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Happy Halloween: The Bad Penny’s Top 10 Favorite Masked Bands
Posted in Lists with tags Batushka, Cult of Fire, Gaerea, Ghost, Magic Sword, Slipknot, Sunn 0))), The Locust, The Residents, UADA on 10/31/2024 by Kurt OrzeckBest Albums of 2023: Cloak, Insomnium, Horrendous, Jeromes Dream
Posted in Lists with tags Armed, Cloak, Fen, Great Falls, Horrendous, Insomnium, Jeromes Dream, Svalbard, Thy Catafalque, Warcrab on 12/20/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
- Cloak – Black Flame Eternal (Season of Mist)
- Insomnium – Anno 1696 and Songs of the Dusk EP (Nuclear Blast)
- Horrendous – Ontological Mysterium (Season of Mist)
- Jeromes Dream – Gray in Between (Iodine)
- Warcrab – The Howling Silence (Transcending Obscurity)
- The Armed – Perfect Saviors (Sargent House)
- Svalbard – Weight of the Mask (Nuclear Blast)
- Fen – Monuments to Absence (Prophecy Productions)
- Thy Catafalque – Alföld (Season of Mist)
- Great Falls – Objects Without Pain (Neurot)
Best Movies of 2022: ‘Stranger,’ ‘Tár,’ ‘Emily the Criminal,’ ‘Hellbender’
Posted in Lists with tags Barbarian, Emily the Criminal, Happening, Hellbender, Moonage Spacedream, Tar, The Outfit, The Stranger, X on 01/28/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Best Albums of 2022: Amorphis, All the Fury, Halo Effect, Cave In, Khold
Posted in Lists with tags All the Fury, Amorphis, Cave In, Celeste, Dark Funeral, Deathspell Omega, Early Moods, Halo Effect, Khold, Sigh on 01/16/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
- Amorphis – Halo (Atomic Fire)
- All the Fury – Layers (self-released)
- Halo Effect – Days of the Lost (Nuclear Blast)
- Cave In – Heavy Pendulum (Relapse)
- Khold – Svartsyn (Soul Seller)
- Celeste – Assassine(s) (Nuclear Blast)
- Dark Funeral – We Are the Apocalypse (Century Media)
- Deathspell Omega – Long Defeat (Season of Mist)
- Early Moods – s/t (RidingEasy)
- Sigh – Shiki (Peaceville)
Guilty Pleasures: Dez Dare Digs Grand Funk Railroad, More
Posted in Features, Guilty Pleasures, Lists with tags Dez Dare on 01/12/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
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.
Continue readingMuse, Sigh, Becoming the Archetype: Best New Releases
Posted in Lists with tags Becoming the Archetype, Muse, Sigh on 08/26/2022 by Kurt Orzeck
Hop over to New Noise to check out our favorite new releases that just dropped.
Top 10 Songs With the Same Titles as Great Novels
Posted in Lists, What You Readin' For? with tags Coolio, David Bowie, Deep Blue Something, Led Zeppelin, Lucinda Williams, Metallica, New Kids on the Block, Overkill, Queen, Tigers Jaw on 07/07/2022 by Kurt Orzeck
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)
Continue readingEvery Song by Tim Heidecker’s Dekkar, Ranked
Posted in Comedy, Lists with tags Axiom, Dekkar, Manuel, On Cinema, Tim Heidecker on 07/05/2022 by Kurt Orzeck1. “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 Kurt Orzeck
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
The 3 Best Podcasts on the Internet in 2022
Posted in Comedy, Lists on 06/04/2022 by Kurt Orzeck
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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