Voodoo Fest

So with Voodoo Fest coming up here in a few months I will be posting little snippets of video from some of the better bands that will be in attendance.....first KISS (PISS)



Watch this....its hilarious

Delicious crunchy prog!

So I'm not quite sure how I didn't already know about this but one of my favorite metal bands, Baroness, is releasing a new album on October 13th called Blue Record. It's supposed to be a companion piece with Red Album (my vote for second best metal album of 2007 which was a kickass year for the genre). The first two songs are up on their myspace, and I highly recommend checking it out.

Fun fun fun fest announces full line up

The always amazing Fun Fun Fun Fest has really harpooned the whale this time. The dudes that book ACL really oughta take a note from the folks over at fffest. First off, a newly reunited Death is set to make everyone... well, die. Then you've got Danzig, Les Savy Fav, GZA the list literally goes on and on. Check out the all the bands here.

More dubbed out goodness.

Here's a new video from Forest Swords. They have a new cassette due out on Woven Tones soon.

Forest Swords - Glory Gongs from the battle on Vimeo.

Imagine a soundtrack to chaos

Leave it to Lightning Bolt to create a 7 minute auditory stomping. Compared to previous lightning bolt songs Colossus actually sounds somewhat mixed. I've never had the chance to experience them in person, but have heard stories. Listen to Colossus and imagine wearing a micmask thing.

Lighting Bolt :: Colossus

Volcano Choir's first single.

The first single from Justin Vernon, best known as Bon Iver, and Milwuakee band Collections of Colonies of Bees (collaboratively known as Volcano Choir) "Island IS" really is damn good. Justin's voice is amazingly expressive (still) and it's complemented well by a sort of minimalist sounding guitar pulse and an insistant rhythm. It almost reminds me of parts of Steve Reich's Different Trains. It's rare to strike so tenuous a balance between the comforting and the experimental, but I think this song pulls it off well without sounding plastic-y or contrived. Volcano Choir's first album Unmap will be released on September 22nd on Jagjaguwar. Jagjaguwar is one of my favorite labels right now and they've really been doing a super job putting out some of the best music, so if you haven't already taken a look at there website/roster/events do it soon.

Volcano Choir :: Island IS

RIP Les Paul.

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A quick word, if we may pause the music for a moment. Glasses up, everyone.

Our so-called imaginary readership,

 Let us please take a moment to celebrate the cherished anniversary of birth of our dear blog host, our beloved Stewar... wait... in order to protect his online anonymity, I feel I shouldn't divulge his actual name... Our beloved Stewbot (Trunchy to me). 
 That said, happy birthday Stewbot, fount of the best kind superfluous knowledge that a constantly curious seeker eager to be mildly bewildered through human engagement could possibly encounter on a particular day, and yet also the most perceptive casual observer and wise-word dispenser. Thank you for remaining incorrigibly sane amidst the ever-insistent inane insanity. You're positively daft for maintaining your composure, but I don't blame you. Salubriousness takes precedence over capriciousness.
 In short, before I chew my own leg off (figuratively, weirdly), huzzah, my friend, for still being alive so that such an interjection remains possible (or appropriate). And, dear readers, please observe a moment of rowdy abandon today in homage to the continuing life of another vagrant genius in Babylon. Today, his breath is the world's divinity (allowing that he brushes his teeth upon waking).

Feliz cumpleaño, my friend. The resplendency of Barton Springs is nigh.

P.S. Sorry Trunchy, but I intend on making you regret granting me authorship on this page. Oh, yes.

New Memory Cassette video

I haven't posted anything in a while, as I'm kind of preoccupied by my birthday and upcoming move to New York. Look for regular updates again in a couple weeks. But until then here's this fun new Memory Cassette video directed by Pat Vamos.

SURFIN'/BODY IN THE WATER-MEMORY CASSETTE from PAT VAMOS on Vimeo.

Sunset Rubdown announce fall tour.

So this is definitely worth checking out. If you're in europe. Or parts of the US that arent texas.

Prepare for much dragon slayage in Europe and beyond:

9/02/09 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
9/03/09 Malmo, Sweden - Debaser
9/04/09 Goteborg, Sweden - Parken
9/05/09 Stockholm, Sweden - Strand
9/06/09 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
9/07/09 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
9/08/09 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
9/10/09 Glasgow, UK - Stereo
9/11/09 Belfast, UK - Spring and Airbrake
9/12/09 Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy
9/13/09 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
9/14/09 Manchester, UK - The Deaf Institute
9/15/09 London, UK - Garage
9/16/09 Cardiff, UK - The Glode
9/18/09 Leffinge, Belgium - Leffingeleuren
9/19/09 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
9/20/09 Berlin, Germany - Magnet Club
9/21/09 Leipzig, Germany - Ut Connewitz
9/22/09 Munchen, Germany - 59:1
9/23/09 Vienna, Austria - B72
9/24/09 Zagreb, Croatia - KSET
9/25/09 Ljublijana, Slovenia - Menza Pri Koritu
9/26/09 Pisa, Italy - Caracol
9/27/09 Carpi, Italy - Mattatoio
9/30/09 Lille, France - L'Aeronef

10/01/09 Paris, France - Point FMR

10/16/09 New York, NY - Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom

10/17/09 Baltimore, MD - Sonar

10/18/09 Columbus, OH - The Summit

10/19/09 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium

10/20/09 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon

10/21/09 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway Nightclub

10/22/09 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater

10/24/09 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge

10/26/09 San Francisco, CA - Slim's

10/27/09 West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour

An they say dry humping is boring...

So, I don't know how many of you out there like to dance. I know that I'm a big fan. Though the video for Pon De Floor from Major Lazer brings dancing to a whole new level of spectular. I wish everybody danced like this. Imagine....a beautiful wedding, family and friends waiting for the couples first dance...then BAM, the groom launches of a ladder only to start humping the shit out of the bride! In a perfect world....


anyone have a favorite move? Mine is obviously the ladder hump.

Sounds like a time traveler's lament.

Check out this new album Apple's Acre by Nurses from Dead Oceans. The music feels like its shambling towards something it never quite reaches, but in a good way, the way that mirrors human experience.

Apple's Acre - Nurses

Also, interview with Dan Deacon coming soon. Ideas for questions?