Another week, another Mercury music section to read while you think about the UFOs hovering over Texas. “Are they drunk?”

Dan Deacon tells us all about his trip to Europe. Oh sure, when I went to London when I was 16 and my girlfriend dumped me hours after getting off the plane, no one published my journal about it. Then again, that’s probably a good thing.
MP3: Dan Deacon - Lion with a Sharks Head “demostration version”

Although he didn’t say it, Jeremy Enigk would like to apologize for unleashing the snarling beast known as “emo” upon the masses. He is very sorry. He was so young back then, and he needed the money.
MP3: Jeremy Enigk - Canons

Could there be a better way to live than spending yours days playing dooming metal and smoking weed? I’m sure OM do more than that, they probably mix in some Xbox or something.
MP3: OM - To the Shrinebuilder (Live in Toronto, 2006)

Want more references to teenagers getting dumped, apologetic emo, and lazy jokes about heshers smoking weed? End Hits.