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HARD SCI-FI

HARD SCI-FI

I never thought I came across as being the old guy in the room until I walked into a bar where this band was playing on the PA (wife's a fan so I know who they are although I'm pretty indifferent to them). Completely unsolicited, first thing the bartender says to me "Oh, sorry about the noise, it's Crystal Castles."…

I never thought I came across as being the old guy in the room until I walked into a bar where this band was playing on the PA (wife's a fan so I know who they are although I'm pretty indifferent to them). Completely unsolicited, first thing the bartender says to me "Oh, sorry about the noise, it's Crystal Castles."…

Check out some Italian prog while you're at it:
Goblin - soundtracks to Suspiria and Profondo Rosso
Alphataurus - s/t
Jacula - Tardo Pede in Magiam

Check out some Italian prog while you're at it:
Goblin - soundtracks to Suspiria and Profondo Rosso
Alphataurus - s/t
Jacula - Tardo Pede in Magiam

Never listened to Morrissey, not really that into researching skinhead history, although I'm sure it's pretty fascinating (not being snarky here).

There's definitely a certain type of mindset that has a person try on the trappings of different subcultures, trying to find one that fits. A guy I knew in college morphed from rockabilly to straightedge to non-racist skinhead to suedehead (I think he made that one up). Fast forward ten years, and now he's a hippie. I…

WORST BAND, WORST SONG, NO CRITICAL REASSESSMENT ALLOWED

Diver Down is just such a slight album- there's a few good rockers on there (Hang 'Em High is one of their best IMO) but so much filler. Sure, there's some stinkers on A Different Kind of Truth, but I'd rather hear VH in full-on shred mode than listen them do a bunch of perfunctory, silly covers (excluding Pretty…

New VH album IS better than Diver Down.

I was reading the top 100 tracks of 2011 on Pitchfork and her Video Games song was in like the top 10. Was described as a "true WTF moment, like I can't believe I'm hearing these piano chords with this voice." Looked up the song on YouTube and all I could think is "This is it?" Can't understand how someone would have…