(reprinted/modified from myspace trash... whatever)
- yes new york, (compilation - vice) -
the strokes, the walkmen, interpol, secret machines, etc... but there's some ted leo, rapture and longwave as well... like a family picnic. something for everyone.
- the thrills/the kills -
i can't remember if these two bands sound any different from the other.
- gang gang dance -
so this is a side project band? homeboy's in a different DC band called cranium? isn't that a board game? who sings that song "EVERYBODY ROCK! EVERYBODY ROCK! EVERYBODY ROCK AND DO THE CINDER BLOCK!"? (at this point, you make a rectangle shape with your hands and arms, kind of folded across your chest.) Gang bang dance should take notes. That shit owns.
- queens of the stone age -
not as good as songs for the deaf. still, dave grohl is still blowing it.
- fischerspooner -
odyssey was a fun, fun album. these guys hand out free erections.
- the raveonettes -
this really, really, REALLY bums you out.
just because there's a woman who looks like this:
doesn't mean anything...
because debbie harry still looks like this:
- hot snakes -
takes some getting used to. once you get it though, you'll want to open mouth kiss people you've never met.
like this...
- bloc party -
i like their music. so does everyone else. better than most trash the states has to offer.
- joy division -
i bought 'closer' and wish i bought 'unknown pleasures'. oh well yeah.
- panthers -
hot rock. fun for everyone. as necessary as a punch in the face.
- kings of leon -
a bunch of guys that wish they were forty, divorced and playing in a southern rock band- but instead they're about twenty-five, playing rock shows with bands like the secret machines. the 'new pretenders'? get fucked.
people who are into kaiser chiefs and hot lunches are drooling over this shit. gaylords.
- aqualung -
weak.
- the streets -
so what the fuck is this kid doing? "Vivid and hilarious?" no. it's not. the best parts occur when he stops talking. so... not often. "well... which album do you have?" haven't heard the newest one. doesn't matter. not happening. not saying he isn't clever... and we'll leave it at that.
- vietNam -
kinda aggro. kinda average too.
- diamond nights -
don't put dudes in football helmets on your album sleeve. that's the new rule.
put chicks licking baseball bats on your album and name it 'types of wood'.
seriously.
too bad whirlwind heat kind of sucks too.
- kasabian -
promotional copy my ass. nobody i know likes this stuff.
- white stripes -
jack white is tripping balls. i'm in.
- kill me tomorrow -
these guys (and gal) are also tripping balls. like the future before it happens. time travel. in other words, i like what's going on here. garbageman and the prostitute novel out NOW! read the
description. sounds like a subplot to eraserhead.
- the stills -
the strokes wish they wrote songs like this. the strokes wish they got gash like this. the strokes wish they sounded as strung out as this. this is not a strokes record. easily one of the greatest albums i've heard in a long time.
- elkland -
i don't know what to call this. these guys should hook up with VHS or BETA and make porn together.
- death from above 1979 -
canadians are fucking weird. i liked the remix record too. i wish i thought of this first.
- the locust -
magazines like SPIN and AP and NME call this noise punk. i call this performance art. this looks like a fucking circus. i'd rather watch prison sex. i don't get it. costumes are for nerds.
*three one g is still a great label.
- nick cave -
abbatoir blues/lyre of orpheus is better than nocturama. this is still music i drive to work to. babe i'm on fire. neil diamond wants to be you sir.
- devendra banhart -
i don't care how many albums he's released for his age, this is still hippie music. i think people who hang around people who do drugs, but don't
actually do drugs would definitely get into this. read any interview he's ever done and tell me this kid isn't on fucking mars. find a cave and stay there.
*fat tire, sunshine wheat, etc... from new belgium has always been hippie beer... i guess it's appropriate that this strange ranger is the soundtrack to 'finding your folly'. crap.
- elliot smith -
goddammit. there are supposedly many songs that didn't make it on to 'from a basement on the hill' due to family members and smith's girlfriend before he committed suicide/was murdered. songs that were relevant. songs with names like 'suicide machine'. this smacks of censorship.
- iron and wine -
easily the most lovable bearded guy i can think of. baby batter soundtrack.
- m83 -
so much past material worth listening to that you already feel like a poser for digging on what you heard. buy this shit anyway. guaranteed to be better than most of your records.
*anyone own until the dawn heals us? 'cause we could be friends. fast friends.
- kool keith -
i realized that the reason i don't own 'god loves ugly' is because of the fact that i should own at least one kool keith record before i buy anymore atmosphere stuff. fried chicken and juice boxes.
- drive like jehu -
this is one of those 'bands you should already know and love'. getting it? getting it.
- q and not u -
something beautiful happened at dischord recently. while 'dine' is a horrible song that rambles on about spiders and flies, 'LAX' will make you boogie in your bathtub. 'wet work' is activism made sexy. this is the method by which i was cured.
- converge -
you fail me. this rocks your face. get scared.
- euromotion -
just go
here. if most canadians are weird, then these euros are from fucking outer space by comparison. remember when man or astroman dropped that "we are outerspace" jive on everyone? same deal here. nah brah. i'm NOT backing this. men chasing women through time and space? no. two men and a computer mouse start creepin' on everyone's vibe and shut down your fun time.
avoid at all costs.
- ozone -
hot dance like michael jackson in a microwave. sets bitches on fire. *wink*
- teddybears -
fun. five out of six stars. we can drive with the top down. sounds like kylie minogue is on this somewhere... probably not, but i could get into that.
*not really. can't find this anywhere... pretty sure it's out of stockholm featuring someone named paolo. huh.
- pleasure forever -
kinski and mogwai? not exactly. this stuff doesn't bum me out by any means. shit should read: "will blow mind". i'm exaggerating here, but i like it...
*mixed this band up with someone else... not sure who or what the fuck i'm talking about up there, but p.forever are on sub pop and yeah... buy their shit.
- the arcade fire -
people still talk about this band like they invented music. i'd rather fuck my hand.
- cut ! copy -
this is what you hear playing in the background when erik is trying to convince you that he's not a homosexual. i'm not buying it. "but they're from australia!" so are koala bears. i don't believe in stuff like this.
- rogue wave -
looked this up after seeing three completely different groups of kids point out how they were coming to larimer. wish i didn't. i'd rather feed my cock to a cobra than listen to this.
- arab on radar -
weird, weird and weird.
- the good life -
i think i like everything that comes out on saddle creek. just about. and this is ok. just when you hear that singing about heartbreak and loss has gone out of style, tim gets loaded, drops cursive for a bit and puts you in a world of hurt. rad.
- wolf eyes -
fucking garbage. wheeze. static. bang. wack. get fucked.
*not sure if that's even the album i bought up there. i took it to second spin the same day.
- autolux -
turnstile blues. here comes everybody. drums that sound like trash cans. sounds british, smells like los angeles. not faking the funk. no fagdancing. no acrobatics. i dig on this. i hope this is what rock music sounds like now.
- the duke spirit -
stuff from britain. i'm sure A&R people get hard over this sort of stuff. i guess it's alright.
