Music Monday: 3/21

Every monday (well, that's the plan at least) I'll post some musics I've been digging. I always have trouble remembering what came out in the past year so this'll definitely help out.

Protest The Hero-Scurrilous

Protest the Hero's third album actually comes out tomorrow but the world has been enjoying it for the past six or seven weeks already. As for the music, HOLY SHIT. Scurrilous pretty much takes everything that everyone hated about Protest the Hero (Rody's eccentric vocals, incredibly technical music) and uses them more than ever. Somehow, this works in every single way. While I'm not sure where this will ultimately fit in with their discography, it's definitely the best thing I've heard so far in 2011.

Here's my two favorite tracks:
SEX TAPES


TANDEM

Defeater-Empty Days and Sleepless Nights

I'd by lying if I said I was an expert in the hardcore scene, but it doesn't take an HxC bro to realize the awesomeness of Defeater's latest. Defeater's brand of hardcore has a lot more depth than a lot of their contemporaries. Breakdowns are few and far between and are much more meaty than the standard 'chug chug' that the scene has been plagued with in recent years. The songs have an awesome flow of soft spots (including four acoustic songs) and all-out aggression. The lyrics also kick ass and, as far as I can tell, continue the story from their first LP. This band might just be the band that gets me into hardcore.

Favorites:
DEAR FATHER

AT PEACE

Kanye West & Jay-Z

While I'm not holding my breath that 'Watch the Throne' will actually come out, I'm perfectly content with the bits that have been released/leaked. While I enjoyed H.A.M., even with it's quirks ('Nigga, you should fuckin' quit, nigga'), it was a song that was a little disappointing. Thank god that another song leaked entiteld 'That's My Bitch.' This song, to put it simply, kicks ass. There's a much better flow, better use of samples, and Jay-Z didn't fuck this one up. If Watch the Throne is ever released, I'm hoping this song is more indicative of the rest than H.A.M.
THAT'S MY BITCH