I love Trans. But if you think the album is weird, check out some of the concert footage from the era:

You guessed it….Frank Stallone!

Yes, much better to sit back and do nothing at all.

Death Grips and Grimes have made some of the most compelling and original music of this decade, and I would love for both to compose some music specifically for use in films. Fashion Week and Interview 2016 proved that Zach Hill and Andy Morin's instrumentals hold up even in the absence of MC Ride. And Grimes' music…

Japan, nine or ten years ago.

Susumu Yokota - The Boy and the Tree. Hopefully it'll relax me because it's 2:25 am and I need to get back to sleep.

I wouldn't say I liked it, but I used to go to a supermarket that every once in a while played these instrumental versions of rock songs from the 80's and 90's. They were virtually identical musically (though obviously not the originals) but the vocals were replaced with a loud synthesizer where the vocals were…

Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Peel Session)
Dr. Octagon - "A Visit to the Gynecologist"
Ashra - "Ocean of Tenderness"
The Clash - "Police & Thieves"
Rolling Stones - "Winter"
The Loft - "Up the Hill and Down the Slope"
Radiohead - "Airbag"
Iron Maiden - "Iron Maiden"
Deee-Lite - "What Is Love?"
Throwing Muses -…

Barton Fink! Barton Fink!

When I was growing up I thought I hated mayonnaise. Turned out I'd been eating Miracle Whip the whole time.

This is definitely not what I was hoping for.

I was kind of hoping for:

Dear A.V. Club,

Not a huge Rush fan, but the 2010 documentary Beyond the Lighted Stage gave me a new-found respect for them - and finding out just now that Alex Lifeson cockblocked Gene Simmons makes me like them even more.

I like it. Musically I think they're a lot closer to '90's shoegaze than '70's prog - but this is a good thing, as I like '90's shoegaze a lot more than '70's prog!

Sheeeeeeeit!

I'll check them out. My taste in music is all over the place as well; not big into prog, but I love krautrock and a lot of my favorite albums are from the 60's and 70's.

Haven't heard the third one yet, but I just got into Chvrches and Grimes last year and like them a lot, especially Grimes - had Halfaxa in pretty heavy rotation there for a while. I have actual CD copies of the Chvrches Japan-only EP and Visions, which I just picked up last week.

It's a mixed blessing having such easy access to music nowadays. It's easier and more affordable than ever to discover new stuff, but since I've gotten into the habit of downloading and streaming all the time I don't spend as much time becoming familiar with new (or new-to-me) albums as I did back when I could only…

At one point, there’s a lengthy montage of Bella sitting in a chair as three months go by, her expression unchanging. It’s an attempt to capture the dead-inside, nothing-matters feeling of teenage heartbreak, but it more effectively captures the dull-inside, nothing’s-happening feeling of watching a narrative without…