Friday Afternoon Music Thread

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 9, 2010 2:13 PM PDT

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I can't remember whether I mentioned this or not

but I really like the new Titus Andronicus record, which is odd for me because I usually bristle at songs that are longer than three minutes or so long. Every song on this album is at least 5:00, but they’re all really quite good.

It’s cool that you’re still doing this during the season, by the way.

by pdb on Apr 9, 2010 2:24 PM PDT reply actions

You must not be a fan of Godspeed You Black Emperor.

A lot of their songs are twelve minutes or longer.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 9, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions

I am, in fact, not.

They’re curating the next All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, though.

by pdb on Apr 9, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions

I really should get around to going to that.

Not terribly interested in that line up though. More accurately I don’t know any of it outside of a couple of songs by Scout Niblett.

Can anybody recommend a good starting point for Deerhoof? They’re one of those bands I meant to get into but never did.

by Eyeball Kid on Apr 9, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm kinda wondering where Mike Watt fits on that bill to be honest

If you’re interested in early sort of proto-punk, check out The Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime is one of the more interesting records to come out of the SoCal punk scene in the mid-80’s. It’s completely different from what you’d think of as “punk” today – it’s truly an independent, do-it-yourself, we-don’t-care-if-you-like-our-sound kind of record, and it’s mighty good.

by pdb on Apr 9, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions

In case you didn't know from my oblique reference above the Minutemen were Mike Watt's first band

by pdb on Apr 9, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm listening on youtube

so far they remind me a bit of Fugazi.

by Eyeball Kid on Apr 9, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Heavily influenced by the Minutemen, in fact

by pdb on Apr 9, 2010 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions

paranoid time 7 inch

this little record is god like

by tacomamendo on Apr 9, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I have a love/hate relationship with that album

I love a lot of songs off of it, but it just goes on and on, and I find it hard to listen to as an album. What Makes A Man Start Fires? is a worse collection of songs, but it’s a lot more accessible just because it’s over in 26 minutes.

by abelard on Apr 9, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I'm the same way

The first time I listened to it I thought “what the fuck is THIS?” because I was expecting it to be way more Orange County punkish, and it turned out to be a sort of art-rock experiment in a lot of ways. It really grew on me for a while, but nowadays I can’t listen to it front to back all that often. There are some great songs on it, though.

by pdb on Apr 9, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah a coworker of mine loaned this CD to me

It was very interesting, definitely did not fit my idea of SoCal punk at all, but I could sort of hear how it influenced stuff.

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by bluemax on Apr 9, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Hooray for music threads.

I saw the band Rube Waddell open a show last week in Berkeley. Aside from the awesome name, they had a steel guitar made out of a baseball bat and an old person walker. Fun 20-30’s era blues/punk blend.

Fuck the Angels

by InSpokane on Apr 9, 2010 2:34 PM PDT reply actions

Also here is a video by Tiger Lilly, Living Hell.

It is a based on the “”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16aUOSprcvc&feature=player_" >The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Kind of fitting.

Fuck the Angels

by InSpokane on Apr 9, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Let's try that again

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Fuck the Angels

by InSpokane on Apr 9, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions

My friend loves that band.

Me, not so much. I quite like that song, though.

by Eyeball Kid on Apr 9, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Great video!

by johnbai on Apr 9, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm going to see Dillinger Escape Plan this Saturday at El Corazon

I enjoy their music because of the way they explore time signatures in their songs, and they put on a great show. I really enjoyed them the last time I saw them at the Showbox a couple of years ago. I am a little disappointed that Chris Pennie left the band to play with Coheed and Cambria, but it still should be a good show if you are into them.

"LARGENT! UNLOADED! and he got the ball!

by seattle_since_81 on Apr 9, 2010 2:43 PM PDT reply actions

Chris Pennie is awesome and I am so happy he is now in my favorite band.

by Kirk on Apr 9, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions

They were the first band I ever saw at a festival

Quite an introduction.

by Eyeball Kid on Apr 9, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I would just like to follow up from the last installment and say that I really really like Frightened Rabbit now.

The Friday afternoon music thread continues to be a rousing success.

by Torrid on Apr 9, 2010 2:55 PM PDT reply actions

This week I've mostly been listening to Mark Lanegan and moping about the fact that I can't afford to see him on his current tour.

I can’t believe I hadn’t heard anything by The Gutter Twins though, they’re amazing.

by Eyeball Kid on Apr 9, 2010 3:08 PM PDT reply actions

I really like that Gutter Twins record.

I was always somewhat indifferent to the Screaming Trees, but I have liked most of Lanegan’s solo stuff, and the Gutter Twins is probably some of his best work.

by pdb on Apr 9, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm the same way

Except I love Greg Dulli’s stuff (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers), and I was totally indifferent to Lanegan before I heard him on the Gutter Twins’ albums. Saturnalia’s one of my favourite albums, and Adorata’s great to listen to as well.

by abelard on Apr 9, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions

the only thing lanegan's ever touched that i don't like

saturnalia! i think this is a crappy record! , and i love every screaming tress album and nearly every lanegan solo album- whiskey for the hold ghost and bubble gum tied for first place-

by tacomamendo on Apr 9, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions

I agree with your choices of Lanegan's top two solo albums.

but Bubblegum is in a league of its own as far as I’m concerned.

by Eyeball Kid on Apr 9, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions

PJ and Lanegan

a match made on skid row- golden voices!

by tacomamendo on Apr 9, 2010 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I saw

Midlake live this week and it was amazing, it turns out they’re all Astros fans – the poor souls.

This week I’ve been listening to this Finnish band – I met half their members in Barcelona and they’ve got a really awesome, ambient post rock sound. Their album is free to download here: http://allwillbequiet.bandcamp.com/

I’ve also been listening to the few new Hold Steady tracks, I can’t wait for their album to drop. Hopefully they play a bunch of it when I see them next week in concert.

by ungoreatstefan on Apr 9, 2010 3:15 PM PDT reply actions

I'm kinda indifferent to the new Hold Steady tracks I've heard so far

I think they’ll really miss Franz Nicolay, on first listen anyway. I didn’t think he had that big of an influence on them, but now that he’s gone the tracks I’ve heard just sound like most other four-chord rock bands out there, which is too bad – Craig Finn’s lyrics are always great, but Nicolay’s keyboards added a depth and texture that don’t seem to be there right now, at least for me.

by pdb on Apr 9, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Say Anything was fantastic on Wednesday at the Showbox Sodo.

Angel and Airwaves, less so. Man, I wanna go see Spoon this weekend, but just don’t have the time.

by James F'n X on Apr 9, 2010 3:50 PM PDT reply actions

Nice to know I'm not the only one who doesn't like Angels and Airwaves

I have friends who think Tom Delonge is Jesus.

by Eyeball Kid on Apr 9, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions

I have lately been listening

to The Heavy, can’t stop listening to their music.

by forte40 on Apr 9, 2010 3:51 PM PDT reply actions

So what's everybody's favorite Fastbacks record?

Mine’s Very, Very Powerful Motor, simply because it contains one of the happiest songs ever written. Honestly, if everyone I know and loved died right now, and the world fell apart around me, all I would have to do is put this song on and I would be grinning like a dork and pogoing all over the room in about four seconds flat. It’s that giddy of a song. It makes food taste better, it’ll make you dream in color, it makes the sky bluer…it’s awesome.

(Note: If I know and/or love you, please do not die right now. Or ever, really.)

What’s that you say? You don’t HAVE a favorite Fastbacks record? Well then, are you in for a treat! the aforementioned VVPM is awesome, but so is The Question Is No, so is New Mansions In Sound, and so is…well, everything. You really can’t go wrong with anything – if you like shiny bubblegum punk, get thee to a Fastbacks record pronto.

by pdb on Apr 9, 2010 3:57 PM PDT reply actions

every day is saturday ep

in a tie with run no more 7 inch

by tacomamendo on Apr 9, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions

That song is awesome.

Ahh, Youtube commenters:

The Fastbacks rule. Fucking kings of Seattle. Soundgarden, Nirvana, PJ, Mudhoney and all those guys….FUCKING GRADE SCHOOLERS compared to the true kings. Fuck anyone who disagrees in advance.

Thoughts?

by Eyeball Kid on Apr 9, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions

nirvanna is not from seattle!

the rest listed are grade schoolers
but as I have said before the great washington bands are from tacoma,oly or ellensburg

by tacomamendo on Apr 9, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I adore the Fastback and would put them in the same league of awesome as Nirvana and Mudhoney.

But they’re nothing like those bands so it’s a silly comparison.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 9, 2010 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions

The Fastbacks are the reason that music was invented

but that’s just me. They’re streets ahead of PJ and Nirvana, and right up there with Mudhoney as far as the live experience goes, but I’m biased – some of the best times of my life were spent at Fastbacks shows so I can’t even come close to being objective about them.

by pdb on Apr 10, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions