365 Albums In 365 Days

[Benjamin]

Eh, what the hell? I started listening to stuff again, so maybe I'll finish this.

1. Inside Llewyn Davis OST
2. The Killers - Direct Hits
3. Green Day - Bullet in a Bible

[Gorka]

1. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

2. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

3. Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow

4. Gorillaz - Demon Days

5. Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On

6. Lorde - Pure Heroine

7. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere

9. Childish Gambino - Because the Internet

10. Half-Japanese - Overjoyed

11. Mimicking Birds - Eons

12. Blonde Redhead - Barragan

13. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

14. Alt-J - This is All Yours

15. Cage the Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday

16. Wax Fang - La La Land

17. Royal Blood - Royal Blood

This is All Yours was quite good, certainly see why the band has a following. Cage the Elephant have a great sound on this album, except for the Indy Kidz song. Indy Kidz is just awful. La La Land is my favourite of the grouping, some quality songs there and well worth listening to again. I am fond of Royal Blood because they're just a bassist and a drummer, it is something unique. I thought the album itself was decent, nothing spectacular. One or two good songs there.

Edited October 10, 2014 by Gorka

[Benji]

'Fuck Time' (which is just so silly I couldn't help but love it)

Seriously, I can't get this stupid goofy song out of my head. I keep singing "baby, baby, it's fuck time" without realising.

[New Damage]

1. The 59 Sound, The Gaslight Anthem (going home, Thursday)

2. The 59 Sound, The Gaslight Anthem (to work)

3. Get Hurt, The Gaslight Anthem (going home)

4. The 59 Sound, The Gaslight Anthem (Today, at home) - 4/10/14

5. Because the Internet, Childish Gambino

6. Facelift, Alice in Chains

7. Sap (EP), Alice in Chains

8. Racecar is Racecar Backwards, Reuben (going to work)

9. Racecar is Racecar Backwards, Reuben (going home, decided to listen again as I didn't quite make it to the end in the morning)

10. EP, Childish Gambino

11. Culdesac, Childish Gambino

12. Gentlemen, Afghan Whigs

13. Royal Blood, Royal Blood

14. Black Gives Way to Blue, Alice in Chains

15. Old Crows/Young Cardinals, Alexisonfire

16. Crisis, Alexisonfire

17. Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

1. 'Royal Blood' by Royal Blood

2. 'Amaryllis' by Shinedown

3. 'The Hunting Party' by Linkin Park

4. 'Save Rock and Roll' by Fall Out Boy

5. 'City of Evil' by Avenged Sevenfold

6. 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum' by Kasabian

7. 'This Is War' by Thirty Seconds to Mars

8. 'Uno!' by Green Day

9. 'Dos!' by Green Day

10. 'Tre!' by Green Day

11. 'American Idiot' by Green Day

12. 'Lateralus' by Tool

13. 'Velociraptor' by Kasabian

14. 'A Thousand Suns' by Linkin Park

15. 'Avenged Sevenfold' by Avenged Sevenfold

16. 'All This Bad Blood' by Bastille

17. 'Only Revolutions' by Biffy Clyro

18. 'Infinity on High' by Fall Out Boy

19. 'Pure Heroine' by Lorde

20. 'The Seldom Seen Kid' by Elbow

21. 'Collision Course' by Linkin Park & Jay-Z

22. 'Time to Burn' by Taking Dawn

23. 'The Rising Tied' by Fort Minor

24. '48:13' by Kasabian

25. 'An Awesome Wave' by Alt-J - I told my dad about this challenge and this was the album he gave me at the end of the conversation. Not really my type of thing, but it's got me intrigued. Might check out the album of theirs that Gorka listened to before I finalise an opinion.

[John Stones' Paint Trophy]

1. Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Vol.3 (8/10/14)

2. Milo - a toothpaste suburb

3. Doves - Lost Sides

4. Ty Segall - Manipulator (9/10/14)

5. Darren Korb - Transistor

6. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

7. Timbre Timbre - Hot Dreams

8. The Soundcarriers - Entropicalia

Definitely a summer album. Psychedelic pop that seems a bit derivative but enjoyable

Not much today thanks to work and my run through of Deadwood taking precedence.

[Cymbols]

1. Cavalier Youth by You Me At Six

2. Vessel by Twenty One Pilots

3. Contra by Vampire Weekend

4. Blood Red Shoes (Self titled album)

5. Spreading Rumours by Grouplove

6. Kerrang! does American Idiot by Various Artists

7. Electogram by Vinyl Theatre

8. Hesitant Alien by Gerard Way

9. Royal Blood by Royal Blood

10. The Bones of What you Believe by Chvrches- 1-8 were already albums/artists I've already heard and 9-10 were recommended to me. So really, this is the first proper new stuff I've gone out and listened to. And OMG is it good! I really like the Scottish accent in a song and combined with some proper catchy synthpop, this is immediately one of the best albums I've heard in a while. Might have to pick it up on vinyl if I can. "The Mother we Share" and "By the Throat" are particular highlights.

[Tyrone]

1. Brown Sugar - D'Angelo (Oct 6th)
2. Aquarius - Tinashe (Oct 6th)
3. The Score - Fugees (Oct 6th)
4. Turn Blue - The Black Keys (Oct 6th)

5. X - Chris Brown (Oct 7th)

6. Pure Heroine - Lorde (Oct 7th)

7. Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy (Oct 7th)

8. Internal Affairs - Pharoahe Monch (Oct 8th)

9. Pastel Blues - Nina Simone (Oct 8th)

10. (Self-titled) - Mýa (Oct 8th)

11. Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever - Logic (Oct 8th)

12. Searching Sylvan - QuEST (Oct 9th)

13. Dah Shinin' - Smif-n-Wessun (Oct 10th)

14. (Self-titled) - XXYYXX (Oct 10th)

15. The Cross of Changes - Enigma (Oct 10th)

Heard Return to Innocence by Enigma lots when I was little, but never the full album. Definitely going to listen to other projects soon.

[Benjamin]

1. Inside Llewyn Davis OST
2. The Killers - Direct Hits
3. Green Day - Bullet in a Bible
4. Pet Shop Boys - Yes
5. Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company

Genius Loves Company is like the greatest thing ever.

[John Stones' Paint Trophy]

1. Cunninlynguists - Strange Journey Vol.3 (8/10/14)

2. Milo - a toothpaste suburb

3. Doves - Lost Sides

4. Ty Segall - Manipulator (9/10/14)

5. Darren Korb - Transistor

6. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

7. Timbre Timbre - Hot Dreams

8. The Soundcarriers - Entropicalia (10/10/14)

9. Blues Pills - Live at Rockapalast EP

10. Blues Pills - S/T

11. Elle Milano - Acres of Dead Space Cadets

12. Radio Moscow - Magical Dirt

In the mood for some heavyish guitars today. The Elle milano album is one of my favourites of all time; discovered them at 16, the album came out when I was 17 and they disappeared into the night. Great youthful energy fed through some great, hook-laden tunes. Blues Pills are a blues/hard rock band with a really great female vocalist whose high notes don't devolve into unlistenable nonsense like a lot of male rock singers do. The band behind her are ridiculously tight too. The whole thing is lifted straight from 1971 but it's still a good listen if you like that sound. The Radio Moscow album is more of the same from them and is similar to Blues Pills. Psych rock with a bit more of a stoner rock lean to it. Not essential though, if you want to get into them, go with Brain Cycles.

Edited October 11, 2014 by Jordan Stiva

[Benjamin]

1. Inside Llewyn Davis OST
2. The Killers - Direct Hits
3. Green Day - Bullet in a Bible
4. Pet Shop Boys - Yes
5. Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company
6. Taylor Swift - Speak Now

I was using my girlfriend's car and her sister wanted to listen to this, so I'm putting it on because I had to suffer through some pretty dumb lyrics, especially for this song called Speak Now, for which I've just read the Wikipedia entry for and now I feel tainted.

[Gorka]

1. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

2. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

3. Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow

4. Gorillaz - Demon Days

5. Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On

6. Lorde - Pure Heroine

7. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

8. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere

9. Childish Gambino - Because the Internet

10. Half-Japanese - Overjoyed

11. Mimicking Birds - Eons

12. Blonde Redhead - Barragan

13. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug

14. Alt-J - This is All Yours

15. Cage the Elephant - Thank You Happy Birthday

16. Wax Fang - La La Land

17. Royal Blood - Royal Blood

18. Hozier - Hozier

19. Johnny Marr - Playland

20. Weezer - Everything Will Be All Right in the End

Hozier was just brilliant, didn't even know that he charted quite well in the UK. One to listen to again and again. Playland was dull, not worth another listen. Weezer had some cracking tunes, but then a couple of mishits led it down. Decent all together.

[Benji]

365 Albums in 365 Days

1. 'From Here to Now to You' by Jack Johnson (3rd October 2014)

2. 'V' by Maroon 5 (3rd October 2014)

3. 'Uno!' by Green Day (4th October 2014)

4. '... Like Clockwork' by Queens of the Stone Age (4th October 2014)

5. 'Let Them Talk' by Hugh Laurie (5th October 2014)

6. 'Most Messed Up' by Old 97s (5th October 2014)

7. 'Royal Blood' by Royal Blood (5th October 2014)

8. 'Cheek To Cheek' by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett (5th October 2014)

9. 'Pure Heroine' by Lorde (6th October 2014)

10. 'Resurrection' by New Found Glory (7th October 2014)

11. 'The Hunting Party' by Linkin Park (8th October 2014)

12. 'Dos!' by Green Day (9th October 2014)

13. 'Run The Jewels' by Run The Jewels (10th October 2014)

14. 'Warrior's Code' by Dropkick Murphys (10th October 2014)

15. 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis (11th October 2014)

Decided to try Dropkick Murphys on the back of my enjoyment for 'Shipping Up To Boston'. It was okay, but nothing lived up to SUPB. Had a few good tracks on 'Warrior's Code', 'The Walking Dead' and 'The Green Fields of France', but not sure how likely they are to hit regular rotation.

Miles Davis was based on it being highly rated on Metacritic. Whilst listening to it I read a review that said if I didn't like this album then I probably don't like jazz music, so I guess I'm pretty "meh" about jazz music. It was okay as background music, but didn't do anything for me.

[Cymbols]

1. Cavalier Youth by You Me At Six

2. Vessel by Twenty One Pilots

3. Contra by Vampire Weekend

4. Blood Red Shoes (Self titled album)

5. Spreading Rumours by Grouplove

6. Kerrang! does American Idiot by Various Artists

7. Electogram by Vinyl Theatre

8. Hesitant Alien by Gerard Way

9. Royal Blood by Royal Blood

10. The Bones of What you Believe by Chvrches

11. Plastic Beach by Gorillaz- I'm not sure why, but I didn't really like this. None of the songs were inherently bad, in fact I quite liked "Rhinestone Eyes," but it didn't feel like they came together as an album well.

[Benji]

Yeah Plastic Beach is their worst album. The songs are great, but there's no cohesiveness at all.

[Benjamin]

Rhinestone Eyes is an amazing song, though.

[Benji]

Superfast Jellyfish is my favourite from the album, followed by Melancholy Hill. Like I say I enjoy most of it, but from a full album perspective it doesn't work at all.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

1. 'Royal Blood' by Royal Blood

2. 'Amaryllis' by Shinedown

3. 'The Hunting Party' by Linkin Park

4. 'Save Rock and Roll' by Fall Out Boy

5. 'City of Evil' by Avenged Sevenfold

6. 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum' by Kasabian

7. 'This Is War' by Thirty Seconds to Mars

8. 'Uno!' by Green Day

9. 'Dos!' by Green Day

10. 'Tre!' by Green Day

11. 'American Idiot' by Green Day

12. 'Lateralus' by Tool

13. 'Velociraptor' by Kasabian

14. 'A Thousand Suns' by Linkin Park

15. 'Avenged Sevenfold' by Avenged Sevenfold

16. 'All This Bad Blood' by Bastille

17. 'Only Revolutions' by Biffy Clyro

18. 'Infinity on High' by Fall Out Boy

19. 'Pure Heroine' by Lorde

20. 'The Seldom Seen Kid' by Elbow

21. 'Collision Course' by Linkin Park & Jay-Z

22. 'Time to Burn' by Taking Dawn

23. 'The Rising Tied' by Fort Minor

24. '48:13' by Kasabian

25. 'An Awesome Wave' by Alt-J

26. 'Nightmare' by Avenged Sevenfold - Really liked this, will serve as a great memorial to The Rev. However, I never understood the love for his supposed 'masterpiece', Fiction. One of two weak points on an otherwise extremely good album (the other being Tonight The World Dies).

27. 'Hail to the King' by Avenged Sevenfold - It's been an Avenged evening, if this didn't make that obvious. Shepherd of Fire, Hail to the King, and Doing Time are a great opening three, but it stays strong throughout. Bonus track 'St. James', another subtle Rev tribute, is worth a listen if you can find it.

[Dang117]

1.) Royal Blood by Royal Blood.

2.) Concrete Love by The Courteeners.

3.) Satellite Flight: The Journey To Mother Moon by Kid Cudi.

4.) Great Divide by Twin Atlantic.

5.) So Long See, Tomorrow by Bombay Bicycle Club.

6.) Inside In Inside Out by The Kooks.

7.) Jesus Piece by The Game.

8.) Live Life Living by Example.

9.) Come Of Age by The Vaccines.

10.) The Art Of Peer Pressure by Kendrick Lamar.

11.) X by Ed Sheeran.

12.) No Sound Without Silence by The Script.

13.) Common Courtesy by A Day To Remember.

14.) Do You Wanna Start A War by Fozzy.

15.) Magna Carta...Holy Grail by Jay Z.

16.) Hesitant Alien by Gerard Way.

17.) The Balcony by Catfish and The Bottlemen.

18.) Everybody Wants To Be On TV by Scouting For Girls.

Not a well known band but this album was pretty good they have a good sound, well put together album.

Wasn't the best album defiantly preferred there first effort, still some really catchy songs like 'Radio' and 'Famous'

[Liam]

1) Perfume Genius 'Too Bright' - Interesting, not my usual cup of tea but his voice and the sparse use of instruments add up to a worthwhile listen.

I'd also not been aware that I'd heard one of his songs on the radio the other day, so that was a surprise.

Using Metacritic initially to get my first lot of albums to listen to.

2) Earth 'Primitive and Deadly' - Brilliant. Love the use of Mark Lanegan and a couple of other guest vocalists to just add an extra layer. Dark, but beautiful.

3) Jack Johnson 'From Here To Now To You' - checked this out after I saw Benji had listened to it. Like some Jack Johnson, but haven't listened to him in years. Interesting, more up tempo music that I really enjoyed.

4) Anthony and The Johnsons 'I Am A Bird Now' - this was perfectly fine, though not as good as I might have expected. 'Hope There's Someone' is still a killer song though.

5) Elliot Smith 'XO' - liked what I heard. Was busy marking so it was mostly being used as background music.

6) Mariachi El Bronx 'Mariachi El Bronx' - Just really fun. Always heard good things, but was skeptical heading in. Well worth a look.

7) Mariachi El Bronx 'Mariachi El Bronx (II)' - More of the same, just better.

8) The New Pornographers 'Brill Bruisers' - Was listening on the underground so was occasionally drowned out - what I heard was good. Catchy, fun pop.

9) The Bug 'Angels and Devils' - Felt the first half was better than the second half, but that is because the initial few songs appeal to my tastes much more.

I've part listened to a couple of albums as well, so will finish them off at some point.