i kill giants - we can live in the exact same place (2012)

boston: experimental/math rock

one of the most interesting releases i’ve heard this year - a “math rock” album that has a run time (less than 6 minutes) shorter than most math rock songs. very refreshing and  catchy EP from this band. if you want something completely different and out there, check this thing out.

tomorrow.

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joyce manor - of all things i will soon grow tired (2012)

long beach, ca: indie rock, pop punk

greg horbal told me to listen to this, i applaud this band for being alienating and annoying fans with a 13 minute “full length.” nothing is really striking me about this album currently. enjoyed the drum machine song and the video killed the radio star cover.

joie de vivre / the please and thank yous / emo side project 7” (2012)

midwest: emo

very loud, rocking joie de vivre song on this. good intro to both please and thankyous and emo side project.

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thedailywhat:

Breaking DOMA News of the Day: In a victory for gay marriage advocates that rivals the enormity of Proposition 8 in California, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston today upheld a lower court’s ruling and declared the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconsitutional.

From the court’s opinion:

“[M]any Americans believe that marriage is the union of a man and a woman, and most Americans live in states where that is the law today. One virtue of federalism is that it permits this diversity of governance based on local choice, but this applies as well to the states that have chosen to legalize same-sex marriage. Under current Supreme Court authority, Congress’ denial of federal benefits to same-sex couples lawfully married in Massachusetts has not been adequately supported by any permissible federal interest.”

Expect the ruling to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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gates - you are all you have left to fear (2012)

new york: atmospheric/ambient rock

a progression from the EP they put out last year to something much more energetic and aggressive. vocals have improved extremely and the soundscapes just sound much tighter. lately most post-rock leaning stuff i’ve heard has been pretty stale but this ep really kills it. i think the reason why most people like prawn is because they haven’t heard gates. an extremely pleasant surprise.

The Moth Presents Steve Burns: Fameishness

The star of a children’s television show grapples with the meaning of fame.

Steve Burns is best known for playing ‘Steve’ on Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues from 1996-2002. Since then, he has released a rock record for grown ups that received pretty good reviews, toured with The Flaming Lips, made an album of music for children, and appeared in strange plays, mostly in Brooklyn.

alecshao:

Good Fucking Design Advice

explainingwatertothefish:

mynamesjustanoose:

You’re saying that it’s alright to commodify and exploit basic functions of the female body like menstruating, birthing, and lactating. You effectively condone turning the female body into a machine for exploitation and gain, to produce until worked out and then discarded, because once a female…

You just jumped from Canada to Australia.

to equate female forms of animals to female human beings is fucking wild. there is no sort of agenda towards the deprecation of female animals - they are simply where the food comes from. pretty lame attempt at crossing over veganism and feminism.