live video featuring me fervidly moshing and fist-pumping
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/mar/01/india.railtravel
― tmi finney (samosa gibreel), Friday, 16 April 2010 03:06 (fourteen years ago) link
oops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM-rzAoKm5Y
what was the median age of the ppl at that show?
when i saw Dirty Projectors, it had to have been, like, 19
― ksh, Friday, 16 April 2010 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, thanks ksh! that track is really quite nice. reminds of a lot disparate things that kinda come close but don't really nail their sound so I won't mention them here, but suffice to say it pushes some of my buttons. anyway, yeah I was just kinda drunk and ranting last night -- depressed that a band as amazing as Pissed Jeans really *doesn't* get their just due. but that's just how it goes.
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 16 April 2010 03:15 (fourteen years ago) link
iow, i am feeling this;
hands down best rock band in the world going right now though.
― tmi finney (samosa gibreel)
ah man, it was the best show. alot of these weird punk shows in montreal lately have been really boring audience-wise, just this silent majority of hipsters and people who like performance art standing around with their arms crossed. but for pissed jeans they got a powerviolence band and an 80s hardcore band to open, tonnes of dudes crowdsurfing and going nuts.
― tmi finney (samosa gibreel), Friday, 16 April 2010 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
median age at the show last night was probably about 28 (I am 38)
didn't see any of the scenesters from "my generation" of indie/punk/etc rock though, which kind of surprised me. It was a Wednesday though (it was a huge battle to make it into my 8 am start job today, 20 minutes late)
I should also mention that the Empty Bottle in Chicago has amazing drink specials, $5.50 each day for a drink and a shot. Last night, it was Tito's Vodka and a Point IPA in a bottle. Tito's is, like, my fave vodka right now, and I'm not even really a vodka guy. best boilermaker ever
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 16 April 2010 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty much everyone was over 20. well, at least no one under 18.
yeah, I caught the same general vibe as samosa. crowd actually *did* start off a little arm-crossed, but Pissed Jeans proceeded to break that down relentlessly until, at the end, there was wild moshing to the last couple tracks. they really are unparalleled right now, I think. 50 minute set, no encores, as there needn't have been. they give everything they have for the 50 minutes.
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 16 April 2010 03:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Stormy, glad you liked the DP song!
that's great that the audience was really into it. way too rare these days at many, many shows
― ksh, Friday, 16 April 2010 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link
these fuckin guys
― bear, bear, bear, Saturday, 6 November 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
never listened, just cuz
― Adrian Roosevelt "Adie" Mike (nakhchivan), Saturday, 6 November 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i heard they had a 7" coming out this year
― samosa gibreel, Saturday, 6 November 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
The 7" is out, at least on Emusic. "Sam Kinison Woman" is great, but the b-side is the kind of lumbering clever-Neandertal dirge that they do better than anyone since Flipper. Stunning in it's groaning, cranking way.
― bendy, Saturday, 6 November 2010 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
yep there was a run of 500 on yellow vinyl from sub pop. not sure if any are left, was glad i scored one.
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Sunday, 7 November 2010 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Can someone please tell me the name of the song being played in this clip? I was at this show and they opened with this, and it was VISCERAL.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6dXZfGAt2k
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 7 November 2010 00:25 (thirteen years ago) link
That looks odd. In any case, yeah -- anyone know the title?
Hey that's the song I'm talking about. The L-Word.
― bendy, Sunday, 7 November 2010 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
their singer is hilarious. <3 this band.
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 7 November 2010 00:41 (thirteen years ago) link
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Sunday, 7 November 2010 00:23 (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
for the record there's a, presumably more numerous, black vinyl version if that wasn't clear
also they have a tribute band (sort of)! http://www.myspace.com/shatshorts
― Joy Orbison wrapped in clingfilm (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 7 November 2010 08:57 (thirteen years ago) link
^ 7" is great
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Sunday, 7 November 2010 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I won tickets to Pissed Jeans off of WFMU's twitter on Friday.
http://www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com/event/79955
Opening band is ... Protect-U?? Dance music from D.C. (I saw em at PS1 Warm-Up over the summer). What a weird bill.
― dmr, Monday, 9 January 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
/ braggin 2012
― dmr, Monday, 9 January 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
mike from protect-u and sean from pissed jeans played together in a dc band called navies back in the day
― pretzel walrus, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
cool story bro
― pug waffle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 05:01 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, that is a cool story bro - I had no idea either of those guys were in Navies. I thought Navies was an ex-Black Eyes thing?
― She Got the Shakes, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 08:05 (twelve years ago) link
huh! well that kinda explains it then.
― dmr, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
xp - don't think any of the black eyes dudes were ever in navies, though they played shows together sometimes, and there's a lotta former-member overlap via future times (mike's label)/LIES/100% silk stuff
― pretzel walrus, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, this thread revive prompted me to pull out shallow again and it is still so so awesome
― pretzel walrus, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
love these guys, it's totally time for a new album!
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
fucking amazing band. seeing them in 2 weeks.
― gman59, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
Just heard Sam Kinison woman, fucking awesome. How have the recent sets been? Would love to get these guys in the local DIY basement venue.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 6 February 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
they were pretty good at Music Hall of Williamsburg although the sound was a little mushy, guitars weren't cutting through like they should
the singer practically does standup nowadays. it's pretty lol. people in front near the stage got the Don Rickles treatment
― dmr, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
New track!http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14585-bathroom-laughter/It's rather good...
― Neil S, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
i already said this somewhere else but this album is the no. 1 reason to not throw myself under a bus until at least february 2013
― THAT IS ONE BIG PIZZA (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, best band
― flopson, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
fvk yes \m/
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
love em forever
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
this is fucking awesome
― owenf, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
great innit. I'm going to revisit their old albums by way of celebration.
Now if only Clockcleaner would release another record!
― Neil S, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
good band but Jesus Lizard is better
― nostormo, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
that statement works for nearly every band is the thing
― Neil S, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
Clockcleaner broke up didn't they?
I don't think I heard the last Pissed Jeans record. Which I should probably do something about.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
re. Clockcleaner, I think so too, but it was difficult on cursory examination of Wikipedia etc. to confirm that was the case. Anyway they were good too!
― Neil S, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
Clockcleaner singer dude subsequently did Puerto Rico Flowers which very v little rock and lots of goth. have a feeling that too has come to an end
― Joanna Motorhead (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
Clockcleaner definitely had a goth thing going on, but more on the Cramps/ Gun Club end of the goth-psychobilly spectrum I would have said.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
So glad Pissed Jeans is BACK
now Air Conditioning just needs to return
― Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
the last pissed jeans was just unbelievably good. amazing live band and good guys too.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
clockcleaner broke up & richard sharkey formed puerto rico flowers who i'm not sure have released anything this year but released an lp last year, more gothy less punk
― flopson, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link