1000 Times Yes

“I know none of you are going, but you HAVE to see Neon Pirate Blood if you hypothetically were”

Why do mags do “must see shows at sxsw” when the only people that attend are OTHER music industry people with their own agendas?

No lie, my favorite Faith No More album is King For A Day… Fool For A Lifetime. Am I still alone on that one? #challengingopinions

FYI, I just turned down a legitimate freelance offer to cover the Faith No More show because I think I’d rather mosh than take notes.

My beloved Faith No More playing Williamsburg Waterfront in July. My day just got exponentially more incredible http://nyti.ms/a01CYd

Labels take note: I just paid cash money the new Liars CD. Although I think the album is but a 7, the packaging is a 9.5

Labels take note: I just paid cash money the new Liars CD. Although I think the album is but a 7, but the packaging is a 9.5

I am going to tweet review 100 SHOWS IN FOUR DAYS from SXSW for @rollingstone http://bit.ly/aaJf09 (update repeated for morning people)

In case you haven’t been diligently following along all year, here’s a quick guide to the highest rated records on 1000TimesYes

++++NINE (#9)++++

Sightings – City Of Straw
If scrambled porn formed a rock band.

++++EIGHT POINT FIVE (#8.5)++++

Rotting Christ – Aealo
Haunting Greek choruses, demented Diamanda rants, martial death chug, a monolith defined.

Goldfrapp – Head First
An electric blanket of poptimist disco rapture shot with Moroder-esque softy swaths of Rembrandt lighting.

Yelawolf – Trunk Muzik
Rapidfire Alabama MC gives a boisterous, woofer-wrecking hello somewhere between Big Boi, Bone Thugs and Em.

++++EIGHT (#8) ++++

Quasi – American Gong
Art-poptimist mix of New Pornographers and New York Dolls is a denim-clad Quantum Leap back into young punks.

Ted Leo And The Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks
The best Crowded House record or the second-best Squeeze record ever.

Hot Chip – One Life Stand
Occasionally genius dance-pop crew evolve into nu-Erasure pop-dance euphoria.

The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis
Gorgeous mid-’90s alt-metal fantasies finally symbiotic with terror-prog headfuckery.

Yeasayer – Odd Blood
Merriweather! Post The Disco.

I am going to tweet review 100 SHOWS IN FOUR DAYS from SXSW for @rollingstone http://bit.ly/aaJf09