Sunday Bandcamp: The Dead Milkmen's Quarantine Album!

Thanks to Mr. Brown, one of the purchases I made on this most recent Bandcamp Friday was the newly released "Depends on the Horse..." album, recorded in quarantine. The records is probably the most ersatz of the Milkmen's, and feels a bit more like a B-side compilation. NOT A BAD THING. Dig the description from their site (use this link HERE. There's another Milkmen bandcamp page that keeps popping up when I enter their name): 

"Actually... this volume of songs is the soundtrack to the first 36 episodes of the weekly program "Big Questions with The Dead Milkmen" which can be seen on The Dead Milkmen's YouTube channel. The songs were inspired by and created in response to challenges the Dead Milkmen made to each other on the program. Songs 1 - 4 are from "The 4-Track Challenge" episode (September 26, 2020). Songs 5 - 9 are from the Cover Challenge episode (July 11, 2020). Songs 10 - 13 are from the Owner's Manual Challenge episode ("Read the Manual", August 15, 2020). Songs 14 - 17 are from the Genre Challenge episode (June 6, 2020). And song 18 is the theme song from the show, composed and recorded by Dean Sabatino."

Sunday Bandcamp: Void Vision

Philadelphia's Void Vision is a perfect addition to the Halloween playlist I've been listening to and refining all month. The synths sound like spiderwebs, and Shair Vari's (see what they did?) voice doesn't so much inhabit the songs as it does haunt them. The drums have that vintage 80s electro sound that serves as the crimson icing on the proverbial black cake. You can support them and buy the album HERE.

Bandcamp Sunday: Chris May

 Full Disclosure: Chris is a long-time friend. Like, seriously long time. He was one of the first two people I made friends with upon moving to the Palos area in the South Suburbs of Chicago in fourth grade. Yes, fourth grade. Chris has had many musical and visual projects over the years, G. Reed for one and later, Venue being the main one I tracked. He was also a part of Schlitz Family Robinson during arguably our best, most interesting live period back in the mid/late 90s. Over the years he's honed his video editing skills to an almost unparalleled degree, and now he's doing these audio/visual works and has begun posting them on Bandcamp, and they're fantastic.