rolling punk rock 2024

lol @ "karate bands", are people really pulling moves like that in pits these days?

― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Saturday, 2 March 2024 02:14 bookmarkflaglink

unfortunately yes, but it's mostly a kind of separate scene to the stuff I usually go to. this event is pretty big tent hardcore though so there's some meathead crowd killing type bands, old school hardcore punk, crust, anarcho etc. something for everybody

tbh I think the last time I spent a significant amount of time in the pit was the Circle Jerks in 2022. am old

i would never get in a pit ever again, the last two shows where I did were quite enough for me — both were Limp Wrist shows and the allure of being in a pit with a hundred other sweaty naked punk faggots is a bit too enticing to me

so i guess absent another Limp Wrist reunion, never again

lol <3

unfortunately yes, but it's mostly a kind of separate scene to the stuff I usually go to.

Dillinger Escape Plan have a lot to answer for, I guess

accidentally found this band from the very esoteric and strange county that abuts part of my neighborhood, Delco MF’s absolutely rip, good stuff

https://delco-mfs.bandcamp.com/album/the-march-of-the-mfs

excellent

I saw them in September

any good live?

Delco MFs put out a year-in-review type comp late last year that I liked a lot (and was just listening to this morning, actually): https://staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/100-complete-total-motherfuckers.

xp yeah they were pretty manic

Gig was fucking amazing tonight. I decided to skip the first few hours because while I like the first 2 bands they were on at 3 then there were 4 karate bands so I got there about 5:30. Highlights were Stingray, the Flex (seen them loads of times but this was a highlight, crowd went fucking mental) then Framtid just completely destroyed the place

Gigs like that are why I still love hardcore punk

nice

also I saw this guy I know who has a spare ticket for the sold out Hard Skin/Imploders gig next month. just a top night all round tbh

same guy was saying he doesn't really like 77 punk much so I made a playlist of only 1977 punk to attempt to persuade him otherwise, not much of which will probably a surprise to denizens of this thread but is here anyway https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BKljArSHlCTadcuz27gAX

a bunch of unimpeachable tracks there, nice work

forgot about that Lurkers track, used to love it when i was a young one. thanks!

sleeve - i'm still planning on being there (weather permitting; i live well outside the city) and will keep an eye out for you! i'll be the boring-ass old white guy in blue jeans and one of my three shirts. :)

awesome playlist

new pissed jeans is great

pretty psyched about this Tuesday show, it has been over a decade since I went to PDX for a weeknight show and stayed over.

still totally obsessed with this Media Puzzle band, seriously y'all

https://idiotaperecords.bandcamp.com/track/simple-as-that

sleeve! i didn't see ya (that i know of) but i made it to the show.

loved Prison Affair and Cherry Cheeks, and The Gobs confirmed my belief that they are the greatest punk band in the history of the world.

(j/k, of course, but they did rule.)

they totally fucking ruled

points in The Gobs favor:
1. all 3 members wore dark sunglasses on stage
2. crudely painted sheet backdrop with band logo motif
3. twice as loud as the other three bands, the only one I needed earplugs for
4. singer/bassist saying "oh no, I forgot to do the banter, banter banter banter"
5. killer guitarist doing wild digital effects shit as interstitials to the tunes
6. talked to them afterwards and as soon as I told them about my radio show and instead of 99% of band reactions where they say "oh let me send/give you something to play" The Gobs were like "ooh can we do one of those things that's like "THIS IS THE GOBS AND YOU'RE LISTENING TO...", I fuckin love it.

7. sounded vastly better live than on their deliberately muddy-sounding recordings

and yeah Cherry Cheeks killed it to, there was a moment near the end of their set where it all really seemed to click

oh and

8. best new drummer I have seen in a good long while, her name is Jolene!

hell yeah.

#6 = so badass

#5 = i was right by him. at one point, he was making the sound of a toy laser gun into his pickups and looping it.

they also had one of those blow-up dancing guys like you see in front of car dealerships (but like 5 feet tall) and they'd modified it with an alien face and flipping middle fingers on both hands. i didn't even know it was there but as soon as they started playing, it filled with air and stood straight up. it was awesome.

haha I forgot about that! I was in the back like an old punk.

they also have the best songs titles of any new band, I mean "Nuke The Sun"? I Wanna Fuck The Moon"? that shit is genius level.

liking this ... not sure i'm loving it - ok, maybe the first track i love - but i am liking it:

https://grazia.bandcamp.com/album/in-poor-taste

yeah I like that one!

also digging two new tape EPs from the Earth Girl label in MS:

https://earthgirltapes.bandcamp.com/album/new-eyes
https://earthgirltapes.bandcamp.com/album/st-2

this is fun too

https://goodbyeboozydigital.bandcamp.com/album/dru-the-drifter-and-the-back-alley-hookers-tape

aw yeah, more Australian rockist goodness
https://drunkmums.bandcamp.com/album/beer-baby

uranium club album is really good

it is. probably my favourite they've done

other 2024 favourite not previously mentioned on this thread is People Problem by Nasti

may I present...THE GOBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGMTB-3wyQ

(video shot by a friend I went with)

Seconding the Nasti endorsement if you like things stupid and mean and a little bit abstract.

Does anyone here care about Bib? I like the new one (Biblical) but have found myself going back to Delux more. Can't figure out what's drawing me to it.

I didn't like Biblical as much as their older stuff tbh

Prison Affair, same show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhR44rUPvxs

(love how u can see The Gobs in the pit there)

new Deluxe Bias tape, thanks for the tip there

https://deluxebias.bandcamp.com/album/awful-4-songs-db-26

new JJ & the A's 7": https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/eyeballer

^^ rules, thanks!

i am loving this gobs video and need more

ask and ye shall receive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0QXhVEeFW0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-10vpUn8WE

thank you! i'm also loving the "awful" tape on deluxe bias