Update on of Montreal:

No horse at this concert, but basically everything else in the photos. And then they closed the show with a cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

There are no words for that level of weirdness.

This is why you should go see an of Montreal concert.

I'm seeing them Monday. It's going to be terrifying.

( Two wonderful videos. )

Just saw Ben Folds. I spent much of the concert hanging out with a group of people who have much more indie rock cred than I do (including one guy who has seen Ben Folds 30 times, has met him personally several times, and had the lyrics to "Philosophy" tattooed on his arm). However, I did feel pretty cool for knowing about the fake album, when ( Read more... )

You know you have a certain kind of job when your entire day of work can be directly affected by the fact that they announced the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.

And it was. This week is going to be nuts.

Things that have happened in the span of about a week. I've included what pictures I have under cuts ( Read more... )

I really did mean to listen to World/Inferno Friendship Society before now. I really did. But I got distracted and forgot. But I'm seeing them in concert on Friday, so I listen to Addicted to Bad Ideas and Red Eyed Soul like I'm cramming for a test. And oh man, they're pretty darn good. One song in particular grabbed me more than the others. And ( Read more... )

In brighter news, concerts ( Read more... )

After years of finding the song ridiculously funny, I have finally heard the Municipal Train Association Protest Song. And it is made of AWESOME ( Read more... )

Two things that are both Neil-Gaiman-related and also pretty exciting:

1. Not only is the animated movie adaptation of Coraline actually getting made, but apparently They Might Be Giants is doing the soundtrack. I am not kidding. They are.

2. Also, it has come to my attention that the House on the Rock from American Gods, which does actually ( Read more... )