Slow day on the board...

[redsock]

Man, has everyone really crapped out? There is no activity on the board today. You'd think the club went and scheduled Jason Mraz and Liz Phair togather or something and we all stopped caring about music cause it is clearly all about the money. Oh wait, they did and we have. Well, maybe not completely stopped caring.
 Seriously folks I need new bands, great albums....recently talked up artists like Postal Service and Longwave now have a home in my cd player cause of you all...wake up for christs sake!
 I guess I'll see you all tomorrow at the Blur show, I'll be the guy up front trying to prevent my short GF and her sister from getting squashed by pogoing Damon fans! Oh what fun!

[vansmack]

Originally posted by redsock:
   by pogoing Damon fans!  

His name is Markie, and if you ask him nicely to stop he'll tell you to bugger off.

[Bags]

Okay then, I've got questions, not so much advice.  What's the word on Super Furry Animals?  Their albums are fabulously reviewed, but I'm not sure I fully get what they're about, and I don't know anyone who listens to them.
 
 Other bands I keep hearing about and which get great reviews are Longwave and Cursive.  Can anyone fill me in on these with more than "they're great!"?

[markie]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by redsock:
   by pogoing Damon fans!  

His name is Markie, and if you ask him nicely to stop he'll tell you to bugger off. [/b]

Oh yes, that is me. Sorry.
 
 Dancing at a rock show....... remind me never to do that again. Really if they dont like being bouced into, the front of a sold out 930 show might not be the best place to stand. Instead of asking the pogoers to stop, just accept defeat and move to the back or balcony.
 
 Or stellar idea, why not just pogo right back.
 
 I think I will wear the girls and boys backprint T tomorrow, Lulu promises to wear oasis whats the story T.
 
 For new music,
 
 try the tyde, how many times do I have to say that?
 
 I love the new Adam Green album, but that is probably an aquired taste.
 
 get to CDwow.net and get  the new dandy Warhols album.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Two words: Pernice Brothers.
 
 Five more words: Best album of the year.
 
 And go see Rhett Miller at the Black Cat. I promise he will give even a big straight guy like you a hard-on.

[markie]

Originally posted by bags:
 
 
 Other bands I keep hearing about and which get great reviews are Longwave and Cursive.  Can anyone fill me in on these with more than "they're great!"?

Super Furry Animals,
 
 I didnt like their older albums so much, but I only ever gave them a brief listen. They put on a good live show, although the last 930 show was a bit dissappointing. But Rings around the world was just the sound of last summer to me. It is such a happy upbeat beatlesesque sunny romp that only the braindead (mjnova) wouldnt be charmed by it.
 
 I refuse to be a cursive or longwave fan.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

We also learned that Neil Young is a legend, Uncle Tupelo is getting there, and John Lydon is a Republican.

[markie]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Two words: Pernice Brothers.
 
 

really? I am not that keen. I bet the new grandaddy album is better and I only know two songs off of it.
 
 I mean I think Pernice Brothers are OK, but a little average sounding.... If you try really hard you can get people to believe Teenage fanclub, Grand Prix is the Pernice Brothers first album.......

[redsock]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  And go see Rhett Miller at the Black Cat. I promise he will give even a big straight guy like you a hard-on.

That makes sense, everytime i read one of your posts i get one.

[markie]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
   Lyndon Johnson is a Republican.

what else did they teach you in hick school?

[Bags]

Originally posted by the scientist:
 

Originally posted by vansmack:
 [qb]  

Originally posted by redsock:
 [qb]  For new music,
 
 try the tyde, how many times do I have to say that?
 
 I love the new Adam Green album, but that is probably an aquired taste.
 
 get to CDwow.net and get  the new dandy Warhols album. [/b]

Markie, I was specifically not bringing up the Tyde, as when I posted the Velvet Lounge date you told me to sssshhhhhhhhhhh.....let's keep the crowds away (though now that I think of it, a Monday show will be a tough sell, though I will definitely be there after fort reno).
 
 By the way, this was written for the LA Weekly by a friend of mine, and I think it's a great profile.  The last paragraph, a quote, is my credo as well, except that I listen to music rather than play it!
 
  The Sound of Waves
 The Tyde: Forward into the �??80s
 
 Darren Rademaker knows what he likes. Given the choice between good songs or flashy musical trends, the leader of the Tyde will always take the tunes.
 
 �??It�??s like, are you a style band or a substance band?�?� he muses over a cold bottle of Miller High Life. �??Are you really into music, or do you just want to be famous and have sex with a lot of random girls? Being famous and having sex with a lot of random girls is totally fun, but after you�??re 29 or 30, are you still gonna care about music?�?�
 
 Rademaker�??s 41st birthday is already receding in the rearview mirror, and he, for one, still cares about music. The audible proof is Twice, the Tyde�??s new record for Rough Trade America; a veritable feast of crystalline guitars, rollicking keyboards, catchy melodies and wry lyrics, Twice more than fulfills the promise of Once, the L.A. band�??s acclaimed 2001 debut.
 
 As with Once, the 11 tracks on Twice �?? Rademaker categorically denies that the next Tyde album will be called Three Times a Lady �?? offer up a tart mixture of human frailty and California sunshine. But this time out the mid-�??60s Dylanisms and �??cosmic country�?� vibes of the first album have been jettisoned in favor of the ringing pop sounds of such �??80s cult faves as Felt, Galaxie 500 and Television Personalities.
 
 �??I had the idea to go back and explore our indie roots, whatever they were,�?� Rademaker explains. �??Kind of like, �??Let�??s move it out of the �??60s and �??70s and into the early �??80s.�?? But not into the cheesy �??80s that everybody�??s into; no punk-funk or electroclash!�?�
 
 Though much of Twice�??s music is quite chipper, Rademaker�??s lyrics �?? which he delivers in a plain but pleasing voice somewhere between Lou Reed and Echo and the Bunnymen�??s Ian McCullough �?? are considerably darker than on the last album. �??A Loner,�?� �??Best Intentions�?� and the KCRW semi-hit �??Blood Brothers�?� all reek of disappointment and abdicated responsibility, while �??Crystal Canyons�?� and �??Breaking Up the Band�?� deal with the less-than-glamorous results of sustained drug abuse.
 
 �??I know so many idiots who used to be so brilliant, and then they got involved with crystal meth,�?� Rademaker says. �??People that were really good friends of mine that died. Or they�??re writing good songs, but they�??ll never be able to do anything with them because they�??ll never be able to get it together from one thought to the next.�?�
 
 Not that Rademaker�??s own habits are exempt from scrutiny. �??Henry VIII�?� examines his love-hate relationship with marijuana. �??Yeah, it�??s a song about trying to quit smoking pot,�?� he laughs. �??When I go surfing in Dana Point, I drive down PCH and go, �??There�??s no way I�??ll ever be able to afford any of these houses.�?? But maybe if I wasn�??t such a dope-smoker I�??d have become just a regular guy.�?�
 
 Regrets? Rademaker has a few. But when your music has earned you raves from your well-respected peers �?? Jason Pierce of Spiritualized and Teenage Fanclub�??s Norman Blake among them �?? and your band is getting ready to mount a summer tour that will encompass the U.S., the U.K. and much of Europe, life as an irregular guy doesn�??t seem so bad.
 
 �??My secret is that I�??ve never given in to regular society, that �??Why don�??t you give up that stupid music?�?? thing,�?� he says. �??I love doing music, and I don�??t care if I have to live in a shitty one-bedroom apartment for the rest of my life to do what I want. You have to look around and say, �??Am I happy? Am I listening to some good tunes?�?? You can always get by if you want to.�?�
 
 - Dan Epstein
 
 June 20-26, 2003

[Bags]

Originally posted by the scientist:
 

Originally posted by bags:
 [qb]
 I refuse to be a cursive or longwave fan. [/b]

Why?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

So that Teenage Fanclub album is just average then? I shouldn't invest the $7.98 that Amazon wants for a new copy?
 
    This is actually Joe Pernice's 8th album.
 
    I don't think his voice sounds like any of the three singers in Teenage Fanclub.
 
 

Originally posted by the scientist:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Two words: Pernice Brothers.
 
 

really? I am not that keen. I bet the new grandaddy album is better and I only know two songs off of it.
 
 I mean I think Pernice Brothers are OK, but a little average sounding.... If you try really hard you can get people to believe Teenage fanclub, Grand Prix is the Pernice Brothers first album....... [/b]

[ggw]

This is what should be in your CD player -  And make sure you pick up their last album Secaucus:
 
 New Wrens Album Finally Gets Release Date
 Partridge Family needs to get act together
 Rod Waterman reports:
 
 The Wrens just might be the best band you've never heard of. Fortunately, after a significant hiatus since 1996's Secaucus, they're back with a new album-- one that rivals their best work to date. The Meadowlands is set to drop September 9th via Absolutely Kosher Records, also home to Pinback and The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up. The kink in this story is that AbKosh has had the album available on its website since January in a limited edition format with four bonus tracks-- outtakes from various sessions during the 90s. And you can still get it that way, for a time, but when they're gone, you won't have another chance to get ahold of the disc until September, and even then it's just the standard 13-track edition. Don't think you won't regret it. Tracklist:
 
 01 The House That Guilt Built
 02 Happy
 03 She Sends Kisses
 04 This Boy Is Exhausted
 05 Hopeless
 06 Faster Gun
 07 Thirteen Grand
 08 Boys, You Won't
 09 Ex-Girl Collection
 10 Per Second Second
 11 Everyone Choose Sides
 12 13 Months In 6 Minutes
 13 This Is Not What You Have Planned
 
 Bonus tracks:
 14 splitter #7: Fireworks/James, I Wanna (1997)
 15 Our Brightest New Year (1995)
 16 Green Tides (1992)
 17 Blue Lips (1992)
 
 The Wrens formed back in the late 80s, eventually securing a residency as the house band on a ferry. Weird. Their website claims they were fired for playing a cover of "Debaser" to the old peeps. Now, I'd rather hear The Wrens play "Debaser" than "catch a soap" any day of the week, but then, I'm not 170, and there's no accounting for taste, a lesson we must sadly learn and re-learn every day of the week.
 
 The Wrens lived together for ten years in Secaucus, NJ, and have been making records since 1993 in their basement-- from their first single "Low" (1993) to their first album Silver (1994) and the pretty much classic Secaucus (1996). Things got sticky around the time of Secaucus, though, when the once venerable Grass Records dropped like their entire roster to become Wind-Up Records. You know Wind-Up Records. They have Creed.
 
 But, after having endured their share of bad label relationships in the interim, The Wrens have finally signed on with Absolutely Kosher, which can only be a good thing. They've been overlooked for entirely too long. And speaking of overlooking things (especially that tall-ass fucker with the cranial graphics directly in front of you), the band will be playing some East Coast dates in August and September. So if you're hoping to do just that-- and live over d'ere-- check:
 
 08-22 Brooklyn, NY - North Six
 09-12 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge (album release show)
 09-18 Boston, MA - The Plan
 09-19 Hamilton, NY - Colgate College
 09-22 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
 09-26 Swarthmore, PA - Swarthmore College
 
 .: Pitchfork Review: The Wrens: Secaucus
 .: The Wrens: http://www.wrens.com
 .: Absolutely Kosher: http://www.absolutelykosher.com/

[redsock]

Originally posted by ggw:
  This is what should be in your CD player -  And make sure you pick up their last album Secaucus:
 
 New Wrens Album Finally Gets Release Date
 Partridge Family needs to get act together
 Rod Waterman reports:
 

Read something about them, they sounded interesting. Maybe I'll pick up their new album.