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1. Charles Bronson 2 disc set of all there shit, released or unreleased: This two disc set is fucking great! Disc 1 has 96 songs on it and they all come at you hard, fast and loud. Most songs on here are only about a minute or less the last one # 96  is the only one that's over a minute it's six and a half minutes long and it's a Charles Bronson live set with about 5 or 6 songs all together! Disc 2 is 21 tracks of unreleased shit and it has the feeling of being recorded live in the studio or in a basement, which is the kind of shit I love listening to for whatever reason, I've always had a great love a respect for shit that is raw and live it shows the emotion that the artist puts into their songs and Charles Bronson brings it like professionals who do stop till the screaming starts to quote "Marriage can Suck it!" my favorite song by them. All in all this is a great fucking cd to pick up if your into hardcore punk that comes at you fast and loud!
2. Dead Kennedys'  Mutiny on The Bay: Dead Kennedys live is what you'll hear on this CD. This cd is made up of live recordings of the Dead Kennedys in the San Francisco Bay Area. These guys are one great...naw fuck it they are a legendary band within the punk rock scene. Jello Biafra's comments on this cd in between the songs, about the government are pure genius and fucking funny ass well. they're just like the lyrics he and his band wrote (they are no longer together...but that's a bullshit story for another time) This cd is one of those cds that just kicks so much ass that any fan of punk rock in general should pick up. My favorite track from it hard to say because they all are great tracks but if I had to I would have to say either Riot or California Uber Alles. I wish they would have fucking put on Nazi Punks Fuck Off on here but oh well that's the only thing that was bad about the cd. So all I can say is pick this cd up because only one word can describe pure genius! Oh fuck I guess it was two words after alll.
3.Sonic Youth's Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star: "Can't deal with your bleak world view." As Homer Simpson put it on that one episode of The Simpsons that featured Sonic Youth. I felt it the review would not be right with out stating that. Yes Sonic Youth may have a bleak worldview but there music is a very unique style. I was in FYE looking for a CD to buy thinking man I need a CD that puts you into a place when you listen to it. A place where you...where your in your own little world with the music playing. This CD defaintly did that for me. It's a weird kind of mellow a weird kind of hard rocking tracks a weird kind of seduction or seductive by Kim's voice (Oh just to let you know and to maybe disgust you horny little bastards that might be getting off to Kim's voice or pictures of her, she's 50 this year) all in all I have to say that Experimental Jet Set Trash and No Star is one of those weird unqiue ones, defaintly worth a listen.
4. The Velvet Underground & Nico: The one of the founders of punk music still a great band today in 2003. The stand out tracks on this one, all of them but the ones I can relate to the best were Femme Fatale reminds me of my ex. girlfriend. (sorry Laura) Heroin it's a very weird song and has hints of a kind of punk style, only it's a mix of mellow weird music and weird ass hard rocking music. The Black Angel's Death Song I think this is the only song I've ever heard that has a guy doing hits from a bong or snorting a line of coke. I'm not into drugs but that's just fucking genius and a great way to challenge the powers that be. European Son if I could pick the hardest track on this CD it's this one straight out a very hard track with great hints of a punk style. All in all I came to the conculsion that at this time The Velvet Underground was a band that was experimenting with music and the end results was the foundation of punk music and it's a real fucking shame where punk music has gone since the late 60's when Velvet Underground broke onto the scene. If you want a good honest CD  pick this one up!
5.Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat: Velvet Underground's second CD while shorter in the amount of songs it's alot more humorous with the songs The Gift which is more of a story (and a damn funny one that I won't go into detail about) with some great music that goes with it. Lady Godvia's Operation a great song about a labotomy gone horribly wrong, reminds me alitte bit of Frank Zappa's kind of thing. Sister Ray a 17 plus minute long song with a genius bit of lyrics "Oh no man, I haven't got the time time. Too busy sucking on a ding dong. She's to busy sucking on my ding dong." Pure genius! In conculsion I have to say that this album although shorter and abit more on the humor side the presence of a punk kind of sound is defaintly there.
6. Velvet Underground's Loaded:  Not to bad of final album for The Velvet Underground. If I could rate the best of their 4 albums this one would be third, but I have great respect for the hardships that they went through to get it put out before breaking up. Loaded is the album that I can say is the established album of The Velvet Underground. That they had finally found their sound, unlike on the first two that I consider to be very exprimental styled sounding. But on Loaded I see it as The Velvet Underground finally establishing themselfs and maybe just maybe it was a good thing that they broke up after this album...nah I doubt they would ever produce a sucky album. This one it doesn't have any stand out tracks to me but at the same time it's not a shitty album. My view on it if you loved  the first three albums a great deal then by all means pick up the final one of one of the greatest band in yes punk rock history.
7.20 Years of Dischord Records 3 CD Boxset:  Dischord Records the label of such famous hardcore punk bands such as Minor Threat and Fugazi the other 50 plus band on this CD are pretty much part of Dischord but not as big as Minor Threat and Fugazi. Bands like The Teen Idles (the first band on Dischord), Deadline, Egg Hunt, The Nation of Uylesse, and Faraquet to name a few. The style of music is not all just hardcore punk there is also Emocore from the bands Embrace and Rites of Spring. So it's not all hardcore. The best way to put it is 20 years of great fucking music! Sometimes that's all you got to say in a review. And that is all I have to say.
8.Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation: Many people feel that this album was the album that established Sonic Youth as a great band. I have to agree with them. A wide range of emotion comes with this album along with sound, sounds of the great mellow rock sound this being the opening song "Teenage Riot" which maybe my favorite Sonic Youth song of all the ones I've heard thus far. On "Sliver Rocket" you have a slightly more punky sound. "The Sprawl"  a very good noisy mellow kind of song with great lyrics sung by Kim "Does this sound simple? Fuck you are you for sale does fuck you sound simple enough?" genius lyrics right there.  "Cross The Breeze" we have more noise rock that the band is known for with more great vocals by Kim. "Eric's Trip" Is weird mellow rock with weird lyrics like " I'm over the city fucking the future" and "There's something moving over there to the right like I've never seen" "Total Trash" and "Hey Joni" is more loud mellow noisy rock. "Providence" is just plain weird and makes you feel like you're either drunk or on acid.  "Candle" is a mix of mellow rock with the exprimental kind of noise.  "Rain King" is pure noise rock. "Kissabilty" is a great loud but mellow kind of song with great vocals by Kim.  The last three songs on the cd were marked as a Trilogy only they don't go together like they're telling a story because they're all different sounding songs on "The Wonder" you've got a noise rock/punk rock kind of sound. "Hyperstation" is another weird sounding song with alot of expriemental sound  I personally think that this track was suppose to be the track that explains the albums meaning because in the lyrics it mentions "Living in a Daydream Nation." The final song "Eliminator Jr." Is another weird one with the sounds of Kim moaning on it which is a nice way to end an all in all great album. Pick it up.
9. Sonic Youth's Goo: Thought I'd do something different for reviewin this cd on each track of the cd I'm only going to use a few words to describe it, just for kicks. "Dity Boots" Mellow, experimental sounds. " "Tunic" Weird kind of mellow.
"Mary Christ" Weird kind of noise rock. "Kool Thing" Weird with Chuck D.  "Mote" Long, weird, experimental noise rock. "My Friend Goo" Funny lyrics and vocals.  "Disappearer" Weird Mellow Rock. "Mildred Pierce" HARDCORE! "Cinderella's Big Score" Noise Rock. "Scooter & Jinx" Experimental Noise. "Titanium Expose"  Weird experimental noise rock. All in all I have to say that this album was a mix of things but mostly it was what Sonic Youth is known for best and that's weird expriemental rock sounding music. "My Friend Goo" was a surprise with the very funny lyrics and great vocals by Kim the other stand out track on the album was "Mildred Pierce" because it brought a very hardcore like sound something that Sonic Youth is not known for. All in all a very decent album.
10.Vagrant Records Sampler CD: Got this one with an issue of Spin magazine and I was very impressed with the bands that are on the Vagrant Label which are the following incase you want to know: Dashboard Confessional, Reggie and The Full effect, Face to Face, Moneen, Hot Rod Circut, The Get Up Kids, Saves The Day, Alkaline Trio, Koufax, Paul Westerberg, Rocket From The Crypt, Hey Mercedes, The New Amsterdams, The Anniversary, Audio Learning Center, No Motvi, and Viva Death. Dashboard Confessional ("Ghost of a Good Thing") and Paul Westerberg ("We May Be The Ones") reminded me of One Line Drawing but with Paul Westerberg he also reminded me of a mellow out kind of Bob Dylan sound, also alittle bit odd. The other stand out bands that I plan to check out more of in the future were Moneen with the song "Are we Really Happy With Who we Are" the thing I liked most about it is there's a point in it where it stops like it's over but then it starts right back up it just goes perfectly. The Get Up Kids' "Staying Gone" was just another great mellow kind of rock song which is a common kind of sound on the Vagrant record label. Only with The New Amersterdams' "Picture in the Paper." it's not the fast kind of rock but more laid back and slow but still as I said it's a mellow kind of sound with each band. All in all this CD sampler makes for a good mellow laid back rock mix cd but it also serves well in showing off the talent of it's label and it did that for me because I plan to pick up some of the upcoming records for a few of the bands and download some of their songs. Oh as for obtaining this sampler cd it's not really possible but it might be here for sale on Vagrant.com if not just download some songs by the artists you might be surprised. I know I was.
11. Spoon's Kill The Moonlight: This is the first CD that I did not buy but downloaded only because I could not find it at either Spinnaker and I'm banned from Strawberries and even if I could get it there I wouldn't because that place overcharges way to much on their cds. So anyway that's why I had to download this one. I had read about Spoon in Rolling Stone and the little piece on them mentioned the following things "Twisty guitar-piano tunes Melodic and mysterious" I'm always for anything that's mysterious so I downloaded two of their songs off the CD, "All The Pretty Girls Go To The City" and "Don't Let It Get You Down" and I loved what I heard. Spoon reminds me of the following bands: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The White Stripes mixed into one. Also they could possibly be the underground version of The Strokes or The Hives. So after listening to those two songs for a short while I decided to go pick up the album but like I said they did not have it at either Spinnaker so I downloaded it. "Small Stakes" was my favorite song of the album it had a perfect unique kind of sound and very humerous lyrics. The other stand out tracks were all of them because they all have a very unique sound of rock and roll and they defaintly have what Rolling Stone said they did and that was "Twisty guitar-piano tunes, melodic and mysterious." I think the mysterious comes because Spoon isn't up there in the spotlight with The Strokes and The Hives and maybe that's a good thing. If you can pick this album up pick it up if not just download it like I did, it was well worth it.
12.Paul Westerberg's Stero: Paul Westerberg was one of the stand out artists that I liked from The Vagrant Sampler CD that I reviewed above. I like Paul Westerberg enough to go out and find his cd Stero at Newbury Comics. What attracted me to get it was the fact that he had recorded the whole CD at his home and that they were raw cut tracks some that were created right there as the tape rolled. All in all they were all great tracks with a great mellow Bob Dylan style sound to them the only thing I didn't like was that a couple of the tracks cut out right in the middle of Paul singing. But oh well like he said they were done at his home and they weren't done in a studio setting. All in all if you like mellow songs that aren't pop shit like The Backstreet Boy, 98 Degrees, and those fucking bitches The Dixie Chicks pick this album up because those artists are as fake as they come and with Paul Westerberg you get something that is real. Key Tracks if you just want to download and not buy the CD: Baby Learns To Crawl, Boring Enormous, and We May Be The Ones. Note: Paul Westerberg was the musical guest on the SNL I was watching while I wrote this and I didn't even know.
13.Sonic Youth's Dirty: After purchasing Experimental Jet Set Trash No Star, Daydream Nation, and Goo I pretty much had my fill and share of Sonic Youth that is until I was reading through the reissues section of a British punk rock magazine called Mojo. In the reissues I read about how Dirty was being reissued and Mojo called it Sonic Youth's dance with the devil (the devil being MTV) now I'm not all for MTV but I am for Sonic Youth and the description by Mojo on it got me to start looking for Dirty and I found it at Newbury Comics. On the album in my it's Sonic Youth at their best with the loud/exprimental noise rock with the clever lyrics and great vocals by good old Kim and Thurston. The standout tracks to me were "Swimsuit" in which Kim sings about female molestation and names abunch of female names that this guy Kim is singing about and telling "not to touch my breasts" "Swimsuit" also reminds me of of a line Cartman said in South Park to Kyle after he asked "What's bad touch?" "I don't know something about a swimsuit." On "Drunken Butterfly" we have more great vocals by Kim especially the chorus "I love you I love you I love you....What's your name?" I wonder if this has to do with Courtney Love seeing how much of a drunken mess she's become. "Sugar Kane" was a long track full of Moore singing a mellow type of song and then it goes into the exprimental noise rock that Sonic Youth is famous for. "Orange Rolls Angel's Spit." Has great screaming vocals by Kim and a great all around sound by the band with some of the best drumming by Steve Shelley that I've heard in all of the Sonic Youth songs I've heard. "Youth Against Fascism" Holds the honor of being the first Sonic Youth song I heard by them and all I have to say on it is major respect to Sonic Youth for taking a stand against Fascism. the last standout song that stood out to me was "Nic Fit" which is a short little song that reminds me of Charles Bronson but really not because it gave me the though of Sonic Youth saying "LOOK AT US LOOK AT US WE'RE SO CHARLES BRONSON!". All in all a great album and as for the whole going into the limelight I'm glad that this was the only one that got MTV attention because they probably would have ruined Sonic Youth had Sonic Youth not made the descision on their own to go back underground. That's a descision I'm glad they made.
14.The Clash's Self Titled: All I have to say on this one is if you don't have love or respect for The Clash and don't go out a pick up this or any of their other albums or check out some of the key tracks that I'm gonna list then you're a disgrace to music and you should be punched or kicked in the nuts or slapped in the face. Rest in Peace Joey Strummer and thank you.
Key Tracks: Clash City Rockers, (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais, I Fought The Law, and Police and Thieves.
15.Radiohead's Ok Computer: Radiohead I've known about since I saw the Paranoid Android video on MTV back in probably 1997, 1998 when it was at it's hight in popularity. I also know Radiohead from there guest apperance on one of my favorite episodes of South Park, the one where Cartman makes Scott Tenneroman eat his parents: "This kid got cancer.....in his ass!" and "Little Cry Baby!" some of the best lines from that show by Thom (the lead singer) and Phil (the drummer). So how did I come to buy OK Computer? I have Mr.Watson my Jobs for Baystate Grads teacher giving us a public speaking project on any thing we wanted. At first I wasn't sure what to do it on but as I was working on my music history video montage I had included Radiohead's Paranoid Anadroid to it and had also been listen to that song a great deal so I decided to do some research on Radiohead for my public speaking project witch I did in front of a room full of rap and hip hop heads who all had one thing to say and that was "What the fuck is this shiznit?" they also called Radiohead abunch of "Tea drinking tart eating faggots from Britian." God I hate closeminded fuckers. As for the album it's a great album with a great mellow alternative indie space rock kind of sound to it. Also it has that bleak worldview in a sense. It also has it's share of humor on the track "Fitter Happier" which the vocals are done by a Mr.Spell that funny computer voice. the best line in it was "Like a cat tied to a stick that's driven into frozen winter shit." Don't listen and be a closeminded fucker like those rap/hip hop heads pick up this album and be a Radiohead! Key tracks: Air Bag, Paranoid Android, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Exit Muisc (For a Film), and Fitter Happier. 
16.The White Stripes Elephant: Ok I got to say that the thing I loved about this CD the most was "In The Cold Cold Night" because Meg White sings on that track and I have to say that she should sing more often because she has a beautiful voice and gives Kim from Sonic Youth a run for her money. Elephant is a great mix of sound from blazing loud fast rock and roll to mellowed out slow rock. Also I think that this is an album that doesn't want to be in the limelight due to the dark pissed off nature of some of it's songs but I can see a video or two coming out and also The White Stripes will be on Late Night with Connan O'Brian April 22-25. All in all I've got to say that The White Stripes are only getting better with each new album. Key Tracks: Seven Nation Army, Black Math, Ball and Biscut (Which reminds me of Jimi Hendrix due to a bitching Guitar solo by Jack White), In The Cold Cold Night, The Hardest Button to Button, and Well It's True That We Love One Another which has a guest apperance by Holly Golightly who I plan on checking out if she has any other stuff.
17.Cursive's The Ugly Organ: This is one of the best albums I've ever heard since I've started listening to music. The sound style that I came up with while listening to this one was Emo/opera (and not the shitty kind)/alternative rock. All in all Cursive defaintly has a very unique sound of music. From start to finish listening to this album I felt like I was at an opera or a play with acts as each track went by I could feel something building until the final track with it's climaxing crestendo. I don't want to go into detail about the tracks that stood out to me because I feel that it would ruin the effect of listening to the CD. It's one of those CDs that you just have to hear and take my word for it that you won't be let down. I know I wasn't
Key tracks: THE WHOLE FUCKING CD!
18.The Blood Brothers' Burn Piano Island Burn: This band knows how to scream and they also make their songs very unique while some people say that they'll be on MTV within a month. I don't see that happening. I don't see The Blood Brothers selling out and going on MTV. I love this album and I defaintly want to see these guys live because they pack a hell of alot of emotion and energy. Key tracks: The Whole Fucking CD!
19.Sigur Ros' ( ): If you like the following thins: Slow, Mellow, Weird, Beautiful, Bleak, Relaxing music to fall asleep to or write poetry to. Then this album is one you should defaintly pick up. Also Sigur Ros is from Iceland and they kick the shit out of that bitch BJORK! Sigur Ros also has out a video for one of their tracks from this album and you can see it here and you better see it because it's a great fucking video!: Video
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