― Tracer Hand, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dave225, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mark Stephen Willcox, Sunday, 17 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― adaml (adaml), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:29 (twenty years ago) link
― adaml (adaml), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:30 (twenty years ago) link
― gfdsjkl, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 00:48 (twenty years ago) link
I've got You're Living All Over Me and the best of. Not under the impression I need any more. But there's brilliance in that stuff.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 01:15 (twenty years ago) link
― cybele (cybele), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 01:49 (twenty years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 02:07 (twenty years ago) link
I can't listen to anything J. Mascis has done without falling asleep, and it's not just me; I have a friend who went to see him and she fell asleep at the concert.
In summary: BORING
― Sasha (sgh), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:08 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:10 (twenty years ago) link
I've always pronounced it (and heard it pronounced) Mass-Kiss, but I have no idea if that is correct.
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:15 (twenty years ago) link
Of course, you could also say that Neil Young was doing the same damn thing twenty years earlier, so forget everything I just said.
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:22 (twenty years ago) link
I've never heard such great suburban-basement teenage four-track rickety-proggy music (even if it wasn't really recorded under those conditions). The songs are just fantastic; each one has four or five distinct, individual instrumental parts that just kill. And wonderful melodies, lyrics, atmosphere - the works.
If anyone can suggest any other albums that approach the "feel" of this one in any way, please, lay 'em on me!
― Sam J. (samjeff), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Sam J. (samjeff), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:55 (twenty years ago) link
― stevie (stevie), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 07:52 (twenty years ago) link
― st tremaine, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 09:15 (twenty years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 09:20 (twenty years ago) link
― stevie (stevie), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 10:03 (twenty years ago) link
― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 13:22 (twenty years ago) link
We've called him Mas kis in the past and he didn't complain, if its not right Im sure he's used to it.
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 16:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 21:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 21:22 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 21:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 21:58 (twenty years ago) link
RepulsionLittle Fury ThingsKrackedThe LungIn a JarFreak SceneNo BonesThey Always ComeYeah We KnowPond SongJust Like HeavenThe WagonThumbOut ThereStart Choppin'Get MeFeel the PainI Don't ThinkNever Bought It
(78:46 - weighted towards 2nd and 3rd LPs, I hope there will be many who disagree and post other ones!)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 November 2003 10:07 (twenty years ago) link
Also, I have an instrumentation question. On "They Always Come" there's a change at about 30 seconds in, and there's this high pitched repeating sound which is almost like a really high register clav or bells or something. What is that??
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link
Green Mind is where its at for me, whilst the others are more timely and easily placeable, Green Mind has a bit of a uniqueness about it that I like. I find it very similar to "Goo" by Sonic Youth in that it's the album-before-the-commercial-one where you can see some of the experiments with gloss coming through, but still with enough rough to make it a hearty meal.
― Bernard the Butler (Lynskey), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link
Spencer, I will take a listen tonight.
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:35 (nineteen years ago) link
*I don't mind using "shreds" here as I think it's damned appropriate.
― Nostalgia for the Old Cineramadome (Ben Boyer), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Monday, 8 November 2004 23:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nostalgia for the Old Cineramadome (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nostalgia for the Old Cineramadome (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― drew, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:05 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm hearing 32nd notes played on the hi-hat, but i get what you're saying... there is a residual noise that sounds tuned melodically, like a very high bell sound, like jangling keys.
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 04:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:18 (nineteen years ago) link
(x-post, yes, out of the every track they played that night, about 9/10 of them were by pre-bandwagonesque tfc)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:25 (nineteen years ago) link
Green Mind > Yr Living all Over Me > Fossils > Bug > Whatevers Cool w/ Me > Where You Been ... stopped paying attention after that.
I remember having to re-purchase Fossils, Watery Domestic, and Greatest of All Time recently because the originals were thrashed and skipped on every song. Three of the best EPs ever for sure.
― tk, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:21 (nineteen years ago) link
woooo! https://www.dinosaurjr.com/news-blog/2021/1/15/custom-dinosaur-jr-collaboration-with-j-skis
― StanM, Monday, 18 January 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
That is rad.
― DJI, Monday, 18 January 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
That is awesome. I remember Head coming out with Motorhead skis a while ago, I'm still kicking myself I didn't get those. Bands should do this a lot more.
― Siegbran, Monday, 18 January 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
still such an amazing lead guitarist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_IS9RUpv40
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 April 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
This is their best LP in a few.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 24 April 2021 01:32 (three years ago) link
Can't think of another band who phone in their best music like they do
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 24 April 2021 01:40 (three years ago) link
I like the new album but fuck this wasn't I thread I expected to open and burst out crying.
It's still on the wall though:
https://i.ibb.co/JmmLsfv/IMG-20210424-030210461.jpg
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 24 April 2021 02:05 (three years ago) link
I love this damn band so much, this new one is great.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
what can i say besides this is the perfect rock band and everything they do kicks ass, new album no exception
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 May 2021 17:37 (three years ago) link
otm
I was inspired enough to finally pick up those 2019 Cherry Red reissues of the post-Jayloumurph lineup albums, mainly for all the B-side cleaning up and live shows.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 May 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
i like this band whenever i hear them but do they have more than one song
― Free Palestine (Left), Friday, 14 May 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
that's not an insult the consistency is impressive & inspiring but do they ever go proggy or anything
― Free Palestine (Left), Friday, 14 May 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
they don't go "proggy" per se, but they do loosen up and jam a lot on farm. the early albums have a fair amount of weirdness, especially in the lou barlow contributions. recent albums have a few barlow contributions but his sensibility has grown closer to j's.
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 May 2021 17:59 (three years ago) link
thx i remember enjoying farm when it came out but i only listened to it once i think. amazing cover
― Free Palestine (Left), Friday, 14 May 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
lol, I was going to say, that's not fair, between 1985 and 1988 and since 2007 they've had two, with the Lou songs
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 May 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
I heard “Little Fury Things” on my return commute today, and I was reminded of how beautiful and wistful it is. Also, nothing on their post-reunion albums approach its greatness or the highs on You’re Living/Bug/Green Mind
― beamish13, Saturday, 15 May 2021 00:10 (three years ago) link
they just became a more conventional rock band, an excellent one but not quite the same i agree
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Saturday, 15 May 2021 02:00 (three years ago) link
Seems crazy that the beginning of this thread was 20 years ago!
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 15 May 2021 02:31 (three years ago) link
J’s guitar tone may be the most comforting sound I know.
― Mule, Saturday, 15 May 2021 10:31 (three years ago) link
I saw them in a small club in 1987. You're Living All Over Me held up well last time I checked, but I don't know much after that except "Freak Scene." I think I'd see this, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5w28bJKmxY
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 June 2021 01:18 (two years ago) link
I hope Dave Grohl's in it lots.
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 June 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
Nice. Will definitely seek this out. They're *still* strangely enigmatic to me.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 00:40 (two years ago) link
Jamming the 1991 Hollywood show that came with the Green Mind reissue from a few years back, I love this band.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 December 2021 21:51 (two years ago) link
Mascis does some stellar guitar work on Sunburned Hand of Man's "Prix Fixe" from this year that's definitely worth seeking out.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 17 December 2021 00:39 (two years ago) link
+ Kevin Shields last night in London doing "Just Like Heaven" and "Tarpit:"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130nIZQ1iXA
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 18:14 (six months ago) link
Wow
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 20:16 (six months ago) link
Didn’t like as much as I expected to though
Nope. Sounds like Guitar Center.
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 20:28 (six months ago) link
Agree, it was just sort of cool they played a MBV song and then the Cure cover but the performance was just sort of there.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 20:50 (six months ago) link
I read about Richard Aoyade guesting with the band this morning. But not sure when was that the same London show.Hadn't known he played guitar before that. Think it was Lou's feed on FB.
― Stevo, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 21:59 (six months ago) link
They should have got Graham Linehan to sing Don't
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 22:17 (six months ago) link
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 22:52 (six months ago) link
His new single is pretty much out there. Music that makes me happy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgibRJxp8g
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 16 November 2023 15:55 (six months ago) link