Of the initial list of bands Bedhead, Swirlies, Unrest & Unwound get lots of love from me. Most of the rest I'm not that big a fan of. I like Versus tho.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 09:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Archers Of Loaf: Vee VeeAnything by Pavement, obviously.Th' Faith Healers: Imaginary Friend
Two bands that are a little more obscure but worth searching out:Sammy: Tales of Great Neck Glory
The Glands: Double Thriller and of course, the legendary self-titled record from 2000.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 19 June 2009 09:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Get yrself some Grifters and dig out the Grifters thread on here where Tripp turned up.
Curious absence of GBV on here. Less curious absence of Trumans Water, but still worth fixing.
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 19 June 2009 10:02 (fourteen years ago) link
http://cd04.static.jango.com/images/pic200/drP000/P097/p09712k675y_lg.jpg^^^^^ would love if these guys released a posthumous live album from BITD, or even a new record.
― it's the nuclear sex apocalypse, dude. i mean, c'mon. (stevie), Friday, 19 June 2009 10:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Is that Madder Rose?
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 10:38 (fourteen years ago) link
yes
― task force vs the brisbane punks (electricsound), Friday, 19 June 2009 10:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I loved them. Saw them at Reading festival once. 1st 2 albums a lot better than the later ones but they were all decent.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 10:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Come - Eleven: Eleven
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Friday, 19 June 2009 10:54 (fourteen years ago) link
the ropers and lorelei albums are masterpieces. lorelei in particular still sounds fresh
― task force vs the brisbane punks (electricsound), Friday, 19 June 2009 11:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Prefer Ropers singles to album. Lorelei too tbh, stuff like Float My Bed.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 11:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I felt like bands like Guided By Voices and Pavement, while I LOVE them, were a bit more obvious so I didn't mention them.
Oh and Mr. Poo if you like Bedhead I'd be a little surprised if you didn't also like Duster. I'd RIYL one if you like the other.
― Evan, Friday, 19 June 2009 11:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Further?
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Friday, 19 June 2009 11:16 (fourteen years ago) link
K I'll check them out, I've never heard of them.
Saw the New Year earlier this year, the nu-Bedhead band.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 11:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, anyone heard of "Blumfeld"? They are like the German answer to Pavement.
― Evan, Friday, 19 June 2009 11:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Looked up Duster and their albums are from late 90s which is about the time I stopped making an effort to keep up with indie rock, so I guess that's why I've never heard of them. Not that I stopped listening to indie rock completely.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 11:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah the New Year is good but they don't have that same subtly... or something... that set Bedhead apart. Similar though.About Duster I guess that'll do it, they were a late 90s act. I'm still meaning to pick up their album that came out in I think 2000?
― Evan, Friday, 19 June 2009 11:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i've come to regard their final LP as their best, though i realise my love for this band goes deep enough to preclude clear-headed decisions
― it's the nuclear sex apocalypse, dude. i mean, c'mon. (stevie), Friday, 19 June 2009 11:22 (fourteen years ago) link
the blumfeld album is decent. drassen auf kaution is a really good single
― task force vs the brisbane punks (electricsound), Friday, 19 June 2009 11:23 (fourteen years ago) link
I missed it if these were mentioned but what about Superchunk or Archers of Loaf? Both two of my all time favorites.
― Fennec fox which does grooming (ENBB), Friday, 19 June 2009 11:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I have a big pile of Superchunk CDs but never got into AoL.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 11:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Also tons of AmRep stuff but that might be a bit on the heavy side for this thread.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 11:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Really? Archers are just . . . i don't know maybe it's one of those time and place things for me but I was a freshman in college when I discovered Icky Mettle and it just blew my mind. It's still one of my all time favorite albums. Also, they were just great live.
― Fennec fox which does grooming (ENBB), Friday, 19 June 2009 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Are the 3D's too obvious a suggestion?
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Friday, 19 June 2009 11:48 (fourteen years ago) link
What's the UK equivalent of this? I can only think of stuff like Bivouac and Cable at the moment.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 11:50 (fourteen years ago) link
lol midway still
― task force vs the brisbane punks (electricsound), Friday, 19 June 2009 11:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I was going to put Ned's & Senseless Things...
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 11:51 (fourteen years ago) link
It would be the Delgados and all that.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Friday, 19 June 2009 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
they're probably a bit later than most of the stuff here
― task force vs the brisbane punks (electricsound), Friday, 19 June 2009 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link
JACOB'S MOUSE they were awesome
― it's the nuclear sex apocalypse, dude. i mean, c'mon. (stevie), Friday, 19 June 2009 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link
First of all... thanks for all of the suggestions so far!!
And yeah Fox, Superchunk and Archers of Loaf are both fantastic.
― Evan, Friday, 19 June 2009 12:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i saw the archers of loaf/small23 double bill in leeds (the duchess of york pub : rip).i loved it, but not sure sure the people i took with me (wife and friend) were too into it.been years since i heard the small23 album...oh, is that an urge to go a digging in the archives i feel on the rise.
― mark e, Friday, 19 June 2009 12:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Jacob's Mouse did a mean Britisher Amrep thing but as far as my record collection is concerned the UK didn't really get onto US-style college rocking until '95 onwards: Urusei Yatsura, early Delgados, Ligament, Spare Snare... uh, possibly some bands not on Che as well (Magoo, Scarfo, Pure Morning?)
(although what I might really mean by this is that I didn't really start buying 7"s until '95 onwards)
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 19 June 2009 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link
AoL! Oh man, yes yes yes. I also find it curious that GBV ain't mentioned. Get yourself B000.
My answer to everything: Brainiac. Hah.
Urusei Yatsura was ok.
― I GOTTA BRAKE FREEEEE (stevienixed), Friday, 19 June 2009 12:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Urusei dudes have got a new band called Project A-Ko. Their album sounds EXACTLY like Pavement. Not a little bit like UY did, but EXACTLY
― DJ MARTIAN IS A KING AMONG MEN. Dan Perry, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 (DJ Mencap), Friday, 19 June 2009 12:23 (fourteen years ago) link
I quite like Blumfeld but after the mid-90s they sounded more like George Michael than anything you'd call indie - not a dis per se, it was pretty cool but an acquired taste
― DJ MARTIAN IS A KING AMONG MEN. Dan Perry, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 (DJ Mencap), Friday, 19 June 2009 12:25 (fourteen years ago) link
dis per se - thought this was some sort of word art on first reading
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Friday, 19 June 2009 12:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Heh, nice
― DJ MARTIAN IS A KING AMONG MEN. Dan Perry, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 (DJ Mencap), Friday, 19 June 2009 12:28 (fourteen years ago) link
tripmaster monkey had a few good tracks
― task force vs the brisbane punks (electricsound), Friday, 19 June 2009 12:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Now there's a name I never got past.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Friday, 19 June 2009 12:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282. All records.
― grandavis, Friday, 19 June 2009 13:08 (fourteen years ago) link
JACOB'S MOUSE they were awesomeThey did come to mind actually after I posted!
I loved Urusei Yatsura
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 13:21 (fourteen years ago) link
BRAINIAC yes they were great
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 13:22 (fourteen years ago) link
that band Wussy is the dude from Ass Ponys, so that's something
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 19 June 2009 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
don't forget, wussy are playing tonight with 90's guitar hero chris brokaw.
― scott seward, Friday, 19 June 2009 13:41 (fourteen years ago) link
ahem... i think yzall mean 3ra1n1ac, who absolutely ruled.
― it's the nuclear sex apocalypse, dude. i mean, c'mon. (stevie), Friday, 19 June 2009 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Who is Chris Brokaw? I saw him this year, at the aforementioned New Year show, and to me it was just some dude with an acoustic, not v memorable at all. Do I need to be schooled?
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 13:49 (fourteen years ago) link
agree with whoever said this stuff never went away. so many great bands.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 19 June 2009 13:50 (fourteen years ago) link
chris brokaw was in come, who are kind of a tough listen imo.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 19 June 2009 13:51 (fourteen years ago) link
He was also in Codeine too.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Friday, 19 June 2009 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
chris was in come and codeine. two great 90's bands. lots of people owe him money for ripping off codeine so much.
― scott seward, Friday, 19 June 2009 13:55 (fourteen years ago) link
think two in the pinata might be even better than '...glittering world of the salons', and coming from me that's a monumental call
TOENUT
staggering fucking album. keep saying it until yall wise
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Saturday, 9 August 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
New Further comp:
http://cargorecordsdirect.co.uk/products/further-where-were-you-then
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 29 August 2014 14:46 (nine years ago) link
YES.
That band needs recognition- no matter how much anyone might think they're a poor man's Dino Jr.
It's all about "Quiet Riot Grrrl" really. Of my top 10 favorite songs in that genre.
― Evan, Friday, 29 August 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
they had a lot of filler but super griptape is a great rec
― clive facepalmer (electricsound), Friday, 29 August 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link
Isn't that their most Dinosaur Jr-y? I don't have that one yet.
― Evan, Saturday, 30 August 2014 01:17 (nine years ago) link
their best imo, yeah quite dinoish
― clive facepalmer (electricsound), Saturday, 30 August 2014 01:24 (nine years ago) link
does honeyblood fall under the purview of this thread? the album's growing on me
― katherine, Saturday, 30 August 2014 03:03 (nine years ago) link
i dunno but that album is excellent imo
― clive facepalmer (electricsound), Saturday, 30 August 2014 03:03 (nine years ago) link
see also TS; Alvvays vs Honeyblood
― clive facepalmer (electricsound), Saturday, 30 August 2014 03:04 (nine years ago) link
Had this Flower song float into my head today for some reason. Owed a huge debt to Sonic Youth but it's a good album nonetheless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg7yG1RazTo
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 13:24 (eight years ago) link
Album was called Hologram Sky btw, came out in 1990. Don't really know too much else about 'em.
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 13:25 (eight years ago) link
Pre-Versus, right?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 13:54 (eight years ago) link
oh right, i never knew that! can't say i ever listened to versus. any good?
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link
yeah!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 14:06 (eight years ago) link
This was my favorite Versus song back in the day. I don't know that they've aged all that well. Like Small Factory, they were kind of great in a particular place and time, outside of that...not so much.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrVtTwWlw-4
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link
i was looking at some old SPIN issues on Google reader and the writer in there tears apart that Fudge album, the one with the really grotesquely 90's cover.
it's pretty decent though
― hackshaw, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
Oops, missed this revive. That Fudge album is great. "Drive" is all time.
― Evan, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:42 (eight years ago) link
wow, evan, you were a prophet. now i know who to blame!
― scott seward, Thursday, 10 December 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
Don't shoot the messenger
― Evan, Thursday, 10 December 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
i actually dig a bunch of it. there are a lot of local bands here that do it well. my pal abby made a new video for local heroes potty mouth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzggDceQsTY
― scott seward, Thursday, 10 December 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
my pal sal has a cool new album out too. i've known him since he was a toddler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQG2hK8uLy0
― scott seward, Thursday, 10 December 2015 16:50 (eight years ago) link
the guys from the band sediment club brought a ton of 90's guitar rock to my store this year. i just like guitars and since regular rock doesn't really exist anymore, i will take all the dino/seb/helium action people want to throw out there.
― scott seward, Thursday, 10 December 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
a new day is dawning...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW2APDMXUOk
― scott seward, Thursday, 10 December 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
just a big ol' stew of 70's/80's/90's/Now in that clip.
Ha, for sure! I liked that they played "Thorn" at that show as well.
What do you mean "regular rock"? I have my own idea, but...
― Evan, Thursday, 10 December 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link
Taxidermists is pretty great! The slow parts sounded like Codeine.
― Evan, Thursday, 10 December 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link
Toenut became Tyro and made an album, Audiocards. I wanted to hear it. It isn't ANYWHERE online so I had to buy the CD. This is the first time I've HAD to buy a CD in what seems like an age.
Anyway, Audiocards arrived today and it's completely wonderful and maybe only a few hundred people ever heard it idk. SO GREAT
― imago, Thursday, 9 June 2016 21:46 (seven years ago) link
fucking amazing
― imago, Thursday, 9 June 2016 22:08 (seven years ago) link
I can't find my Pest 5000 CD :(
― Evan, Friday, 10 June 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
It's springtime so I'm injecting the 80s/90s jangle indie into my veins again
― Evan, Friday, 15 May 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
And wtf I lost my Pest 5000 CD as of 2016? I totally forgot. It's gotta be around somewhere...
― Evan, Friday, 15 May 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link
I have both, which one are you missing?
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Friday, 15 May 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link
Both as in the lp and compilation? I have a digital copy of the lp but for sure need the compilation!
― Evan, Friday, 15 May 2020 21:34 (four years ago) link
Palimpsest? OK — DM me your address, and I’ll mail it to you (when conditions are once again favorable for mailing things).
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Friday, 15 May 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
is this the thread with the most Further talk or is it on The Summer Hits thread(s)?
...because I heard Dinosaur Jr's 1997 non-album single "Take a Run at the Sun" and holy shit, that is such a late-era Further song.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
Hey I'm down to talk Further all day. I'll have to check out that Dino Jr song... interesting to hear a sentiment where the tables turned involving those two bands.
― Evan, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
I know, that's what's so surprising, it sounds like one of Brent's songs from 1995-1996. But it's also pretty-atypical Dinosaur Jr I should add, it was recorded for an Alison Anders film and then released on its own, kinda sunny beach pop. I'd never heard it before today (I fell off the DJr bus around Where Ya Been).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link