I've been listening to a lot of music as of late. I've also been paying membership for Giant Bomb and not really using it to it's fullest other than HD Persona 4 Endurance Run and the like so I decided to talk about some musics. Let's get started.

This isn't an ordered list, just a list of albums people may or may not know about but should.



You're A Women, I'm A Machine by Death From Above 1979





Death From Above 1979 is this crazy thing that some people call a band, I guess. They consist of a lead bass player and a drummer. They do have a singer, but he's also the drummer so there's that. Despite this "band"'s lack of members they put forth a completely crazy ass punk/dance/noise-rock sound that is ridiculously fun and full sounding. The lyrics to me seem very tongue-in-cheek and are pretty damn funny such as the opening lines to the closing song Sexy Results - "Sexy Results, the results are super sexy" spoken in a very alluring french tongue.



Post by Björk





Post is really the only Bjork album I like. It's her second album preceded by "Debut". Yeah I know, the album's old but it's really good. Has a nice experimental alternative 90's sound to it. But it's like good 90's sound, not everything that came after Radiohead that tried to sound like The Bends but more original and confident then the majority of Post-The Bends 90's.



Deathconsciousness: (Disc 1) The Plow That Broke The Plains and (Disc 2) The Future by Have A Nice Life





This is probably the most astonishing album I've ever listened to. Its genre, I cannot explain. Incredibly unique and full of emotion. The best I can do is say it is some combination of Shoegaze, Post-Rock and Depeche Mode. The Plow That Broke The Plains is mostly gloomy but also very beautiful. It starts with a nice instrumental piece that sets the mood for this half very well. It's followed by Bloodhail which is probably the most approachable song on this disc. Lyrically it maintains the mood but the sound is very Depeche Mode. The first half also includes amazing songs that really put you into the setting of the album. Concepts of religion, death and mystery can be heard and felt through-out the entire thing. The closing song "There Is No Food" is one of the best endings to album I've ever heard, only out done by the ending to the second disc.

The second disc, The Future, is a loud pop-like electronic rock time capsule from the future. Its themes still seem to be the same but the tone has lightened a bit, but something still feels very wrong. The majority of the songs on this disc are certainly Shoegaze, and they're amazing examples of noise manipulation. The song "The Future" is the most upbeat of the album and is easily danceable to. The closing songs "I Don't Love" and "Earthmover" are fantastic examples of the greatness of Have A Nice Life. Earthmover is the best ending to any album I have ever heard, and listen to the whole album through and you will see why I think this. Prepare for an adventure with this album.

Six-Million possible and impossible bat-cats out of the portal this album just opened in your skull:




ACT II: The Father of Death by The (motherfuckin') Protomen




Okay okay... hear me out. Mega Man Rock Opera. I'll wait for you to be done calling me a video game obsessed fanatic or whatever before I say that The Protomen are one of the most kick-ass bands in the history of America. What kind of man makes a Rock Opera about Mega Man? The talented as fuck kind do. This band's from the south and have been blowing up in video game communities because their two albums that tell a (non-canon and better) tale of Mega Man and his creator Dr. Thomas Light. I'm suggesting ACT II over ACT I only because it is clearly better produced and approachable. The sound is basically meatloaf with video games and high-drama. The songs are catchy as hell and the music is great. The first half of the album has been called a spaghetti-western and the later half is a 80's throw-back orgasm. The story is great and the music is awesome. I really shouldn't be having a hard time selling this to you - it is a fucking Rock Opera about Mega Man. Go buy it now!



Four albums of greatness for you to go out and listen to! Fantastic, isn't it? Go forth, and be a little bit more hipster than you once were!