Chartered Trips

Young Diamanda

ZOLA JESUS "CLAY BODIES" MUSIC VIDEO from FUTURE PRIMITIVE FILMS on Vimeo.

So i spend a lot of time railing against the next gen, specifically about how they rely on new media to appropriate their steeze. It pisses me off how easy it is for this Youtube MP3 generation to "discover" albums and bands that most people over 30 literally had to, gasp, leave the house to discover a mere 5 years ago. Kids like Wavves write poorly crafted ironic songs about "goths" where this idiot's only frame of reference for goth is the Matt Skiba solo record he downloaded when he was in highschool (read: last year). Point is my Mom knows a fuck of a lot more about goth than some SoCal pizza party douche born in 89' ever will. This is pretty much how i've been feeling about the internet music scene and anyone born in the 80's for the last few years.

I am excited to say however that last night i finally had my mind changed by a 19 yr old experimental mini goddess named Nika Roza Danilova.  Not only is she young, female, and fronting her own band in a genre (read: industry) where men still run everything, but she is doing all this while living in Madison. Fucking. Wisconsin. Well done lady. I look forward to hearing you create an influential, long lasting body of work over the next decade or two.

I Already Miss You and You've Not Even Gone

In the continuing adventures of karma, good people everywhere are still getting exactly what they deserve, the jerks remain miserable and pretty much everything still happens for a reason.

In case you can't read the fine print here that is a signed European record contract complete with a "key man" clause written for a very special woman (in the photo below) for a little trio from ATL. Fortunately a few former Touch and Go employees are still pulling for these dudes on a daily.

In other related news, the love of my life is moving to Berlin on Monday and i am already planning my German/ Croatian vacation for 2010.

Good luck momma. Not that you need it.... cause in the end, you're always gonna get back all the love you give.

Hunchback

sorry i never blod anymore. and when i do it is usually only about bands i think are cool. so speaking, of here is a new video for a band i think is cool. i can't remember which Philly nut job in my life first told me about this bro, i think it was actually Evan back when he i used to discuss people's demos cause we believed in the system (read: band's needing labels) or some such thing...i saw them play the other night  and it was maybe the best thing i've seen this year. with a full band KV sounds like Spirtualized on a Black Crowes trip. (yes, i like the Black Crowes. still)