Holy Smokes. The Replacements are coming.

Holy smokes. The Replacements just announced 13 dates in the US this spring (plus a trio of European/UK dates)... wow. Just wow.

UNITED STATES
April 9: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
April 10: Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
April 13: The Masonic, San Francisco, CA
April 16: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA <<<<<<<<
April 19: The Fillmore, Denver, CO
April 29: The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL
April 30: The Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL
May 2: Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
May 3: The Fillmore, Detroit, MI
May 5: Stage, AE, Pittsburgh, PA
May 6: LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH
May 8: Echostage, Washington, D.C.
May 9: Festival Pier, Philadelphia, PA

EUROPE
May 28: Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
May 30: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
June 2: Roundhouse, London, UK

Floating Record Store!

Woah! How cool is this floating record store in London? I wanna buy records at The Record Deck. If these guys ever make it to the port in Long Beach I'll head down to pick up an LP!

Jehu at the Glasshouse! Eeeek!

I got my Jehu tickets for the Glasshouse show in April - hope you got yours! This will be a gig for the ages... I can't wait! To bide my time here's some footage of the mighty Drive Like Jehu in 1994 live at CBGB's!


   

Wow.

My 10 Favorite Films of 2014

2014 was a rich year for movies, making the task both easier (quantity) and more difficult (seeing everything and making choices). So, here are the 10 films that got me the most excited, already feeling guilty for not including such great ones as Fury, Boyhood or A Most Violent Year. Nuff babbling, here you go:

1. Whiplash

2. Foxcatcher

3. Locke

4. Birdman

5. Jodorowsky's Dune

6. Nightcrawler






















7. Metro Manila

8. The Imitation Game

9. Manos Sucias

10. Obvious Child

Tombs meet Bowie.

Post metal greats (and boutique coffee roasters) Tombs turn out a killer cover of the Christiana F. version of Bowie's classic Heroes. Loving this. Oh and if you haven't seen Christiana F., check it out as it's one of the coolest junkie flicks ever featuring a super gnarly shooting up scene and even gnarlier cold turkey sequence. Watch it here for free while it lasts! True grit! Aces!

  

The Sonics Are GO!

Woah The Sonics are releasing a new record?? That's kind of awesome. oh and they're touring with MUDHONEY???? Get ready for a new wave of Seattle take over!! Read all about it and hear a brand new song on Rolling Stone here and check out this cool youtube video with the classic "Psycho" soundtracking a Go-Go dancer rocking a plastic cube. Aces!