Pickups from late-ish 2011 to Now, A Few of Many

Sorry, for some reason blogger messed up and I have no idea how to remove the text background color completely :(


I was going to make a blog last week, but I just felt horrible about what happened in the Aurora Theater shooting :( I feel horrible for everyone who was effected by that disgusting event that took place and my heart goes out to everyone. I wish I could not make this as generic as it sounds but I am never great at saying how bad I feel for the victims :( RIP, you deserve to be remembered and not the insane homicidal maniac. The victims will live on through their loved ones and will never be forgotten. 


Now that I got the sad part of this blog out of the way, let's get into new music I got (it's totally important right? Lol nah, I just make these blogs so others may find new bands to enjoy)! I bought a lot more music than this but I am just going over the highlights (and more "gothy" bands, since I bet more of my readers will be into that kind of music. I doubt many people would be super thrilled that I got Junta from Phish or Riot! by Paramore lol). Oh, before I get started I just want to say all the links in this blog will open up the music in a new tab so don't worry about having to constantly hit the back button.


1). Santa Hates You - Crucifix Powerbomb . This is one of my favorite CD's I own it's like industrial mixed with techno with aggressive singing but not too aggressive (I know that isn't the best description but it's a hard band to describe lol). I love how this band doesn't take itself seriously and is basically Peter Spilles' band that he uses to make "fun" music. that being said, you cannot discount Jinxy because PS is such a huge name, she is also amazing. This is basically accessible dance industrial music made by two people having fun, and you will be hard-pressed to find another band like them. Yeah that sums it up well lol. There is one thing that I hate about this band though, they have never toured in the US. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? They have been around for 5 years (possibly more) and it doesn't seem like they went on many tours so far (I guess it's understandable but still I want to see them live lol).


My Favorite Songs


EVERYTHING (Lol ok, so I have to pick 2 since I don't want to list every single song, so I'm picking the two songs that have music videos out, just to show you how "serious" this band is. If you like them you should definitely check out their music video for "Raise The Devil" it is pretty funny, oh and if you're not in the mood for music then maybe check out their mini FAQ video, it's hilarious). 


Rocket Heart


Hexenpolizei 


2) Hannah Fury - The Thing That Feels. Hannah Fury is an artist who has both of her full length albums sold out! This kind of sucks because both of the CD's are good. Anyway, The Thing That Feels is Hanna Fury's first full length album and I really enjoy it, all she uses is her piano and her voice. Hannah Fury sings all of these songs in a manner that almost gives you chills! If any of you have heard of Kate Bush, Hannah Fury kind of sounds like her, and she also kind of sounds like Emilie Autumn (with EA's more slow-piano songs). This album is also pretty interesting because almost every song is based on the book Wicked: The Life and Time of the Wicked Witch of the West. I believe this is a sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and it got turned into that play "Wicked". I love listening to her songs because you can tell what characters she is singing about (however I never read Wicked so I don't really know the story). However, even though I do love this CD there is one BIG downfall, almost every song sounds the same! I actually didn't mind that on this album but it does limit the album, especially if you don't like the style of any track since there really isn't much variety in this CD :( 


Favorite Songs (because every song sounds so similar I'm only going to be linking one even though I love the entire CD).


The Vampire Waltz 


3) Hannah Fury - Through the Gash. Hannah fury keeps her haunting tone, but now she adds some drums, overlapping vocals, and her music seems a little bit more electronic now. This is definitely a step up from The Thing That Feels  for two reasons, she does have some variety in this CD, and she seems to be growing as an artist, by now adding more instruments! There are some really interesting songs on this CD like the ironically named "Don't Be Scared" which creeps you out and is very otherworldly at the same time.... actually Hannah Fury is the first artist that comes to my mind when someone says ethereal! 


Favorite Songs (The first actually has a music video out, and tell me she doesn't look like Kate Bush lol)


Carnival Justice (The Gloves Are Off) pt 2


Status


4). Ego Likeness - East . This is an AMAZING EP! For those of you who don't know, Ego Likeness has made 4 EP's, each of them based on a direction (South, West, North, East) I believe they have all been limited edition but I do not know how many of each (except for East, only 300 of those). This is what I hate about this CD I wish so many more people could experience how great this EP is (I can't lie though, I do kinda love that this CD is going to be hard to find and I have it lol). However, seeing how Ego Likeness operates they might make a few songs on this CD free to download off of their website (they're awesome like that, makes me want to support them more).


Favorite Tracks


Persona Non Gratis


Tea in Sahara 


6). Emilie Autumn - Fight Like A Girl. What can I say except I was kind of let down with this album. I think my biggest disappointment was that none of these songs were adapted from a poem or a play. EA's main CD's (Enchant and Ophiliac) both had amazing song adaptations of old pieces of literature (like Shalott, or my favorite of EA's songs, Juliet) and those were some of my favorite songs on her CD's. Sadly this CD is basically just the musical from her Asylum book (from what I understand). That's not to say there are not any songs I love off of this album but there are just songs on here that I simply can't stand, which is very hard for me to say since I love almost everything Emilie Autumn has put out and there has been so few EA songs I didn't like before this album came out. In all fairness though Emilie Autumn did tell everyone what kind of CD this was going to be. I do think it was a mistake to release the CD and not have a whole extra part of a live show because it really sounds like a soundtrack to something that could be an amazing play.


   Oh and I should say that even though I did not get my CD in the mail yet, the Digipak looks amazing! I do love collecting Emilie Autumn's CD's and even though this is my least favorite of hers it does have some good songs and I don't regret buying it. However if you were expecting that "Harder" stuff I believe EA said (I think I saw someone comment about how she said Fight Like A Girl was going to be harder than Ophiliac if I remember correctly, sadly that was only true for a few like maybe 4 or so out of 17! However it is great to see that this CD has quite a few songs on it), you should download the harder songs on itunes (when it's out on there, you could also visit her website and listen to song samples if you want). However, I really really really recommend seeing her live because I feel like this CD was made for her live show instead of a stereo, and since EA always has amazing live shows, I'm thinking this will be her best one(s) yet!


Favorite Songs (I'm adding more because of how hard I came off on this CD lol)


Fight Like A Girl


Time For Tea


Take The Pill


Goodnight, Sweet Ladies




OK that's about it I might end up making another blog about more CD's I picked up and my thoughts on them. Peace <3

Addendum to previous blog "A Short Rant on Discrimination..."

So I was thinking of adding to my older blog "A Short Rant on Discrimination Plus a Game Plan for Future Blogs", but as you know I'm obviously kind of lazy lol. So, instead I found this really good video that basically just says what I would have said in my blog.

Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAdJUm79xi4

That's about it for this blog, don't worry I'll make a decently long one soon! (and I don't think it'll be another chapter "review" of 50 Shades of Grey, unless anyone wants me to read another chapter *shudders* lol)