* sips *

My winning formula for metal success: #1 in looks and #38 in actual music x.com/nelsonicboom/s…

I'm the only member of my band who likes Bruce Springsteen and I'm fairly certain that's why we aren't popular

fuck nabobism

Wrote this month about Krallice & the freedom that comes with giving up (fiscal) hope. Also new shred by Portal, Cleric, Svartidaoui, Thantifaxath, Godflesh, & lots more: stereogum.com/1973421/the-bl…

I should also mention that this is legitimately the most stacked month of the year for us x.com/stereogum/stat…

Nice people can be fascists too

When I was in high school my peers bagged on me a lot for my pessimism. Joke's on you assholes, turns out everything IS terrifying and horrible

"The album cover is typically a listener’s first impression. The colors, detail, imagery, and overall emotion of the visual art sets the setting for the music." yourlastrites.com/2017/12/06/bes…

Not sure which is wackier: that we're on a Rolling Stone best-of, or that I'm listening to a whole Snakefinger album now. What a time to be alive! rollingstone.com/music/lists/20…

I assure you that many others did not like our previous albums either! x.com/celticfrosty/s…

The Black Market crew's top 40 for 2017. This is also my final Stereogum post. Huge thanks to them & Michael Nelson for the opportunity to blab about riffs, and naturally all of our fine readers. Cheers y'all. stereogum.com/1975088/the-be…

This year has been appalling on almost every score, but at least we got to watch ethnonationalist boot-lickers deny themselves access to both Star Wars AND the NFL

I don't want to hear anything about how the NFL has it out for the pats. Awful.

Black Mirror S4 episode list : 1. Cor Blimey, What If Facebook Likes Were The Only Way To Earn a Quid 2. There Is An App That Can Download You, Well Scary Innit Bruv 3. Me New Misses Is a Android And I Aint Bovvered 4. The Cheeky Gov'na Got A Pic Of Me Bollocks Through Me Webcam

If you're one of the few people I know solely on Twitter and you'd like to keep in touch, Facebook is probably the best bet. Just as toxic a platform obviously, but a more necessary evil for musicians.