WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT?

Al Dorado

New Retail Simps arrived. Can't wait to give it a spin. Other new stuff:
Eraser on Siltbreeze

Active Ingredients 2xLP discography

Randall

I'm glad to hear people are digging the new Simps record. I'm obviously a big stan but I think it's the best thing they've done. Also the new ERASER is killer. I heard they might be coming back to Portland next May

Mitch C.

Emil M. Antonowsky

The Legendary Pink Dots

Have always been curious about where to begin with them. Always enjoy them on the comps they appear on [Four In One Vol.2, Flowmotion, Something Stirs (The Dead Mourn The Living)...a few others on the shelf], but have never bit the bullet on a stand-alone release. Worried I may bury myself.

Icky Boyfriends - I'm Not Facinating LP [Past It]
Perfect music, perfect band, perfect art. Shea's playing and his achieved sound is totally gourmet, framing all the thematic garbage with induplicable power, taste and even grace. It's so unique, consistent and effective across all their recordings, allowing each instrument's modifications and specificities to work like miracles --- live, it always sounded so exacting and every bit as perfect. Anthony's drive and Animal-style drumming are pretty storied, ridiculous and definitively panicked. Jon's contrarian and antagoinstic genius is violently harsh, fearlessly vile, radically honest. Difficult and petulent, but more intelligent than any other frontperson I can think of. Have been obsessed since I was a kid and it's always fun & thrilling to revisit and get blown away anew again.

Jack H

The new Yummy Fur isn’t really doing it for me. It might grow on me, but it has a Netflix original series soundtrack feeling to it that puts me off.

I really like the Spike Fuck album. He can really back up his whole ‘70s punk decadence thing with solid songwriting and tasteful production. Kind of a widescreen Peace De Resistance. I could see people in the forum hating it.

JessVex

Philly’s Vulgares!

Lammie

@Al Dorado Did not know about that Eraser Lp. Thanks for the heads up. I really liked the first.

Banging the Swab Lp this morning, which sits well with my ever more caffeinated system. Frantic and all over the place. I love it: https://hardcorevictim.bandcamp.com/album/big-city.

Also digging the Silo Kids tapes, which should appeal to anyone stoked about Judy and the Jerks. That means you! I think I'll get some copies despite the fact that barely anybody buys tapes these days: https://https://earthgirltapes.bandcamp.com/album/demo-3.

That Primal Brain tape on Earth Girl rocks too by the way. All their tapes did. The second was the first I heard - ya follow? and made me think of the first Cult Ritual Ep for some reason. The one on Earth Girl is already their third. Tried to get copies of these tapes from the band, but no dice: https://earthgirltapes.bandcamp.com/album/is-it-all-a-game.

P.s. Damn, Earth Girl also released some Judy and the Jerks stuff. Despite the tinnitus I apparently have an ear for this, but enough patting myself on the back.

Al Dorado

Lammie I have the first Silo Kids demo tape & like it quite a bit. Bought the second demo on digital. Hope they make it out West at some point (or maybe they have & I missed 'em)

Al Dorado

New Bad Sports

problemface

the b side of Vicious Circle at deafening volume while going 90mph, weaving in and out of traffic on the freeway. almost lost control of the wheel twice during Down the Drain, but well worth the risk. a great adrenaline rush.

Randall

Finally got RAM on CD so I can listen to this track over and over while I drive around town. One of his best

Randall

try as I might I cannot figure out the appeal of this band. Just can't crack the code

problemface

Randall I largely feel that way about the entire SST catalog. Jealous Again, Kill from the Heart and maybe a Leaving Trains record. to hell with the rest…

Mitch C.

Randall I had a Minutemen problem up about 5yr ago. Always loved the 1st 7" as a kid, but could never connect with the rest. Took a chance on a cheap used copy of Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat and it finally clicked. Would rank that as one of the greatest US DIY records ever made now.

RE: SST, the strength of the classics outweighs all the bullshit. In 1984 alone, they did My War + Slip It In, Saint Vitus, Zen Arcade, Meat Puppets II, Double Nickels On The Dime and Surviving You, Always...That's cannot be fucked with.

Randall

problemface I would add Paganicons to that list but could also do without most of the SST catalog

problemface

Randall yeah, Paganicons is cool. forgot about that one.

problemface

Mitch C. My War + Slip It In, Saint Vitus, Zen Arcade, Meat Puppets II, Double Nickels On The Dime and Surviving You, Always..

I cannot abide by any of those. haha. understand they’re “classics” though. wouldn’t have guessed you were a Saint Vitus fan.

Clif

problemface Meat Puppets are a favorite band of all time. The mojack podcast has made me a fan of Saccharine Trust. I also cannot Crack Minutemen, or firehose for that matter. Husker eludes me too, but Vitus is huge.

Mitch C.

problemface

wouldn’t have guessed you were a Saint Vitus fan.

Love the 1st 2 LPs and The Walking Dead 12". Beyond that, not very familiar.

fIREHOSE is saddled with the tragedy aftermath but Ragin', Full-On oddly clicked for me as a kid, more than any of the Minutemen albums. I can still listen to and enjoy it.

Am not old enough to have witnessed any of this stuff as it happened, but am old enough to have had an arsenal of sticky and cracked SST and Cruz Records tapes. Not prepared to defend TonyALL or Big Drill Car...

Al Dorado

Are we just ignoring the Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr records on SST too?

Clif

Al Dorado I love thecSST Sonic Youth records. Dinosaur Jr is anotjer band i have never gotten. the vocals kind of grate on me.

problemface

not ignoring ‘em, just don’t like ‘em. here’s another SST album I do enjoy…

Al Dorado

problemface I like the Opal album too.

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