I am so lazy. Another video post, but I can’t not link this – the track “Talons” from Bloc Party’s new CD “Intimacy” which came out last week. I’m a huge Bloc Party fan, and “Intimacy” does not disappoint. “Signs” in particular is as good as “Compliments” from their first CD. Check it out!

Today’s been a surprising day for music:
“Cath…” by Death Cab for Cutie

and “On the Edge of a Cliff” by “The Streets”

Australian electro group “The Presets.” I’d heard their other single “Are you the One” and wasn’t that taken with it. I don’t know what “This Boy’s in love” would be classified as… perhaps poppy EBM? Anyway, it’s pretty good. This video is a bit messed up at the end, though. Also, half-naked guys fighting in water, so maybe NSFW

A new Nine Inch Nails single was released this week. The song’s titled “Discipline” and you can download it directly (for free!) from the official NiN website here. If you liked “Year Zero” at all, you’ll love this.

A bit like Arcade Fire, a bit like Broken Social Scene. I’ve been listening to this song constantly since I first heard it.

R. Kelly Vs. Broken Social Scene

Missy Elliot Vs. Gui Boratto

So, not only is there a new NIN album coming out (and a new concert DVD this week), but there’s also an ARG to hype the upcoming album. You can find out almost everything about it here at Echoing The Sound. It’s the year 2022, and everything is falling apart. The Government is putting something in the water, Hollywood has been attacked, there’s a new street drug named Opal destroying people, and people are having visions of a giant hand pushing through the sky to the Earth. The first time I saw The Presence, it creeped me the fuck out.

Start with iamtryingtobelieve.com and work your way on from there.

I think it was a couple of weeks ago that I first heard there would be a new Nine Inch Nails album this year. And today I heard the first single off the album – “Survivalism“. I heard an interview with Trent Reznor where he said that the new album would be a little different from what people were expecting. I took that to mean we were getting another album like “The Fragile”, which was had a lot of atmospheric/instrumental tracks. “Survivalism” sounds like something a cross between that and “The Downward Spiral”, which bodes well for the new album. On the other hand, “We’re in this Together” wasn’t that indicative of how “The Fragile” sounded. “Survivalism” is pretty good, although it’s nowhere near as catchy as “The Hand that Feeds.”

It’s great that we’re getting another NIN album this soon, although it’s also a reminder for me to how fast time is passing, and how much (and how little) has changed since “With Teeth” came out. I remember my friend D. sending a leaked copy of the album to me, which I took home and played for A. Now both of them have done the smart thing and moved the fuck out of St. Catharines and I’m still here 2 years later. I can barely believe it’s been that long.

Tomorrow I’m going to do my Taxes and clean the house! Can you even believe that? Holy shit, I can’t wait!.

I remember a time when a song had to do a little more than just repeat the chorus over and over again to be popular. All the DJs at The Edge jizz over Jack White (of The White Stripes) and his amazing song-writing ability. He writes so many songs, The White Stripes can’t record them all – he has to start another group, The Raconteurs*. Being comprised of members from a couple of other music groups, The Raconteurs classify as a supergroup, but I just discovered on Wikipedia that they don’t like to think of themselves as one. That is too bad, because you’re what the word was created to describe, Mr. Fussypants. You don’t get to avoid the label because you don’t want to be compared to Damn Yankees.

Here’s the entire lyrics for The Raconteur’s first hit song “Steady as she goes”**:

“Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)

So steady as she goes (steady as she goes)

Steady as she goes.” (x5)

And here’s the lyrics for the Raconteur’s second hit song “Level”:

“My baby’s on the level (my baby’s on the level)

I try to read her mind (I try to read her mind)

She’s on the straight and narrow (she’s on the straight and narrow)

I’m guessing all the time (I’m guessing all the time)” (x5)

Solid gold!

Now, I read on Peter’s blog that they’re preparing to bring the Large Hadron Collider (or LHC) online soon, which brings me to the inspiration for this post: Army of Anyone, a supergroup comprised of Richard Patrick from Filter, and the DeLeo brothers from Stone Temple Pilots.

The first Army of Anyone song has Richard singing the phrase “Heeeey, goodbye. I wish you stayed here, I wish you were here” over and over again for 4 minutes. Pretty dreadful.

What we, as a world, need to do, is somehow get Army of Anyone and Velvet Revolver to Switzerland, and we need to put them in the LHC and fire them at each other, much the same way we would a series of protons, ie: rapidly and violently. The purpose of this is to somehow smash the two groups together, hopefully recreating the Stone Temple Pilots from the mid-to-late-90s. Richard Patrick, who hasn’t written a good song since maaaaybe “Hey Man, Nice Shot” (although even then you can see his penchant for lyrical retardation) and the dessicated husks of the ex-Guns N’ Roses members would ideally be atomized, extracted from the acceleration apparatus, and blown out over the hills of Geneva.

We will, of course, have to test the LHC first before we put Army of Anyone and Velvet Revolver in the tubes. Apparently a concern with the LHC is that using it might accidentally create a Black Hole and destroy the earth. If this happens, I say we give the guys a rack of guitars, a couple of microphones and a lifetime record deal. After all, what better way to fight a phenomenon that devours everything than with two groups that can produce a nearly unlimited supply of poop?

* Whose website causes your browser window to be resized. I hate that!

** A song that has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. What the fuuuuuck?