IT’S HADRON TIME!!!!! (it’s been fun, friends)

j/k.
okay so it’s been awhile, so here are some random pieces of poop and shit:
• new chad van gaalen is quite excellent. it is called soft airplane.. and so far i like it more than any of his other stuff. but i have never really listened to his other stuff all that much, so you [...]

an album a year for the 00s: 2001

2001

National Skyline
This=Everything
(Epic)
A lot of great albums came out in 2001, such as The Appleseed Cast’s atmospheric double album, Low Level Owl, a stunning return to form from The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Bravery, Repetition and Noise), outstanding albums from Frank Black & the Catholics, Juno, Moonbabies, my favorite New Order record, Get Ready, The Faint’s best, [...]

dudes + omg + frownie face

my beloved dudes and dudettes: i am so sorry for failing to update this blog for like the past forever of time. i have been so busy drinking booze and hanging out with my babe i have ttly not even had time to write anything, ever.
also, i just bought rock band and omfg if i [...]

Quick Hits, v.11

i am back from being dead, sort of. lots of updates to fill you dudez+babes in on. here are some:
• weezer’s red album is pretty rad/good/amazing/average, all at once. “pork and beans” is one of the greatest songs cuomo has ever written, not to mention the video is possibly the greatest thing EVER MADE EVER [...]

more 2007 goodness

• ariel pink’s haunted graffiti – underground
the latest opus of lo-fi insanity from cult hero ariel pink is another strange, hallucinatory journey through a collage of twisting melodies, noisy interims and brilliant songwriting that combine together to form a surprisingly coherent, cohesive whole on par with the year’s best records.
ariel pink’s haunted graffiti – ghost [...]

bjm; a harrowing goodbye?

a decent version of the brian jonestown massacre’s new masterpiece, my bloody underground, appears to have surfaced online a couple of weeks ago, (it is a bit different than the preview available from the band’s website this summer). and holy omfg is all i can say about this record. this is by far the saddest, [...]

i made a new mix for you!! download dudes plus babez & bff’s hot mix sexy hot download

dudes plus babes & bff’s
1. panther – use your mouth breathe
2. holy fuck – the pulse
3. justice – d.a.n.c.e.
4. junior senior – move your feet
5. the go! team – keys to the city
6. justice vs. simian – we are your friends
7. c.s.s. – meeting paris hilton
8. the kbc – trippin’
9. primal scream – swastika eyes [...]

bears one of teh greatest new bands for surez

i went to go see bears here in phoenix tonite, and WTF THEY WERE DONE PLAYING by the time i got there :’( i was so ttly sad it was horrible. i wanted to die, i wanted to slit my wrists (remember: it’s down the river not across the stream), i wanted to kill, i [...]

the go! team are still awesome

the go team’s new album proof of youth leaked a few days ago and it is ttly filled with sweet
sweet jams (“keys to the city”) and neo-zelda themesongs (“patricia’s moving picture”) and schoolyard 4-square chants (“flashlight fight”) and funky guns-a-blazin’ grooves (“titanic vandalism”) and motivational speaking anthems (“doing it right”) and sim city background [...]

WHAT!! dudes from WOLF PARADE rule at MUSIC!?@?! TRU

anything associated with wolf parade is good and this is no exception.handsome furs‘ (featuring none other than dan boeckner of wolf parade) first record (plague park) is here and it is what you probably expect (good). basically, it takes dan’s weird, quivering wolf parade vocals and replaces the music with a sort of artsy panache [...]