Owen has debuted a new track. On it, Mike Kinsella ponders the old question: nature vs. nurture vs. alcoholism?
Andrew WK is singing for Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg on an upcoming tour, so the duo sat down and discussed the life’s essential questions, like chickpea fights and flinging dung.
Remember Teddy Ruxpin? Remember wishing that he worked with tapes other than his own so that you could have an adorable bear singing Black Sabbath or “Weird Al” Yankovic? Well, now you can live out those fantasies through Cobra Digital’s Party Animal Dancing Pet Speakers.
There are films and directors whose influence cannot be overstated. Stanley Kubrick and The Shining, subjects of a recent documentary, are two of these. Roman Polanski, criminal or not, is another. These, among others, are some of the works that influenced artists Christina Vantzou and Kristina Ianatchkova regarding their upcoming short film Going Backwards to Recover That Which Was Left Behind.
Zozobra: Savage Masters (Brutal Panda, 4/2/13)
“Venom Hell”
There was a time when having a short attention span was seen as a character flaw. But for musicians operating in the modern world, being able to compartmentalize, to jump from one thing to the next with nary a blink of hesitation, might be an evolutionary next level.
If so, Caleb Scofield is a good candidate for king of the over-caffeinated, hyper-intense land of tomorrow. The bass player, enlisting the help of Cave In band-mates Adam McGrath and JR Conners, crammed writing for the new Zozobra record, Savage Masters, into a few warm months last year with an intense but focused plan of attack: write fast, keep it short, and don’t over-think. The result is the most blistering six songs that Zozobra has yet produced, all in the span of about 15 minutes. Scofield’s blitz went off so well he almost didn’t have time to write lyrics.
Weatherbox: Sainthood Reps / Weatherbox split 7″ (Top Shelf, 5/7/13)
“Big News”
California’s Weatherbox has been through the ringer. Member turnover was at one point so dangerously high that you would be forgiven for thinking the band was done. However, since 2011’s Follow the Rattle of the Afghan Guitar, the band has kept a steady lineup, producing indie rock with a touch of rawness about it.
Nader Sadek: Living Flesh (2/27/13)
Nader Sadek: “Of This Flesh” (live)
If you remember correctly, back when Nader Sadek released his Living Flesh album, we mentioned that one very special edition released in the future would come with a piece of Sadek’s flesh turned into leather.
Well, the future is April 22, 2013.