the dead milkmen

11 records (and one cassette) you should risk life and limb for this Black Friday Record Store Day

Okay, yeah, Black Friday is kind of gross. People trample over each other to get an HDTV or Beats headphones at a slightly discounted price, and the whole thing just reeks of consumerism sucking our culture into a deep, dark hole from which it’s nearly impossible to emerge. Fear not, however! The happiest places on […]

The Dead Milkmen - Pretty Music For Pretty People

The Dead Milkmen Pretty Music For Pretty People The Dead Milkmen often seemed to labor in the shadow of their fellow Philadelphia brethren Ween, especially after ceding the smart-ass musician floor to them and They Might Be Giants with their 1995 dissolution. The Milkmen reunited in 2008 and in 2011 released The King In Yellow. […]

Don’t Try This At Home: Bad lessons we've learned from songs

Lyrics are often highly metaphorical and definitely not meant to be taken literally. But sometimes that’s where your brain goes, and man do some artists have some rotten advice to give. Here are some instructions and actions we hope you don’t take and habits you probably shouldn’t form. CONTRIBUTORS: [RC] Rachel Campbell [SH] Scott Heisel […]

The Dead Milkmen - The King In Yellow

The Dead Milkmen The King In Yellow The Dead Milkmen’s extensive catalog contains some not-so-uplifting tunes such as “Life is Shit” and “If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire,” and the band re-formed in 2004 under the unfortunate circumstance of performing memorial shows for late bassist Dave Schulthise, who committed suicide. It shouldn’t come […]