"wages of sin / wages of sin / wages of sin / WAGES OF SIN"

There is something incredible to be said for solid consistency and for dependability. Unfortunately, for the derogatory at heart and the evil amongst us who wish to gnash teeth endlessly about the negative aspects of euphemisms such as "minimalist" and "boring" and "the same over and over again", other buzzwords such as "consistency" and "dependability" become lifeless; unimportant, mundane, and forgotten. It is with a heavy heart and a considerable burden that I recognize that Lungfish have disappeared from a world that so desperately needs…

Howdy, all! My good friend Nigel and I are going to be journaling and listening through the Superchunk discography, and I welcome you to listen through with us! We'll be going by year.

1989

This year covers a 7" when they went by the name Chunk, and the Slack Motherfucker 7"!

(These songs were later collected on the Tossing Seeds compilation, in case those seven-inches were too difficult to acquire.)

The first seven-inch is a quick little blast of music. I think it is best viewed as foreshadowing of what is to come, as What I Do and My Noise…

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The B-Sides for Time to be Clear
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Label: Drag City, Domino
Grade: A+

Three songs. That's it. Three songs. No hyperbole contained within; you NEED this record. Bonny Billie, Billy Bon-Bon, Bonnie Billy-Willy, or Will Oldham if you prefer, already released a album less than six months ago, the tepid Wolfroy Goes to Town, and by his prolific nature, we knew he wouldn't be gone too long. He has ANOTHER 10" planned for Record Store Day, several collaborative EPs/singles out in the past month, and MANY compilation appearances scheduled before the end of…

Sugar - Copper Blue
Label: Rykodisc
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Grade: B+

Nostalgia's a tricky thing. That's all that can be going through Bob Mould's mind right now, I would imagine. He's now got a killer tight band with Jon Wurster on drums and Jason N on bass, both extremely capable and well-known musicians in their own right. He's released more new music in the past ten years than he released from 1990-2000, alongside having INCREDIBLE musicians play with him; Wurster notwithstanding, he's had Amy Dominges and Brendan Canty of Fugazi fame, as well as Ted Leo, Dave Grohl, etc. That's…

Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
Label: Interscope Records
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Grade: C

Full disclosure: I really don't care what Lizzy Grant's backstory is. I don't really care about how she might have been a failure and was reinvented. I don't care if she was really a talented guitarist and is just being misunderstood by the mass "indie" audiences. The reality of the fact is that we now have an album in our hands that is one of the most hyped albums I can remember this side of Nevermind, and I can't help but listen to it with the…

Lambchop - Mr. M
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Label: Merge Records
Link to purchase/more info: http://mergerecords.com/store/store_detail.php?catalog_id=834
Grade: A

To say that a record sounds "more like than anything they've ever released!" is such a dry, 2383 year old comparison that music reviewers go to out of laziness, perhaps spite, and out of thinking that by mentioning this, they are instantly going to become the next big thing. The trouble of this catch-22, however, is that… well, it's all I could think to say to start this review and get my thoughts a'rollin' concerning Kurt Wagner and company's latest outing, Mr. M. There are…

Black Bananas - Rad Times Xpress IV
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Label: Drag City
Link to purchase/for more info: http://www.dragcity.com/products/rad-times-xpress-iv
Grade: A+

I woke up this morning and lifted the covers off my my body. I then promptly stumbled to the shower, struggled to locate the soap, labored through every stage of the cleansing game, and finally made it into my room to put clothes on my body. I felt disconnected from reality, momentarily forgot where I was, whilst being incredibly slaphappy. This is kinda how this album feels; disorienting, confusing, early in the morning, but moist, groovy, cavalier, grimy, and catchy. Look,…

this seriously has taken me two weeks to compile. not because i've seen a lot of shows in my past, but because i have a terrible memory. which really does not assist in the whole "trying to remember stuff" thing.

this is not chronological, nor alphabetical, but it's who i have seen with the best of my memory and THINGS. okay. let's see. (also, i tried to include the openers as close to the main act as possible. in fact, i separated the list by each individual show. how cool is that? not very.)

i'm sure i'm missing more than…

2003

This is the year that our friends tMG kick it into high gear in terms of studio time. Add Peter Peter Hughes, and Franklin Bruno, and we're entering winning territory.

This year (LOLOL), we're going to cover Tallahassee, the See America Right single, and also the Palmcorder Yajna single. So excited!

First things first, let's do the two singles. See America Right, of course, is the track that Pitchfork infamously described as sounding like Cake, and I cannot even begin to describe all the things incorrect with that statement. Anyway, seeing the picture of…

so i understand that i am a day late with this, Nigel Ewan, and for that, i apologize! however, i listened through all of JD's 1991 work, Taboo VI: the Homecoming, and his contribution to some random compilation.

Favorite song: I'm going to go on a limb here, and say that Wild Palm City is my favorite of 1991. There is just… something about how you can tell that this has to be the first song he recorded; like he just picked up the guitar and started strumming it. I mean, the chord progressions don't always match up, and…