8/16/04 - Jared Kaufman

[Jared Kaufman]

This is what I've been spinning:

This Day & Age - ...Always Leave The Ground
This band put me in awe when I saw them live this past week. There's just something about their music live in comparison to on disc that has an extra edge that makes you want to move. Not to downplay the album, though, because it hasn't left my player the last week.

Moments In Grace - Moonlight Survived
This band has a huge space epic atmosphere and sound that is just mindblowing. I'm also a fan of the amazing vocals which I feel any Further Seems Forever (with Jason Gleason on vocals) fan can appreciate. It also doesn't hurt that Brian McTernan was behind the scenes producing this one either. It seems anything he touches is gold.

Rise Against - Siren Song of a Counter Culture
Yep, it's definitely one of my favorite albums of the year. Intense and honest are the two words that come to mind when I think about this album. It also has a little something for everyone's taste so I can see a lot of people appreciating this effort. Give it a shot on their pureVOLUME (http://www.purevolume.com/riseagainst) page if you're hesitant.

Smashing Pumpkins - Anything and Everything By Them
It's been awhile since I've really really listened to this band. I've been spinning them a lot this week to walk down memory lane I guess. Anyway, I was reminded why this band use to be my favorite and still is one of my all-time favorites. This band can do the heavy and can do the mellow. It still bugs me that Adore didn't do as good as I thought it should have. Critics trashed on it and it wasn't that huge of a commerical success, but I still find it to be one of their best releases as well as a great on the drive home late at night kind of albums.

[beauty is dead]

good choices.

[yourmom]

good job on the new rise against...its great

[m80rocker346]

does anyone have rise against? i can't find it around here... im me if you do, my sn is the same as my user

[CROMagnon]

yeah i saw this day & age last week too, i know what you mean; the live version of their songs is just completely different from the album versions

but both "versions" are really good, i see this as being a completely underrated album

"tonight tonight" by the pumpkins is one of my all-time favorite songs

[Nouseforaname87]

the new rise against is the best cd of the year. easily

[Mickey]

You can't fart without smelling up a moments in grace ad online. That much exposure made me not want to listen, but I dig the stuff.

Finally some recomendations.

[XPrettyXWasteX]

I saw This Day & Age on the 9th and they were pretty good. I think that was the band with the cool guitarist who went like psycho onstage and knocked shit over. heh

[weworemasks]

This is what I've been spinning:

Smashing Pumpkins - Anything and Everything By Them
It's been awhile since I've really really listened to this band. I've been spinning them a lot this week to walk down memory lane I guess. Anyway, I was reminded why this band use to be my favorite and still is one of my all-time favorites. This band can do the heavy and can do the mellow. It still bugs me that Adore didn't do as good as I thought it should have. Critics trashed on it and it wasn't that huge of a commerical success, but I still find it to be one of their best releases as well as a great on the drive home late at night kind of albums.

i could care less who else you recommend, bout time smashing pumpkins got fucking recognized on this site. in my opinion, they really took a new spin on alternative and created their own genre, and are incredibly influential in my music collection.

[davedesloover18]

does anyone have rise against? i can't find it around here... im me if you do, my sn is the same as my user
it's called a store
if you're cheap, go to the purevolume page he listed

[Rammstein816]

I can't believe everyone is going nuts over This Day & Age. With them being from Buffalo, I've seen them quite a few times and I honestly think they're one of the worst local bands we have. That's not even mentioning their singer/guitarist's gigantic ego and the huge gimmick their music is for that guy to get chicks, he tried hitting on my friend and failed big time. Still if they give this area some recognition it can't be all bad, then maybe you'll be even more surprised when some of our better bands get recognition.

[still]

Bleh, the MIG CD dissapoints me greatly