Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Live Music Review - Combichrist & Black Light Burns @ The Granada Theater

Combichrist has come along way since I first saw them open for KMFDM in 2006. Since that time the band held up a ruthless touring schedule. Building a loyal allegiance of fans across the world. Each time I have gone to see them the number of people at their show have doubled. The best way to describe a Combichrist show is energy. Not just from the band but from the crowd as well. The crowd knows the words to every song and is not afraid to sing along. The band that preformed before Combichrist was Black Light Burns. Fronted by Wes Borland. My brother turned me on to this band a couple of months ago. At first I was expecting to much from them. Mainly because I wasn't to impressed some of Borlands previous outings such as Limp Bizkit and Big Dumb Face. I was completely caught have guard by how good it was. The band has been in rotation on my Zune ever since. I have to give it to Borland though. He can put on a show. The opening band is also worth noting. Retard-o bot. I never thought I would see a band that was heavily influenced by Mindless Self Indulgence. At first I wasn't to into them. But as the set progressed the singer showed some charisma and me over. I forget to check how free memory was on my sd card before the show. Which wasn't much. Unfortunately we only able to recorded a couple songs from Black Light Burns set before we ran out of memory. I have post the videos below. Enjoy!!!






Saturday, January 3, 2009

Top Ten Albums of 2008

Here they are my top 10 albums of 2008. When I first started putting the list together I had a hard time. I didn't really think 2008 was that strong of a year for new music. It was an amazing year as far as concerts go. But after going over my most listened to cds on my Zune I realized that a number of really good albums came out this year. In the end I even had a few that didn't make the list.

My Top 10 Albums of 2008

1. The Matches - A Band in Hope
2. Dir en Grey - Uroboros
3. Senses Fail - Life is Not a Waiting Room
4. Cradle of Filth - Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
5. Alkaline Trio - Agony and Irony
6. Miyavi - This Iz Japanese Kabuki Rock
7. Bleeding Through - Declaration
8. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
9. Thrice - Air and Earth
10. Mindless Self Indulgence - IF