this is the OBLIVIANS thread!

^ that's the one to get if you're gonna get one, esp if you are into the Oblivians

TMG is probably my favorite rock record of the 2000s.

Too Much Guitar by Reigning Sound is as good a rock n' roll record as you could make

^^^^^^^^ YES YES YES

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).

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

ah man the organ takes it to a new level on Drowning

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.

Compulsive Gamblers' Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing is probably my favorite Cartwright project

Yes. Incredible album.

personally i love Time Bomb High School

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