Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 An honest, unflinching look at the music you listen to, but probably shouldn't. http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/index.php en-us radium@somethingawful.com webmaster@somethingawful.com http://i.somethingawful.com/core/sa_logo_144.png http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/index.php 144 42 garbageday@somethingawful.com (Jesse "kingcobweb" Mason and Daryl "Fucking" Hall) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/top-ten-2009.php ...in the soon-to-be-published opinions of other critics, most of whom are wrong. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/top-ten-2009.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/wolfmother-cosmic-egg.php Please, people, I know I told you other bands sucked, but believe me, this is way fucking worse. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/wolfmother-cosmic-egg.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller and Sergeant D) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/hate-florence-antlers.php I send Sgt. D videos specifically chosen to drive him insane, and he sends back -- well, it doesn't matter, I hate everything. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/hate-florence-antlers.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/porcupine-tree-incident.php Is Porcupine Tree too prog? No, not prog enough. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/porcupine-tree-incident.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller and Jesse "kingcobweb" Mason) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/tiesto-trance-conspiracy.php Undercover correspondent Jesse 'kingcobweb' Mason reveals the truth about trance. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/tiesto-trance-conspiracy.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/garbageday-hate-mail.php As long as I can remember, people have hated me. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/garbageday-hate-mail.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller and Sergeant D) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/hate-despised-icon.php Guest collaborator Sergeant D thought he liked all music. I had a few bands for him to meet. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:30:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/hate-despised-icon.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller and Jesse "kingcobweb" Mason) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/your-band-great.php This column takes a loving, supportive look at the music you're completely justified in enjoying! Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:30:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/your-band-great.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/muse-resistance-sucks.php Simultaneously bombastic and boring, 'The Resistance' crushes hope from both sides of the spectrum. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/muse-resistance-sucks.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/suicide-silence-deathcore.php Death to deathcore! Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/suicide-silence-deathcore.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/mute-math-armistice.php The depressing story of 'Armistice,' the terrible easy-listening album that almost wasn't. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/mute-math-armistice.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/dead-weather-horehound.php Jack White assembles the alt-rock version of Chickenfoot! Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/dead-weather-horehound.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/owl-city-fireflies.php Greetings, friend! Do you wish to look as happy as me? Send $ to Owl City (don't use Postal Service)! Obnoxious happiness is just an Amazon order away! Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:30:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/owl-city-fireflies.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/warped-tour-2009.php After 15 years, it's time for me to bid Warped Tour good riddance. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/warped-tour-2009.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/dirty-projectors-orca.php Wait, is 'Bitte Orca' the worst album of 2009? Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/dirty-projectors-orca.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/mayhem-fest-killswitch.php An all-day metal event -- attended for research purposes, of course -- yields some hideous lowlights. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:30:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/mayhem-fest-killswitch.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/decemberists-hazards-love.php Indie's most bookish band builds vocabularies, sings of deer-man-woman sex. Read all about it! Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/decemberists-hazards-love.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/all-time-low.php These guys could be soulless machines, or they might represent the nadir of modern music. Either way, nothing personal. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/all-time-low.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/dream-theater-volta.php Two prog bands battle to the death, but EVERYONE SURVIVED. RAHHRGH! Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/dream-theater-volta.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/gossip-beth-ditto.php Model-fronted hype band The Gossip tries to make boring music fashionable. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/gossip-beth-ditto.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/uplifter-311.php How did forgotten 311 suddenly land its highest-charting album? Male magic! Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/uplifter-311.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/anti-flag-gun.php Bullets can't slice ideas! Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/anti-flag-gun.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/grizzly-bear-robust.php Beet-eating nerds make boring folk for latent hippies disguised as hipsters. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/grizzly-bear-robust.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/tori-amos-abnormally.php Swarm angrily, faeries! Someone's criticizing your queen! Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/tori-amos-abnormally.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/green-day-breakdown.php We "break down" the new Green Day! Ha ha. But seriously, it's fucking horrible. Fri, 22 May 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/green-day-breakdown.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/mastodon-crack-skye.php Mastodon is a disgrace to metal and beards. Fri, 15 May 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/mastodon-crack-skye.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/northern-state-millionaires.php Behold, the next wave of feminist musicians! Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/northern-state-millionaires.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/ponytail-pitchfork.php Are you tired of vocalists who use actual words and sing on key? Pitchfork has the band for you! Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/ponytail-pitchfork.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/lady-gaga-alien.php A probing investigation reveals Lady Gaga's shocking secret! Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/lady-gaga-alien.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/timatayo-right-brothers.php A search of music-themed Awful Link submissions yields some horrendous politically motivated songwriters -- and TIMATAYO! Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/timatayo-right-brothers.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/now-call-music.php Somehow, the hits compilation "NOW That's What I Call Music" still tops the charts after thirty installments. These customer testimonials explain the mysterious allure. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:30:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/now-call-music.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/dirty-tourney-saliva.php Women compete March Madness-style for the title Queen Skank, with four atrocious bands as the selection committee. Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:30:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/dirty-tourney-saliva.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/war-child-heroes.php Buying benefit records can make you feel great, as long as you don't do something stupid like actually listening to them. Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/war-child-heroes.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/sxsw-2009-guide.php For a successful South by Southwest experience, see shows other than the ones listed in this anti-guide. People outside Austin, take note: These acts might be headed your way. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/sxsw-2009-guide.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/asher-roth-college.php Asher Roth's "I Love College": A song so stupidly obvious, it's amazing generations of idiot musicians didn't think of it first. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:30:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/asher-roth-college.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/u2-line-horizon.php Get on your boots, and let's wade through "No Line on the Horizon." Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:30:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/u2-line-horizon.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Kiko) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/first-floor-baby.php Remember First Floor from Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" video? There's more to their story than you could have ever imagined. Stay for a spell as the band's singer Kiko goes through their photo album! Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/first-floor-baby.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/limp-bizkit-reunion.php Limp Bizkit returns vowing to clean up the "heavy popular music" scene, but they'll probably just make things worse. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/limp-bizkit-reunion.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/brokencyde-freaxxx-bree.php Back in 2007, Brokencyde sang "Will kill myself, but something tells me you won't give a fuck." There's only one way to find out! Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/brokencyde-freaxxx-bree.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/theory-dead-shwayze.php Fake rappers and Nickelback clones dominate the final four entries on 2008's worst musical happenings countdown. Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:30:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/theory-dead-shwayze.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/nkotb-mraz-sucks.php The Worst of 2008 countdown nears its horrifying conclusion. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:30:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/nkotb-mraz-sucks.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/haiku-alphabutt-hinder.php Countdown continues/rude haikus for last year's duds/Poetic justice. Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:30:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/haiku-alphabutt-hinder.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/mudvayne-cute-aim.php The month-long wrap-up of 2008's worst music addresses some fresh voices in the field of horribleness, some familiar faces, and some faces that might be more familiar if they were caked in cheesy make-up or concealed in alien masks. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/mudvayne-cute-aim.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/maine-rosematter.php The countdown to 2008's worst act uncovers the fresh horrors lurking between #38 and #30. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/maine-rosematter.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/hayden-weiland-urgency.php The first installment of 2008's 46 Worst Musical Happenings ranges from 'Heroes' Hayden's slutty single to Natalie Portman's Shaved Head. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/hayden-weiland-urgency.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/common-boyshorts-hudgens.php Naked brothers, moon parties and boyshorts factor into this Worst of 2008 prelude. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/common-boyshorts-hudgens.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Charles Dickens) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/fall-out-christmas.php All-American Rejects and Fall Out Boy converse with Spirits using their own lyrics, but only one band emerges alive. Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:30:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/fall-out-christmas.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Charles Dickens) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/saliva-christmas-carol.php In the first installment of the Christmas Carol Compactor, a ghost haunted by Saliva's appalling career gets his revenge. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/saliva-christmas-carol.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/stereoside-saving-abel.php Amazon's personalized recommendations can be terrifying, if you're in the bad-music business. Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:30:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/stereoside-saving-abel.php garbageday@somethingawful.com (Andrew "Garbage Day" Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/stage-fm-unsigned.php Are random bar bands better than Hinder and Winger, even if they're striving to be Hinder and Winger? Why, yes they are. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:30:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/garbage-day/stage-fm-unsigned.php