Showing posts with label jagjaguwar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jagjaguwar. Show all posts

Sunday, March 10, 2019

2019: March 10th



I've always been a bit on the fence when it comes to Black Mountain. Not sure why, but it very well could just be a case of not having spent enough time with them. Whatever the case, I'm digging this new song the band dropped off their upcoming album Destroyer, out May 24th on Jagjaguwar. Pre-order the album HERE.

Finally heeded all of the recommendations to go see Spider-man: into the Spiderverse last night. BLOWN AWAY. The animation was revolutionary, a far cry from anything that all the pixars of the world put up on the big screen. I never read Brian Michael Bendis' Ultimate Spider-man past the first trade back in the day, so while I've been peripherally aware of Miles Morales since he took over the Spiderman persona in the former Ultimate Universe, I'd never actually engaged with him as a character in a story.

He is marvelous.



As much as I grew up with and will always have a soft spot for Peter Parker, this is the Spiderman of the future. I'm reminded of Grant Morrison's run on Batman and Robin, where Bruce Wayne was dead and Dick Greyson took over the Batsuit, with Damien Wayne as his Robin. Brilliant arc, and Morrison spoke on Kevin Smith's Fatman on Batman podcast about how he told DC that Bruce should stay dead, and that Dick and Damien were the team for the new millennium. And of course, DC ignored him. Status Quo - the staunchest villain to the medium of comics ever. Marvel has, of course, figured out ways to keep all their Spider-characters going, but with the emphasis on Miles in this film, they're clearly hedging their bets on him, as though they heeded Morrison's advice for their own major flagship property.

Playlist from 3/09:

Windhand - Eternal Return

Playlist from 3/10:

Firewater - The Ponzi Scheme
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - The Night Creeper
Twin Temple - Twin Temple (Bring You Their Signature Sound... Satanic Doo-Wop)
Chromatics - Camera
Noctural Projections - Complete Studio Recordings

Card for the day:

Nine = Yesod: the fields fo imagination, reflection, and foundation, where you can root your creation in firm soil and sit back and let it breath on its own. This pull is telling me I'm pretty much finished and need to prepare to release the book. It's a bit ahead of the actual workload being completed, but close enough to be a sound reminder not to overthink things.

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

2019: January 30th



Two days ago Preoccupations released this video for Compliance. I don't even know what to say, other than I feel like someone has perfectly captured a nightmare I had several years ago. Incredible.

Another NCBD without much hitting the stands. I passed completely last week, might go in today for these:

Consistently fantastic and always on time:

We talked about this on Drinking with Comics a few months back. I read Chris' copy of the first few issues then, but never picked them up.


Infinite Dark is currently one of my favorite books. By far:

Might be the only book of the three Sandman Universe titles I started reading that I'm interested in continuing:
Outcast is one book I'm seriously close to dropping. It's not bad, I just don't know how much I care and I never read the issues as they come out, always after they pile up for a while:

Playlist from 1/30:

Pigface - Notes from the Underground
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Windhand - Grief's Infernal Flower
Goblin - Dawn of the Dead OST

No card today.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

New Besnard Lakes!



I always love typing the three words that comprise the title of this post. Because a new record from The Besnard Lakes is a joyous thing to me and they never disappoint. Listening to this makes me reflect on what an awesome arc this band is riding, and I am as sure that I'm going to find it hard to wait until 1/22 when A Coliseum Complex Museum is released on Jagjaguwar as I'm sure it will make my top ten of next year. That's how good the Lakes are - the time for drawing up that list is still fifteen or so months away and I'm already reserving one of those year-end slots for this record.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

New Besnard Lakes Album out April 2nd, 2013



In spring of 2010 Mr. Brown sent me The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night and I immediately feel head-over-heels in love with the band. I listened to the album non-stop and made it to LA's historic Troubador to see them live (it was an amazing show and I talk about it here). Now word has come down that the band has a new record slated for release on jagjaguwar. The new album is titled "Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO" and above is the first official audio the band has released from it.