Our Band Could be Your Life...

While on my way to see the game to big screen adaptation of Silent Hill yesterday, I listened to Mission of Burma's newest album The Obliterati for seemingly the millionth time, which has seriously placed itself among one of my favorite albums of the year thus far by being obscenely catchy. I'll admit, I was never really an avid listener of all things Burma, but this release has me sold as them being a fantastic band and that has me back tracking and listening to their older material all over again. I would have to say the drive to the movie decided it for me as the music was almost entirely perfect for it. I can't say the same for the movie Silent Hill, as it was mediocre...but much like the game. So yeah, The Obliterati > Silent Hill. I highly suggest listening to the album, as I am positive that it will be fighting for the year end top spot, as nerdy as that sounds.

Mission of Burma - Spider's Web [MP3]

Shaping to be another fantastic album, for which I have only recently directed my full on attention to, has been the new Sonic Youth album Rather Ripped. The absence of Jim O'Rourke has changed the overall approach of the band, or maybe not really changed, rather than leaving their sound somewhere in the middle ground of past and what we knew as the present. It's a pleasant album though, with mostly straight forward rock songs, and really is the sort of album that would only be expected from a band that is in its 20th album of pumping out jams. Run out and buy it whenever it's out if you're down with the Youth. If not, you probably should be.

Sonic Youth - Reena [MP3]

Buy Mission of Burma - The Obliterati here!
Buy Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped here!