Maybe we should take the mick out of Mick's band. Hahahahahahahahahahaha...

Sweet, I've been waiting for that DFA1979 track. I didn't want to buy a single, though.

Check the Bloc Party cover as performed by DFA1979 on their myspace page. That's like hip x 2.

Holy shit, check this:


The Union & MCLW SLMRN p.r.e.s.e.n.t.

Monday July 18th

Dance Distaster Movement
w/
Kill Me Tomorrow
& DJ Nik7

$8 advance
doors at 8
Victory Lounge
10030-102 st


Dance Disaster Movement is fuckin AWESOME!!! This is your cue to say "hey Taylor, that sounds sweet; I guess I'll see you there".

man, we should all mick Mick's band.

and yes... rapidshare sucks.

What do you mean? I have! Well, obviously I haven't heard those specific Sun Ra albums, but he's literally got 100s of albums out so I'm not sure what you're expecting.

Or if you're referring to the Bear Vs. Shark album, that's because it just came out. It didn't EXIST before... so of COURSE I couldn't have heard it. In fact, it's not even supposed to be officially released until the 14th... so technically I STILL shouldn't have heard it. But I've heard it now, and I can safely say it doesn't disppoint. In fact, it was better than I even expected... which is saying something because I expected quite a bit. In fact, it's fuckin GREAT.

And before there are any smartass comments (that's my beat, goddamnit!), I won't be getting to anything like that rapidshare thing any time soon. I've officially capped off my to-do list, and I'm still busy trying to put the finishing touches on this. (But, assuming no bugs, it should be up by the end of this week.)

Shouldn't you at least listen to them before you post?

Man, someone should write something that works like rapidshare without the annoyance. Fuck. I mean, shopping carts proliferate throughout the internet. Is it so hard to adapt them into a queue that would let you download from rapidshare without manually starting your allotted one download??

At least then I wouldn't be so frustrated by the lack of 'rapid' in the share...

well... I usually let eric do the regnyouth notifications, but since he's on hiatus I'll take up the duties today. Bear in mind my tastes are somewhat different, and he probably would've never picked the ones I'm about to list:

1. Bear Vs. Shark's brand-new full-length, Terrorhawk. They do sort of an indie/emo thing, and are pretty good... but this is their first album in 2 years so it should be interesting to hear if they've made any changes to their sound. As of yet, I haven't listened to this album, but I'm a fan of their first one.

2. Gorilla Biscuits' album Start Today (password = "kru5ty"). Gorilla Biscuits are one of the most underrated New-York hardcore bands of the late 80s. Now's your chance to catch up with one of the contemporaries of Minor Threat. Whereas Ian Mackaye went on from Minor Threat to form bands like Fugazi, Walter Schreifels left Gorilla Biscuits to form one of the best post-hardcore bands of the 90s, Quicksand. After Quicksand was done, he further continued a successful musical career in the fantastic band Rival Schools (who for some reason share a band name AND album name with an SNK video game entitled "Rival Schools: United By Fate"... I haven't quite figured out what the connection is though...). Currrently, Schreifels is working on a less aggressive pop outfit Walking Concert who is signed to Some Records.

3. Speaking of Quicksand, here's their album Manic Compression: file 1, file 2, password: "kru5ty".

4. And while we're at it, how bout Rival Schools' acclaimed album, United By Fate? file 1, file 2, password: "kru5ty".

5. Here are the collected B-side singles (1993-2001) from the ever-absurd Notwist. If you like what you hear, check out their album Neon Golden which made its appearance in my top-10 list of 2003.

6. And since we're getting into weirder territory here, it'd be a shame if none of you had heard the great Sun Ra. This dude is considered one of the better jazz musicians of his time, and he's disgustingly prolific, having released 100s of album in his career. But he's not just a jazz musician, he's a PERFORMER of the highest caliber. All of his albums have weird science-fiction themes and he tended to make clearly absurd lies about his own identity. Genius has it's price I guess. Here are some of his albums for download: