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Hello, I'm Alternative Press music editor Scott Heisel and welcome to the seventh installment of Positive Jams, your guide to the best (and the rest) of the week's new music as selected by yours truly. Let's get to it!
IF YOU BUY ONE THING TODAY, PLEASE LET IT BE:
Ace Enders & A Million Different People's When I Hit The Ground
THE SCOOP: Holy hell, do I love this disc. I didn't get down with Ace Enders' former band, the Early November, until their triple-disc magnum opus, The Mother, The Mechanic And The Path, but I'm stoked that I get to be on the ground floor for Enders' newest batch of brilliant emo-rock songs. This sprawling album (14 songs over nearly 52 minutes) features balls-out rockers, piano ballads and plenty of bouncy pop-rock, all of which sounds like the best album Jimmy Eat World didn't make. Seriously, buy this thing right now.
CRUCIAL JAMS: "Where Do We Go From Here," "When I Hit The Ground," "The Only Thing I Have (The Sign)," "Take The Money And Run"
BUY IT NOW: Amazon
(physical), Amazon
(digital)
GOT MORE CASH? SNAG THIS NEXT:
NOFX's Backstage Passport DVD
THE SCOOP: Sure, it's not a new album, per se (although I did get an advance of Coaster last week and it's pretty great), but NOFX's Backstage Passport Fuse TV series has been ported to DVD, along with a bonus disc of hours of footage deemed "too hot for TV." Even if you don't like NOFX's music (bummer for you), there is still so much entertainment to be found in these episodes, as well as plenty of a human element most people probably figured Fat Mike didn't have. Highly recommended.
CRUCIAL JAMS: Um, it's a DVD. However, if you don't already own Punk In Drublic, you're totally blowing it.
BUY IT NOW: Amazon
(physical)
"WE SAID MEH! M-E-H, MEH!"
This Providence's Who Are You Now?
THE SCOOP: The above Simpsons reference pretty much perfectly sums up my feelings toward This Providence and their new album. It's background music for a swooped-hair dentist's office: patently inoffensive with nothing out of the ordinary that would risk scaring the patient--er, listener. Honestly, do you really want to associate getting a root canal with this band's music? Too late, I already do.
CRUCIAL JAMS: Go buy a Gatsbys American Dream CD instead. Any Gatsbys American Dream CD.
BUY IT NOW: Amazon
(physical), Amazon
(digital)
ALSO OUT TODAY: Catherine's Inside Out, Graf Orlack's Destination Time Today, I Killed The Prom Queen's Sleepless Nights And City Lights DVD, Kylesa's Static Tensions, MSTRKRFT's Fist Of God, the One Thought Moment's Deaf In The Dead Zone, Sum 41's All The Good Shit
What did you buy today? Leave a comment and tell us!
IF YOU BUY ONE THING TODAY, PLEASE LET IT BE:
Ace Enders & A Million Different People's When I Hit The Ground
THE SCOOP: Holy hell, do I love this disc. I didn't get down with Ace Enders' former band, the Early November, until their triple-disc magnum opus, The Mother, The Mechanic And The Path, but I'm stoked that I get to be on the ground floor for Enders' newest batch of brilliant emo-rock songs. This sprawling album (14 songs over nearly 52 minutes) features balls-out rockers, piano ballads and plenty of bouncy pop-rock, all of which sounds like the best album Jimmy Eat World didn't make. Seriously, buy this thing right now.
CRUCIAL JAMS: "Where Do We Go From Here," "When I Hit The Ground," "The Only Thing I Have (The Sign)," "Take The Money And Run"
BUY IT NOW: Amazon
(physical), Amazon (digital)GOT MORE CASH? SNAG THIS NEXT:
NOFX's Backstage Passport DVD
THE SCOOP: Sure, it's not a new album, per se (although I did get an advance of Coaster last week and it's pretty great), but NOFX's Backstage Passport Fuse TV series has been ported to DVD, along with a bonus disc of hours of footage deemed "too hot for TV." Even if you don't like NOFX's music (bummer for you), there is still so much entertainment to be found in these episodes, as well as plenty of a human element most people probably figured Fat Mike didn't have. Highly recommended.
CRUCIAL JAMS: Um, it's a DVD. However, if you don't already own Punk In Drublic, you're totally blowing it.
BUY IT NOW: Amazon
(physical)"WE SAID MEH! M-E-H, MEH!"
This Providence's Who Are You Now?
THE SCOOP: The above Simpsons reference pretty much perfectly sums up my feelings toward This Providence and their new album. It's background music for a swooped-hair dentist's office: patently inoffensive with nothing out of the ordinary that would risk scaring the patient--er, listener. Honestly, do you really want to associate getting a root canal with this band's music? Too late, I already do.
CRUCIAL JAMS: Go buy a Gatsbys American Dream CD instead. Any Gatsbys American Dream CD.
BUY IT NOW: Amazon
(physical), Amazon (digital)ALSO OUT TODAY: Catherine's Inside Out, Graf Orlack's Destination Time Today, I Killed The Prom Queen's Sleepless Nights And City Lights DVD, Kylesa's Static Tensions, MSTRKRFT's Fist Of God, the One Thought Moment's Deaf In The Dead Zone, Sum 41's All The Good Shit
What did you buy today? Leave a comment and tell us!
2 Comments:
I tried to grab the new Ace Enders album today at Best Buy, but they didn't have it :/
I loved the NOFX show on Fuse, as did my dad who thought it was one of the best band documentaries he'd ever seen. I hope I can find that dvd somewhere soon.
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