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White Whaling
White Whaling
Published
May 12 2005, 03:47 AM
by
webteam
Here, fishy fishy fishy. . .
TONIGHT:
Mastodon, Crystal Method, Cary Brothers, DAT Politics & Hrvatski
Fuuuuuck, dude. FUUUUUUUCK! (Sorry: when it comes to Mastodon, OTD reverts linguistically to first-period 10th grade smoke-out on the
South Lawn
, getting thowed on cheeba shotguns, SoCo shots, and mandatory recitations of
South of Heaven
lyrics.) Yeah, the clown video's a little disappointing, especially for a band that just made the
Moby-Dick
of heavy metal. But dude, "Iron Tusk" is the most brilliantest gigantonormous sound ever. (And if we had our Pazz and Jop picks back, by the way, ish would be
moved up a spot
.) Somehow, we're not going to this show. And we're mad about it. So, to repeat: FUUUUUUUCK!
Mastodon, "Blood and Thunder"
(video)
Mastodon, "Iron Tusk"
(mp3)
Mastodon, "Blood and Thunder"
(mp3)
1. As they say, life goes on. Hopefully not as gnarly, tho, as in the new
Ramallah
song "Life Goes On." Latest wreck-shop from Rob Lind (
Blood for Blood
,
Sinners & Saints
) is total slaughter. For one, it's a song for dead mothers. For another, it's almost kinda-sorta a rap-metal song -- and yes, we know it's not
really
a rap-metal song, just the kind of rhythmically-shouted tough-guy metalcore (hey, we love
Youth of Today
as much as
the next brah
) that foreshadowed the weak shit back in the late '80s/early'90s. Here's what's really good, though: the guitars are Lamb of God like whoa, and the "hey ma" pre-chorus is the kind of thing you can see shed lawns full of Anger Management stans dry-humping their best friends to. Then the payoff: those Springsteen-sized
nah-nah-nah-nahs
that extreme metal never-ever pulls off right, with a shadow of Wu-Tang piano that sends garbage-pail kids to the knife drawer.
Ramallah, Life Goes On
(mp3 via Thorp Records).
2. Retirement: officially over.
Memphis Bleek feat. Jay-Z (prod. by Just Blaze), "Dear Summer"
(mp3 via Spine Magazine).
Teairra Mari
feat. Jay-Z,
"Make Her Feel Good"
(DJ Noodles remix) (mp3 via Sinternet.)
3.
Kano
new shit. Check first over at
Lemon-Red
, who's also got the
live MIA trax
from Kimmel's show, then over here:
Kano, Remember Me
(mp3 via the Mack). The fault of all these bloggers OTD's been lurking. Kids got us hooked on grime. As habits go, smack would've been less expensive, and not quite as time-consuming.
4.
System of a Down, "Old School Hollywood."
(mp3) Thank
the guy
who did that killer
S-O-V
remix; he's all about SOAD's vocoder steez. If you are too, then follow us back to the vaults and rip it back to the source:
Powerman 5000,
"Megatronic."
(mp3, unreleased). OTD still has dreams about might have hit the fan about four years ago, if the usually-awful
PM5K
had actually released their shelved disasterpiece
Anyone for Doomsday.
"Megatronic" was the sine-qua-non of vocoder metal. Actually, there isn't much metal on it at all. It's pretty close to a straight-up
Battlestar Galactica
electro track, a good bit before most rock people fucked with that stuff.
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