i listen to 'something good' all the time, made my permanent workout playlist.
saaaaaaame!
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 30 July 2015 00:04 (eight years ago) link
the new wonder years songs are their best ever i think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SreZW6B4gi4
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link
finally their music feels... flexible.
I've only heard "Cardinals" but it's great, high hopes for that one
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 31 July 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
the one that's premiering tomorrow, "cigarettes & saints," is fucking massive
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 31 July 2015 01:53 (eight years ago) link
that one's on Spotify now! sounds really good. I like their habit of reprises.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 31 July 2015 12:51 (eight years ago) link
love this - sounds very deja entendu / dashboard which afaic is all i need
― Mordy, Friday, 31 July 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hbcBrsUuz4
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 31 July 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link
guys what cany ou tell me about shorebirds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v23pvkRNQYg
― 龜, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 12:43 (eight years ago) link
oh, shorebirds are ex-latterman/ex-jawbreaker. latterman were a great band, i've never listened to shorebirds but that song is great
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link
meanwhile the new beach slang song is wonderful. i know they don't exactly qualify for this thread but idk what other thread they'd work in
https://soundcloud.com/beachslang/bad-art-weirdo-ideas-2
shorebirds/latterman dude is matt canino who is currently in RVIVR who own massively
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I6A-Cwfjl8
― adam, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 20:03 (eight years ago) link
oh lol i didn't even make that connection. everybody's in every band
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
hey adam did u see the rvivr thread i started yest
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 20:25 (eight years ago) link
i did not! good timing hoos
― adam, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link
i love everybody itt
― 龜, Friday, 7 August 2015 02:25 (eight years ago) link
same
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 7 August 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
surprised that the new frank turner album is wonderful. he also doesn't belong in this thread but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB4Avdlz3lk
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 7 August 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
if you have ever wanted to hear a pop-punk cover of The tragically Hip, there's one on this Flatliners rarities comp:
https://player.spotify.com/album/5qNy5d1wDn2BQVYpsFxDtx
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Sunday, 9 August 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
here's the new world is a beautiful place song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVg0lBtzgQQ
still boring. video's cool though
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link
dogs on acid! they're good! album out in two weeks! https://soundcloud.com/jadetree/04-the-prick/s-tXzw7
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
gaye byers on acid vs dogs on acid.
I know which side of that minor celeb death match I would side with
― mark e, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
once again not reaaaalllly emo but emo-adjacent: Geoff Rickly's new band sounds great http://www.stereogum.com/1824769/no-devotion-permanent-sunlight/mp3s/
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 20 August 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
oh yeah no devotion is wonderful. can't wait for that record
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 August 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
ok these dudes from nola named donovan wolfington are about to put out a record and it's nuts http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6670374/donovan-wolfington-how-treat-ones-you-love-premiere-tour
mostly pop-punk/pop-rock but also uh straight up hardcore and doom metal songs that kinda thread in seamlessly?
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 August 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link
i gave that a listen last night and was half-paying attn and then all of a sudden shit went crazy
― alpine static, Friday, 21 August 2015 01:15 (eight years ago) link
Another new Wonder Years tune, more trad emo than the others
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 21 August 2015 19:40 (eight years ago) link
finally caught up with beach slang and woooooooowwwwwww wow wow. love this shit.
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
^^ same
they're basically what i wish the Replacements sounded like. (never really could connect w/ the Mats)
― alpine static, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 21:18 (eight years ago) link
the album is wonderful and i have no idea why they sent it to me so early
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 21:20 (eight years ago) link
you are a lucky man sir
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
There is a new Modern Baseball song, you probably know what to expect. They're touring w/ Jeff Rosenstock and others later this year which, yes.
the Wonder Years album is quite pleasing, though I'm predictably not super into the song with the Letlive guy
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 3 September 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link
i haaaate letlive, no idea why they're so popular in the scene
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 September 2015 17:35 (eight years ago) link
lol that is soooo refreshing to hear, they are basically unlistenable imo, and I really tried!
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 3 September 2015 17:38 (eight years ago) link
i also love a lot of shitty metalcore and screamo and they're still a real hurdle
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 September 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
also thk u thread for alerting me to Beach Slang, I am obsessed with "Dirty Cigarettes." also, first new male vocalist in a while I've been really struck by.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 3 September 2015 17:42 (eight years ago) link
like I had no idea that what I really wanted in '15 was a perfect synthesis of mid-period Mats and late Jawbreaker
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 3 September 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
new wonder years is the first record by them i've liked almost all the way through
"cigarettes and saints" is still so massive
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 4 September 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
i actually don't mind the letlive cameo and i usually hate that dude's voice!
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 4 September 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
After a few more listens I think it could use a trim and resequence ("Saints" comes too early imo and 2-3 songs could be dropped painlessly) but it's def mostly solid. Little stuff like the backing vocals on "Song for Ernest Hemingway" adds a lot of character.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 4 September 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
There's a pretty decent emo-pop record hiding somewhere in this fucking neverending Dear Hunter album. "Waves" is a fucking tune!
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Friday, 4 September 2015 18:46 (eight years ago) link
i listened to the 9 minute dear hunter song a few weeks ago and it was a super frustrating experience. "waves" however is a totally great and efficient answer to the question "what if jimmy eat world recorded with an orchestra"
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 4 September 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link
http://www.mtviggy.com/articles/please-explain-what-qualifies-as-pop-punk-and-whats-just-pop
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 September 2015 01:41 (eight years ago) link
not cosigning, just sharing; i'm not much of a fan of THIS IS WHAT X IS articles in general
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 September 2015 01:43 (eight years ago) link
more opinionz 4 u: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/09/pop_punks_compl.html
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 12:39 (eight years ago) link
dug that brooklyn vegan article. Never really got into the Wonder Years, but I'm gonna listen to this today.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 15:05 (eight years ago) link
guys the new world is song is kind of AWESOME which is completely unprecedented
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-wjAYRKW2c
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 01:59 (eight years ago) link
this song is NUTS
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 02:15 (eight years ago) link
mixing/mastering on the wonder years record makes it uh... very difficult to listen to
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 02:35 (eight years ago) link
that new World Is... track doesn't do anything for me at all tbh
really wish that Wonder Years article hadn't mentioned Brand New, are they actually working on that followup or just taunting us
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 03:16 (eight years ago) link