rolling punk/non-indie underground 2012

hmm man i don't know if i can hang w/the vocals in screaming females

hmm ok maybe i'm getting into the vox, if i think in x ray spex terms kinda

love that album, had "rotten apple" in my head the entire day the other day

ok i am now completely charmed by screaming females :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul_K-wG28nQ

so whats been going on around portland/olympia/spokane/seattle? who should i check out from that area?

This may violate the 'non-indie'ness of this thread to some extent, but from Olympia, you should scope:

- Milk Music
- Gun Outfit
- Broken Water
- Weird TV
- Son Skull
- White Boss

Milk Music just played up the road from where I was doing a show tonight (in the UK) which obv meant I didn't see them - they have a groundswell of publicity on their side tho so it probly did OK

my show had a pretty crappy turnout but featured London ensemble WOOLF who are relevant to the parameters of this thread and were triffic in a no wave riot grrrl standup drummer Skinned Teen way

http://woolf.bandcamp.com/

I love the First Four EPs and lurve last year's "Rotten Apple," but am I the only fan who finds the production on the new Off! album a little... off?

I haven't heard the new Off!...as much add I loved the 7 inch box, and seeing them live, I kinda don't wanna mess with it....it was this perfect little blast from someone I'd never expected to care about again

Not sure I want off to be around like a career band

Yeah, totally! It was just this out-of-nowhere surprise thing; it would kind of be cool as a standalone curiosity. What's wrong with the production on the new one? I thought the Pitchfork review pretty much said "more of the same," tunes-wise.

I like the new one a good deal more than the EPs collection - there's very little demonstrable difference btwn them other than (imo) the songs on 'Off!' are better and earwormier

def going to check it out

their live show was amazing...the "encore" was the first 3 songs over again which was the funniest, they didn't know any more songs

also keith morris is so TINY!

They've got a '91-era David Yow effect on the vocals except annoying, and the drums sound muted. The sound on the EPs is something approaching punk perfection for me...

but I'll buy that the songs are better, will investigate further.

I happened to catch Coffin Pricks this Saturday in Chicago and can attest to their greatest in a live setting.

ha i saw them on thursday, chris thompson seemed kind of uncomfortable

He always seems uncomfortable, that's his weird charm I think

the Culture Kids full-length fuckin rules and you all should just download it.

Just heard the new White Lung and Grass Widow albums. Both are awesome! My favorite offerings from both bands, especially White Lung. This new album SHREDS, and really shows off their abilities as musicians. I also got around to the Neon Piss LP, and it's very good as well. Waaaay different than what I was expecting them to sound like. And yeah, I agree with Table, the Culture Kids LP is rad. I like the production on their last full length better, but I think the songs on this new one are way better.

will listen to that White Lung LP later and assuming it's as good as decriptions suggest grab a copy when it reaches the UK

came here to make mention of white lung but i see i've been beaten to the punch. album just dropped this week, i think. SHREDS is a good word to describe it, but it also doesn't emphasize how great the song-writing is. i find w/ a lot of popular hardcore acts these days, i can get behind the sound, but they really lack in the tunage department. not here. stream the LP here:

http://exclaim.ca/MusicVideo/ClickHear/white_lung-sorry_album_stream

they pelted us with rocks and garbage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbvyYdh3HvA

100 great punk/non-indie underground singles/youtubes

not sure where to post about this so I'll just put it here, really been liking the Tronics reissue on What's Your Rupture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtKg9LA4pC8

"Loved Backed By Force" LP and the Shark Fucks / Time Off single

Hell yes, I love those Tronics reissues. Sic Alps tribute to Tronics 7" also good but not as good.

speaking of What's Your Rupture this band may be old news to some non-U.S. peeps but they just put out the Royal Headache record here ... so fucking good. search turns up some touts for it on last year's punk/non-indie/pitchfork gtfo thread but I never heard it until just now.

not crazy about the royal headache stuff - i like that they have a singer who can actually sing a little (good gimmick) but the songs aren't there

I really love it but also recognize that a lotta the regulars in this thread may not like Ted Leo and early Strokes as much as I do (and the bands that those bands are influenced by, obv)

that's kinda what it reminds me of but more raw and soulful

listening now, pretty good...like if the early oblivions were a power pop band

i'm really digging this royal headache!

i def hear the ted leo/pharmacists vibe in the songs

and though i'm so tired of lo-fi it sounds good on this one for some reason

I listened to it 3 times yesterday

the king tuff album has been scratching my pop-punk itch

Royal Headache is really good through the first few tracks.

the king tuff album has been scratching my pop-punk itch

― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

was really excited for this after hearing "bad thing", but the rest of it sounded bad to me on one listen

i do not understand the fuss over king tuff

it's not particularly unique but it's very catchy - alone & stoned is my favorite

haven't heard much fuss about it. seems like a less obnoxious alternative to girls and jay reatard. listening again to bad thing right now. it's great.

Shit, I LOVE that new King Tuff album. The HAppy Birthday album he did on Sub Pop was totally underrated, too! "Subliminal Message" rules.

I've been listening to the Royal Headache a lot lately. It's very addictive. At first I thought the songs kind of fell off a bit in the second half, but even those are starting to catch on with me. I do think sometimes lo-fi can be an annoying affectation (see Times New Viking) but with these guys it sounds totally natural and is not really a bad production choice for this kind of music. I like the singer's totally unselfconscious way of embellishing the lyrics with old-school "oooh yeah"s and "baby"s.

I do think sometimes lo-fi can be an annoying affectation (see Times New Viking)

ha yeah i thought that too about TNV until i saw them live and w/o that they were a fairly sloppy unremarkable bar rock band

That's funny. I think I might like them better as an unremarkable bar band. On the albums I've heard, they sound like an obnoxiously recorded unremarkable bar band.

wtf guys what bars are you going to?

OK, more like an obnoxiously-recorded third-tier '90s indie band.

That's funny. I think I might like them better as an unremarkable bar band. On the albums I've heard, they sound like an obnoxiously recorded unremarkable bar band.

― o. nate, Friday, June 15, 2012 3:38 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wtf guys what bars are you going to?

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, June 15, 2012 3:44 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OK, more like an obnoxiously-recorded third-tier '90s indie band.

― o. nate, Friday, June 15, 2012 3:48 PM (29 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbh in minneapolis and the bars i go to generally these are kinda the same thing

i do not understand the fuss over king tuff

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, June 15, 2012 8:54 AM (7 hours ago

last week the college station was playing king tuff nigh constantly (was in town for a local gig). And I was just wtf-ever

kingtuff/happybirthday/witch are all badass

Forthcoming River City Tanlines is rully gud. They might be "indie" now I don't know.

doomsday student/tinsel teeth tour coming at ya

July 20 - Rochester, NY @ Pussy Barrel 2 w/ Tinsel Teeth
July 21 - Toronto, ON @ Soy Bomb w/ Tinsel Teeth
July 22 - Detroit, MI @ Loving Touch w/ Tinsel Teeth + Child Bite
July 23 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle w/ Tinsel Teeth + Oozing Wound
July 24 - Minneapolis, MN @ Nick & Eddie Warehouse w/ Tinsel Teeth + Hasps
July 25 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club w/ Tinsel Teeth
July 26 - Cleveland, OH @ Now That's Class w/ Tinsel Teeth
July 27 - Baltimore, MD @ Floristree w/ Tinsel Teeth + Dope Body
July 28 - Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio w/ Tinsel Teeth, Unstoppable Death Machines, + Sweet Tooth