Thrice: The Alchemy Index: Volume Two – Water
The second installment of Thrice’s The Alchemy Index moves from the aggressive and angry tracks of Volume One – Fire, engulfed in the flames of fiery riffs, to a much softer, but equally powerful, melodic side of the band. If you’re just tuning in now, this is [...]
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Thrice: The Alchemy Index: Volume Two – Water [Album Review]
Posted in Music Review, tagged emo, Music Review, post-hardcore, screamo, The Alchemy Index, Thrice on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thrice: The Alchemy Index: Volume One – Fire [Album Review]
Posted in Music Review, tagged emo, Music Review, post-hardcore, screamo, The Alchemy Index, Thrice on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thrice: The Alchemy Index: Volume One – Fire
(Volume Two – Water is to follow next week)
Thrice’s new musical project of massive proportions, The Alchemy Index, had its first installment released last week on October 16th. To understand what I mean by first installment, a little history lesson’s got to be taught here. Late 2006 Thrice decide to part ways with major record label, Island Records, and began building a professional recording studio in guitarist, Teppei Teranishi’s home. Giving themselves the power to spend as much time and effort on whatever album they chose to pursue, Thrice decided to record an epic four-part concept album based on the four original elements: Fire, Water, Earth, and Air.
Instead of opting for the traditional, and constantly butchered concept album of creating a pile of tracks that are set into (often forced into) a congruent storyline, the band decided to take the plethora of different musical sound-scapes they had explored on their last album, the critically acclaimed Vheissu, and push them into four separate directions. The band would divide the four elements into four six-song EPs (mini-albums) each with a distinctive sound. The band self produced and recorded the albums and signed to Vagrant Records to release the first two volumes of the musical journey that is The Alchemy Index.
Radiohead – In Rainbows: Album Review
Posted in Music Review, tagged expirimental rock, In Rainbows, Music Review, Radiohead, Thom Yorke on October 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Album: In Rainbows
By: Radiohead
Tracks: 10
Released: Oct. 10th 2007
Writer: Ryan Napier
Co-Writer: Paul Atkinson
“The infrastructure will collapse,” sings Thom Yorke on Radiohead’s new album, In Rainbows, which describes not only Yorke’s usually gloomy lyrics, but the effect of In Rainbows on the recording industry. More than enough words have been devoted to this in the past few weeks, but here’s a quick run-down, in case you haven’t heard: Radiohead, one of the most respected and commercially successful bands in the world, were without a label after their recording contract with EMI expired in 2003. The band began recording their new album in 2005, fueling two years worth of speculation over what label they would sign with. Then unexpectedly on October 1st they announced they would be releasing the album themselves in ten days, available only online through their website. Not only would the album only be released online, but downloaders could pick their own price, with even the choice of getting the album for free (another option was an $80 disc-box containing a hardcopy CD version, a double 12” vinyl version, and a bonus CD to ship out in December). No doubt some pretty revolutionary stuff (and from the looks of it, successful too; In Rainbows had 1.2 million within two days of being released), but does the music live up to the immense hype?
