Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
John Frusicante and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez in a band together???
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| image courtesy of scannerfm.com |
Though I am quite familiar with both these gentlemen's music and have never even once contemplated what it would sound like if they were in a band together this must be the best music news in quite some time. It will be amazing.
Pre-order on their bandcamp HERE.
Liars "Mess" Album Trailer
Color me bad? Yo, color me good. Good with the info that the new album from Liars, titled "Mess" is out on my birthday! (well, in England, a day later on our side of the pond, but still...). Learn more on the band's website HERE.
And you know, everything this band does visually is just as interesting to me as what they do sonically and that's really saying something because, A) I don't find that many bands visually interesting and, B) Liars are very interesting sonically.
And one last thing, interesting how much the cover image for Mess looks like the cover of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Rant.
NEW LIARS!!!
This band just gets better and better every freakin' year!!!
Props to Mr. Brown for sending this to me, I knew another album was coming our way but had lost track.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Brian Eno - Driving me Backwards
Although I am a massive fan of the several Brian Eno albums I own those are the only Brian Eno albums that I know. My friend John - who is of an age where he experienced Eno's records as they were released - lent me Here Come The Warm Jets. It is spectacular. Right now, this song is freaking me out.
Released in 1973 I can very much hear the influence this record had on Bauhaus, Daniel Ash most especially.
Author & Punisher Live @ The Echoplex, 01/05/14
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| image courtesy of wiretotheear.com |
Saturday, January 11, 2014
She Lives in My Lap - Andre 5000
Because I was critical of Andre in a previous post I should throw some props his way as well. This is a PERFECT song.
The Coup - Your Parents' Cocaine
My second favorite song on The Coup's record Sorry to Bother You. Why? Obvious reasons numbers one and two: The Kazoo and the lyrics. And an outstanding video to boot. Really digging this group.
The Coup - The Guillotine
Mr. Brown turned me on to The Coup when he gave me their record Sorry to Bother You. The entire record is fantastic but this is THE stand out. There are moments where I see shades of Andre from Outkast, but thankfully without his penchant for digressing into lowest common denominator territory. Looking forward to getting into more of this group's catalogue.
My Favorite Comics in 2013...
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| image courtesy of comicsalliance.com |
Monday, January 6, 2014
New Qui - Mucho Sex In America (via Mxdwn)
Ahhh, the fine folks at mxdwn have once again made my day by posting a heads up that Los Angeles' own Qui have an album due on February 25th. Go here to read more about it!
I love this video. I'm not positive but it seems to me that at least part of the vocals for the song were recorded live while they were filming this, which adds an extra layer to the overall song and how it meshes with this wonderful visual tomfoolery. Props Laban Pheidias who directed it, Danozone who shot it and Occupy Films.
Nurse With Wound - Soliloquy For Lilith
I'd recommend not even trying to listen to this unless you can do, if not the entire thing, then a sizable chunk. It's a slowly burning evolution of sound and tone that will do some very interesting things to your consciousness if you grant it full attention.
You've been warned.
Author & Punisher
For a better idea how the man does what he does, here is a great video by Music Tech Fest (great site).
Old School Monday: Sepultura - Refuse/Resist
You know how there's all these TBT (throw back Thursday) and whatever other ones pop up as shorthand on facebook and twitter? Well, I don't know if Monday is already taken, but actually I don't care if it is (by what? Yankee Candle Monday?). Here on the blog and hopefully out into the world I christen this Old School Monday. To begin, some Sepultura. Sure, it's from their crossover album, but I really like this album and think they ended up being a better band squeezing some of the more rigid death metal elements out of their sound - but again nothing against those years cuz they're great - even if it did really only last for one or two records before it all imploded and then everybody concerned started making music I could care less about. Chaos A.D. was worth the price, whatever it was.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Wrekmeister Haromonies
Heading out to LA's Echoplex to see Author & Punisher, Corrections House and Wrekmeister Harmonies in a little while. I had never heard of Wrekmeister before, and it was by sheer luck I happened to remember that there was a third band on tonight's bill and, you know, I should probably do a little research before heading out so I knew what I was in store for.
Man am I glad I did that research. I would hate to think that I could have missed this, Chicago's J.R. Robinson's installation-like project you can read all about on Invisible Oranges here (great article by Brad Sanders, btw).
You can buy this wonderful piece of music from Thrilljockey here and there's a great live performance on member/contributer Chris Brokaw's bandcamp.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Liars - A Ring on Every Finger
In preparing for that forthcoming new Liars record I dug out the band's previous records and while punching around on the ol' youtubes found that they had released a music video for A Ring On Every Finger that I was completely unaware of. Liars videos are always an event, and this is no exception.
The End of The Cobra Files
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| image courtesy of xplosionofawesome.com |
Is on tap at my Comic Column on Joup this week. Drop by and raise a glass with me to the end of one awesome comic.
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