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Amidst the passing of Steve Albini yesterday I’m here to recommend one of my all time favorite bands, Brainiac. Criminally underrated and changed the way I thought about electronics and guitar music coinciding. The leader singer died at the height of their fame in car accident. Linked is the record he produced. RIP to 2 GOATS ❤️
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I'm older than some of you for sure but not old enough to have seen Honor Role before they broke up in 1989. A metallic/post-hardcore take on the Southern pastoral, just mad rigorous and tense. The band's singer Bob Schick passed away a few weeks ago and I've been revisiting his body of work, which you can hear some of (along with a selection of farflung Albini recordings from other artists) here: https://www.mixcloud.com/mosurock/heathen-disco-show-377-1-june-2024/
Jun 5, 2024
The band is YOUNG and just figuring out its way around the studio. They are newbies just in from Louisville, KY (working at Studiomedia in suburban Chicago).
So Albini leaves the mics on and includes the band's ambient studio chatter as a key part of the track.
"Oh, uh, alright.
Steve, these headphones are fucked up. It's only coming out of one side.... like, should I just bear with it, or what?
Shit. They're fucked. Man, no, wait! Please give me some new headphones."
Epic: for many, their intro to Slint and to Albiniworld too.
May 8, 2024
My friend Aaron put me onto Badvril, the best band presently crawling out of San Francisco—the cesspool from whence we all came. And they sound like it, in all the most perfect, sludgy, narcotic, dreamy, total-eclipsing sort of ways. If you like shoegaze, Catherine Wheel, early Pumpkins, '90s alt revival, or melodic punk that pre-dates the Hot Topic era, you will die and go to heaven listening to their I AM GOD EP. that came out in February.
The desirous thing about becoming a fan before there is too much noise is that it's easy to catch up on their back catalogue. And then Becket becomes your Instagram friend and sends you the new unreleased album and it's the best music you've ever heard in your life. One wrong move and they could be too huge to handle. I wish them all the money in the world.
Dec 9, 2024
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It looks like they’re screaming and my thumb is in it cause I was in a rush to capture this magical moment
Mar 31, 2024
Feb 7, 2024
The oceans gentle giant! They always look like they’re about to give a hug 🥹
You’re not supposed to interact or pet them only because they like it and shouldn’t get use to human interaction because that will increase them swimming to the surface and getting injured or killed by boats.
They’re brains are small but they’re really smart…..(kinda how I feel about myself)
Pic of one I saw today!
Feb 21, 2024