Flush It Friday: Get Yer Meat Dragged
Do it.
Whatever it is that has taken up the vast majority of my attention for the last few months, circumscribing to a great extent my capacity for albums that deserve and demand time, has been interrupted or even quieted by the return of Boss Keloid. Float & Aperture does not grab hold as its 2021 predecessor Family the Smiling Thrush, but the moments of tasteful filagree adorning the raw intimacy of opener “Breeze” sooner or later give way the heavier and weirder side of things in “Weight.” Let no one be surprised if I am again lauding this again in December.
The X Files is often playing in my house, particularly on weekends. As such, I’ve been thinking a lot about New Bedford’s XFilesX and their 2004 record Excruciation. It’s not on bandcamp, nor has anyone thought upload Trash Art Records as a whole on there. Fortunately, though, here’s Live on WRIU thanks to Youth Distribute. In high school I tried to start a band called Monster Mash more or less based entirely around songs like “Noise” and “Swallow Your Tongue.” Monster Mash didn’t last but a lot of those songs were recorded as Speakin’ Out and then promptly lost forever.
After both the Big Ass Demo and The Fuckin’ Promo in 2024, it seemed inevitable that Big Ass Truck (Inland Empire) would be next big ass thing. After the initial excitement, though, as well as a few recording misses and some live sets that left something to be desired, I let doubt creep in. How foolish. Found on Road Dead, released last month, is almost assuredly the best EP of the year, finding the group barreling like a semitruck in the right direction. “Dragging Meat” and “Forced Through Sludge” are the band’s heaviest, nastiest songs to date. More fucking breakdowns.
Stick‘s got TMP. Spear‘s got TTT. Bless ’em both.
Sean Ghoulson spills some serious ink over You Can See Everything. I can eat a peach talk about this movie (and review!) for hours.
A Character I Created: An Analysis of You Can See Everything
For Brock Samson, death and doom go together like Zeppelin tattoos and blonde mullets.
Toilet Radio 654 features Joe n Jordan explaining why they replaced all the ToH contributors with AI holograms.
365 with a great premiere for the forthcoming Torii, (still) Arkansas’ best unsigned band.
Artificial Brain‘s Antillia is out today. Sean Ghoulson awards it 3.5 Flaming Toilets. I gotta get to listenin’!
Mini Reviews from 365 and Hans and Hans and, who?, Eenzy! Come take a little taste.
Hell yeah. Good week in the Bowl. I had Wednesday off from work. It was glorious. I saw a black-necked stilt! Drop your GBUs in the comments and tell us how you’re celebrating Friday the 13th.
