blochead

You should talk more. Ybb, cP, and I carry so much workload.

it's worked this long. i see no reason to stop.

Willows, clearly

With no new St Vincent, Dirty Projectors, or Joanna Newsom on the near horizon you guys have done pretty well with your "I wanna have a big old smarty pants music fight" fight here today.

As a hater of both genres, you're absolutely spot on

This is a very good song.

Evil Urges has sex with farm animals and is a blight upon the land.

These are all pretty good but without that exquisite production sound the originals have they feel like nothing more than novelties

To be perfectly honest that's exactly what I was thinking when I listened to it.

Somebody had to listen to the final version of this and say "That's it. We got a winner." It boggles the mind.

I was concerned with the concept of loud come. Thanks for clarifying

Shit....completely forgot my parents ALSO had Neil Diamond's greatest hits on 8 track in our motorhome. That's my memory of this song.

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"...but its influence on modern music is incalculable" Truer words were never spoken

This really sucks.

The Daddy Mac will make ya jump jump

I like to order my Big Mac with jalapeños

Don’t remember the last stereogum with this much warmth

Dome? Wall ? Whatever

Blochead claims he never started

I think it’s just a misunderstanding. Got their signals Kris Krossed

you gonna krill. I mean...your name here is krillin. So I mean almost be definition you'll krill. But still

I'm glad you're here too. On multiple levels. Much love from up here in the hinterlands to you.

I've been listening to Girls all week. And you know how no matter how much you loved something when it was new time takes it's toll and your one time musical soul mate is nothing more than a nostalgia trip? THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. I just flat out LOVE Girls. Hellhole Ratrace is the best song of the past 10 years. All stop. That little bit of feedback at 3:43 before Christopher is about to start the endless chorus? That shit is fucking perfect. These are songs for capital N Nerds. That little bass run at 4:26? Are you fucking kidding me with that? It's just unreal.

I love you. Almost as much as I love Girls. Album #2 is just a tick down from #1 and #3. Which is like shitting on Bossanova for not being as good as Surfer Rosa or Doolittle. It's a gem of a little 6 song album. It's not as sloppy and off the cuff as Album and it's not as tight as FSHG. It's right in the middle. And it's absolutely perfect. A little about me and Girls. 2009 was a weird year for me. MPP, Bitte Orca, Veckatimest had all come out earlier in the year. All to rave reviews. And I hated all of them. Several old favorite bands had released albums that were either bad or nothing new. And as a dude that was in his early 40's and had more or less lost all of his old music buddies I was genuinely scared that maybe the idea of being a new music fan for my entire life had run it's course. I had always really loved music and was worried that the desire to listen to new and cool music might have finally passed me by. All those new bands were doing really new things and I fucking HATED all of it. And then in October Girls "Album" came out. And it was clearly a throwback to older tropes of rock music. But it was also equally fresh and decidedly new. And it hit me like a fucking sledgehammer. I wanted to know EVERYTHING about them. It had been 20 years since Pixies hit. And to feel that feeling again was .... like life. And I've never looked back. I didn't realize it at the time but they were the shot in the arm I needed. And now I voraciously devour music as if I was 20 years old. And I love it. And I miss Girls so fucking much. Thanks RJ...you really are the best.

A running joke amongst friends, family and my veritable army of exes is to have my personal ringtone as "Ace Of Spades"

But apparently an Areola at the ready.

Well here we are in the second week of January. We're all still recovering from the Holiday season and getting our collective bearings before the onslaught of new and incredible new releases really start pouring out. But the question is....when do we start talking about the inevitability of what eventually HAS to happen? When do we pop that 2019 cherry? RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!! OMG you guys this Angelic Milk album is everything the 'Gum AOTY week said it was and so much more. TOP 10 2019 AOTY candidate !!!! YES, I just typed that cuz I love being the first to do anything and I love hyperbole even more. Check out BALL GAG KI$$ and then tell me I'm wrong. It ain't gonna happen.

NICE!!!! A small piece of advice regarding The Wrens.... "Very excited for their next album ;-)" please temper your excitement with vast multitudes of patience.

It's like you've tapped into my psyche to dismantle me piece by piece. "Punk is a state of mind" is akin to "Less is more" No.......I've crunched the numbers and it turns out more is more. And punk is punk.