currently wait for connection, this deafening tone breaking my reciever

Despite the fact that they broke up in February (insert extremely sad face here), Test Icicles released Dig Your Own Grave two months later. The album is a CD/DVD combo: the CD part is full of remixes, demos, and previously unreleased tracks while the DVD features music videos and live footages. This release is a must for anyone who misses those crazy Brits!!! Personally, I am still very upset about the split as they were one of the most promising bands to come out in recent years!

Pull The Lever (Raaary's Ripmix) [wicked-cool song]
All You Need Is Blood (Dev's! Mix) [wicked-cool song]
Stuck In The Bend (Unreleased Track)
The Plague + Pestilence (Raary Deci-Hells' Demo March '06)
What's Michelle Like? [Bonus Track] (4-Track Demo, July '04)
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did I say how much I heart test(ic)icles!?

That’s the band Test Icicles, you perverts! I think I mentioned them a little when I posted how much I dislike the Artic Monkeys. But I think they deserved a post all to themselves. Their new cd, For Screening Purposes Only is so amazing! (and yes, I use amazing to describe everything) There is nonstop energy in their studio album, I can’t imagine what they are (were) live. But unfortunately, I will never find that out because Test Icicles have disbanded… only about a month after I discovered their album. So sad, there’re tears running down my face right now. Anyways, go check out For Screening Purposes Only, to quote from my pervious post: “the album combines the sound of hardcore and dancepunk, as a result, it is noisy and dancy all at the same time!” Haha, I’m so egocentric – quoting my own blog… whatever losers!
I don’t feel like uploading songs right now… but maybe later, I have to go eat now.

say no to arctic monkeys

So I have finally heard the new Arctic Monkeys album today. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not set the record for the fastest-selling UK debut album of all time, no wonder why it is the most hyped album of 2006 so far! But wait... Why is this album so good? How the hell did it become the fastest-selling UK debut album of all time?? The title accurately describes how I feel about this album: Whatever People Say I Am: everyone’s saying this is THE album to get and that Arctic Monkeys is THE band of the year… well… That's What I'm Not: HA! Exactly! The band’s no good and the album’s no good! (there’re only like 3 or 4 okay songs on it… what a waste of my time!)

There are so many better British bands out there with similar sounds – The Libertines and Test Icicles just on top of my head. Speaking of Test Icicles, For Screening Purposes Only is an amazing album… definitely one of the better releases so far in 2006. The album combines the sound of hardcore and dancepunk, as a result, it is noisy and dancy all at the same time! Go check it out.

Test Icicles - What's In The Box
Test Icicles - Circle Square Triangle
Test Icicles - All You Need Is Blood