Brooke and I are going to get our marriage license today!

I’ll admit that I check Pitchfork every morning. Occasionally, a review will remind me of a band I’m actually interested in! That happened today with their notice for Grindstone, by Norway’s Shining.

There’s nothing like a blast of totally fucked prog to put a spring in your step. For fans of ’70s King Crimson, Bohren und Der Club of Gore and actual Krautrock.

Here are a couple of cuts:

Shining — “Stalemate Longan Runner”

Shining — “Psalm”

The album is no doubt in stock at Pure Pop. If you’re all digital, you can also find it at iTunes.

Casey Rea was the Seven Days music editor from 2004 until 2007. He won the 2005 John D. Donoghue award for arts criticism from the Vermont Press Association.

8 replies on “Music for exploded minds.”

  1. Ooooh….go with the POW throw pillows. They’re classy & manage to make you feel both comfortable AND uncomfortable at the same time.

  2. Well then confabulations from the Hodgdon-Miller-Victor-Bea household! I’m torn between giving you a Clapper, or a gift certificate to that crazy white trash store in the University Mall so you can pick out a nice fiber optic Jesus or POW throw pillows or something.

  5. A marriage license. Have you and Brooke had testing done to make sure you’re not secretly brother and sister? And are you 100% positive neither of you was previously married during a period of prolonged amnesia? Is the real Brooke trapped in a cave of ice while a phony zombie-Brooke has taken her place? You might want to look into these things before you get hitched because as a Passions viewer I know they are much more common than one might think.

  7. Awesome tunes Casey. Thanks for posting…and the Panda Bear tracks also.Hey record label people: I will buy the album now thanks to Casey posting it. Don’t you dare give him any shit.

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