds kind of like something that Ray Manzarek would have played on a Doors' song. This song is very cool, and I mean that literally. 
10. Ti Offro Da Bere: This song has a like "piano riff". This song is another pretty song, but there is a guitar in there and it kind of sounds like a surf rock guitar. And it comes in after almost every verse on the song. It reminded me of something like the little guitar riff in The Air-Conditioned Nightmare off Mr. Bungle's 1999 album California. Not the main one, just... listen to the songs and you'll know what I mean.
11. Senza Fine: This is a very good way to finish this album. This song has this vibe that brings the song Good Night, which is the last song on side 4 of the 1968 self titled double album by The Beatles. It doesn't really sound that similar, it's just that I get that vibe from it. It's the last song, so lets say goodnight or good show, and maybe you'll comeback, but for now your tired and you want to end your "trip" fun. Lets say goodnight and goodbye. The horns and everything about this song work. The only thing that hurts the whole entire goodnight vibe is that towards the middle of the song it gets louder. But then towards the end it gets quiterer than it was before and it kind of just... ends. Well that is after the screams and noises are done, and the song goes back to the original loud feel. Then after than it is the end. And to say that's all there is a hit of a triangle and that ends the song and also the album

Overall this album gets a 10/10. This is a masterpiece and it's beautiful. This is the perfect album for just about any occasion. This can relax you, it can make you tear up, it can be something you listen to at a family party, you can even show your grandfather who likes this type of music. Patton's vocals throughout this album, for the most part, have this echo feel to it. I feel like this was recorded in a room with concrete walls when it comes to some of the quieter songs. It is best though with headphones on, but for the most part, what isn't. This was my fourth or fifth time listening to it, and I can honestly say that it has gotten boring.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

This is an album by Kanye. I kind of remember when this came out. I remember thinking that the album cover was too stupid to be censored and that he music have been very cocky and selfish to make an album cover like this. I don't have a problem with controversial album art, but I just thought that this one was ignorant. For what ever reason that affected me to not want to listen to this.

1. Dark Fantasy: This song starts out with like a prologue to a child's story. A British girl is saying things that kind of remind me of Dr. Seuss. Then there is like a choir of auto tune that actually sounds pretty cool. Then Kanye begins to rap. I think that the beat on this is actually pretty cool. The chorus of the song is like the auto tune part. I think that he actually does a good job at this flow. YES an Urkel reference. This is a good way to start off the album and I hope for this kind of enjoyment out of this for the rest of the album. This actually also kind of reminds me of the song that just came out by the band Fun. called We Are Young. {8/10}
2. Gorgeous: This song has Raekwon and Kid CuDi guest featuring on it. This song is also pretty cool. I think that the way this sounds it kind of reminds me of Wu-Tang Clan. I know that this is better than the songs that I heard off the hip hop collectives 1997 sophomore album Wu-Tang Forever. {8/10}
3. POWER: Oh Fuck this song is sick. He samples the first track, 21st Century Schizoid Man, off King Crimson's 1969 debut masterpiece In The Court Of The Crimson King. That is one of my favorite albums of all time. This song is exactly what it's called, Power! This song is super cool and pumps you up, a lot. Another thing is that at the end there is someone who is singing and it sounds like Frank Ocean to me. This is really cool and so far into this album I wan't to buy this album on vinyl and cd. You won't believe me if you don't hear this song. You got to laugh when it says "This will be a beautiful death" and then the backing vocals go "jumping out the window". That only shows how cocky Yeezy is. I mean seriously, would anyone care if he killed himself, besides himself.{9/10}
4. All Of The Lights (Interlude): This is like an powerful song. I feel like it is going to build up into something big. I hope that it will be as big as POWER or any other song thus far.
5. All Of The Lights: This song features Kid CuDi and Rihanna. I think that Rhy Dowg really hurts this song for me. She bugs me a lot, the beat is ok on this, but it isn't as big as I wanted it to be. I like CuDi on this song. His part is really cool and I think that he does a good job. Rihanna's part is kind of obnoxious. The way her voice is done bugs me and it kind of hurts the power of this song for me.
6. Monster: This song features Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, and I was very surprised when I saw this guy, Bon Iver. This song really is like a rap battle. I don't think that this song is that amazing. Probably because Wu-Tang Clan set the bar for rap battle sounds on an album with Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). The lyrics on this mention a pharaoh, I don't really like that, but whatever. I was hoping that I would like this song a lot more than I did. I mean this song isn't bad, but I don't think that its what I wanted it to be. And Nicki kind of hurt the song for me a little. She actually hurt the song more than Rihanna did on the last song. This is one of the better tracks. {7/10}
7. So Appalled: This song features artists including Jay-Z, Pusha T, CyHi Da Prynce, Swizz Beatz & The RZA. This song very much so let me down. I don't really like this song and it kind of drags on. The lyrics and the beat aren't that good. This is actually something that I could see OFWGKTA doing. Sorry.... but Kanye is a lot bigger than them. Don't you think that he should do a better song than Odd Future. The beat, for me, is so plain that I focused on the lyrics for this one. The lyrics aren't ever that amazing. I didn't really like this song {5/10}
8. Devil In A New Dress: Rick Ross was featured on this song. I think that this is has second appearance on this album. This song is pretty ite. I don't hate it or can't stand it. I actually think that this song is ok and decent. But as I said earlier, this has kind of been a let down since after track 4. The one thing that kind of saves this track for me though is the fact that it kind of reminds me of Marvin Gaye. There is also a crackle in the background that probably gives it a Marvin Gaye vibe to it.{8/10}
9. Runaway: This is the only song to have Pusha T on it. This song sounds pretty cool. But the lyrics are pretty much like douche bag party. It seems like they are celebrating being ass holes. I don't really have respect for the fact that he did this. Maybe if Justin Timberlake did this it would be funnier. But since Kanye, who is a notorious dick, it doesn't work for me. I mean I like the song a lot, outside of the lyrics. There is like a 30 minute music video/short film for this song. I really do like this song. The beat on this track and everything is pretty cool to. There is an over 3 minute outro of basically the exact same thing. {8/10}
10. Hell Of A Life: The way this song is, it kind of sounds like Heartless. I know it's a strech, but the way the song is set up. The instrumentation sounds like he sampled The Black Keys, what I would want to say, Gold On The Ceiling. I might be wrong, mainly because that song didn't come out until just over one year later. There is a like solo in there that actually sounds pretty cool. Then there is a part where it reminds me of The Weeknd.
11. Blame Game: This song features John Legend. This song reminds me of the song Airplanes by B.o.B. and I think that's a catchy song, but I don't love it. I think that they did a good job on this but I feel like this isn't something that I haven't heard before in my life. {7/10}
12. Lost In The World: This is the second song to have Bon Iver on it. There is a heavily auto tuned barbershop quartet sounding vocals in it. Then the beat comes in. This song is better than the last few tracks. This isn't that amazing but it's still better than So Appalled. When he starts rapping its ok. There is like an African drum beat leading to the end. This song isn't anything POWER or Dark Fantasy like, but more Gorgeous. I still like this, but I don't love it. {7.2/10}
13. Who Will Survive In America: This song is actually pretty cool. It is supposed to be like telling what is what. Whatever, I don't necessarily agree with what is being said, but if you don't listen to the words then it sounds ok.

Overall I have to give this a 6.6/10. The first couple tracks were awesome. The thing about it though is that it just went downhill from All Of The Lights. It kind of hurts to think that I was willing to buy this on vinyl. I still want the CD for my collection, but I don't like it as much as I though. And the thing too is that it just feels terrible to hear this whole entire thing. The last like 10 tracks aren't that good, and they are the longer tracks.

Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

This is the second studio album by pop singer Katy Perry under the name Katy Perry. Her first ever album was self titled under her birth name Katy Hudson released in 2001. And that it was christian/gospel music instead of pop music we know her for. I think that some of her music is actually pretty decent. Now the reason I picked Teenage Dream is because this has songs that I know off the top of my head. There are more songs on this one I know than on One of the Boys. My little sister actually has the clean version of this album. Another reason I have to review this is because I heard Part of Me, Firework, and The One That Got Away on the radio today. Also how could you not love the album cover. I would put the list of producers, but there is a shit load, 10.

1. Teenage Dream: This is the title track and it is a song I'm not huge on. I don't really like this song that much. I didn't like the video for the song, and I didn't really like the song. The song just kind of bugs me and kind of annoying to me.
2. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.): This song is another single from the album, and another music video. The video for this was actually pretty neat. The reason was because it kind of reminded me of a mini movie. Like Thriller, this was an interesting longer video. Lady Gaga's music videos are in no way artsy and they don't make sense. There isn't any "You don't look deep enough" it's just for attention. People that think they are insightful aren't and they don't know anything about art. I'm no artistic mastermind or even understand some art, but I know that people try to be different. Don't try to be anything, just be the way you are. Back to this song, I think that this is actually a pretty good song. I think that this is also a fun song.
3. California Gurls (featuring Snoop Dogg): I remember when this song came out. I remember, like every healthy teenage boy, Loving the music video. Katy defiantly knows how to get attention. This video, beside her, is actually not terrible. It's kind of funny, in a way. Well any way, this song is pretty catchy. I like that 
4. Firework: This is another songs that I'm not huge on. I know that it's a single, and they are supposed to be the best songs on the album, but I don't think that it's that great.
5. Peacock: This song reminds me of Mickey by Toni Basil. I think that this song is very much so a song that I could see being a cheer. One that a friendly cheerleader would sing to you, right before she tries to get with you. This song doesn't really grab my attention, except lyrically. There is a beat in there that is the same beat that is in California Gurls. There is no way that she isn't singing about a penis.
6. Circle the Drain: This song is a song that reminds me of a 90's pop song. This song is also the one where she says the word fucking. I think it's actually kind of ''sexy'' that she says fuck. I don't know why but it's different. I don't think that she really swears in other songs, but in this one she makes it sound kind of like she wants to get it out. This song is actually really neat. It kind of makes me feel like I'm tripping and she is telling me to stop because she doesn't want to take care of me, while I'm tripping. There is like pitch shifting done to the vocals as the songs is going on. It's kind of like the song Initiation by The Weeknd, but not to that extreme of vocal pitch shift
7. The One That Got Away: This is one of the songs that I'm not big on. Actually I don't even like this one. It kind of bugs me, more than Teenage Dream. I don't know why, but there is something about that just irritates me about this song. It is like the others but this one just rubs me the wrong way. This is a good song though. I think it's good, but I don't like it.
8. E.T.: I can't tell you how many times I heard this song at summer school on the bus. It was ridiculous how much I did. The fucking radio couldn't go one day without playing that. Now that I can listen to it by choice, I like it more. I think that this song is more dark than the other songs on this album. The rest of the songs are pop songs, and this one is a little more "scary". The video is "scary" if you think about it. It's not a stretch for a little kid, who might love her, be scared of the video. Well beside the Kanye part.... Oh shit! I really like this song, actually it's my favorite on the album. I think that there is this almost hypnotic brainwashing feel to the song that makes it impossible not to like it. I love it, not the video, but the song. {9/10}
9. Who Am I Living For?: The way this song is, with the way its sung and the beat. It kind of reminds me of The Weeknd or Drake. This is more of a R&B sounding song verses the other pop songs. I actually think that this song is pretty cool. It is another song that is a little different from the others on the album. It's always good to have variation, but it also depends on the artist and genre. This is a good song and it has cool singing {7.8/10}
10. Pearl: This is another song that remind me of like a mash up of a pop country song. I could see Kelly Clarkson singing this song. I also like this one, for the fact that it's different form the rest. I don't love it or think that it's amazing, but it's good to have variation.
11. Hummingbird Heartbeat: This song title sounds like one that I would pull out of my ass. No offense to Katy, but the title doesn't really sound like a song, if that makes sense. Well anyway this song is ok. This is a return to something that reminds me of Teenage Dream. She says virginity in this song, and I think that it's all about being in love. This kind of sounds like a filler, but that doesn't make it a bad song. Some of my favorite Beatles songs where actually their fillers. Don't Bother Me, Little Child, I think that the cover versions were to. And the melody on the second side of Abbey Road was all filler, unfinished songs. That little 17 minute melody changed my perspective on music. Though I am not crazy about the song it's not terrible. It's actually just over 16 minutes.
12. Not Like The Movies: This is a song with piano. It is kind of a sweet way to end the album. I think that this sounds like a song that would be in a Disney soundtrack.

Overall I have to give this a 6.8/10. What can I say, Katy pulled off on damn good album. I might not be huge on it so much, but that doesn't make it a bad album. I think that there were to many parts on it that hurt it a little. I am still going to do all of her other stuff, and Gaga's 2009 Fame Monster Ep

EARL - Earl Sweatshirt

This is currently the only solo mixtape released by the rapper Earl Sweatshirt from the rap group OFWGKTA. I've reviewed Frank Ocean's mixape Nostalgic, Ultra, The whole Odd Future gang's The OF Tape Vol. 2, and Tyler, The Creator's sophmore album Goblin so far. I plan on reviewing all of their stuff. ALLL OF IT!!!! You know why, "Cuz I'm... Mother Fucking Radical". No but seriously I've learned that with these guys their stuff is a lot to take, at least for me. See Goblin has grown on me, certain parts on Nostalgic, Ultra went every way, grew on, against, or stayed the same to me. That's why I'm gonna take my time reviewing this mix tape. It starred this review 3.25.12 and well see when it goes up. Also I think that this is going to be an interesting review. Hopefully I'll be able to put on Odd Future solo effort each week day, this week. I'm going to upload two on Friday because I messed up with Monday. This is going up on 3.28

1. Thisniggaugly: This song is more of an intro to the mixtape. It is just a really short song like a minute and a half. This song isn't that crazy amazing. It sounds like them dicking around.
2. Earl: This song is kinda scary. I could see someone being intimidated by this song.  This was the first song by Earl that I heard. This song was unattractive to me at first, but it is kind of cool. 
3. Couch Featuring Ace Creator: This is a song that continues this Goblin Demos feel for me. I think that this song is pretty ok. I love how Tyler mentions Twilight, and Kelly Clarkson in this song. This also has this same aggression to it that would be on Goblin.
4. Kill: This song is on the list. I do think that this song has a very strong and good flow. I really like this song a lot. Another thing is the pop culture references and illusions he uses on this song is sick. I think that this is probably one of the best bashes I've heard. He just but fucks everyone on this song. His bashes are better than anything that I've ever heard anything Em say EVER! {11/10}
5. Wakeupfaggot: This song has this sample of like trumpets and strings in the beginning. This song is like a skit. But it is a weak skit. It's he is mad at his mom for waking him up.
6. Luper: This song makes up for the poor attempt at a skit. This is defiantly a piano part that was used on Yonkers. This beats hurt it, but they don't.
7. epaR Featuring Vince Staples: This song has a dub step beat...... NO!!!! The beginning kind of scared me. But it kind of ends, so to say. This song is fucking sick. Vince reminds me so much of Em on some  song where he would be in the Shady persona.
8. Moonlight Featuring Hodgy Beats: This song starts out with the futuristic outer space sounds. Then Earl and Hodgy's voice is distorted, kind of like The therapist for Bastard and Goblin. I'm not that crazy about this song, but it think it kind of works for the name. When I heard the name and the title, it reminded me of like the levels in Pokemon with the ghosts Pokemon and stuff.
9. Pigions Featuring Wolf Haley: They mention "Kill People, Burn Shit, Fuck School" in this song. That is also the anthem of Radical on Tyler, The Creator's 2011 sophomore effort Goblin. This song is really good. I like this a lot and can look over the massive use of the word swastika. I really think that this song is Bad Ass {9/10}
10. Stapleton: This song is another song that I could see on Bastard. Yesterday, I got a taste of Bastard and it's basically like Goblin, but worse produced beats. This is comparable to Bastard more so than Goblin. This is the song were he mentions the KKK. This song's flows are ok, but what hurts the song for me is the beats. I don't really think that the beat compliments the flows.

Overall I have to give this mixtape a 7.5/10. These song has this scary beat to it. One that I could see being on something like "Goblin demos". If you know what I mean, by that its not like as good quality sounding beats as Goblin, but Goblin isn't that good beat quality either. I don't love this song, but that's because I feel like it's a little too much. It feels like it's a lot to take in, it isn't not Kanye, or Rhianna where it takes one listen to see if you like it. In the beginning I was scared to listen to this, and I wouldn't like it, but I LOVE THIS MOFO. The first time I heard tracks Kill that set my interest and I was addicted. It was also a really quick 23 minutes. It was also very interesting. Something else that I noticed was that they mentioned the KKK a lot in their rhymes. I have to fix something so I went back and added something.

Speak Now - Taylor Swift

Now I've never really been a huge fan of this girl. Actually there were like 2 songs that I liked by her. Well my cousin Stevie showed me the videos of Better Than Revenge, Speak Now, and Haunted. I thought that those were really cool because I'm used to hearing Taylor sing about being sad, and something that is, for lack of better word, "cute". The first song I heard of this was Mean and I really liked that song. So I decided to someday listen to the whole album, but I never really got to it. Today that's changing. I heard 77% of this album before I started reviewing this and I have to say I was, well....

1. Mine: This song starts out the album. I think that this song doesn't nessicarly foreshadow how good the rest of the album is. It starts out cool and it isn't bad, but well it doesn't have that umph!. I think that the chorus is good but this song just doesn't leave that amazing of an imprint on me. This song reminds me too much of what I would of heard on Fearless.
2. Sparks Fly: This song isn't that amazing either. Trust me thought, try to forget about these songs if you don't like them. The album gets a ton better. It bugs me that these sound like Fearless leftovers. You know like outtakes or extra unused songs from Fearless. And it really doesn't, at least to me, like she tyred to change them up that much.
3. Back To December: There is this sound that sounds like it is tremolo. This song kind of reminds me of winter and December.This song also really reminds me of an orchestrated take, with different lyrics, of Mean. I'm not huge on it, but I still kind of like it. This song is cool, I'm just not digging it for some reason that I just am not. {4.6/10}
4. Speak Now: This song is a song that I could picture on Fearless but revamped for this new album. I'm not IN LOVE with this but I like it. I also like the idea of the song and the whole feel. I think that the instrumentation of the song is cool and think that the. I like this song I'm just not a psycho for this song as much as some of the songs after Mean. This song also has the overall old school country feel to it. For that reason it will get a {7/10}
5. Dear John: This is a long ass mother fucker. I was not looking forward to it. This song is neat in the fact that there is a big story behind it. Like a wedding and the man left her. I think that the music fits the song but for now I'm not crazy about this song. It does pick up pace but it has that country ideals feel to it. This is a pretty song thought and I think that a country music fan would very much so like this song.
6. Mean: I'm pretty sure I saw this the day the music video came out. I thought that this was a little different for T. Sweezy because I actually liked it. I wasn't a big fan of her. But this song was a little different. I really liked that the lyrics weren't so cute and they were more aggressive and it was more uplifting than some of her other love songs. Like your mean, but I can over come that and as long as I love myself I can accomplish anything.
7. The Story Of Us: This song picks up and goes. This song is also where the power of the album comes in. Mean was soft and not powerful, in the fact of the loudness. This song is the first fast paced song. This is a really good song. I like also how at the end of some of her chorus she says like "Next Chapter". I think that this is awesome. The way she sings it and the way the instruments are in this song are also really cool. This also has a really fun feel to it. Like though it is aggressively lyrically it seems like it would be fun to play live.
8. Never Grow Up: This song is complimented by the end of the last. This song is pretty. There is finger picking in this song and it still has that young feel to it. This song sounds like it is a person singing and saying to not leave their childhood. This song is very pretty and reminds me of being my age. It is nice to hear something that is so real to me. I think growing up is important, but you can't be an adult. You need to still have that kid in you and it means a lot to hear a song about wanting to stay young and a kid. There are so many people around me who are either immature or maturing. But on both sides they will grow up and lose their childhood and their inner kid. That's really no fun.
9. Enchanted: This song acoustic guitar part made me cry. The beginning made me tear up. It so strange to think that it is that way. It sounds so pretty and is just an emotional song. The part where the chorus comes in isn't as powerful to me. But the beginning and the verses is the part where it hits. It is just like "BOOM" on my heartstrings in the very beginning. I don't really know how to better explain it.
10. Better Than Revenge: This song is  bad ass. I mean seriously she fucking says "She's better known for her roles on the mattress" that's a pun. That is super sick, I didn't Taylor had that in her. Goes to show that people aren't always what you think. This is a fast song and catchy. It is also very powerful and has a hard chorus to get out of your head. This is more of a rock song than country, though there is still country sounds on it. The lyrics are just so, for me, mind blowing aggressive for what I thought she was capable of. I mean some of the lyrics are said pretty angrily. Just listen to this song, even if you don't like her music. You might be surprised, I was. {9.5/10}
11. Innocent: This song has a feel that reminds me of Paramore's 2009 song Misguided Ghosts. I really like that song. Part of the reason was because it was so different from the rest of that album. This also continues the themes of "revenge". I mean that in the way of angry and why did you do this. Your as Innocent as you claim to be. This song is still pretty and touching. There is like this buried guitar solo under everything else going on it the song, which fits perfect. I think that it's cool that they did that and how it sounds.
12. Haunted: This song is also way more mature than some of her other stuff. This song also has the huge orchestral sound to it. Some groups try to use strings to sound big and better, well Swizzle pulls that shit off in this song. This song's chorus is so fricken catchy and is hard to forget. I still remember when I first heard it. And that was at least 2/3 weeks ago. Seriously, I mean I don't constantly think about it, but when I do it hits. The guitar solo is short but it works. After the solo there is a breakdown that starts with her singing along with a piano and then come the strings and everything else. I seriously could see this being played at like the Super Bowl or something. Another thing too, there is like this electric guitar power chords and it is more supporting her voice along with the string and the drums and bass and everything fits. Prefect {10/10}
13. Last Kiss: This song is sweet and reminds me of Innocent. I like this song, because it is pretty. But I don't like this song because it is too similar to Innocent for me. As you see there are conflicting feeling to this song for me. This is also a nice love song, and is a pretty song. I like it, just not love it. Also this song is a little long for me to love.
14. Long Live: This song is better than Last Kiss. I like this song. I feels like it builds and it is a more upbeat than the last song. This song makes up for the last track It isn't huge, like I want it to be, but it is still pretty good. It also is meaningful and makes me think of running around with a life long friend that you love and it doesn't work out. And remembering the fun you had and trying to stay together. It is a good way to end an album.

Overall I have to give this album a 8.1/10. I was extremely surprised that I liked it so much. I very much dislike country, for the most part, and epically new country rock. It isn't that appealing to me. Well this album was very appealing to me, and I think part of it is because it is more mature than most country. By that it's not She Left Me, or Lets Get Drunk. It's more meaningful and aggressive. If those first 3 songs weren't on this album then that would of helped me out big time with the way that I rated this album. Possibly a 9/9.5 instead of an 8.1. I'm getting this on CD and if they make it, on Vinyl. I hope she keeps up this new sound/style, so to say.

100 Altered Girls - Zoom On A Kill

This is a band that I found out about via FrostClick. I've searched their links and can't figure out if this is an Ep or not. The first song I'd ever heard by them was a songs called as a colab with someone called ˦eS‡∆iSL. I wasn't a fan of that song because it was too dubstep to it. On Bandcamp they tagged themselves as "8-bit, chiptune, dance" which I'd agree. This is a Mexican group and that's all I can really find about them. I do like the album cover a lot. I think that the colours in it look cool

1. Roses in Sadbrain: This song is dubstep. I don't really like dubstep.... like at all. Now this is ok because it isn't die hard Skril-shit.
2. We: I can see this as a kind of interlude inbetween the tracks.
3. ▲▲▲CiD Cloones▲▲▲:  This is dubstep. This could also be described as house music. There is a part in this where it sounds like the part where mario jumps.
4. Subhumanos & Vaginas de Leopardos: This is very 8-bit sounding to it. The beginning of the song reminds me of Mario or Link. There is a driving type of bass drum in there that makes this kind of a march.
5. La Droga Peligrosa CC: This song is kind of like the others, electronic and beats and not terrible.
6. Pokk  O▲O  Pokk: This be dubstep. This track irritates me that they wan't to make dubstep. I don't like that genre and I don't think there is much talent needed to make dubstep. There are voice samples in this song. There is a part at like 2:20 where there is a mexican band sample. The song then sounds like it has voices that fall apart to the fade.
7. Vintage Mecanic Love: The beginning of this song reminds me of like a sampled rock and roll christmas Trans Siberian Orchestra thing. I STRONGLY don't like them. This isn't that bad, like some of the others its just it isn't mind blowing for me. There is a lot more electronic guitar parts that come in on it and it ends in odd sounding way.

Overall I give this a 4.5/10. I didn't hate it, but I don't really like this music. It was short, so that a plus, but it wasn't redicaliously bad. The thing is that loops have pretty much lost their effect of boring me since 7 Skies H3 by The Flaming Lips. I talk about that a lot but come on, I lasted 12 hours of that bitch before I passsed out. Can't wait to review that fucker. I think that maybe someday I might return to this, but I know that I'm looking forward to reviewing these guys other albums I downloaded. Also can't wait to review Skrillex.

Dark Room - Hot Fiction

I found out about this group on Last.fm, where I have all my albums I've recorded uploaded to. Hot Fiction is a garage rock band from the UK. These guys look ok, and I want to free space on this bitch so here we go with this album review of this UK garage rock band. The thing is I'm planning on having one review uploaded daily. I'll get a good start because I have a four day weekend (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday).

1. Start It Off: This seems like it is an atempt to be The White Stripes or The Black Keys
2. If I Had A Girl: This song is another song that I've already heard before. Nothing suprising
3. My Girl Dances: The beginning riff sounds like a rip of Gimme Three Steps. This song sounds like a rip of Gimme Three Steps.
4. War of Attrition: Major differences between other songs.... This sounds like El Camino in the worst way possible.
5. Autum Girl: This has a funky bass in it. The vocals on this track somewhat remind me of Jack White. Not in a exact way but a similar way. Also there is a harmonica solo on this song. It is ok, not amazing but ok. But then it picks up at the last 40 seconds into something that reminds me of The Black Keys.
6. I Just Want Your Body: This song isn't very original either
7. Thump: This one is good... psyche
8. When Nothing Mattered: Hey the beginning of this one isn't that bad. For realizes. This is not amazing but it is a decent song on the album {4/10} unlike the rest of the songs {3/10}
9. Get Out Of My House: And this is back to well... no
10. Truly Dark: Bad
11. Laid Me Low: BADD
12. Creepy Disco: This song has terrible lyrics.

Overall I think this sucked... so it's 3/10. This isn't very original and its not like I haven't ever heard this before, you know. These guys sound like they copied the bands I mentioned before. There are people who will like this because they like everything to sound the same... that not me. The album lost me after track 3.

Crater Lake - Rogue Valley

This is a band that I found out via FrostClick, and as a part of my this for this month each Monday-Thursday will be a free download music, with the exception of anniversaries of albums, and Friday-Sunday will be music you have to purchase. This is by a band that has released 4 releases in the course of a year, this being the first (Hence the pale coloured ''I'' in the bottom right corner). No matter how this review turns out I will hope fully be reviewing their other 3 albums. Based off the album covers this seems like it's either a concept and each album is like a volume of it, or they just like using the same album covers. But based on the names of the other albums I could very easily see it being an intentional "Läther" type of thing. By that I mean it is the same album, just split into different releases, but these guys might of done a big quadruple album but released it separately into 4 albums. If so that makes sense these guys released their debut with "Crater Lake" and a debut album with 40+ songs (figure about 10-12 songs per average album) to take at once, especially if it is your first listen to a new band. I ultimately had to listen to this thing twice because I didn't think it was amazing but I could tell that 2 times through wouldn't be that bad. But you'll see why I could only do it once.

1. The Warming Moon: This song has an upbeat country type of feel to it. I think this song is ok it is in no way smazing but its ok. The vibe I get from this song hopefully does not foreshadow the rest of the album. If do then this wont be an amazing album. I think that the acoustic guitar in the back sounds cool. The thing is that "I've heard this before". 
2. Red River of the North: This song kind of reminds me of something Fleet Foxes-Esq but better quality recording. And also a little bit of These Animals, which self titled Ep I reviewed earlier. (You can find it by either clicking on the FrostClick link on the side or the Ep link on the side, or 2011 link). This isn't really anything that amazing so far. I have heard clips of a band called Fun. (there is a period in their name). And that sounds like something that would be on that album.
3. English Ivy: This song reminds me of a better quality High and Dry by the band Radiohead. I could see the being on 1995's The Bends, if they went back and rerecorded the songs for like a rerelease or something.
4. I-5 Love Affair: this song kinda of reminds me of the title track off Arcade Fire's 2010 The Suburbs. Just more of an acoustic version of this.
5. Hummingbird: when I first saw this song I thought of Neutral Milk Hotel. This could be a cover. I know they didn't write or record this song but that's what I think of. This is an ok son
6. Crater Lake: this reminds me of Coldplay. Espicslly the guitar and the vocals. And also Christmas music I'd hear at church. I'm not huge on Christmas music.c
7. Rope Swing Over Rogue Valley: this sounds like it it would be a song that I like. It just doesn't deliver enough or me to like it. It sounds like the rest of the songs I me.
8. Ursa Minor: this song is el samo
9. The Occidental Hotel: this is pretty much on the same boat as all the other songs.
10. The Planting Moon: I really have lost all interest in this album
11. Slack Water: why must there be more
12. El-Ay: I can honestly say that I spaced out at this song.

Overall I see this album as a 3/10. I think that I was expecting more out of it. It reminds me to much of Arcade Fire, Radiohead both of which I think are ok bands. I really like some indie music. The thing tough is that some indie bands sound too much alike. You can tell that this could be frustrating. This album is the kind of novelty music that I don't like.

Pure Sappiness - STUB HORN

I found out about this artist from FrostClick email I got back a while ago. I had heard the first song and really liked it. I don't really know much about these guys and I'm too lazy to look up a lot more. I know that he has a free download of his album, legal, at bandcamp. Using my best judgement this album is more of an Ep. I'm also going to do his Out of Thin Air - B-Sides & early demos thing next week.

1. Come With Me: This is a good first song to start of an Ep. I think that this reminds me of something off Nevermind or Superunknown. This song is a catchy song and is what originally made me want to listen to this song. I really like this and it is good. Now it's not as cool as it was the first time as it is now the 10th, 11th time. I still think that it's cool and sounds pretty good.
2. No More: This is more of a better quality wise sontg off Bleach. The intro or the song at least. After the intro he starts having a higher pitch voice talking to him like it's a girl. It's a kind of corny version of Grunge. The vibe I get from this guys is that he isn't so serious about his music and did this for fun.
3. Out Of Time: This song is still another grunge feeling song. This one has more distorted vocals that sound like he's talking over a phone. This is by far the longest song being 4:21. The second longest is 3:20 and the shortest is 1:40. This song seems to drag on and gets boring. The other songs were better because they were short and to the point. This songs just seem's like one of those songs that make it hard for me to like grunge #certain Alice And Chains type songs. The ones where they are moody and depressing.
4. Make It Real: This makes up for it. This song is up beat like Come With Me. I like how he went from the longest song to the second shortest song on the album. This is different sounding, but just as good, as Come With Me.
5. Earthquake in Town: This is the second longest song on the album. This song is more of one that I could see being on a Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack to the video game. The riff has a type of different feel to it than all the other tracks and the song is different. More mean and agressive lyrically and instrumentation wise.
6. Alone: This song starts out with an instrumental that sounds somewhat up beat. This reminds me of Monkey Wrench by the Poo Fighters (Foo Fighters). There is a very reverb/flanger/wah-wah distorted guitar solo in the song.
7. Chicken In The Kitchen: This song reminds me of Primus. There is no particular reason it just does. This song is another song that is completely different than all the other songs on the ep. This is has another very distorted vocals and guitar. and ends ubruply, like Rock You Like A Hurricane. Not soundwise just the way it is.

Over all I'll give this a 6.75/10. I liked it but I don't LOVE grunge. I think that this is a kind of joke version of dare I say Post-Grunge. I like this a lot, I mean a lot, more than Seether or Three Gay's Grace (I saw them at Uproar 2011 and they were terrible). I don't like that, but I do, it's so clear. I wish it wasn't so stereo. I have a problem when some things often sound too open.

History of Forgotten Things - Jed Whedon and the Willing

Today is my friend Jason Meagher's 17th birthday. In honor of his birthday I'm going to listen to his favorite album and voice my opinion on it. Now the first time I heard it I kind of thought it was terrible, and didn't even listen to the whole thing. But since I'm doing a review of it I have to listen to it at least twice or more. I also know that Jed's brother Josh is in the movie business, well here is the wikipedia page info that will do him more justice that I.

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon (born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, executive producer, director, comic book writer, occasional composer and actor, founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-creator of Bellwether Pictures. He is best known as the creator and show runner of the television series Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Angel (1999-2004), Firefly (2002) and Dollhouse (2009-2010), as well as the short film Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008). Whedon wrote and directed the movie adaptation of Marvel's The Avengers which will be released in May 2012. He is also notable for his work in film, comic books, and online media. Many of Whedon's projects, as well as Whedon himself, enjoy cult status.

 Now there is probably stuff missing but that's just the wikipedia stuff at the top. So I am going to actually listen to this at least twice and see whats what.

1. Interstate: The Beginning of this song remind me of an electric xylophone with a guy talking over a microphone to space. As soon as the guitar and chorus come in it reminds me of a Phil Colins song In The Air Tonight, with vocals that also sound like Peter Gabriel on the Genesis album Selling England By The Pound. But that all stops with at about 1:10 where he begins to sing and the drum beat is upbeat with some extra outer space type feeling sound ambient effects going on. The piano solo at about 2:15 is probably the part where is sounds like outer space. This song reminds me of Eisley's brand new Ep Deep Space. Now my second time through this reminds me of what I now know as desrible as donkey kong.
2. Tricks on Me: I thought it was funny that in the beginning he says allegory. That, not that meaning, but an different spelling of that word is an inside joke between me and Jason. This song seems like something that would be on a Big Movie soundtrack. Something like when the kid is riding a bike an it's the beginning where he/her is talking about the premise of his/her life. This song also has a country feel to it, with a drumbeat that somewhat reminds me of Paul Simon's 1975 hit single 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. Which also is another song that is cool because one of our favorite bands is Flight of The Conchords and they payed homage to that song in their song Carol Brown .
3. To Be Money: The feel I get from this song is one that is what I guess you'd call low-fi. My favorite part of the album is at about 2 minute mark where there is a change in the song, kinda. Like by that I mean like, not sound wise just way wise, Another Girl by The Beatles where it goes "Another Girl, who will love me till the end, through thick and thin she will always be my friend". The song is pretty much a easy listen until it picks up and gets heavier at the last 40 seconds to the fade of the song. 
4. Drone: I feel like this name fits the song. This is another song that has an outer space feel to it. The ambient feel of the background is what adds to it. This reminds me of Lights Out off Deep Space Ep. The second time around I figured out that the introduction beat reminds me of Eminem's song The Way I Am off The Marshall Mathers Lp. I like the acoustic guitar solo on this song. It adds to the vibe and feel.
5. Sugar Cane: This is like like Tricks On Me where it isn't a mellow song, except at the 2:43, but it picks up. The solo in the song is very electronic and sounds good and I love the fact that the bass is so prevalent. The second time around I like the beat more and the guitar and the dirty bass in the background.
6. Ancestors: This songs beginning reminds me of that one song from Titanic, but in space. I know I keep making that space comparison but that what it reminds me of. But it is I think a pretty cool outro, if this was a vinyl, to side one. Because it ends with a sweet feel to it, which is almost always good. 
7. Last Man: Now if this was a Vinyl this would be a good start to side 2. The song is completely different that any other song on the album. This song's chorus reminds me of a good version of Teenage Dream. Which might be a turn off but it is good. This is probably my favorite song. at 2:27ish there is a industrial machine feel right before a solo that sounds like a jazz solo. I don't really think it fits the song. I wish that that machine beat would be more than like 10 seconds and get cut off by a jazz sounding solo that I don't think fits the song.
8. Heat of a Match: This doesn't have a good flow from Last Man to Heat of a Match. I know that it is a different song but in the solo of this song it reminds me of the keyboard solo in MGMT's Congratulations title track, but with a guitar added in. This song gives me a very much so MGMT's Congratulations instrumentation to it until the singing comes in, then it goes back to the space feel, and one that drifts away into space with the piano solo.
9. Trouble Maker: The electronic beat in the background of this song remind me of Diddy Kong. You know the one that is for Super Nintendo. The one with the pirate crocodiles 
10. Bad Son: At first the strings make this song good. but the strings end up making this song kind of drag. And I'm at just over 2 minutes.At 3:30 mark there is a guy who is talking over the music and it reminds me of As I Lay Dying, not style just the way it is played, song to Repeating Yesterday. Or a Killswitch Engage. I laughed the second time around because when that guy talked he asid "Huge Mass" and "Ann" and i said Her!?
11. One of Those Ages: The beginning is like this kid is regretting that he has done some mistakes. I feel like this is has a good lead into the chorus to it and the chorus reminds me of some type of Arcade Fire song off Funeral, which is my favorite Arcade Fire album. This is just an teenage song, like I could see things being the part in the movie where he is forever young and wants summer to last forever but he ends up looking back and his youth has gone by and he is grown up, wanting to do over some mistakes and relive some fun times to.
12. These Words: The beginning of the song is sweet and soft. My only complaint is that he wouldn't sing on this album. I think it would be a good "reprise" of Ancestors if it was just instrumental, but the think is it picks up and the vocals fit. I don't think it would work without vocals unless the beginning of the song was the whole song. and I also wish that if it was instrumental version of the song the build up is gone and it only be like 2 minutes. I still like the song, I just think you should look at it from that aspect. This would be at the end leading up to the credits where the person says the ending words and leads to the ending with the part where the credits start at where the song goes into that heavier part, until the end of the song which fades and thus the credits are over.

Over all this album gives me a novelty feel to it, but in a good way. I would give this a 7.5/10 the first around, but after relistening to it I'd give it an 7.8/10. I'm not huge into this type of much.I think this would be a soundtrack to some movie that would be very successful, and would be one that has a setting in summer. I feel like the lyrics also fit to that summer movie of a kid who would be just growing up and gets himself into messes but grows up and looks back. I think this sounds like a cross between, though this came out after this album, Eisley's Deep Space Ep and Phil Colin's In The Air Tonight and MGMT's 2010 release Congratulations. Another thing this reminds me of is Diddy Kong game for Super Nintendo. The sounds of the electronics in the background remind me of the music in that game. I like this buy. The second time around I fell like it also sounds like Fleet Foxes on some tracks and I also like it a lot more that I did the first time.

Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold

There is a reason that I can honestly say that Avenged Sevenfold's fifth album Nightmare, is in my top 5 all time favorite albums of all time. Part of the reason is because of all the stuff that they went through with the passing of The Rev, who was their drummer, who died right before they were going to start recording the final cuts. This album has lots of memories for me. I remember the day the single Nightmare came out. I saw a ad on Facebook and then, I was a bad ass because I bought the song without even asking my parents. When I first heard the beginning of the song I was hooked on it, then I remember listening to it 3 or 4 times in the day. I left home and in the car, while my dad was picking something up, I turned on the radio and all I missed was the beginning, Now I'm no amazing album reviewer but I think it's worth a shot to voice my opinions. I saw the track listing I think the day they released it and I thought it was the most bad ass thing that they had a 11 minute song, which I know off the top of my head it's actually 10:56. I listened it the day before I left for camp on like July 23rd, but i didn't really remember anything, because I was too busy to actually pay attention, about it except some song's drums sounded like Almost Easy and some of the songs sounded cool. While I was going up to camp I watched the Welcome to the Family YouTube black ops video at least, I am defiantly not over exaggerating, 15 times. I was also bad ass for listening to God Hates Us on YouTube to. The day it came out I drove my mom, who wasn't camping, nuts and said that she had to get the Cd the day it came out. I was so in need of that Cd I almost had someone pick it up at camp for me. well after "hell" was over I got home and burned it on my iTunes. It felt so surreal touching it. I listened to it on the way to my cousins college graduation party and I was psyched when my other cousin, Stevie, was waiting to talk to me about the album.

1. Nightmare: The intro of the song is amazing. I don't care what anyone else thinks This song still feels the same way it did the first time I heard it. I remember just being in awe at this song. I still am to this day. That all i can really say about this song.
2. Welcome to the Family: This song is worthy of Metal royalty. The sick intro and the... I don't know exactly how to explain it. My favorite part is bridge, Avenged make a lot of amazing bridges, and the bridge makes me tear up a little. There is little at what i can say about this song to. With out over thinking the 3 minutes of the song. Save Me is nice all you have to do is listen to it two or three times to get your ideas, this not so much.
3. Danger Line: This is the song that made me want to learn piano, fo realz. It's such a beautiful song and the way they pulled this off it, makes me tear up. yes I begin to cry at its beauty. And I get this chill that makes me cry when I listen to it. I'm crying while I'm typing this up right now. The guitar solo makes, for me a little breather from crying after hearing his vocals that are extremely touching. But that ends when I hear "the whistler", as credited in the album, whistles and the drums/piano fadeout.
4. Buried Alive: The first time I heard this I didn't think much of it but after hearing it, and actually listening to it I love it. This songs intro gives me a chill, almost like the one from Danger Line. And the chorus makes it blood pumping. The first and second verses just "rip me apart". The violins make it all that much better and more emotional. After the second chorus at about 3:51 it holy shit. That's all I can say. at 4:14 the harmony part makes up one of  my FAVORITE guitar solos. The post solo at like 4:58 is awesome, especially live, but the rest of the song is blood pumping and aggressive. I love the way this ends on a fast beat and then stops, and the faster beat is picked up on Natural Born Killer, and the opposite for Danger Line into Buried Alive, one starts softer and the other begins softer
5. Natural Born Killer: This song is an 'iffie. There are days I like it more than others. The drums sound too much like Almost Easy, so I really only get the whole thing out of the song when I listen to the album front to back. The 1st solo is also pretty cool
6. So Far Away: This song is good. I feel like an asshole because this is every one's favorite song because it's about The Rev. Well FYI I remember listening to Avenged and liking them, not enough to say i was a fan, when I was in 7th grade. 2 years before he died. Now so many people love him and didn't know about the band till after he died. I honestly love this song. It makes me cry, not as much as Gunslinger, but it is still touching. The best part I think, that makes me begin to tear, is  the second acoustic solo at 3:28. That, along with the video, and also the drums make me begin to tear. I hate myself for not being a big enough fan to be affected by The Rev and I will always feel that way.
7. God Hates Us: If you look at this album as one big picture it could be looked at as a nightmare. The beginning of title track is soft, like falling into your sleep, then it picks up, your in your nightmare, then the bad dream begins to faze as you hit Danger Line and you are at peace when Buried Alive comes along. But the nightmare picks up at the end of Buried Alive and into Natural Born Killer. This fazes off and for all of So Far Away the nightmare becomes a beautiful dream. So sound asleep right? wrong. This song has its eerie intro and is the 1st climax of your night mare. The solo the vocals the everything is terrific. Then it just cuts to the same eerie intro as the outro.
8. Victim: This is picking up as the peaceful part of your big dream and stays this way until the end. This was a different song where I didn't appreciate it till I actually listened to the album in its whole. Which quick fact, I have played this album, looking at my iTunes play, at least 20 times. The solo is sick, one of my all time favorites EVER, and the vocals are cool. This is just a awesome song. I think the best part is after the solo from 3:54-4:54. That is my favorite minute and then goes into another awesome solo. I also love the bongos and I think the ending is better with that part, but i think it's perfect that way because it is just how it began
9. Tonight the World Dies: This is arguably one of the most eerie songs Avenged has ever done. This song took more than one listen to appreciate it. but it is great. The solo good blues and twang. The beginning and end work perfect and it's great and the acoustic guitar makes the song all that much creepier.
10. Fiction: This song is to king of i didn't think i would like it because of piano. That changed after I heard Danger Line finding a new love for piano. And after listening to it's beautifulness for real. It is, to me, like they are singing to each other and trying to grab out to each other but can't reach. I guess you could look at it, if you run about 100 miles with it, according to my way of the way it sounds like they are reaching out to each other. It could be like Dear God, roughly like god watch out for my girl and take care of her while I'm away and not around, combine with Afterlife, The guy dies and doesn't want to be dead and wants to return to his life back on earth and escape, concept wise if you use my take on, not fiction's story but the way the lyrics and the atmosphere from voices, strings, piano, bass and drums it's like they are singing to each other because they are brothers. but at 3:33 comes one of the most touching parts of any song, EVER, with the organ breakdown and them singing. Looking at my take on how it sounds, the are coming to grips that they won't see each other.... yet 
11. Save Me: This song is orgasm worthy. I remember seeing this as the either worst song or the most mother fucker song I've seen by Avenged. This was before hearing it. When i listened to the album, in pieces on Soundcloud, as i said earlier. But I talked to Stevie about it and after that I tryed, this fall, to beat Save Me to school. If I moved my but it'd be a 15 minute walk but i tried to get home in under 11 minutes. Never did but that makes this song that much more meaningful to me. Ok so here is the part about the music. The intro guitar takes off, your dream is over this is a bitter sweet wrap up. So sit down bitch and take it. At 1:23 how the lead guitar picks up, that my friend is jizz your pants worthy. The great intro/build up to any song. He doesn't even start singing until 2:02. And the chorus is touching the vocals take over but if you actually listen to the instrumentation through out the album its sick. I love that they use the whisper type thing, much like Critical Acclaim and Welcome to the Family. Ok 4:49 another amazing build up to a well... amazing solo. This song gets better every time I listen to it. I seriously am having trouble sitting down and not attempting to jam along. The ''breakdown'' at 5:48 is another thing that helps this get into the next part of the song. The cowboy-ish arpeggios Syn plays at 6:08 are, I feel the best way ever to slow down and build up for another solo. At 7:35 is where it gets into full swing and back to the original verse type just wanting to get fucked in the asshole. This part makes it seem like there is going to be a big solo, the intro guitar riff even comes in but It is just as good if not better that it's the way that it is and slows down into part of what helps prove this beautiful song. Now the tearjerker in this song starts at around 9:29 where it is the GREATEST way to end a 10+ minute song.

Overall Nightmare deserves a 100/10. These guys deserve more success for their skills. Everyone thinks their cool or they are good because of 1 or 2 songs. Well they can get raped by Save Me and see if they actually only like 1 or 2 songs anymore. This album has so much more that I can offer but this is the best I ca do for now.