Did you guys know about MIKE KROL?
― tangenttangent, Monday, 4 February 2019 11:24 (five years ago) link
I just found out because of this new album: https://mikekrol.bandcamp.com/album/power-chords
Listening to his first and second albums will cost you a combined 35 minutes and I highly recommend it. The most fun power pop in the world, and that's saying something.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 4 February 2019 11:44 (five years ago) link
I honestly don't know if post-hardcore belongs here or in Rolling Metal but I saw Humanities, Ultra Love, and Dark Plains on the weekend and it was a really good show. Humanities recall Fugazi but are heavier, with some good noisy moments; probably some Shotmaker in there. Dark Plains is actually comprised of former members of Shotmaker, Okara, and Metz, and get into some almost pigfuck-like territory; sometimes even some blues-rock-informed riffs and cool lead guitar bits that I sometimes wish went on longer. I was most surprised by Ultra Love, whose Arpin produced a really satisfying wash of noise and dissonance, with tuneful bits, on a Les Paul in something of a post-metal/gaze dirge context.
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 14:43 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0zcVEaAua0
laura stevenson here to crush me into emotional debris
new album, the big freeze, out march 29
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link
Yeah that's a good song that I only started and didn't finish because trying to cut down on emotional breakdowns at work.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
this new free throw song kicks ass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyXT6dgEHuM
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link
As brad has surely already noticed, there's a new Blood Command song. It's decent.
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Friday, 8 February 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
i didn't notice! the last album did not live up to my expectations
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 8 February 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
gonna have to make a thread for the laura stevenson record i think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp430TAx-uA
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 15:55 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhhyrmF0C_s
this song is great and the whole idea is very cute and also surprise there's eva from charly bliss
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
Yeah they've been killing it with their videos and the song is strong too
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 21:53 (five years ago) link
the new Get Up Kids song is good!
https://youtu.be/n6zluCkD1mE
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 7 March 2019 15:13 (five years ago) link
it really is! pryor's on a streak this year
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 March 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
also i love that there's going to be a song called "lou barlow" on the record
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM-2M6HO0Qg
owel continues to be incredible
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 March 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
Also there's a new Free Throw song out and it's delightful.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Friday, 8 March 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
that Pitchfork feature today must have done its work cause I'm actually digging the hell out of the Wicca Phase Springs Eternal album
― Simon H., Friday, 15 March 2019 01:49 (five years ago) link
though the "rap" element is overstated, really it has more in common with the earlier Coma Cinema/Elvis Depressedly stuff imo
― Simon H., Friday, 15 March 2019 01:50 (five years ago) link
Yeah I’m not 100% sure what emo rap is supposed to be after listening to it but agree that it’s pretty great.
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Friday, 15 March 2019 06:02 (five years ago) link
It's not very rappy. It's ok. A little slight to me.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Friday, 15 March 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link
there's a new Caracara song, from an EP out at month's end. How did I miss this?
https://caracaraphilly.bandcamp.com/
― Simon H., Monday, 18 March 2019 12:32 (five years ago) link
god bless Pup for playing national American teevee armed w/ a House of TARG shirt
https://youtu.be/Bv6_2J1A0rI
― Simon H., Thursday, 21 March 2019 14:36 (five years ago) link
ha, that's awesome
― jmm, Thursday, 21 March 2019 14:49 (five years ago) link
new La Dispute is excellent on first listen, more concise and considered than the other stuff of theirs I've heard
― Simon H., Friday, 22 March 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
gorgeous production/mixing, too
― Simon H., Friday, 22 March 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
uh wow yeah this is p fucking incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VIFzraL-XI
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 22 March 2019 18:32 (five years ago) link
the la dispute is ASTOUNDING wow
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:32 (five years ago) link
argument-era fugazi vibes emanating from "rhodonite and grief"
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:34 (five years ago) link
spliced with, like, brother, sister-era mewithoutYou
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:35 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it's really good. I own Wildlife and it's solid, but this is clearly several leagues better.
― Simon H., Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:48 (five years ago) link
I find the guy's vocal approach really interesting too, that mix of rhythmic recitation, singing, and several steps in between.
― Simon H., Saturday, 23 March 2019 13:50 (five years ago) link
This Caracara song is real good.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Sunday, 24 March 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
I'm sort of in awe at how quickly/easily they came together and made Summer Megalith before they ever played a show
https://www.stereogum.com/2037054/caracara-better-stream-interview/franchises/interview/
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 March 2019 15:51 (five years ago) link
Wait, are there Houses of TARG outside Ottawa?
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
nope, there's just the one!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 March 2019 16:14 (five years ago) link
I was lucky enough to catch Mitski there when she was touring behind Bury Me at Makeout Creek.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 March 2019 16:16 (five years ago) link
that caracara ep is v good
their drummer sure does play
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 19:33 (five years ago) link
THE MAINE ALBUM IS SO GOOD
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 29 March 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-t0K-S7FU
WOW
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 29 March 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
ok the phrase "uncomfortably numb" now has to make a third emo appearance this year, these are the rules
― Simon H., Friday, 29 March 2019 15:58 (four years ago) link
lmao i thought the same thing
whole album is like a long lost mid-'00s emo crossover record. i hear echoes of early panic!, infinity and folie era fall out boy, and black parade mcr all over this thing (plus their main influence for their past two records, third eye blind)
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 29 March 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
"one sunset" my goodness
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 29 March 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link
laura stevenson made another album that hurt my feelings
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 29 March 2019 19:00 (four years ago) link
ok it's from three years ago but i finally bought a copy of boys night out's black dogs ep and i think it's my favorite emo release of the past decade https://boysnightout.bandcamp.com/album/black-dogs
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 March 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
gonna check that Maine record this week.
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, 1 April 2019 06:51 (four years ago) link
It's a little slicker than I generally like but it's got some undeniable appeal.
― Simon H., Monday, 1 April 2019 12:39 (four years ago) link
it's extremely slick and i love everything about it
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 1 April 2019 13:02 (four years ago) link
I will be hardpressed to remove free throw from my ears anytime soon but I do want to check out the Maine album.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 00:47 (four years ago) link
new Pup is really strong, a solid step up, and even a little chopsy in places
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 April 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
ok my ears aren't totally nuts
I definitely get not wanting classical training, especially for a punk band.Stefan: Yeah, I mean, Zack and Steve and Nestor all really understand music theory and they’re incredible musicians, and I’d say that understanding of music theory hasn’t hurt them creatively. But, for me, every time I’ve tried to label things with the guitar, like, “this is this chord and this is the theory behind why these chords work together” or whatever, it’s really just causing more agony than anything. I’m sure Zack’s had a different experience because he’s a classically fantastic musician, as well as a great punk musician.Zack: I don’t know about that, but yeah it’s definitely helped because Stefan has a kind of unorthodox approach to writing songs — by that I mean writing melodically without paying super close to attention to how even the bars are or how rhythmically it fits together — so he somehow accidentally falls into these really interesting time signatures, and I guess just taking some lessons and being a nerd about music and having this so-called training has helped me a lot in adapting to that and not trying to squeeze the song into a 4/4 box, which I think we’ve accomplished really well. And at the same time, our guitar player Steve is trained, so to speak. He went to school for jazz guitar, but he sort of presents his own version of what punk is. To me — it’s a broader interpretation — but, in the grander sense, punk is sort of about going against what’s normal, whether that means you’re a great guitar player and you prefer to do something weird, or you’re expressing yourself against all odds and against a lack of training, I think those both can be punk.
Stefan: Yeah, I mean, Zack and Steve and Nestor all really understand music theory and they’re incredible musicians, and I’d say that understanding of music theory hasn’t hurt them creatively. But, for me, every time I’ve tried to label things with the guitar, like, “this is this chord and this is the theory behind why these chords work together” or whatever, it’s really just causing more agony than anything. I’m sure Zack’s had a different experience because he’s a classically fantastic musician, as well as a great punk musician.
Zack: I don’t know about that, but yeah it’s definitely helped because Stefan has a kind of unorthodox approach to writing songs — by that I mean writing melodically without paying super close to attention to how even the bars are or how rhythmically it fits together — so he somehow accidentally falls into these really interesting time signatures, and I guess just taking some lessons and being a nerd about music and having this so-called training has helped me a lot in adapting to that and not trying to squeeze the song into a 4/4 box, which I think we’ve accomplished really well. And at the same time, our guitar player Steve is trained, so to speak. He went to school for jazz guitar, but he sort of presents his own version of what punk is. To me — it’s a broader interpretation — but, in the grander sense, punk is sort of about going against what’s normal, whether that means you’re a great guitar player and you prefer to do something weird, or you’re expressing yourself against all odds and against a lack of training, I think those both can be punk.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 3 April 2019 00:16 (four years ago) link