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These are two of my favorite newish bands.Crushed is Shaun Durkan from Weeknd and Bre Morell from Temple of Angels and they put out their first EP Extra Life in February of this year. The main thing for me about their music is that it feels SPIRITUAL in a way that is so fucking cool. Bono was onto something tbh - if you really think about it all love songs are really songs about god, because falling love is the projection of the divine onto another. That’s why it’s so life altering because you are catching a glimpse of the divine within yourself as mirrored by another. Listening to their music, that’s what I hear and it moves me deeply. Militarie Gun is a hardcore band except they also sound like Guided By Voice/Archers of Loaf which is a combination I like to call Yasi-core (waiting for this to catch on). Real dudes rock hours and also spiritual, in its own way.
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Love them sm listening to their music makes me feel like i’m roadkill gone to heaven (not derogatory). Bull believer is 8 minutes of catharsis (girl screaming and mortal kombat references)
Feb 9, 2024
This is from ‘93 but sounds like what guitar bands are trying to do (should be doing?) this year. Considered shoegaze but that’s up for debate, it almost sounds like Deftones covering U2 at times. I guess the lyrics are all kind of tongue in cheek about being obsessed with baddies, horny lyrics sang in a horny way. The songs are all pretty similar but distinct enough for you to tell them apart once you listen to it 15 times in a row as I have (and you should).
Never heard of these lads til their stuff got reissued recently. The singer was killed by police in 2017 goddamn.
Apr 26, 2024
It can be hard to give a recommendation when it comes from such a special place (as it does in this instance) because I run the risk of the recommendation losing the meaning I applied to it (once, a friend described a similar process as "don't worry, the lamp you made is now a chair, this is ok, this is supposed to happen"). But I'm trying to open my heart up to vulnerability and get back in touch with the thrill of letting the world react to me
so, Battle Trance: 4 saxophonists, led by the inimitable Travis Laplante, explore the outer limits of both A) the relationship between musician and instrument as well as B) endurance, performance and composition. Three albums released over 8 years, that weave visceral and soulful and grating and stunning moments together.
I experienced a live performance of their second album Blade of Love, not knowing what I was in for. Sitting in the front row in the Red Barn at Hampshire College, the physical impact of the music and the performers' exertion was a physically exhausting and life-giving experience. I think it's cool to sit through the albums sequentially, each of which I try to love equally but definitely find myself enjoying Green of Winter and Blade of Love over Palace of Wind.
I know this is a little over the top of a recommendation, but just feel compelled to go overboard and hype up this quartet
Apr 28, 2024
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My favorite kind of movie is a kind they really went hard on in the 90s, where it’s largely just interesting characters talking to each other about ideas the whole time and the dialogue almost sounds like a play. Walk and talk movies, if you will. Hal Hartley’s are like that but dropped into these sort of fantastical, dramatic plotlines. I love them so much. Surviving Desire or Trust are perfect ones to start with.
Oct 20, 2023
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At this point 70% of my personality is raw milk - procuring it, drinking it, taking photos of it with pithy little captions like “night cap!”, talking about it to other people against their will, like on dates or to like trapped baristas at Starbucks. As someone of formerly lactose intolerant experience, I am not exaggerating when I say raw milk has VITALLY improved my existence. Besides the fact that it has something like 70% more available vitamins in it than pasteurized milk (I keep an infographic of this on my phone because I’m a girl and can’t be expected to remember numbers and science) it has all its natural enzymes for digestion which means not only can I party on as much raw milk and cheese as I want, the enzymes in those also digest regular bootleg ass milk, cheese, ice cream etc. I love you so much raw milk!!!
Oct 20, 2023
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If you can do this, every day is filled with moments that fill you with joy and wonder. This already happened to me like eight times today, starting with my perfect smoothie (other moments included seeing a squirrel, walking past these cool flowers that look like fried eggs, and smelling the new perfume samples I ordered). It’s pretty easy, just go stand outside and look at something beautiful. There are gorgeous things everywhere. If you’re having trouble connecting with this, which I do sometimes because I’m not a lobotomized freak and also because life can truly beat you down, just take like 1-2 grams of mushrooms like two hours before sunset and then go on a super long walk with great music in your headphones and I promise you’ll remember how fucking cool it is just to get to be alive.
Oct 20, 2023