2004-12-21
Some new music
I used to have an unlimited eMusic account. When they got bought out and it wasn't as good of a deal I cancelled. Well, one of their latest marketing campaigns is to email previous subscribers and offer them a free month (which is 40 songs). After that it's $9.95/month for 40/month. There are some other packages but you can always buy "booster packs" that will get you $50 songs for $14.95. Anyway... enough of the back ground.
The first album I got was Audit in Progress by Hot Snakes. I'd heard "Hi-Lites" before after it was discussed on a message board (j.hall's forum on prosoundweb) and liked it. It's some hard hitting music. Noisy, yelling... just a blast. I'm not liking as much agressive music lately but this album is great. It's refreshing to hear simple direct lyrics belted out at top volume at you.
Antics by Interpol is good. It's not as good as Turn on the Bright Lights but it's listenable. So far not much has jumped out at me but I've heard that some of the songs take some time to grow on you. The bass parts are a standout and the bass is much more prominent on this album. I am kind of missing the over-compressed sound they had on "Bright Lights."
I finally got around to Pedro the Lion's newest, Achilles Heel. Previously Pedro the Lion hadn't really caught my ear but this album is great! Everything sounds really well thought out and well put together. There was definitely a good concept for the sound. They have recording notes on the album website that list the microphones and preamps used through the recording. For the most part it's very minimal, most of the drums are only an overhead and a kick mic, but everything sounds really full.
Finally, The New What Next from Hot Water Music. I really like Hot Water Music but haven't been impressed today... I'm going to give this one a few days before I make much of a call on it.
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