A Thing About Dan Black

As you can see here, Dan Black, hyped new artist for 2009, is not blessed with charm. When he's not proclaiming that he's recording his new album in a Parisian cellar (is it 17th or 18th Century...? Do make up your mind), he's laying claim to the fact that he sees himself as part of the lineage of great bands. He also thinks his music sounds like hip hop (it doesn't sound anything like hip hop) and that he is super-inspired by what "black [awkward pause] modern America is doing". Yes, Dan, it's alright to use the word 'black'.

You can listen to his music on his myspace/website/youtube and draw your own conclusions. He's not making the worst music in the world... but he's not making particularly good music either... and any redeemable qualities his music might have, have now been completely drowned out by the fact that, as you can see, he is a bit of 'confident' (read: arrogant). (Also... what does he say at the end of the video? That he wants to buy a bag of skank? Scat? Scag?)