tinnitus photography

a particularly scathing take on the Obama years: https://newrepublic.com/article/156066/decade-liberal-delusion-failure-obama-presidency

they are always a great band to see live. been friends w/ Wayne and Kate for a good amount of time now, after they moved from CT to MA and opened the Twisted Village store that's now the location of Armageddon.

i should have gone to that show. did you catch Major Stars?

and fuck Tulsi, spineless human.

i wasn't there, but from his post it wasn't too hard to spot the problems.

i love that song and that video.

safe travels Gary!

that's a great bill.

a manger is a room! just a bit draftier.

Billy Childish in one of his many incarnations.

well, i'd hazard that this one belongs on that list too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPHyygoSnnE

best xmas song ever. esp if you are a Who fan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTN_w7KBJng

Tinariwen's definitely been around longer than a decade.... i think i saw them in 2007 or so.

good music weekend for me in Dublin... Sat was Fontaines D. C., last night was Hot Snakes, tonight is Gruff Rhys.

you ever check out Pond? (yes, they recycled the old Sub Pop band name...) the main guy used to be in Tame Impala, and they are pretty good. i saw them at Boston Calling in 2018 and really enjoyed their set. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssh7wzRDJIo

this could be the best song you'll hear all day. https://open.spotify.com/track/4FY2IrkG0zZzVLv3gzTkrL

here you go, happy listening: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jdWgkqRn0SaR6qlPu5wOE

actually most of them aren't really metal, though a few would land in that patch... Meg Baird is pretty folky, Umberto and Emeralds are electronic, Dungen is psych/folk, Blackshaw is acoustic (not really folk though), Barn Owl is kinda droney, Graveyard is hard rock, and Erki Parnoja is kinda like an Estonian Tortoise. I'll whip together a playlist of songs (assuming spotify has them) I like the best from those records and post it in this thread.

it's been diminishing returns for me w/ Parker going into full dance mode... the 1st EP and Innerspeaker were great, I thought Lonerism had some great songs, and then the bottom fell out. this is as good a place as any to start. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRNXngMZoo

I pulled this together for another board and here are my 20 (excuse the numbers in parentheses as i pulled from a discogs export) (I also did extend to ~50 if anyone cares to see the lower tiers) 1 Elder (2) Dead Roots Stirring 2 Dungen Skit I Allt 3 Dommengang Love Jail 4 Elder (2) Lore 5 Mogwai Les Revenants 6 Sleep The Sciences 7 Barn Owl Lost In The Glare 8 Warpaint The Fool 9 James Blackshaw Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death 10 Purple Mountains S/T 11 Grails Deep Politics 12 Om (8) Advaitic Songs 13 White Fence For The Recently Found Innocent 14 Graveyard (3) Hisingen Blues 15 Elder (2

you should go, because Sleep is unlikely to play again for a while... i am heading in for the Sunday show w/ Circuit Des Yeux opening (another inspired choice).

hands down it's Elder. No one comes close for me.

yeah i was gonna slide up to your table during the 2nd intermission when Robyn was playing piano but someone had moved their chair so that entrance was blocked. so i shot from a few rows back. i mean basically you can get one or two shots there and that's it. sitting at an angle w/ your neck craned for an hour is no fun.

that is insane