There’s soon to be a whole heap of yakkety yak surrounding Manhattan thrift-hop hopefuls Bongo Lloyd. So naturally, we thought we’d get in ahead of the mob and introduce this quarrelsome couple of sonance-emitters ourselves.
Mild inebriation is somewhat mandatory every March 17th. No matter what your stance on Guinness, the Irish, the Catholic church or globally commercialized holidays, it’s hard to deny the fun to be had with a good celebratory piss up. Any excuse, eh?
Emo musicians are the latest to embrace the rise in popularity of Internet memes.
With the captioned viral graphics becoming ubiquitous throughout social networks in recent months, several renowned names of emo music including Hawthorne Heights and Taking Back Sunday have unveiled plans to reissue past albums in the “meme” format.
The announcements come following Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance’s recent decision to make his band’s entire back catalogue available as downloadable JPEG images, for as much as 5% off the physical albums’ standard prices.
Investigative journalism: Rodney Gullet
Last week PrntSpleen scribbler @Sammii Taint sat down with acoustic washboard troubadour Rodney Gullet, erstwhile whistler for spittlecore pioneers Beauty and the Yeast, better known by his unaccompanied alias Colonic Investigation. An admired apostle of the bustling Shropshire washboard scene, Gullet has continually pushed the boundaries of his instrument’s limitations, converting critics and naysayers alike along his forged path to broader recognition. Here we act as the fly on the wall, bringing you a verbatim transcription of what went down when Gullet encountered our #alternative reporter.
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