2009 at the Batcave

List of Links by Genre of shit that got a Caveworthy plug this year:


HARDCORE:
C'est La Guerre - Demo
Dolcim - Guillotine Ride 
Dominic - Nord 
Touche Amore - ...To the Beat of a Dead Horse  


INDIE/ALTERNATIVE:
The Working Title

INDIE/ALTERNATIVE ROCK:
Band of Skulls - BabyDoll Sugar Doll Face Honey 

INDIE/ALTERNATIVE/CHILL SAUCE:
All the Day Holiday - All the Things We've Grown To Love

INDIE/FOLK:
Chet - Chelsea Silver, Please Come Home


INDIE/FUNK/POOLHALL:
Post War Years - The Greats and The Happenings 

INDIE/FUNK/PROGRESSIVE:
City Safe From Sea - Throw Me Through Walls
So Many Dynamos - Loud Wars
 
INDIE/POST ROCK:
The Hickey Underworld - S/T 


INSTRUMENTAL/POST HARDCORE:
Caspian - Tertia 
If These Trees Could Talk - Above the Earth Below the Sky 
Pushkin - Demo 


POST HARDCORE/SCREAMO:
Alexisonfire - Old Crows / Young Cardinals 


PROGRESSIVE ROCK:
As Cities Burn - Hell or High Water 
Harvard - The Inevitable and I 

PUNK ROCK/SCREAMO:
Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness 
Vanna - New Hope 


PUNK/POOLHALL:
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug 


ROCK/POST HARDCORE/SCREAMO:
City of Ships - Look What God Did To Us 
Emery - While Broken Hearts Prevail EP 
Emery - ...In Shallow Seas We Sail 

SCREAMO/HARDCORE:

Elder - Reflect 
Mutiny On The Bounty - Danger Mouth 
Oceana - BirthEater 

SCREAMO/PROGRESSIVE:
My Heart To Joy - Seasons in Verse 
This City Sunrise - This City Sunrise In Unision 
We Are the Emergency - Seizure EP 




*This is not the end of 2009 in review, coming soon "things i never got around to" + your christmas present!!!

Things that Disappointed in 2009 pt. IV

Punk/Screamo:

The Used - Artwork
Look i was 14 once, i still have a couple the Used t-shirts, so when they put out a record i normally listen to it at least. The last one Lies for the Liars was ok. This is more like an entire record of songs that are bids to be in future Transformers movies. And no, that is not a compliment. Too much pop, i know i keep saying that, but i'm not really fond of popular music, deal with it.
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Screamo/Hardcore:

Burden of a Day - OneOneThousand
What can i say, i like Blessed Be Our Ever After in spite of myself. And then they just  went and dropped the fucking ball with this record. Some songs are tolerable but as a whole, i'm just not that impressed.

Screamo/Progressive:

The Fall of Troy - In the Unlikely Event
I love this band, this record is certainly worth listening to if you're a TFOT fan. It's a little more chord progression a little less of those crazy technical guitar lines, and wild finger taps that i love.  And im not gonna lie, i don't have a giant fucking interest in listening to Thomas sing, i think he sounds better screaming. I personally will stick to their S/T and Doppleganger.
www.myspace.com/thefalloftroy

Things that Disappointed in 2009: Pt. III

Indie/Post Rock:

Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
This record sounds like maybe if it came out in 1988 i might have been more interested in it. They took the heavy distortion and rock heavy shit that worked just fine for them, and traded it in for Alternative slow jam mush. Not a fan.

Pop/Punk Rock:

30 Seconds to Mars - This is War
Not that i like this band a bunch or anything, but they do have songs like "The Kill" and "Attack" which make me think maybe i could like this band. But then they put out a record like this one which is too pop for me, HOWEVER before you fans freak out  i know a great deal of you enjoy it. But in my humble opinion a little more rock and a little less piano and synthesizers might make this record sound a great deal less awful.
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Punk Rock/Progressive:

Closure in Moscow - First Temple
I like this band, i just couldn't do this record. I don't know why. None of the songs are catchy, they all seem to be all over the place. Got some friends who really liked this record, so it's at least here for you to decide.
www.myspace.com/closureinmoscow

Things that Disappointed in 2009: Pt. II

Hardcore:

The Chariot - War and Rumors of War
Maybe I've grown out of this band, or something but this record did not do it for me. It's just more of the same great band, ok record just nothing really stood out on it. Still got love for The Fiancee though.
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Indie Rock:

Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Not that i was in love with Catch Without Arms , but it was decent if i was in the mood, so i was sort of looking forward to this album [but not really]. Then it came out and it sounds like some weird John Cecada shit. Not even remotely interested, thanks.
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Indie/Funk:

The Gossip - Music For Men
I really like Standing in the Way of Control, still not sure completely why it's not really my style. Not that this record isn't in the same fashion it just didn't really get me this time, but still got love for this band.
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Things that Disappointed in 2009: Pt. I

*2009 in review is going to be a weird sort of disorganized mess, so bear with me. But i've decided regardless of how i felt about any of this stuff there will links to everything, so you can decide for yourself.

   

Alternative:

John Mayer - Battle Studies
Not that John Mayer is a musical guru or anything, but regardless of how you feel about the guy he can play the shit out of a fucking guitar. Unfortunately on this record, he doesn't really showcase any of that, its mostly that annoying raspy voiced simple chords crap like "your body is a wonderland".
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Electro-Pop:


Discovery - LP
I like Ra Ra Riot + I like Vampire Weekend = one would think i would like this. Until it actually came out, and turned out to be a weird electro pop thing, which sort of works for the first song "Orange Shirt". Then completely looses my interest.
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Indie/Punk/Poolhall:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Despite changing my tune about Fever to Tell, i just didn't really enjoy this record. Maybe i need to listen to it more, but it just didn't hook me. A little too electro, needed more rock from this press.
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