Joe Hill's NOS4A2

I received a nice advance copy of Joe Hill's NOS4A2 today. I am VERY much looking forward to reading it, as Hill's Heart-Shaped Box is one of my favorite books of recent years (and Horns is pretty damn awesome too! Can't wait for that movie starring Daniel Radcliffe). I'll be posting opinions on the book soon enough, however I also have my brand new copy of Peter V. Brett's The Daylight War - purchased in stunning hardcover the day of release (today) from my favorite local bookstore The Book Frog. Mr. Brett's stuff became DOR or 'Day of Release' level for me after the other two books in the series (which I speak about here) blew me the F--k away!!! But of course now I have an especially tricky conundrum - which to read first?

Choices, choices choices...

Queens of the Stone Age...

It's getting closer, can you feel it? 

According to NME's website (I know Scroobius Pip  says not to read NME, but in this case I couldn't help it damnit!) the following letter was sent by QOTSA to Kerrang magazine. I don't know what I thought was stranger - the fact that Kerrang still existed or the actual message.

To give credit you can read the full article here:


DEAR KERRANG,

...SOME THINGS YOU CAN'T FIX SO...

ON THIS RECORD WE CAME TO A REALIZATION: THE BESTTRICK OF ALL, IS NO TRICK AT ALL

THE SONGS ARE A REAL TIME DOCUMENT OF THE MANIC UPS AND DOWNS OF THE LAST YEAR. IT CAN'T ALWAYS RUN LIKE CLOCKWORK. SO RATHER THAN CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF THE RECORDINGS, WE DECIDED TO RIDE SHOTGUN ON OUR EMOTIONAL BANDWAGON. WE EMBRACED OUR EVIL, HELD THE HORRIBLE, LICKED THE LUNACY AND BLEW THE BEAUTIFUL. AS A RESULT, WE'RE ON CLOUD 9.

I CAN'T WRITE ANYMORE CAUSE MY PHONE'S DYING,

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE"

Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/queens-of-the-stone-age/68671#6pezmwqwqHAce8QH.99 

HOW MUCH LONGER MUST WE WAIT?!? 

Oh, and that Scroobius Pip? If you don't know it, you're in for a treat indeed:

Spider Bags

I don't know much about Titus Adronicus. I know Mr. Brown gave me their album The Monitor a couple years ago and I dug it, but it's kind of remained in the "every once in a while" book in my car. While browsing Brooklyn Vegan a little while ago I noticed the singer of Adronicus wearing a pretty wicked looking shirt for Spider Bags and went ahead and googled that band (it was either a band or a strange, strange product - I figured I'd win either way). This is what I found. I dig it. You can find the Chapel Hill's Spider Bags bandcamp here and download this song for free!!!

Spider Bags "Shake My Head is available here from Odessa Records.

!!! - Slyd from Thr!!!er

New !!! is always a good thing.

Queens of the Stone Age Rarity

In anticipation of the forthcoming new QOTSA record (I'm now seeing the possibility of March bandied around the interweb but with no real specific source so...)I've had Rated R in heavy rotation. Coincidentally today as I was removing my headphones at the end of Better Living Through Chemistry a co-worker had a Queens song running on youtube that I had never heard before. I'd been pretty thorough back in the napster days in amassing what I thought were all the bands b-sides and rarities up to that point, but Spiders and Vinegaroons is one that slipped by me.

Until today.

Fake Zombie Emergency in Montana Interrupts Talk Show

Someone hacked this television station in Montana and added their own zombie emergency message. Once again fiction, no longer content with being marginalized to our imaginations, has attempted to supplant our consensual reality. When will it succeed?

Thanks be to Richard Kadrey for the tweet wherein I found this.

NextLevel Squad "Zilla March" Flexing Gas Mask | YAK FILMS + B'ZWAX

I discovered this track and this video about two years ago via the always marvelous technoccult.net . You can buy it on B'ZWAX's bandcamp here. My Chicago peeps will recognize the setting. If you've ever read the L in Chicago, can you just imagine these guys getting on it.