Rock Is For Your Eyes!

Been a while since I clogged up the screen and made your page loading choppy with some videos. I'd say we need to rectify this now.

Serj Tankian: The Unthinking Majority

Seeing as how the System of a Down singer's last foray into non-SOAD music resulted in the organic/weird/trippy Serart, I had high hopes for Serj's first true solo album (Elect the Dead, out October 23rd). Which is why I was, at first, a little disappointed to hear the disc's first offering was so Systemish. Then, I reasoned with myself that we may never get another SOAD album, so I'd better take what I can get and shut the fuck up.



Against Me!: Thrash Unreal

There have been two schools of thought on Against Me!'s new disc, New Wave. First, take the punks' point of view. According to them, Against Me! are shit because they signed with a major label. Ergo, their music is shit now. Then, there's the voice of reason, that says a band with songs as good as this needs a major label to satisfy the demand of good rock music loving fans the world over. Besides, even if they hadn't signed with Sire, the punks would've turned their backs on Against Me! anyway. After all, "Thrash Unreal" is so good, New Wave is going to sell a shitload with or without support from the man. Now please, punks, shut your holes, save your breath. Go home and listen to your Minor Threat records, and leave us alone with the good bands.





Foo Fighters: The Pretender

Are the Foo Fighters irrelevant? Has Dave Grohl run his course? Didn't the acoustic half of In Your Honor suck choda? Before you answer the first two questions (because there's no doubt on the third), I suggest you watch this video, and see what the Foos have planned for their self-described Steely Dan (?!) influenced sixth LP, September 25th's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Then, we'll know if Grohl & friends have still got the nuts, or if they've just been reelin' in the years. Fuck, what a lame pun. Can I take that back?



As a special bonus for sitting through those videos (or for scrolling to the bottom of the post, enjoy this super bloody red band trailer for the new Alien vs. Predator flick. For anyone worried about a repeat of the PG-13 dumbed down flufftacular of the first movie, rejoice! We're taking the franchises back, motherfucker! Enjoy this shit before 20th Century Fox yanks it off YouTube.