» Another sign of Pitchfork’s misguided nature:

Mazarin are supporting their third album, We’re Already There, released this summer on I & Ear Records. (Editor’s note: It’s the best Philly indie rock album of the year. Sorry Dr. Dog and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.)

My rebuttal:

A) Just because CYHSY has one member who lives here does not make them a Philadelphia band. If a Philly band had a member who lived in NYC and then claimed to be a NYC band, there’d be a shitstorm — gangs would form, street wars would take place, etc. And we don’t consider Superchunk a Philly band because Jon Wurster grew up here. Nor do we consider Marah a NC band because their drummer Jon Wurster lives in NC.

My point to this ridiculousness is: it wouldn’t be acceptable.

B) Duh, The Spinto Band’s Nice and Nicely Done, A Sides’ Hello, Hello and B.C. Camplight’s Hide, Run Away are the best three local releases of the year. (thanks to jon for reminding me about the a sides)

C) Just wait until you hear the Plain Parade compilation. It may possibly trump both of the records mentioned in talking point B. Hail Social make Mazarin sound good.

» Does anyone have sleeping pills? I haven’t been able to get more than 4 hours of sleep for the last week. I’m edgy, but not in my usual edgy-but-kind-of-amusing-and-hilarious sort of way. It’s really not fun.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 27th, 2005 at 10:48 am and is filed under general, local, music.