FUCK YOU IF YOU DON'T LIKE CHRISTMAS

on that note

Mark Mothersbaugh - Joyeux Mutato

Tis the fucking season ya'll. Don't you just love christmas; fake smiles, awkward family conversations etc etc. Anyways Marky Mark's Christmas album is pretty damn decent. I highly reccomend giving it a listen. I cannot write much today because I do have access to any of my music (my external hard drive shat itself, which is supremely fucked up) and I therefore cannot listen to it. I did listen to it pretty recently though (my only listen so far) and it was really good from memory. Anyway enjoy.

As I cannot upload this I looked for a link on the internet. Hopefully this one is ok.

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John Kinsella

John Kinsella is one of my all-time favorite poets. He is West Australian and lives in York. He is a very interesting dude and I highly recommend his work. I will link you to a couple of my favourites of his that are available online. These are all available (and more great work) on his online Western Australian Writing anthology. There are a lot of people (a lot people I know personally) who discount Australian literature as being ridiculously nationalistic and just generally cringeworthy. This is a completely narrow-minded, ignorant opinion to have. John Kinsella is just one of the many brilliant writers from Australia. Anyway if you enjoy this be sure to check out his political and social opinions. Totally interesting fella!

The Silo

Figures in a Paddock

Rock picking: building cairns

The Hunt (for Les Murray)

and here is the link for the online anthology.

Big Blood - Space Gallery Jan. 27, 2007/Sahara Club Jan. 28, 2007



Ok this will be the last Big Blood album I post for now. I might some more later because I didn't even get to do a post on all of my favourites. But I did a few and if you like any of these you will love all of them. Anyway I saved the best one for last. This was the first Big Blood album that I heard, and the first one I listened to for a while. It is pretty simply one of the best albums I have ever listened to.

To be honest I cannot think of much to write about this today. I have kind of said alot about Big Blood in the previous posts. Also my itunes has just shat itself so I have to organise my fucking music on the computer again (serves me right for using itunes). Urgh! Point being that I am kind of pissed off at the moment
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Well anyway this is probably their most solid album I guess. That isn't to say the others are not consistent, because they are all so good. To be honest I am not even particularly sure why I like this one slightly more than the others, Perhaps it is because it was the first one I heard. But I suppose it is probably because there are the most genius songs here. I really love these songs, A LOT! My particular favourite is 'The Rise Of Quinissa Rose'. It is about Caleb and Colleen's daughter and it is one of the most powerful, beautiful songs I have ever heard. It is such a simple and sparse song, and it is so great for it. The vocal melody is hands down one of the best things ever. Their voices shine as they always do, but it sounds even more special than usual on this track. Anyway you get the point, I really like this song.

All of the other songs rule as well. 'She Said Nothing' is playing as I write this. This song is Big Blood at their most folky I suppose. I feel like I am floating when I listen to this song. Colleen's accordion playing is really amazing on this album. The first track, 'Glory Daze' and track six 'A Hole In One' are essentially just Colleen's voice and the accordion (well 'Glory Daze' has drums as well) and the two instrumental interludes on are both have mainly accordion. Anyway these two songs are shit hot. After these songs they hit up probably one of their spaciest, most freaked out songs to date, being 'Don't Trust Ruin'. Everything is effected by delay on this song. For lack of a better expression, SHIT IS SO CASH!

'Sequins' is the last track.  And goddamn! I aways forget how great this song is. This song reminds me a lot of their Cerberus Shoal stuff. It is also pretty freaked out. Something I didn't mention in any of the other posts. Big Blood are a 'phantom four-peice', featuring Caleb, Colleen, and their alter-egos Rose Philistine and Asian Mae respectively. IT'S A FUCKING RIOT! anyway I am gonna finish this up now and get to organising my fucking music. URGH!!!!

Enjoy

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NOODLES NOODLES NOODLES

The official digestible companion to ZE LAWSOME BLOG, Ramen noodles. This dude knows what's up http://www.mattfischer.com/ramen/

Big Blood - The Grove

Yet another Big Blood album that is wildly good. Big Blood get their rock on for this album with electric guitars and such. 'The Grove is Hotter Than an Ocean's Oven' is a killer opener (AGAIN!) and the third track, 'In the Light of the Moon' is one of my favourite songs ever ("I already feel defeated and I'm still in bed"). The lyrics and the song are fucking excellent.

This album is from 2007, the year where they recorded another 5 albums (Including their best one). Personally I don't think their is one filler song on any of these 5 albums, or any of their albums for that matter. Another of my favourites on this album is 'Something Brighter than the News'. They are totally channeling The Sun City Girls in this one, but of course it doesn't sound nearly as bat-shit crazy (I should do a post on a Sun City Girls album soon). I love how Big Blood will sometimes channel a particular artist of style of music but it still always sounds distinctively like Big Blood.

They get fucking raucous (well sorta, for them at least) on this. 'Beast (1 Beast)' is a fucking foot stomper, also the slide guitar is bitchin'. In fact slide guitar features quite a bit on this album ('No Gravity Blues' and 'Low Gravity Blues'). The following song, 'Restless Purity' has it! This song is so amazing. It is somewhat raw sounding (as is this album in general), featuring only vocals, guitar (electric and some slide guitar) and some flutes in the background (am I missing anything?) Anyway it is a hard one to describe, but it is TITS. I guess it is another Big Blood song with a kick-arse melody and the unbelievably awesome vocals of Colleen Kinsella.

Anyway this is the fourth Big Blood album I have done in a row. I sort of wanted to do a bunch of them at once, probably because they are essentially the only band I am listening to at the moment. I think I will still do a couple more (at least 1 because I still need to do Space Gallery). But yeah apologies to anyone who is bored of only reading about Big Blood. But if you don't like Big Blood I am going to assume that you are a fucking moron. Nah I kid, I kid. Anyway here is the download link (I am just using one I found on megaupload not one I uploaded myself, so hopefully it is decent).

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Big Blood & The Bleedin' Hearts - s/t

Goddamn YOU Big Blood. Because you make so many goddamn genius albums I am going to have to spend the very little money I get on buying them.  I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THIS! I thought I had settled on ranking my favourite Big Blood albums. Ranking is stupid, especially in my case because I change my mind so much. I still do it though. I am however certain of one thing, this is DEFINITELY my favourite Big Blood & The Bleedin' Hearts record. Ok well it is the only Big Blood & The Bleedin' Hearts record. It is also very very close to being my favourite Big Blood record (who knows, it probably will be tomorrow).

The Bleedin' Hearts are Tom Kovacevic, Micah Blue Smaldone and Kelly Nesbitt. So I think we can all agree straight up that there is a shitload of talent on this album. And damn it shows. I put the album on as I am writing this, and 'Oh Country (Skin & Bones)' just came on. So I am just gonna jump in. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER! goddamn!! The heart of all the best Big Blood songs are the best fucking vocal melodies you have ever heard. And as I said at some point earlier, with vocal melodies like that and Colleen's voice you sort can't go wrong anywhere. You know, Caleb has an awesome voice as well. I particularly love how their voices interact with one another. Anyway I am rambling. Colleen sings the most of 'Oh Country' herself. Her voice sounds so full of emotion, it is excellent. The melody is soaring, and it is completely enhanced by the instrumentation. The instrumentation on this record, and on this track is so great. THERE IS BANJO. I like banjo, fo' real. I also really love how they work with percussion. I mean generally is just sounds like they are just hitting a floor tom every bar (maybe some tambourine or something as well). Point being that the simplicity of the percussion leaves them with a lot of room to fill in with beautiful harmonies, guitars, accordion etc. Again the production is just amazing, 'etheral' seems to be the word that best describes the production. They just do everything right I guess.

Another really strong contender for 'Best Big Blood Song Award' on this album is 'Graceless Lady', the chorus is straight-up genius. "Goddamnnn youuuuuuu, Gracelesssss Ladyyyyyy" (I think you will have to listen to it). Again the first proper song, 'Baron in the Trees' absolutely kills. This one has a total Western vibe to it. There are galloping noises and everything. Caleb's voices sounds especially great on this one in fact. Likewise with the last proper song of the album. Caleb again shines. Actually this song, 'Night Lighter' is freaking delicious (you see Axel told me the other night that it is a thing to call something that is not food delicious to express how great it is. This is a totally new and innovative thing. Thanks dude!) In case you were wondering I am pretty much absolutely certain that Caleb and Colleen wrote all of the songs on this. So The Bleendin' Hearts are sort of a backing band I guess. I really love Micah Blue Smaldone (see the Red River Rough Cut post I did below).

I guess I could gush some more, but I won't. I am a busy man. Places to go, people to see.

(Who am I kidding. I am gonna get changed into my pyjamas as 4:12pm and play Mario Golf, watch The Wire and read my stories. Shit it is a friday. I think I should look for something social to do actually... nahhhh)

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Big Blood - Dark Country Magic

So yesterday I sent Big Blood an email to ask a couple of questions and basically to tell them how much their music means to me. Late last night when I checked my email I was greeted by an overwhelmingly gracious, nice reply. Anyway this is sort of irrelevent, except that I probably love Big Blood even more now for it. NOT ONLY ARE MAKING THE BEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW BUT THEY ARE INSANELY NICE!

Ok so I have no idea what sort of order I am doing these albums in. Basically yesterday when I woke up I really wanted to listen Strange Maine 06, so then while sitting their listening to it I decided to do a post on it. And today I have found myself with a bit of free time and I was playing Dark Country Magic, so I am going to write on this one.

Well this is Big Blood's most recent album, they released it on the 1st of December. Big Blood's last album, Dead Songs, also released this year (seriously they release so much quallity music so often) was the first one with a proper CD/LP release. But here they are back again with another CD-R, and this one is very possibly the best so far. I really like the way they make and distribute their music themselves. It feels really modest and personal. How fucking great is the album art!? Colleen does it all herself (from what I gather, if not they do it together), and it is always so good. This one particularly is so great in the way that it really reflects how the album sounds and feels.

Anyway on to the actual music. My friend made a great observation the other day when we were talking about Big Blood, he said that "Big Blood have an uncanny ability to make the first and last songs on their albums insanely good." well this one starts with a short little introduction called 'Oh My Child'. Then the first real song starts, 'Creepin' Crazy Time', and it fucking rules. It sets up the album completely. Alot of the songs sound as though they are built around drones, which is usually over some sort of simple, but sweet-as-hell grooove. It is definitely the most psychadelic sounding Big Blood that I have heard.

The next song, 'Ringers in the Fold' sounds even more psychadelic, and again it is goddamn sweet. Then there is 'She Wander(er)', which is a pretty strong contender for the best Big Blood song ever. Colleen's voice sounds straight-up amazing as usual, and especially in this song. It has this really great vocal melody that, in conjunction with Colleen's voice makes this song something really special. I could go on and on about each song on the album and about how awesome it is, but I won't because no one really cares. What I am trying to say is this is one best albums ever, and totally the best album so far in 2010.

Don't feel bad about downloading this either, because being the nice people that they are Big Blood put all of their albums (with a few exceptions) up for free download on the net. I will still upload them onto this site for convenience because hell, I am just that sort of dude. THE DUDE WITH FAR TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS! Anyway I am going to end this with a statement that will completely reflect the awesome-ness of this here album.

Ready?

'SHIT IS SO CASH!'

(that was all)

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Big Blood- Strange Maine Nov. 04, 2006

My my there is a lot to say about Big Blood. Big Blood and their other projects (Cerberus Shoal, Fire on Fire) have definitely been the best musical discovery I have had all year (THANKS AXEL!) They are  Caleb Mulkerin and Colleen Kinsella from Maine in the USA and they make lots of really really great music (so fucking prolific). They have realeased 14 albums (1 with The Bleedin' Hearts and one with Visitations) and 1 EP since 2006. Infuckingsane. They tend to release their albums simply as CD-R's by themselves. They did one properly through a small-time label I think. A bunch of the early stuff they released was named after shows they would be playing. I guess they just sold the albums at these shows or gave them out. I don't know what you would call Big Blood, maybe freak-folk, maybe psychadelic-folk, maybe avant-folk. I don't know, plus these classifications don't mean much. Anyway screw introductions, I want to talk about this album.

Ok this is their second album (I haven't been able to find the first anywhere). It is also definitely one of their best. The first 3 songs are some of my favourite Big Blood songs, especially 'A Friendly Noose'. I listened to this album today after totally binging on their most recent album. In contrast it is definitely more folky. I have read that they essentially record everything live. The production is always fucking amazing, and it does so much to enhance the music.

I can't think of much more to say about this one. I guess it is somewhat understated compared to the others. But that is probably a stupid observation. Basically it is just one of their most solid albums. It has some totally bitchin' tracks. and as a whole it works really nicely. IT'S TITS!

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hmmm...

Is anyone feeling a week of Big Blood coming on? I think I am. I might upload a Big Blood album every day until I have done them all (or at least the ones that I really love)

The Gerogerigegege - Tokyo Anal Dynamite

Yo team here is HUDSON P. HUDSON HUDSON again talking vomit and shit.

ok you overwhelmingly grotesque sons/daughters of no one, i welcome you again to another informative and hilarious blog posting by big chief lawson

OH WAIT I TRICK YOU HAHA IT IS ACTUALLY HUDSON P. HUDSON HUDSON aka mr. chip-in.

on this installment of the rapidly multiplying guest series i provide here? yep, you guessed it,

THE GEROGERIGEGEGE'S 'TOKYO ANAL DYNAMITE'

now, i'm tempted to just write;

'see title. you can find this on google extremely easily.'

but that wouldn't be PROFESSIONAL in the mould of previous posts by bloggers everywhere. so i will write a few paragraphs then, ok? ok. ok i will write them. just for you.

the gerogerigegege (which roughly translates to 'throwing up and shitting at the same time') are one of the most confounding musical projects in the history of masterbation. formed by juntaro in the mid-80's, they are known mostly for their harsh noise releases (one of them being this one, i suppose) but they have a variety of records which touch upon many themes.

like for example consider their seminal 1985 release 'this is shaking box music: you are noisemaker', an empty box. you provide the cassettes (it can fit 100), then shake it.

also, consider their outrageous 1993 ep called 'night', with one side being the sounds of a guy doing a massive shit and the other being the sounds of a blowjob.

conceptually, the gerogerigegege embody everything i desire from rock and roll; a willingness to push the boundaries of what 'music' is, an insane desire to offend and challenge, a pre-occupation with superficially inane topics, like shitting and that juntaro is a crossdresser and that they occasionally had an old man masterbate on stage while operating a vacuum cleaner.

so, with all this context, what then of 'tokyo anal dynamite', a release considered by many to be not only the most 'accessable' gero release but also considered their finest? well, really, it sounds exactly like its title. it's 75 tracks (in 36 minutes) of noise assault, a barrage of sound against the senses, the only recognisable message to the ears being the introduction to each track;

(track title), ONE TWO THREE FAUH!

commence the attack.

when listening to it the first time, i've noticed many people, including mr. blogwriter, react the same way. it's harsh noise yeah, but because of the sheer ridiculousness of the count-ins, it results in laughter. and that's fine, that's ok.

however, this release is close to my heart for another reason. like i said before, it encapsulates everything that i expect good rock and roll music to be; existing as a mixture between sexiness and danger, not giving a complete shit about anything except EXISTING in that very moment and

an old man masterbating while operating a vacuum cleaner while a crossdressering maniac yells ridiculous stuff and bangs around.

this is basically perfect.

japanese ultra shit band awaits you. go forth and be stunned.

also i hope racoons maul your sense of decency. why not after listening to this album you go gargle on some unwashed balls, you festy little minx.

HUDSON P. HUDSON HUDSON

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The Gerogerigegege - Five Cover Songs

1) 10CC - I'm Not In Love
2) The Doors - Light My Fire
3) The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
4) The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
5) The Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker

They are available for weddings and children's parties.

I will get Hudson P. Hudson Hudson to do post on a Gerogerigegege soon (hopefully tomorrow)

Iva Bittová & Vladimír Václavek - Bílé Inferno

This is a good'n this is. To be honest I am probably way out of my depth trying to write something intellegent about this album. Who am I kidding, this was never and will never be intellegent. Oh just a heads up , for some reason windows would not let me compress the folder with any accented letters so I had to change them. The song titles therefore are not exactly what they are supposed to be (I doubt anybody cares but you never know).

Alrighty, the year is 1997 and the language is definitely not enlglish. It is Czech for the most part, but if you really want to know what the lyrics are someone has translated it for you here. To be honest I didn't really have a yearning to know what the lyrics were but I stumbled across this. They are nonetheless pretty good. What Iva Bittova is singing is nothing compared to how she is singing. She is pretty wild , goin' all nuts and shizz with her vocals (i speak english goodly right?). I really like the vocal parts added by Vladimír Václavek as well. The two voices interact really well with each other.

It is obvious straight up that both Iva Bittová and Vladimír Václavek are pretty damn impressive musicians. The songs are filled with wacky time signatures and all sorts of things my feeble musical brain fails to grasp. What is great about it though is that they don't go all virtuoistic on our asses. It is restrained and still goddamn impressive. The balance is perfect.

I put off describing what the music sounds like because it is hard to describe. I will give it a whirl now though. ummm.. well Iva Bittová plays some wildly awesome violin while Vladimír Václavek plays some wildy awesome acoustic guitar. The songs are based around the interplay between the two instruments, and wild shreking vocal melodies accompany. Yeah something like that. It definitely sounds Eastern European if that helps. Maybe try 'Eastern-European Avant-Folk'.

Anyway it is a brilliant album. It is everything a callobration between two artists should be. The vocal and instrumental interplay between the two is really really great. It is a double album so I suggest only listening to it if you think you can stomach 1.2 hours of 'Eastern-European Avant-Folk', which admittedly I cannot always do. It is well worth doing though, because SHIT IS SO CASH!

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Milky Magnets

Go to this blog and listen to Alex's recordings. The dude makes awesome music. Like really really awesome. Also I really should have considered tumblr and shizz before blindly jumping on the blogger train.

Alvarius B / Cerberus Shoal - The Vim and Vigour of Alvarius B and Cerberus Shoal

This is going to be a hard post to write. There is a song on this split that I feel more strongly about than any other peice of music I have heard in my life. EVER.

This split from Sun City Girl's Alvarius B (Alan Bishop) and greatest band ever Cerberus Shoal has two different takes on three songs. Two of the songs are penned by Alan Bishop, and one of them by Cerberus Shoal. Alan's three songs open the split, and Cerberus shoal finish it off. Cerberus Shoal in fact finish the album off with the greatest song I have ever heard in my life, 'Ding'.

I am going to do the best job I can in articulating just how amazing this song is. Here we go..

Ok 'Ding' is a fucking monsterous 18 minutes long. Everytime I listen to it I cannot believe it has been 18 minutes, it is the shortest 18 minutes of my life. It does not allow you to zone out for a second, the song holds your complete attention for the entire time. It opens with the sound of a type-writer and a really simple, straightforward guitar melody. Colleen Kinsella (Big Blood, Fire on Fire and of course Cerberus Shoal) sings the first 6 minutes of the song on her own, with just the guitar melody, the tapping of the type-writer (which rises and falls with the vocal melody) and intermittent sound clips of children laughing. It is fucking powerful, and I would say the best vocal performance I have ever heard. I really love how the guitar is recorded really cleanly and her voice sounds so distant. and of course the vocal melody goddamn perfect.

After about 6 minutes Kinsella is joined by her bandmates and an array of different instruments (xylaphones, banjo etc.) This next 6 minute segent of the song has probably the best lyrics of the entire thing (the lyrics thoughout the whole song are completely genius). The lyrics sort of remind me of Jeff Mangum's I suppose. In fact I think 'Ding' was orginally a poem written by one of the band members, but I can't remember which one (THE BLOG WITH ALL THE FACTS!) Anyway this is a line from the song which I really like and can remember off the top of my head, "Focus on your diaphragm, or hold your nose in effigy to mama". It is full of these beautiful poetic lines.

In the final six minutes more instruments are brought in, most obviously a big, deep pounding bass drum which makes this song nearly impossible to listen to with the shitty speakers in my car. Still I say turn it loud.

Oh yeah, there are also five other songs. Mr Bishop's take on 'Ding' is still fucking awesome. His version is somewhat demented and he really emphasises the lyrics. but still it does not have the magic of Cerberus Shoal's version. Alan Bishop's two other songs are also really great. But putting anything next to the monster that is Cerberus Shoal's 'Ding' is completely unfair. It is the greatest 18 minutes of music you will ever hear in your life.

I really hope I have done a somewhat decent job of describing this song because it really does mean a great deal to me. Seriously, anyone who reads this, do yourself a huge favour and LISTEN TO IT!

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Micah Blue Smaldone - Red River Rough Cut

I can't tell you alot about this release because I cannot find a whole lot of information about it (or I'm just lazy). I know that there is an album called Red River, and this EP is called Red River Rough Cut; ummmm, I know that he plays in Fire On Fire (with Big Blood/Cerberus Shoal members); I know that this is a ballin' EP. Oh yeah, and Micah Smaldone used to play in a political punk band called The Pinkterton Thugs.

I listened to the Red River album just before for the first time, thinking that perhaps it would be a better idea to blog the LP rather than the EP. However I really do not like it as much. This EP has only guitar and vocals, it is so raw and I love it. Whereas on the LP he has backing by other musicians. It really just does not have as good a vibe as this EP. Mr. Smaldone can sure as hell play the guitar like a goddamn motherfucker. The first track hooked me instantly when I first listened to this. It is an unaccompanied guitar peice, in the style of american privitism-type solo guitar work. There is much less going on in this song than all of the the other music I have heard in this style. He starts with this melody that has a sort of eastern feel (I am not doing a very good job at describing this), and as the song progresses he resolves this somewhat unfamiliar melody.

The second track is the title track on the LP (the tracks on the EP are all untitled). It is probably the best song that I have heard from Micah Smaldone. He has a really great voice, which complements his really great guitar playing. It is a really affecting, fragile song, with downright awesome lyrics. The 3 songs after this are also fucking genius. This dude is goddamn mind-blowing.

I can't think of much else to say about this... The production is absolutely amazing. His voice and guitar are recorded really nicely. The production does a great deal to complement his songs and playing. Do yourself a favour and download this, it is so so very good. Definitely one of my favourite recent discoveries.

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SUFFER + BAMODI + MEKARE KARE + FROZEN OCEAN live at the ROSEMOUNT HOTEL

Here is a video of Frozen Ocean, Bamodi, Suffer and Makare Kare (Japan) live at the Rosemount. Macka from Frocean put together the video and wrote a review of the show. It is totally sweet.

REVIEW OF GIG:

(Apologies to THE GIZZARDS who I didn't film this particular night.)

Mid 2010 it was confirmed that Mekare Kare ( Bass, Drum, Noise, Two Piece ) were coming to Australia to play a few shows with a one off show in Perth at The Rosemount Hotel. A few Perth residence complain about un-original music making it's way out to W.A. Shame on these silly sods, because this particular Wednesday night a few wierdo's were blessed with the unique opportunity to witness some specialized musical imports. Even though there was a bungle with the advertising in local publications leading up to this gig, there was still a healthy turn out to witness some of Perth's finest "unusual" bands to support.

Opening act THE GIZZARDS is a one man frenzy armed to the teeth with effects pedals, toy instruments, guitars, keyboards and some fuckin' funny banter and lyrics. If you had the soundtracks of Twin Peaks, The X Files, Space Invaders and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles playing simultaneously, took acid and parachuted out of plane into the sea, this might be the sounds heard during free fall. ( Or the taste in your ears depending on the acid. ) Not enough people were down for this spectacle, but the few that were witnessed pure fuckin' awesomeness.

The next band were a guitar and drum, two-piece beast known as FROZEN OCEAN. Storming through a bizarre assortment of genres, riffs, timings and tempo blasts, this band utilize the loud/quite, slow/fast approach and they do it very well. There was a lot of feedback, screaming, spitting and beer drinking, in between songs and random screams from punters which is good to see for a support band of this nature. This band are one of the most energetic, raw and original punk bands comin up in our fine city.

For those who haven't seen BAMODI play live, do yourself a favour. For those that have, this was a long overdue reunion that was met with massive smiles. There was only one original band member remaining, but it was good to see that there was laughter and smiles amongst this new line up. Although a little shaky, they we're still entertaining.

With a moshpit forming and the feed back starting to wail the loudest it had all night it meant it was now time for SUFFER to have their turn with the audience. These guys have had a busy as hell 2010, playing hard-core shows very regularly around Perth. This gig was a good opportunity for people who wouldn't normally see this band to witness them live and see what people are talking about. This band are brutally heavy and are some of the best original music you'll see live. Ever.

Now it was finally time for the next act MEKARE KARE to tear the fuckin' Rosie apart. These guys are incredibly technical and entertaining, totally mesmerizing and spectacular. The tempo shifts, timing changes, drops, peaks and flurries of noises are only a small part of what make this Bass/Drum two piece so strong. Playing songs from their current album Exotic Duo Tones almost note for note, they left the stage only to be summoned for an encore by Perth's noisiest. After the final song had finished it was all smiles and chuckles throughout the beer garden. MEKARE KARE are sensational and missing this performance brings puts a dent in your soul. If you ever hear that this band are playing live do anything necessary to see them.

Thankyou for reading.

I know there is some video footage from a gig we played with frozen ocean on the weekend for Macka's birthday. I hope it gets uploaded soon, that was swell.

The Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba

My love for The Dead Milkmen is turning in to a full-blown addiction. They are essentially the only band I have listened to for the past five days. OH MY GODDD! They are the best band ever (I proclaim this far too often).

"So silly, yet so clever" is probably the most accurate way sum them up. and the songs are so goddamn catchy. I think I have also read that they are a "satirical punk band". That is pretty apt. I have neglected these dudes for far too long. Goddamn genius.

Anyway, this is probably my favourite of their albums at this point, although this is likely to change. Big Lizard is totally ballin' as well. but this album has some of the greatest songs ever; 'Bleach Boys', 'Life is Shit', 'Stuart',  'My Many Smells', 'Punk Rock Girl', 'The Guitar Song'. It is fucking genius.

I can't say much more so I will leave you with some lyrics fromt he album.

"I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach"

"And in the sky I saw Richard Nixon
Smoking a lacey with Mr. Dickson
He said "Son there's something I must say,
I do believe I've found a better way"
And a vision came
And I new it was Bob Crane
And Bob sang:


Life is shit, life is shit
The world is shit, the world is shit
This is life as I know it
This is life as I know it"

Actually hell, I will just leave you with the lyrics to Stuart.

"Now, Stuart, if you look at the soil around any large US city,
there's a big undeground homosexual population. Des Moines, Iowa,
for an example. Look at the soil around Des Moines, Stuart.
You can't build on it; you can't grow anything in it. The government
says it's due to poor farming. But I know what's really going on,
Stuart. I know it's the queers. They're in it with the aliens.
They're building landing strips for gay Martians, I swear to God."

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KOMPRESSOR - Sex Fuck Party

I let Axel do this one. He did KOMPRESSOR far more justice than I ever could.

this is HUDSON P. HUDSON HUDSON, paging any intelligent lifeforms out there, reading this here blog

*no response*

again i have been asked by the big chief to write a sum, a number, a collection of words which when stringed together occasionally form coherent sentences and phrases about a given topic. tonight's topic?

you guessed it,

the internet's KOMPRESSOR with his possible magnum opus SEX FUCK PARTY

KOMPRESSOR, aka andreas kisser, aka drew (author of popular and entirely decent webcomic toothpaste for dinner) is a german techno GOD. he originally burst onto the internet in the early 2000s, the combination of his harsh, tasty, correct and proper german beats with his harsh, tasty, correct and proper german rhymes made a mockery of other's artists so-called 'works.' recent studies show that there has been a remarkable decrease in artists since KOMPRESSOR released his music, with one scientist saying "this happened because many artists realised their work could never reach the heights of KOMPRESSOR, often quitting their creative ventures and joining such things as garbage disposal and curling related mishap insurance policy drafting."

this particular release dates back from 2003, but was only released in 2009 after KOMPRESSOR posted it on his blog. it is culled from his ultimately abandoned album SEX FUCK PARTY, most likely abandoned because he realised he could not match the quality of the initial four tracks.

each track varies in complexity, subject matter and delivery, making a very taste (w)hole. this edition of the tracklising opens with 'erotik party', perhaps the foremost finest example of KOMPRESSOR related antics. it also tells us that KOMPRESSOR parties are 'invitation only!'

the other tracks are a genius mixture of what makes KOMPRESSOR, KOMPRESSOR. this is an essential release to life. it will improve your life immeasurably. if you try to measure it, you will find it cannot be measured. scientists have tried to measure it, but have found they cannot.

you will also find your lifestyle will invariably change, with the flow of KOMPRESSOR's words. as he exclaims in 'sick shit'

'KOMPRESSOR DOES NOT DO REGULAR STYLE. REGULAR STYLE IS BORING.

YOU MUST KEEP IT SICK. SICK STYLE.'

end transmission.

YA KUNT.

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Kompressor - Girl From Ipanema

Coming soon: MORE KOMPRESSOR!

Frozen Ocean - Initial Mission

Frozen ocean are the best band in the world. Ok, I'm biased because I love the dudes so much. But goddamn they rule, especially live (as long as Pete hasn't been at his brothers bachelor party all day). If you havn't seem them yet, which I am sure you all have, then get on it.

It is just drums and guitar. It is loud, sometimes heavy, funny, always fucking great. Oh and they are the nicest dudes around. Anyway this is the album they recorded this year, I couldn't find the actual album cover so I just used this, it's close enough. The album starts with 'Mexico', one of their most awesome songs. The rest of the album is fucking excellent too.

I am pretty sure that they recorded this one in a studio (which is a first, I think). The lyrics are hillarious throughout, and it sure as hell is not an act. These dudes are this funny always. Ah what else can I say.. Pete is a motherfucker of a guitar player, he is so goddamn good. And Macka is equally a beast on the drums, also so goddamn good. They are one of, if not my favourite band to watch to in Perth. Their music is schizophrenic, one second you are knodding your head and tapping your toes to a  relatively slow, relaxed groove. The next second they explode and your face literally melts. LITERALLY FUCKING MELTS! no hyperbole, this is a goddamn fact.

I don't think I did this band justice right now. But I promise, they will make you weak at the knees.

Macka said it is cool to upload this, but still you should buy this when you see them. I am sure they still have some copies.

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I think at some point I will upload some other recordings of their's. They have alot of good stuff.

Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - Ame Debout

Dayum, Catherine Ribeiro has a hell of a voice. She is a goddamn beast (with her voice, not her appearence). In fact she is actually a total babe, and French (which i suppose explains said 'babeness'). Oh and in 1971 she released one hell of a prog-folk album, backed by one hell of a band (being '+ Alpes'). I have really gone to town on parentheses so far, I will stop (ha, no I won't).

I will keep this relatively short (out of pure laziness). The first track, the title track, is a fucking monster. The band establish an intense, driving groove, and it straight up rules. Ms Ribeiro then comes in with that voice. Oh yeah, the vocals are all in French (makes sense). I wonder how much I am missing out on by not being able to understand the lyrics. Well her frenchy grunts are enough for me, and far more sexy than English grunts. The percussion drops in and out in the song, swinging between these dreamy sort of moments, with the powerful and intense driving rhythm.

From here the album starts going more in the dreamier/psychadelic direction. It is solid all the way through. I especially like the album in the parts where she is growling/screaming over heavy percussion. It just sounds and feels so primal. Makes me want to get all primal with her (INNAPROPRIATE).

This album is a monster.

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Axel 'HUDSON P. HUDSON' Carrington - A Very Important Song About Life Discussions

Here is Axel's infamous egg song. It is delicious. Here he is, the man himself.

ok ok ok. guess who is back, you neverending parasitic lamprey of just all that is just and good? plus unexpectedly touch a damn dick. this is HUDSON P. HUDSON HUDSON of HUDSON P. HUDSON HUDSON fame and yet again i have been asked by the main man dan to provide some writings for this dang old blog of his, again explaining why instead of actually doing something worthwhile in my life like help the poor or exercise i write songs about eggs.

anyway well i had the idea bouncing around in my brain for a while because a) i am generally pretty terrible at finishing songs on a schedule and b) i absolutely love to eat eggs, oh me oh my,

so it was a struggle.


until i was given an assignment at UNIVERSITY (that's right, HUDSON P. HUDSON HUDSON is an educated man. don't let this unpuncuated, uncapatilised style of writing and crummy spelling put you off. this is me doing my impression of john kennedy toole except i ain't in new orleans and more cussing you fucking pathetic SOUL) to write a song. seeing as the lecturer stone cold forgot to set any parameters, except that it must be over 3 minutes long, i just went to TOWN, using a chord progression i wrote the previous week, moving it up a tone and free-associating some damn words.


actually the last bit of that paragraph was a lie, consulting my notes indicates the lyrics went through 3-4 revisions, believe it or not, before i striked the perfect balance between genius and stupidty. instead of becoming a basic song about eggs as i intended, it mutated into a dark aria of sorts, if you will grant me such concessions to describe my goddamned work. it stems from the complicated relationship between my father and myself, with me imagining as a child that we would talk about death, only for him to realise that yes, i ate all his eggs and that no, no i didn't fry those eggs. so he decided to leave the house.


that, or i just decided in a split second to have the line 'fry the little fuckers' in a song and needed some words to build around that key line. you can use either story, i won't mind.


this track was recorded by radio-played producer and upcoming minor perth personality rhys catlin, who did a good job capturing the multi-faceted nuances of my performances. oh yeah i did play every instrument on this dang song, it's my goddamned voice, MY GODDAMNED DRUMS AND SHIT. that's why the drums are so good. although rhys and i have a fundamentally different approach to recording (he likes to work on getting the absolutely perfect take and sound, which is commendable yet not for me. i approach it as if the first take is played all the way through with minimal timing errors or general mistakes, it's going to be the best one, a combination of spontaneity and extreme laziness), i thank him for being very generous with his time. and his gear.


anyway so i have rambled on at length about this, probably taking the fun out of the song for you, the listener and now you probably thinking (this guy a total jerk, he is the worst song played on the ugliest guitar).


basically the gist of this is i am a friend of daniel's, he wanted to posted my song about eggs, i wrote a blurb for him.


EAT A BAG OF DICKS YOU COMPLETE NONCES


HUDSON P. HUDSON HUDSON OUT

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Cromagnon - Orgasm

Uh, well... This album is very very very very very very strange. I know the expression "this is fucked up" gets thrown around alot these days, but this truely is FUCKED UP!! It isn't something you would sit down and listen to every day if you consider yourself sane. But the album really is so goddamn good.

It was recorded in 1969 by a couple of dudes making a living off writing bubblegum, sugary sweet pop songs. I guess this wasn't enough for these bat-shit-insane dudes, so they decided to record 'Orgasm'. It really isn't a pleasent listen, and I cannot quite understand why I enjoy it so much.

The first track, 'Caledonia' is downright awesome, and it has bagpipes. Probably/definitely the best song on the album. After that there are some weird as hell tracks with people shreiking. Maybe they are having an orgasm? Or being tortured? Or both?? 'Crow of the Black Tree' is sweet as well, and I really like 'Toth, Scribe I', this long, creepy-as-shit track with a drone running through with these smashing and banging noises that sort of act as percussion. It kind of reminds me of the music in Super Mario 64 when you have to fight Bowser, except it doesn't really sound like it. I think I would have been too scared to verse Bowser if this was the soundtrack. Well this song sort of has a video game vibe.

Stupid comparisons aside, this really doesn't sound like anything else. Really fucked up. Really really fucked up. I don't think I have done a very good job at trying to convince people to listen to this. But do it, at least once. It is quite good. Even if it is only for the first song, which is seriously genius.

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Big Bill Oldham

Will Oldham is a pretty fun dude to youtube. There are some damn funny videos up there with this dude.

These two are pretty hillarious




note the sexual tension between the two presenters


this is great


playing with an insane band. Matt Sweeney, Jim White and big bad Andrew WK

Blaque Boose - Winter / Past Lives Owen 7-inch

There are so many awesome bands in Portland, Maine. Here I am stuck in Perth like, which is like 18605 kilometers away (I used a distance calculator). Anyway I ain't ragging on Perth or anything (even though it fucking sucks) but our music scene is so uptight, and just crap in alot of ways. In saying that there are some really really really awesome bands here. But you get the point.

From what i gather alot of these bands from Portland, Maine are into this freak-folk, free-folk, psychadelic-folk, whatever-folk sort of sound. There are alot of them, and they are really really good. You know i may have missed the mark completely, but it seems to be a really relaxed, really friendly, and a really chilled out sort of place. I guess there is something right going on, with the tonnes and tonnes of awesome bands that are based there, CURRENTLY. I don't think I will rag on perth any more, but yeah our music scene is pretty uptight and pretty fucking insecure. The point is, there appears to be a fucking awesome LOCAL musicians from that area, who are still making awesome music and playing locally.

I won't read that back because it is probably really lame and really pointless. Anyway this band rules hard. They are led by a woman named Sheena Charland, who has this awesomely eerie voice. They have this old-time folky sort of feel, but without using any of the old-time folky cliche's. I guess it is pretty dark and really pretty. Anyway this is a 7 inch of theirs, You can order it here. I am going to upload it, but this one I will definitely take down after a bit. I am a little hesitant to upload this, but i found a free download on a website that was selling the vinyl so I figured it should be ok. I don't know what the deal is with this uploading business, I don't want to rip anyone off. If anyone ever reads these and wants me to take the link down let me know and I will do it.

Anyway all that aside, enjoy this.

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Bill Fay - Time of the Last Persecution

Ah that sad old story about the genius who was almost completely overlooked at the time of his being a genius. Poor Bill Fay. He honestly is a fucking genius, and this album is a showcase of all that genius. It is so perfect.

The album is raw, emotionally, instrumentally and production wise. I think it works better than his first album, which is all orchestrated and lush. I should try and add some context to this here thing. Uh well Bill Fay is a British singer-songwriter, released two fucking genius albums in 1970 (self-titled) then this one in 1971. The albums sold very poorly, so the poor dude was kicked off his label. He recorded a follow-up to this album in the late 1970s but it wasn't released until 2005. It is all pretty sad, especially since it is sooooo goddamn good. But he has a bit of a following these days, namely Jeff Tweedy and Jim O'Rourke who have covered his stuff. This is how I heard of him. Oh and Current 93 cover the title track, man those dudes are creepy.

I dunno how much I can actually say. The album is dark. The lyrics are beautiful, and really dark. I really like his singing, really restrained. The melodies are beautiful. My favourite songs are Pictures of Aolf Again, Omega Day, 'Til the Christ Come Back, Laughing Memory. That is just off the top of my head, all of the songs are brilliant.

I am fairly sure the few people who read this (if anyone) have heard it, so this is probably redundant. But if you haven't I strongly suggest it. I read some reviews on RYM for it and a fair few people seemed to think it is pretty overrated, so I dunno perhaps I am wrong. Actually no I'm not, don't listen to those bastards, it is goddamn genius.

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Royal Trux - Radio Video (EP)

 

This EP opens with some sort of lo-fi techno song with Neil and Jennifer doing their badass thing with their voices, singing I guess. Maybe more like moaning? but moaning words. anyway it works, their voices work so well together. And this first song rules pretty hard.

I guess it sounds pretty different to most of Royal Trux's stuff. There are mad fucking bongo drums. Surely this is making you excited? I am all wet just thinking about it (EWWWWWW!)

Just check it out. It is better than most of their albums. It works perfectly as an EP , I think it may have been a bit tiresome as a full album. Totally kick-arse though.

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Also I will try and post more often, I just totally got hooked on Weeds this weekend. I stayed up until 7 am this morning finishing season 2. Mary-Louise Parker is such a babe. I always get addicted to TV shows like this.

The Cherry Blossoms - s/t

This has been one of my favourite albums for the past 6 months. It is seriously incredible. Everyone should be loving it.

I would say they are "Drunk folk"; they say that they are a "shaggy folk collective"; a "sprawling folk band"; and an "unclassifiable, sprawling folk collective" who play "sublime, freewheeling folk." Self described as "Middle Tennessee's finest anarchic post neo-skiffle collective specializing in kazoo-exotica."

So The Cherry Blossoms are from Nashville. I think this album was orginally released digitally in 2000 (I think), but in 2007 it was relased as an LP, with 2 less tracks. My sources tell me that the two songs tagged on at the end were removed for the 2007 release, which is good because they really are throwaways.

The album is so charming ('charming', how gay is that?) It is like these messy, sprawling folk songs that are all recorded very lo-fi. But it is all so endearing and charming (there it is again). If this doesn't make you smile I am going to assume that you are a robot, or german. I was going to say that it was front-loaded, but the 12 songs are all completely genius. I really forget how great this album is until I listen to it. It is only the two songs on the end that kinda suck, but they knew that. I will still upload all 14 songs.

They throw in a cover of 'Godzilla', which doesn't rock like BOC (those bitchin' mofos), but jesus it is a tonne of fun. Yeah, seriously. What more could you want. I am gonna say it, this is one of the best albums ever. Apparently the band still have copies of the LP, but it looks like they only sell them at shows. But I dunno, if you really want a hard copy of the album you could probably try emailing them or something, I might do that. They seem like nice peeps.

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Joe Head Joe - Cannibal Horse Smackdown

These guys are so gay for each other. Like, so gay. I know because I am friends with one half of JHJ. I am sure the other dude is cool, but he lives in Darwin. I asked full-time lady-killer and JHJ member HUDSON P. HUDSON to write some words about JHJ's seminal release, Cannibal Horse Smackdown. This shit is rad. Get on it. here he is. Look at him, look at the genius.



this be HUDSON P. HUDSON HUDSON, reportin' in with a delicate message,
 alright you absoutely GROSS motherfuckers, i've been asked by the main man dan to write a little blurb on these here record, 'cannibal horse smackdown' by a group called joe head joe.
 i may be a member of this group.
 anyway, this is a record, this is a FUCKING RECORD!

we (me, cappp'n CAPS, auntie moira and mach oven) recorded it in two nights before i went on a short holiday in darwin in what is usually a post-production studio. well all the basic tracks were recorded after we split a case of beer. then the next night we got some vocals and theremin and other shit down. after i got back from the holiday we worked another night on ukelele and flute solos and then we were done. you can tell the songs on which i played drums because i am really bad at drums.

a quick role call;
 hudson p. HUDSON hudson - guitar, drums, vocals

cappp'n CAPS - drums, guitar, vocals, theremin

auntie moira - vocals, synth i think.

mach oven - ukelele, flute, vocals, those little KORG DS-10 noises on new bins and i think theremin on that track too.

anyway a little story on the title;

you ever seen a cannibal horse smackdown? shit is BRUTAL, man. they completely laying into the each, then the victor just stone cold eats the loser, blood all spraying and shit. personally, i consider it one of the most henious of crimes by the equine kind, but to them they just HORSIN' AROUND!

the coverart was drawn by the cap'n, he likes to draw things.

ummm some other stories? joe head joe recorded and released 4 records, each excellent in their own way. the others are

JOE VS. JOE


LUST FOR GOLF


JOE HEAD JOE IV

i am partial to lust for golf m'self, got percussion and acorns and such. oh yeah back to the album at hand, my favourites on cannibal horse are probably new bins and mud in yer backpack. songwriting was split 50/50, w/new bins and soupspoon being collaborative efforts.

soupspoon was a former member of jhj. she promised to play keytar and wear a spandex onesie. when this did not happen, we decided to wage some music WAR. she really does look perfect in a onesie.

anyway, this is probably the only time this will happen (dan is just like, hella short on content this time round), but i hope you enjoy this masterful piece of art, recorded with the greatest of care towards the finest of details. if you want a hard copy, i got exactly 1 (one) left. that's right, we tried to sell these motherfuckers AND MADE OUR MONEY BACK AND THEN ABOUT TWENTY DOLLARS ON TOP OF THAT.

when my dad heard this for the first time, he didn't say anything at first. he drove out, bought a carton of cooper's sparkling (the family drop) came back, gave me a beer and said

"good job son"

I HOPE YOU DO TO

buy me beer because i'm a poor alcoholic who is constantly being a cock to strangers because of this

hudson p. HUDSON hudson out!




There you have it. There will be more JHJ. GET EXCITED!


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You're just too obscure for me...

Goddamn, I love this song. A Verlaines cd just arrived at the post office for me, so I was in the mood.

Alvarius B - Blood Operatives of the Barium Sunset

I read the best description of this album from a review on it on RYM. the dude said "the album made me want to go and take a shower. It was like being smothered by a fat, hairy and sweaty man while a mariachi band played in the background."

This person did not particularly like the album. screw them. this description is hillarious though. If this hasn't sold it for you yet, I guess I will try to.

Alvarius B (aka. Alan Bishop) was one third of one of the most awesome, bat-shit insane bands ever, Sun City Girls. This probably explains the excerpt above for most people, I am guessing. Sir Richard apparently backs Alan on this album. The album is full of these demented folk songs, that according to the liner notes are "based on actual, but unnamed, shady characters of the global underworld past and present." He even does a cover of the Ennio Morricone track 'Dirty Angels'. It is fantastic.

It is less bat-shit insane than any Sun City Girls album I have heard. Hell, it is almost coherent. It is certainly more produced sounding as well, but that is not to saying much. The songs are catchy, and they have this drunken-singalong vibe to me, but they are delivered as sort of distant, like bedroom recordings. Oh, and don't forget creepy, it is really creepy!

I have uploaded the album to megaupload. I guess I will remove the link after a bit. Anyway give this a listen, I am sure most people will enjoy it.

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HOLIDAYZZZZZ

This morning at 4am I finished my last essay for the year. My shittiest semester ever was bookended by probably my shittiest essay ever, but dayum I feel good.

Anyway with this thang here I guess I am just going to talk about music. Hopefully my laziness will not prevail, and I keep this going long enough for some peeps to hear some sweet-ass toonz.

I am gonna start this big, bad thang off by posting some songs that will take ya'll on a journey through time to my last day of uni for the year. Here it goes.

10am - I got to uni. I probably wasted about 4 hours on facebook and listening to music. I remember listening to this a few times, feeling like a mega-badass.

Pussy Galore are so fucked up, and their fucked up version of Rocks Off makes it sound so fucking dirty. Fuck. Is this what people on heroin think the Stones sound like? Hell I maybe even like it better than the original.

The next like 6 or so hours I actually did some work and cannot remember what I listened to.

8pm - After setting up on the other campus after the library closed I was surprised to find that I was not only was I alone in the lab, but I was the only person in the whole 3 story building. I spent at least 2 hours messing around on the internet and running around the empty building, until I worked out how to run my ipod through the speakers. sweet jesus this was an awesome idea. I took off my shoes, put my feet up, and was probably as relaxed as you could possibly be with a deadline only hours away, and a shitload of work still to do. Jim O'Rourke was the perfect companion for the next few hours. Felt good man.

(I don't why this guy feels his face is so important, but the sound quality is reasonable)

or perhaps

now skip forward some hours to 4 am (this is weak, I know). I HAD FUCKING FINISHED. DONE ALL OF MY REFERENCES AND EVERYTHING (I can never be bothered proof-reading though). I jumped in my car and listened to the Chills, cranking my shitty stereo as loud as it could go.

Yelling along to this song while driving home in the early hours of the morn' was one of the best feelings ever.

Also this song is so insanely good.

So there it is. That was totally just an excuse to post some cool songs.

It can only get better from here, right??