Tom, any chance you know the royalties situation to Trent / NIN? If I remember correctly those ghost albums were released under a Creative Commons licence, which also might be some sort of billboard #1 first!
You know what masked produced is actually good? Slow Magic. He started out in the chillwave scene but has moved closer and closer to straight up EDM. But I still dig it. And dude had a Peter Silberman guest spot on his last album!
Just an incredible, life changing record. I remember listening to it almost every day outside in the sun the spring of my Freshman year of college. My wife (then girlfriend) and I got to see a Jeff Mangum solo show in early 2013, then the full band show later that year. No exaggeration, it was the best show I've ever seen in my life.
Also think about all the great art that was never created or never shared because so many talented people have been driven out of the industry for their own safety.
Y'all ever consider that Weezer started to suck after Pinkerton because Matt Sharp left, not because of Cuomo's identity crises? Ignore Pinkerton for a second and just listen to Blue -> Green. Then listen to the first couple Rentals albums.
Kinda surprised there was no mention whatsoever of Pianos Become the Teeth - Lack Long After in this review. It seems like a pretty obvious precedent. But then again, I guess that album was released in 2011, before indie sites starting covering punk bands in earnest again.
Jackson is such an incredible song. Just a great encapsulation of everything CEG does well. But I actually think Aerobed might be my favorite song of theirs! It was a B-side on split 7" that didn't get a ton of notice, but my god is it emotional.
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