"Everyday Shooter" Not Your Everyday Game

I'll let the footage speak for itself. As a Depeche Mode song once said, words can only do harm.







www.everydayshooter.com

Mad hot awesome sauce.

You want some 'effin math rock!?

Since my ass won't be by a computer Friday to uphold my newly minted blagging schedule, I'm giving this to you early, as a taste of things to come.

One thing I will focus on from now on is sharing awesome music you probably don't know about. And I'm not talking Sufjan Stevens or Ben Folds indie. I'm talking 'these guys played in my basement' indie. And so, it is my honor to present the first of many music features. And who gets the coveted first spot?

I give you...

Japandi!

Besides being a perfect example of my favorite flavor of math rock, these guys went to my high school, and are the delightful little darlings of my local San Diego music scene. Bringing some sweet succulent art rock that is easy on the ears (and the eyes, ladies) Japandi certainly deserves some sexy attention from anybody into music that kicks ass.

What makes them great is the same thing that will keep them from getting any kind of radio airplay. Shifting and off kilter time signatures, epic non-stop instrumental eccentricities, and melodies that morph from butterflies to beasts will scare off any TGIF customers enjoying their Jalapeno poppers. But you know what? Fuck those guys. Japandi is the kind of music you have to pay attention to, and if you do, you will appreciate an aural innovation you won't get anywhere else.

Most official of websites: http://www.japandi.com/

A Danger to Your Fragile Psyche, plus Awesome Music

Aparrently, my little bitch box can warp the minds of children and is the vice tearing this country apart. I am proud.

I hope that was a big enough attention grabber to get you to read the rest of this post, because I have stumbled upon something awesome.

http://www.cicadacom.com/ is the personal website of a musical genius, Judson Cowan. And I don't use that word lightly. He's done 16-bit concept albums for video games that don't exist, he's done a capella remixes of The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Ace of Bass, Coolio, Cake, A-Ha, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song, and others. He's got remixes out the a-hole. He has also been prolific in his own original stuff, which bring to mind what Ben Gibbard's side project The Postal Service would sound like if Ben Gibbard had talent, and liked him some Depeche Mode.

It just really kicks ass, and in a testament to just how awesome he is, all of it is available completely free to anyone with a media player.

I love you Judson Cowan. I love you to death.