Frownland

Good to see another Anticon fan! Also, to answer your questions

1. been to any good concerts lately?

Not lately, but I saw Merzbow and Prurient about a month ago. Super intense and fun. Hoping to catch a Stephanie Richards quintet performance of the month as well as a Peter Evans & friends show that look awesome.

2. do your ears sometimes hurt nowadays? [mine are beginning to do]
have you considered using earplugs?

Mine are definitely beginning to hurt after overexposure to loud music, plus I was already prone to wax buildup. I'm a religious member of the earplug crew.

3. what are your 3 favorite 2018 albums? what record was the most dissapointing?

Top 3:
John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
Julia Holter - Aviary

Most disappointing was Code Girl by Mary Halvorson but I think that that's because I didn't give it a fair chance. I checked out some of Amirtha Kidambi's (the vocalist from Code Girl) stuff with the Elders and I enjoyed it quite a bit, so maybe I'll be more familiar with the language of the album than on my first couple of listens.

4. do you liked the last spiritualized album? you think he kinda repeats himself? or is this exactly the point?

I'm familiar with Spaceman 3's stuff but not too much with Spiritualized. I thought that the new album was pretty lush and atmospheric.

5.what about the beak> album?

I thought that it was slick but underwhelming in the light of L.A. Playback.

6. would you pay to see iggy pop live now(this summer actually) in his 70's? do you think its true he wont make another album?

I'd pay like 20 bucks. I don't mind if he makes another album either, wasn't a fan of his recent efforts.

7. why you think hiphop dominates nowadays? do you think it dominates? has it gotten better? [i think not] has it more to do with clothes and lifestyle in general than with music? [youknow teenagers wearing hoodies and all that]

Hip hop dominates because there are listeners who have been exposed to it for their whole lives. I think that hip hop is evolving in many positive ways, but it does seem like hip hop is moving away from lyricism which I'm a little disappointed about (but not crushed). That's not hip hop dying though, that's evolution. Plus the lyrical **** is out there in spades so who am I to bitch about it.

8. whats your favorite tom waits album?

Big Time

9. do you consider reggae to be a fully legit kind of music, or kinda 'inferior'? [if the answer is inferior may you burn in hell.

There's some passion in the roots of the genre but it's devolved into self parody.

10. how do you listen to music? i mean spotify, mp3+winamp in a computer [its what i mostly do] or you play records or just youtube all day long or what?

Mostly streaming but if I'm kicking back at home I'm more likely to throw on one of my records.

11. do you listen to the actual radio or some kind of internet radio or podcast or whatever?

I listen to 88.3 our jazz station sometimes.

12. name 3 musical sites you like to visit.

Musicbanter, Rateyourmusic, and Bandcamp.

13. do you spend some money in music-related stuff? how? how many?

I buy vinyl and instruments. How many? Too many according to my wallet.

14. does your profession or studies or something that has to do with your 'main occupation' lets call it has to do something with music?

Unfortunately not but I'd like to open a venue some day.

15. do you actively play an instrument? in a band or orchestra or in a quartet or smth?

I play several instruments. Currently jamming with a few people in a duo format but not really in any band right now.

16. do you like beeing asked questions? about almost any subject? why? do es it make you feel important?

I feel too important to be questioned.

17. you sometimes sing when you take a bath? when you dont?

Sure I sing.

18. do you read actual muzic magazines or fanzines sometimes?

Not since I was a kid reading mags for guitar tablature.

19. will it kinda bother you if i dont put a question number 20 and leave it at 19? are you 100% sure?

https://deafbox.bandcamp.com/album/deaf-cuts

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