Hot Fiction, and a status update

Well, it's been about a month since I've posted. Between writing essays and reading school texts, I haven't had much time to breathe. Anyways, it's been too long since I've been able to post some free music, so here we go! Hot Fiction is a London-based alt-rock and blues outfit that's caught my attention lately. Their music somehow has a strong groove while remaining loose and open. It's a fairly minimalist sound, which works quite well for their style of the blues. Naturally, their primal sound and two-man lineup will draw forth the inevitable Black Keys comparisons, but Hot Fiction definitely has their own distinct feel. For more information, you can find the band's bio here. I'm a sucker for heavy blues, so they drew me straight in. I'm hoping that they might do the same for you. As usual, you can find their music for free. Enjoy. (By the way, the reason the formatting for this post is a little odd is because www.blogger.com is being weird right now. I'm actually typing this into the html editor, because the normal text input will only let me type while I hold the left mouse button for some odd reason...)

Life. It happens.

It seems I wasn't able to get a post out this weekend. Well, such is the life of a college student I suppose. Judging by the current state of my calendar, I won't be making regular posts for a little while. Also, the campus internet is a little spotty, preventing me from spending too much time looking around for interesting music. Once I get those two issues sorted out, I'll return to a more regular schedule. Until then!

A Feast for the ears (part 1)

Hello there. Ever heard of a band named Annihilator? If not, then I'm not too surprised. Despite being a highly influential metal band, the Canadian thrash group Annihilator never quite gets the acclaim it should. Hopefully, their latest album Feast will change that somewhat. A powerful album in its own right, Feast really shines with its bonus tracks. In fact, Feast has more bonus tracks (fifteen) than standard tracks (nine). Why so many bonus tracks? The bonus, second disk to Feast is actually a collection of re-recorded Annihilator classics. Furthermore, some of those re-recordings are actually improvements over the original songs. In any event, this blog post wasn't intended as a review of the album. I'll do that soon. Instead, I have here some interviews with Jeff Waters, one of Annihilator's founding members and a truly phenomenal muisician. Furthermore, he makes for a highly entertaining and informative interviewee. I think these interviews, one concerning the current state of the metal genre and one about Feast, should be interesting even for non-metalheads. Enjoy.

Just checking in

Now that I've settled in to my new dorm, I should be able to return to a regular posting schedule. I plan to post every Saturday around noon US central time. While I may post more than this, keep in mind that I am a college student now. Let's not expect any miracles. :p