the Big Shiny late-90s/early-00s CanCon poll

A Tea Party song came on when I was out in the car today ("Temptation"). I reflexively reached to turn it off as always, thought of this poll and left it on. As they say in Newfoundland, lord thunderin' Jesus.

Oor was right, it's true

anyway 6 people voted for MGB in an ILM poll so my work was worthwhile

https://exclaim.ca/music/article/r_i_p_big_wreck_guitarist_brian_doherty

Big Wreck guitarist Brian Doherty has passed at only 51. Crank "That Song" this weekend in his honour.

:(

sadly it took the prompt for me to listen to their well-thought-of album from 2017 and it's quite a bit proggier, more psychedelic and colorful than the stuff they got famous with

if I thought anyone but brad and I would vote in it I would do a Matt Good singles poll. it's like a semi-secret history of alt-rock.

In the wilderness the only place to find freedom is in the dictionary
Under "F"

1. Odds won this poll righ?
2. Ton of cdn indie music at this time but not in this particular marketing strategy worthy of a thread?

Almost certainly!

In fact a fair number of bands that would presumably qualify were cited itt

if I thought anyone but brad and I would vote in it I would do a Matt Good singles poll. it's like a semi-secret history of alt-rock.

― Simon H., Wednesday, September 25, 2019 11:11 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i found me a reason
so check me tomorrow

honestly i have no idea what i'd vote for? "future is x-rated"?????

"indestructible"??? "carmelina"??? "load me up"????

I even love "Rico" which, iirc, he completely hates.

everybody's gotta be something
me i'm garbage!

also love "Anti Pop" which instantly joins the pantheon of "singles tossed off spitefully when the band was told their album did not have a single" which is one of my favorite genres of song and I am thinking of polling

*sends my manager an e-mail* "Do I have to pretend to like Matthew Good? I do? OK thanks"

I guess he does a pretty reasonable Foo Fighters impression

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s64LD9K-Fy0

rusty on rita and friends in late 95? 96?, doing "misogyny"

We heard the Tea Party's "The River" on the radio the other day. Weirdly, although I still hear the obvious Zep influence, I didn't hear Jim Morrison at all, although that's what it seemed like at the time and it's who Martin was always slammed for imitating. The vocals just sounded like post-Vedder alt-rock. Single holds up well enough.

J englishman + Late 90's + Canadian = Not Jenny Englishman alias Esthero, surely?

Quick discogs search revealed that it's Esthero's brother.

OLP's Is Anybody Home? has become one of my pandemic anthem. Happiness is one of the very first albums I bought.

thinking about "carmelina" again