en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal The Last.fm journal for OctavariumTrap. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2011/12/27/59fg3x_75%2C0000_tracks_played Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:24:16 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2011/12/27/59fg3x_75%2C0000_tracks_played SUN! SUN! NEWSUN!

Top 5 Artists:
1. Phish (6,510 plays)
2. Nine Inch Nails (3,046 plays)
3. Dream Theater (2,710 plays)
4. Buckethead (2,367 plays)
5. Bad Religion (1,455 plays)

Top 5 Songs:
1. Chalk Dust Torture (102 plays)
2. Tweezer (101 plays)
3. Run Like an Antelope (78 plays)
4. Stash (78 plays)
5. Down with Disease (78 plays)

Top 5 Albums:
1. "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me (368 scrobbles)
2. "The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails (326 plays)
3. "The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails (292 plays)
4. "Ghosts I-IV" by Nine Inch Nails (278 plays)
5. "Traced in Air" by Cynic (274 plays)

VISION! NEWSUN!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2011/08/05/4iug79_70%2C000_tracks_played Fri, 5 Aug 2011 04:40:02 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2011/08/05/4iug79_70%2C000_tracks_played My 70,000th track is "2 Towers" from Lightning Bolt's "Wonderful Rainbow" album.

Top 5 Artists:
1. Phish (5,312 plays)
2. Nine Inch Nails (3,046 plays)
3. Dream Theater (2,692 plays)
4. Buckethead (2,320 plays)
5. Bad Religion (1,381 plays)

Top 5 Songs:
1. Chalk Dust Torture (82 plays)
2. Tweezer (79 plays)
3. Stash (66 plays)
4. Run Like an Antelope (65 plays)
5. Tweezer Reprise (63 plays)

All tracks by Phish.

Top 5 Albums:
1. "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me (368 scrobbles)
2. "The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails (326 scrobbles)
3. "The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails (292 scrobbles)
4. "Ghosts I-IV" by Nine Inch Nails (278 scrobbles)
5. "With Teeth" by Nine Inch Nails (272 scrobbles)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2011/04/24/4ch9om_65%2C000_tracks_played Sun, 24 Apr 2011 05:58:34 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2011/04/24/4ch9om_65%2C000_tracks_played My 65,000th track is "Just Abandoned My-Self" by Boris, an incredible song form an incredible band.

Top 5 Artists:
1. Phish (4,344 plays)
2. Nine Inch Nails (2,989 plays)
3. Dream Theater (2,692 plays)
4. Buckethead (2,222 plays)
5. Bad Religion (1,331 plays)

Top 5 Songs:
1. Chalk Dust Torture (69 plays)
2. Tweezer (65 plays)
3. Stash (59 plays)
4. Run Like an Antelope (54 plays)
5. Sun of Nothing (54 plays)

Tracks 1-4 by Phish. Track 5 by Between the Buried and Me.

Top 5 Albums:
1. "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me (352 scrobbles)
2. "The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails (303 scrobbles)
3. "The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails (292 scrobbles)
4. "Ghosts I-IV" by Nine Inch Nails (278 scrobbles)
5. "Complete Discography" by Minor Threat (268 plays)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2010/12/31/44qfid_60%2C000_tracks_played Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:39:47 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2010/12/31/44qfid_60%2C000_tracks_played My 60,000th track is "Popplagið" by Sigur Ros, the breathtaking finale to one of my favorite albums.

Top 5 Artists:
1. Phish (3,256 plays)
2. Nine Inch Nails (2,947 plays)
3. Dream Theater (2,665 plays)
4. Buckethead (2,178 plays)
5. Bad Religion (1,261 plays)

Top 5 Songs:
1. Chalk Dust Torture (55 plays)
2. Sun of Nothing (54 plays)
3. Informal Gluttony (53 plays)
4. Ants of the Sky (53 plays)
5. The Day The World Went Away (51 plays)

"Chalk Dust Torture" is from the album A Picture of Nectar by Phish. "Sun of Nothing", "Informal Gluttony", and "Ants of the Sky" are from the album Colors by Between the Buried and Me. "The Day the World Went Away" is from the album The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails.

Top 5 Albums:
1. "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me (352 plays)
2. "The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails (303 plays)
3. "The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails (278 plays)
4. "Ghosts I-IV" by Nine Inch Nails (278 plays)
5. "Complete Discography" by Minor Threat (268 plays)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2010/09/06/3wcae7_55%2C000_tracks_played Mon, 6 Sep 2010 23:14:25 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2010/09/06/3wcae7_55%2C000_tracks_played My 55,000th track is "Solar Song" by Alcest, one of the many highlights of my favorite album of 2010 so far.

Top 5 Artists:
1. Nine Inch Nails (2,914 plays)
2. Dream Theater (2,622 plays)
3. Phish (2,411 plays)
4. Buckethead (2,060 plays)
5. Bad Religion (1,193 plays)

Top 5 Songs:
1. Sun of Nothing (52 plays)
2. Informal Gluttony (51 plays)
3. Ants of the Sky (51 plays)
4. The Day the World Went Away (50 plays)
5. Foam Born (b): The Decade of Statues (49 plays)

Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 are from the album "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me
Number 4 is from the album "The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails

Top 5 Albums:
1. "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me (344 plays)
2. "The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails (303 plays)
3. "The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails (278 plays)
4. "Ghosts I-IV" by Nine Inch Nails (278 plays)
5. "Traced in Air" by Cynic (267 plays)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2010/05/09/3mga57_50%2C000_tracks_played Sun, 9 May 2010 05:25:54 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2010/05/09/3mga57_50%2C000_tracks_played My 50,000th track is "Collapse the Light into Earth", the incredibly emotional closing song of "In Absentia".

Top 5 Artists:
1. Nine Inch Nails (2,858 plays)
2. Dream Theater (2,559 plays)
3. Buckethead (1,955 plays)
4. Phish (1,722 plays)
5. Bad Religion (1,094 plays)

Top 5 Songs:
1. Sun of Nothing (52 plays)
2. Ants of the Sky (51 plays)
3. Informal Gluttony (51 plays)
4. The Day the World Went Away (49 plays)
5. Foam Born (b): The Decade of Statues (49 plays).

Numbers 1-3 and 5 are from the album "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me. Number 4 is from the album "The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails.

Top 5 Albums:
1. "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me (344 plays)
2. "The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails (303 plays)
3. "The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails (278 plays)
4. "Ghosts I-IV" by Nine Inch Nails (278 plays)
5. "Mechanical Animals" by Marilyn Manson (260 plays)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2010/02/02/3dz7rw_45%2C000_tracks_played Tue, 2 Feb 2010 23:21:43 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2010/02/02/3dz7rw_45%2C000_tracks_played My 45,000th track is "The Hawthorne Passage" by Agalloch, from their incredible album "The Mantle".

Top 5 Artists:
1. Nine Inch Nails (2800 plays)
2. Dream Theater (2491 plays)
3. Buckethead (1888 plays)
4. Phish (1375 plays)
5. Opeth (1028 plays)

Top 5 Songs:
1. Sun of Nothing (51 plays)
2. Ants of the Sky (50 plays)
3. Informal Gluttony (50 plays)
4. Foam Born (b): The Decade of Statues (48 plays)
5. The Day The World Went Away (48 plays)

1-4 from "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me, 5 from "The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails.

Top 5 Albums:
1. "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me (336 plays)
2. "The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails (303 plays)
3. "Ghosts I-IV" by Nine Inch Nails (278 plays)
4. "The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails (263 plays)
5. "Mechanical Animals" by Marilyn Manson (260 plays)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2009/11/13/35pw04_40%2C000_tracks_played Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:09:24 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2009/11/13/35pw04_40%2C000_tracks_played My 40,000th track is "Holland, 1945" by Neutral Milk Hotel. It's the standout track of one of my all time favorite albums, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. The album never fails to make me feel better. Anyway...

Top 5 Artists:
1. Nine Inch Nails (2,610 plays)
2. Dream Theater (2,445 plays)
3. Buckethead (1,781 plays)
4. Phish (1,040 plays)
5. Opeth (989 plays)

Top 5 Songs:
1. Sun of Nothing (49 plays)
2. Informal Gluttony (48 plays)
3. Ants of the Sky (48 plays)
4. Foam Born (b): The Decade of Statues (46 plays)
5. The Day the World Went Away (45 plays).

1-4 from Between the Buried and Me's "Colors", 5 is from Nine Inch Nails' "The Fragile".

Top 5 Albums:
1. "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me (328 plays)
2. "The Fragile" by Nine Inch Nails (280 plays)
3. "Traced in Air" by Cynic (251 plays)
4. "The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails (248 plays)
5. "With Teeth" by Nine Inch Nails (246 plays)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2009/09/06/2zq73g_between_the_buried_and_me%3A_95_at_webster_theater Sun, 6 Sep 2009 17:35:12 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2009/09/06/2zq73g_between_the_buried_and_me%3A_95_at_webster_theater Sat 5 Sep – Between the Buried and Me

Yesterday I drove up to Hartford with a friend to see Between the Buried and Me. While I had been to the venue that they were playing at before (Webster Theater), I had only been at the main stage, and BTBAM was playing the “underground” stage. It was mad small, maybe 20 feet across and 50-75 feet back. At most there could have only been a couple hundred people inside and there was almost no separation between the stage and the crowd. Needless to say, it was a pretty intimate setting.

Though there had been no opening act scheduled, a local band called “Beneath the Gallows” played for about 25 minutes before BTBAM. I have to say, I thought they were absolutely wretched. It was hopelessly generic deathcore with at least 3 boring breakdowns each song. A few people seemed to enjoy it, but I know I wasn’t alone in my feelings for them (I overheard the person behind me saying they were “fucking terrible”). Thankfully the aural torture didn’t last too long.

A little while after the opening act left the stage, I noticed someone pushing up through the crowd next to me. Much to my surprise, it was none other than Dustie of BTBAM. Apparently there was no backstage, and they had to go through the crowd to get up to the stage. Tommy followed soon behind him. While I didn’t get all fanboy-ish on them, I couldn’t help but think to myself “OMFG they just walked right past me”. Unfortunately there was some technical difficulties onstage involving the bass, but before long the show began…

…and it was pretty intense. The set started with “All Bodies” and “Selkies”, my two favorite songs from Alaska which worked well in opening the show. I was afraid that some of the crowd wouldn’t appreciate the softer parts of their songs (like the beautiful jazzy solos of Selkies), but I was thankfully proven wrong and I didn’t notice anyone being too annoying or distracting during these parts. After the two Alaska songs, the band played two songs from their upcoming album, “The Great Misdirect”. The first one, “Obfuscation”, seemed like a solid BTBAM song but it was really the second one that stood out. “Disease, Injury, Madness” is a kickass song that covers a lot of ground, mixing in atmospheric sections and blues solos/riffing into the BTBAM sound. It was definitely the highlight of the night for me, and I can’t wait to hear it on record.

The rest of the night was devoted to Colors, which I’m sure there was no complaints about due to the mind-blowing nature of the whole album. Foam Born is nothing short of epic live and Sun of Nothing was fun too. They ended with “White Walls”, which is my favorite part of Colors. Ultimately, I had no complaints with the setlist or the performance.

The crowd was fairly rough where I was (edge of the mosh pit, left side of the stage), but nothing I couldn’t deal with. The crowd would surge forward whenever Tommy stood on the edge of the stage, which was quite often. At one point he even stage-dived, which I thought was pretty cool. Unfortunately the venue was boiling hot. Since I didn’t get anything to drink the whole time I was inside, I was almost ready to pass out by the end of the show. Despite that, I waited a bit after the show to shake hands with Paul (the lead guitarist), which was cool. All in all it was a fun night, marred only by the disgraceful opening act.

I definitely recommend seeing Between the Buried and Me on this tour, at the very least to get a glimpse of the upcoming album.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2009/08/31/2z6syw_35%2C000_tracks_played Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:39:16 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/OctavariumTrap/journal/2009/08/31/2z6syw_35%2C000_tracks_played My 35,000th scrobble on last.fm is playing as I type this. I decided to honor Sunn O)))'s "Alice" as the 35,000th track, which is the amazing finale of the album "Monoliths & Dimensions", by far my favorite album of 2009 so far.

Top 5 Artists:
1. Nine Inch Nails (2,435 plays)
2. Dream Theater (2,429 plays)
3. Buckethead (1,742 plays)
4. Opeth (961 plays)
5. Radiohead (951 plays)

Top 5 Songs:
1. Sun of Nothing (47 plays)
2. Ants of the Sky (46 plays)
3. Informal Gluttony (46 plays)
4. Foam Born (b): The Decade of Statues (44 plays)
5. The Day the World Went Away (43 plays)

1-4 by Between the Buried and Me. 5 by Nine Inch Nails

Top 5 Albums:
1. Between the Buried and Me - Colors (312 plays)
2. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (257 plays)
3. Cynic - Traced in Air (243 plays)
4. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (234 plays)
5. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (231 plays)]]>