“The Devil Doesn’t Wear Prada, I’m Clearly In A Fucking White Tee.” – Goblin By Tyler, The Creator Album Review
Whenever a new album comes out, you listen to it. You jam to it, you let it sink it, and you leave it behind when you finally hit stop. From the time you hit play to when you walk away from the music, that album means whatever you want it to mean. You project your emotions, your stories onto it. Goblin is not that album. Goblin is that rare album that comes along barely where you don’t listen to it, you experience it. It refuses to be left behind when you hit stop and latches onto your brain like a parasitic worm. It’s not a blank slate for you to apply your own meaning, your own experiences onto. It has a clear cut story, a singular meaning. Goblin isn’t a throw-away album you play because it’s catchy. Goblin is an experience you never leave.
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Rap is dying. Let’s just face it. People are too caught up in shitty mainstream rap music to see good artists, like Atmosphere, Saul Williams, and (even though he is more well known…) Lupe Fiasco. When I heard Kanye West was going back to rapping on his new album, at the time called Good Ass Job, I was waiting for something that was only entertaining because it was drowning in its own ego, like most West albums. I listened to West every now and then, but I never thought he was anything more than a decently good rapper from the shitstream of popular rap. Though, when I started hearing the rave reviews of his new album, now titled My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, I will admit, it struck me as surprising. I mean, even Pitchfork gave him a 10/10 and they only give scores like that to The Cure! Being the curious man I am, I got the album and started listening to it. What hit me was one of the biggest surprises I have ever had while listening to a rap album. I mean, in a year where mostly nothing but shit came out, the one album that is coming from the biggest douche-bag in music (right next to Axl Rose and Metallica) today is the one you would expect to be the worst, right? Well, I nominate this album for “Biggest Shock of 2010″, because My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ended up being one of the greatest albums I have heard all year.
You see, this would be the point where I say “LINKIN PARK IS BACK!” but this isn’t Linkin Park. And for the first time, I feel that’s for the best. Let’s admit it: Minutes To Midnight was an attempt to distance themselves from a sound, not an attempt to make a great record. It was okay, but it was overall throwaway. Mike, Chester, Joe, Phoenix, Brad and Rob are still trying to distance themselves from the dead (or what should be dead) genre of nu-metal after becoming the pinnacle of it, but it looks like this time they are trying to do something more than just run away from the past. But the almighty question(s) is this: Is this better than what they have done before? Has Linkin Park finally proved they can make music that has the same energy, emotion and awesomeness as Hybrid Theory and Meteora? Have they finally been able to make themselves a band instead of just a snapshot of the music industry in the early 2000′s? When am I going to stop asking questions and start answering them? Right about now, actually.
After months and months of hype, build-up, and impatient waiting, the movie adaptation of the comic “Kick-Ass”, a story about a normal, everyday teen who becomes a “superhero”, has finally come out. Directed by Matthew Vaughn and staring Aaron Johnson (who’s surprisingly British because he had me fooled he was American) as Dave Lizewski aka Kick-Ass, this is anything but your traditional superhero movie. But the question is, is it good? Now now, my friends, you just have to click below to see..jpg "La Album Cover")
It’s been a long time guys. The rock/rap/nu-metal/pop/whatever (and UK!) band Lostprophets are back after a few years and a disappointing album. James Oliver, the band’s live keyboardist, stated that this new album, titled The Betrayed, had “the bite that Start Something (their second album, it was the heaviest of the three) had, with the song-ability of Liberation Transmission (their third album, which was very poppy and disappointing) but personality of Thefakesoundofprogress (their first album, which was an odd mix of metal, rock, and nu-metal… which turned out amazing).” Any Lostprophets fan would be excited as all hell for this album then! That just described awesomeness! Hell, I actually had hope that they would be able to redeem themselves. Now, notice how earlier I said that they are back. I really… REALLY wanted to say “and better than ever” but that, sadly, is just not the case.