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Artists like to make a statement. For better or worse this can be dictated by the state of the world at that moment and for the most part these statements tend to fall on the grandiose side of things and often come with big moral and social implications. In the world of popular music it’s refreshing when an artist realizes not everything they put out needs to carry the world's weight. A pop song can just be a pop song. When it’s done right it can lift that weight and make it feel like the sun is shining brighter than it had been before you hit play.

How many metalheads does it take to change a lightbulb? That depends. Alternating or direct current, bro? Actually, let’s just sit in the dark. After all, it means we’re boycotting that scab Thomas Edison, who stole Nikola Tesla’s ideas and was basically an all-around dick. What could be more metal than that? Well, how about a long-winded song about electricity’s greatest rivalry from a band whose name immediately confirms their own bias? Tight, bro. Tight.

There is no facet of stand up comedy at this point that has been left unexamined in popular culture. Yet The Comedian seems to think it's taking us behind the curtain into a secret romantic subculture. It’s as if the filmmakers don’t know that stand up comedy is already the subject of several dozen very popular TV shows, movies, podcasts, and web series. This doesn’t even seem that accurate.

After 18 years The Jesus And Mary Chain have announced they will be releasing their new album, Damage And Joy, in 2017. To tide us over until it drops next year the Reid brothers have debuted that album’s first single, “Amputation”. Since their reunion in 2007 JAMC have been teasing new material and other than a one off, “All Things Must Pass” in 2008, this is the first taste of what they have been working on and I am delighted to say it’s nice to have them back.