Bands Of The Week: Review

Instead of posting about a new band today, I thought it was a great idea to compile all the bands that have been featured here into one post for you all to check out in case you missed one.

Aeges  http://aeges.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/aegesband

And We Are Them https://www.facebook.com/AndWeAreThem http://andwearethem.bandcamp.com/

Ghost Idols http://ghostidols.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/GhostIdols

Lightsystem http://lightsystem.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/lightsystem http://www.lightsystem.us/

Open Hand https://www.facebook.com/OpenHandRocks http://www.reverbnation.com/openhand

Mossbreaker https://www.facebook.com/mossbreaker http://mossbreaker.bandcamp.com/

Sidewave https://www.facebook.com/Sidewave.music http://sidewaveband.com/

Anakin http://anakinmusic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/anakinmusic http://anakinmusic.bandcamp.com/

Damn This Desert Air https://www.facebook.com/damnthisdesertair http://damnthisdesertair.bandcamp.com/

Interstelar https://www.facebook.com/interstelarLA http://interstelar.bandcamp.com/ http://interstelar.com/

HiddenAmongst Us http://hiddenamongstus.com/ https://www.facebook.com/HiddenAmongstUs http://hiddenamongstus.bandcamp.com/

City Of Ships https://www.facebook.com/cityofships http://cityofships.bandcamp.com/

Destroy Judas http://destroyjudas.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/destroyjudas

New Cathedral http://newcathedralband.com/ https://www.facebook.com/NewCathedralFL

Big Jesus http://bigjesus.bandcamp.com/album/one https://www.facebook.com/bigassjesus http://www.thebigjesus.com/

Dekades http://dekadesofficial.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Dekadesofficial http://dekades.bandcamp.com/

Spirit In The Room https://www.facebook.com/spiritintheroomsounds https://soundcloud.com/spirit-in-the-room

Machines Learning https://www.facebook.com/machineslearning http://machineslearning.bandcamp.com/

Digicide https://www.facebook.com/Digicide http://digicide.bandcamp.com/album/far-from-home

Obliterations https://www.facebook.com/Obliterations http://obliterations.bandcamp.com/

Barrows http://barrowstheband.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/BarrowsTheBand

Wild Throne https://www.facebook.com/wildthrone http://wildthrone.bandcamp.com/ http://www.wildthrone.com/

Goldsboro https://www.facebook.com/goldsboroband http://www.goldsboroband.com/

With Our Arms To The Sun http://www.withourarmstothesun.com/ https://www.facebook.com/WithOurArmsToTheSun

Abloom https://www.facebook.com/abloomband

He Whose Ox Is Gored https://www.facebook.com/hewhoseoxisgoredseattle http://hewhoseoxisgored.bandcamp.com/

Silver Snakes http://www.yearofthesnakes.com/ https://www.facebook.com/yearofthesnakes http://bridge9.bandcamp.com/album/year-of-the-snake

Disquiet http://www.reverbnation.com/disquietsongs/songs https://www.facebook.com/Disquietsongs http://www.disquietsongs.com

Young Hunter http://younghunter.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Young-Hunter/127424170682508

Black Map http://www.blackmapmusic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/blackmapmusic http://blackmapmusic.bandcamp.com/album/driver

Best Albums of 2014…So Far

In no particular order (wait till the end of the year for that). These are the best albums I’ve heard all year!

1. Mastodon- Once More Round The Sun
2. Every Time I Die- From Parts Unknown
3. Chevelle- La Gargola
4. Seether- Isolate and Medicate
5. Sevendust- Time Travelers and Bonfires
6. Crosses- Crosses
7. Royal Blood- Out Of The Black EP
8. Against Me- Transgender Dysphoria Blues
9. And We Are Them- Align
10. Wild Throne- Blood Maker
11. New Cathedral- Ghost
12. Machines Learning- Machines Learning
13. He Whose Ox Is Gored- Nightshade EP
14. With Our Arms To The Sun- A Far Away Wonder
15. Black Map- Driver EP
16. Royal Blood- Royal Blood
17. The Last Internationale- We Will Reign
18. Wovenwar- Wovenwar
19. And We Are Them- City Of Ghosts
20. Obliterations- Poison Everything
21. Black Map- And We Explode
22. Bush- Man On The Run
23. Slipknot- .5 The Gray Chapter
24. Aeges- Above and Down Below

Band Of The Week: Machines Learning

The 90’s sound of quiet to loud has always played a large role in rock music. The ability to take a delicate melodic part and transition it to a loud and heavy part takes the right amount of patience and creativity. Machines Learning have honed their craft of being able to do just that. Hailing from San Diego, California, this three piece band has taken their influences of Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, Hum, and Sunny Day Real Estate and blended them into a powerful sound. Singer/Guitarist Paul William Balmer has a very subtle yet very textured voice that compliments the loud dirty guitars. The bass sound that Bradley Botbyl has borders on the 90’s sound and the more modern sludge of heavier bands. The drums are thunderous when it needs to be and understated when those softer parts come in. Machines Learning have released 2 exquisite EP’s, and from the sound of them , they are surely headed on the right path.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/machineslearning

http://machineslearning.bandcamp.com/

 

By: Brian Lacy