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And again: The Song of the week!

This time I chose the following song:

RENTOKILL - Step Over The Wall



A real powerful song in my opinion with a great mixture of hardcore and melodic punk rock.

I saw them yesterday as support for A Wilhelm Scream and they really left a great impression. They're a politically active group and I found them really likeable. Sadly I didn't have any money to buy any of their albums at the concert. But maybe next time.

For a (German) review of the concert just click here.

1. How did you get into 29?
Off With Their Heads: Hating and wanting to strangle the life from everything and everyone.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Samiam: Either Sunshine or She Found You. It was a long-ass time ago.

3. How many albums by 13 do you own?
The Copyrights: Depends on how far you're willing to stretch your definition of "own." Physically? None. But I "have" four full-lengths, two splits and two EPs.

4. What is your favorite song by 15?
Dillinger Four: I don't think a true D4 fan~ could possibly pick a favorite song. Everything they do is phenomenal but The Classical Arrangement, Like Sprewells on a Wheelchair and Are You The Motherfucker With The Banana? are especially bonerrific.

5. What is your favorite song by 5?
Latterman: My Bedroom Is Like For Artists

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Hot Water Music: So many. Trusty Chords is such a cliche answer, but it's true (now for other reasons as well haha). Driving Home is my favorite HWM song and has never failed to pick me up when I'm in the mood to kill everyone and then myself. Giver, Drunken Third and Choked and Separated are also great anti-depressants.

7. What is your favorite song by 10?
Andrew Jackson Jihad: Unfair question. Little Prince (El Principito), Self Esteem, People II: The Reckoning and Fly My Ass are all perfect.

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
A Wilhelm Scream: http://i46.tinypic.com/2dhsieh.gif

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Paint It Black: But of course. Memorial Day, Past Tense, Future Perfect, Womb Envy and Shell Game Redux.

10. How many times have you seen 25 live?
Cobra Skulls: Twice, actually. Devin loves me!

12. What is your favorite album by 11?
Banner Pilot: Does Pass the Poison count? If I have to pick a full-length, definitely Resignation Day.

13. What is your favorite song by 1?
The Lawrence Arms: The Disaster March. Duh.

14. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Alkaline Trio: Also twice. Skeebs looked like a gay nazi both times.

15. What is a good memory involving 27?
Smoke or Fire: Seeing them live in Santa Cruz this past February was pretty rad.

16. What is your favorite song by 16?
Shorebirds: Tinctures Are 90% Alcohol is the favorite but Bubz Song and the movie is almost over are magnificent.

17. What is your favorite album by 18?
Nothington: They're both really really good. I guess the last few songs on All In are pretty forgettable, so I'll give the edge to Roads, Bridges, and Ruins.

18. What is your favorite song by 21?
Shook Ones: Goddamnit. Order Form definitely has some of their best lyrics, but the new album is SO GOOD. Birds On Ice and For Flannel are both the tits.

19. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
The Replacements: I have no idea. Skyway, maybe? Bastards of Young? Not a clue.

20. What is your favorite album by 2?
None More Black: You can't make me choose! I probably listen to File Under Black a little more but This Is Satire is so insanely perfect. Yeah, yeah that doesn't really answer the question. Fuck you.

21. What is you favorite song by 3?
The Weakerthans: Fffffuuuu. Left & Leaving, Confessions of a Futon-Revolutionist, Aside, This Is a Fire Door Never Leave Open, Tournament of Hearts, both Virtute songs, Fallow dfjas;dfklj; I CANT PICK.

22. What is you favorite song by 8?
Kid Dynamite: Oh for fuck's sake. Does "the entire S/T" count? I usually say Heart A Tact is my favorite, but K05-0564 is one of the best songs ever written and I've been really into S.O.S. lately and I have the biggest boner for Wrist Rocket, 3 O'clock, Fuckuturn and Bookworm. Seriously, an endless supply of handjobs to anyone who can make this band get back together.

23. How many times have you seen 17 live?
The Riot Before: They're near the top of the (lengthy) list of bands I want to see live super badly but they've eluded me twice already. :(

24. What is the worst song by 12?
American Steel: Probably something off Jagged Thoughts. I will never understand why everyone shits their ass over that album as it's clearly the weakest.

25. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Gunmoll: Less Than You Hoped For

26. What is you favorite album by 7?
Jawbreaker: 24 Hour Revenge Therapy obviously.

27. What is your favorite song by 24?
The Measure (SA): Roof Beers, Hit The Ground Running and union pool are all fantastic.

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Lifetime: The Verona Kings and Yeems Song For Nothing are super fun and catchy. I don't know, most of my favorite Lifetime songs (read: the entirety of Jersey's Best Dancers) are pretty damn depressing.

29. What is your favorite album by 4?
Propagandhi: I've loved them forever, but Supporting Caste seriously is their best work yet. You could probably pick any of their five albums and get away with it being your favorite though. They're the best.

30. How many albums do you own by 20?
Descendents: I think I still have Everything Sucks and Cool to Be You on CD from back in the day. I obviously have everything they've done on my computer.

Esse ano não posso dizer que viciei num CD. Poderia dizer que foi o melhor de todos foi o Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band , do Easy Star All-Stars. Do resto, passaram despercebidos, até mesmo o último do Rancid não me apeteceu tanto assim. Porém foram lançados diversos EP's. E aí sim tive algo em que viciar. Eis os entorpecentes:

Pulley - Time Insensitive Material

Após um longo hiato, o Pulley lança um EP com 5 músicas. TODAS muito fodas. Uma pena saber que após um album tão perfeito como o Matters, os caras nao lancem um material completo. Agora que o Scott Radinsky (vocalista) virou treinador de Baseball duma grande equipe.
Tenho esperanças de um dia ver os caras aqui pelas terras tupiniquins, mas será dificil.

Atlas Losing Grip - Watching the Horizon

A banda agora conta com Rodrigo Alfaro nos vocais. Não desmerecendo a banda, mas deu um toque TOTALMENTE diferente, nova pegada, sem contar com o vocal inconfundivel que nos lembra dos bons tempos de Satanic Surfers. Excelente EP pros viúvos dos (na minha opinião) criadores do skatepunk.

Take Off The Halter - We Took Off

A melhor surpresa desse ano. Enfim no Brasil uma banda da qual podemos no orgulhar, dizer que o Hardcore não está morto. O CD foi MUITO bem produzido, os vocais alinhadaços, bateria empolgante e guitarras muito boas. Espero que esse seja o primeiro de uma excelente nova safra de VERDADEIRO hardcore que nosso país tanto precisa.

A Wilhelm Scream - A Wilhelm Scream

A Wilhelm Scream é uma banda sem comentários. O instrumental dos caras é monstruoso. Mes desta vez apelaram. Em Skid Rock os caras arregaçam!!! É de ficar "perplecto".

Coalition - 4 Way Split Cd

Esse foi o último a sair. Estava ansioso por um tempo quando soube desse algum, principalmente pelo Hero of Our Time. O CD é um SPLIT com 4 bandas:
Hero of Our Time - USA
Forus - França
ActionMen - Italia
Play Attenchon - Peru
Gostei de todos sons, destaque pro primeiro som do Forus, muito loco!

Green Day x2
Jimmy Eat World
Taking Back Sunday x3
Hard-Fi
My Chemical Romance x2
Thursday x3
Lostprophets
Aiden
Kings of Leon
Manchester Orchestra
Paramore x2
New Found Glory x2
Kids In Glass Houses
Lights And Sounds x8
Canterbury x4
You Me At Six x3
Tonight Is Goodbye x3
Kill The Arcade / Wolf Am I
Reemer
You Had Me At Hello x3
She Laid To Rest
This Dying Hour x2
Malefice
Outcryfire
Young Guns x5
The Blackout x3
We Are The Ocean x4
From First to Last
The Medic Droid
The Auteur x2
for the common wealth x2
Out of Sight
Bring Me the Horizon x2
Dead Swans x2
The Secret Handshake
Deez Nuts
Plain White Tees
Alkaline Trio
Finch
Set Your Goals x3
Cobra Starship
Chiodos
The Audition
All Time Low
My American Heart
Broadway Calls
meg and dia
Mayday Parade
MC Lars
Through And Throughout
Colour x3
Data.select.party x2
Cold Hearts x4
Venice Ahoy! x2
Butterflies On Strings
Alcove State x2
Desert City Silence
Monroe
Cardboard Cutouts
Enter Shikari x3
The Academy Is...
The King Blues
Emery
Lights
In This Moment
Underoath
Escape the Fate
Innerpartysystem
VersaEmerge
Whole Wheat Bread
Attack! Attack!
Bayside
Smudge
Failsafe
This City
Honour Is Dead x2
Random Conflict
Brutality Will Prevail x2
Pay No Respect x2
Headcase
Your City Is Forgotten x2
Blackhole
Your Demise
Shaped by Fate
The Arusha Accord
The Eyes Of A Traitor
Devil Sold His Soul
Gold Kids
Lewd Acts
More Than Life
Carpathian
Ritual
Farewell
All Or Nothing
Muse
Biffy Clyro
Shy Child
Elias Last Day
This Distance
BrokenJaws x2
Arctic Monkeys
The Prodigy
Fightstar
Polar Bear Club
A Wilhelm Scream
Municipal Waste
The Computers
Rise Against
Pulled Apart By Horses
Ronnie Defeo
Deaf Havana
Beat the red light
Joey Nightmare x2
Francesqa x3
devil beside her
Dancing with the Enemy
Four Year Strong
Anti-Flag
The Ghost of a Thousand
Alexisonfire
The Devil Wears Prada
True Tiger
Prima Donna
Legions x2
Drowned at sea
william english
The 40Seven
Run x2
Hang The Bastard
TRC
This Is Colour
Book Club
A Stranger In Moscow

#: 6gig
A: Anberlin
B: Brand New
C: Circa Survive
D: Dear and the Headlights
E: Emery
F: Further Seems Forever
G: George Throgood
H: Hopesfall
I: Incubus
J: Jack's Mannequin
K: The Killing Moon
L: Lydia
M: Madina Lake
N: New Found Glory
O: The Offspring
P: person L
Q: Queen
R: The Receiving End of Sirens
S: Sparks The Rescue
T: Third Eye Blind
U: Underoath
V: Valencia
W: A Wilhelm Scream
X: Xzibit
Y: Yellowcard
Z: Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer

"A week" is through. Finally! Before anything I have to confess that it wasn't actually a week. It was nine days, since i started my week on sunday with the changing of the month, but Last.fm has it's own ideas of how to count weeks, so i had to extend the week for several days. I did this, so that i could have an awesome "Weekly snapshot", which you can see here: http://www.last.fm/user/celer2008/charts?charttype=weekly&subtype=artist&range=254

This experiment has led me to think that you CAN listen to bands only named this way for a longer period, IF you have a very eclectic taste of music. Since I'm more of a hip-hop head, I listened to A Tribe Called Quest more than other bands. I'm not very proud of that, but i did come to find that ATCQ is much better, than I had thought before. It actually sparked an interest to give De La Soul, Boogie Down Productions, 3rd Bass and other old-school conscious acts another try before the year 2010 kicks in.

As i listed all 14 bands like these that i had listened before the "A week" for comparison, I'm now going to generate the list again, to give you a hint of what i went through. This is, as far as i know, the most comprehensive list of these bands. If anyone finds more or even a better list, then please let me know. Before this year is through, I'm going to generate the list again. I would like to do it when six months have passed from the first "A week", but there's no point, since next year i will only listen to next year's albums (I'm a freak like that).

There's also a chance that I'll write a few words about the best discoveries of the "A week" and translate it to english for last.fm

Here's the list:
A (82 plays)
a balladeer (21 plays)
A Band of Angels (16 plays)
A Bass Day (2 plays)
A Beautiful Epiphany (4 plays)
A Beautiful Lotus (19 plays)
A Better Hope Foundation (26 plays)
A Big Yes And A Small No (80 plays)
A Bird A Sparrow (5 plays)
A Black Rose Burial (7 plays)
A Boy Called Joni (3 plays)
A Brand (8 plays)
A Breath Before Surfacing (11 plays)
A Broken Consort (8 plays)
A Bullet for Pretty Boy (5 plays)
A Camp (106 plays)
A Case of Grenada (44 plays)
A Certain Ratio (23 plays)
A Challenge of Honour (32 plays)
A Change of Pace (43 plays)
A Chinese Restaurant (8 plays)
A Chorus Line (11 plays)
A City Serene (5 plays)
A Company of Heroes (23 plays)
A Cuckoo (36 plays)
A Current Affair (5 plays)
A Cursive Memory (12 plays)
A Day Away (11 plays)
A Day in Black and White (5 plays)
A Day in the Life (9 plays)
A Day to Remember (47 plays)
A Death Among Heroes (6 plays)
A Death In The Family (10 plays)
A Dominant Species (3 plays)
A Drum and an Open Window (60 plays)
A Dying Dream (8 plays)
A Falling Tragedy (11 plays)
A Feast of Snakes (3 plays)
A Fine Frenzy (68 plays)
A Flock of Seagulls (35 plays)
A Flower Kollapsed (38 plays)
A Forest Mighty Black (20 plays)
A Forest of Stars (17 plays)
A Ghost Train (11 plays)
A Girl Called Eddy (15 plays)
A Grave With No Name (9 plays)
A Great Big Pile of Leaves (14 plays)
A Guy Called Gerald (12 plays)
A Hawk and a Hacksaw (56 plays)
A Hawk And A Hacksaw And The Hun Hangár Ensemble (16 plays)
A Hero Next Door (9 plays)
A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd (9 plays)
A Hope For Home (18 plays)
A House Without Windows (18 plays)
A Journey Down The Well (7 plays)
A Jovian Night (17 plays)
A La Carte (4 plays)
A Life Once Lost (19 plays)
A Light in the Attic (18 plays)
A Lily (8 plays)
A Loss For Words (35 plays)
A Love Ends Suicide (10 plays)
A Love Like Pi (94 plays)
A Man Called Adam (9 plays)
A Minor Forest (37 plays)
A Mountain Of One (18 plays)
A New Day (6 plays)
A New Honour (14 plays)
A New Spelling Of My Name (16 plays)
A Ninja Slob Drew Me (10 plays)
A Parade Of Bleeding Bullets (17 plays)
A Phoenix Forever (3 plays)
A Place to Bury Strangers (19 plays)
A Plea For Purging (20 plays)
A Plus D (9 plays)
A Poetic Yesterday (22 plays)
A Reflection Of You (10 plays)
A Reminiscent Drive (27 plays)
A Riot Of Colour (4 plays)
A Rocket To The Moon (6 plays)
A Second of June (8 plays)
A Sense of Summer (2 plays)
A Series of Dark Caves (3 plays)
A setting sun & Shigeto (7 plays)
A Shattered Hope (12 plays)
A Shoreline Dream (16 plays)
A Shoreline Dream & Ulrich Schnauss (3 plays)
A Silent Fiction (12 plays)
A Silent Film (11 plays)
A Silver Mt. Zion (22 plays)
A Skylit Drive (85 plays)
a slow in dance (15 plays)
A Small Good Thing (13 plays)
A Smile and a Ribbon (13 plays)
A Smile from the Trenches (27 plays)
A State of Mind (42 plays)
A Static Lullaby (10 plays)
A Step Apart (12 plays)
A Sunny Day in Glasgow (22 plays)
A Taste of Honey (16 plays)
A Thorn for Every Heart (15 plays)
A Toothless Life (90 plays)
A Traitor Like Judas (11 plays)
A Tribe Called Quest (219 plays)
A Vain Attempt (10 plays)
A Well Thought Tragedy (11 plays)
A Western Addition (18 plays)
A Whisper in the Noise (14 plays)
A Wilhelm Scream (86 plays)
A Witness (20 plays)

I'm absolutely sure that there's more than twice as much still out there than i managed to find and download. If you find more before this year is through, let me know!

1. … And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
2. 7 Shot Screamers
3. 12 Summers Old x3
4. Action Action
5. Ryan Adams and The Cardinals
6. Alice in Chains the original lineup
7. Alien Ant Farm
8. Aloha
9. Ambulance LTD
10. Amina
11. Angels & Airwaves
12. An Horse
13. Fiona Apple
14. Ash x5
15. A-Sides
16. Bad Religion x2
17. Beat Union
18. Biffy Clyro
19. Black Gold
20. Blind Pilot
21. blink-182 x4
22. The Blood Brothers
23. Blood On The Walls
24. The Blue Man Group
25. Blue October
26. Bril
27. The Bronzed Chorus
28. Bush x2
29. Calla
30. Capgun Coup x2
31. The Charms
32. Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
33. Circle and Square
34. Coldplay
35. Coliseum
36. Common Roots x25
37. The Courteeners
38. Cowboy Mouth
39. The Cribs
40. Cursive x4
41. Cute Is What We Aim For
42. Damone
43. the darkest hour
44. Dead Meadow
45. Deadly Snakes
46. Death Cab for Cutie x2
47. Deep Sea Diver
48. Decahedron
49. The Decembrists x2
50. Deer Tick
51. Gavin DeGraw
52. The Detachment Kit
53. Dinofight!
54. The Dillinger Escape Plan
55. The Donnas
56. The Doves
57. Dr. Cowboy
58. The Dresden Dolls
59. Dropkick Murphys
60. Dressy Bessy
61. Eagles of Death Metal
62. Escape
63. The Eternals
64. Everclear
65. Every Time I Die x2
66. Steve Ewing
67. Exene and the Original Sinners
68. The Exit x2
69. Eyes Adrift
70. Farmer Dave
71. Farmers Tan Market
72. Feeding The Masses
73. Fenix TX x2
74. Filter
75. Flogging Molly
76. Ben Folds
77. Foo Fighters x4
78. Forth of July
79. Fragile Porcelain Mice x4
80. The Frames
81. The Frey
82. Garbage x2
83. The Gentleman Callers
84. Inara George
85. Girl in a Coma
86. Girls Against Boys
87. The Good Life
88. Gravity Kills
89. Greenwheel
90. Goldfinger
91. Good Luck Sailboat
92. Gym Class Heroes
93. The Hives
94. Home Grown x2
95. Hot Hot Heat
96. Idlewild
97. I Hate Kate
98. Ingram Hill
99. Interpol
100. Killswitch Engage (only staid for first 3 songs for photo pass)
101. Ben Kweller x2
102. Lapush
103. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists x2
104. Less Than Jake x3
105. Jenny Lewis
106. The Like
107. The Living End x3
108. Lit
109. Local H x2
110. Lost City of Angels
111. The Killers
112. KISS
113. Mae
114. Male Models
115. Maps & Atlases
116. Marigold Summer
117. Marilyn Manson
118. Matchbox 20
119. The Matches
120. Paul McCartney
121. mc chris
122. We Versus The Shark
123. Metallica
124. Mesh StL
125. Mest
126. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
127. Moby
128. The Monkees
129. Morning Wood
130. Morrissey x2
131. Murphy’s Law
132. Muse x4
133. The Music
134. Mr. Quintron
135. MxPx x2
136. My Brightest Diamond
137. Nada Surf
138. Bif Naked
139. The New Amsterdams
140. New World Spirits x2
141. N.I.L.8
142. No Doubt x2
143. The Noise FM
144. Now It’s Overhead
145. Oasis
146. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
147. OK Go x2
148. Offspring x2
149. The Oranges Band
150. Our Lady Peace x2
151. Ozma x2
152. Palo Alto
153. Parallel
154. Paramore x2
155. Mike Park
156. Parkway Drive
157. Peachcake
158. Pegasus-XL
159. Pennywise
160. People in Plains
161. Pepper
162. The Pink Spiders
163. The Pinker Tones
164. Plus Minus
165. poison control center
166. Pomeroy
167. The Ponys
168. The Pragmatic
169. Princeton
170. Ra Ra Riot
171. Radiohead
172. Radio Iodine
173. Rancid x5
174. The Raveonettes
175. Red Hot Chili Peppers
176. The Red Walls x2
177. Reel Big Fish x2
178. Resistall
179. Reverend Horton Heat
180. Josh Ritter
181. Rock N’ Roll Soldiers
182. The Rogers Sisters
183. Rooney x3
184. Run DMC
185. Michael Runion
186. Sea Wolf
187. The Sex Pistols
188. Brett Sheroky (of Common Roots) x2
189. Brett Sheroky & The 4.1.2 (now Common Roots)
190. The Shins
191. Silversun Pickups
192. Sleater-Kinney
193. Smashing Pumpkins
194. Snow Patrol
195. Social Distortion x2
196. So Many Dynamos x8
197. The Sounds x2
198. Sum 41 x3
199. Super Grass
200. Sigur Rós x2
201. Stir
202. Straylight Run
203. Street Dogs
204. Stellastar*
205. The Strokes x2
206. Story of the Year
207. Tegan and Sara
208. The Thermals
209. Tiger Army
210. Tight Pants Syndrome
211. Tilly and the Wall x3
212. The Timmys
213. Tree Of Woe
214. Two Ton Boa
215. Ultraman
216. The Unseen
217. The Urge x7
218. Van Halen
219. Vedera(formally Veda)
220. Veruca Salt
221. VHS or Beta x2
222. Victoria
223. The Vines
224. Viva Voca
225. Wakefield
226. Imaad Wasif
227. Weezer x2
228. Weird Al Yankovic
229. Wilco
230. Kristeen Young
231. The White Stripes
232. A Wilhelm Scream
233. Wolfmother
234. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
235. Kristeen Young
236. Zebrahead
237. The Zutons
238. Company of Thieves
239. Autovein
240. The Lake
241. One lone car
242. Kinch