Steech
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Last Active 11-26-12 2:19 am
Joined 11-26-12

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musical taste

favorite bands

J Church, They Might Be Giants,

The Flaming Lips In A Priest Driven Ambulance
5.0
12.15.12
Gnaw Their Tongues Per Flagellum Sanquemque Tenebras Veneramus
3.0
12.15.12
Cloud Nothings Attack on Memory
3.5
12.08.12
Dingus Khan Support Mistley Swans
When I was younger, the quality of a band was directly proportionate to the quality of its name. If a band had a bad name, it was a safe bet it was a bad band (see: Limp Bizkit, Insane Clown Posse). Something has happened to throw the rule of thumb into the inverse. Now, the dumber a band's name is, the better the band probably is (see: Ringo Deathstarr, Dingus Khan).

It isn't easy to explain what Dingus Khan sounds like. Try to imagine something between McClusky and early Los Campesinos! and you'll get close. Dingus Khan starts with a base of uptempo britpop and throws in mathy time changes and spazzy gang shouted choru		3.0
12.07.12
Mrs. Magician Strange Heaven
Mrs. Magician plays sunkissed garage pop for people who live their lives in the psychic troughs between depraved nights and disastrous romantic encounters. 		4.0
12.06.12
J Church Quetzalcoatl
J Church's first album remains one of its best. Quetzalcoatl fits loosely into the genre sketch of early 90s San Francisco pop punk (alongside Jawbreaker, Fifteen, and most of the early Lookout! records roster). But Quetzalcoatl is more eclectic than contemporary Jawbreaker or MTX albums. Lance Hahn's encyclopedic knowledge of pop music, film, and various esoterica prevented his ever having a band so two-dimensional to be called simply "punk." And, to a large extent, also prevented his ever going high gloss.

Over time, J Church developed a familiar, conversational quality. Fans could chart the progress of Lance's ideas, as 		3.5
12.06.12
The Babies Our House on the Hill
Okay, Our House On The Hill does not have a song to rival 2010's "Meet Me in the City." But Our House On The Hill is way more coherent pop than its eponymous predecessor. And while the words "side project" are inevitable, in 2012 I prefer The Babies to either of their more illustrious ancestors. 		4.0
12.05.12

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