no phoebe, don't call it a comeback

God, since I got back at uni I suck at updating this thing. Anyway, here's a new band called Kudrow - and yes, that's Jeff from Bomb The Music Industry! singing. So, immediately brilliant, non?

more catchy tunes about dying alone

Bomb the Music Industry! is the brainchild of Jeff Rosenstock, formerly of the Arrogant Sons of Bitches (who once recorded a live album of Radiohead covers), and they are great. Like, really really good. And in the need to bring another Radiohead comparison around, Rosenstock's record label, Quote Unquote, was working that whole pay-what-you-like-for-the-album angle way before In Rainbows. Rosenstock hasn't just used Quote Unquote to merely release new BTMI! stuff - the label's roster includes Chotto Ghetto, We Versus The Shark and Cheap Girls, who have all released pretty interesting stuff for the label.

After a pretty quiet 2008 (unless you count the frankly puzzling accusations of copyright infringement), the label has just released a sampler for what they've got coming out in 2009, which means newies by O Pioneers!!, Matt Kurz, Shinobu and, of course, BTMI! If you've never listened to Rosenstock's band, here's the crash course: they are depressing yet joyous, have four million members (look at their myspace page just to see what I mean) and sound a bit like Mitch Clem's record collection getting swallowed alive by an iBook. They're great, they're touring the UK at the end of this month, and their new album, Scrambles, is available online from Quote Unquote on January 22nd, with a physical format out later this year from Asian Man Records.

Bomb The Music Industry! - Fresh Attitude, Young Body

BTMI! official website
Quote Unquote Records
Asian Man Records