Collecting Diamonds

A few words about the name of this blog:


Q and not U (Dischord, 1998-2005)were a band. They were a great band. Three stellar and diverse studio albums, and a spastic, unpredictable live show made the band into an unmatched creative force. They managed to define a distinct sound that's recognizable but indescribable. Fuck trying to pin the tail on the genre- Q and not U were post-punk with a bit of dance, math and folk rock(s) mixed in on any given track.

And that is why everybody ruins music. You can't write about it. Trying to sum up seven years of fantastic sounds from a keyboard/pen/never represents what a band really sounds like. You have to put those sounds to your ears, or the point of starting a band in the first place is totally lost. It either makes you dance (in one way or another), or you hang it up.

That's it.