Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral

You know how David Cronenberg's films make you feel really uncomfortable with the concept of your body? The weird mesh of tech and flesh, blood and steel, wire and bone that he manipulates can sometimes be downright horrifying, sometimes freakishly hot and sometimes just WTF. Well, his son Brandon may have outdone him in his first film, Antiviral. I'm embellishing, but not by much. Currently tied with Shane Carruth's Upstream Color as my movie of the year. Antiviral is streaming on Netflix - go check it out (check out the snowcat and the radio while you're at it. Big surprise comin' to you...). But be prepared. It is a bit of a rough watch. Very much worth it though.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Rival

New BRMC video!!!

The Ocean full live set @ NY's St. Vitus!!!

Now this is the way I wish to see The Ocean! I totally agree with metalsucks' Vince Neilstein (whose article on the same you should link to from the above and read) that the twenty-five minutes on Summer Slaughter was just. Not. Enough.

This footage, which I'm just now sitting down to watch this now but I'm assuming it's Pelagial live in its entirety, the way it was meant to be played. Only a few seconds in and I can already tell that the sound is better here than it was both at HOB last month and at the Glass House when I saw them in 2010. Little clubs are always the best.

And apparently that's what this was - a surprise show at NY's Saint Vitus where they were billed under the name Pelagial (not a surprise to anyone familiar with them).

1 Minute Teaser from New Jesu Song

September 24th on Avalanche Records. New Justin Broadrick in any form is always an event!

Courtesy of Metalsucks.

UGLI Studios Presents Vol. #2

image courtesy of thisisugli.com

Totally awesome and completely independent comic imprint UGLI Studios recently released UGLI Studios Presents Vol. #2. I interview UGLI founder and artist extraordinaire Jason Lenox in this week's Thee Comic Column on Joup right here!

Midlake - Antiphon

Midlake's singer left last year and now we get this - great job carrying on gentlemen! More info here on the mighty Brooklyn Vegan!

The Melvins Cover The Butthole Surfers

The Melvins cover Butthole Surfers

The Melvins w/ Surfers' Jeff Pinkus covering one of my favorite Butthole Surfers songs? Is this the best thing ever? Maybe...

Read more about it here on The AV Club.