DEPECHE MODE, Sounds of the So-so-verse

The funnest part of this review is that I had a Twitter conversation about the actual unit of measure of a 'butt load' while settling down to write. I say it's half of a 'shit load'. 2 shit loads = 1 fuck load. Or, 1 butt = 126 gallons (look it up yourself). This album sounds like a remix of Black Celebration and Songs of Faith & Devotion - without the structure of BC and the passion of SOFAD with a dash of Construction Time Again to hold it all together. It's not a terrible record. I can listen to most of it. They're really paying an homage to themselves, you can pick out riffs from past albums. Hole to Feed is the best track and oddly it sounds nothing like rest. Jezebel, Wrong, and Peace are not ever going to make it into rotation. But you know what I say? As long as people are buying it, you should keep selling it. There is definitely something undeniably sexy about Mr. Ghan's voice.

New Pixies Box-Set From Minotaur

At first I was totally shitting myself over this. I had decided that I was going to do whatever I needed to make sure that I had one of these in my collection. But here's the thing as I'm sure you learned from the video, the only hook is the new art work, and the exclusion of b-sides or a remaster just seem like madness and then you see the price tag for the vinyl edition, which quite frankly is fucking ludicrous. But, my buddy Lono is totally stoked on the new artwork. So, to each his own. Pre-order from Artist in Residence.

Esperanto and Why it Failed, Starring William Shatner

Midweek Marinations with Matt O

One of the good things that came of the KRCL shakeup, which you gotta admit was not the disaster that the prophets predicted, was the birth of UTAHFM.org. My good buddy Matt O has got himself a show on this network that's dope. We've traded music over the couple of years and you can expect a full gamut. Beach Boys to Beasties Boys, Chaka Khan to King Khan, and everything in between. Give it a listen. He's on Wednesday evenings from 6-9p.