SHIT I LOVE RIGHT NOW

BLESSURE GRAVE -

I LISTEN TO THIS BAND MORE THAN ANY OTHER RIGHT NOW. REALLY DARK, TENSE, DRIVING AND CATCHY SONGS PLAYED BY SOME REALLY RAD KIDS IN SAN DIEGO, CA. THEY HAVE LIKE A HUNDRED RELEASES AVAILABLE OR COMING SOON. I WAS GOING TO DO SOME SUGGESTED LISTENING KIND OF THING, BUT IT'S ALL RECOMMENDED. CHECK OUT THEIR MYSPACE FOR ALL THE INFO (MYSPACE.COM/BLESSUREGRAVESD)

BAD LIFE -

I JUST WENT TO MIDDLEPORT, OH TO VISIT SOME FRIENDS WHO WERE PASSING THROUGH FROM BROOKLYN. ON MY WAY DOWN (WHEN I WAS IN A PARTICULARLY DESOLATE, CREEPY PLACE) I LISTENED TO THE 5 TRACKS THAT BAD LIFE SENT ME. THE DRIVE WENT FROM BORING TO FUCKING TERRIFYING WITHIN SECONDS OF THEIR SONG "DIRTY JEANS" BEGINNING. THIS BAND IS GOING TO BE GOING PLACES AND ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME STUFF AVAILABLE TO PICK UP SOON SO STAY TUNED (MYSPACE.COM/BADLIFEEXISTS)

FOREST SWORDS -

THIS IS SOME ONE-MAN DUB VIBE SHIT THAT IS TOTALLY CHAIN. DUDE IS FROM ENGLAND AND HAS A COUPLE RELEASES AVAILABLE BUT MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE IS THE "GLORY GONGS" CASSETTE RELEASED BY WOVEN TONES FROM AUSTIN, TX. A-SIDE IS "GLORY GONGS" WHICH IS A TOTALLY HUGE AND HAUNTING PIECE WITH SOME REALLY CATCHY GUITAR WORK AND VOCAL SAMPLES. THE B-SIDE IS A COVER OF AALIYAH'S(RIP) "IF YOUR GIRL ONLY KNEW". IT'S A REALLY GREAT RE-WORKING OF WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A TOTAL CLASSIC. BOTH CASSETTES HE HAS RELEASED ARE ABOUT TO BE MADE AVAILABLE ON ONE 12" RECORD BY OLDE ENGLISH SPELLING BEE AND THAT IS GOING TO BE STUPID TO SLEEP ON.

RIP DASH SNOW

YOU MADE GOOD ART

GERMAN 1981 VELVET UNDERGROUND

THIS DUDE  I MET A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AT HIS HOUSE

HAD COME HOME WITH A BIG BOX OF OLD CASSETTES HE

GOT FROM THIS OTHER GUY.  THIS IS THE KINDA THING 

I GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.  THE BOX WAS FULL OF 

A COMBINATION OF THINGS:  MIXTAPES, ALBUMS DUBBED

ON OLD MAXELLS WITH PRINTED TRACKLISTING, RARE ROKY 

ERICKSON RECORDINGS, ORIGINAL TROUT MASK REPLICA AND 

RAW POWER TAPES, A COPY OF THE SUPER OUT HARRY 

NILSSON RECORD "THE POINT!" THAT IS A LIKE A CONCEPT 

ALBUM ABOUT THE ONLY ROUND-HEADED BOY IN A CITY 

WHERE, BY LAW, EVERYTHING HAS TO HAVE A POINT...

AND SO ON.

THE 39 CLOCKS ARE MY FAVORITE THING THAT I DISCOVERED

ON THIS NIGHT.  MY FIRST REACTION TO THEM WAS THAT THEY 

BARE STRIKING SIMILARITY TO THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.

I WAS EXCITED BY THIS "PSYCHO BEAT" TAPE.  SONGS LIKE

"TWISTED AND SHOUT" CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.  AND THEY 

SOUNDED SUPER GERMAN, WHICH ALWAYS MAKES ME INTERESTED.

SOMEONE MADE A MYSPACE FOR THEM

http://www.myspace.com/39clocks

AND THIS GUY MADE A WEBSITE DETAILING ENCOUNTERING THE BAND

EARLY ON AND GOES INTO DETAIL ABOUT HOW UNLIKE THE VELVET 

UNDERGROUND THEY WERE.  IT'S A LOT OF INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT 

HOW THEIR SHOWS OFTEN ENDED IN EVERYTHING BEING SMASHED...

http://mitglied.lycos.de/RaFuchs/musik/clocks/index.htm

SURPRISE!!

THE HORRORS ARE FUCKING AWESOME!!

I DIDN'T LIKE THEM WHEN THEY SHOWED UP A FEW YEARS AGO.

NOT BECAUSE OF THE FASHION THING OR ANYTHING. OR THE HAIR.

I JUST DIDN'T REALLY DIG THEIR FIRST RECORD.

THAT CHRIS CUNNINGHAM DIRECTED VIDEO (HE WAS INVOLVED IN

PRODUCING THIS RECORD AS WELL) WITH SAMANTHA MORTON IN IT

WAS TOTALLY RAD, BUT OTHER THAN THAT I WASN'T THAT EXCITED.

CUT TO NOW...

THEIR NEW RECORD PRIMARY COLOURS IS OUT NOW

AND IT IS REALLY GOOD.

SURE, IT COULD BE CALLED HEY WE TOTALLY GOT SOME

JESUS & MARY CHAIN, MY BLOODY VALENTINE,

CAN AND SPACEMEN 3 RECORDS, BUT

THAT DOESN'T MAKE THOSE INFLUENCES ANY LESS

EXPERTLY INCORPORATED.

AND NOT TO MAKE THIS BLOG TOO NICK CAVE/BIRTHDAY PARTY-

CENTERED, BUT THIS NEW STUFF HAS MORE THAN A FEW

MOMENTS THAT NOD TO ROLAND S HOWARD AND THE GANG

LIKE WHEN FARIS ROTTER SINGS AN EXCERPT OF "SHE CRIED"

(ORIGINALLY BY JAY & THE AMERICANS, BUT COVERED BY ROLAND -

AND THE HORRORS DEFINITELY SEEM MORE LIKELY TO BE

REFERENCING HIS THAN THE ORIGINAL) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

PSYCHEDELIC FURS-VIBE-HAVING SECOND SINGLE "WHO CAN SAY"

SMART CHOICES SEEM TO HAVE PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THIS SUDDEN

SOPHISTICATED TURN. GEOFF BARROW, OF PORTISHEAD, PRODUCED

THIS RECORD (ALONG WITH CUNNINGHAM). THE FIRST TWO PROMO

VIDEOS FOR THE RECORD WERE BOTH DIRECTED BY JESUS & MARY

CHAIN FOUNDER DOUGLAS HART. HE HAS DIRECTED SO MANY AMAZING

VIDEOS (FOR MY BLOODY VALENTINE, PRIMAL SCREAM, THE LIBERTINES

AND MORE). SMART CHOICES.

THE VIDEO UP THERE IS FOR "SEA WITHIN A SEA"

THERE ARE A BUNCH OF REALLY GOOD OTHER SONGS

ON THE RECORD. "I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF", "WHO CAN SAY",

"SCARLET FIELDS"

PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE RECORD IS WORTH CHECKING OUT.

FOR REAL

AUSTRALIA

OKAY

PEOPLE FROM AUSTRALIA ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF MY FAVORITE 

MUSIC RIGHT NOW

LOTS OF DARK JAMS 

ALL OF WHOM OWE AT LEAST A LITTLE CREDIT

TO OTHER AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE

NAMELY ROLAND S. HOWARD AND NICK CAVE

NOT THAT DUDE WHO ONLY EATS MCDONALD'S 

FROM THE VINES

FIRST AND FOREMOST...

REPTILES (WWW.MYSPACE.COM/REPTILESAU)

LIKE MOST OF THE BANDS I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT, THESE DUDES ARE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY SO MUCH STUFF THAT I REALLY LOVE.  THE GUN CLUB, MUDHONEY, SUICIDE, ETC

I MADE AARTHI GO SEE THEM WHEN SHE WAS IN AUSTRALIA.  SHE ASSURES ME IT WAS RAD AND THAT SHE TOLD THEM I SAID TO COME TO AMERICA

OTHERS...

THE NEVADA STRANGE (WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THENEVADASTRANGE)

THESE GUYS HAVE TOTALLY HEARD THE BIRTHDAY PARTY AND THE 

BAD SEEDS

THEIR DRUMMER USED TO BE IN THIS REALLY RAD BAND CALLED KIOSK

THAT ONE OF MY BANDS PLAYED SOME SHOWS WITH AND STUFF

ATROCITIES (WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ATROCITIESAUS)

WHORES (WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ORESWHAY)

CIRCLE PIT (WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CIRCLEPIT)

TEEN ARCHER (WWW.MYSPACE.COM/TEENARCHER1)

THAT'S NOT EVEN ALL

THERE ARE MORE

SUICIDE CLUB

THIS IS A STILL FROM A JAPANESE MOVIE I REALLY LIKE CALLED SUICIDE CLUB

THE FIRST TIME I WATCHED IT, THE SOUND ON MY TV HAD DIED AND I DIDN'T KNOW

I FIGURED IT OUT LIKE 20 MINUTES IN

UP UNTIL THAT POINT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST LIKE THE CRAZIEST FUCKING MOVIE EVER

THERE'S A TOTALLY INTENSE MASS SUICIDE SCENE IN A TRAIN STATION AND IT WAS SO

FUCKING CREEPY WITH NO SOUND!

I WAS KINDA BUMMED WHEN I REALIZED MY TV WAS JUST FUCKED (LIKE BECAUSE I HAD TO FIX MY TV, AND BECAUSE

IT MADE THE MOVIE A LITTLE LESS WEIRD THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS ...IT'S STILL TOTALLY WEIRD, THOUGH)

LIVING ON THE EDGE

THIS IS AN INTERVIEW FROM A BAD SEEDS TOUR IN1984 

IN COLUMBUS, OH (WHERE I CURRENTLY AM)

BARRY ADAMSON COMES IN FOR THE SECOND HALF AND MICK HARVEY SHOWS UP A LITTLE, TOO

THIS FOOTAGE IS REALLY GREAT

THE INTERVIEWER TOTALLY BLOWS IT