Haven't been here in a few days, so I'll post a few of the albums I've been listening to while enjoying my "vacation":
Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist. It's not quite White Pony, but I think this may be the second most beautiful thing that Chino & Co. have been responsible for. It's like the perfect refinement of what the Deftones have always been, plus what Chino did with Team Sleep (JohnnyC, I'd like to hear your opinion on this album, by the way)
ISIS - Panopticon. Watched the DVD and got in the mood to listen to this band. I've listened to Oceanic a lot more than I have Panopticon, so I went with the one that hasn't gotten as much love. I still think I like Oceanic the best out of everything they've done.
Orchid - Gatefold LP. It's actually the cd version 'cause I'm not cool enough to have gotten into vinyl yet, but whatever. This is some really good, really gritty and raw punk/hardcore a la Pg. 99 or City Of Caterpillar, but a little less atmospheric. I busted it out in order to drown out the sounds of my neighbors shitty hip-hop sex soundtrack.
Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust. I've been listening to a lot of his older stuff recently, so I figured I'd go back to listening to the cd that got me into his music in the first place. There are a lot of really good tracks on this one, even for someone who generally doesn't really like hip hop and rap.
and at this very moment, I am indulging my love for all things associated with
Level Plane Records by listening to A Day In Black And White - My Heroes Have Always Killed Cowboys. I guess if you had to genre-fy it, you'd call it post-hardcore - or even more ghastly, "Screamo" - but I also think that fans of Godspeed might enjoy this as well. The singer has a vocal delivery similar to that of the guy from Ten Grand, and some of the guitar parts remind me a good bit of F#A# (infinity).
Hooray! Long music post FTW!!!