Danny Kroger Sack [DK Sack to friends] of Heavy Cream fame and Stevo [member of RPBC, not RHCP] have just been spotted on Brooklyn Vegan as newly joined members of The Murder City Devils. We don’t really know how this happened, but the boys are looking pretty tormented…
Well, it’s time for Round 2 of Seth Murray’s new weekly LOST guide. Let’s preface this week’s post by saying: Suck it, everyone else. Seth rules. And just to recap: Seth’s never watched LOST before. I mean, he watched last week’s episode and this week’s and he’ll watch tonight’s, but he’s never seen anything before that….
LOST…. seriosuly
“What Kate Does”
OK, so I think this episode is named after that Libertines song, “What Katie Did.” Maybe this one will be about heroin? Anyway, this week’s show starts with “previously on lost…” honestly, I don’t remember any of this stuff. I mean a bloody guy carrying some unconscious lady seems par for the course, but when did that happen again? Now on to some stuff we recognize- turns out that guy that they drowned in the holy grail water actually did live. It also turns out, and this is news to me, that he’s an Iraqi torturer who shoots kids. So why the hell did they save him?
SPOILER ALERT:
Now, I’ve never watched lost but I don’t live in a cave, and I’ve definitely heard the theory that the cast died in a plane crash and is now in purgatory waiting to be sorted into heaven and hell… but c’mon hell isn’t real.
I’ve surmised that Kate’s fleeing from the cops in the airport story takes place in NYC because when the cab she’s hijacked honks at a guy the guy goes “Heeey, I’m walkin’ here!” and does that backward hand up angry wave thing that people in New York supposedly do. I guess that’s just a side note. Moving on, Kate steals some girl’s purse, which I feel is kind of small time for her, but hey, I don’t know the lady. Then we’re back to the island. Where tall, dark, and handsome thinks he’s tough enough to order the militant types with guns and a guy who’s really into Tonight Show era John Lennon around even after they had quite recently (possibly only an hour in non-temporal-flex-time) threatened to kill him for no real reason. I mean, I’d probly crap my pants, but I guess I’m not a real man. Some scuffling ensues in which no one gets seriously wounded, someone fires a warning shot and Bad Attitude Blond Guy makes a big scene about how he’s leaving instead of just sneaking out. Maybe they should change the name of this show to “The Opposite of What Seth Would Do in Any Given Situation.” Well… I’m 7 minutes in…
Maybe I’m LOST on this fact, but shouldn’t people in a survival situation be focused on getting food together and mending shelters and stuff?
OH MY GOD IS THAT NICK NOLTE AT THE CHOP SHOP!?! No.. it isn’t, but he does seem to share Mr. Nolte’s contempt for the law and willingness to harbor criminals. He takes Kate’s handcuffs off and doesn’t even spy on her changing. Then some kinky stuff happens with the Child Killer back on the island. I think he is being punished for his sins. Katie goes back for the blonde preggo whose purse she just stole and is suprisingly gentle. Hey, guess what I would never have done if I were preggers and the woman who robbed me at gunpoint minutes earlier came back and found me? Get in her stolen cab! Seriously IS THIS A COMEDY? I’m not making a joke here, I just want to know.
Mac from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia makes a suprisingly non-pottymouthed cameo as one of the “First Flight Gunslingers” as they will now be called, but is quickly defeated by Kate. The Asian Witchdoctor convinces Brass Balls to give Child Killer some kind of pill that only works “if he takes it willingly”. My bet is it’s poison. Back to Kate’s flee from justice- it looks like she’s going to be delivering a baby. Back to the island, Kate is now running away from the FFG and tracking Bad Blond into an abandonded suburb? Aren’t there more people on this island?
This is becoming the hardest part of the episode to get through- Act III or the final third.
Dr. “Goodspeed” is gonna give blondie some drugs to stop the delivery. He assures her that they won’t hurt the baby, but LISTEN UP LADIES! DRUGS HURT THE BABY. AMERICAN HOSPITALS ARE BAD PLACES TO GIVE BIRTH. They ususally insist that you have an Epidural or tranquilizer or something. You don’t want to birth your baby all dosed up on morphine, do you? I mean, it’d be cool to see your kid for the first time on mushrooms or something but not on hard drugs. Plus, I don’t know why increasing numbers of American kids are being diagnosed with Autism, do you? I mean seriously, folks… anyway, I’m no comedian. That pill from the witchdoctor, it was poison! See you next week!
Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin “I Wear Black” from Claire Marie Films on Vimeo.
On the serious though, everything we’ve listened to or seen today has made us wish it was mid-July and the sun was out and we could sit outside and shotgun sodas in our swimming trunks and sweat through our shirts and ride bikes down to Wedgehill to pick up some sunflower seeds and beef jerky. This video kind of pushed it over the edge for us. Ty and Mikal Cronin released a split LP not too long ago on Kill Shaman Recs called Reverse Shark Attack and this is the first video for it. It features lots of scootering and horsing around and getting beat up…. all good summer things. Check the video then scoop it here.
We finally got our copy of Our Boy Roy in the mail the other day, and the wait was definitely worth it. It’s a compilation of Roy Orbison jams [Have we ever talked about how much we love Roy Orbison? He’s one of our all-time favorites. Seriously. We can’t make it through “Crying” without at least getting pretty choked up] But the compilation, released by Telephone Explosion, features covers from Ty Segall, Jacuzzi Boys, Cheater Slicks, Bloodshot Bill, and a bunch of other badass babyfaces. You better act fast and scoop it from the boys and pine for summer like we are. It’s a limited release of only 1000, and apparently they’re about to run out. Here’s one of our favorite tracks from the comp.
Well, we’ve been working on this for a little while now and we think it’s time to go ahead and announce it with you bebes…. we’ve put together the first ever FREAKIN’ WEEKEND! We know what you’re thinking, “Every weekend is the freakin’ weekend, dummies.” You’re right, but this one….. Ohhhhh this one is gonna be a caps-lock, R Kelly’s “Remix to Ignition” stylee freakin’ weekend.. THE FREAKIN’ WEEKEND. Here’s the skinny…
The first night of THE FREAKIN’ WEEKEND will kickoff on Friday March 12 at The Jungle [also known as aka The Sweetbriar House] There will be bands, there will be jams, it will be free, you will have fun… Night two will take place at Glenn Danzig’s House and feature a bunch of kickass bands for reeeeeal cheap… And night three will be at Betty’s Bar & Grill with more of the same [meaning more kickass music for real cheap] Keep reading
KICKOFF PARTY
:: Special Guests
:::: Ben Steine’s Money
:::::: Larry David & The Hipsters [special non-holiday show]
@ The Jungle
$FREE – All Ages – 8PM
|Larry David & The Hipsters|
Nashville’s premiere Jewish holiday rock band will be performing a special, one time only, non-holiday season show. If you caught these guys at one of their 6 shows they played last Holiday-time, then you know that this is kind of a really really big deal. Seriously, the goyim and the shiksa go crazy for these dudes.
|Ben Steine’s Money|
After successfully hosting a slew of Nashville shows, Ben Steine’s Money have graciously agreed to play a set of jams at the party. The boys haven’t been around too much lately, but they did make an appearance not too long ago at Exit/In for Rock the Block. As is the usual with these punkers, they tore the place down. They were even recently invited to play ToddP’s MtyMx festival. Crazy, right?
|Special Guests|
We don’t want to give too much away about the special guests that will be playing at the kickoff party. We can say that it will probably be the first and last time you will see it.
After the bands, we will be spinning the wax tracks on the ones and twos and getting all the mamis wet on the dance floor. Let’s party.
:: The Beets
:::: Ex Humans
:::::: Terrible Twos
:::::::: Beach Fossils
:::::::::: Peacekillers
:::::::::::: Natural Child
:::::::::::::: The Looking Glass
@ Glenn Danzig’s House
$5 – All Ages – 7PM
|The Beets|
The Beets have hit Nashville a couple times before this, and it’s always been a party. Juan, Jacob, and Jose belt out some of the catchiest lo-fi gems you’ll hear around, and we hear they’ve got a whole bunch of new jams this time. Check out some pictures from the last time they were here, and this video of them playing in a church [You’d think we could get more church shows here with the insane amount of churches…. we’re working on it]
|Ex Humans|
These dudes rock. Seriously. Have you listened to that Chicane 7″? You should. Gritty, snotty punk music from one of the fullest sounding three-pieces around. Think The Saints or The Victims or something. The dudes get alot of Carbonas comparisons, but we think that’s mainly just because ex-Carbona ex-Beat Beat Beat guitarist, Josh Martin, is the lead vocalist and guitar player. Shit rules.
|Terrible Twos|
Terrible Twos is from our second favorite city and has one of our favorite people of all time in it, so no duh we are stoked that they’re coming to town. They figured mid-March is usually when things start warming up in Nashy, and things are always so cold in the D, that it’d be a good time to come visit.
|Beach Fossils|
The Brooklyn babies are going to be supplying all the beachy dream-pop jams you can handle. We hate to just throw words out there like that, but seriously, if we wanted to hang loose at the beach and listen to dreamy jams with out hunnies… we’d be listening to Beach Fossils.
|Peacekillers|
We really have pretty much zero information on this band. We can tell you that it’s Jesse Martinez from Ex Humans’ sideband with his girlfriend. If it’s anything as awesome as they are, then this could be the best thing ever. Fuck it, lets go out on a limb here, this is the best band that’s ever happened.
|Natural Child|
You know these dudes already. They played your basement. They madeout with your sister, your mom, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, your dead dog, and on and on. They’re hitting the road for SXSW so come wish them a good trip.
|The Looking Glass|
Here is a number for you to keep in mind: 97. That’s how long The Looking Glass’s prospective debut is going to be… 97 minutes. We couldn’t be more stoked to see these guys again. In our extremely professional opinion, The Looking Glass are the most underrated band in Nashville AND the best band you’ve never seen.
:: Sisters
:::: Grooms
:::::: Coasting
:::::::: Videohippos
:::::::::: Lesser Alvarez Gonzalez
:::::::::::: Daniel Pujol
:::::::::::::: So Jazzy
@ Betty’s Bar & Grill
21+ – 8PM
|Sisters|
This whole batch of Brooklyn/Death By Audio bands might be the nicest bands we’ve ever met. Just saying. Sisters are a killer two-piece [you know we love our two pieces] that shell out noisy alternative jams that make you think Sonic Youth never really “got it”, ya know? Juuuuuuuust joking, Sonic Youth, don’t get so uptight. But the boys do rock and roll and their Nashville ties run pretty deep. They released a split-7″ with JEFF last year and, if you like good things, you’ll like them.
|Grooms|
Grooms might as well go ahead and buy themselves a Nashville house. Including this show, they’ll have come to Nashville 3 times in the last 6 months. And, including this show, they’ll all have been badass. Travis and co. have been perfecting some new tunes for the last bit and nothing but a pretty stellar time from these babes.
|Coasting|
These bebes have never made their way through Nashville before, but we’re glad they are now. Think Dolly Mixture + a little more punk – the Vivian Girls style you’re thinking about and that’ll = Coasting. Apparently, they’ve been helping Mr. Todd P put together that MtyMx festival, maybe we can convince them to take Ben Steine’s Money along with them.
|Videohippos|
Baltimore baybeez, Videohippos, have found it in them to come and hang on a Sunday night with us Nashveelers. They shell out sludgy electro rock fuzzy fun jams. That might be alot to soak in, but its truth.
|Lesser Alvarez Gonzalez|
Another Balti-babe who knows how to work a guitar. Folk-y jams that make you feel like you were organically grown and produced. Get stoned?
|Daniel Pujol|
Daniel’s one of our number 1 babes around here. He shreds for us and we go to his shows and yell and jump on things and he fills our head with worthwhile songs and thoughts. A new 7″ from Infinity Cat will be out soon enough and we’re sure you’ll be blown away if you haven’t been already.
|So Jazzy|
Just the jazziest. The 4-piece from the block has been pretty busy over the last two months and has been taking the majority of February off to work on new tunes and maybe even record. Come check out what they’ve been working on and tell Christina how great a drummer she is.
The Beets – My Bones, My Flesh, and Me [mp3]
Beach Fossils – Desert Sand [mp3]
Terrible Twos – Chink Glass Eye [mp3]
Natural Child – Dogbite [mp3]
Sisters – Accolades [mp3]
Grooms – Dreamsucker [mp3]
Coasting – Hots for Teacher [mp3]
Videohippos – Narwhals [mp3]
Lesser Alvarez Gonzalez – Pinecone Eyes [mp3]
And so there you have it. THE FREAKIN’ WEEKEND. Get stoked.
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It has been a busy day, ladies. It’s not even 12:30 as I type this and we’ve already made 3 posts and a Twitter account today. Seriously, there’s vomit and stuff and it’s probably gonna get weird over there. Follow us? Anyways, it’s time for another Shreditorial. We caught Daniel’s show on Saturday at McGill Hall and are seriously pretty amazed with him. Some of the best songs. On a world level. Get downnnnn with it…
Shreditorial 7
Hey. You know what’s crazy? That life is pretty much only as real as you make it. Since we all know there are no gods, or kings, and everyone is equal, I suppose it is up to us to “fill the void.†I mean, sometimes I look at stuff and go, “Man, that is totally Christianity sans God,†or “Man, that is totally flagellation without a whip, or anyone really paying attention.†That’s pretty wild cuz anyone could just end up lost inside their own head forever, trying to know people but always punching their mirror. Or writing characters for a lifelong movie that only one lonely person ever sees. As I watch Mad Max on the big screen inside my mind I can sometimes see what’s going on outside my eyes through the screen. Only then do I realize that perhaps I am madder than Mad Max or Dr. Frankenstein combined.
So, I got to the part where Mad Max is running through Antarctica and Frankenstein is chasing him like Terminator and goes, “Hey, you’re totally a camera-mirror, but I’m dead, like twice, so I’m jealous.†Then, it all hit me like a bag of bricks: this man-made dead body is chasing this post-apocalyptic dude like a robot from the future straight through the Arctic Zone to the center of nowhere. Damn, dude. Sup with that?
I almost drank a cigarette butt out of a big gulp of room temp cola. I almost went elbow deep in an ashtray. I almost ate a roach of my kitchen floor. I almost lost my mind. But then I realized it’s just a movie and I made it as real as I want it to be.
But what about as real as I need it to be? What if its like levels, and I’m on like “7†and I have to journeyquest for “7’s†or watch Mad Max forever. And who really wants to catch the same worn-out flick until their brain powers down forever?
So then I pulled out this sick Bowie knife and I ran it from the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen and it’s guts ran down my face and the room got real quiet. Mad Max was blasting out my head onto the wall with its guts on my face. No one knew what to do, so we all took knifes out and cut the screen from the top to the bottom and the guts busted on All Our Face. All Our Face blasted Mad Max onto whatever All Our Face the Dude lives inside. Then we watched all the dice in the world roll from every side.
So, I guess the world is as real as you want it to be, but what do you with that? Know each other?
FTFW,
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Daniel’s playing this Wednesday at The End with JtB and Scremales. Hit it.
Betty’s is seriously starting to creep their way up to the top of our “I Wish We Were Old Enough to Catch Shows There” list [I mean, we swear we won’t drink, we just wanna party.] There’s a couple shows going on at the B&G this week that are gonna be sick, so check it out.
Theo Angell is spotlighting tonight alongside Paper Hats and Amy Marcantel [solo project from a Forrest Brider] Theo, originally from Oregon, has been hanging in NYC for the last few years making movies and putting out some pretty stellar records with Siltbreeze and Amish. Oh yeah, and he used to be in this badass band, Hall of Fame. Needless to say, you should probably go to this show.
Later on this week is another Siltbreeze act gracing the Betty’s stage. Sapat from Louisville are rolling through and playing with Cherry Blossoms and Malkauns. We’ve never seen Sapat, but from what we can tell it seems like a pretty bearded and sonically intense show. And according to some Louisville chroniclers, they’ve played shows with up to as many as 28 members. That’s nuts. They probably won’t have quite that many people with them on Saturday, but who cares.
Monday Feb. 15
:: Theo Angell
:::: Paper Hats
:::::: Amy Marcantel
@ Betty’s
$Donate – 21+ – 8PM
Saturday February 20
:: Sapat
:::: Cherry Blossoms
:::::: Malkauns
@ Betty’s
$Donate – 21+ – 8PM
Nice one, boys. Seattle’s KEXP 90.3 does this thing called “Song of The Day” it’s a pretty righteous podcast if you’re into those kinds of things. Last week on Thursday [Feb. 11] they featured JtB’s title track to Heavy Days as the song of the day, which rocks! We know we’re always telling you guys little dumb things about JEFF and it probably gets a little annoying, but we’re just too stoked every time we read something about someone discovering the boys for the first time. Check out all the nice words they had to say here.
JEFF the Brotherhood – Heavy Days [mp3]
JEFF are playing Wednesday with Screaming Females and Daniel Pujol at The End. Don’t be dumb.
02.15.10
Nice one, boys. Seattle’s KEXP 90.3 does this thing called “Song of The Day” it’s a pretty righteous podcast if you’re into those kinds of things. Last week on Thursday [Feb. 11] they featured JtB’s title track to Heavy Days as the song of the day, which rocks! We know we’re always telling you guys…
