From songs about badgers to the Star Wars light sabre kid, the internet is the spiritual home of the cheap laugh. The phrase “black metal recipe blog” is itself several cheap gags folded into one, but something tells me that The Black Oven is entirely sincere. Mostly it’s just a really good laugh. Take for example “Frostbitten Molasses Cookies Entombed with Ginger”: “Packed full of grim and evil spices, they will leave you feeling despondent and isolated within their stronghold of flavor.” (www.theblackoven.blogspot.com)
ANGST FOR NOTHING
Deerhunter singer Bradford Cox’s other band Atlas Sound are way better than calling them a side project would imply. Most rock dudes would be lucky to write tunes that were even half as winsome as “My Car,” so named to fit into the theme of Cox’s new EP, Things I Miss. “The worst part of playing music,” Cox writes, “is the homesickness that comes with being on tour all the time.” You don’t have to pay to download the EP, but if you see Cox in your town, give him a hug. (http://tinyurl.com/52worm)
OH, JESUS
The WFMU blog strikes again with Christian music demos that will have the devout and heathens alike ROFLing in the pews. Pay special attention to “Safe Sex Is Just A Fantasy” rap, with its warnings that syphilis “keeps on growin’ inside of your brain / You could end up blind, or even insane” delivered in that square white-dude cadence pioneered by Rappin’ Rodney. (http://tinyurl.com/6lwdhf)
MP3 OF THE WEEK
Capone N Noreaga, “My Hood feat. The Clipse”: Grimy NY hip-hop that shouts out the scripts on The Wire? Yes please. (http://tinyurl.com/57j3kz)