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Behold my astonishing ignorance of Thee Thees, and the amazing grace of Rachel Miss-Mess below. Dear Rachel Miss-Mess, Making a playlist of “Thee” bands to share on JNR blog. Thee Oh Sees, Thee Open Sex etc. etc. etc. There’s a bunch of Thee Bands playing Cataracts, and Lou’s been talking about Thee Oh Sees, and […]
Heavy Metal
1. TRIBAL CONVICTIONS – VOIVOD The operative question with Voivod here, as ever: whatthefuck. But, the endurance of that question speaks to the band’s staying power, and makes it impossible to dismiss them as simply zany. There’s something fuuuuucked about Voivod. Can’t understand why they made the musical decisions they did, can’t even understand how […]
North Carolina! C’mon and Raise Up
SO, obviously the list of North Carolina bands is quite random.. but I just wanted to do a shout out to my friends on the south side! I planned on just making a small list including my pals in The Orchidales, Paint Fumes and Modern Primitives, but then I got influenced to research some other […]
HEAVY METAL MIXTAPE + ANNOTATIONS
1. TRIBAL CONVICTIONS – VOIVOD The operative question with Voivod here, as ever: whatthefuck. But, the endurance of that question speaks to the band’s staying power, and makes it impossible to dismiss them as simply zany. There’s something fuuuuucked about Voivod. Can’t understand why they made the musical decisions they did, can’t even understand how […]
Lou Barlow is my Boyfriend
As a youngster, I was introduced to Lou Barlow’s catalog in a backwards way… I didn’t start with Dinosaur or early Sebadoh. My introduction to Lou was the Folk Implosion – specifically their bedroom pop masterpiece “Take A Look Inside”. And from there I expanded in all directions. I remember being shocked as a […]
SON LUX SIGNS
We are honored and delighted as we welcome Son Lux to Joyful Noise! If you haven’t bought a copy of his new, conceptual 7″ yet, you might want to get on it. (They’re selling like hotcakes and we only had 300 of them to begin with, we may not have any left this time tomorrow.) […]
Savages vs. Siouxsie
- Yes I went and bought Silence Yourself the day it came out, shortly after reading the Sasha Frere-Jones review about it, where he appears to be having an orgasm for the duration of his 700 word article. I have no regrets.