I got a chance to see RLLRBLL last night for the first time in ages. Man they're good. As they have shrunk down to their core trio over the decades (!) they have cut out all the fat, just lean volume all around. I was positioned in front of the subwoofer at Bunk Bar so I got to take in all of the bass heroics. New album Gilliam contains no major chords per my accounting, all minor, and drops the line "God I love the Wipers" in "Negate" - is this their Youth of America?
The boy got way into the charming game Alba: A Wildlife Adventure and so I got to hear its great soundtrack again. Lorena Álvarez's discography is also great, it turns out. Great video for "La Boda" featuring dancing dogs, a butt with a smiling face, and a rainbow-striped cardigan that I would totally consider stealing.
The Bats have a new song and it sounds exactly like you would want it to sound, which is to say it sounds exactly like the Bats. Also, the video features some pretty sweet vintage (folding?) bikes:
