METALLICA - 72 SEASONS

I didn't want you to notice that it has been years since I wrote for this blog.  It's been three years since.  I can't believe how fast the year's been passing through.  

Now we have a new Metallica album, now it's time to start or publish and write a new post set of words.  This a set of words that somehow brings into light how Metallica has been a part of our lives.  

HUM - INLET

It wasn't too long ago that I've read or have seen a YouTube video asking about this band.  But there it is.  They asked for it and the band must have been happy ti oblige.  Hum is back,  And the Martians Went Home. YouTube Bandcamp Spotify

Guided by Voices - "Space Gun"

Space

I have seen the SPACE X launch on YouTube Live. I was not required to watch. But hey, come on.

JASON LOEWENSTEIN - SUPERSTITIOUS + MACHINERY

J.A.S.O.N.

Well I've heard BALK from before.  The sound engineering was quite impressive.  The satellite creative workings and antics of Jason Loewenstein persist.  Mentioning Sebadoh, Sentridoh, Folk Implosion is out of the question, Jason does seem to keep it moving, keeping it coming, rocking and rolling.  Does still continue to amaze that self proclaimed musician in me.  

THE SOUNDTRIPPER COMPILATION

Compelling Compellation

by Ryan Cervantes Avellanosa

Well, lately it has been taking me a long time to make another set of playlist for this site. The internet seem to keep distracting me to do so.  It's like they are doing it for me.  The apps from the android does also seem to keep me from doing so.  And there are too many of them to get excited about. One can't or almost can't even be sure anymore which ones do really work or even is reliable to say the least. Some of which are really absurd.  Hahaha the boredom busters .. and I do feel that I don't need to do so anymore.  For  I am at the helm of trying to keep abreast of the latest find as I am also trying to look for the best vintage find. But who knows?  We'll never know. Because of that thing that keeps trying to tell me to keep doing so when you do not feel compelled to do so anymore.

SANDWICH - THANKS TO THE MOON'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL (SPECIAL EDITION)

Gravity is Up
by RC /\vellanosa

You won't believe how I managed to have bought a compact disc copy of this particular album.  You won't believe how I fought to have my friends listen with me throughout.  Somehow it wasn't that interesting to them.  So I was happy to play along with a CD player.  Yes, a CD player.  And the USB flash drive isn't that affordable before.  I bought a 128MB flash that cost me more than a thousand pesos.  Wow! Those were the days.  These were the days to transcend.

CATHERINE WHEEL - WFNX SESSION

Chassis Wheeling
by RC /\vellanosa

No wonder it's radio-friendly yet still unheard of. Though am not sure it's not that tasty down here.  For the shoegazey types and the hipster nineties (90s) rocker, this band is one of those that emerged in the shoegaze alternative rock scene.  But this find is quite rare.  Listen on.

Crank

Love my superstitious games Running circles round my brain when I'm left smiling I love to steal this living steam My head in someone's dream I'm tired of sleeping Call me crank, my idea Crank, so superior Crank, my conscience clear I build my canopy of steel It fulfills my sense of real A chrome protection Call me crank, my idea Crank, so super Crank, my conscience clear It's clear In this small partition, like a prison Explode time bomb If you know where I come from You call me crank, my idea Crank, so super Crank, my conscience clear Please call me crank, it's what I need Crank, my mind in seed Crank, my dream complete Lay down, lay down, lay down 

Tracks:
01. Crank
02. Black Metallic

The Zip

SIAKØL - TRØPA

Melancholic Whiny
by RC /\vellanosa

As usual, am at this usual state of soundtripping once again.  This time it's a band called Siakol.  You know how it is when you won't have to keep listening to bands that's homegrown , almost at the nearest grasp yet still unheard of from somewhere.  Since it sometimes is considered as bland and too obvious.  It might just be the same as elsewhere perhaps.  American and other Non-Filipino bands must have gotten tired of listening to music which sprouted from their nearest shores, they had to keep abreast of of other music beyond.  Well, perhaps it needs to be that way or we'll end up bored or somewhat so immobile of you know what I mean.  No wonder we see more Non-Filipinos around here.  I've seen more of them on the streets than before.  Even speaking our own languages which is funny and surprising at the same time.

But here is a music which can keep you longing for home if you are out of the country,  Or it may just confuse you if you're from around here.  The Philippines. Well, I won't have to describe this fine piece of music.  It's just like listening to a friend drinking somewhere or a neighbor which you can keep pestering and do not mind, do not mind ever at all.  Or do they?

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DTCV - UPTIME!

I've Detect 

by Ryan Cervantes Avellanosa

It is pronounced as Detective and can be spelled as DTCV.   You know how it is when you are feeling quite down or unusually happy or upset.  Either way, this music does rock.  It's quite profound and perky kind of like somebody's marshmallow prize.

And am not sure how to say about new music like these.  It's Breeders-ish/The Vaselines-ish.  It's another treat,  Wow, just wow.

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CHRIS CORNELL - HIGHER TRUTH

See The Light
by Ryan Avellanosa

Well, there goes Chris again, again.  He goes around again.  His voice resonates.  And as he continued to go solo on his musical career, I hear more acoustics and melody.  The harmony which he keeps like a memory that loops and loops, never forgotten.  Almost natural if not in every way.  His music which reflects the continuing reflection of how life should be lived in continuous reflection of one's life.  He's like singing like he'd be gone away any day soon.  Taking everything, cherishing everything.  Amazing album Chris.

VIOLENT FEMMES - WE CAN DO ANYTHING

un/Feminist Rants

by RC Avellanosa

This is sweet.  It has been a long time since and it is exciting  to hear some new tunes from Violent Femmes.   "Issues" is the catchiest.  They pretty much sound the same just like the way they were before.  And it feels just like home again, or some place familiar and comforting.  I'm not sure but this just hit it home.

WEEZER - THE WHITE ALBUM

Zing-a-ling-a-ling
by RC Avellanosa

Well, I know I have heard this upcoming release,  I never thought it'll come this early.  Well, at some point it's bound to happen anyway.  Well I found this on Spotify.  Meaning I had to resort to this new thing.  The Spotify thing.    Well I think everyone is at their fighting stances mode.  And it will take more than a distraction to try to calm the things that go berserk wild these days.  It just might be that a generation has just tipped the balance to the point of realizing things that has to change or stay the way it was.

BEACH FOSSILS - CLASH THE TRUTH

Spotify Stupefied
by Ryan/\/ Avellanosa

Youtube is fine, Vimeo is pleasing, Grooveshark is down, Soundcloud is great, and Spotify is unbelievable.  And I found out  hmm probably around a month ago that Genius is merging with Spotify.  This has been very awesome.  Just too awesome, that they even offered free Premium version.

I'm still not sure how to describe this group, this recording, this set of songs.  It's almost psychologically unnecessary to do so these days. With the season... the election season here and there.. campaigns everywhere. the cacophony of positive vibrations, and the clash of truth.   Say what you want, say what you will. this is cool and calming,, peaceful and serene..sing , sing sing. 

DAVID BOWIE - BLACKSTAR

Spacestar
by Rya/\/ /\vellanosa

I make it a point somehow these days not to listen too much from artists from the past especially the most famous.  And because I was made to do so, it probably is the only way to appreciate music, partly.. that I should listen more about the present or to which the present has imparted us with,  The Music Presence, the presence of Music.  But what about those that which gave us the most wondrous songs, incomparable and too distinct not to notice?  And that was the records are for?  To play it over and over and over again.

I must admit that I am really not into David Bowie, though I know he's too influential not to know.  And I can only name a few of the favorite songs he wrote like...Heroes, Ziggy Stardust and Thursday's Child.  Yes, Thursday's Child was one of the songs I had to play after learning of his demise. His demise which some would deny to have happened. Truly an icon.  Bye Mr. David Beau..oh ..David Bowie.

THE MUTA SCALE - PLEASE DON'T DIE

 I Am still Listening
by Ryan Avellanosa y Cervantes

 Just when I'm on the verge of giving up, music. It's just a bad year. And bad years keep mounting like snakes. And for all the years that passed it seems that I must not give it up. I don't know how I should continue but I can do it one day at a time.  Music helps in many ways I can't even begin to describe.  To stay positive or stay sane, is all I need everyday.  So much so that it's the only thing that makes sense to me.

This is unfair though.  The way this has been laid out like it was something so precious that had to be cherished.  And because it just so happens that this was shared and the knowledge that it can be emulated or redone.  The way music influences another musician and how it's been played in the air for some earthling to listen to.  And perhaps it goes with the generation, the age , and the age gaps that keeps us wondering why we still exist, and why.

This is a pretty trip I must say.

REST MY EARS - DEPTH SILENT

Fight for Musings (Music Holiday)
by RC Avellanosa

I'm trying to find ways to make my own music but somehow it does not materialize.  Many people are doing it these days.  Anyone can, from all over the world and on places one has not even heard before.  And many of them do sound palatable to the ear.  And so it is , the circle of musical nests has produced children of equal mastery of the arts.  Technology has made it possible and made it easy to do so.  Some don't mind if they make something out of it.  Just for the fun of it perhaps, to the point of being helpless by music business mongers and parasites.

And so as a listener I do wonder sometimes, "What happens to Music without the artists?" Of course, everyone has got to have an answer or two.   It gets recorded on different ways.  I don't need to elaborate.  I'm sure you can find out how now.  But to kill or halt the music business industry may mean or just can mean a lot of things for some people.  It may just mean that the extents of its propagation may have been overused now or over-exhausted that it produced a generation of brats, immoral behavior, and disrespect not only to themselves but sadly to their own families.  I could be wrong but am sure you'd find out somewhere that somehow the idea does make sense for the type or kind of music one should listen to on moments you choose to cherish and uphold to last forever.

SPACEMEN 3 – SOUND OF CONFUSION

Mind Spells
by Ryex Whoever

I found this way back, hmmm maybe months ago, because somebody would not hold back. But of course, there are just some things one would be happy to oblige. On some days both would perhaps disagree. It's like feeling insanely sane for moments, for minutes if not hours. And there is just some music that comes and goes like boomerang, like Frisbees that’s being spun back, like an elastic band that’s pulled to hit across. And there is restlessly some music one does not want or need to listen to. Of course, it is up to the one playing it. And sometimes it’s best when one requests it to be played. While listening and writing about this music review, while it is not really a review, (an occupation of writing while playing music in the background), am not sure what to call this task. And I’m clearly getting this sense of bliss out of doing so, to no one apparently but for myself. You could describe Spacemen 3 as an alternative, post-punk, shoe gaze tribe. I should mention that they do sound a lot like J&MC. That voice and the guitar mix surely do sound just a little too distinct not to mention. Kindred spirits I suppose and the call of their time. Before, we, that includes you and I and everyone of course, especially in groups, we get to listen attentively as one. To some artist, to some musician that is playing on stage, in an auditorium, outside or wherever. And to get the point across from "who's who" who is at the helm of some kind of spell, or pressure to do so. And perhaps time and empathy has made us want to listen or even is forced to listen to or with, almost or even at times unconsciously aware of. To understand why it's made and sung for and if it is sung for fun or for pleasure or better yet again and again & again just something to waste time with. After listening to the whole album, I had this sense of longing. Just the same, it’s just a feeling, just a thought one does not need to take seriously of course. That sense of serendipity and that sense of being embraced by some invisible arms. The arms that moved the hands and the fingers that pull the strings forward, swing forth.

LOST BOY? - WASTED (EP)

Whip it Good by Ryex Whoever I want music and I have to say it again & again. If I have to say it again & again & again. Or play it in my head over & over again. It keeps me healthy, it keeps me feel alive. I found this track back in July but it was featured much earlier. This is one of those that I kept stashed in and hidden somewhere on folders that refuse to not remain in me.

NEW ORDER - MUSIC COMPLETE

Totally
by Ryan Cervantes /\\//\//\

I am totally , totally going really feeling cold playing these songs.  The words somehow do bring into reflection the things that's bothersome or discouraging.  It's the same tinge, that New Order sound.  At the moment I unusually have this free time so I tried to listen closely, I did try to listen closely, to try to find out how the songs came to be.   Now that the original bassist (Mr. Peter Hook)  is out of line, New Order still has not lost its spunky soul, continues to bring and lift the hearts of listeners who believe in their magic. For hundreds, thousands, if not million listeners who reside here in my own home country Philippines, decrepit, solid and strong homes shall remain with the spirit of the city we call New Wave.

THE SOUNDTRIPPER - COMPILATION VOLUME XXV

Some Kind of Wanderful

by RC /\vellanosa

I know it's kinda like listening to some kind of a tattered piece of clothing or however you may want to call it. It may just be a piece of pattern one needs to stitch complete.  A set of ingredients to cook and serve.  Or just  something to listen to while doing something else. And the mood may just vary according to taste.  But you'll need to snap out off of it if it gets too overwhelming, puzzling or loud.  Keep abreast of how one still needs to take care of something else other than the thing you are preoccupied with, or engrossed compulsively with.  To unwind and chill out. 

The struggles one may have been at the current time and place, and the need to break out. To keep the balance right and just to appreciate the world as it is.  How it has made one strong with constant longing and searching for answers, answers, answers.  The quests and the sorrow, the guilt and the pain.  The mourning, and over-reactions, lies , hatred and betrayal.

Well, the approach of some artists to embody the kind of music they want to render might put you astray.  Because they do vary because they only relied upon their present wit and their form of expressions and quality of context may very well of course be misunderstood.  For some or a whole lot of them do suffer from delusions of god complex or the paranoia of constant prying past demons.  Music has that awesome power and magic to express all kinds of emotions.  Feelings that can't be expressed only by words and conversations, even with straightforward confrontations.  And thus, here is a little piece of magic you may or may not want to receive. Musical theory and beyond.