Exclusive!!!

Sorry no posts for a while. I’ve been in New York at the CMJ Music Marathon, which was a total waste of $230, but I saw some cool bands. Still, I could have blown that $230 I spent on a badge in far better ways while in New York. Even if I’d paid the door at all the clubs I went to, I still would’ve barely scraped $75. That’s why CMJ sucks – you pay for the badge before they announce a single band. Some years (like last year), I could’ve seen twenty shows a night. Other years (like this year), there weren’t even twenty bands I wanted to see.

I did make some new favorites, though. Child Bite, Pegasuses-XL, Everybody Out, Look Mexico – four bands that knocked my socks off is an all right tally, considering I probably spent more time in record stores and museums than I did in clubs. Wandering around the MoMA listening to Shearwater‘s Rook is the closest thing I’ve ever had to a religious experience.

But, anyhow – the exclusive! Suburban Home‘s Under the Influence series has been rather hush-hush, with only the first split announced thus far. However, I can tell you what song Teenage Bottlerocket is doing for their split with the Ergs!. Straight from the band (as asked at their show at the Knitting Factory last night), their song will be:

“Having A Blast” by Green Day.

You may all now go off and let your heads explode.