music notes

Just a few music-related thoughts for your Metallica Wednesday. (Time to hit your Metallica playlist, hard!)

First, has anybody noticed how tight Avenged Sevenfold's guitar licks are? They seriously are taking me back to the days when Metallica was rocking my world with explosive guitar riffs. Their song - "Critical Acclaim" has an amazing intro where both guitars mirror one another. Its awesome.

I'm not afraid to admit I'm a fan of Panic at the Disco. I thoroughly enjoyed their "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" album and even though their newest disc "Pretty. Odd." deviates from their original sound, I still enjoy it. This album sounds much more light-hearted and fun than their first.

I'm not so sure what's going on with Deathcab for Cutie. I haven't had the opportunity to listen to their entire new disc - "Narrow Stairs" - but I did manage to hear their first single and it's definitely not what I expected. "I Will Possess Your Heart" doesn't follow the typical, witty, poetic style of lyrics that are on the Transatlanticism or Plans albums. They've been very open about how they weren't going for the same sound from their last two albums. I'm not saying its a bad thing, yet. I'm just not used to Deathcab sounding like this. Maybe it'll be a good change?

A few days ago, I was reading Weezer's official website and they're being deceptively concrete about their upcoming album. They've recently confirmed the drop date of the album (6/24) but they're being slightly coy about the remaining details. Word on the street is that the album will be their third self titled album, this time the color theme being red - becoming known as "The Red Album". I've always said that Weezer's best songs came from their "color" albums (save a few from Pinkerton, which was kind of like a color album, right?) so I'm definitely looking forward to this release. At least Weezer has confirmed their first single "Pork & Beans" which was written as a result of Rivers' becoming pissed off over a meeting where he was told write songs differently. I hear that we're going to be getting Pork & Beans airplay in little under a week. I can't wait to hear it!

Unrelated to music, but just as important - the Pens can sweep the Sens tonight with a win. GO PENS!@!#@!