They are the neighbors that make noise at all hours of the night and when the cops show up, there is nothing going on and the cops have to apologize. This is a party going on in another dimension peopled by beings with extra limbs and eyes where there shouldn't be eyes. It's H.P. Lovecraft getting ripping drunk and wearing a lampshade on his head while a vampire and a mummy are making out in the corner. Yes, you can dance your ass off to this music—just don't get caught dragging the bodies out the back door.
Following our (not so) recent post about Wasps , here's one about Creepy Crawlies, or Bestioles , as the French dictionary has just informed me. So if the thought of little leggy critters makes your skin crawl, take a deep breath and read on with caution. We're talking little critters like these two clockwork Horrors *, who were wound-up and let loose in Daniel Miller's studio full of ancient analogue gadgetry. [...]
There's a very funny website that Nialler brought to my attention recently called funnypicturesofbarackobama.com . I won't explain what it's about as you might be able to work it out from the cryptic clue contained in the url. Earlier, in the window of the Apollo gallery on Dawson street, I saw this would-be Irish addition to the online compendium of shit artistic renderings of the American President. While far from the awe-inducing crapola of the Obama-Tupac hybrid on the website, it has a certain grinning horror [...]
No, I'm not coming off a SXSW buzz, though I do love watching the music blogs reposition themselves as they return triumphant from the biggest fest of the year with their ears ringing and their adrenalin high. Instead, I'm thinking new artists because it's just 4 days to our first house concert, starring Danny Schmidt . Amazing as it is, Danny's newest album is cover-free. And we're deep in the throes of nervous housecleaning, so this will be pretty light. But I've been sitting on these covers [...]
by reggie This week's giveaway is a hot pink, screen printed poster of spiders autographed by Aussie rocker Brody Dalle. Previously of the Distillers, and frequent collaborator with Eagles of Death Metal, Dalle now heads the band Spinnerette. This video is the title track off their current EP Ghetto Love . ... We had a choice between picking a poster of flowers or one with spiders on it. [...]
die biografischen daten der jungen dame namens jane herships aus brooklyn können wir schnell überspringen, auch so ein wunderkindding, früh piano, dann violine, gesang im schulchor. später, nach und nach wird es interessant, wird sie bockig und gibt den unterricht auf. vielmehr freundet sie sich mit einem beatles tape an. ein ymca camp bringt sie der gitarre inkl. lagerfeuerromantik nahe. eine alte folkgitarre ist der start, ein beatles-songs-handbuch die brücke. die brücke, die es zu überwinden galt, um sich der e-gitarre und den songs von led zeppelin, grateful dead, dann pavement, sebadoh zu nähern. zwei bands hat sie verschlissen und [...]
Swan Lake is a supergroup, featuring members of Frog Eyes , Wolf Parade , and Destroyer . Their newest album, Enemy Mine is slated for release via Jagjaguwar Records on March 24th. While early indications claim Frog Eye's Casey Mercer as the better writer this time out, you can't count out Destroyer's Dan Bejar. Just take a listen to the following track. Download: Swan Lake - Spider [MP3]
"White Snake" is a song from Spider's forthcoming album Things We Liked To Hold , which is tentatively scheduled for a spring release. Spider herself emailed the song to me, because I reviewed her pretty previous album The Way to Bitter Lake two years ago . "White Snake" builds on that lovely, eerie sound, which is akin to that of Cat Power , Julee Cruise , and Kira Lynn Cain . Spider - White Snake (mp3) [...]
Lazily browsing my inbox this morning, I was surprised and delighted to see a message from Jane Herships, who releases records under the name Spider, and who I wrote about on this very blog what feels like a lifetime ago. Much has happened since then, including a re-release of the quite brilliant 'The Way To Bitter Lake' album. The record was re-mixed, re-mastered, packaged in a beautiful gate-fold cardboard wallet with big fold out insert and put out by Storyboard Records . Now Herships is in the process of finishing a second Spider album, 'Things [...]
Spider - If I Were You Man, because of the name of this band, I really can't stop thinking about the character you can play as in the Sega Megadrive game Micro Machines 2 who has a leather jacket and stubble and is called Spider. The music of this band, though, is a pretty 'rad' pastiche of Freaks and Geeks, B52s, and twinkies and Count Chocula all that stuff and their kistched out organ drones supplements their deadpan punk while they keep absolutely straight faces in their stiff-necked sly posturing, smirking melodies and feigning [...]
Tina steals from white girls: Spider - Better Be Good To Me (mp3)
just read. you'll laugh. hard. i found this last week and finally figured out how to make the image big enough for you all to read. enjoy. From: Jane Gilles Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pm To: David Thorne Subject: Overdue account Dear David, Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of $233.95. If you have already made this payment please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been [...]
Yuji Koseki - Mothra's Song (mp3) Cougars - J & A Spiders - Little Robby The Carnabeats - Chu Chu Chu The Mops - I'm A Mops The Dynamites - Tunnei Tengoku The Jaguars - Dancing Lonely Night Outkast - Everything's Alright Bunny - Hey Chance [...]
i won't even say too much. my man alex threw this over to me via quoted for truth , and it's funny, so i figured i'd let you all in. read this conversation and tell me it's not the greatest thing you've ever read.
New Orleans funk fans and collectors are probably most familiar with Chuck Carbo from the one-off 45 sides he made for and with Eddie Bo in 1969 that have appeared on several compilations; but, as seriously funky as it was, that record really didn't provide a great showcase for someone who is considered by many, including me, to be one of the city's best and most under-appreciated R&B vocalists. Although Carbo's career spanned over five decades, he put his talent on the side for many years to support his family with day jobs and did not have much of a [...]
I'm freaking out man. The startling images were reportedly taken in Atheron, close to Queensland's (Australia) tropical north. Despite their unlikely subject matter, the pictures appear to be real. Joel Shakespeare, head spider keeper at the Australian Reptile Park, said the spider was a Golden Orb Weaver. "Normally they prey on large insects??? it's unusual to see one eating a bird," he told ninemsn.com. Mr Shakepeare said he had seen Golden Orb Weaver spiders as big as a human [...]
Spiders (Kidsmoke) - Wilco 5.15.08 - The Pageant, St. Louis, MO While Wilco often embodies the rather abstract definition of "alt country" in recent years their sound has significantly evolved to the point where I would be remiss to categorize them in any other way than "rock"… because, well, they rock! "Spiders (Kidsmoke)" is one of my favorites from 2004's A Ghost Is Born , but they've added some more spacey and psychedelic stylings to this in their 2008 live show. This is a great example of Wilco going beyond their well-crafted lyrics and [...]
Hey, Dr. Robert "Rack" Hansen, you might want to be careful. Reliable sources tell me that the place is full of spiders . You can't say I didn't warn you, pal. 1977's Kingdom of the Spiders is just one of the many "animal attack" films that graced screens both big and small during my childhood, but the towering presence of William Tiberius Shatner sets this otherwise by-the-numbers affair head, shoulders, and [...]
Múm - School Song Misfortune I strayed. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. They took my Internet away. I've had no bed. I still have no bed. But Internet yes. Consider this a week of daily entries. An apology-gift of sorts. *** I live amongst webs. They breathe casting shadows, shadows. I tiptoe through brush. One. Two. Twenty-three years on pointe. My ankles embrace the inevitable, assume the position, curl backwards into balls of tightly-wound dust dense as Pluto. [...]
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