The first track from Agalloch's new album, The Serpent and the Sphere was recently released. I'm not disappointed because it's a shitty song (it's rather good), but because it seems too generic, as though put through a formulaic construction of previous Agalloch material.

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Listening to Future's new album stream. "Move that Dope" has been in my rotation since the day it dropped. I'm not sure there's another song on this album that equals it, but the whole thing is pretty solid.

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SO HAPPY THAT OMAR AND CEDRIC ARE MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER AGAIN. Flea and Dave Elitch aren't bad either. If you were an At the Drive In fan then you have to check this out. All four released songs are in the embed. Just click the next track arrow to move to the next one.

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Listening to the new Swans album streaming over at NPR. It's just as awesome, unsettling, and terrifying as the Seer.

I was viewing the Goblin Shark thread while listening, and I had to check myself as I started disassociating.

Still listening to the new Swans album. For my money, it's infinitely more listenable than the Seer, which I appreciated but didn't find myself going back to over and over as it was exhausting and challenging.

The fact that this album is more listenable may be a knock against it, I don't know, but I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

Welp, here's what I'm not playing. Limited to 50 Genocide Pact. **** you USPS. Fortunately, I was able to cash in some scene points and have a replacement on it's way.

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I am listening to the new Noisem 7" "Consumed". They have one track and 3 covers (Terrorizer, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse). They've played KC twice in the last month.

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Happy Halloween. Have some metal.

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I pluggein Alien Ant Farm into Spotify on a whim.

I'd forgotten they'd made some decent tunes.

I play Smooth Criminal for bumper music at high school games.