Category: Aside

No wonder there’s not enough memory – iTunes is hogging it all. And this on a machine with 8 GB of main memory. Damn bloatware. Read more

Commenters on Stereogum rise above the usual flamewars: Read more

Rock’s most erudite lyricist. 10 new (old) words courtesy of The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy: Palanquin (The Infanta) – A covered seat on poles carried by bearers Dirigible (Sons & Daughters) – An airship Fontanelle (The Crane Wife 1 & 2) – any of the spaces closed by membranous structures between the uncompleted angles of the parietal bones and the neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull Tarlatan (The Gymnast, High Above The Ground) – Heavy cotton fabric Bombazine (The Soldiering Life) – A twilled fabric with silk warp and worsted filling Laudanum (The Legionnaire’s Lament)- An alcoholic herbal preparation… Read more

My most common genres according to iTunes: Alternative Alternative Rock Alt. Rock Alternative & Punk Alternative/Punk Alt/Punk Avant Rock College Alternative Rock General Alternative Indie Indie Rock Indie Pop Post Rock Post Punk Never knew my taste was so wide-ranging… Read more

Much as I love Mogwai, this latest announcement is straight out of Pseud’s Corner: “The band are set to release their Earth Division EP, which carries 4- brand new tracks, highlighting a creative departure from the band’s trademark cinematic mantra of pulverizing, scorched guitar riffage, into a more recontextualised domain of hazy electronic distortion, accompanied by spiky wafts of violins, violas, cellos and double bass and jagged keys. Earth Division discretely demonstrates another side of Mogwai’s stratospheric level of brilliance with its ever-rotating, hypnotic soundtracks that drift dreamy into force, while adsorbing into the paranormal. The EP is a collaboration… Read more