Music

Spinning Disco Volante on 180 gram vinyl. Fifteen years on, this is still a peerless record.

There was nowhere to go but down after that amazing Futureheads debut, but it has still been so very disappointing to watch it happen.

Beck and friends cover INXS with dazzling results: vimeo.com/10995672

Guitar: Fixed. Records: Purchased. Margaritas: Imminent.

Big congratulations to @MoseGiganticus for signing to Relapse Records! relapse.com/content/news.aspx…

Who's got two thumbs and is going to see the reunited Faith No More in Brooklyn and Philly in July?

A busker won me over with a nice acoustic version of Elton John's "Daniel" while waiting for the subway this morning.

Finally sat down and listened to The Knife's avant-garde Darwin opera, "Tomorrow, In a Year". Love it.

We are living in the age of oblivous self-parody. sbnation.com/2010/4/14/142323…

MC5's Kick Out the Jams is so effing great, but "Starship" is no way to end it.

First viewing of School of Rock in quite awhile. To whom it may concern, I absolutely adore this movie.

Lingerin' taste of toothpaste made the mimosa go down a bit funny but you know, that Belgian waffle it do satisfy.

Bacon and eggs. Genius playlist based on Quicksand.

Listening to old promo compilation cassettes of major label hard rock and metal from the mid '90s. What an awkward era for that music.

Jealousy incurred from SXSW music chatter has hit critical mass. Maybe next year I'll suck it up and actually stay for the whole thing.

On this beautiful day, my indoor meal is brought to you by outdoor acoustic guitar guy.

For today's #SwanSongFriday, I'm honoring Leaves Turn Inside You by Unwound.

11:55:36: Learn that Faith No More tickets (Brooklyn, July) go on sale at noon. Ticketmaster.com. Refresh. Refresh. 12:00:01: Sold out. >:(

This is light on actual information, but for any UI folks interested in how shit happens here, these slides give you a glimpse into the process.

Awake from dreams of Melissa Etheridge's porno cooking show. Never sleeping again.

In the hip hop version of Scrabble, Z is not worth ten points.

Looking through my library for #SwanSongFriday candidates, it seems metal bands overstay their welcome more than any other genre.

According to me, today is Swan Song Friday, and I begin it with The Shape of Punk to Come by Refused. What swan songs will you celebrate?

Kaboom!

The Rock Band Network Music Store is live! rockband.com/news/rbn-music-store…

Well, shit. V.V. Brown's debut finally became available in the States a few weeks ago, and somehow it snuck past me. And now it is mine.

Practicing guitar in the dark has proven my muscle memory to be better than I thought it was.

Woke up with "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" stuck in my head. Hopefully that good start can overcome the gray outside.

How good do you really expect Mr. Tambourine Man's song to be?

Random, previously untouched vinyl acquisitions from the mid-90s are revealing obscure worshippers of Pixies and Tortoise.

Steve Winwood B-side was the low point of the night. A-side not much better. Men Without Hats is now delivering us from evil.

What? Erasure synth banjo solo? Yes.

Cranking Def Leppard's "Ring of Fire" ("Pour Some Sugar on Me" B-side) for the first time in 20 years. It is fucking awesome.

If it takes a Wednesday night metal show with five bands on the bill to prove I’m not really a grownup, so be it.

Just regaled @ChamberMonster with tales from my musical past while digging through a box of 300+ of my old cassettes. You're jealous.

What's the most barftastic moment of the new "We Are the World"? And is it a bigger train wreck than the original? Tough choices.

Too bad the type on the bottom is an afterthought, but otherwise, I quite like this.

Damn, Mogwai's "Christmas Steps" gives me the chills every time. Such a masterful build.

Has it really been twenty years already?

I still have that 90-minute cassette whose A-side contained my first copy of Megadeth’s Rust In Peace. Though I had already cut my teeth on other metal bands, I was wary of Megadeth at first. Their name alone seemed to embody everything that was supposed to be frightening and dangerous about heavy metal, and this particular 14-year-old Catholic boy was slightly less interested in rebellion than he was… See more →

In the immortal words of Cedric Daniels, “This... is BULL SHIT!”

Why are My Bloody Valentine records normalized so low? Loveless should be one of the loudest things I own, but I always have to turn it up.

I hope this isn’t true. :(

I tweeted that one of my all-time favorite albums was coming to Rock Band soon, and apparently the fans were watching. This is one of at least two forum discussions with dozens of posts that are scouring my web site and last.fm account for clues as to what the album might be. Kinda creepy but mostly funny.

One of my all-time favorite albums comes to Rock Band soon. The many adolescent hours I spent studying its drum parts have finally paid off.

Pretty much any time someone mentions Regina Spektor, I think they're talking about Ronnie Spector, and I start thinking about Eddie Money.

Finally got around to listening to Fever Ray, which is more similar to The Knife than I expected, which means it's great.