dont make lists

#250 - Free Kitten - Proper Band

formed a band?

#253 - Bratmobile - Fuck Yr Fans

A lot of bands would probably benefit from taking a leaf out of Bratmobile’s book and peaking their songs at two minutes.

#278 - Unwound - Nervous Energy

this is the most mentally busy 5 minutes of my life

#19 - Marnie Stern - Transformer

God bless Marnie Stern.

#147 - Mika Miko - Business Cats

Massive massive massive RIP. Had the oppurtunity to see them several times and never took it. I am rubbish.

#223 - Sleater-Kinney - Oh!

Summer, eh? Some of the best bands ever will probably not have me writing anything substantial about them cos i dont wanna be inside and oh man i wanna ride my bike and sit in the park and stuff. Which is, obviously, a tragedy because my writing is so great and stuff, y’know.

Sleater-Kinney are well amazing innit

#306 - The Decemberists - On The Bus Mall

It’s been ages since I’ve last listened to The Decemberists. They were one of the keystones of the nu-metal/pop-punk——> nme rubbish indie——> mainstream american/pitchfork indie—-> idk how to put what i like now (hipster nonsense?)  idk. transition of music i had, circa 2005 when picaresque came out, bright eyes released a double album, garden state was massive, yadda yadda yadda.

Upon revisiting them, the first two records were a bit flat, The Tain and the last one (can’t remember the name?) i found completely overblown and horrible, while The Crane Wife features some pretty great moments (the two massively long songs actually work, and it’s bookended really well), but I still find Picaresque their strongest work. I used to listen to this repeatedly on a dusty, skippy cd player in my cellar which is probably filled with asbestos or something, idk. Accompanied by the previously-mentioned Super Monkey Ball.