yep, i'm with yr friend i think
― brio, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 19:02 (ten years ago) link
I'm liking it a little better but it doesn't have the same zip as the old ones
Call the Police is pretty awesome though
― dmr, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link
this Nine Songs...album is insane brilliance haha
― imago, Monday, 11 March 2019 11:36 (five years ago) link
It sure is. Quintron + Oblivians is a great pairing.
― grandavis, Monday, 11 March 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
A huge album for me. As a teen I listened to a ton of punk/garage and a ton of old gospel, which never seemed like that far of a bridge to cross in my head, but my friends all thought I was nuts. Play Nine Songs was the first time I heard a record that combined those two in the same way I heard in my head.
― One Eye Open, Monday, 11 March 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
god they were something live back then, just amazing
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 March 2019 16:31 (five years ago) link
Agreed on both fronts here. Quintron also a really fun and amazing live performer in his own right.
― grandavis, Monday, 11 March 2019 18:49 (five years ago) link
can't believe this is from 1997 tbh
― PPL + AI = NS (imago), Monday, 11 March 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
I think I found out about the Oblivians just after they broke up, typically. Would've been about 99-ish. I was into punk and hardcore but thought 90s punk was mostly shit because all I knew was the popular Epitaph/Fat/Lookout type bands, some of which I liked OK but I really liked all the old school 70s/80s stuff a lot more. I didn't like that much current music at that time (that I had heard, found lots of good things later on) so I was digging into garage rock, buying Pebbles comps, etc. I had just got a job where I could use the internet so I signed up to the Bomp! mailing list and one of the bands they were enthusing about was the Oblivians - then I saw Popular Favorites at a local 2nd hand record shop and bought it. at the time I was buying a lot of CDs 2nd hand online from the US (I must've bought hundreds of CDs from secondspin.com, which amazingly still exists, although I don't think I've been there for 15+ years) because I couldn't find any of them in the UK and they happened to have the Quintron one (which immediately became my favourite) and the Sympathy Sessions comp. anyway cool story bro but that is the tale of how I discovered that not all 90s punk sounded like NOFX/Bad Religion/Green Day clones
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 10:58 (five years ago) link
well, 'I Don't Wanna Live Alone' has raced to somewhere near the top of my <2min ballot in the space of 1 day or so - they clearly found something inspiring
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 11:41 (five years ago) link
Cartwright's oeuvre is worth checking out as well, Compulsive Gamblers and Reigning Sound.... maybe don't have the feral quality of the Oblivions but he's a great songwriter always
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 11:51 (five years ago) link
Cartwright rules.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:18 (five years ago) link
Too Much Guitar by Reigning Sound is as good a rock n' roll record as you could make
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
^ that's the one to get if you're gonna get one, esp if you are into the Oblivians
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:20 (five years ago) link
TMG is probably my favorite rock record of the 2000s.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:40 (five years ago) link
^^^^^^^^ YES YES YES
― my future think tank (stevie), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:53 (five years ago) link
Compulsive Gamblers' Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing is probably my favorite Cartwright project. "Two Thieves" is arguably the best song ever written mourning drug casualties, which is a bold claim i'm willing to stand by even considering the competition.
their album Bluff City is a great one, too. But he's been so great whatever he's done. Don't sleep on the second Deadly Snakes LP either, I'm Not Your Soldier Anymore; he's a full-time member of the group for that one (he produced their first album, Love Undone).
― omar little, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
all good tips!
just put Too Much Guitar on. fuck he gets the most amazing sound! combination of lo-fi pounding drums and his feedback-laden freight-train guitar. tbh it barely matters what tune you put with that, it'll sound amazing, but he appears to have a way with a tune as well
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 16:12 (five years ago) link
ah man the organ takes it to a new level on Drowning
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
Cartwright's the g.o.a.t. but don't miss Jack's post-Oblivians records (solo/TN Tearjerkers/& the Sheiks) either. some real growers and fun as hell live if you can catch him.
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
Compulsive Gamblers' Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing is probably my favorite Cartwright project
Yes. Incredible album.
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 21:13 (five years ago) link
personally i love Time Bomb High School
― flopson, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
I need to know which song @NewYorker. "I'm Not A Sicko There's A Plate In My Head"?? "Guitar Shop Asshole"?? "Never Change"?? pic.twitter.com/KfY2UIVc3J— Susan Elizabeth Shepard (@SusanElizabeth) March 28, 2023
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 March 2023 05:30 (one year ago) link