I prefer to listen to albums in their entirety, so it’s always hard to put together a list of ‘best tracks’ at the end of each year. This year was no exception. Therefore, what follows is a massive soundtrack to the reality show known as 2012. To say these songs represent the ‘best of...
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The image above might be slightly deceiving, as it is not a true representation of my favorite extreme albums of 2012. What it does represent is another impressive run for Profound Lore — the one man operation from Canada that continues to make all other extreme labels look bad by comparison. The list that...
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This could have been a long-winded intro. I could have explained why I chose the following albums over countless other releases that came out over the past 12 months. I could have talked about the many artists who have stepped up to stoke an intense flame from the smoldering remains of traditional “indie rock”....
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I’m fairly certain I attended my final show of 2012 last night. It was a year of over 200 acts at over 50 shows and 5 festivals in 3 countries and 6 states — and it all comes down to these 15 most memorable moments. * Alabama Shakes 02.04.12 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO Brittany...
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Around this time last year I found myself hard pressed to seriously recommend 5 albums from the past six months. This year I found it impossible to narrow it down to 10. The live music scene has been somewhat weak compared to years past, but to say 2012 has more than made up for...
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ILSUDH2 still prefers to listen to albums in their entirety, which makes it very hard to put together a list of ‘best tracks’ at the end of each year. This year was no exception. Therefore, what follows is a massive soundtrack to the reality show known as 2011. To say these songs represent the...
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There were countless releases in 2011 and ILSUDH2 got through over 600 of them. Although it was very hard to decide what would make the list in this uneven year of music, these are the albums that defined 2011 for this blog. In order to give a clear picture of the past year, this...
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Metal, in all of its forms, played a huge part in the 2011 musical landscape. In fact, it wouldn’t be going too far to say that extreme music in general made up a majority of the highlights in a year that provided too few. Extreme music brings with it an extreme (and extremely opinionated...
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In a time when the naysayers are declaring the death of hip-hop, there is a rebirth happening in the underground scene. If you dig deep — past the bloated carbon copies of a long gone golden era — you will find hip-hop. It might not be recognizable to those who are assaulted with Top...
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In years past, ILSUDH2 has lumped these short-players in with their long playing brethren, but this year there were enough ‘bite-sized’ releases to warrant their own post. Here are the Favorite EPs of 2011. * Spotify playlist at bottom of post 05. The Morning Clouds – Wasted Youth Blues (Lefse, 2011) ‘how do you...
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It was a year of over 200 acts at over 80 shows and 6 festivals in 6 states — and it all comes down to these 20 most memorable moments. These are ILSUDH2′s Favorite Live Music Experiences of 2011. Prince 02.23.11 Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA seeing the Purple One for the first time Chelsea...
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