Mick Harvey Has a New Record Coming Out

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It's titled Four (Acts of Love), due June 11th according to mxdwn. I couldn't find anything to post from it, so here's an interview from last year I'd never seen before.

The Virgins - FMD (NOT the video!)

So I first encountered this group this morning. They have a new video for this song. This is another reason why I generally don't dig music videos (though I post an awful lot of them, eh?). I watched about ten seconds of it and in the same flash of realization knew I loved the song but hated the video. Oh how I wish my first impression of the song had been cerebral instead of visual. Sorry, but the 80's video mock-up's been dead (to me at least) for some time - it's just not funny on any visual level at this point. But enough criticism, because again, I really dig the song.

The Melvins w/Scott Kelly - Warhead (Venom Cover)

Chelsea Light Moving "Empires Of Time" Northampton, MA 2.24.13

Found a couple of these posted on Brooklyn Vegan today. Nice. You can see the others and read about the performance if you go here.

My Friend Sonny's Audition for Check Please

He just kills it in this. I haven't seen Check Please in forever being that I've lived 300 miles away for years but seriously, Chicago or not if you landed here and you like funny, watch this and then Like it, Tweet it, whatever. THIS HAS TO HAPPEN!!!

Batman Inc #8 (Spoilers)

image courtesy of www.rpad.tv

Sucks. I'm sad. Damien was easily my favorite character in the DC universe.

"But in the new issue #6 when he meets Alfred the cat, I realized that I was probably drawing him with a smile for the first and last time. That was rough. I spent forever trying to get that smile just right." - Artist Chris Burnham from a newsarama conducted interview.

I do a full write-up of my reaction here

Atoms For Peace (Thom Yorke, Flea) - Ingenue Video

I don't know too much about Atoms for Peace yet. I've avoided a lot of stuff slowly trickling out onto the web because even though I LOVE Radiohead from OK computer on to about Hail to the Thief, I have to be in a distincly Radiohead mood in order to listen to them and really get the full benefit from it. Radiohead is a very particular mood or tone for me and to indulge it out of turn does both the band and my own self a disservice. That's not to say that I think Atoms for Peace will necessarily sound anything like Radiohead, but you know, it's relative. And I'm posting this from work, so I've not even heard it as I post it, but I'm pretty sure I'm ready for it.