I've always found progressive music to maintain certain exclusivity. Often, I find people who believe it's pretentious in nature, which at times may be understandable, given its tendency to push limits. But when I heard Simulacrum, the debut release from Distant Lights, I found no reason for anyone to continue with these misconceptions.
Engineers managed to build an impressive fan-base, given the success of their self-titled debut album. Do they continue to live up to it in the followup Three Fact Fader, or was it just beginners luck?
Chris Cornell... I can now forgive you for Scream. Just please never do that again.
As a big fan of, well, the vast majority of Chris Cornell's work, especially his earliest work, rumors of a Soundgarden reunion would always strike me with a certain amount of excitement, as well as an equal amount of skepticism. Between Cornell's statements of a reunion being unlikely as of June, possible as of July, and given that they have all been seen together as of October, it's slowly edging toward imminent. But it's the internet, and you should always believe what you read. Including the short-lived Wikipedia edit I made about Tomas Kalnoky being a god.
But it would seem that, as the ball dropped in Times Square, marking not only a New Year, but a new decade, Mr. Cornell had his own new era to start. A simultaneous Twitter and Facebook post, for fans, read as follows:
"The 12 year break is over & school is back in session. Sign up now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again!"There was then a link to the apparently new www.soundgardenworld.com with the same short message, a place for name, email address, and optional mobile number, for future updates and additional information.
