![]() It transcends punk rock into something complex and dark and sexy and awesome. Besides his extensive work with bands like Larry Arms, he also put out a record in March that I have played a zillion times this year. I learned in a high school English Lit class that we should judge writing by whether it reveals fundamental truths of the human experience, and goddamn does Brendan Kelly fit that bill whether blogging, Tweeting or playing some of the best music ever. You get the idea: Binge and purge.”Īnd, in a following post about having kids: “My intent is to explain the key difference between parenting (which is a chore on par with being a prison guard, and is soul sucking in the relentlessness of its temporal totality and necessarily killjoy-esque mindframe) and being a dad (which is really, truly one of the most rewarding, joyful things you can possibly experience on this earth).” Take this, his musing on being bad at moderation: “Like, how I’ll eat a few buckets of deep fried beef hearts and then go a week only drinking beet juice, or I’ll fuck an entire special ed class and then spend the rest of the year just teaching them the lessons I’m paid to teach them. So here’s this guy that writes this hilarious blog, which is by turns smart and tender and stupid and disgusting. Or submit your own top 10 list to missoulapunknews Brendan Kelly and the Wandering Birds. Some o’ this shit came out in 2012, some of it didn’t. Cool rock and/or roll.ĪND MOTHERLOVIN’ CHUCK RAGAN PLAYS THE TOP HAT ON APRIL 10. I’m actually more stoked that Speedy Ortiz is opening. Oh, and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks play the Top Hat on April 5. And the track sounds like kickass powerpop. ![]() That thing you’re feeling is my throbbing boner.Īntarctigo Vespucci is the new project from Jeff Rosenstock and Chris Farren (the dude from Fake Problems.) Q&As usually bore me to tears, but this one is fantastic. It sounds a whole lot like Torche, so I have no complains.ĭear Landlord recorded a new demo track. In less localish news, here’s a ripping heavy track from Floor, the pre-Torche project that’s getting revamped. They were, it seemed, the only group in New Orleans more reviled than NOPD.” They were ignorant, they were violent, they were bigoted, they were thieves, they were junkies the very sight of them on the neutral ground was enraging and offensive. ![]() Or if you just met a douchey train kid once and like to bitch about it (this is the vast majority of Missoulians, I think.) Anyway, there’s a cool piece from a New Orleans author on why Everyone hates the oogles: “Oogles were useless. I highly suggest you check it out if you’re interested in hobo/train kid culture. The very excellent Freeload documentary, made and soundtracked by Missoula folk, screens April 4-6 at the Roxy. Except then I’d be dead.Īnyhoo, here’s some random bits of band news. Firstly, wanna say that the Iron Chic show at the ZACC was a hell of a time, and then the Total Combined Weight/Juveniles record release shindig at the Bike Doctor on Saturday ruled.
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