What Are you Listening to Right Now?

[Dr. Medulla]

Pasteboard, Glitter. Japanese shoegaze band, lots of fuzz, slow moving.

[Dr. Medulla]

Norman Westberg, Before the Bridge. More of his move to ambient/abstract composition. Count me as a big fan.

[Dr. Medulla]

[Dr. Medulla]

Big sound, bombastic, lots of energy. Really fucking powerful.

[Kory]

Big sound, bombastic, lots of energy. Really fucking powerful.

Would you say it's...formidable?

[Dr. Medulla]

Big sound, bombastic, lots of energy. Really fucking powerful.

Would you say it's...formidable?

Also a joy. I love that the singer goes by the name Ritzy. That's like a vaudeville move.

[Dr. Medulla]

Russian shoegaze/dreampop. I hear a lot of Pinkshinyultrablast in them.

[Wolter]

Russian shoegaze/dreampop. I hear a lot of Pinkshinyultrablast in them.

You've made up every single thing mentioned in this post, haven't you?

[Dr. Medulla]

Russian shoegaze/dreampop. I hear a lot of Pinkshinyultrablast in them.

You've made up every single thing mentioned in this post, haven't you?

Kory'll back me up that my talk is not, in fact, the crazy talk.

[Wolter]

Russian shoegaze/dreampop. I hear a lot of Pinkshinyultrablast in them.

You've made up every single thing mentioned in this post, haven't you?

Kory'll back me up that my talk is not, in fact, the crazy talk.

So what you're saying is this is both a band AND a pizza topping.

[Heston]

Russian shoegaze/dreampop. I hear a lot of Pinkshinyultrablast in them.

You've made up every single thing mentioned in this post, haven't you?

[Dr. Medulla]

Russian shoegaze/dreampop. I hear a lot of Pinkshinyultrablast in them.

You've made up every single thing mentioned in this post, haven't you?

Kory'll back me up that my talk is not, in fact, the crazy talk.

So what you're saying is this is both a band AND a pizza topping.

I can neither confirm nor refute the latter. I refer that question to Mr. Pox.

[Marky Dread]

This.

[Dr. Medulla]

The first song is pop perfection:

[Dr. Medulla]

Just zipping thru various bits of this, but, Christ, this is a cathartic tribute to Ian Curtis. Such energy to the performance, it almost banishes the melancholy that wells up whenever I listen to JD.