Just a reminder to get your lazy asses into the Music Blogger Fantasy Basketball League (I'm looking at you Chris and Kevin). Draft is tomorrow. Signup ends tomorrow morning, and I get up pretty damn early. Don't pull a Kobe...get in the league!
Looking for some fun, fun, fun on December 1? Check out Austin's Fun Fun Fun Festival featuring bands like Spoon, Lucero, Circle Jerks, and Prefuse 73 to name a few. Pick up your tickets here.
Man, why don't they have stuff like this in Wisconsin? Oh wait, because everything here is frozen. I should move to Arizona and win some Calexico tickets.
BoySkout
BoySkout comes direct from our friends at Fantic Promotion. BoySkout is actually a girl group. The San Francisco quartet has studied its synthy-post-punk history diligently and attentively. Moving from early 80's Cure dark-tinted bounce to Wedding Present/Heavenly indie-pop fetishism, BoySkout has the kind of early 90's punk sheen that's sadly lost on many of today's young bands. It's apparent that Wire, Gary Numan, the Dischord label and K Records are reference points, considering the downcast cool of front-woman Leslie Satterfield. There's even a Kraftwerk cover ("Model") that showcases a subtle dourness that works alongside the very mechanical and cold original. The warm and somber jangle of Another Life is the sound of blood pumping through the veins of art-punk's past, producing a record that takes familiarity and freshness to a solid plane of co-existence.
BoySkout - "Happy Yet?"
BoySkout - "Everybody Knew"
Last but not least...
We're having a Halloween Contest at work. Winner gets a paid day off. So I need your help. I've been growing out my beard for about a week and a half now to use it for Halloween...problem is, I haven't made a decision yet. Wanna help?Let me know some of your favorite bearded, mustached, or facially hair endowed Halloween Costumes.
You know, other than Billy Mays.