Dead season

An excellent, if mostly lost to memory Canadian band. Made a huge impression on me both times I saw them.

Because its appropriate for tonight.......

Q and not U. "Kiss distinctly american"

Heres a band I never gave a second thought about because they were popular with the same dopes who thought at the drive in were some kind of earth shattering revelation in music. I recently decided to take a listen to some of their stuff and found it to be pretty good....not up to the massive hype this band got in the early aughts but certainly better than I expected. They wear all their influences a little too brightly on their sleeves but they are very good at what they do and "kiss distinctly american" is what I would consider to be their high point........probably because it sounds exactly like proudentall at their best....

A Little tidbit

Me (with the big forehead) upfront during examination of the's set when they played the Weston in 2002...........suicide note, wolves, forstella ford and with arms still empty played as well. Wolves stayed at my house that night which later figured in some weird and unnecessary internet drama that I only half remember today and is probably better left undiscussed......

Seki - "before the last song at wounded hill" (2002)

Heres an old obscure band from the bay area that played thick hazy dreamo........the sound here is almost identical to castor...If I didnt know better and came into this totally blind id think these songs were outtakes from "tracking sounds alone" the two bands are so much alike. In any case this stuff is fantastic and well worth a listen or 60.......

Schnauzer (Cleveland hardcore)

.Cleveland comedycore. Perhaps not for everyone.

Rapider than horsepower "what's our visibility?" (2005)

A damn good record from a damn good band. 

Monday songs

Noise rock night.

Sunday morning music

Perfect jams.

Song of the day saturday

"Mike stipe, now he has bugs....."

Been listening to a shitload of TITD recently. "Willpower" is a top 5 album all time of any genre.

Song of the day

Things I've been listening to lately

Thought I'd make a post about some records/bands I think are tops in 2019:





Lanterns "end time blues" (2016)

I listened to this album more than anything else over the past year or so. Easily not just the best album of 2016 but the best album of the past 3 years. In 10 years people will rediscover this gem and wonder why it didnt sell a billion copies and get a ton of airplay. If you could find the perfect middle ground between tenement and no knife, this record would occupy it. Replacements-esque melodic punk meets dreamy hook filled indie rock. Wall to wall jams from top to bottom with "spaceman falls","bad dreams","sonic you" and "bad thoughts time capsule" being the standout tracks. Check it out:


https://lanterns.bandcamp.com/album/end-times-blues








The life and times self titled (2017)




The kings of space rock drop their latest lp and its excellent. If you've heard TLAT before, you know what to expect. Atmospheric jams and dreamy riffs. Standout tracks include "we know" "killing queens" and "I am the wedding cake"


https://thelifeandtimes.bandcamp.com/album/the-life-and-times











Enoument "composure"(2018) & "lie"(2019) tapes



Enoument are a band from Cardiff, Wales. They play rough edged melodic emo/hardcore in the vein of Alloy, Rusty James or small dog frenzy, the vocalist even has a very aaron Hobbs-esque quality to his voice. Excellent stuff in a style that hasnt really been played much by anyone in the past 15 years or so.



https://enouement.bandcamp.com/music

Found some photos...

So the couple 35mm rolls I had rolling around in my drawers werent the goldmine I thought theyd be 😥 (I was certain I had a full roll from a pg99/TDOA/LLBNF/Tion/Scumbrigade show from the summer of 2000 but NOPE).


Anyways heres a few photos of the band atrium from summer 2002.







These I'm pretty sure were from a show at muggs in ypsilanti with pg99,the wake,the parallax view, clark, black dahlia murder (before they blew up) wafflehouse* and American nightmare (who jumped on the show after theirs at the refuge in detroit got cancelled).....why I only have 4 pics from that show when I'm certain I took more than that remains a mystery to me......anyways atrium were a short lived, dual vocalled melodic black metal/hardcore band from detroit who put out a cdep which is the only thing I'm aware of them having released. Even though I lost the CD a long time ago and havent heard them in over a decade, I remember them being very good live.



Bonus: me circa 1999:

Hey folks

This is the first time in a while I've done anything here, just letting you (assuming anyone still has this blog bookmarked and is following me) there is some new stuff to come in the next month or so.

It's been a while.

Might start up again.....depends on how I feel physically.

hey people.

Sorry for the lack of updates this year.....just been out of it for a while...not really much drive to do anything for several months....inspiration comes and goes in spurts for me and at some point, I'll get back into the swing of it, but for now I'm just gonna let it ride, at least till I get my urge to be constructive back...

top 12 of 2013

Well I haven't posted in months....just not really had the drive to do much, but in any case, I'm back with my best of 2013....I wasn't very active, both when it came to reviews or shows, still, there were plenty of records that caught my ears....




12.

Perfect pussy - I have lost all desire for feeling

I probably should've reviewed this months ago, in any case, Meredith's new band takes up where shoppers left off and then some. Its just a bit more melodic this time around...can't wait to hear/see what's in store for this band....



11. Boilerman - loss leaders



Best pop punk record of the year. Nuff said.




10. Technicolor teeth - teenage pagans



Members of tenement bring us the best dream/fuzz/shoegaze record of the year.




9. Goddard/giraffes giraffes split "10





Two great bands from mass team up for a great split. Mathrock madness.



8. Late bloomer lp


North Carolina ragged tuneful indie rock harkening back to the 90s. Great stuff that gets better with repeated listens...




7. Hate vacation ep




Philly powerhouse with an all star lineup....ragged and ugly...just the way I like it.





6.speedy ortiz - major arcana





Unfortunately I missed these guys twice so far...hopefully that streak won't last...one of the absolute best records of the year from one of the best bands of the year.






5. Dreamdecay - nvnvnv




Epic noisy moody record from Seattle's best band




4. Gay kiss - fault






Arizona dudes playing some of the most vicious hardcore I've heard this year...top 5 record easily.





3. Cloud rat - moksha




Great friends playing great music. Not much more I could ask for out of a grindcore record than what's in this record.



2. Cousins - bathhouse




This Milwaukee outfit narrowly missed my top spot...dudes put out the best punkgaze record of the year.....there's nothing bad I can say about this record, its pretty close to perfect..





1. Red hare - nites of midnite





My record of the year...Sean brown, jason Ferrell & co show the kids how its done on 2013's hardcore tour de force....but with the pedigree these dudes have, would you expect any less? Also best dischord record of the past 10 years.






I guess thats it for 2013....I'll see ya on the flip side....hopefully I'll be more active in 2014...

rice chips at 1AM……..life is sorta good.........theres a half bottle of smirnoff on the counter.....ive only been what you could call “shitfaced drunk” once in my life……im alone and i could easily get there again, but im just not one to take leave of my senses (if i dont have to)


off to bed.........

so stressed - attracted to open mouths (2012)

hey people, im back...at least for the moment.........the subject today is a band from Sacramento, CA, called so stressed.......i had no idea who they were until i got an email from one of their members who linked me to their record....after a listen, i can say that i enjoyed it  a pretty fair amount with room to like it alot more with subsequent listens........what we have here a sort of lo-fi punk/noise/indie rock thing.....a decent amount of influences comming together here.....i can hear overtones of dreamdecay, hints of milemarker, little flecks of calumet hecla and giraffes giraffes, even a tiny drizzle of small brown bike....despite all of these seemingly disperate sounds popping up, it all seems tied together pretty well throughout......i wouldn't mind seeing these guys (and girl?) live at all......i bet they'd be pretty fun........im perfectly fine recommending this record as it is and im sure with subsequent listens that recommendation will only get reinforced........check it out!

so stressed - attracted to open mouths

R. vomisa cassi ep (2012)

now that im on a mini roll of sorts, heres an album from R. vomisa cassi, who hail from budapest hungary......this came out last summer, i was unaware of it till a nice dude from the band directed me to their band camp from tumblr........5 songs of fast chaotic hardcore with prominent high end and a melodic undercurrent flowing through the sound.....reminds me alot of  those old german bands on love records like sog and stale.  the vocals sound like a little kid at times and it takes away from the music somewhat, but overall this is a good outing from a band thats very new to me.....check it out.

R. vomisa cassi