this video almost killed gerard

Check out the new My Chemical Romance below.

now come one come all to this tragic affair

If you live in the Toronto area, head over to see My Chemical Romance perform live at the Much Music HQ or you can watch it live at home. Either way, the festivities being at 7 pm.

halloween 2006

Who’s throwing a Halloween party this year? Well, I’m not; but for those of you who are, here is a list of music you should consider rotating:



Scott Walker: The Drift
This is one of my favorite records of the year so far. It is a 60 plus minutes journey of weird, dark, and vastly experimental music. You can read my review on The Drift here.

Cossacks Are [wicked-cool song]
Jesse [wicked-cool song]
Hand Me Ups [wicked-cool song]
The Escape [wicked-cool song]


My Chemical Romance: I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
Vampires, murders, suicide, ghosts... a Halloween essential and MRC’s finest.

Vampires Will Never Hurt You [wicked-cool song]
Headfirst For Halos [super-wicked-cool song]


Alkaline Trio: Good Morning
All Alkaline Trio records are prefect for Halloween, but Good Morning deserves a mention solely for the violently opening track, "This Could Be Love".

This Could Be Love [wicked-cool song]
One Hundred Stories
Blue In The Face


Suicide: Suicide
I think I have mentioned this record, in particular the song Frankie Teardrop enough times on this blog… in case you are a new reader, go here to read about "Frankie Teardrop"... the absolute scariest song of all time!

Ghost Rider
Cherree
Frankie Teardrop [super-wicked-cool song]


Hilary Duff
Basically anything by Hilary Duff, she scares the crap out of me!


Boys Night Out: Trainwreck
This concept album disturbs the line between nightmare and reality, kind of like Lacan’s concept of real and reality... it involves killings, doctors, drugs, mental hospital... it’s like a scary/thriller movie, but only in music form.

Dreaming
Medicating
Relapsing


Franz Schubert: "Erlking"
Here’s a fascinating early Romantic opera by Schubert. The text depicts the quest of an evil Elves King and his hunger for a young boy’s soul.

Erlking [super-wicked-cool song]


Sunn 0))): Black One
Black One is loud, noisy, abstract, extremely creepy and haunting, prefect music for late night drives out to the middle of nowhere.

It Took The Night To Believe
Cursed Realms (Of The Winterdemons)

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i'm the kind of human wreckage that you love!

First off, the boys from MCR are going to be on SNL tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For me, this is unbelievable and beyond crazy. I first saw MCR at the Horseshoe many years ago (I think second year of university) opened for some act I didn’t even cared for. There were about 20 people in the audience and maybe only seven people including me knew who they were. The next 12 months or so I saw them about four or five more time opening for various bands. (I have yet to see them headline)

Second, The Black Parade was leaked (finally!) last night. Other than a little Libertines during my design class and Patrick Wolf’s "Pumpkin Soup", the only thing I listened to the entire day yesterday was The Black Parade... seriously, without exaggerating, I probably listened to the album about six or seven times already. There is only one way to describe The Black Parade: a hard-rock-musical!!!!!!!

The album opens with "The End" – a-two-minutes teaser track that showcases the new-ish MCR sound in experimenting with multi-instruments and sound effects. It is a great intro which features heart monitoring machines, acoustic guitar, piano, and some great finger snapping! The next track, "Dead!" starts with a killer guitar solo... it is basically a classic MCR song: fast, loud and fun... kind of reminds me of "Headfirst For Halos". Speaking of "Headfirst For Halos"... the intro to "This Is How I Disappear", sounds awfully similar to the intro of "Headfirst"... come on people... tell me I’m not crazy... Jesse, what do you think?? "The Sharpest Lives" sounds like a song from Three Cheers (maybe the beginning of "To The End")... man, I have to stop making these comparisons!!! Anyways, it is overall a pretty decent track with straight forward rock instrumentations. The first single off The Black Parade , "Welcome To The Black Parade" is next; and as I have mentioned before, I am absolutely in love this song. If it isn’t for the very cheesy lines "I don’t love you, like I did, yesterday…", I don’t think I would like "I Don't Love You". It is definitely a post-I Brought You My Bullets track, and it does not display the fast and crazy MCR… this is one of those MCR songs that your sister or your girlfriend will most likely enjoy. Thank god that is followed by "House Of Wolves": a much faster track that features some metal-ish guitar solos in the background... listen for it, it’s great!!! Next is the piano driven track, "Cancer". This is, by far, the most emotional and saddest song on the album. It is a short and extremely well done song. "Mama" is full of the Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge signature rhythms... you know, that hard rock, but yet dancy rhythm. Make sure to listen for the break at 3:39... it’s awesome! "Sleep" is one of the only tracks on The Black Parade I do not really enjoy. It is nothing special, it is one of those mediocre post-I Brought You My Bullets tracks. ...Only four tracks left... thank god, I am kind of tried of writing this goddamn review. Anyways, track eleven, "Teenagers", is a typical-ish teenage (hence the title) rebellious anthem... it is stupid, catchy, and I love it. Next... another slower track in "Disenchanted"... sucks... "Famous Last Words"... again, pretty slow... kind of a shitty way to end the record... but wait, there is a hidden track!!!!! "Blood", the hidden track, which is a minute and a half of up-tempo-blood-fest! It totally redeems the disappointing last couple of songs. So, if you read this review the whole way through (why did you do that to yourself), it is pretty easy to spot that my only problem with this album is that it features too many slow-ish tracks, other than that, the album is great and coming from an old MCR fan, I am not disappointed at all! The end.

1. The End. [wicked-cool song]
2. Dead! [wicked-cool song]
3. This Is How I Disappear
4. The Sharpest Lives
5. Welcome To The Black Parade [super-wicked-cool song]
6. I Don't Love You
7. House Of Wolves
8. Cancer [wicked-cool song]
9. Mama [wicked-cool song]
10. Sleep
11. Teenagers [wicked-cool song]
12. Disenchanted
13. Famous Last Words
14. Blood (hidden track) [super-wicked-cool song]
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The Black Parade comes out on Tuesday (October 24), you can preorder it here.

heaven help me

Here's a b-side from the UK single of Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance.

My Chemical Romance - Heaven Help Us
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woohoo

Covers are usually really horrible or really good... here are two covers that I think are pretty damn good. I especially enjoy The Format’s version of "Wild World".

The Format - Wild World (Cat Stevens Cover)
My Chemical Romance - Song 2 (Blur Cover)
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son when you grow up, will you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?

In case you missed my post last week... you can listen to the new and amazing My Chemical Romance single, "Welcome To The Black Parade" on their MySpace page. Oh... but wait, that was last week... why listen to it online when you can download it from this blog!!! Don't forget, MCR's new disc, The Black Parade, hits stores on October 24.

My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade [wicked-cool song]
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this song is so awesome!

You can now listen to the new My Chemical Romance's single, "Welcome To The Black Parade" on their MySpace page. Their new disc, The Black Parade, hits stores on October 24.

that was fast!

Alright, here is MCR debuting "Welcome To The Black Parade" at VMAs pre-show last night... so incediablely awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and now the red ones make me fly, and the blue ones help me fall

My Chemical Romance debuted their new single "Welcome To The Black Parade" during the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show tonight. I thought the song was great and the performance was pretty incredible. Their new album, The Black Parade is coming out on October 24... I can’t wait!!! I am sure there will be a video up at YouTube or something, so for those of you who missed the pre-show performance, watch out for that.