Brady Likes Music

So my busiest weekend of the year is winding down. It felt so good to be doing more proper, LOUD live shows.  Last night at Liar's Club was fucking excellent. It was a super tight gig and we absolutely nailed it in typical Creeps fashion. I remembered why we don't do the paper suits much though, man. I was so dehydrated by the end of the show, even just wearing the suits for three songs I feel like I exhausted SO much more energy just because it was so fucking hot on stage. I was boiling. However, we ripped through the set and I was so glad we were first. It was an easy night! I loved the acoustic gig Vanity Contest did in August but man, being at an actual venue was a breath of fresh air. I felt so much more in my element. The visuals, the whole vibe we were going for was a lot more along the lines of what we're about. We debuted some new material from [REDACTED], and even played Eyes Open for the first time (glad we didn't at the acoustic gig). People were super rece...

Sinner Get Ready is tied. Fuck. I didn't think I'd be as into this album as I was. Believe me, I was wary of the collaborations and it being a double album, I know they'd always talked about not being sure of doing one. I went in excited, but not completely over the moon. I thought I was prepared, and I still got my fucking face melted and my heart broken. I don't say this lightly, but I think Mastodon have finally... truly surpassed what's often been considered their very best work. If you could say that. If anything, they raised their own bar enormously high. I didn't know exactly how possible that was considering the vast, dense musicality of "the big four" and 2017's Emperor of Sand .  Yes, I'm serious. This is an absolute triumph. Some may argue it's bloated, too "mid-tempo," it's not "sludgy" enough as a certain melon has griped on their more recent material. You can think that. It's ok. I feel otherwise....

Does anybody find it funny that Facebook and Instagram were down the day after a pretty damning series of information came out about how they're TOTALLY aware of how much hate they foster and promote? Me too. Fuck Zuckerbot. Break Facebook up. YEAH, I CAN SAY THAT HERE. YOU CAN'T GET TO ME HERE IF NOBODY CARES ABOUT BLOGGER ANYMORE YOU ROBOT BASTARD! Anyways, being downtown again more frequently has been really nice. Especially with the fall weather officially kicked in. I really missed that morning ritual of just, waking up super early and getting to be around such a busy environment as it's all just starting to wake up. There's kind of a zen vibe to it. It's nice. I just didn't appreciate as much as I should have initially. I mean, I did but... not like I do now. There's something kind of calming knowing somewhere so busy can be so quiet and empty sometimes too. To kind of build on that, being downtown again I'm reminded of the numerous treks in diffe...

Hello. Not too much happening now. It's pretty nice. Facebook and Instagram have been down basically all day so far. Just kinda been listening to records and chilling out after a busy weekend. Two artists, in particular, have been on a helluva loop lately. HEALTH and TOBACCO. Absolutely loving their stuff lately. HEALTH's Vol. 4 :: Slaves Of Fear and TOBACCO's Sweatbox Dynasty have been on heavy rotation. There's something really hypnotic and compelling about both records, but I have yet to put my finger on what exactly. I especially love how digestible they are, they're not long records by any means and the tracks are short and sweet. Nothing overstays its welcome.  Anyways, so this whole Instagram and Facebook thing is weird. On one hand, I'm fine with Facebook being gone with all the misinformation and bullshit. On the other hand, I DO use both services to keep in touch with a lot of people and it'd suck to basically be starting over with no platform to p...