solace

re: new album... i'd say no way in hell honestly. i'd guess more like June/July/August, but who knows, could be May

not sure about the onsale date... i'm guessing a week from Today tho

tix for Milwaukee are $37 fyi

damn middle of the week shows in Milwaukee :/

it feckin' rules

they're going to be doing a few shows w/ the reunited lineup this summer

ditto. been a while

it's crazy how consistently great they've been in the 00's (well NYCF&G was pretty hit or miss), over 25 years into their career... not too many bands who can boast that

last THREE imo Murray Street is in my top 3 SY records

playing the Vic on April 26th, fwiw

fwiw, i'm pretty sure it was confirmed a while ago that Crispin dropped acid before that Letterman interview... as for Joaquin, regardless of his bloodline, i think much of this lately is an act. he didn't seem THAT fucked up drugs-wise to me on Letterman, cuz he was very coherent with what Dave was saying, he just responded in one word answers. but yeah, Letterman just owned it... around the 2:45 mark he just goes for it. i love the "that's not likely" response to him coming on and doing his hip hop act

video for Kingdom of Rust: http://stereogum.com/archives/video/new-do...ust_052281.html cool video! and great to finally hear the song in good audio quality as well

contrarian

oh man, check out their debut 'Bastards of the Beat' from 2003, it's great. i dig this new one so far, but that one is way more rockin'. good live band too

he's coming to SXSW apparently

waiting for a good rip of that :/

hah, true... the 20 questions by Stephen at least i love that Kyp let him stroke his beard

easily 4/5... in fact on the Pfork scale i'd say more like 8.3-8.5

first single and title cut off the new Thermals album 'Now We Can See' on repeat: http://krs5rc.com/krs/bands/thermals/audio/NowWeCanSee.mp3 god i adore Hutch's voice... and damn they can write a catchy hook

the Gary & Mark record took a few months to grow on me honestly. had a copy of the original Hacktone promo last fall and while i liked it, wasn't loving it. i put it away until early last month when the New West release was coming out, and i love it quite a bit now. much MUCH better than Gary's solo album, no doubt. is it on par w/ the Jayhawks best stuff? a few songs yeah, but on the whole no... it's not really that comparable either tho.

yeah that was great! loved the interview too

i do like it a lot, but that song stands head and shoulders above for me

End In Flames is one of the best songs of the year so far imo

no i just hate how he feels a need to sound like a crooner and whisper everything, even on rock songs. it's not that he doesn't still have a great voice, he does, it's just how he uses it currently that bugs me.