new La Dispute is excellent on first listen, more concise and considered than the other stuff of theirs I've heard
― Simon H., Friday, 22 March 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
gorgeous production/mixing, too
― Simon H., Friday, 22 March 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
uh wow yeah this is p fucking incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VIFzraL-XI
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 22 March 2019 18:32 (five years ago) link
the la dispute is ASTOUNDING wow
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:32 (five years ago) link
argument-era fugazi vibes emanating from "rhodonite and grief"
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:34 (five years ago) link
spliced with, like, brother, sister-era mewithoutYou
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:35 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it's really good. I own Wildlife and it's solid, but this is clearly several leagues better.
― Simon H., Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:48 (five years ago) link
I find the guy's vocal approach really interesting too, that mix of rhythmic recitation, singing, and several steps in between.
― Simon H., Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:50 (five years ago) link
This Caracara song is real good.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Sunday, 24 March 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
I'm sort of in awe at how quickly/easily they came together and made Summer Megalith before they ever played a show
https://www.stereogum.com/2037054/caracara-better-stream-interview/franchises/interview/
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 March 2019 15:51 (five years ago) link
god bless Pup for playing national American teevee armed w/ a House of TARG shirt
Wait, are there Houses of TARG outside Ottawa?
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
nope, there's just the one!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 March 2019 16:14 (five years ago) link
I was lucky enough to catch Mitski there when she was touring behind Bury Me at Makeout Creek.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 March 2019 16:16 (five years ago) link
that caracara ep is v good
their drummer sure does play
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 19:33 (five years ago) link
THE MAINE ALBUM IS SO GOOD
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 29 March 2019 15:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-t0K-S7FU
WOW
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 29 March 2019 15:48 (five years ago) link
ok the phrase "uncomfortably numb" now has to make a third emo appearance this year, these are the rules
― Simon H., Friday, 29 March 2019 15:58 (five years ago) link
lmao i thought the same thing
whole album is like a long lost mid-'00s emo crossover record. i hear echoes of early panic!, infinity and folie era fall out boy, and black parade mcr all over this thing (plus their main influence for their past two records, third eye blind)
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 29 March 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
"one sunset" my goodness
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 29 March 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
laura stevenson made another album that hurt my feelings
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 29 March 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
ok it's from three years ago but i finally bought a copy of boys night out's black dogs ep and i think it's my favorite emo release of the past decade https://boysnightout.bandcamp.com/album/black-dogs
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 March 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link
gonna check that Maine record this week.
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, 1 April 2019 06:51 (five years ago) link
It's a little slicker than I generally like but it's got some undeniable appeal.
― Simon H., Monday, 1 April 2019 12:39 (five years ago) link
it's extremely slick and i love everything about it
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 1 April 2019 13:02 (five years ago) link
I will be hardpressed to remove free throw from my ears anytime soon but I do want to check out the Maine album.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 00:47 (five years ago) link
new Pup is really strong, a solid step up, and even a little chopsy in places
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 April 2019 23:30 (five years ago) link
ok my ears aren't totally nuts
I definitely get not wanting classical training, especially for a punk band.Stefan: Yeah, I mean, Zack and Steve and Nestor all really understand music theory and they’re incredible musicians, and I’d say that understanding of music theory hasn’t hurt them creatively. But, for me, every time I’ve tried to label things with the guitar, like, “this is this chord and this is the theory behind why these chords work together” or whatever, it’s really just causing more agony than anything. I’m sure Zack’s had a different experience because he’s a classically fantastic musician, as well as a great punk musician.Zack: I don’t know about that, but yeah it’s definitely helped because Stefan has a kind of unorthodox approach to writing songs — by that I mean writing melodically without paying super close to attention to how even the bars are or how rhythmically it fits together — so he somehow accidentally falls into these really interesting time signatures, and I guess just taking some lessons and being a nerd about music and having this so-called training has helped me a lot in adapting to that and not trying to squeeze the song into a 4/4 box, which I think we’ve accomplished really well. And at the same time, our guitar player Steve is trained, so to speak. He went to school for jazz guitar, but he sort of presents his own version of what punk is. To me — it’s a broader interpretation — but, in the grander sense, punk is sort of about going against what’s normal, whether that means you’re a great guitar player and you prefer to do something weird, or you’re expressing yourself against all odds and against a lack of training, I think those both can be punk.
Stefan: Yeah, I mean, Zack and Steve and Nestor all really understand music theory and they’re incredible musicians, and I’d say that understanding of music theory hasn’t hurt them creatively. But, for me, every time I’ve tried to label things with the guitar, like, “this is this chord and this is the theory behind why these chords work together” or whatever, it’s really just causing more agony than anything. I’m sure Zack’s had a different experience because he’s a classically fantastic musician, as well as a great punk musician.
Zack: I don’t know about that, but yeah it’s definitely helped because Stefan has a kind of unorthodox approach to writing songs — by that I mean writing melodically without paying super close to attention to how even the bars are or how rhythmically it fits together — so he somehow accidentally falls into these really interesting time signatures, and I guess just taking some lessons and being a nerd about music and having this so-called training has helped me a lot in adapting to that and not trying to squeeze the song into a 4/4 box, which I think we’ve accomplished really well. And at the same time, our guitar player Steve is trained, so to speak. He went to school for jazz guitar, but he sort of presents his own version of what punk is. To me — it’s a broader interpretation — but, in the grander sense, punk is sort of about going against what’s normal, whether that means you’re a great guitar player and you prefer to do something weird, or you’re expressing yourself against all odds and against a lack of training, I think those both can be punk.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 3 April 2019 00:16 (five years ago) link
That's such a nice excerpt to help explain their weird flavour of (dis)synchrony. Oh I love the new album so much! Through its darknesses it's still exhilaratingly fun. I'm seeing them on Wednesday - five days to learn all the lyrics!
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Friday, 5 April 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
yeah everything finally clicks just right. I liked the singles but some of the album tracks ("See You At Your Funeral") are even catchier and the lil curveballs ("Full Blown Meltdown" could pull a fake ID and sneak onto an ETID album) all work splendidly
― Simon H., Saturday, 6 April 2019 06:18 (five years ago) link
pup album is good as hell
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 April 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
yes
― imago, Saturday, 6 April 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
This PUP gig was the apotheosis of London fans having been starved for so many months... The entire crowd was a hysterical mosh pit and PUP were deeply crowd pleasing and charming. They touted a London charity for assisting disadvantaged children into music schools that literally everyone gave money to. A small token, but the kind of offering that should be more foregrounded in gigs in general. Also they played an extra-long set to be nice. My voice is totally shredded.
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 23:19 (five years ago) link
that sounds awesome. I'm so glad they're having a moment, they seem like genuine folks
idk if this new J Robbins single quite belongs here but it's real nice!
https://youtu.be/IlsReo4bXsU
― Simon H., Thursday, 11 April 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
into the new woahnows albumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjwfugTA0Hk
― devvvine, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 11:30 (five years ago) link
I saw them last night and they humoured my drunk rambling afterwards. They were great! Supporting Martha who were so exuberant and lovely.
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 12:56 (five years ago) link
ah awesome, was there as well!
― devvvine, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 13:03 (five years ago) link
No way! I didn’t know you were a London poster. Will say hi next time if we are at the same gig. :)
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 13:08 (five years ago) link
Wait a second, the Martha album's been out for two weeks already?
― jmm, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:14 (five years ago) link
yeah! it's good!
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
just bought foxing tickets for the end of the month -- feeling pretty excited :D
the PUP show is either the next day or the day before but it's sold out :(
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
somehow only just learned PUP is an acronym
― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
Lol yeah I had that same realisation.
Aaw Mordy, I’m sure they’ll do some more dates at some point. They said they’ve just started touring for two years or something crazy.
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:39 (five years ago) link
yeah i think they're actually coming back to philly later in the year
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
oh wow that Martha record *is* great, on the jangle/twee end of the emo spectrum and so, so charming
also want to plug the new Mannequin Pussy single which is fucking great
― Simon H., Wednesday, 24 April 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo_p3GwoHXI
new get up kids album is shaping up to be a banger
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 15:46 (five years ago) link
Opening sounds like Reggie tbh
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 01:12 (five years ago) link
it pains me that Drug Church are playing here but only as fourth-billed(!) on the Movements gig. I'm listening to their album now and there's nothing special about it.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 1 May 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
new Bad Books album, two tracks out
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/bad-books-kevin-devine-manchester-orchestra-announce-lp-share-2-songs/
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:15 (five years ago) link
congratulations to the get up kids for releasing an incredible album in 2019
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link
agreed. played through once so far and have been loving it. I still think I like the Radar State album a bit more
― gman59, Friday, 10 May 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link