Bwah! Ok, here I go pretending anyone on the earth is even looking at this. But I'm giving no shits, because I need a spot to jot stuff down.

Just found out about this group Dr. Dog and their new record "Fate" which I am currently playing on repeat. A great little indie rock/pop group with strong routes in classic rock song craft. the overlaying melodies are pretty well thought out and give the guys a sound all their own. Though if I had to pin it down, which I constantly try to do, I'd say it's like The Band filtered through mid 2000s indie pop with a little Of Montreal thrown in on backing vocals. Check it out if you think that sounds like something worth err....checking out.

Kool Keith. This guy is nuts. I've grown quite fond of his Dr. Octagon character, more specifically, the major label reissue of his debut album "Dr. Octagonologist". I think back to the time it was released and what was major in hip/hop at the time. It was the bridge between gangsta and party. Everything was either very gritty and angry or super shiny and upbeat. Keith was doing something completely different. It's raw, it's dirty and it is intensely weird. I'm not going to even pretend that I get the point of most of it. But the complex rhymes do unfold in a way that keeps you waiting for what he'll say next (which, more often than not, ends up being something about poop). I think he laid the groundwork for the underground revolution that followed. Most of his later work has failed to measure up, critically to that first record. He may not ever make a statement so grand. But for a former psychiatric patient at bellevue, one genre defining album ain't bad.

Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers video.