Great News

The Mars Volta has set a Jan. 29, 2008, release date for "The Bedlam in Goliath," which was produced by Omar Rodriguez Lopez. The 12-track set is the follow-up to 2006's "Amputechture," which has sold 148,000 copies in the United States.

A video set to the track "Wax Simulacra" can be streamed from the band's Web site. Among the guests on the album is Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, a frequent contributor on past efforts.

Prior to a 2008 tour, the Mars Volta will play a New Year's Eve bash at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, with costumes "required."

Here is the track list for "The Bedlam in Goliath":
1. Aberinkula
2. Metatron
3. Ilyena
4. Wax Simulacra
5. Goliath
6. Tourniquet Man
7. Cavalettas
8. Agadez
9. Askepios
10. Ouroboros
11. Soothsayer
12. Conjugal Burns

Jawdropping Brilliance

This is unheard of! As of yesterday at 4:30pm, Coheed and Cambria placed THEIR ENTIRE NEW ALBUM ON MYSPACE! That's all 13 songs. This is insane. Worth the hype and wait? Surpasses everything. I can't wait to physically hold the CD, but until then, my internet will run continuously.

http://www.myspace.com/coheedandcambria

Willing Well 4

We're getting further into these. This one is really interesting. If you look close on the girl's book, you can see the dragonfly logo. This one really makes you wonder where the guy is going to come from. Really cool ending with the guitar solo. I'm guessing some work from the album.

http://www.ugo.com/the-willing-well/

Weekend Fun

We had a great hunting weekend! I'll blog the whole thing later, but for now I'll put up my favorite picture from the weekend. Just a random that turned out amazing.

I'm not sure here, but do I smell the new logo picture for The Rural Bus Route, Jay?

Willing Well 3

Another video here and in accordance with previous fashion. You can really see this one coming from a ways out if you look close. We actually get a look at his face in this one, if only for a brief second. Still creepy

http://www.ugo.com/the-willing-well/

Update and Song

Coheed and Cambria has update their site again, and it looks like the same will happen on Thursday. This song is like the hardest kick a mother feels just days away from going into labor and birthing a beautiful child: in this case, an album. Here is another kick!

Gravemakers and Gunslingers

http://www.myspace.com/coheedandcambria

Here is where I would tell everyone to enjoy, but I really don't think I have to.

Put Patience In Bold

Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace

I think you'll be glad I waited to review this album. Foo Fighters. I think the name speaks for itself, but IF you've been under a rock camping out, I suggest you pull your head out and buy this album.

First of all, The FF have been relatively dormant since their In Your Honor double album. They only released some B-Sides songs via a live album (which was perfect), but nonetheless quite. I know now that they have been making some noise in privacy. This album was quite beyond my expectations.

Frist off, I had high hopes for In Your Honor, and I really stuck with the first dics, which was hard rock. Of that, I skipped about 3 songs, making that experience diminished somewhat. There were only about 3 songs on the acoustic dics I enjoyed, so that really was left in the closet. Thank god that is not th case here.

ESPG, really blew IYH1&2 out of the water. From hard hitting beginning to unnoticed but kick ass end. Here are my track 2 track reivews.

1. The Pretender-the first single and the obvious choice. Quite an ass kicker and holds true to FF style. I wish more albums by other artists stared like this. The video alone redems this song from the non-existent grave it never crawled out of.- 8/10

2. Let It Die- typical FF style. In recent years, the FF have kind of gone with a slow then kick you in the chin fast style. Line for line, word for word here. The fast parts save the song. 8/10

3. Erase/Replace- this one has a different verse and structure. I like the progression, but hate the lyrics. Could have spent a little more time here.- 6/10

4. Long Road To Ruin- Very There is Nothing Left To Lose feeling, which I feel is their best album. Has melody, beat, solo, great vocals, and the buring FF style. -8/10

5. Come Alive- One of my 'underdogs' for this album. If you listen to this and skip this slow beginning, you will surely miss the best bridge/chorus/rockin part of any song on this album. The last minute and a half are worth ten buck alone. Without this part, the album might not have been reviewed.- 9/10

6. Stranger Things Have Happened- Acoustic but not quite. Vocals carry this one by meters (whatever the fuck meters are). I bit melancholy, but nonetheless badass. I speak volumes for solos in this album. They boost the musicianship to whole new levels.- 7/10

7. Cheer Up Boys Your Makeup Is Running- Oldschool and ready for tomorrow. The title is just making fun of emo kids, but adds so much depth. The upbeath rhythm keeps you interested throughout, and reminds you of the life and times of The Color and The Shape.- 8/10

8. Summer's End- First impression? Worst track. After a few tries, worthy of FF's standard. A little bland until you just focus on the lyrics and melody. The solo totally lifts this little fucker like botox.- 7/10

9. The Ballad of The Beaconsfield Minners- This one is awesome. The actual backstory is that some miners got trapped in a mine and survived by listening to Foo Fighters songs. Dave Grohl felt so touched by this, that he wrote an acoustic song to those brave men stuck down in the mine. He also offered them FREE LIFETIME tickets to any FF show forever. Not a bad deal. This one really pays honor to Led Zeppelin and kees the speed going.- 9/10

10. Statues- So so for the most part. I'm obliged to think the chorus was a remake of another artist, but I can't tell. This track is very jam-like and holds true to that FF open ended arena.

- 6/10

11. But Honestly- Did you think this would shortchange you? Not in the least! Probably my favorote track, if I had to pick one. Starts acousticly with rhythm, and ends rockingly with kickass. This song starts with that feeling that something harder and faster is coming, and does.

-10/10

12. Home- Every album has that acoustic and touchy song, and this is it. Usually press next on my iPod, but still a heartfelt song, nonetheless. Overall analogy, so so.- 5/10

13. Once and For All- Thank the Rock Gods here. This one pretty much kicks your nose and expects you to wipe up the blood. A great way to wrap up a sweet album. This one is cousins with New Way Home and you'll know what I mean once you listen. Great building.- 9/10

Overall impression: 8.5/10. Am I satisfied? Yes. I am so sad to say that the quality of overall albums is crumbling. I remember a time when Rock would stop your heart. Im still waiting for my second heart attack. This album comes so close to perfection. I just needed another punch-you-in-the-face song and we would have been golden. Overall, great job FFs. Thank you for holding down the fort.

Everyone but this and support the fully ordained fighters of foo!

Co&Ca: The Hound of Blood and Rank

So my itching was too strong tonight. I started searching. Searching like someone who had a mission. A mission with a timeclock. I found something. O yes! Found something I did. Song #3- The Hound (Of Blood And Rank). I downloaded the song from this foreign site, and I'm melancholy about the results. I found this song to be an authentic copy. I traced it via lyrics to: http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/coheedandcambria/thehoundofbloodandrank.html ,and it confirms my superstition of truth.



I have the #3 song from the new album. Analysis? Fucking brillance without exceptions! Coheed and Cambria won Kerrang's "Album of the Year" last year with Good Apollo Volume 1. My heart skipped a beat with this new song. I have monumental hopes for this album. In accordance with earlier reviews, I believe that this will be the album to birth a new generation of rock, the album to bring definition to an era of misguidance, and the album to regenerate new life in the "rock" genre. All hopes now lie on October 23rd and "No World For Tomorrow." I believe this title makes sense. If failure occurs, there truly is no world for tomorrow.



Chance of disappointment, you say? I believe there is no chance. What-so-ever. Reasons? Only 3 songs. I have 3 songs off the new album. #5, "The Running Free," is the actual version, and has been confirmed times over. Greatness. #6, "Mother Superior," is an acoustic cover, and it could stand alone as is, let alone having instrumentalization and supplementation added. #3 "The Hound (Of Blood and Rank) is believed to be a direct version, and falls short in no catagory.

Now is the time character. Now is the time of patience. Honor is lost in stealing, in getting the album too soon. Don't short change yourself. Part of me feels bad for hearing this song right now. I can't forgive the past. I can direct the future. After this night, NO COHEED AND CAMBRIA. Here are my rules.

NO CO&CA until Oct 20th.

OCT 20th- Second Stage Turbine Blade Day

OCT 21st- In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 Day

OCT 22nd- Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume 1 From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness Day

OCT 23rd- Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume 2 No World For Tomorrow Day

If you uphold any values at all, you will observe this holiday with me.

Based on these 3 songs, I have no interest at all to pursue illegal or early copies of this album. Here, integrity wins. Honors wins. Respect wins. Be man enough to wait. Be man enough to purchase songs you have waited for. In all honesty, the wait is the best part. This goes for anything. Anticipation makes the tongue water. It makes the heart beat. It makes the mind think. I makes you thankful for tomorrow, which has no world to look forward to.

Willing Well 2

Here is another Co&Ca update. I think they are coming out a little quicker than once a week now. I don't know if this is the right way to say this, but I think this one is even more creepy than last week.

http://www.ugo.com/the-willing-well/

Guitar Hero 3 Tracklist

Here it is. Just confirmed. I am pretty excited and I think you can tell why just by reading on.

AFI - "Miss Murder"
Aerosmith - "Same Old Song and Dance"
Alice Cooper - "School's Out"
Backyard Babies - "Minus Celsius"
Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
Bloc Party - "Helicopter"
Blue Oyster Cult - "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll"
Bret Michaels Band - "Go That Far"
Charlie Daniels Band - "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Cream - "Sunshine of Your Love"
Dead Kennedys - "Holiday in Cambodia"
Die Toten Hosen - "Hier Kommt Alex"
Disturbed - "Stricken"
DragonForce - "Through the Fire and Flames"
Eric Johnson - "Cliffs of Dover"
Foghat - "Slow Ride"
Gallows - "In the Belly of a Shark"
Guns N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"
Heart - "Barracuda"
Heroes Del Silencio - "Avalancha"
In Flames - "Take This Life"
Iron Maiden - "The Number of the Beast"
Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
Kiss - "Rock and Roll All Nite"
Lacuna Coil - "Closer"
Living Colour - "Cult of Personality"
Matchbook Romance - "Monsters"
Metallica - "One"
Mountain - "Mississippi Queen"
Muse - "Knights of Cydonia"
NAAST - "Mauvais Garcon"
Pat Benetar - "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
Pearl Jam - "Even Flow"
Poison - "Talk Dirty to Me"
Priestess - "Lay Down"
Queens of the Stone Age - "3's and 7's"
Rage Against the Machine - "Bulls on Parade"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Suck My Kiss"
Revolverheld - "Generation Rock"
Santana - "Black Magic Woman"
Scorpions - "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
Slayer - "Raining Blood"
Slipknot - "Before I Forget"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Cherub Rock"
Social Distortion - "Story of My Life"
Sonic Youth - "Kool Thing"
Stevie Ray Vaughn - "Pride and Joy"
Superbus - "Radio Song"
Tenacious D - "The Metal"
The Hellacopters - "I'm in the Band"
The Killers - "When You Were Young"
The Rolling Stones - "Paint It, Black"
The Stone Roses - "She Bangs the Drums"
The Strokes - "Reptilia"
The Who - "The Seeker"
Velvet Revolver - "She Builds Quick Machines"
Weezer - "My Name Is Jonas"
White Zombie - "Black Sunshine"
ZZ Top - "La Grange"