Aubin: It's weird really. I'm not a fan of Bright Eyes, but I did very much enjoy Connor Oberst's collaboration with Denver Dally (among others) in Desaparecidos [review]. Their Pinkerton-era Weezer inspired rock'n'roll was an wonderful mess of loud, energetic music. Soon, Jade Tree will be releasing Denver's full length release, Leave Your Name under the name Statistics. Electronic sounds, thick, driving guitars and catchy hooks a-plenty, it will be a definite highlight for next year.
Statistics - A Number, Not a Name Aubin: Since Scott is away today, here's another, completely different track for you guys to check out. People are calling this one of the best heavy releases since Calculating Infinity [review] and they might just be right. Taking pages from both Dillinger Escape Plan and Botch and yet sounding completely different, Burn By the Sun's The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good will impress all but the most jaded.
Burnt By the Sun - Forlani Adam: We just published our review of the Chunksaah's Sticks and Stones retrospective The Strife and Times here. Here's one of the tracks that the two CD set revisits. "The Lot" was from 1993's Theme Song For Nothing LP on Skene Records. This band was hugely influential in the early 90s New Jersey scene that included bands like Vision, Lifetime and The Bouncing Souls.
Sticks and Stones - The Lot