Something For Your Ears - Suboculis

How about a little bit of Tool? Perhaps a hint of  Nine Inch Nails? Are you a fan of electronica? The sounds of earlier industrial? Dark Ambient? That is just a mere sampling of the type of vibe you get while listening to Suboculis. 


The San Francisco artists album, Infirmus, is available now and I am sure that after one listen many of you will be hooked. Check out some of the tracks below and if you like what you hear please support the artist and pick up a copy. 






For more: 
Suboculis Official Site 
Reverbnation
MySpace
Facebook
SoundCloud
LastFM
Twitter


You can check out the video for "Narrow Escape"  here- Vimeo


To buy the Infirmus:
iTunes
Amazon
CDbaby

My Top Ten Listens For 2010

I have had a last.fm profile for a long time. I was quite interested in my listening habits lately. I was also wondering about the listening habits of some of the people I know who listen to a broad range of musical styles. Well, I thought I would share what I came up with for myself. What have all of you been listening to heavily?


Here is the list of artists that made my Top 10 for scrobbles on last.fm.


10- Korn
 9- Pitchshifter
 8- Alice In Chains
 7- Bullet For My Valentine
 6- Kittie
 5- Celldweller
 4- Disturbed
 3- The Prodigy
 2- Cyanotic
 1- Nine Inch Nails





If you are on last.fm and you are interested in "befriending" me to talk music and stuff.... join me  here @  last.fm

Looking Back – 2009 – Part One

This is a year where we saw many unexpected deaths, saw some interesting moves in the business of music, tweeted more than ever, watched the changes in social media, and consumed sometimes way too much information. Here is a look back at a few things explored here on CBMAM.

 

1- Music Videos – as there were not any really spectacular videos in my opinion, we did take in some from some great artists, and became fan of quite a few as well.  

SEE THE VIDEOS HERE

 

 

 

2- Deaths – I would have to say in all my life that this would have to have been the year that celebrities deaths impacted me the most.  This year we lost Patrick Swayze , Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Ron Asheton, Lux Interior, Bea Arthur, Dom DeLuise, David Carradine, Koko Taylor, Titus Glover (Baatin), Gidget, Walter Cronkite, DJ AM, Michael Jackson, Les Paul, John Hughes, Mary Travers (Peter, Paul, and Mary), Jim Carroll , Lou Albano,John "Mr. Magic" Rivas, Ken Ober, Anthony Williams (Roc Raida), Brittany Murphy, and countless others.

3- Happy Returns – 2009 saw a few acts return and the fans were excited.

Massive Attack returned with an ep titled Splitting The Atom and then announced a new album. (massive)

AFI released a new album (Crash Love) after three years. (afi)

Alice In Chains returned with a new album since 1995 and the death of Layne Staley. It is titled ‘Black Gives Way to Blue.’ (AIC)

Bassnectar gave us ‘Cozza Frenzy’ after two years. (BNCozza)

 

Megadeth brought the ‘Endgame’, the newest release since 2007’s ‘United Abominations.’ (megadeth)

 

Green Day gave us the ‘21st Century Breakdown’ after 2004’s ‘American Idiot’. (green)

Beastie Boys gave us some music and a peek at things to come. (Beastie)

Boxcutter returned with ‘Arecibo Message.’ The last album was ‘Glyphic’ in 2007. (boxcut)

Placebo’s album ‘Meds’ came out in 2006. This year they gave us ‘Battle For The Sun’. (placebo)

 

 

Raekwon hit us hard with dropping ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Part II.’ His previous studio album was 2003’s ‘The Lex Diamond Story.’

The Prodigy returned to us with ‘Invaders Must Die after the not so loud release 2004’s Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned.’ (theprodnews)

With so much going on I probably am missing a few acts here…. who were you excited to see return? Who will you miss the most? What music videos caught your eye? Any recommendations for me to check out? Please feel free to comment.

Stay tuned for part 2.

 

In the meanwhile… let us not forget that new Nine Inch Nails album: (April Fools)

 

Happy New Years!!!!!

As It Has Been Told.....

Since many of us have been so caught up in the death of Michael Jackson it's been hard to find out what else has been going on.....so I am here to help...



Alice In Chains and Elton John? Yes, it's true according to billboard.com.



Smoking Gun has the warrant affidavit in regards to the investigation into Michael Jackson's death..... check it out here : sg



Spin has an excellent article about Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor... Nine Inch Nails: What Does 'Goodbye' Mean? ---- spin



And lastly......
By now you have all seen this but if not.... here is the trailer for AVATAR:

Gary Numan and NIN

Oh how I wish I could have been there for this. In London, at the O2 Arena, Gary Numan joined Nine Inch Nails for Numan's hit track, "Cars".....check it out!

Have You Seen????

sorry that there haven't been quite that many pieces lately but i haven't been feeling too well lately.



Anyhow, in the time that I have been able to be online I found a few interesting morsels....



DJ Scam Hits I-Tunes -- (the things some people do) -- post



Opinion Piece -- Why Island Records is like any other label -- guardian



Why Bands Should Avoid the Myth of The Rockstar -- knowthemusicbiz



Last.fm Founders To Step Down -- music ally



Trent leaves social media behind -- NIN



More to come soon!!!!

Random Thoughts

There are just a few things I have been pondering.... feel free to comment with any answers or other queries...



Now that DMX has been released... how long until he is back in jail? Will someone step in to try to keep the man out of trouble?



How can a Dunkin' Donuts have no donuts? If you don't close for another 2 hours...why don't you have at least one type of donut on the shelf to offer?



Why do all the guys on some of the last few covers of AP look like 12 year old girls?



Why do so many music magazines now suck?



I can't wait until I see NIN in June....



After hearing the new Crystal Method album.... why can't I decide if it is good,bad, or just ok?

Congrats In Order

With so many things going on lately...I almost forgot....sorry.



First I would like to say congratulations to Trent Reznor for the special achievement Webby Artist of The Year Award. From the Webbys :


The Webby Awards is thrilled to honor Trent Reznor with the Webby Artist of the Year Award in recognition of his album, The Slip, which debuted for free download in May 2008 on his website. By making his music available to fans for free, Trent Reznor embraced the true openness of the Internet, similar to the release of the album Year Zero, which launched with an award-winning alternate reality game. Trent Reznor's ability to connect with fans far and wide through the Web makes him a qualified ambassador of online culture, and arguably one of the most-recognized artists harnessing the power of the Internet to spread music.



Also, congratulations to:



Twitter -- Webby Breakout of The Year.

NYTimes.com - Webby Winner for Best Copy/Writing and Webby Winner for Best Practices
Wired.com - for winning the People's Voice in the Best Copy/Writing category.

Digg.com - for winning the People's Voice in Best Practices

Coraline Website - Webby Winner and People's Voice winner in Best Use Of Animation or Motion Graphics

The Onion - Webby Award Winner for Humor
Fail Blog - People's Voice Winner for Humor


And finally for me....


NPR Music - Webby Award and People's Voice winner in Music.



Check out the full list of winners and nominees here at : Webby

New NIN Album

Trent Reznor has posted a brand new album for download.... check it out here: nin.com





In case you didn't know...it's a prank...happy april fool's day!