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Best Albums of 2023: Cloak, Insomnium, Horrendous, Jeromes Dream

Posted in Lists with tags , , , , , , , , , on 12/20/2023 by korzeck
  1. CloakBlack Flame Eternal (Season of Mist)
  2. InsomniumAnno 1696 and Songs of the Dusk EP (Nuclear Blast)
  3. HorrendousOntological Mysterium (Season of Mist)
  4. Jeromes Dream Gray in Between (Iodine)
  5. WarcrabThe Howling Silence (Transcending Obscurity)
  6. The ArmedPerfect Saviors (Sargent House)
  7. SvalbardWeight of the Mask (Nuclear Blast)
  8. FenMonuments to Absence (Prophecy Productions)
  9. Thy CatafalqueAlföld (Season of Mist)
  10. Great FallsObjects Without Pain (Neurot)

Best Movies of 2022: ‘Stranger,’ ‘Tár,’ ‘Emily the Criminal,’ ‘Hellbender’

Posted in Lists with tags , , , , , , , , on 01/28/2023 by korzeck

Sharing this year because the Oscar nominations stink especially bad:

  1. The Stranger
  2. Tár
  3. Emily the Criminal
  4. Hellbender
  5. The Outfit
  6. The Innocents
  7. X
  8. Moonage Spacedream
  9. Barbarian
  10. Happening

Best Albums of 2022: Amorphis, All the Fury, Halo Effect, Cave In, Khold

Posted in Lists with tags , , , , , , , , , on 01/16/2023 by korzeck
  1. AmorphisHalo (Atomic Fire)
  2. All the FuryLayers (self-released)
  3. Halo EffectDays of the Lost (Nuclear Blast)
  4. Cave InHeavy Pendulum (Relapse)
  5. KholdSvartsyn (Soul Seller)
  6. CelesteAssassine(s) (Nuclear Blast)
  7. Dark FuneralWe Are the Apocalypse (Century Media)
  8. Deathspell OmegaLong Defeat (Season of Mist)
  9. Early Moods – s/t (RidingEasy)
  10. SighShiki (Peaceville)

Guilty Pleasures: Dez Dare Digs Grand Funk Railroad, More

Posted in Features, Guilty Pleasures, Lists with tags on 01/12/2023 by korzeck

Dez Dare is up to something. Scratch that: psych/punk/garage vet Dez Dare is always up to something. 

Starting on the first day of this year, the indefatigable U.K.-based punk-rock vet posted five cryptic Instagram posts piquing fans’ interest. Each post alluded to a big announcement that Dez — a.k.a. Darren Smallman — plans to make imminently.

Dez promises “records a plenty + weird videos + odd touring + a slick new website” in the posts.

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Muse, Sigh, Becoming the Archetype: Best New Releases

Posted in Lists with tags , , on 08/26/2022 by korzeck

Hop over to New Noise to check out our favorite new releases that just dropped.

New Music Releases Schedule 2022

Posted in Latest New Releases Schedule, Lists, New Releases on 08/01/2022 by korzeck

9.2.22

Ancient North – Gates 

Blind Guardian – God Machine 

Bring Me the Horizon – Post Human II EP

Creature Canyon – Remarks

Ensaguinate – Eldritch Anatomy

Epica – Consign to Oblivion, Phantom Agony and Score reissues

Front Bottoms – Theresa EP

Hu – Rumble of Thunder

John McCutcheon – Leap!

King’s X – Three Sides of One

Kris Kristofferson – Live at Gilley’s

Max Gowan – Glossolalia

Megadeth – Sick, Dying … Dead!

Parker Gispert (Whigs) – Golden Years

Rina Sawayama – Hold the Girl

Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra – Popular Culture (Community Music, Vol. 2)

Tom Chaplin – Midpoint

Trial – Feed the Fire

Yungblud – s/t

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Top 10 Songs With the Same Titles as Great Novels

Posted in Lists, What You Readin' For? with tags , , , , , , , , , on 07/07/2022 by korzeck

1. “1984” by David Bowie (book by George Orwell)

2. “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Metallica (book by Ernest Hemingway)

3. “The Right Stuff” by New Kids on the Block (book by Tom Wolfe)

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Every Song by Tim Heidecker’s Dekkar, Ranked

Posted in Comedy, Lists with tags , , , , on 07/05/2022 by korzeck

1. “Empty Bottle“: The hit song that broke the band like a broken lantern. That dared us to check out life on the dark side but then stuffed us with everything good and light. With this timeless and unparalleled gem, Tim, Axiom and Manuel drained us of everything — and filled us up again.

2. “Empty Bottle (Acoustic)

3. “Empty Bottle (1.5 Remastered Edition)

Boise’s Summer Concert Lineup: Bad Penny’s List

Posted in Lists on 06/30/2022 by korzeck
Ween

7.1: Cloak, Bewitcher, Brain Tourniquet, Hummingbird of Death at Shredder
7.2: Badflower, Royal Bliss at Expo Idaho Grandstands
7.5: Ween at Outlaw Field
7.6: Caleb Nichols, Strange Pilgrim at Neurolux
7.6: Suffers, McKenna Esteb at Grove Plaza (free)
7.9: Floater at Knitting Factory

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The 3 Best Podcasts on the Internet in 2022

Posted in Comedy, Lists on 06/04/2022 by korzeck
Mailin’ It!: The Official Podcast of the USPS

1. “Mailin’ It!“: “A lighthearted look into the history, innovation, and inner workings of the United States Postal Service.” Recommended episode: “Stamps, an American Obsession

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