I look at this as the real follow-up to Tobacco’s other front-to-back BANG-er, Dandelion Gum, which he churned out with his band, Black Moth Super Rainbow.
Fucked Up Friends, not Eating Us , has the beats, grooves and synth-it-all madness to stand the test of time where Tobacco’s legend is concerned. And, to be fair, this does [...]
I don’t make any sense. I was all set to review Thee Ohsees’ Hounds of Foggy Notion LP/DVD combo (on cream-colored or split pea-green vinyl!) when I sort of balked at the idea of reviewing aNOTHER Oh Sees record.
I mean I think they’re great and all but I’m starting to get a [...]
Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Tobacco — who released an amazing solo record last year as well — knows his way around a vocoder. No matter how often he says he wants to get away from it, there it is, smack-dab in the middle of everything he does.
“Don’t You Want to Be in a [...]
I adored Black Moth Super Rainbow’s last album, Dandelion Gum, but when I started reading post-release interviews I started to get a little weary.
BMSR frontman Tobacco spends most of the time affirming and re-affirming that Black Moth Super Rainbow is “me,” or talking about how he hopes to someday quit music [...]
Oren Ambarchi - "In the Pendulum's Embrace" 2XLP - Southern Lord
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1. Drunks With Guns (Got a 7” on blue vinyl called “Headgiver” ... not great, but interesting, like “Helter Skelter” in slow-motion)
2. Dolphins Into The Future (Not Not Fun debut is simply amazing)
3. Meat Puppets (“II” has vinylly been reissued [get it? vinylly/finally?)
4. Secret 7 Records (“* In a Cloud” compilation owns)
5. Liars (“Sisterworld” is, well, pretty fucking ripe)
6. Kyle Bobby Dunn (This kid sent me an album ... a looooong one ... and it’s fairly ear-catching)
7. R. Stevie Moore (Ariel Pink once told me Moore is his biggest influence)
8. Adventure Time (Remember these guys, Daedelus fans?)
9. Mind Bomb (It’s 1995 again ... I’m back in high school, listening to these guys and Cathedral/Life Of Agony/Green Day again)
10. Dull Knife Records (Seek them out, lest you miss the boat)
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The Beatles - "The Ballad of John & Yoko / Old Brown Shoe" seven-inch [Apple Records] (Found this -incher at an old antique shop deep in the woods of upstate New York; kind of an odd song coupling)
Various artists - "Dengue Fever Presents: Electric Cambodia" cream-colored LP [Minky Records] ("Electric Cambodia" is a game-changer, turning heads like "3 EPs")
Cadaver In Drag - "Church Burner” spraypainted cassette [Husk Records] (Heavy, brain-draining mulch-noise to strip a carcass clean to; out of control)
Modest Mouse - "This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About" CD [Up Records] (This is easily their best record, almost perfect and ready to be whipped out at any time; click the link to find out why)
Various Artists - "Tunes from Films and Shows" seven-inch [Lyntone Recordings] (wavers from ironically cool to just-not-good to decent)
White Shit - "Sculpted Beef" LP [Post Present Medium Records] (Almost-almost-almost bought that 10-inch of theirs; will)
Thee Oh Sees - "Quadrospazzed" 12-inch LP [Castle Face Records] (The etching on Side B is one of the best I've seen, even better than the Robert Delaney Radio Show seven-inch)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - "Smoking Acid" neon-green/-pink 2XLP [a Records] (Steep price, stunning art, one LP doesn't even have MUSIC on it for fuck's sake)
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