Microwaves is a reassuring thing in a world of unbecoming shit. What I mean by “unbecoming shit” is all the wild and endless onslaught we’re given every day that makes you think things like, “Man, people’s priorities are so fucked if they’re spending so much time with this flimsy, insubstantial garbage.” I see so many MORE…
Into Violence was a very short-lived Blood Brothers side-project. “Short-lived” as in 15 minutes of music, this very EP, released via Three One G six years ago today. The record is over so fast it’ll be done by the time you finish reading this. Not really, of course, but I’m trying to make a point MORE…
Originally released on a flexi disc packaged with Justin Pearson’s book How to Lose Friends and Irritate People, the track “Pig’s Orphan” gets new life here with help from Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Head Wound City), Mr Henshaw (Planet B, Satanic Planet), Melt-Banana, D-R-U-N-K, Duran Duran Duran, Trap, and Satanic Porno Cult Shop. The MORE…
Three One G has a history of putting out records by two-piece bands that defy expectations of what two humans can do (musically) when put on a stage or in a room together. Released seven years ago today, the Qui, Secret Fun Club 7” is a great example. Qui is Paul Christensen and Matt Cronk MORE…
Some bands need 100 people to make shit happen. French avant-thrash brutalists Warsawwasraw only need each other. Aww, right? John Anthony Huss (vocals, guitars, drones) and Mathieu Pierre Luckas Bétard (drums, percussions, vocals) are like that 1981 smooth R&B hit “Just the Two of Us.” “Just the two of us/building castles way on high,” I MORE…
After elementary school people stop liking me and I can’t tell why and I feel like I’m losing my mind. “Why don’t they like me?” I think. “They don’t know anything about me. I’m honest, kind to animals. I’m nice to my parents. I love to draw. What’s wrong with me?” I have a few MORE…
Sonido De La Frontera is the combination of Soundsystem culture, hip hop production aesthetic, and the sounds of Latin America’s most prolific dance music: Cumbia. The result is a bass oriented, dance driven music with a sound unique to the border between San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. This trio is made up of Karlos MORE…
Over the course of its existence, the San Diego-based Cattle Decapitation has transformed from a stripped-down gore-grind side project of the arty hardcore/grindcore band The Locust to a full-fledged death metal band of their own, undergoing a confusing maze of lineup changes in the process. Their association with The Locust formed much of the original MORE…
It’s Friday afternoon. I’ve just had a negative COVID test and I’m listening to Swing Kids. I’ve also got the flu and an hour ago I got a flu shot and the woman who gave me the shot knew my books and asked whether I’m going on tour this fall. (The answer is yes, which MORE…
One of the hardest things is how friends drift away until they’re strangers. Middle school friends become faces in the hall by high school. High school friends walk past you like ghosts after graduation. Friends with whom you once confided your worst, ugliest secrets still live down the road, but you would never dream of MORE…