Micah P. Hinson
All Dressed Up And Smelling of Strangers
Full Time Hobby; 2009
money-money-money-MO-NEY! I hate writing record reviews. But I like taking ambien and writing record reviews. Continue reading »
Dec 312009
Dec 292009
30 Seconds to Mars
This Is War
[Virgin Records; 2009]
An open letter to Jared Leto,
Dec 282009
NAPALM AND NOISE TOUR – Final Stop
ALL THAT REMAINS
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
STORY OF THE YEAR
HASTE THE DAY
Dec 202009
Hello. We are the writers at Noiselens. When we run out of combos to eat and mediocre women to talk about sleeping with, we criticize art that isn’t ours. After that we might go to the mall. Maybe shop it up at Bloomingdales. Spit in the fountain. Shit on the floor in the bathroom. Buy a hot new pair of sunglasses and then just fucking leave. You know, really suck the proverbial dicks of industry. Then wipe the residual cum on somebody else. We are what respectable members of society would refer to as gutless bottom-feeders. Luckily, we’re pretty good at it. And flocking to judgment like flies to shit isn’t a particularly easy task. Somebody’s gotta do it though, right? So we might not be what one would call “writers” per say, but we’re certainly entitled to our insignificant but still substantially infuriating and unbridled opinions. And we know how to get down, right? And coke is still one hell of a drug, right? You’re damn straight! We’re still down with the booger sugar.
With that said, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to let you know what the best records of the decade have been. Because let’s face it. You don’t fucking know. You don’t have a clue. The better fractions of you R-tards are still clinging to that soundtrack to Zach Braff’s latest cinematic abortion. And boy do I shudder at the thought. The fact of the matter is that you need guidance and we’re here for you. Don’t worry. We’re not gonna rape you…anytime soon. We’ll be gentle. We care about you. Not like your parents care about you. More like the way your dealer or a working girl cares about you. We’re not too concerned whether you live or die but your patronage and dependence mean the world to us. So without further adp we’re offering up __ of the greatest albums of the last ten years. Oh, and they ARE the greatest albums of the last ten years. And you WILL agree. But just in case you don’t, we’ve got a backup plan. Nathan’s drunk, sitting in his room right now. He’s chain smoking Basics and just sort of weirdly staring at this gun that he has appropriately named “Our most convincing argument.” Please don’t let it come to that. Here’s our list. Continue reading »
Nov 242009
The Portland folk duo, Blind Pilot, remained under the radar until their single “Go On, Say It” was featured on iTunes as the Single of the Week. It’s been a little over a year since their debut album 3 Rounds and a Sound was released and since then, they’ve reached the top 20 on Billboard’s Top Digital Albums chart, have toured the west coast on bicycles, and have added four more members and several more instruments to their band; and, to top it all off, they still sound as brilliant as ever.
Oct 272009
Paramore
Brand New Eyes
[Fueled By Ramen; 2009]
“Go get your shovel, and we’ll dig a deep hole”
When I first heard this band I could have gone either way. Granted, it was 2004, and I wasn’t super privy to the “pop punk” explosion that was kind of happening at the time. Continue reading »
Oct 192009
Brand New
Daisy
[Interscope; 2009]
I am starting to think that there isn’t a band that hates the internet age more than Brand New. Continue reading »
Oct 192009
Pearl Jam
Backspacer
[Monkeywrench; 2009]
To be honest, Pearl Jam has been pretty much nonexistent to me this decade. I know they started releasing all of their shows as “official boot-legs” since the Binaural Tour in 2000, but other than that I haven’t really heard anything from them or about them. I decided to check out this album on a whim because my collection has been getting pretty stagnant lately and I needed something new. Continue reading »
Oct 192009
Of Montreal
Skeletal Lamping
[Polyvinyl; 2008]
I can’t stand this band. They make me so angry that I want to blow up a bridge or something…maybe beat my wife if I had one…oh, well. A guy can dream. Continue reading »