People say a lot crap about Skrillex. He's small and scrawny. He's a geek, a loser, and a poser. His music sucks; it's uncreative, derivative or just plain lame. He's been blasted for not being a "real" dubstep artist (a label given to him by the media - not self-inflicted). He's been teased for originally being in a screamo band and now merely jumping on the EDM bandwagon to stay relevant. Even with the deck stacked against him, Skrillex found a way to make some of the most captivating, compelling, and addictive music out there. Like the Dayton Flyers or the Mercer Bears, who knocked aside Syracuse and Duke respectively, Skrillex doesn't listen to those who say he "can't" instead, he listens to nobody except himself, making the music he knows how to make, irregardless if it's dubstep, brostep, EDM, pop, schlock, or Beethoven's 5th.
Here are the 11 Best Songs By Skrillex:
- Bangarang (Bangarang EP)
- Rock N Roll Will Take You To The Mountain (Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites)
- Right In (Bangarang EP)
- All I Ask Of You (Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites)
- Weekends!!! (My Name Is Skrillex)
- First of the Year - Equinox (More Monsters and Sprites)
- Summit (Bangarang EP)
- Kill EVERYBODY (Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites)
- Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites)
- With You, Friends Long Drive (Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites)
- My Name Is Skrillex (My Name Is Skrillex)
Buy Skrillex's first full length album,
Recess...now!
With the news of Tom Petty's new album, Hypnotic Eye, (a major news flash in itself) the initial thought that hit me...seems to have hit just about everybody in the collective music community that the universe might just be aligning for the perfect tour: Tom Petty with special guests, The War On Drugs. It was epic enough that Christine McVie was returning to Fleetwood Mac (too bad Rilo Kiley isn't still around to open). But to have two seemingly connected bands (one the leader and the other the padawan) release albums at almost the same time seems too good to be true. The War On Drugs new album is their best album to date. It's one of the first albums of the year I've been urging my friends to go out and buy. With WOD's obvious similarities to Petty & co...the mere thought of the two of them sharing a stage was something more of a lost dream than a potential reality. Like Wilco & Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam & Neil Young, Steel Panther & Spinal Tap...sometimes dreams do come true...let's keep our fingers crossed that this one might just happen.
Here are the 11 Best Songs By The War On Drugs:
It's been a year of surprise releases as I've mentioned before: Beyonce, Skrillex, Kid Cudi, and now a reformed Wolfmother can be added to the list. But this is the season for surprises...because it's March...and there are no rules. It's madness.
Warren Buffet made the genius promotion to offer one billion dollars for anyone who could fill out a perfect March Madness bracket. Though the probability seems impossible, it's not. Don't get me wrong, it's not an easy task. Out of 11 million people who tried to do it, no one person made it past the first round. But outside of the Mercer upset, the rest of the games were not total surprises but loosely predictable. Dayton beats Ohio State in an in-state rivalry game, which can always go either way irregardless of seeding. An extremely well-coached Harvard was a very popular upset pick. North Dakota State is one of the best shooting teams in the country playing against a mediocre, under-preforming Oklahoma squad. And Stephen F Austin was on a hot win streak playing against an injury-stricken VCU team. Across two of my brackets, I had picked all the upsets (except for the Mercer game). In retrospect, the Atlantic Sun was the conference that gave us Florida Gulf Coast last year, maybe Mercer wasn't that big of a shock? But Duke losing in Raleigh...how can you pick against that? That said, it can be done. A perfect bracket is obtainable. If Wolfmother can reform then anything can happen.
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