Music

“My otherwise normal head contains twenty identical eyes. Ironically, this impairs my vision.” lyricssummarized.tumblr.com/misfits (via @petersm1234)

Contemplating starting a monthly @333books club. /cc @fchimero @iamrumz @pdoughbrie @MerrittJMerritt

In the world of linguistic logistics, nothing is as disappointing as the inability of “Juggalo baby funeral” to fit comfortably in a haiku.

An @alyankovic polka version of @deadmilkmen’s “Punk Rock Girl” that does not (yet) exist is stuck in my head. /cc @mrclean

“I’m glad they followed up ‘Hot Cheetos & Takis’ with a song about activity.” —@ChamberMonster on “My Bike” youtu.be/_rSH5K5LlE8

Swans and Chelsea Wolfe made my two favorite records from last year, and now I’m heading out to see them play a show together.

First time I’ve been frisked at a music venue in NYC. Makes me kinda homesick for Philly.

You know, I bet female musicians just love it when their male fans shout marriage proposals at them onstage.

Come one! Come all! Celebrate horrendous narcissism with a fawning interviewer finishing Kanye’s sentences! nytimes.com/2013/06/16/art…

Stats on @Rdio show people prefer “deluxe” albums. I have no time for superfluous tracks; give me an appropriately concise album. Thoughts?

Godsmack You Black Emperor #unlikelycollaborations (stolen from @iamrumz)

LiveNation/Ticketmaster Masks Desire to Consolidate Control of Secondary Market by Pretending to Care About People: nyti.ms/18sYXMh

Old-school NYC hardcore/metal dudes reminiscing in @villagevoice. Those Cro-Mags guys must have microscopic penises. blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/05/…

This is a decent hardcore record – raw, energetic, and full of bile – but there’s nothing distinctive about it, which is disappointing, given the involvement of Daughters alum Lex Marshall. Still, if you’re in the mood for a quick hit of throat-punching hardcore that sticks to the playbook, you could do a lot worse.

To intellectually understand what Colin Stetson does, or to see or hear a recording, won’t prepare you for his incredible live performance.

“You guys in the front, keep an eye on each other… That’s what you’re here to do, help each other out. This is a song called WAR ENSEMBLE!”

Realized this morning that @essl and @VictoriaMia and I saw Jeff Hanneman’s final live performance with Slayer in Indio, CA two years ago.

Fun fact for web standards geeks! One of the only acceptable uses of presentational markup: <font size="7" color="red">SLAYER</font>

More than any other thrash shredder, Jeff Hanneman’s solos were evocative of the music’s subject matter. He tortured that fucking guitar.

How @essl and I grieve.

My neighbors will definitely be hearing some Slayer tonight.

Damn. Rest in peace, Jeff Hanneman. May you be a monarch to the kingdom of the dead.

Go away, Justin Vernon. Just… C’mon, just go away. People are trying to make good music here.

Strewn with umbrella carcasses, my walk to work should’ve been misery. But the weather didn’t count on Melt-Banana. youtu.be/ZQ6Sk8Aj-SQ

This… makes absolutely no sense.

Do the Brits call him Jay-Zed?

It’s the end of an era. @RockBand was a truly beautiful thing, and I’m proud to have been a small part of it. polygon.com/2013/3/21/4134…

I make no demands of Billy Bragg to return to the fiery protest songs of his youth, but he sounds so world-weary on this album, it’s kind of disheartening. Whether he’s waving off the very notion of progress (“No One Knows Nothing No More”) or confessing that he has nothing left to say (“Goodbye, Goodbye”), his lyrics and their delivery often sound utterly defeated. However, glimpses of his fighting spirit (“There Will Be a Reckoning”)… See more →

Enjoyable enough, to be sure, but almost every song overstays its welcome. A pop album with an average song length north of seven minutes is overconfident even for a juggernaut like Justin Timberlake.

Just got tickets for pretty much the best possible seats to see @lowtheband at @NyseC in March.

Oh, just seeing my favorite band (@lowtheband) with my favorite person (@ChamberMonster). No big deal.

Great room. Great sound. Great set list. Great band. My eighth @lowtheband show in eleven years was the best one yet.

Somewhere high on my time machine list is that 1992 Helmet / Faith No More tour.

Another excellent @wussymusic show last night. So nice to see great music performed with such honest joy.

Reminder: Karen Carpenter was awesome. youtu.be/Yt5mBWzu72M

Just in case you haven’t given up on The Flaming Lips yet, Wayne Coyne shot an entire documentary on an iPhone in portrait orientation.

So the thing says Matchbox Twenty is playing tomorrow and the show is sold out and I don’t know why I even live on this planet.

Everything happening musically in the verses is way too similar to Metallica’s “Phantom Lord” to be a coincidence. Plagiarism or homage? (I’ve always had the same questions about the similarities between Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and Angel Witch’s “Angel of Death,” which came first. I suspect homage in both cases.)

And the hooting, writhing mass of douche burst forth from the Long Island Railroad, and our hero learned of the Swedish House Mafia.

Can’t decide if I’d be okay with Prince wrecking my guitar. Dick move, but as with everything, he did it with style. feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pitchfork…

Airbnbeyoncé. Rdio Speedwagon. YouTubeway Army. Last.fminem. Explosions in the Skype. will.i.Amazon. Yahoobastank. #internetbands

Tumblur. Eazy-eBay. French Kickstarter. Conway Twitter. Gang of Foursquare. Hulu Reed. Air Svpply. The Edgar Winter Groupon. #internetbands

LinkedIn Park. Google Dolls. Instagram Parsons. Pandora! At the Disco. Facesbook. IMDbee Gees. Otis Reddit. Iron & Vine. #internetbands

Amid incessant late-’90s hype, my first Belle & Sebastian song was “Get Me Away from Here, I’m Dying.” I said, “Oh.” youtube.com/watch?v=4de-RH…