A change would do you good.

Change is in the air today.

Joey and I have written 2 songs together. We have decided to name our band Sound Film. Hence the change in the blog. The old address works too but only has posts from forever ago. It did have a picture that good ol' ding ding took when Dipthong played in New Jersey though.

Dipthong is officially no more. We are changing the name and style. We have started work on one song so far. Kyle has been busy during this merry season so we haven't really been able to get much done. We'll see how it goes. I'm cautiously optimistic.

I've discovered 2 more albums that I would like to hear before the year end top 10. I think that both bands have a shot and I'd hate to get the records next year and know that the top 10 isn't what it should be. So far the nominees are:

*Ambulette - The Lottery
*Battle Of Mice - Day of Nights
*Boysetsfire - Misery Index: Songs from the Plague Years
*Converge - No Heroes
*Disappearer - s/t
*Jeremy Enigk- World Waits
*5ive - Versus
*Grails - Black Tar Prophecies 1, 2, & 3
*Gregor Samsa - 55:12
*Helmet - Monochrome
*Intronaut - Void
*ISIS - In The Absence of Truth
*ISIS/Aereogramme - In The Fishtank 14
*Jesu - Silver
*Making It Right - Don't Forget to Write
*Mastodon - Blood Mountain
*(the) Melvins - (a) Senile Animal
*MGR - Nova Lux
*Mono - You Are There
*Mouth of the Architect - The Ties That Bind
*Pearl Jam - s/t
*Red Sparowes - Every Heart Shines Towards The Red Sun
*Russian Circles - Enter
*SUNN0))) & Boris - Altar
*Switchblade - s/t
*The Sword - Age of Winters
*These Arms Are Snakes - Easter
*Tides - From Silence
*Versoma - Life During Wartime
*Windmills by the Ocean - s/t
*Neil Young - Living With War
*Young Widows - Settle Down City



I know how everyone is always like oh Matt all you listen to is bands on Hydra Head. Well only one album on this list was released on Hydra Head proper. Neurot Recordings has 3 on the list. Ipecac, Robotic Empire, and Jade Tree all have 2 on the list. 4 major label releases (Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Mastodon, Ambulette). 1 not on any label (MIR). 4.5 bands not from the US (Jesu, Neil Young, Switchblade, Mono, Boris). 9 instrumental. 8 have some connection to Boston.

The 2 missing are Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway and This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain. What do you think? Did I miss your favorite? Probably. I probably think it sucked.

Albums by bands that have previously dominated in top 10 contests that didn't this year: Tool - 10,000 Days, Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist, Incubus - Light Grenades, The Mars Volta - Amputechture. Work a little harder next time would ya?

My predictions for best albums next year: Smashing Pumpkins, Zozobra, Jesu, Explosions in the Sky, Pelican, Architect, The_Network, Clouds, NIN, Neurosis, and Cursed. Hey that's 10! Next year is all set!