Zak Recommends 'The Dillinger Escape Plan' & Indie Artist of the Day 'Night of the Snake'

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis

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Season Of Mist Records

The Dillinger Escape Plan's fourth release is an epic monster! 2010 has so far been a great year for music with many great releases by a great assortment of artists but honest to Betsy kids I am putting this one at the top of the list so far. This album is multi-faceted. DEP can assault you with an unbelievable sonic force of screaming guitars and vocals and then trail off into a melodic interlude then plunge you right back into the gale force sonic blast. It all works and it is all beautiful. This is an honest and brilliant piece of work. "Gold Teeth On A Bum' and album opener 'Farewell, Mona Lisa' are standout tracks. The vocals on Gold Teeth are awesome.

 This is such a raw tour de force of an album that it takes a few turns to really start to appreciate the detail and precision of this work as well as the technical proficiency of the playing. And thats a good thing because on first play you may not only miss the finer points, you may even have an adverse reaction. No worries because you can look forward to the fact that repeated plays will bring you to the point where you really appreciate all that is the glory of this great album.



The Dillinger Escape Plan emerged from the punk trio Arcane in 1997. Ben Weinman is the last remaining founding member and the lineup now consists also of Liam Wilson, Greg Puciato, Jeff Tuttle & Billy Rymer.

Tracks:
1. "Farewell, Mona Lisa" − 5:23
2. "Good Neighbor" − 2:30
3. "Gold Teeth on a Bum" − 5:22
4. "Crystal Morning" − 2:02
5. "Endless Endings" − 2:32
6. "Widower" − 6:23
7. "Room Full of Eyes" − 4:15
8. "Chinese Whispers" − 4:06
9. "I Wouldn't If You Didn't" − 4:14
10. "Parasitic Twins" − 4:41

Official Website:  http://www.myspace.com/dillingerescapeplan

Upcoming Shows:
27 Mar 2010 20:00 The Basement - HEADLINING Columbus, Ohio
28 Mar 2010 20:00 First Unitarian Church - HEADLINI Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
29 Mar 2010 20:00 Otto Bar - HEADLINING Baltimore, Maryland
30 Mar 2010 20:00 Chameleon Club - HEADLINING Lancaster, Pennsylvania
31 Mar 2010 20:00 Diesel - HEADLINING Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1 Apr 2010 20:00 The Eagle Theatre - HEADLINING Pontiac, Michigan

Night of the Snake - Indie Artists of the Day

 I needed to feature a tour de sonic force artist for this feature to equal the gale force of todays 'recommends' review. I needed to look no further than fellow Torontonians 'Night of the Snake'. Monster riffs, Monster vocals, Monster tunes. Self described Death Metal outfit ROCKS super hard. 'Earth+You=Happy Me' is a particular fave tune for me. Nights of the Snake is playing 'DC Music Theatre' in Toronto this Saturday. Please check out their Myspace page.



Night of the Snake are: Remi vocals, MattyB bass & Pat guitar

Official website: http://www.myspace/nightofthesnake

Zak's Tidbits for March 25th/2010

MGMT have some limited edition Litho prints available for sale on their website. Check out  http://www.whoismgmt.com/. New album releases officially April 13th.

Green Day - Check out Billy Joe Armstrong & Paul Westerberg's interview for Spin Magazine here:  http://www.spin.com/articles/billie-joe-armstrong-meets-paul-westerberg