16 Bitch Pile Up -- seen them do awesome sets, seen them do ok setsAir Conditioning -- no ideaBurning Star Core -- might just have seen him play solo? kinda a drone bro iirc. Can't -- i think the first time i saw her, it was a wtf of the best kind, in that i actually can remember itDead Machines -- don't rememberDouble Leopards -- i think they were overrated? not sure if i ever saw them tbhExcepter -- only heard tracks from albumsFat Day -- no ideaFat Worm of Error -- saw them 3/4 times? awesome most of the timeForcefield -- no ideaFriends Forever -- hahaha memorable show, band had lots of incarnations iircGang Wizard -- really good? iirc, might not rcHair Police -- i do not rcHive Mind -- nice guy, okJohn Weise -- prefer Sissy Spacek, had at least one friend who had a major crush on the dudeKites -- don't rememberLanded -- no clueMagik Markers -- dude stole my towel, not sure how many people at the show actually liked them, or just showed up because they were supposed to like them or to hang with friendsMammal -- no ideaMetalux -- only saw MV Carbon solo; really good iircMindflayer -- don't rememberMonotract/Carlos Giffoni -- opening act was way betterMouthus -- really good, but might not rcNautical Almanac -- fineNeon Hunk -- don't rememberNoise Nomads -- no referrer, can't tellPrurient -- don't rememberRusted Shut -- no idea if i ever saw/booked them; too lazy to researchSick Llama -- no ideaSightings -- i actually never saw themWolf Eyes -- did not see any shows w/them w/dilloway; i saw them play in brooklyn w/Richard Pinhas of Heldon and have probably posted the hilarious story related to that on several threads alreadyYellow Swans -- saw/booked these guys so many times; saw each of them solo in the past couple years. really nice guys. a bit too dronebro for me, but solid
― sarahell, Thursday, 24 September 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVOZeT2W6Bo
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
^ another west coast legend
― welltris (crüt), Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:18 (eight years ago) link
xp i have not smoked weed since 1997
― sarahell, Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
worth mentioning-needlegundj dog dicknarwhalz (of sound)teeth mountaingrasslungwzt hearts
― flappy bird, Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
that stuff all comes later
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
Wham City era
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:32 (eight years ago) link
i think this "era" extends to 2007, based on releases, tours, audiences
― sarahell, Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
Sarahell, just curious what qualifies something as "dronebro" stuff for you? Not in a defensive way or what have you, but honestly just wondering what fits the tag vs. other stuff.
― grandavis, Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
I mean, if it is simply dudes who used drones in a standard way, I get it hah hah.
moanwave
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link
sustained broness
― welltris (crüt), Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link
i think this era extends to at least 2009/2010, ending with the last whartscape
― flappy bird, Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:51 (eight years ago) link
Baltimore Wham Cityness A) owes so, so, so much to Fort Thunder and PaperRad and B) Completely went in sync with "internet music journalism"
There were/are great moments for sure, but it's its own era, come on
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 24 September 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link
I'm with Whiney on this one. Obviously any number of these artists kept at it, and similar artists came up, but the depth and vitality of this particular iteration of noise-punk scene dwindled somewhere around a decade ago.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 24 September 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link
Also by vitality I mean the sheer number of acts releasing music and touring. It really was shocking the number of two-pieces putting together interesting noise records on, like Load, Narnack, 5RC, or just through sending CD-Rs to college ratio stations.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 24 September 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, September 24, 2015 6:15 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
true, there was overlap but wham city wouldn't exist without fort thunder by their own admission
― flappy bird, Thursday, 24 September 2015 22:29 (eight years ago) link
wham city was barely doing anything in the timeframe provided by the thread
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 24 September 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
i know, i meant band overlap, lots of them played whartscape & were still active when it ended, s'all i meant
― flappy bird, Thursday, 24 September 2015 22:52 (eight years ago) link
Yellow Swans were west coast, that's why y'all be hating.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Friday, 25 September 2015 06:35 (eight years ago) link
Black Dice most underrated band of the last ~~~x years?
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, September 24, 2015 2:45 PM (Yesterday)
moanwave (whiney knows this, but for the benefit of everyone else, and uh, posterity?): generally a solo project involving vocals, pedals, often a sampler, sometimes a drum machine and/or ipad is also used. the key element of moanwave is the vocals, which are run through effects, especially reverb (lots and lots of reverb), sometimes looped and layered, and rarely involving words. Mostly "oh" and "ooh" and "ah".
dronebro sometimes solo, sometimes in a group, 99% male. not every dude who makes drone music is a dronebro. The dronebro likes his shit loud and is often a big fan of doom metal. Sometimes the dronebro will refer to his music as doom metal or a similar genre, but there is rarely ever a drummer in dronebrodom, unless all the drummer is doing is cymbal swells, lots and lots of cymbal swells. Most dronebros play guitar or bass, occasionally violin or another classical string instrument. Some of them play analog synths, and the dronebrodown involves the esoteric expensive nature of the gear, rather than overdrive and distortion pedals run through huge amps or a powerful PA.
― sarahell, Friday, 25 September 2015 08:08 (eight years ago) link
Hah hah, thanks Sarahell. Makes perfect sense.
I do not hate Yellow Swans. I was just underwhelmed by them considering the considerable love they get (i.e., I do not know many people who hold my opinion that are into this stuff). I was also really underwhelmed by Mouthus, who were east coast jammers. Two times I saw them it was a big ball of mush with no dynamics, but I mean this was just the two shows I saw. Could have been bad nights, which most of these bands had.
― grandavis, Friday, 25 September 2015 13:35 (eight years ago) link
From a home listening pov, would take Halve Maen by Double Leopards over any other disc by ppl on this list
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 25 September 2015 13:47 (eight years ago) link
rocking some Kites right now
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 September 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
I think DRONEBRO is a SF phenomenon abedded by aughts Aquarius Records and their penchant for writing variations of "DOOOOOOOM" in their descriptions
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 September 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
That Kites/Prurient split disc on Load is great, prob all the Pru you need
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 25 September 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link
ouch, reading moanwave, and thinking about many people I know and/or have dated in the Bay
― Dominique, Friday, 25 September 2015 15:52 (eight years ago) link
PLEASURE GROUND is the only prurient you ever need
― flappy bird, Friday, 25 September 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
uh, Caroliner?
and this was actually the first band that came to mind for me
― Dominique, Friday, 25 September 2015 15:55 (eight years ago) link
Kites was really cool live. I still play "Peace Trials".
― grandavis, Friday, 25 September 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
Caroliner = 90snoise
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 September 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
Yeah Caroliner was inactive during this period. Grux was doing Rubber O Cement and Hans Grusels Krankenkabinet, Gregg was in full-on Neil Hamburger mode and Trey was doing Mr Bungle/Secret Chiefs. Not sure what happened to Brendan...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 25 September 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link
uh Caroliner was active during this period. Pretty sure they did at least one US tour, and I know I saw them play at least a couple local gigs.
The people you are mentioning Al, were members of Faxed Head. Different band.
― sarahell, Friday, 25 September 2015 21:36 (eight years ago) link
― Dominique, Friday, September 25, 2015 8:52 AM (5 hours ago)
hahaha, i was gonna tell Whiney to ask geeta about her former roommate's music, which is "classic" moanwave
― sarahell, Friday, 25 September 2015 21:38 (eight years ago) link
Did she live with Best Coast?
― posts baloney - whine iverson (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 25 September 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link
lol she lived with an ex-gf of Dominique
― sarahell, Friday, 25 September 2015 22:28 (eight years ago) link
I vote for Faxed head
― brimstead, Friday, 25 September 2015 22:30 (eight years ago) link
Dronebro is definitely not just an SF thing, there's a bunch of Portland dronebros. They are all over the country. A couple months back I saw a rarity -- a drumset dronebro who just did paradiddles for 20 minutes to a dronebro effect.
― sarahell, Friday, 25 September 2015 22:41 (eight years ago) link
Gasp, though -- "Drome Triler of Puzzle Zoo People" is THE classic album of this period
this album is weird, schizophrenic, but oddly beautiful
― Dominique, Sunday, 11 October 2015 00:47 (eight years ago) link
SIGHTINGS
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 11 October 2015 02:30 (eight years ago) link
― flappy bird, Thursday, September 24, 2015 4:31 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
BMORE ZOO
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 11 October 2015 02:55 (eight years ago) link
i find it hard to jam to recordings of this a lot of this shit. just too brutal for almost any conceivable listening context. i put on a hair police bootleg on the way to work the other day and it hurt so much (on earbuds) i had to turn it off. but def some of the rawest live sets of all time. fat worm of error were like the closest to the ideal of the weirdest captain beefheart jams. i still think about that set all the time, there was so much space in between everything, everyone careful not to make their weird squiggly sound at exactly the same time. i opened for wolf eyes once, they were playing some dumbass festival that made them sign a contract saying they wouldn't play any other shows in town within 3 months so they were the secret headliners. they were such fucking pros. i saw sightings once, i actually like their records and their set was impressive but it gave me a headache. love reading whiney's heartfelt descriptions of this scene. i think this scene and the diy sleeping on couches circuit still exists though.
― flopson, Sunday, 11 October 2015 03:10 (eight years ago) link
needle gun was sexy as hell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKlpzSYhr0M
― flopson, Sunday, 11 October 2015 03:20 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
good poll; i somehow missed the Yellow Swans during this era, i'll have to check them out.
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 00:55 (eight years ago) link
what is it people like about wolf eyes?
― massaman gai, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 06:30 (eight years ago) link
They've heard of them.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 08:35 (eight years ago) link
Shocked this poll got as many votes as it did. Could an Anthony Braxton fan contingent have pushed Wolf Eyes over the top? Thought Prurient would be higher, but maybe the ILX metal community didn't notice this poll. (Prurient's made some decent inroads into metal-land lately; his last album was on Profound Lore.)
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 12:34 (eight years ago) link