Agreed, I've seen them live a couple times and she's a gal who's not afraid to get noisy with a geetar, which I like.

I hope she comes back later and finishes it with a

Well, The Men have been known to nick some Spacemen 3, who famously covered Mudhoney's "When Tomorrow Hits", so it's likely The Men are aware of Mudhoney.

Well, IIRC Chavez claims the term is a joke that stuck, and Polvo denies any association:

Lecter (who apparently thinks highly of them both) sends Crawford a condolence note.

@Kyle Ryan - Fair enough. YMMV and I'm an old fart and all that, but I haven't gotten used to the changeover, I continue to find it much less user-friendly than it used to be (both in site layout/organization, and commenting function) and that's caused me to back away a little bit. But the numbers are what the…

I actually enjoy these columns just fine, but NuDisqus and the site reformat drove a lot of people away, IMO.

See also: "shoegaze" and "emo" and "math-rock" as examples of other genre names that the bands so tagged, flee from.

I thought this was the most Phil Anselmo thing ever:

"Dazzle" is bombast done right. I love that one.

Amongst the Yeti, "snowflake" is a term of endearment. You'll only make us love you more.

Sure thing, honey.

Seconded, Creatures (and Banshees) rule.

Siouxsie = rehashed Beatles riffs and a dull, monotonous excuse of a singer.

And to be clear, this ain't about dissing goth - love me some goth, the Banshees and The Cure et al; I have Tones on Tail on vinyl fer goth-sakes.

This.

I may have to revisit this album. "Unbelievable Things" was the only track I really liked all that much (well, "Watery Hands" was OK). Contrary to this review, IMO the 'Chunk just seemed out of gas on this one. The ones on either side (Strings and Come Pick Me Up) were much stronger.

Superchunk does DEVO!

Where is I Am Actually Billy Corgan when we need him most?

Heh, Prindle is awesome, but this nugget from him on GbV is just as relevant: