Sucker Punch. No contest.

I almost made a similar comment. I think Call the Doctor was the real pivot point for their sound, and Dig Me Out was a logical continuation of that. Though, if you want to argue that their sound wasn't complete until Janet joined the band, I wouldn't fight it.

I think Sleater-Kinney are the best American rock band, and it's not even close. My favorite record will always be The Hot Rock (I wish more critics/sites would do deep-dives on that one) but Dig Me Out is usually #2 or #3. The classics never get old, and the deeper cuts like "Dance Song 97" and "Things You Say" are…

It has to be, right? I can't see something like that being in an Edgar Wright movie by accident.

I really love this game so far. It doesn't feel as cluttered with side-quests and collectibles as, say, Far Cry or the Arkham games. The game that it actually reminds me most of (and that I haven't yet heard it compared to) is Red Dead Redemption.

My favorite part was Justin when the guy takes out the first spider: "hey I just had an interesting thought: actually, fuck this!"

He don't care, he glaaaaaaaaass shahk!!

You're right, it's way better

And that's the waaaaaaaaaaaaay the news goes!

"No Known Drink or Drug" and "True Love and a Free Life of Free Will" are two of my favorite Japandroids songs ever, but the rest range from good to kind of boring. "Arc of Bar" did grow on me quite a bit but I agree with the Pitchfork review that it should have built to a bigger climax.

What she's saying ties into something I've heard from a lot of women, which is that when men engage in this kind of woe-is-me tortured artist thing, people applaud it but when a woman does, they're crazy or dramatic or what the fuck ever (someone here in the comments called her "self absorbed"). Can't tell you how…

Nearly everyone missed her point, it seems. It's not that she thinks "sad bastard music" is necessarily bad, just that it plays into clichéd male naval-gazing and she's over it being used as a crutch (no pun intended) for men to lean on to dismiss or deflect her own feelings and emotions. She's not saying that…

Can't wait for Cloud Nothings and Allison Crutchfield later this month, and also new Julien Baker at some point.

I went to their NYE show and they were selling copies there. It's great, obviously, but I'm disappointed that a.) they didn't film it for a DVD as well and b.) they included maybe half the setlist and left off a lot of good stuff.

As much as I love that record, putting a cover on an album that's only 8 songs and barely clocks in at a half hour is some bullshit.

I went to Sleater-Kinney's NYE show in San Francisco. Incredible show, with a great setlist and they closed out with covers of "Faith" and "Rebel Rebel," the latter of which included The Thermals (who were the opening act) and Brit Daniel from Spoon, who was DJing for the night. It was a hell of a night.

One of the few moments in a Star Wars movie (or any movie) that made me go "holy SHIT" out loud. Did anyone read the series of Vader comics that just wrapped up recently? I wouldn't be surprised if Edwards read those, because that scene and Vader's line about Krennic choking reminded me a lot of Vader in those comics.

Am I the only one who thought Jimmy's turn felt a little bit unearned? I dunno, after the masterful depiction of Gretchen's depression last season, a pretentious male writer having an existential crisis doesn't have quite the same bite or urgency. I think if they'd tweaked his reaction to his dad's death a little bit…

I really liked that the various hosts basically act as video game NPCs giving you side-quests.

I lost my mom about three weeks ago, so this record is both very hard for me to get through and and extremely cathartic. It's so honest and completely nails all of the same feelings I've been going through. I wish I could thank the band in person for this album, that's how much it's affected me.