They Might Be Giants
Dial-A-Song Round Up! pt. 12
"I'll Be Haunting You"
Damn, this close to the end and we've got another contender for the Top 10 DAS tracks of the year.
"Long White Beard"
While it is, undoubtedly, a great song, one of the best from Why?, the album is out and they have two weeks left to close this thing, so I'm a bit let down. Even more so coming after "I Am Alone" and "Haunting".
"I Love You For Psychological Reasons"
What a disturbingly adorable song and video. Between this and the last few weeks (excluding LWB), I have a funny feeling they've been saving up the highlights for the twilight.
"Shape Shifter"
And then, it ends, with a fantastic song with an even more fantastic sing-along chorus and a nightmarish video reminiscent of the most feverish moments from Liquid Television.
Look for the Year of Dial-A-Song Wrap Up coming soon.
Also, the last three TMBG concerts of the year (or if you're being a dick, the last concert of this year and the first two of next year) are happening/have already happened. Reviews forthcoming.
And, finally, the upcoming 19th TMBG album has been titled: Phone Power, which is a dumb name that sounds like a bootleg collection of Dial-A-Song tracks which I love because that's pretty much exactly what it is and it's dumb. PP will be out in March.
Nine Inch Nails
Oh Trent! You scamp! After, literally, a year of silence, this punk ass musical genius announced (finally) the release of "Cargo In The Blood", an art book by Russell Mills featuring all the work created for the most recent NIN album, Hesitation Marks. The big awesome about this isn't the 320-page book (which is pretty cool), but, rather, the fact that each of the 2000 pieces comes with a unique and original work by Mills himself. The idea of $300 for an original Mills is bonkers...which is why I purchased two.
And, just a week or so ago, Reznor dropped this adorable little tweet into the world: "New NIN coming in 2016. Other stuff, too." You know...whatever. I'm stoked, but this might be the year I stop obsessing over every little plip and plop of NIN stuff that comes out; poring over a blurred image, getting sweaty over a thirty second clip of noise...maybe, who knows. Of course, Trent could avoid causing me all this heartache/headache/diarrhea by just releasing a full album on January 1st*. Technically, that counts as 2016. And he's done stranger stuff than that in the past.
As for the "other stuff", speculation is running rampant, but I'm assuming it means the Fight Club musical that's been bandied around for about for almost two decades and, perhaps, some new How to destroy angels?
And also the "tension" Blu Ray.
And the deluxe Fragile.
Sigh.
2016 is going to drag like a dog with no legs, isn't it...
Bowie's Blackstar, sadly, did not meet my expectations. But, I'm kind of a dick, so that's on me. There might be a more formal review coming soon. Hold your breath.
Finally, Prince surprised everyone by transforming into a huge, purple clitoris and returning to his home dimension, SexyCum.
Just kidding.
He did, however, release a follow up to September's HITnRUN Phase One releasing...yes, HITnRUN Phase Two, at first, exclusively on Tidal, the streaming music service for the uninformed, idiot rich**. And I reviewed it here.
YEAR IN BITCH COMING SOON!!!!!!
*WHICH HE DID NOT
** IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR MUSIC IS FILTERED THROUGH DARK MATTER-COATED DIAMONDS IF YOU'RE USING SHITTY IPHONE EAR BUDS.
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