rolling emo/pop-punk/embarrassing music 2018

...and Skylight is apparently being quietly released this Friday

tbh that piece mostly just made me feel very sorry for the band. The response doesn't seem commensurate with the "offense" at all even though it was completely understandable that the other bands, etc. just wanted to do the right thing by their respective fanbases. Just a mess all around.

it's weird to me that they're finally putting out the album in two days but fine i guess

Kind of a weird piece. I enjoyed it but the more I thought about it the more issues seemed to build. Like it really seems like she wants the band exonerated throughout a good chunk of the piece which is a weird way to approach this.

Also, say what you want about Sheridan Allen, but she got the dude some therapy and kickstarted a mediation process so it seems a little much to throw her under the bus entirely. (She definitely had some issues with how she approached this and ethics violations don't get me wrong)

if there's a better thread for this, someone point me to it, but: has anyone here been to The Fest in Gainesville? good experience or too-big shitshow (or somewhere in between)?

I've always wanted to go.

i’ve gone annually for the past few years! it’s totally worth it and awesome if you’re on its wavelength of drinking pbr nonstop for three days (it’s also p awesome if you’re sober i imagine i’ve just never tried it). there are a lot of ppl and it grows every year so it can be hard to get into certain shows (mostly by popular or hyped bands) if you don’t line up early bc of venue capacity. but also if you don’t get in there’s probably another awesome show a five minute walk away. it’s also a v welcoming and not v annoying crowd; i can barely deal with punks at new york punk shows but fest punks are v chill and cool for the most part in my experience, sorta like hanging out with friends you haven’t met yet

one of the things they dialed down last year were the secret midnight-4am shows at the holiday inn which was a bummer, those were one of the best parts of fest, but all of the other hotels also usually have something going on during those hours

if you go pls treat yourself to reggae shack and boca, my two favorite restaurants

thanks Brad ... so are all the venues w/in walking distance of each other? or most, at least?

those are my favorite kind of festivals ... so much better than "let's all go stand in a field"

yeah it's spread between 9-10 venues that are all in walking distance of each other (though they're a 10-20 minute walk from any nearby hotel) and agreed, it's a much better experience

also gainesville kinda empties out that weekend so it is temporarily almost 100 percent populated by punks

the only way in which fest feels like a "too-big shitshow" is the very very very long line for wristbands on the first day, but everyone kinda drinks their way through that line and the fest organizers always bring pizza by

thanks. sounds rad. xpost: that reminds me of going to Psycho Las Vegas 3 years ago at the Hard Rock Casino and the population inside the place for the wknd was literally like 94% black-and-leather-clad metalheads and 6% millennial bachelorette party-goers wandering the grounds in clubwear and/or pajamas. it was amazing.

lmao vegas is my hometown and i think i debates going to that. metalheads still my fav kind of festival crowd, maryland death fest is all good and generous vibes

no idea which thread it falls in but the viagra boys album is p sweet
lol doesnt sound a great endorsement but reminds me of the men meets electric 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYUiMWQ5B_8

this band is great even though they sound exactly like microwave

also i am suddenly v hyped for the new john nolan solo record. the last minute or so of this @_@

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Noj66DHjTEs

new owel!!! https://www.thewildhoneypie.com/buzzing-daily/owel-i-saw-red

album called paris, out next march

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkdoATNbEWk

reminder that this album is tight

All Get Out and John Nolan records both out today. Currently checking out the Drug Church album, which seems to be good burly fun

iron chic / toys that kill split coming, 2 tracks available now

https://recessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/iron-chic-toys-that-kill-split-lp

going to see LIFETIME and Give tonight, extremely stoked even if the punk-cred venue will have crypt sound

seeing lifetime live is one of the best things you can do with yourself, have a great time hoos

this is very good to hear

john nolan record is pretty much as good as the last two tbs records and def the best thing he's put out by himself since straylight run. i'm thrilled

New Envy is here! I hope this means a new album is on the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwyVBeOb5Y8&fbclid=

Lifetime was great but GIVE really knocked my socks off

that rules

also holy shit new envy???

Good to read that Lifetime is still going. Hope they find the time/inspiration to record a new album, the 2007 album was great.

Is this the thread where I can talk about Drug Church? I had no idea there was a new album, & then yesterday I checked Wikipedia to see how many years it had been since their last album, and it turns out the answer was: .00274 years

They're touring on back of a new single that they encored with

"Sorry, that's the whole set, we didn't rehearse any other songs we wrote twenty years ago"

Xp

oh hey there's a new Mineral song

whoa

!

can't think of another band that sounds quite like this drug church record even though it's reminding me of a lot of related things. it kicks ass

maybe they deserve their own thread

if you live long enough
you'll do something wrong enough
that you'll feel shame enough
to say enough's enough

i am no punk rock expert, but to me Drug Church feels like Fucked Up meets the Pixies

true but it also feels like more than the sum of those parts

certainly ... i posted that after listening to 2 songs, lol

literally found that record by browsing glenn's Spotify Sorting Hat, never actually heard of them before!

thanks for posting about Drug Church, really good

I get a Leatherface kinda vibe from them, vocally, also Wilderness which is weird/unexpected

leatherface vocals is right on

god i love leatherface

ooh yeah good call

"unlicensed guidance counselor" reminds me of the greatest band of all time, lifter puller

I love lftrpllr so much

“avoidarama” is the BEST song

fuck this is one of the best albums of the year

It's particularly nice to hear Patrick shouting again -- on the basis of this year's disappointingly subdued Self-Defense Family record, I was afraid his voice might be shot.

i love that sdf record but agreed in a general sense

PUSHED YOUR SISTER’S BOYFRIEND DOWN THE STAIRS