Seems like there's a little bit of grunginess creeping up in the last few years of the garage rock scene. Kurt Vile seems kind of grunge-y to me. Or at least Mascis-y. And I saw that Jeff The Brotherhood band open for somebody last summer and it felt like a real grunge flashback... and some of that late-period Jay Reatard stuff reminded me a lot of early Nirvana's poppier stuff.
But I don't listen to any of this stuff or grunge much so I may be making this up as I go along.
― brio, Monday, 8 July 2013 23:47 (ten years ago) link
"Kurt Vile seems kind of grunge-y to me. Or at least Mascis-y."
i think "sleepy" is the word...
― scott seward, Monday, 8 July 2013 23:56 (ten years ago) link
ty segall is pretty grungey too
― wk, Monday, 8 July 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
someone mention sic alps and then all the people that make me sleepy will be accounted for.
― scott seward, Monday, 8 July 2013 23:58 (ten years ago) link
ha i think i might actually have meant ty seagall, i get him and kurt vile mixed up
― brio, Monday, 8 July 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link
just don't call my new fave band grungy
are FIDLAR the best new rock band?
― scott seward, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Heh I saw Sic Alps last Thursday and the support band was way Dinosaur Jr sounding. Can't remember what they were called tho.
Also Purling Hiss.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 07:54 (ten years ago) link
also milk music
ty segall's songwriting has always struck me as p strongly influenced by nirvana (or if not influenced, esque). just the tunes, i mean, even without the fuzz & roar.
and yeah, i thought about jeff the brotherhood in relation to this thread yesterday. they bring up a lot of associations (stoner rock, weezer pop), but the grunge is definitely in there somewhere.
― twerking for obvious reasons (contenderizer), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 10:55 (ten years ago) link
ok i was thinking about kurt vile as beeing mascisy/sleepy, but agree about ty seagall
― brio, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/01/12/577063077/the-grunge-gold-rush
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Friday, 12 January 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
poor jawbox <3
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 January 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
i'm sure some people are nostalgic for it, but virtually all of the notable "grunge" bands still sound pretty bad to me.
― tylerw, Friday, 12 January 2018 17:06 (six years ago) link
looking back, still the worst thing about it was the the perpetual flu season aesthetic of flannel shirts, overlong sleeves and lack of vitamin d. not a healthy scene.
― tonga, Friday, 12 January 2018 17:20 (six years ago) link
"aesthetic of flannel shirts, overlong sleeves and lack of vitamin d"
Also known as Canada.
― MarkoP, Friday, 12 January 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link
Great piece but (in reference to the opening anecdote) two sides to every story -- here's a blog entry from the drag queen mentioned but not identified in the shoot, which was a David LaChappelle one. And personally I'd love to have a photo shoot from him!
http://lindasimpson.org/2011/05/i-was-a-model-for-david-lachapelle-in-new-jersey/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 January 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
it's a great look
― brimstead, Friday, 12 January 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
listening to grunge today:
couple Gruntruck albums (solid!)
Skin Yard (there's a newer remix of Fistful of Chunks that sounds pretty fucking great, very underrated grunge album)
U-Men (2017 subpop comp) - I get why they were important to grunge but definitely feel of a different era (didn't know they formed in 1980)...i dig it, like Scratch Acid meets Wipers or something like that
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 October 2023 17:44 (five months ago) link
Love Battery - Dayglo is good grunge
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 October 2023 19:33 (five months ago) link