Brother Billy’s back, freshly caped, with some kind of creefy (that’s goofy and creepy combined) Jim Jones in Pepperland thing going on. This song rules though, without a doubt.

I think it would have been really funny though if he had replaced D’Arcy and James with true look-a-likes, instead of just female/male partial-simulacrum. Or just [...]

Holy blast from the past. I guess nothing goes unrecorded…even as far back as random hardcore shows in the 80s. I went to the same (Barrington) High School as Joe, vox/bass of Life Sentence, a popular Chicago HC band in the mid 80s.

Rush, during more inventive years, when rock meant cool mustaches, bell-bottoms, and 20 minute songs. As one viewer comments, “Jesus Christ with a stick!” Saw a “rock opera” version of this performed Thurs. night at 7 Stages in L5P.

Dude, it ain’t over…Part II.

My newish band, Bad Magic Number, are playing not one, but two, shows this weekend. Tonight at the Drunken Unicorn with Dropsonic and Tetonic, and tomorrow at the Five Spot in L5P with State Radio. Yo, come check it!

Swervedriver, your Friday afternoon blast from the past. The more I think about it, could this band have been more appropriately named? With all the magical reunions and reunion one-offs having taken place over the last few years (Pixies, Gang of Four, Dinosaur Jr., Wire, Slint, Chavez ) is it too much to wish for??

Here’s a really funny documentary short I saw last night as part of the AFF done by David Moore of Eyekiss films. Check it out, you will laugh, and if you don’t, it’s definitely your problem. Music by The Georgia Fireflies.
The Agrifolk Art Movement:

Then continue with part 2 and part 3.

Check out infrequent MUS contributor Mogre’s piece on Porno Para Ricardo, a Cuban punk rock band. I can’t link directly to it because CNN is gay. So, (audible groan), you have to go to cnn.com/video, click “Browse/Search video,” then search for Cuba in the pop-up window. The piece should come up first and is called [...]

While I’m on a youtube roll, here’s some Mastodon behind the scenes from the current Eurotour with Tool.

Came across this blast from the psychedelic past. Crimson back in the trying-a-little-too-hard-to-be-spontaneous days, complete with caveman percussion weirdo Jamie Muir on the whistle, Bruford shirtless in overalls, and Fripp with dazzling frizzy fro and silk scarf. A great music project that got it wrong as often as they got it right.

Two of my favorite cds of 2006 are from Atlanta bands, Mastodon’s “Blood Mountain” and Snowden’s “Anti-Anti.” Both releases enjoyed good press, and Mastodon are clearly destined for Metal Superstardom. The Black Lips recently signed to Vice. Now Deerhunter is poised to release “Cryptograms” for Kranky, one of my all time favorite labels. Here’s [...]