ART. BRUT. TOP OF THE POPS!

I bought TWO Art Brut shirts at last night's Knitting Factory show. The obsession is that strong: double-merch bandlove.

IS Eddie Argos the best frontman in rock? ARE Art Brut the most important rock band on the planet right now? You must judge for yourself. But one thing is certain: Modern art makes me want to rock out! Stereogum has a wee review of Wednesday night's show, along with some groovy pix. Brooklyn Vegan has a great shot of Eddie in the middle of thee crowd, too. My buddy Lance and I are both e-mail wetting ourselves like a couple of girls today because Eddie made frequent eye contact with both of us during the show. Like he was looking right into our souls and commanding us to rock! (You wanna know how I know you're gay? Because you care that the singer made eye contact with you.) All I can tell you is I entered the venue a semi-normal person, and I came out a maniac covered in bourbon and beer (thank you, super-awesome PBR/whiskey drink special!!) with two t-shirts and no voice... and proceded directly to a bar. (One shirt reads "Modern Art Makes Me Want to Rock Out," the other says "Popular Culture No Longer Applies to Me.") Bedtime on a school night? 2:30. And hammered to boot! Hours late to work? One. Servings of bacon consumed this morning? One, but I'm considering another go.

For those of you who love monstrous, droning doom metal (Anyone? Hello?? Just me??), Boris and SunnO))) are touring together(!). Even better, they're playing at Avalon with Growing on May 30. I'm going to this one by myself, aren't I? Speaking of scary doom and stuff, Brian and I are hitting the 9th Annual NYC Tattoo Convention this weekend. Oooooo. Doom metal and tattoos. I'm suddenly giving the utterly false impression that I am a complex, scary man. Or that I'm a creepy, pierced, Al Jourgensen-looking nutjob. The latter is actually the case. I look exactly like THIS.

Random link alert: I think I know what happened to my dad!! Also, I think I have a new favorite movie!! [Both links via BoingBoing]

Last and, honestly, least, Dinosaur Jr.'s classic Green Mind was reissued on Tuesday. (The horseshit Bitchfork review doesn't come close to doing the album justice.) If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up. It's so choice.

Have a happy, healthy weekend. Remember to think frequently about Jesus and the sacrifice he made for you and all your dirty, sacrelicious ways.