Playlist for July 2013

This is a list of all the albums, EPs, and demos that I listened to in their entirety during the month of July 2013. Afterward are my notes and a list of the live performances I saw during that time period.

7/2/13
Defiance, Ohio - "The Calling" EP
The Garden - "Everything is Perfect"

7/9/13
Brandon Thomas de la Cruz - "Common Miracles"

7/15/13
Fugazi - "Steady Diet of Nothing"

7/17/13
Dragons - "Feelings"

7/18/13
Moxiebeat - S/T EP
Bridgejumper - S/T EP

7/19/13
Death Crisis - S/T EP
Death Crisis/Same-Sex Dictator - split EP

7/21/13
Waxahatchee - "Cerulean Salt"
Antwon - "Fantasy Beds" mixtape
Retard Strength/Concrete Facelift - split 7"

7/22/13
The Underachievers - "Indigoism"

 7/23/13
Fear Of Men - "Early Fragments"
Owen Hart - "Earth Control"
Lemuria - "The Distance Is So Big"
Metz - S/T

7/24/13
Pional - "Last House On The Left" EP
Guards - S/T EP
Mikal Cronin - "Gone" 7"
Prince - "Sign O' The Times" 2CD
Spazzkid - "Desire"
The Orwells - "Remember When"

7/25/13
Chelsea Wolfe - "Prayer for the Unborn" EP
Crystal Antlers - "Two-Way Mirror"
Foxygen - "We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic"
Joyce Manor - "Constant Headache"

7/26/13
Cerce/Stresscase - split EP
Mr. Fisher & The Hospitality - "Stay Safe"

7/27/13
Eleanor Friedberger - "Last Summer"
Glasser - "Ring"
Delorean - "Transatlantic KK" EP
Mac Demarco - "Rock and Roll Nightclub" EP

7/28/13
Omar Souleyman - "Rima" EP
Touche Amore - "...To The Beat Of A Dead Horse"
Title Fight - "Floral Green"
Poolside - "Pacific Standard Time"
Rotting Out - "Street Prowl"
Nosaj Thing - "Home"

7/29/13
Baroness - "Yellow & Green" 2CD

7/30/13
Dan Deacon - "America"
Final Last Words - "Normal" EP
Count To Four - "Between Two Cities"
Classixx - "Hanging Gardens"

7/31/13
Jonathan Richman - "I, Jonathan"
The Pretenders - "Greatest Hits"

NOTES:
- The Underachievers are some of the best hip hop I've heard in a good long while
- Its a damn shame that Owen Hart/Earth Control's show at The Dial got cancelled because that album fucking RIPS
- "Sign O The Times" really didn't need to be a double album it probably could have been shaved down to a much more powerful listen without some of the junk on there.
- I don't like The Orwells, I don't dislike The Orwells, The Orwells are just straight-up unexceptional
- God I love The Pretenders

LIVE PERFORMANCES:
7/5/13 - Ethan Harvey/(end of the summer) @ The Dial Open Mic
7/6/13 - Streetlight Fire/The Ill Motion/Third World Labor Force/The Nobles @ The Dial
7/11/13 - The Dead Shakes/Kids In Heat/(The Gravitys)/The Dead Cats @ The Dial
7/14/13 - Save The Swim Team/Survay Says!/Kill The Bats/Heart Like War/(The Gravitys) @ The Dial
7/17/13 - The Frights/Dragons/Sinbad @ The Dial
7/20/13 - Death Crisis/Bridgejumper/Moxiebeat/DVT/Braineater @ The Dial
7/22/13 - Black Mask/Young And Heartless/Into The Open Earth/Controllers @ The Dial
7/27/13 - Homewrecker/Illustrations/Stresscase/Higher Learning/Hands That Mold @ The Dial