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I’ve been feeling weird, get over it

I’ve taken a gig as tour manager for a local band, meaning that I’ll be on tour for the next month. I plan on writing as much as possible while I’m on the road, but my updates are bound to be less consistent than usual. i’ll be back home on July 12, at which point I’ll resume my usual blogging routine.

In the meantime, enjoy this new video for “Over It” by Dinosaur Jr., the latest single from the group’s awesome new album Farm. The clip features the band members skateboarding and biking around town, setting an appropriately lazy summer vibe for the fuzzed-out tune and J. Mascis’s apathetic vocals. There are also plenty of gratifying wipeouts, which makes it well worth the watch.

Collected works

Today I’m preparing for an interview with the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, which I’m writing for next month’s BeatRoute. In the meantime, here’s a brief roundup of some recently published works:

I interviewed Apollo Ghosts for BeatRoute. I had a chance to ask them about their (awesome) debut LP, Hastings Sunrise, as well as their lounge rock roots and self-described “musical ADD.” Read the article here.

For this month’s Discorder, I reviewed the Reds‘ Early Nothing (here) and Clues‘ self-titled album (here). Clues sound a lot like the Unicorns, which makes sense since the group is fronted by Alden Penner. I also blogged about Clues last month.

And here’s something new for the day: the Streets released a new music video called “He’s Right Behind You, He’s Got Swine Flu.” Pandemic humour is always hilarious, especially when it involves zombies and excessive slapstick gore. It’s not exactly Beethoven, but you’ve got to admire the quick turnaround on this one.

Savidge Love

I’m flying high over Tupelo, Mississippi with Britain’s hottest band, and we’re all about to die. Okay, that’s not entirely true. In fact, I stole that line from Almost Famous. (“Mmm. Dark. Lively.”) But I did interview Jack Savidge, of the English electro-rock trio Friendly Fires, for BeatRoute. You can read that here.

I also covered Chad VanGaalen‘s February 27 concert for this month’s Discorder. Read that here. In the same issue, I reviewed the new albums by Mt. St. Helens Band (here) and the Perms (here).

In an hour, I’m leaving for the airport to spend a week in New York. I probably won’t have time to blog while I’m there, but be sure to check out Crystal Antlers‘ debut full-length, Tentacles, which came out today.