I found a fun little quip from John Wright, the drummer of Nomeansno, about the history of music post Nirvana.
Every major label tried to sign every band, and then it became no longer an alternative, it sort of became co-opted by the mainstream and people moved on to hip hop and dub step and then everyone got sick of rock and roll and went to raves.
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I saw Dan Deacon for the first time last weekend, and man does he put on a great show. The fans were genuinely kind and fun, very good vibes. No small feat!
I’ve really been getting into The Hellacopters recently. So far I’ve been working through their releases on Bandcamp, with Head Off and Grande Rock the primaries, but I’m looking forward to expanding my listening beyond that. 🎵
My roommate and I watched Converge’s What’s in my Bag, and both wanted to look up all their picks online. That reference doesn’t seem to exist, so I made one. To the highly specific demographic for which this is useful, you’re welcome. 🎵
My roommate had Santana live at tanglewood 1970 concert and it’s so good. High energy locked in the groove. 🎵
Listening to a 1970 Love bootleg at the Fillmore West, that Paul of Albums That Should Exist cleaned up. It’s the seventies, so Arthur Lee is heavier, more Hendrix influenced than the insurmountable “Forever Changes”. The show is pretty great. 🎵
My cousin’s band Chalk Teeth just dropped a new single.
It’s an entrancing and unique concoction that touches on elements of dark wave, synth punk, shoegaze, early electronic dance music and krautrock, all while leading with vocals in the Polish language.
I’m very proud, even though I had nothing to do with it (other than somewhat genetically). Check it out! 🎵
I bought every studio Fugazi album on Bandcamp, along with the new Albini Sessions. No regrets. 🎵
My cousins released their first single with their new band. Chalk Teeth Make A Striking Debut With Their Brooding Dark Wave Single ‘Struck’. Dark dance-y synth. Get movin. 🎵
I saw LCD Soundsystem over the weekend. What a great show. First time seeing them. They’re a band I’ve had on my list to dig into, and never did. This is that push. 🎵
Gentle reminder that Black Sabbath’s Sabotage album cover was itself the victim of sabotage.
The designers “carried on with the shoot, explaining they would superimpose the images at a later stage and that it would look great, to be honest. The session was unbelievably rushed, and the outcome was far from what had been originally envisaged.”
Those were their street clothes. 🎵 🤘
I’ve been listening to Something To Consume by Die Spitz. Heavy, young band with tons of energy and solid songs. Caught on to them after being recommended their KEXP performance. The vibe between the gals is so infectious and genuine. 🎵
I saw John Carpenter at the knockdown center last night. Really fun show, and we were on the street before 10:30pm! ❤️🎵👴
I’ve been digging into some new music this month. And by new music, I mean there’s also a bunch of stuff from a few years ago, and some of that is incredibly generous with the word …
Read moreToday, I learned that Shania Twain and Mutt Lange’s relationship was even wilder than I thought.
[They announced their breakup] after Lange had an affair with Twain’s then-best friend and secretary Marie-Anne Thiébaud, with whom he reportedly continued the relationship and moved to Switzerland.[7] Lange and Twain divorced in June 2010. On 1 January 2011, Twain married Frédéric Thiébaud, the former husband of Marie-Anne.
Where’s the Netflix documentary? 🎵
Another excuse to continue not listening to KISS. 🇺🇸🎵
Trump inducting KISS, Sylvester Stallone & more into 2025 Kennedy Center Honors (which he’s hosting)
RIP Ozzy Osbourne. He was such an important musician in my life. Lots of folks knew him as a piece of pop culture, but he was a force. Here he is performing War Pigs with Black Sabbath in 1971. 🎵
Stumbled across the obscure proto-metal band Sir Lord Baltimore in the Dopes to Infinity Wikipedia entry. Good stuff! I especially liked their first album. Loud Wire wrote a piece on their interesting story.
Since their inception, Sir Lord Baltimore were told they were five or 10 years ahead of their time. That’s great for establishing a legacy, but terrible for paying bills.
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Just received these in the mail. Keeping my record collection unhinged. 🎵
I was up past my bedtime last night seeing my cousin’s band, Chalk Teeth. 🎵
I picked up “Dopes to Infinity”, but turns out, I didn’t. I’m still in. 🎵
My recent Discogs haul. 🎵
I started getting into The Dandy Warhols. The name really annoys me, but …The Dandy Warhols Come Down is great. 🎵
Andrew Sacher wrote a beautiful elegy for Brian Wilson on Brooklyn Vegan. RIP. 🎵
Brian resonates so much with indie/alternative/underground musicians because, no matter how famous The Beach Boys are, being a Brian Wilson fan means you’re in on one of the most profound secrets in all of pop music history.
Correction: five days ago, I got French metal band Animalize confused with their album title. The band name is Animalize, and the album is called Verminator, not the other way around.
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