#still so fucking obsessed w the instrumental on this. its a very genre of music that i. points. gender.

[trainingdummyrabbit]

Crashes in

Points at Luci and Magpie. Drops ENTER: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH

Listen. Gestures at their whole thing of putting up an act. Points at how it's "just the job" for Magpie. Points at how Luci simply Decided that's who she is now if she wants to live.

"I don't think I'm that guy" followed by the immediate implication that Yes You Are. You understand.

I was initially just going to say Magpie trying to manage the torment nexus that is the facility but. I think it works for whatever the fuck's going on with Luci too

Ok this part actually links to the album lore. It tells the story of Some Guy that decides to fake his death and live a new life as someone completely different, but his lies eventually catch up to him and he loses everything because of it

Stares directly at those two. You understand.

OUGH . MAN. GRISPS. yea this was the one i remembered hell yea fuck yea hell yea me when i 💥💥💥

AND THE. GOD. YEAH. YEAH... NODS.. yes yeah verily exactly. head in hands. Especially with the parallel of the two of them; changing implication and tone for each side of the coin but ultimately keeping the same heart, for lack of a better term..

especially struck by the [Please excuse our current appearance] snippet in which regard; because its something that can very much intently be a note on Magpie's initial presentation of a Hey Dont Worry About It, It Is What It Is over top of a (god this fucking sucks); but from Luci's angle it reads as a Point And Laugh These Idiots Have No Fucking Idea What They're Doing ^w^ (completely unaware that she is, in fact, one of These Idiots(tm) in a way she would never come to really understand.)

the back and forth, but it still very very intently rings clear for both of them; with a sense of foreboding they are both, with different levels of intent, completely ignoring.

head in hands.

[bo0zey]

Pick your favorite questions from the list.

i will do them all for u 0.o

1. Name cianna [see-ah-nah]

2. Nationality mexican irish german romanian hungarian french

3. Age 20

4. Birthday december 17, 1999

5. Zodiac sign (or your primal zodiac sign) sun: sagittarius; ascendant: leo; moon: aries

6. Gender female

7. Sexuality uhhhhhhhhhhhh idk but i will willingly kiss either gender

8. Your looks (add a picture or describe yourself) /tagged/my-face or u could just google pictures of fat rats

9. What do you/did you study? I’m currently a sophomore nursing major!

10. What's your current job like?/What job would you like to have? I’m currently a microbiology TA and I love it :) My dream job would be something with animals, like a vet tech or veterinarian

11. Your birth order i’m the oldest!

12. How many siblings do you have? 2 younger brothers

13. Do you have good relations with your family? my mom was my best friend, my dad and i get along better now that i’m in college, my brothers and i get along pretty well & we’re staring to get closer now that they’re getting older n growing up n developing their own personalities lol

14. How many friends do you have? errrr idk this is a hard question. i have a lot of acquaintances but i’d say i have maybe like less than 10 real friends??

15. Your relationship status single :D

16. What do you look for in a SO? funny!!!!!!!!!must be humorous!!!!and sarcastic and a little weird w darker sense of humor so we can laugh n be dumb together!!!!!!! also i would like them to be kind to me and those around them bc mean ppl suck. also they have to like animals. also i would like them to be loyal and trustworthy and 110% in love w me. and for physical stuff idk kinda attractive but NOT CONVENTIONALLY ATTRACTIVE like i personally don't really like the typically ‘attractive’ person??? 

17. Do you have a crush? currently in love w the cute chinese boy who lives across from my dorm room even tho i have never even spoken to him n he is totally unaware of my existence!!!!!!!! hahah oops :D

18. When did you have your first kiss? i mean technically 3rd grade i think but that doesn't really count so like maybe 16????

19. Do you prefer serious and meaningful relationships or casual dating/one night stands? i mean in the long term i would definitely like to have a serious relationship but at the moment i’m only into casual stuff bc my heart isn't ready to be broken again sknfkjdbnkjd

20. What are your deal breakers? errrr i’m not sure....cheating is a no no, ppl that are interested in fucking every single person they see is a turn off, DUMB PEOPLE like ppl you can't even have a proper conversation with bc they're so DUMB, and ppl who r mean/judgmental/arrogant

21. How was your day? ok! accidentally slept thru my math class but caught a glimpse of my crush across campus when he was abt to smoke a cig and i got chipotle n i online shopped a ton from shein

22. Favourite food & drink deep dish spinach pizza from giordano’s & orange vitamin water

23. What position do you sleep in? i fall asleep on my left side hugging a body pillow

24. What was your last dream about? ate a braid of hair and inside the braid was bacon

25. Your fears not going to make it thru nursing school, not being financially stable as an adult, not having a family of my own, probably more but those r currently top 3

26. Your dreams i don't have any idk....maybe having like a house of my own and having as many animals as i want?? and i would like a loving partner with a daughter of our own

27. Your goals survive nursing school and lose 40 pounds and don't die before my cat

28. Any pets? i have a dog named cherry Cola, a cat named Leto, and a betta fish named Perc

29. What are your hobbies? writing stories about people in love, listening to music

30. Any cool places in your area? in my college town??? NO it sucks. in my hometown??? Not really it’s a small lil village with only restaurants and parks. but at home i’m near downtown chicago so that’s cool i guess

31. What was your last awkward situation? the first thing that comes to mind is my FIRST and so far ONLY encounter with my crush. we live in the same dorm building and i was wearing my nursing scrubs and had no make up on and about to go upstairs to my dorm, and then i heard footsteps and i was like ‘hahaha what if its my crush’ AND THEN HE FUCKIGJNG appeared from down the hallway to go back to HIS DORM [which is RIGHT ACROSS FROM MINE] and i literally STARED at him, then threw open the door and RAN UP THE STAIRS LIKE I LITERALLY DIDNT EVEN HOLD THE DOOR OPEN FOR ME AND HE WAS LIKE SO CLOSE BEHIND ME I WAS JUST SO NERVOUS MY FLIGHT OR FIGHT RESPONSE TOOK OVER AND I FUCKING FLED I LITERALLY RAN AWAY FROM HIM I AHTE MYSELF SO MUCH IM SUCH AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!!

32. What is your last regret? errrrr idk i regret a lot of dumb things.......

33. Language/s you can speak English n a LITTLE bit of Spanish

34. Do you believe in astrological stuff? (Zodiac, tarot, etc.) i’m really into zodiac stuff and i have got to say they are pretty spot on in accuracy idk

35. Have any quirks? ummmm ofc!!i am the quirkiest person i know hajnjfxbkjx like if u asked my roommates/friends they’d probably be better at answering this than me bc i don't see anything abt me as quirky but they always tell me i am quirky and do weird things but idk man I'm just existing 

36. Your pet peeves err idk currently its ppl that constantly brag about dumb shit

37. Ideal vacation somewhere warm with me + the ocean + the loml + unlimited alcohol

38. Any scars? yeah :D both emotional AND physical!!!!

39. What does your last text message say? ‘ok thats a more than fair statement’

40. Last 5 things from your search history how many carbs should i eat, chipotle bowl calories, is the grim reaper the angel of death, ceftriaxone adverse effects, red man syndrome

41. What's your [device] background? lockscreen is a peach-theme background i made and home screen is my weight loss goals

42. What do you daydream about? the characters in my stories.................and being skinny 

43. Describe your dream home pretty brick house??? flowers outside??? 3 floors--main floor, basement and upstairs??? 3 bedrooms n 3 bathrooms maybe??? master bedroom has its own bathroom!!! and open concept main floor. big kitchen and very homey n warm all around. as for like an apartment i want something cozy and aesthetically pleasing and warm 

44. What's your religion/Your thought about religion i don't have a religion but if ppl do have a religion then thats not my business

45. Your personality type entj but only bc i got 3% extraverted; i am very closely related to intj tho n i think i fit that one better

46. The most dangerous thing you've done uhhhhhh probably operating a vehicle while high out of my mind. definitely the dumbest thing i ever did 0/10 would recommend anyone ever doing that

47. Are you happy with your current life? its ok but it could probably be better. i want to be done w college and skip to the part where i have a successful career and my own home and i can lay up w the loml every night

48. Some things you've tried in your life alcohol???weed??gummy edibles....

49. What does your wardrobe consist of? sweaters/sweatshirts/leggings

50. Favourite colour to wear? black, maroon, peach, purple, gray, idk

51. How would you describe your style? oh jeez idk i wear whatever i want so like e-girl when i really try and basic white girl when i don't care

52. Are you happy with your current looks? no i hate everything about myself lol

53. If you could change/add something to your appearance - impossible or not - what would it be? more freckles on my face....also be thinner n have longer hair

54. Any tattoos or piercings? my nose and septum are pierced!

55. Do you get complimented often? kinda by my friends but i always yell at them to stop so they don't compliment like as much bc they know i hate it but they still do it sometimes idk

56. Favourite aesthetic? i wanna be an e-girl yo!!!!!!!!! 

57. A popular trend that you dislike nobody has a crush on me and i hate it

58. Songs you're currently obsessed with? pied piper by BTS

59. Song you normally wouldn't admit you like. anything by BTS lol i used to like be embarrassed for how much i like k pop but now i don't really care lol #stanBTS2020

60. Favourite genre? rap/r n b/alternative

61. Favourite artist/band/genre? i listen to every genre except country sooooooo yeah i really like billie eilish, BTS, the weeknd, juicewrld, lil nas x, trippie red, post malone,

62. Hated popular songs/artists? i don't rlly like selena gomez or justin bieber or taylor swift

63. Put your music on shuffle and list first 5 only - RY X i.f.l.y. - Bazzi novacane - frank ocean jungle - drake bang! - trippie redd

64. Can you sing or play any instruments? no and no

65. Do you like karaoke? no but i like to sing along to songs when I'm alone

66. Own any albums? haha noooo i got apple music son

67. Do you listen to radio? What stations? errr RARELY i used to listen to r n b stations tho

68. Favourite movie/series? idk donnie darko?? i also just finished tharntype n that was really good. also i liked tokyo ghoul. AND GIVEN IS REALLY GOOD

69. Favourite genre of movies/books/etc i like horror/scary/paranormal/funny movies and i like love stories in books

70. Your fictional crush/es danny phantom, ken kaneki

71. Which fictional character is you? uhhhh idk...

72. Are you a shipper? List your otps, if so frerard, ryden, taekook, mewgulf

73. Favourite greek god? idk they all kinda suck but maybe hades

74. A legend from where you live that you like i don't really know any:(

75. Do you like art? What's your favourite work or artist? i like to look at art! i think van gogh is cool

76. Can you share your other social media? ig: ciannnna venmo: ciannnna

77. Favourite youtubers? i don't really watch youtubers but maybe shane dawson and emma chamberlain

78. Favourite platform? twitter

79. How much time do you spend on the internet? too much time

80. What video games have you played? Which one's your favourite? i once played GTA5 that was fun!

81. Your favourite books (manga also counts) idk i don't really read anymore:/ i was into the hunger games and the twilight series when i was young. now i kinda read online manga and i really liked BJ Alex and killing stalking. and like for online books the unholyverse series, a splitting of the mind, the anatomy of a fall

82. Do you play board/card games? no but i like to play checkers and uno and cards against humanity

83. Have you ever been to a night marathon in cinema? nopee

84. Favourite holiday halloween is cool also christmas is alright bc gifts

85. Are you into dramas? i’ve been getting into thai boys love dramas lol sue me

86. Would you use death note, if you had one? um YES.

87. What changes would you make in the world, no matter how impossible, if you had the power to? everyone needs to be a little kinder and have a crush on me

88. Could you survive a zombie apocalypse? absolutely not I'm not physically fit and don't have useful skills

89. If you had to be turned into a paranormal being, what would it be? vampire duh [or maybe ghost]

90. What would you want to happen to you after your death? i want to see my mom

91. If you had to change your name, what would be your pick? idk something cool ... i love the name Daisy

92. Who would you switch your life with for a week? idk probably kylie jenner

93. Pick an emoji to be your tattoo idk the alien? 94. Write 3 things about yourself - only one of them must be true -im very productive with my time management skills -my favorite color is purple -i don't get nervous when I'm alone in public

95. Cold or hot? cold

96. Be a hero or be a villain? anti-hero

97. Sing everything you want to say or rhyme? sing if i’m good at it but if I'm not good then rhyme

98. Shapeshifting or controlling time? shapeshifting

99. Be immortal or be immune to everything aside from natural death?immortal

100. ..... or .....? ......?

[prettypaeonia]

Tagged by noone technically I stole it from @wererightbyyourside

1. what takes up too much of your time? Work at the minute, especially this time of year.

2. what makes your day better? Browsing through the internet and just having a 'nothing day' where I don't have to do anything or talk to anyone

3. what’s the best thing that happened to you today? I got an extra hour of sleep because the clocks moved but tbf I only woke up half an hour ago

4. what fictional place would you like to go? Hoenn!

5. are you good at giving advice? I tend to be good at giving relationship advice

6. do you have any mental illness? Eeeeeyup, diagnosed with PTSD at 7 years old and Clinical Depression at 14 years old

7. have you ever experienced sleep paralysis? Thankfully, no

8. what musician inspired you the most? SHINee and NU'EST are both definitely up there

9. have you ever fallen in love? No, not yet, but I'm seriously getting there at the moment.

10. what’s your dream date? Just lying in bed with takeout watching shitty movies on Netflix sounds perfect

11. what do others notice about you? How hyper and bubbly I can get when I'm happy

12. what is the annoying habit you have? I do a nervous laugh when I'm losing my patience and getting angry to try and diffuse the tension and my flatmate hates it because its a little passive aggressive but I can't control it

13. do you still talk to you first love? I won't say they were my love but we definitely dated, and no, I don't, because they're an asshole

14. how many ex’s do you have? Two

15. how many songs are on your playlist? over 400 on my mixed journey playlist...

16. what instruments can you play? Violin

17. who do you have the most pictures of? My cat lmao

18. where would you like to go before you die? I really want to go to Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Singapore, Canada and The Netherlands

19. what is your zodiac? Capricorn

20. do you relate to it? I don't really look much into it, so no

21. what is happiness to you? knowing that theres always a light at the end of the tunnel and even if things seem dire and hopeless, I know at least one good thing is still coming, even if its just a comeback or a cat cuddle

22. are you going through anything right now? Just exhaustion from work and the stress of a new relationship

23. what’s the worst decision you’ve ever made? Pretending to be straight for so long before I came out

24. what’s your favourite store? GAME, Lush and Typo

25. what’s your opinion on abortion? Pro-choice

26. do you keep a bucket list? Not really, nothing formally at least

27. do you have a favorite album at the moment? I'm currently obsessed by W,HERE by NU'EST W again

28. what do you want for your birthday? GAME Gift Cards so I can get Kingdom Hearts

29. what are most peoples first impression of you? People either tend to think im very loud or I'm very shy, it depends who I'm with when they meet me

30. what age do you seem according to most people according to most people? People seem to think, from looks, I'm 12. I'm not sure what people think when theyre just talking to me online

31. where do you keep your phone while you’re sleeping? Next to my pillows

32. what word do you say the most? "ughhhhh"

33. what’s the oldest age you would date? I tend to work with about a 5 year window, I'm 21 so I'd go up to about 26 comfortably

34. what’s the youngest age you would date? As of right now, 19, because anyone younger feels a bit iffy to me, but once I'm older I'll stick to the 5 year window I give myself for older

35. what job/career do most people say would suit you? I get told I should be a writer a lot, but I've also been told I should work in the Gaming Industry

36. what’s your favourite music genre? Kpopppppp

37. if you could live in any country in the world, where would it be? I'd probably go to Canada

38. what is your current favourite song? Euphoria - BTS

39. how long have you had this blog for? Apparently I made it September 2016 so just over two years

40. what are you excited for? Christmas Period at work to be over and to be able to see my girlfriend more again

41. are you a better talker or listener? Listener

42. what is the last productive thing you did? I went and fed the cat when I woke up???

43. what do you want for christmas? Same as my birthday since theyre so close, GAME gift cards

44. what class do you get the best grades in? English and Religious Studies I did best in

45. on a scale from 1-10, how are you feeling right now? A solid 5

46. what can you see yourself doing in 10 years? Hopefully working in a job that means I can actually afford to do anything

47. when did you get your first heartbreak? I thought I was heartbroken at 16 but the older I get the more I'm just like 'eh'

48. at what age do you want to get married? I don't really care for marriage

49. what career did you want to have as a child? Author, Teacher, Ballerina

50. what do you crave right now? I really want flaming hot monster munch

Tagging: fuck it noone do it if you want to like I did lmao

[dustedmagazine]

Dust Vol. 3, Number 15

Telescopes

Buttercup — Battle of Flowers

Battle of Flowers by Buttercup

Buttercup is a love-of-the-game kind of band, a trio that plays smart, tight, bubbly power pop with a psychedelic sheen. Guitarist Joe Reyes won a Grammy in 2002 for his producing work on Freddy Fender’s La Música de Baldemar Huerta but otherwise he and his bandmates — Erik Sanden and the one-named bassist odie — seem to have left little internet trail. That’s a shame because Battle of Flowers is just so very enjoyable, hooky and engaging with just enough edge to make it stick. “Acting Through Music” chimes and croons and postures like a Teenage Fanclub tune struck by a temporary obsession with “Bohemian Rhapsody,” while “I Love You (You Believed in Me)” is all twitchy, spiky romantic obsession, making fun of itself, but still fundamentally sincere. The best cut, though, and maybe the most resonant right now given what happened in Virginia/New Jersey/Maine etc. last night, is “Henry B. Gonzalez,” a paean to the old school Texas progressive who fought for equality via the filibuster (“for 22 hours, he read the Bible”). It’s the hardest rocking song of the bunch, sweet and abrasive a la Big Star, and exactly what some of us need to hear,  “When did liberal become a bad word? When did liberal become a curse? On Henry B.’s tombstone, it says liberal, it says fighter, democrat, aaaaghhh!”  Ditto to all of that, especially the aaaaaghhh.

Jennifer Kelly

 Chamomile & Whiskey — Sweet Afton (County Wide) 

With a new album named Sweet Afton and a single called “Nelson County,” Chamomile and Whiskey show a commitment to their geography. Set in the band's home region in central Virginia, the music matches, a bouncing Appalachian sound that knows where its roots are. The group – the outgrowth of collaboration between guitarist/singer Koda Kerl and fiddler/vocalist Marie Borgman – pushes back further, though, playing with the Irish connection to their area's mountain music. The phrase “sweet Afton” references not only a Virginia locale but also a Robert Burns poem and Ireland's never far. Connecting modern bluegrass with Celtic roots is not uncommon, but as Chamomile & Whiskey have filled out to a quintet including an Irish-raised banjo player, they've made it a natural connection.  

The album's at its best when it keeps itself a fun romp. The best songs here are bonfire singalongs at heart, even when the musicians' skills elevate them. As you might expect from an act that moves happily between related genres, C&W aren't a one-dimensional act. If “Nelson County” requires car windows to be rolled down, “Thalia” asks its listeners to get in their cups. “Stunt Man” closes the album with an autumnal comedown, a walk outside looking in, casting a chilly feeling wherever you are.  

Justin Cober-Lake

 Elbow — Little Fictions (Concord)

If, when they first appeared, Elbow appeared already ready for middle age, that’s arguably as much because of the fact that they’d been a band for ten years already as anything to do with their actual stylistic or lyrical choices. Still, it’s not surprising at all that aging has treated them very well, albeit this time leaving them without original drummer Richard Jupp (not that tracks like “Gentle Storm” are any less percussion focused). Guy Garvey still has a keen eye for the cutting emotional detail and a voice like a warm sweater (vocally and compositionally he’s somewhere between Peter Gabriel and the National’s Matt Berninger, to take one example before his time and one after), and nothing on the compact, quietly accomplished Little Fictions suggests they’ve lost a step, personnel change or not. You pretty much already know whether you’re interested in Elbow’s music, but anyone on the wavelengths of their sometimes quiet, sometimes gnarled songs of comfort and melancholy will be pleased to find that they persist.  

Ian Mathers

 Fraufraulein—Heavy Objects (Marginal Frequency)

MFCS G | fraufraulein - heavy objects by fraufraulein

Who plays the music and who deals with the baby? New-ish parents Billy Gomberg and Anne Guthrie had to deal with that question as they made Heavy Objects, and that circumstance offers one explanation for the tape’s restraint. While a French horn, bass guitar, digital recorder and synthesizer were all hefted during the recording session, it certainly doesn’t sound like anything heavy was played, let alone dropped. Instead distant environmental recordings negotiate for space with other recordings of hushed in-home activity — the filling of a glass or papers being moved around a table. The musical instruments are heard one note at a time, almost reluctantly, as though whoever was playing them was trying hard not to wake the kid. The result is music well suited to quiet headset listening. Pop the tape in your Walkman or the files in your phone and play them almost subliminally while you shop or stroll, and savor the moment when you can’t tell if the radio or car horn you’re hearing comes from the music or the space you’re traversing. But if you’re easily frightened, you might want to audition side two once in the safety of your home first; I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but there is one sound on it that you’d much rather hear coming from a recording than the street.

Bill Meyer

  Matthew Golombisky—Cuentos Volumes 1 & 2 cassette (Eyes & Ears) 

Matthew Golombisky gets around. He’s spent time in New Orleans, Chicago, Oakland, New York, Asheville and currently lives in Buenos Aires. The bassist has scored films, taught music and held down the groove in countless jazz, pop, and singer/songwriter settings. Despite being the director of Eyes & Ears Records, he hasn’t been particularly diligent in documenting his own music until now. This tape features musicians from Oakland CA and Chicago IL. One side is labeled West Coast, the other Third Coast, but the divide isn’t that tidy, since the California combo includes former Chicagoan/current Copenhagen resident Aram Shelton on reeds. There’s little overlap in the material (over the course of twelve tracks, just one tune gets played by both groups) or line-up (reeds/vibes/cello/acoustic bass guitar on one, trumpet/guitar/contrabass/electric bass guitar on the other), but a fairly consistent chamber jazz vibe. The absence of drums ensures that melodies and interlocking structures are clearly expressed, and whoever carries the tune the most (Shelton and vibraphonist Mark Clifford on the West coast tracks, trumpeter James Davis and bassist Jeff Greene on the Chicago ones) holds the foreground. But cock an ear, and you’ll hear plenty of give and take between the musicians.

Bill Meyer 

Harry Pussy—A Real New England Fuck Up LP (Palilalia)  

You had to be there. There’s just no way to comprehend the impact of Harry Pussy without actually experiencing their volume, aggression, and brevity in real time/volume/injury. Well, not that many people got hurt, except maybe their high-end hearing. And whether you could hear the next day or not, you can say you were levitated by the air-waves radiating away from the collision of experience of Bill Orcutt and Mark Feehan’s high-speed, convoluted riffs and drummer Adris Hoyos building-toppling drumming and mic-swallowing screams. Twenty-odd minutes and it was gone, and only the terminally clueless complained about the set length; everyone else knew they’d been mauled by angels and considered themselves blessed.

 While you had to be there to know, that doesn’t mean recordings are worthless, just inadequate to the task at hand. This LP delivers two sets in glorious speaker-trashing fidelity, one classic example from 1994 and another from 1996. The former documents a night their sound when Orcutt handles the vocals. He can’t muster her scream-power, but the way they rattle and blast off the trio’s playing is still pretty exhilarating. Charalambides guitarist Tom Carter’s liner notes alone are worth the purchase price, but this is an LP, so there’s music, thank God.

Bill Meyer  

The Heliosonic Tone-tette — Heliosonic Toneways, 

Vol. 1 (ScienSonic Laboratories)

Launched in loving observance of the half-century’s worth of rotations around the sun since Sun Ra’s pivotal Heliocentric Worlds project for the ESP label, Heliosonic Toneways, Vol. 1 is a joint venture between nonagenarian Arkestral stalwart Marshall Allen and pan-reed professor Scott Robinson. Both men are known for their fervent multi-instrumentalism, though the expansive setting finds Robinson largely abandoning his voluminous reed arsenal in favor of a different armory that includes electric piano, timpani, theremin, soundsheet, dragon drum and space magnets. In addition to his signature alto, Allen also holds court on three of the eleven pieces from behind the very same bass marimba that Ra used in 1965. The ten-piece group enlisted original engineer Richard Alderson to record the session, although Robinson is careful to point out that all of the music avoids rote derivation from its source of inspiration. Ace sidemen like trombonist Frank Lacy and bass clarinetist JD Parran kick the musical caliber up a notch with an organized band sound that compellingly conveys the cosmic without carrying over into kitsch.

Derek Taylor

 Palberta / No One and the Somebodies — Chips for Dinner (Wharf Cat/Ramp Local) 

 Palberta and No One and the Somebodies share a penchant for bizarre punk that matches lighthearted goofiness and intense attacks. Their split LP Chips for Dinner blows by in 20 minutes, but each group manages to cram in a reasonable expression of they are. No One gets the first five tracks, blending freakouts and noise with classic rock sounds and even a reference — I'm guessing — to Western use of world music. Both “Nü Metal” and “Nü Jazz” are rough send-ups of their titular genres, revealing that this record, without being lazy, is largely about the fun of making it.  

Palberta, coming out of the momentum of this year's Bye Bye Berta, does their weird take on post-punk. Nobody sounds too stable in this group (though if their “Stayin' Alive” cover is fresh in your mind, you don't want stable). It's a late-night walk through a slightly surreal city. “Pharmacy” and “Take You Away” (the latter an oddly long song for the group) narrate and seek to induce psychosis. “Nana” carries a groove, but “Call Me,” while probably in Debbie Harry's city, rolls in the grime and offers little release. The playful release shows one band still energized and another discovering joy in their lack of containment.

Justin Cober-Lake

 Shooting Guns — Flavour Country (RidingEasy Records)

Saskatoon’s own interstellar, pulverizing psych/doom unit Shooting Guns have been frying synapses for over seven years now, but it’s hard not to regard their first proper full length (2013’s Brotherhood of the Ram) as a peak, not least due to a nine and a half minute behemoth called “Motherfuckers Never Learn.” They’ve put out plenty of material since, soundtracks and splits and compilations, but Flavour Country is only their second no-other-qualifications record, and it lives up to those high standards. Opening with a couple of quick, thrashy numbers Shooting Guns set the pace immediately before before blowing it out with the bluesy, low-slung “Beltwhip Snakecharmer,” showing an enviable range and pacing. But as good as the first four tracks are, it’s the two lengthier side two explorations that really lock in and get down to business, whether that’s the steady, harmonica-fulled grind of the title track or “Black Leather Jacket”’s punishing, room melting crawl. Nothing here tops “Motherfuckers Never Learn” in the aggression stakes, but there’s plenty that indicates that Shooting Guns are in it for the long haul.  

Ian Mathers

  Willie “The Lion” Smith & Don Ewell — Grand Piano Duets (Sackville/Delmark) 

Echoing the double entendre of its title, Grand Piano Duets fulfills the promise inherent to the pairing of its reputable principals. Willie “The Lion” Smith was a recognized master who along with the late James P. Johnson and Fats Waller constituted a Holy Trinity of stride pianists. Nearly nineteen years Smith’s junior, Don Ewell embodied a later generation of stride purveyors who developed in the elder’s long shadow. The scheme to team them on record came out of a string of Toronto concerts, first with Ewell solo and later with Smith as formidable foil. Material from those meetings found circulation on the Delmark label and prompted this studio date in early 1967. A danger in these sorts of friendly dust-ups is the musicians playing over each other in the service of bombastic brinksmanship. To their credit, Smith and Ewell manage a fair share of playful and vocal fisticuffs without overstepping into obfuscating bombast or derailing insularity. Piano tandems were already old hat when this encounter of aged mentor and industrious pupil was committed to studio tape. Throughout, Smith and Ewell prove themselves a decidedly separate and tastier kettle of ivory ticklers from the Ferrante & Teicher fare that commonly constituted such ventures in the pop realm of the time.

Derek Taylor

[kcrbyn-blog]

hiya babies ! my name is emma, i’m 19, i’m from the est timezone, and if kesha doesn’t stop all this releasing new music without any kind of warning business, i’m going to have a heart attack. this is my lovechild, korbyn el-amin — works at musicology by day, is the lead singer/guitarist of saturdaze whenever she’s not working (occasionally at night). i have been itching to plot with all of you and your beautiful muses already, so pretty please swing through my ims or just like this post for me to magically appear in yours! prepare for rambles beneath the cut.

so, a little info on k:

ever since she could remember, it’s always just been her and her father; the backstory on her mother has always been hazy since she could never get much out of her dad about her, other than that she was no longer in the picture. korbyn knows she’s alive and that is as far as her knowledge goes, she’s not looking to expand it any time soon, either. she’s content with it just being her and her dad — they got along well, settled into a nice little routine that worked well for them, all that jazz 

she’s always been incredibly independent mostly because she’s used to being alone and it’s never really bothered her?? her dad worked his ass off when she was a kid, working for an internet marketing company that demanded he travel quite a bit, so while it’s just the two of them, once work called it dwindled down to just korbyn. she never was one to follow a crowd or try to fit in, she did her own thing and didn’t really give a fuck who liked/approved of it or not?

was also totally the new kid, she didn’t move into newcastle until she was thirteen after her dad quit his marketing job because he was tired of constantly traveling and this didn’t faze her any; she didn’t necessarily enjoy the sleepy atmosphere of newcastle but she wasn’t packing her bags and running back to upstate new york, either

probably came off as rather terrifying/broody but she’s not, really?? like...she’s actually pretty outgoing and charming but she doesn’t take fucking shit, and isn’t about to go chasing after something she’s not really all that interested in anyways

music was the first real, true love of her life; her dad was a huge classic rock junkie and brought her up on it, and the older she got the more and more obsessed with the concept of music just in general?? she listens to just about any genre ( her least favorite is country ) and she started growing quite the vinyl collection after her dad got her a record player for her twelfth birthday. korbyn loves to take apart music and analyze it, from the instrumentals to the lyrics to the production value, all of it, it was her biggest hobby. 

when she was younger, she’d sneak into her dad’s room whenever he wasn’t home and would get his guitar out and teach herself as best she could, and he promised that when they moved, he’d set her up some real lessons (hello musicology)

the cosmogyral has always been one of my favorite labels and i haven’t put it to use in a really long time (thank god for this rp giving me the opportunity to tbh) the definition of the word cosmogyral is ‘whirling around the universe’ and that’s certainly korbyn to a t. she’s never content with stagnancy, she likes to constantly be thinking and doing and moving and striving to be all the things, essentially. korbyn’s a very strategic, take no prisoners kinda girl who acts first and asks the questions later; opinionated, pretty fiery, and often doesn’t have a filter, but she’s also a huge dreamer with a big heart that often gets shadowed by all her steel. she tends to live in her head quite a bit, which comes at its costs. the big part that i usually read into with the cosmogyral is that they are incredibly volatile, they’re easy to flip or turn in their moods and are pretty fickle. korbyn is the type of person who will change her mind a lot about something and she’ll be hella stubborn about it. she sticks to her guns, this one, even if she’s constantly changing them up 

is a highkey rebel, does whatever she wants, says whatever she wants, has probably got into quite a bit of trouble for this but doesn’t really care, she’s your girl if you’re looking to cause some trouble

has evaded the law more than she cares to admit, i’m sure, but she’s hella smart and she’s a charmer

bisexual as fuck, total softie when it comes to romance...like, expect for her to write a fucking song about u

entj, that’s her basically

perfectionist as fuck, it will either be endearing or irritating. a lot of time it dictates how she acts, and she can kinda drive herself over the edge and get so frustrated with herself she’ll just.....riot

also probably smokes a LOT because she’s great at stressing herself out

saturdaze is the fucking love of her life at the moment and the only one she needs, truthfully; she pours every little ounce of herself into the band because it’s what she’s passionate about and the music they play makes her feel so fucking good and happy and it’s not something she wants to let go any time soon

also pretty supportive of all the other bands in town?? she’ll go check them out on nights she doesn’t have practice/work/a gig/plans, girl likes good music and doesn’t care where it comes from

korbyn’s in her last few years of school and she fucking loathes her major now, it was a basic one she just decided on and never changed it and doesn’t really want to do anything with it, and school is driving her off the edge, to the point where she’s on the verge of dropping out and just playing her little local gigs w saturdaze and working the ropes at musicology forever so she doesn’t have to make a decision

this however, is not an option, because her dad is the one paying her way through school and she knows giving a big fuck you to that is a one-way ticket to a conflict she doesn’t want (after years of not having any conflict w her dad, it’s bound to arrive at some point and korbyn believes this will be it) but she just so desperately wants to be happy and live her life the way she wants to that she’s pretty much pulling herself apart at the seams, fun times!!

wanted plots !

these are all just ideas that i’d love to see for k, we obviously can flesh these out as our hearts desire or do spins on them or do something entirely different, i’m open to literally everything but these are pretty much a starting block

ride or die (1/1) — korbyn would literally do anything for this person; she probs gets into all kinds of trouble with them, but they are her Best Friend and she’d trust them with her life if it ever came down to it

awkward ex (0/1) — the two of them dated a little while ago, and the relationship lasted longer than they’d anticipated, and for whatever reason, they decided to go their separate ways. awkward bc korbyn is a fan of their band and still goes to shows when she can and therefore, they see each other quite a bit

skinny love (0/1) — at some point, korbyn realized their friendship was more than just friendship-like feelings on her end but she’ll be damned if she’s the reason she loses this person, so she tries her best to act normal around them but it probably...doesn’t work lmao

enemy she fuckin on the low (0/1) — lmao now THIS person, they get on korbyn’s last fucking nerve and she really can’t tolerate them, but one night they fell into bed together and decided y’know....angry sex really is the best, so while they’re pretty open about their disdain for one another in public, they be hooking up on the down low

sworn to secrecy (1/?) — korbyn enjoys doing stupid shit that attracts trouble, and she and i’m thinkin like maybe two or three other people?? yeah they all did something one night that was FUCKED, and they’d be fucked if anybody ever found out about it so they’re all incredibly close mostly because they share this dirty lil secret

sexual tension (0/?) — they’re all musicians, ok. there’s BOUND to be some sexual tension, whether it’s acted on or not is up to us but korbyn turns on the charm when she sees them at shows (theirs and her own, so someone from a diff band works swell for this), they probably flirt a lot in public...such fun

bad influence (0/2) — korbyn can be a lot to swallow sometimes lmao, and yet this person doesn’t really fucking care, they’re who she can go out and get into fucking trouble with and they encourage her to do shit or! korbyn’s basically corrupting your muse and is bringing them outta their shell 

good influence (0/1) — this person balances out korbyn very well, keeps her outta trouble and tones her down when she gets fired up as best they can, is essentially the little tiny angel sitting on her shoulder

i’m really open to whatever okay just throw it by me if you have a different idea, i’ll probably say yes

i have this queued to drop as soon as we open so i may be off eating dinner, but please don’t hesitate to come message me? like i said, i am dying to write korbyn and get to know you all in the process so please, love me, i beg of you. i’m so fucking excited about this roleplay, guys, i can’t wait to get started x

[charmerofbees]

im bored at lunch and doing this bye

WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Elaine ******* ********* who tf puts their whole name on the internet??

2. WHAT IS YOUR NICKNAME? Laine, Lainey, Eli

3. BIRTHDAY? Feb 27

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK SERIES?  Um Lady of the rivers/white queen/red queen/white princess by phillipa gregory

5. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ALIENS OR GHOSTS? both absolutely

6. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR? tom robbins and david sedaris and toni morrison. a lot more but those are top three that are drastically different

7. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RADIO STATION? the only one i listen to is a local alt rock, other than that i listen to my own perfectly curated spotify playlists 

8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR OF ANYTHING? uhhh lavender or salt n vinegar lmao

9. WHAT WORD WOULD YOU USE OFTEN TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING GREAT OR WONDERFUL? abso fab

10. WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT FAVORITE SONG? deadcrush by alt j

11. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WORD? reveille

12. WHAT WAS THE LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO? cornflake girl - florence and the machine cover

13. WHAT TV SHOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR EVERYBODY TO WATCH?

MAD MEN even tho matthew weiner die, schitts creek, the office only bc you wont get any memes if you dont, SHARP OBJECTS SHARP OBJECTS SHARP OBJECTS and also the sinner season 1

14. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE TO WATCH WHEN YOU’RE FEELING DOWN?  when harry met sally

15. DO YOU PLAY VIDEO GAMES? just the sims and when im with my friends ill play what they play

16. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? a stranger breaking in to my house or like a ghost idk

17. WHAT IS YOUR BEST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? i dont judge anyone bc i just dont care what other people do as long as its not harming others. so ive been told im a good person to confide in

18. WHAT IS YOUR WORST QUALITY, IN YOUR OPINION? for sureeeee my need to be right at all times

19. DO YOU LIKE CATS OR DOGS BETTER? my cat is the best living creature, but other than him, dogs

20. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON? summer i need to feel the sun radiating my bones to feel alive

21. ARE YOU IN A RELATIONSHIP? abso not

22. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU MISS FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD? my childood dog and no bills

23. WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? her name is hailey, my sister and i met her when i was 5 and they were 6 and we’ve been inseparable ever since

24. WHAT IS YOUR EYE COLOR? blue

25. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR? ash blonde

26. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU LOVE? my sister

27. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU TRUST? my sister and all of my friends

28. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN? my 12 year old half brother

29. ARE YOU CURRENTLY EXCITED ABOUT/FOR SOMETHING? get to go to baltimore this weekend for a museum trip

30. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST OBSESSION? honestly rn sims 4...its like therapy for me lmao. and my cat. 

31. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW AS A CHILD? i barely watched tv as a child....probs the wild thornberries

32. WHO OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER CAN YOU TELL ANYTHING TO, IF ANYONE? my other best friends john and tyler. we’ve been friends for 16 years 

33. ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS? yeah catch me practicing all safeguards 

34. DO YOU HAVE ANY UNUSUAL PHOBIAS? misophobia/phonia

35. DO YOU PREFER TO BE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA OR BEHIND IT? either idc

36. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY? not really a hobbie but im v passionate about tarot cards. and i do yoga every morning

37. WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ? their eyes were watching god

38. WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? when harry met sally 

39. WHAT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? used to play piano but i stopped in high school

40. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL? dogs

41. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 5 FAVORITE TUMBLR BLOGS THAT YOU FOLLOW? thestateonmtv, theocseason4, thehauntedmansion2003....idk any more i check those 3 a lot bc theyre good comic relief

42. WHAT SUPERPOWER DO YOU WISH YOU HAD? invisibility

43. WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU FEEL MOST AT PEACE? i loooove my room. also a small abandoned beach called claiborne.

44. WHAT MAKES YOU SMILE? anything my idiot cat does, tv shows, when i mreally depressed i listen to my brother my brother and me because its mindless

45. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY, IF ANY? i mean i played volleyball for 3 years BUT i did ballet and modern dance (w some jazz sometimes) for 16 years so that took up almost all of my free time

46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DRINK? water, green apple kombucha, an oatmilk latte

47. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WROTE A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER OR NOTE TO SOMEBODY? today on a birthday card

48. ARE YOU AFRAID OF HEIGHTS? a little

49. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PET PEEVE? when ppl chew loud it makes me wanna die. 

50. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A CONCERT? omg tons are you for real lmao

51. ARE YOU VEGAN/VEGETARIAN? uhhh a weird mix of no dairy and no meat but i eat seafood? bc im on the east coast in maryland so you basically have to here

52. WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? a lot of things

53. WHAT FICTIONAL WORLD WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN? shiiiit idk

54. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WORRY ABOUT? the future

55. ARE YOU SCARED OF THE DARK? yep

56. DO YOU LIKE TO SING? yes but im not great at it despite having like 10 years training lmao

57. HAVE YOU EVER SKIPPED SCHOOL? in high school i skipped like 50 days a year lmao. in college i was better but def used all of my sick days

58. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE ON THE PLANET? the beach, or st andrews by the sea in new brunswick

59. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? summer in st andrews by the sea, somewhere warm and beachy the rest of the time

60. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? my cat, and at my moms house another cat and a dog, my dad has a dog a horse and a raccoon (?) but i dont go there alot

61. ARE YOU MORE OF AN EARLY BIRD OR A NIGHT OWL? i guess early bird but i love sleep

62. DO YOU LIKE SUNRISES OR SUNSETS BETTER? sunsets

63. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE? yes 

64. DO YOU PREFER EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES? earbuds

65. HAVE YOU EVER HAD BRACES? for six years i hated my life

66. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC? alternative and classic rock. also i love jazz and blues

67. WHO IS YOUR HERO? i dont have one

68. DO YOU READ COMIC BOOKS? i loved the archie comics as a child...thats why i unabashadly love riverdale

69. WHAT MAKES YOU THE MOST ANGRY? close minded people

70. DO YOU PREFER TO READ ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR WITH A REAL BOOK? a real book

71. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL? art history in college, english in high school

72. DO YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS? 2 step brothers, 2 ex step brothers (Were still close), a full sister, and a half brother

73. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT? a latte maker and hair dye

74. HOW TALL ARE YOU? 5’ 9″

75. CAN YOU COOK? yes but i hate cleaning pots

76. WHAT ARE THREE FOUR THINGS THAT YOU LOVE? my cat, lattes, music, my bed

77. WHAT ARE THREE THINGS THAT YOU HATE? uhhhh idk 

78. DO YOU HAVE MORE FEMALE FRIENDS OR MORE MALE FRIENDS? almost an even split

79. WHAT IS YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION? i dont really label myself but its definitely fluid

80. WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY LIVE? maryland

81. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TEXTED? one of my group chats

82. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? ugh on monday in therapy

83. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE YOUTUBER? i dont really have one

84. DO YOU LIKE TO TAKE SELFIES? almost never

85. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE APP? uhhh instagram and huji

86. WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARENT(S) LIKE? yikes lets not lol

87. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOREIGN ACCENT? mmmm spanish or like...portugese

88. WHAT IS A PLACE THAT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO, BUT YOU WANT TO VISIT? mykonos 

89. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 86

90. CAN YOU JUGGLE? no

91. ARE YOU RELIGIOUS? no

92. DO YOU FIND OUTER SPACE OR THE DEEP OCEAN TO BE MORE INTERESTING? deep ocean bc its like... right there

93. DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE A DAREDEVIL? for like 2 years i would accept any dare anyone gave me....until i jumped off a bridge and cracked my ankle. so not anymore haha

94. ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING? an ingredient in contacts and pink eye medication

95. CAN YOU CURL YOUR TONGUE? no

96. CAN YOU WIGGLE YOUR EARS? no

97. HOW OFTEN DO YOU ADMIT THAT YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT SOMETHING? if im actually wrong i will

98. DO YOU PREFER THE FOREST OR THE BEACH? Beach

99. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIECE OF ADVICE THAT ANYONE HAS EVER GIVEN YOU? no one is thinking about/judging you as much as you think they are

100. ARE YOU A GOOD LIAR? yes but i dont use it often

101. WHAT IS YOUR HOGWARTS HOUSE? uh idk or care tbh 

102. DO YOU TALK TO YOURSELF? very infrequently

103. ARE YOU AN INTROVERT OR AN EXTROVERT? god the most introverted

104. DO YOU KEEP A JOURNAL/DIARY? i loosely keep a tarot journal

105. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES? depends on the situation but almost always, no

106. IF YOU FOUND A WALLET FULL OF MONEY ON THE GROUND, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? return it

107. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF CHANGE? sure

108. ARE YOU TICKLISH? yes

109. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A PLANE? yeah its so weird to me that some people have been haha

110. DO YOU HAVE ANY PIERCINGS? SO when i turned 18 i got lik 7 extra piercings on my ears...they all closed up so now i have my OG two

111. WHAT FICTIONAL CHARACTER DO YOU WISH WAS REAL? anna karenina i think wed be friends

112. DO YOU HAVE ANY TATTOOS? no

113. WHAT IS THE BEST DECISION THAT YOU’VE MADE IN YOUR LIFE SO FAR? staying home for a year and going to community college when my step dad was dying

114. DO YOU BELIEVE IN KARMA? yes totally

115. DO YOU WEAR GLASSES OR CONTACTS? glasses

116. DO YOU WANT CHILDREN? yes 3 girls

117. WHO IS THE SMARTEST PERSON YOU KNOW? my friend kenna

118. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING MEMORY? why the fuck would i say it here

119. HAVE YOU EVER PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER? yes bc of anxiety

120. WHAT COLOR ARE MOST OF YOU CLOTHES? black

121. DO YOU LIKE ADVENTURES? love ‘em

122. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON TV? yes 

123. HOW OLD ARE YOU? 23

124. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE?  “unable to perceive the shape of you, i find you all around me. your presence fills my eyes with your love. it humbles my heart, for you are everywhere” from the shape of water

125. DO YOU PREFER SWEET OR SAVORY FOODS? savory but i love a good fruit