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originally came out on Mauled by Tigers. It is being rereleased by In the Red.

Not fair.

I really don't like this. I've been listening to 'Nouns' for a few weeks now and it sounds really flat and kinda dull. It just washes over me even when I give it my full attention.

Harvey Milk pull out again I'm gonna be angry.

I just meant that releasing a EP through Itunes isn't very cool.

I'm really pleased that Black Lips have gotten popular.

when the Black Lips used to be cool

I like the Lamps album a lot. Almost everything put out by In the Red this year was great. The Intelligence album was probably my favourite though.

I can drive and don't have to get the tube and stuff. Awesome

Thurston's ATP was far from one dimensional!

Anyway, some things I enjoyed not mentioned in the review:
Oren Ambarchi
Jah Shaka
Damo Suzuki
OM
Silver Apples
Glenn Branca guitar thing on friday

I think pop music soundtracks are really lame. Maybe when people first started using them it was an exciting and interesting idea, but now most filmmakers are really lazy with it. Wes Anderson and Cameron Crowe are prime examples, unable to express emotion without the use of a song. Someone mentioned 'Vanilla Sky' which I think is a terrible film, and is made worse by loads of it looking like a music video. I blame Scorsese.

It's not surprising that my favourite films of the last couple of years have feature little or no music at all.

Amazing soundtrack

The last thing the Black Lips need to do is lose their sense of humour and playfulness.

I don't think they've been that great for a while now. Since 'Mwng' they've become quite conventional and more like the ordinary indie bands they sounded so different from back in the late 90s. I haven't really listened to the last two albums that much, but some of 'Rings Around the World' verges on self parody.

The new album is really really great. I love this band.

but I'm not overly optimistic. I take it that the comment about "music guys" not being bothered about price means that Rough Trade will be as expensive as ever. Hmmm.

What does excite me but won't get anywhere near the same press is that Second Layer are opening a proper shop. If they can turn their Volcanic Tongue-like mailorder service into a Volcanic Tongue-like shop in London then I'll be really happy.

I would buy one of their records on name alone.

Siltbreeze. Since gettting into the Dead C last year I've gone through the Siltbreeze back catalogue and the quality is consistently great. All of their releases this year have been essential (Times New Viking, Pink Reason, Sapat, Der Tpk, Ex-Cocaine).

I've heard a couple of tracks on the EP website and it sounds weird. Its really clean souding and you can make out the lyrics.

likes Sonic Youth? Cool!

4 albums, countless singles, been around since 2000, thats what I call flash in the pan...

Back in 2001 or 2? I remember reading about that tour on Buddyhead. Sounded fucking rad.

Old Blue Last gig the other night was ok, nothing special...

but are cassettes really dying out? In the last 18 months I've bought over 10 new tapes and there are loads of tape only record labels at the minute.

Check this
http://deathbombarc.com/cassettegods/

You don't get it...

members look really lame. I don't care that much about the Icarus Line anymore :(

"REGARDLESS WHETHER OLIVER PISSED ON A GIRL OR NOT, HE CAN DO WHATEVER THE FUCK HE WANTS."

How very rock and roll. What a bunch of pricks

Your review sums up exactly how I feel about this album. Looking at it subjectively it is terrible, but if it is that bad then why can't I stop listening to it?

me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW1fBeqsn_s

They are playing a gig in San Fran

How cool is that? He is awesome.

The Scala is pretty big. I hope they still continue to put out tour only CDRs and split LPs with noise bands when they become big rock stars!

Also true, but I'm guessing "it drives onward with Kowalskian forward motion" refers to the film about a guy racing a car across America on drugs. I dunno, clarify for us Brainlove.

Kowalski, from Vanishing Point. The so so car film which inspired Primal Scream to name an album after it?

Cool! Someone has to write about Black Helicopter, they are fantastic. Probably the most 'normal' band on EP too.

I really like this EP, but why has it taken over a year for it to be released here?

It came out in August. I was hoping it was getting a proper UK release so they might also tour here.

Yeah, excellent review. Does this mean it is getting a UK release?

why did you go if you don't like noise?

Colin's review mentioned more 'noise' (Skaters, Magik Markers, Wolf Eyes) bands than the last one.

But, no one at DiS saw Negative Approach?!

The chances of this sucking are pretty high seeing as how Iggy hasn't made even a half decent album since the Idiot. I will still buy it though, the Stooges geek that I am.

I saw him perform last week in front of about 20 people. Really depressing that so few people cared enough to come out. Was pretty amazing though, and really loud. He had some CDRs with him, the 'To Hull and Back' one I got is great.

Damn, MC5 clashes with Sunburned Hand of the Man and Comets with the Magik Markers

This album is amazing

is funny

The new version of Rub the Sleep Out is fucking horrendous. Also, that lyric in Floor on the Floor (I smoke a lot, that shit ain't hot) is really cringe worthy and lame.

Nevertheless, I do like the album. Although it is like a snack before the proper meal that new Icarus Line album will be

when a band I like mentions their influences in an interview I'll check them out. That often leads to checking out those bands' influences and so on. Friends recommendations play a part too. I read magazines like the Wire and Mojo, webzines like Buddyhead, Pitchfork and here. MP3 blogs like Buddyhead, cocaine blunts and aquarium drunkard for example. Plus if I know and like a label I will check out their new signings. Myspace is very occassionally useful for finding bands - Shoot It Up added me the other day and they are amazing. Radio and music television play a tiny role in me finding out about new bands.

a lot. Although more for Blood on the Wall; I only have a 7inch on GSL and some mp3s by XBXRX.