Glad to see Codeine getting props. My "90s" rock list:
Slint (end of 80s/early of 90s), Rodan, June of 44, Low, Codeine, Acetone, Silver Jews, Radar Bros.
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Friday, 19 June 2009 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
i love this stuff, but i'm not sure i want a resurgence? maybe i do. my band, whenever we get a little press, is referred to as mid-90s-inspired indie/college guitar rock, which makes me cringe, but what the hell. I like Pavement/Guided By Voices/Built To Spill ... has anyone mentioned the first Butterglory album? Eh?
― tylerw, Friday, 19 June 2009 14:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i've got that self-titled glands record on right now. such a minor classic.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 19 June 2009 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not sure I'm ready for a resurgence either - on the other hand I'd vastly prefer it if modern "indie" bands sounded like this that whatever the hell current UK "indie" is try to achieve </old man>
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 June 2009 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
there is already a pretty big amrep/touch&go thing going on right now.
anyway, these threads are good too:
Forgotten 90's alternative rock masterpieces WANTED
Criminially Underappreciated 90's Guitar Bands
overlooked 90's groups
― scott seward, Friday, 19 June 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Its not so much necessarily a specific genre that I want to see reemerge... its just that popular music right now is very 80s... that is there is a whole style over substance thing happening. I'm not saying I think artists like Bat For Lashes is "bad," I just feel like theres more of a persona that is being marketed before anyone actually hears any music. Its part of this blog culture where we have to be obsessed with every move an artist makes no matter how insignificant (all TMZ style), and with downloading being so easy there is all of this high consumption and in the end its just songs/an image- and then its on to the next artist next week.
So basically I have just really been gravitating to a time where bands were making cohesive no-nonsense albums where the music was the focus. Shouldn't that always be the case?
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 00:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Wait that was bad wording...."specific genre that I want to see reemerge" I really just meant 90s resurgence
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link
wait, what the hell is Multiple Cat? i guess i could just look it up.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 June 2009 00:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha yeah they're good. the song "Sad, Sad, Sad" is really musically sunny and catchy. Sound like Pavement a bit.
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 00:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, like I said GBV are a given. No worries.
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 00:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Interesting, not great, and very forgotton band from this era is Vodka. Jenny Wade on distinctive vocals, a couple of indie rock dudes on guitar, and an idiot journalist on drums. About four very nice songs on their album She's My Dream, and they don't sound like everybody else.
― dlp9001, Saturday, 20 June 2009 01:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Velocity Girl kind of went under in this thread so I just wanna say that the 6-track EP is so so great esp. if u like Unrest as the OP said.
― sleeve, Saturday, 20 June 2009 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey dlp I was just reading your posts about 18th Dye. People should talk about them more.
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 01:46 (fifteen years ago) link
I got out a box of old CD's the other day and put on Wattle & Daub by the Strapping Fieldhands. It's fantastic! I wondered why I really wasn't into it at the time.
― purrington, Saturday, 20 June 2009 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link
for me this is indie rock, fuck that fleet foxes shit
― latebloomer, Saturday, 20 June 2009 02:10 (fifteen years ago) link
here i go ~ out the door ~ of my apartment before ~ i miss my train and there is no way that is happening
― calstars, Saturday, 20 June 2009 02:38 (fifteen years ago) link
fieldhands rule!!!!!
This Is The Strapping Fieldhands Thread Cuz I'm Drinking Beers And Feeling Nostalgic
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 June 2009 02:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Did Discus ever come out on CD? I think Boo Hoo Hoo was my favorite thing of theirs.
― dlp9001, Saturday, 20 June 2009 03:00 (fifteen years ago) link
they deserve a boxed set. if my dopey brother can get a 4 disc career overview, then the friggin' fieldhands deserve one for sure.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 June 2009 03:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Just downloaded a Discus rip from some blogspot. Hadn't heard it in a while. Damn, better than I remembered even.
― dlp9001, Saturday, 20 June 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow I really like Space Needle.
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:18 (fifteen years ago) link
AH yes I am excited to see Versus open up for Polvo FOR FREE in NYC this summer.
!!!
did not know about this but now i'm excited too.
― us_odd_bunny_lady (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Or at least the excerpt I heard of "Before I Lose My Stlye"... to early to call maybe?
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah though I corrected myself... Versus instead opens for Superchunk for free Polvo has their own free show with Obits opening. Going to both of them no question still.
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Space Needle are the coolest! were the coolest.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Heres the schedule for South Street Seaport. If you are in NYC check out the shows relevant to this thread at least.
http://www.ohmyrockness.com/VenueDetail.cfm?VenueID=189
Yeah they are all free.
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:26 (fifteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Qj2_OJsJQ
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:27 (fifteen years ago) link
About Space Needle... I'm leaning towards Voyager. What do you think Mr. seward?
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i love their 2nd album best but probably only cuz i heard it first and didn't hear the first album until years later. both worth owning though. and there was a reissue not too long ago that might just have both albums together.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I saw that it doesn't look like it includes all of both albums. Thanks though I will look into them further!
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:35 (fifteen years ago) link
timely!!!
this is my show for viva radio tomorrow. all 10"s (until I ran out) (then I found a couple more)
http://deadheatnyc.com/tracks.DH37.mp3
Deadheat No. 37 [6/20/09]Tiger Trap - Sour GrassThe Breeders - The Freed PigArchers of Loaf - Lowest Part Is Free!Home - MastermenLiars - Grown Men Don't Fall in the River Just Like ThatRollerskate Skinny - Cushy DaughterFurther - Quiet Riot GirlStrapping Fieldhands - Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)Pavement - Debris SlideGrifters - Whatever Happened to Felix Cole?Mirrors - We'll SeeMoviola - Out to GrazeThomas Jefferson Slave Apartments - My Mysterious DeathGuided by Voices - Buzzards and Dreadful CrowsModest Mouse - Convenient ParkingTeengenerate - Dressed in BlackMan or Astroman? - The Vortex BeyondFlux of Pink Indians - Tube Disaster (JD Twitch Edit)The Clash - Bankrobber/Bankrobber Dub
― dmr, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:37 (fifteen years ago) link
ack. bad url
http://deadheatnyc.com/tracks/DH37.mp3
― dmr, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Sort of interested in "That Dog" as well... any thoughts anyone?
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh phew was about to say. Is there a way to view who is playing when on the link?
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:41 (fifteen years ago) link
OhIts in order. Duh.
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks this is great!
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:45 (fifteen years ago) link
viva has kind of a weird interface so i put the shows in the own server but it will be here tomorrow at noon and here in the archive
xpost- rad glad you liked
― dmr, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:46 (fifteen years ago) link
in the own server
on my own server
drunk
― dmr, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:47 (fifteen years ago) link
totally going to that NY polvo show btw. they were pretty sweet last year at bowery ballroom. also opening band the Obits has members of 90s guitar college rock indie bands ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT and EDSEL
― dmr, Saturday, 20 June 2009 05:51 (fifteen years ago) link
that dog was ok. apparently anna waronker now has a rock opera with charlotte caffey.
― us_odd_bunny_lady (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 20 June 2009 06:31 (fifteen years ago) link
"Obits has members of 90s guitar college rock indie bands ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT and EDSEL"
Rick Froberg of the Obits was actually in Drive Like Jehu, a band featuring a member of Rocket from the Crypt --> John Reis. Both these guys were also in the band Pitchfork (well before the website) who were/are truly under appreciated.
― sknybrg, Saturday, 20 June 2009 06:37 (fifteen years ago) link
ah right I actually liked Jehu better. ROMEPLOWS
never heard pitchfork should investigate!
― dmr, Saturday, 20 June 2009 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Jehu/Pitchfork were major obsessions - still pull those out regularlyThe Obits stuff, at least live, was pretty amazing too.
― sknybrg, Saturday, 20 June 2009 07:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh good! I didn't know much about Obits but now I'm looking forward to seeing what they're about.
Also, I'm really excited to get that solo Seana Carmody album. Any Swirlies fans who know whether its good? It sounds good.
― Evan, Saturday, 20 June 2009 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Another good band from that era: Eleventh Dream Day. Especially the "Lived To Tell" album, killer.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 20 June 2009 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Let's not forget that Froberg and Reis had a band in the '00s, Hot Snakes, who at times were as good as any of their other bands (at least live, where they just steamrolled relentlessly, just so so good).
― grandavis, Monday, 22 June 2009 14:25 (fifteen years ago) link
heh heh, i told you -- this is the latest write up of my band in the local alt-weekly: "we caught the Magic Mice in the main room at Bar Standard, proving that what used to be called college rock back in the '90s still works in this millennium" HMMM. at this rate, we'll be as big as Kudgel in no time.
― tylerw, Monday, 22 June 2009 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I was really crazy about this album by Duster back in the day. Cool to see them mentioned here as I never knew anyone else who liked them. I bought one of their other records as well, but it wasn't nearly as good.
― A Breath of Fresh Culture (Bimble), Monday, 22 June 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
this thread is a really intense time tunnel for me
I saw the Paper Chase last night - if you dug the Chicago/Louisville guitar rock (Rodan, Slint) then you should catch their tour because they brought that vibe
― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Monday, 22 June 2009 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I just lost a bet with myself that J0hn D's post would rep for WCKR SPGT
― a passing spacecadet, Monday, 22 June 2009 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link