The 11 Best Songs By The Crystal Method

Justin Bieber is now at the center of a illegal drug raid.  In three short year's, he's gone from Ellen's squeaky clean best friend to Vanilla Ice's bitch.  It's not surprising.  It's the same path that almost all child stars take, yet every single one of them thinks it won't happen to them.  Even when they're given warnings by people with the best intentions (Miley Cyrus and Sinead O'Conner), they ignore them with a turned up nose.  And as much as we cringe at the thought of musicians using drugs, as Bill Hicks says, every great rock n roll album that we love...the musicians were real fucking high making them. But I guess the difference between artists who use the drugs to open their minds and Justin Bieber's probably usage, is that the the classic artists used drugs to achieve greatness and Bieber uses because he perceives greatness.  Maybe to prevent this from happening again and again...our music artists should be trained how to use drugs properly.  If we can't stop them from taking them...we might as well help them do it right.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By The Crystal Method:

1. Glass Breaker (London)
2. Comin' Back (Vegas)
3. Slipstream (Divided By Night)
4. Black Rainbows (Divided By Night)
5. Kling To The Wreckage (Divided By Night)
6. Jaded (Vegas)
7. Falling Hard (Divided By Night)
8. Drown In The Now (Divided By Night)
9. Starting Over (Legion of Boom)
10. Don't Stop (Drive: Nike + Original Run)
11. I Know It's You (Legion of Boom)

Buy The Crystal Method's self-titled new album...now!!

The 11 Most Anticipated Albums of Winter 2014

 

 Tonight, Florida State beat Auburn in the last BS (I mean BCS...actually, I really do mean bullshit) NCAA football championship game.  In 2014, we get the first ever college football playoff.  It's only 4 teams...but it's a start.  But college football isn't the only thing we have to look forward to.  Here's a look at the best new releases of the next three months.

The 11 Most Anticipated Albums of Winter 2014:

1. Broken Bells - After The Disco (Feb 4)
2. Beck - Morning Phase (Feb 25)
3. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Jan 21)
4. Young the Giant - Mind Over Matter (Jan 21)
5. Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans (Mar 4)
6. The Crystal Method - The Crystal Method (Jan 14)
7. Cibo Matto - Hotel Valentine (Feb 11)
8. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Wig Out at Jagbags (Jan 7)
9. Warpaint - Warpaint (Jan 21)
10. Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes (Jan 14)
11. Johnny Cash - Out Among The Stars (Mar 25)

The 11 Best Albums of 2009: 1-11 (Part 5)

So here it... the best 11 albums of 2009...according to me.


But if you want a voice...then it's time to vote on your favorite albums. Next week, I will publish a list of the 111 best albums of 2009...according to you...my readers.


If you want to vote...just put your top 20 albums in the comment section anywhere on the blog.


Here are the 11 Best Albums of 2009: 1-11 (Part 5):

1. The xx - The xx
2. Samantha Crain - Songs In the Night (Devil's in Boston)
3. Wilco - Wilco (the Album)
4. Morrissey - Years of Refusal
5. The Antlers - Hospice (Kettering)
6. The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin (Ticket Taker)
7. Built To Spill - There is No Enemy
8. The Swell Season - Strict Joy (Low Rising)
9. Crystal Method - Divided By The Night
10. Metric - Fantasies
11. Von Bondies - Love, Hate and Then There's You

The 11 Best Albums of 2009 (so far):

I'm off on vacation for a couple of weeks...but will return. Until then...here's a snapshot of the first half of the year. These are my favorites. I can't belive I picked Morrissey at the top. But it's the album that's had the most play in my 2009 library. So...it's hard to argue with that.

The 11 Best Albums of 2009 (so far):

1. Morrissey - Years of Refusal (Black Cloud)
2. Samantha Crain - Songs in the Night
3. White Rabbits - It's Frightening
4. The Antlers - Hospice
5. Metric - Fantasies
6. Cut Off Your Hands - You & I
7. Wilco - Wilco
8. Crystal Method - Divided By The Night
9. Dangermouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
10. M. Ward - Hold Time
11. Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels

The 11 Best Songs By The Crystal Method

So I want to continue my rant about American Idol.

In the past, when you wanted to discover new music, you turned on the radio...or MTV...and watched for an hour. In that time, you heard about 12 songs. Let's say you liked 5 of those songs. If you wanted to buy them, then you could just go down to the store and purchase them.

But now, with satelite radio and ipods...people are only listening to music they already know and like. Currently, their only exposure to new music/artists comes when they watch American Idol. But here's the difference. In a show, you get to see at the most 12 artists competing. If you like 5 of those artists...too bad. You can't go buy them. And some of them...you'll never get to buy. Only one of them is guaranteed a record deal...and that record won't be coming out for 8 months. By then...most of the 25 million people who voted for them...have already moved on to the next season.

Since most people are listening to American Idol to hear new music...they're not spending time in other places to hear new music. They are only intested in the American Idol music. But when the show is on...they can't buy it. And because they're obsessing about American Idol music, they're not looking for new music from other resources...so that suffers, too. It's basically a lose-lose situation.

This week sees the release of the 4th Crystal Method album, Divided By the Night . A band who started off being called a Chemical Brothers knock-off has now survived well beyond their expiration date, proving to everyone that they've been severely underestimated. You can't grow determination like this on a game show. The new album features guest spots by Peter Hook of New Order, Matisyahu, and Jason Lytle. Get it now for only $2.99!!!

Here are the 11 Best Songs By The Crystal Method:

1. Comin' Back (Vegas)
2. Born Too Slow (Legion of Boom)
3. Keep Hope Alive (Vegas)
4. Murder (Tweekend)
5. Trip Like I Do w/Filter (Spawn)
6. Wild Sweet Cool (Tweekend)
7. Busy Child (Vegas)
8. Bound Too Long (Legion of Boom)
9. Roll It Up (Tweekend)
10. Weapons of Mass Distortion (Legion of Boom)
11. Name of the Game (Tweekend)


Buy the Crystal Method's new album, Divided By the Night (now only $2.99). Hey...if you like three songs...it's the same price to buy the whole album!!