That said, "Offcell", their new EP, is just a fucking wallop -- even compared to their previous releases. The best thing they've done to date... everything just sounds "turned up" and fluid.
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 8 June 2003 23:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 8 June 2003 23:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 9 June 2003 00:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron A., Monday, 9 June 2003 03:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jm (jtm), Monday, 9 June 2003 03:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― phil turnbull (philT), Monday, 9 June 2003 04:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
I really did not like Pinback when I first heard them, I thought they were bland.
Fuck, was I wrong.
Classic: "Tripoli", "Loro", "Offline P.K.", "Boo", "Bbtone", "June".
From Offcell I'd say everythingt except "B" is pretty good going on very good (almost classic to definitely classic). I'm surprised by how much this band has found their sneaky way into my heart.
It's like if some sunny Californians suddenly discovered the shadow behind the blazing sun, the endless dark that lives beyond our planet's blue sky shell.
― David A. (Davant), Monday, 9 June 2003 04:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 9 June 2003 05:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 9 June 2003 05:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
Plus, they apparently release an EP each time they tour, available only at shows. Anybody know the discographical details on these?
― briania, Monday, 9 June 2003 05:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― zilverberg.tk (zilverberg.tk), Monday, 9 June 2003 20:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Monday, 9 June 2003 21:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
???
You mean "XIY" and "Offline PK"? Um, well, yeah the accents are on the 2nd and 4th beat... buuuttt....
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 9 June 2003 21:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Monday, 9 June 2003 21:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 00:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― master_p, Tuesday, 10 June 2003 16:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
Rob does plan to resurrect Thingy (minus Elea), for those of you keeping tabs. It may not necessarily keep the Thingy moniker, but it will happen.. one day! Also, Rob's now in a hardcore band called the Alpha Males with members of the Roswell Project. Also, don't forget his solo stuff.
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 16:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 17:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 18:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― master_p, Tuesday, 10 June 2003 18:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
i saw three mile pilot's last tour in a small club, half attended. seriously, one of the most overlooked bands ever. saw thingy's last show in SF in cory brown's living room in cole valley (with the extra glenns and jim yoshi pileup). they did a medley of misfits covers.
so pinback comes to town for their first show and i notice that they're playing the bottom of the hill, so i say "okay, let's head down early around 8:30, grab tickets and check out the openers else we can head to the parkside." so we show up at 8:30, there's a line around the block (which i've never seen at the BOTH) and that's just for willcall. the show had been sold out for weeks.
noone has ever explained this to me.
i heard the first ep, it was okay. i think i remember it, well it was either that or the new zz top, or the jets' "make it real". buy my book!
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:13 (twenty years ago) link
Basically, if you're a Pinback fan, you need the Systems Officer EP.
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 20:36 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 20:37 (twenty years ago) link
also like gygax, i think three mile pilot were tops.
(if you want you can also replace "pinback" with "black heart procession" and "three mile pilot" with "clikitat ikatowi" up there ha ha.)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 20:45 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 20:50 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 20:52 (twenty years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Sunday, 10 October 2004 22:17 (twenty years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 10 October 2004 22:31 (twenty years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 10 October 2004 22:33 (twenty years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 10 October 2004 22:40 (twenty years ago) link
lol @ clickitat ikatowi!!
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
They don't really sound that much like The Police.
― billstevejim, Monday, 10 August 2009 01:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I prefer my Thingy and Heavy Vegetable mix cds to anything Pinback has ever done. But Pinback, Other Men, The Ladies, Optiganally Yours and Goblin Cock have some good songs (specifically the stuff I mentioned first). Other Men is probably the closest Rob Crow stuff to Pinback. I lost interest in Pinback after hearing their last two studio albums.
My favorite Pinback song is Grey Machine - the long song with perfect vocal harmonies and a titillating piano/drum track. I was glad they performed it the one time I saw them live.
I haven't heard Rob Crow leading Advertising, Alpha Males, Altron Tube, Cthugha, Fantasy Mission Force, Holy Smokes, and Remote Action Sequence Project.
― CaptainLorax, Monday, 10 August 2009 02:12 (fifteen years ago) link
or Physics
― CaptainLorax, Monday, 10 August 2009 02:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I think 3x0 might be my favorite track of theirs. It was also the first track I heard.
― calstars, Sunday, 12 April 2015 14:43 (nine years ago) link
Because the track names were arranged in alphabetic order
https://open.spotify.com/track/3yhNOXSirlttbhRXs6qWbx?si=IMXPB57MTzuP6hq78e6Lng
Zach solo feels
― calstars, Saturday, 10 March 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/cbRdRDTxQM— Rob Crow (@rob5d4) December 19, 2019
― calstars, Thursday, 19 December 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link
Pinback played in my little town recently.
They sounded like ... Pinback.
― alpine static, Friday, 20 December 2019 00:31 (four years ago) link
<q>OK, Pinback are my faves. Recommendations along that line?</q>
there are definitely Pinback vibes in the music of Oso Oso
― alpine static, Friday, 20 December 2019 00:33 (four years ago) link
DAMMIT
anyway...
listen to Oso Oso
An entirely different set of bands is listed at the festival's website:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0949/0094/files/Psycho_LV_2020_Website_Lineup_2000x.jpg?v=1576258937
― I'm off Twitter, and high on life! (morrisp), Friday, 20 December 2019 00:39 (four years ago) link
those were all announced previously. the one above is just today's "drop" or whatever.
probably only interesting to metalheads and past attendees (of which i am one) but: this is by far Psycho's biggest pivot away from being a metal festival yet. last year they booked Beach House and a bunch of metal bands. this year, it's this (including the complete visual/branding overhaul).
― alpine static, Friday, 20 December 2019 00:46 (four years ago) link
She’s posting all the time, but the boards ore down, it’s a burned out building. He’s spending all his time on his back, staring at the cieling. They spread themselves that way. I’m with that. I’m with them.
― calstars, Monday, 23 November 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv-ffi2hkTQ
still absolute tunes
― maelin, Monday, 23 November 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
Driving today in traffic there was a black lady in a Cadillac with the windows down rocking Summer in Abaddon, super cool
― calstars, Saturday, 4 September 2021 22:27 (three years ago) link
Did a little voice inside your head say, "No one uses the phone anymore"?
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Saturday, 4 September 2021 22:36 (three years ago) link
The little voice said “hey soul sister”
― calstars, Saturday, 4 September 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link
Kuma's in Chicago has a Goblin Cock burger that looks delish.
http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/64999103_10156017966785163_2501113680146464768_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=RohsrwGXUTAAX_Azmzb&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=c741826fdbadffbb75472d7e47c81ec7&oe=615B764C
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 5 September 2021 03:34 (three years ago) link
New Rob Crow band w/members of Drive like Jehu and Against Me. Digging the first song.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/plosivs-new-band-hit-the-breaks-1222367/
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
I like that lineup a lot.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
love this! though based on that song this band is way more "New John Reis band with members of Pinback and Against Me"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 September 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
Yeah. I prefer Rob’s melodic side
― calstars, Thursday, 9 September 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
Really? Still feels very melodic to me (albeit more in a Heavy Veg/Thingy kind of way).
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Thursday, 9 September 2021 20:53 (three years ago) link
It is melodic
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 September 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
I guess what I mean is less hurried compared to something like “good to sea.” I like a slower groove. But I get that that’s probably not going to happen much with this project
― calstars, Thursday, 9 September 2021 22:40 (three years ago) link
Zach just put out a nice new single but I think it’s only on shittyfyhttps://open.spotify.com/track/2rpYIwPox3lkJBKbj9lEgK?si=JZHTT050RtKwODs26frEYA
― calstars, Saturday, 29 January 2022 13:05 (two years ago) link
did this one-off from 2019 ever get discussed? it's fantastic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC-FBUbHTMg
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 20:34 (one year ago) link
Haven’t discussed it but I’ve heard it, nice one Btw Zach is still putting out systems officer stuff on BC
― calstars, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
wow i love pinback and that one totally missed my radar, will need to listen 100x more
― blue6ave, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 05:19 (one year ago) link
the chorus is one of the few times where i hear rob's love of metal seep into a pinback song
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 14:40 (one year ago) link
PSA they have an instagram account now https://www.instagram.com/this_is_a_real_pinback_account/ active for nearly a week
am i getting my hopes up for a new album
― pitted (blue6ave), Tuesday, 29 October 2024 02:06 (four days ago) link
Sweet!
― calstars, Tuesday, 29 October 2024 02:13 (four days ago) link