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Pissing on the Brainbombs

More than one well meaning, well schooled punk-o with proven refined tastes has thrown the name "Brainbombs" in my direction. Knowing that a couple of them are in Totalitar(god) meant that I had to stop sleeping and check it out. So seeing as I live in a town without a record store worth checking out, I used my internet machine to hear some of these tunes. At first I thought it sounded cool, a nice chunky riff, creepy vocals and gloom abound. Then I started to hate it. What makes or breaks any music(in any genre) is focus and execution, and Brainbombs fall flat in both of these areas. While a sonically similar band like Swans is very refined and laboriously put together, Brainbombs come across like a thrown together side-project, an inside joke. Their lyrical efforts to sound "evil" and provocative are extremely forced, and while a language barrier might be partially responsible for this, songs about killing and raping people without making a point are for fools. Lyrical the Brainbombs are Answer Me! for Dummies. Please reference "Jordan, Minnesota" for an example of how to do it right. The music itself is an exercise in tedium, and while that in itself doesn't exclude greatness(or even perfection) this lacks any of the charm of our fave San-Fran fish masters and their ilk. I'm left wondering what my friends see that I don't. As always, make up your own mind, I did.

Top Ten of 2007

Here's my top ten list of 2007. Me and "The Body" are doing zine that will give me an excuse for more long-winded ego patting write-ups, this is just the list.
I've read a few try-hard pretender's lists made up of hipster crap and their friends bands. As always, get fucked.

More in Huge Cows That Kill #1.

1.Lebenden Toten-Death Cult Deprivation 8"
2.Extortion-Control 7"
3.Ecoli 7"
4.Busy Signals LP
5.Sex Vid-Tania 7"
6.Loser Life-I have ghosts and I have ghosts 12"
7.Totalitar LP
8.Homostupids-The Edge 7"
9.Cola Freaks-7"
10.Repurcusions-12"