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Dec 30

fecklesss: getdorked: Rowland S. Howard (1959 - December 30th, 2009). The brilliant guitarist behind The Young Charlatans, The Boys Next Door/The Birthday Party, These Immortal Souls, and various split records with Lydia Lunch and Nikki Sudden, has lost his fight with liver cancer. He was 50 years old. Howard made a name for himself through his signature menacingly haunting guitar textures of distortion and reverb in the Birthday Party, creating the perfect assault when coupled with Nick Cave’s swine howl and menevolent biblical lyrics. after the Birthday Party disbanded, Rowland stayed afloat with his own band These Immortal Souls and his guitar work in Crime and the City Solution with Nikki Sudden (whom he went on to record a record with solo). With this, he also put out a solo record, quite possibly his best in his career, called Teenage Snuff Film. A true reflection of his genius. Just recently in October of this year, he put out the long-awaited follow up named Pop Crimes. This record was met with rave reviews. Something that Rowland hasn’t had the pleasure of for quite some time. His dwindling health had lead to him canceling a string a shows and festival appearances he had scheduled and landed him in Melbourne’s Austin Hospital, where he died this morning. A true icon in alternative rock ‘n’ roll who never got the true credit he deserved. Perhaps he’ll meet the gratitude the world owes him in death. 2009 is worst WORST

fecklesss:

getdorked:

Rowland S. Howard (1959 - December 30th, 2009).

The brilliant guitarist behind The Young Charlatans, The Boys Next Door/The Birthday Party, These Immortal Souls, and various split records with Lydia Lunch and Nikki Sudden, has lost his fight with liver cancer. He was 50 years old.

Howard made a name for himself through his signature menacingly haunting guitar textures of distortion and reverb in the Birthday Party, creating the perfect assault when coupled with Nick Cave’s swine howl and menevolent biblical lyrics. after the Birthday Party disbanded, Rowland stayed afloat with his own band These Immortal Souls and his guitar work in Crime and the City Solution with Nikki Sudden (whom he went on to record a record with solo).

With this, he also put out a solo record, quite possibly his best in his career, called Teenage Snuff Film. A true reflection of his genius. Just recently in October of this year, he put out the long-awaited follow up named Pop Crimes. This record was met with rave reviews. Something that Rowland hasn’t had the pleasure of for quite some time.

His dwindling health had lead to him canceling a string a shows and festival appearances he had scheduled and landed him in Melbourne’s Austin Hospital, where he died this morning.

A true icon in alternative rock ‘n’ roll who never got the true credit he deserved. Perhaps he’ll meet the gratitude the world owes him in death.

2009 is worst WORST

mrsquiggle: So this is a thing that is happening on the 7th of January. We Set Sail are supporting Closure in Moscow in bris. Would love it if ya’ll could come and watch me and my boys do our thing. I can promise you that we have been working so hard at this in the last couple of months. Will post pics to prove it. Fuck guys! I’ll be at sunset sounds and wont be able to make it. Anyone else that isnt busy should go check these skinny boys out, they know how to do that music thing pretty darn well.

mrsquiggle:

So this is a thing that is happening on the 7th of January. We Set Sail are supporting Closure in Moscow in bris. Would love it if ya’ll could come and watch me and my boys do our thing. I can promise you that we have been working so hard at this in the last couple of months. Will post pics to prove it.

Fuck guys! I’ll be at sunset sounds and wont be able to make it. Anyone else that isnt busy should go check these skinny boys out, they know how to do that music thing pretty darn well.

I just looked up my music stats for the last year according to LastFM which is an okay record as cd’s in my car and pre-ipod listening wont be represented. Top artists for the last 12 Months - I think two of these are bogus, so Im listing 12 1 -The Mountain Goats 2 - Tegan and Sara 3 - Circulatory System (this cant be right, I only got this album this month) 4 - Future of the Left 5 - The Temper Trap 6 - Muse 7 - Owl City (this cant be right either) 8 - The Dresden Dolls 9 - City and Color 10 - Talking Heads 11 - Battles 12 - Sia Top tracks from the last 12 Months 1 - Circulatory System - Woodpecker greeting worker ant (GLITCH, I havent played this 168 times in two weeks) 2 - The Temper Trap - Love Lost 3 - Dirty Projectors + David Byrne - Knotty Pine 4 - The Mountain Goats - Love Love Love 5 - Plants and Animals - Bye Bye Bye 6 - Laura Marling - My Manic and I 7 - The Mountain Goats - Jenny 8 - K-os - I wish I knew Natalie Portman 9 - Blitzen Trapper - Furr 10 (3 way tie) - The Mountain Goats - Color in your Cheeks, The Mountain Goats - Autoclave, The Temper Trap - Drum Song

I just looked up my music stats for the last year according to LastFM which is an okay record as cd’s in my car and pre-ipod listening wont be represented.

Top artists for the last 12 Months - I think two of these are bogus, so Im listing 12

Top tracks from the last 12 Months

Dec 29

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) -

  1. Circulatory System (182)
  2. Future of the Left (39)
  3. Great Lake Swimmers (31)
  4. Tegan and Sara (28)
  5. The Microphones (20)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dec 28

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Finally found myself a style for my future band.

Finally found myself a style for my future band.

Dec 27

“If I were to put a blank envelope on the ground and urinate I would have the equivilent of Owl City” — WeareDevo

“It will be like tetris, but with knowledge” — WeareDevo, talking about his new job at redhat