No Such Music

Title: The Distortion of Sound Release Date: July 23, 2014 A mini documentary about the decline of sound quality of music, how compression have weaken the experience of listening to music. It shows a pretty dramatic and questionable view but it's worth watching.

Band: Lucero Album: Live from Atlanta Release Date: August 12, 2014 Genre: Alt Country/ Southern Rock Expectation: 6/10 Reality: 8/10

Top Five is back and to celebrate its return, a list of the definitive ska albums. I know ska is much older than the bands on the list and that I've forgotten many pioneers of ska like Jimmy Cliff and Laurel Aitken. However notice that I will be focusing on 3rd Wave Ska. Enjoy! In case you're wondering, we do have a delightful playlist dedicated to ska/ska punk, check it out: 5) Streetlight Manifesto - The Hands That Thieve Release Date: March 26, 2013 4) Rancid - Life Won't Wait Release Date: June 30, 1998 3) Less Than Jake - Anthem Release Date: May 20, 2003 2) Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off Release Date: August 13, 1996 1) Goldfinger - Hang-Ups Release Date: September 9, 1997

Band: Sylosis Album: Monolith Release Date: October 8, 2012 Genre: Thrash Metal/Prog Metal/Death Metal Expectation: 7.0/10 Reality: 7.6/10

Band: Dimmu Borgir Album: Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia Release Date: March 20, 2001 Genre: Symphonic Black Metal Expectation: 8.5/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Band: ABBA Album: Live at Wembley Arena 1979 Release Date: September 30, 2014 Genre: Dance Pop Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 7/10

Many bands/artists will release new albums until the end of the year and many of them have already premiered tracks from the upcoming cds. I have selected some of the most anticipated by me. Artist: Machine Head Album: Bloodstone & Diamonds Release Date: November 10 Artist: Weezer Album: Everything Will Be Alright in the End Release Date: October 7 Artist: Kendrick Lamar Album: TBA Release Date: TBA Artist: Bloodbath Album: Grand Morbid Funeral Release Date: November 17 https://soundcloud.com/peaceville/bloodbath-unite-in-pain-from-bloodbath-grand-morbid-funeral Artist: Lagwagon Album: Hang Release Date: October 28

Band: Ryan Adams Album: Ryan Adams Release Date: September 9, 2014 Genre: Alternative Rock/Alt-Country Expectation: 6.5/10 Reality: 8/10

Band: Audrey Horne Album: Pure Heavy Release Date: September 29, 2014 Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Expectation: 8.5/10 Reality: 6.6/10

Band: Iron Reagan Album: The Tyranny of Will Release Date: September 16, 2014 Genre: Crossover/Hardcore/Thrash Metal Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 7/10

Band: SBTRKT Album: Wonder Where We Land Release Date: September 22, 2014 Genre: Electronic/House Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 6.5/10

Band: TesseracT Album: Altered State Release Date: May 27, 2013 Genre: Prog Metal Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 4.5/10

Band: The Wrens Album: The Meadowlands Release Date: September 9, 2003 Genre: Indie Rock/Emo Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 6.5/10

Band: Killswitch Engage Album: Alive or Just Breathing Release Date: May 21, 2002 Genre: Metalcore/Thrash Metal Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 9.0/10 ESSENTIAL

Band: Bob Mould Album: District Line Release Date: February 5, 2008 Genre: Alternative Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 7/10

Band: Riverside Album: Rapid Eye Movement Release Date: October 1, 2007 Genre: Prog Rock/Art Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Band: Riverside Album: Out of Myself Release Date: September 21, 2004 Genre: Prog Rock/Art Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 8.5/10

Band: Riverside Album: Second Life Syndrome Release Date: November 8, 2005 Genre: Prog Rock/Art Rock Expectation: 6/10 Reality: 8/10

Band: ABBA Album: Arrival Release Date: January, 1977 Genre: Disco/Pop/Dance Expectation: 8.5/10 Reality: 7/10

Band: The Lawrence Arms Album: Oh! Calcutta! Release Date: March 7, 2006 Genre: Punk Rock Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 9/10

Band: The Lawrence Arms Album: Cocktails & Dreams Release Date: June 21, 2005 Genre: Punk Rock Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8/10

Band: The Lawrence Arms Album: The Greatest Story Ever Told Release Date: September 23, 2003 Genre: Punk Rock Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8.5/10

Band: The Lawrence Arms Album: Apathy and Exhaustion Release Date: February 12, 2002 Genre: Punk Rock Expectation: 6/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Band: Evile Album: Infected Nations Release Date: September 22, 2009 Genre: Thrash Metal Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8/10

Band: In Flames Album: Siren Charms Release Date: September 8, 2014 Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 5/10

Band: FKA Twigs Album: LP1 Release Date: August 6, 2014 Genre: Trip Hop/Electronic Expectation: 8.5/10 Reality: 7/10

Band: Hostage Calm Album: Die on Stage Release Date: September 15, 2014 Genre: Pop Punk/Alternative Rock Expectation: 6.5/10 Reality: 7.8/10