Various Artists

Buddyhead Suicide

Editor's Review:

The Buddyhead Web site has been regarded as an essential asset to the music industry for its often hilarious gossip page and caustic approach to record reviews; deflating the hype machine in some bands’ cases, inflating hipsters’ sense of self-worth in others. With Buddyhead Suicide, the sarcasm empire’s corresponding record label offers a sampling of bands whose music more or less subscribes to a mordant aesthetic.
Though several tracks on the two-disc set actually stand out for their merits, tight shirt rockers looking for a sense of completion are most likely to snap this up for things such as the first-time CD release of the Murder City Devils / At The Drive-In 7-inch split. While the idea of Beastie Boy Mike D. and his associate The Tick remixing said bands’ tracks with a raga / dub reggae feel seems like a good idea, it’s far more interesting for its gimmickry than its musical appeal; nonetheless it will likely hook anyone with an affinity for Murder City merch or dudes who tried to grow fros in the year 2000. Of the noteworthy offerings, The Icarus Line provide “Love is Happiness (UK single version),” a fusion of hardcore sore throat vocals and devilishly good fist-pump posturing, and the Dillinger Escape Plan’s “When Good Dogs Do Bad Things” is abrasive, spastic and milk-souring — in a good way, mind you. Then bands like Gayrilla Biscuits bring new meaning to the term ‘cock rock’ and Shat is, well, again more interesting than actually enjoyable. Buddyhead Suicide also intersperses its songs with music industry prank calls; and like the songs themselves, these bits achieve strident hit or miss results.
– Maurice S. Teilmann
Write Your Own Review

Bookmark: Post to BlinkBits Post to BlogMarks Post to Del.icio.us Post to Digg Post to Fark Post to Furl Post to Google Post to Ma.gnolia Post to MyWeb Post to Netscape Post to NetVouz Post to Newsvine Post to RawSugar Post to Reddit Post to Scuttle Post to Shadows Post to Simpy Post to Slashdot Post to Spurl Post to Technorati Post to Wists
Album Cover
Record Label Buddyhead
Released March 2004

Tracks

  1. The Icarus Line - Love Is Happiness (UK single version)
  2. Your Enemies Friends -- The One Condition
  3. Radio Vago - Shudder
  4. Torture Device vs. Fat Records
  5. Shat - Hermaphrodite
  6. Ink & Dagger - Creatures Like Us
  7. Torture Device vs. The Strokes' publicity company
  8. Murder City Devils - Press Gang (remixed by The Latch Brothers)
  9. Text- Sound Is Compressed; Words Rebel And Hiss (single version)
  10. Torture Device vs. The Explosion's manager
  11. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Rebel Yell
  12. Torture Device vs. Burning Brides
  13. Burning Brides - Steramine (live)
  14. Torture Device vs. Gideon Yago
  1. Your Enemies Friends - Business French Kiss (demo)
  2. Souls She Said- Rub The Sleep Out
  3. Torture Device vs. Tenacious D's manager
  4. Burning Brides - Plank Of Fire
  5. The Dillinger Escape Plan - When Good Dogs Do Bad Things
  6. Torture Device vs. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  7. Gayrilla Biscuits - Big Dick
  8. Radio Vago - Mail Order Bride
  9. Torture Device vs. The Locust
  10. At The Drive-In - Rascuache (remixed by The Latch Brothers)
  11. The Icarus Line - You Make Me Nervous (live)
  12. Torture Device vs. The Atari's manager
  13. Text - We Have Explosives! - Schmexplosives?
  14. Ink & Dagger - Shadowtalker / The History In Ecstasy (live)
  15. Torture Device vs. Hoobastink's record label
  16. Shat - Premature Ejaculation
Comments down for maintenance.

Site Search

Related

At the Drive-In
the Murder City Devils
Merch
  1. In Name And Blood
  2. Thelema
  3. R.I.P.
    4. Buddyhead Suicide (Various Artists) (current page)
the Icarus Line
Burning Brides
Bio[+]
The seeds of Burning Brides were germinated in New York City where Boston-born guitarist/singer Dimitri Coats was pursuing a career in theatre and Texas-born bassist Melanie Campbell was studying modern dance. After the two hooked up and dropped out of The Juilliard School, they eventually resettled in Philadelphia, forming the group and signing with local indie label File 13, eventually adding drummer Jason Kourkounis to the lineup. The group built up a reputation as an excellent, brutal live band, throwing down concussive riffs with passionate delivery. They released Fall of The Plastic Empire in 2001 on File 13, but soon signed with V2 Records, re-releasing their newly Howie Weinberg- remastered album in September of 2002.

– Maurice S. Teilmann (October, 2002)

Merch
  1. Fall of the Plastic Empire
  2. Gimme Skelter (Various Artists)
    3. Buddyhead Suicide (Various Artists) (current page)
  3. Leave No Ashes
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Radio Vago
Merch
  1. Gimme Skelter (Various Artists)
    2. Buddyhead Suicide (Various Artists) (current page)
Your Enemies Friends
Merch
  1. Gimme Skelter (Various Artists)
    2. Buddyhead Suicide (Various Artists) (current page)

Cred: na3s |&&| Scribles

Copyright 1995-2007 by Synthesis Network Inc. All Rights Reserved. Some Trademarks and Creative Works are property of their respective owners.