wikipedia says laura jane is producing this
the most poorly produced AM! record in the modern era is new wave imo, which is weird because butch vig then did a great job w/ white crosses
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:16 (ten years ago) link
I love the production on that early stuff (really I am referring more to Axl Rose than that demo tape), the more recent comparatively-glossy sound leaves me cold.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:21 (ten years ago) link
yeah axl rose is impeccable. still sounds so great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lN6ofLkgEg
love the clean guitar tone here
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link
so is the "True Trans Soul Rebel" use of the "who's going to pick you up?" line a kind of re-write, response counterspin to this hardcore classic?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9SVG4gBuOk
I mean, laura jane must know that song.
Or am I speculating?
― the tune was space, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link
no drew! i had that exact same thought
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link
glad i'm not the only one who picked up on it! thought i was going crazy
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
Against Me! - New Wave lol
https://soundcloud.com/totaltreblemusic/against-me-black-me-out
BLACK ME OUTI WANNA PISS ON THE WALLS OF YOUR HOUSEI WANNA CHOP THOSE BRASS RINGSOFF YOUR FAT FUCKING FINGERS
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 December 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
otm
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 December 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
This sounds great.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 19 December 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link
this rules
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 20 December 2013 02:32 (ten years ago) link
Argh god dammit. Hitting the entire state of Florida but not coming to Philly :(
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Friday, 20 December 2013 03:37 (ten years ago) link
Haha well they're from Florida
Have mentioned it before and in other AM! threads but the best show of my life was seeing them at the church
― 乒乓, Friday, 20 December 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link
yep -- Ft Lauderdale in a month!
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
a vinyl rip of this is out there
it rules
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
paralytic states!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 02:24 (ten years ago) link
Gonna wait til the release date
But in anticipation of this I took a selfie
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9627011/pphotos/AMWDYLL.jpg
― 龜, Monday, 13 January 2014 02:29 (ten years ago) link
beautiful
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 02:40 (ten years ago) link
YOU MAKE ME WANT TO SMOKE CIGARETTESYOU MAKE ME WANT TO DRINK WHISKEY
EVEN IF YOUR LOVE WAS UNCONDITIONALIT STILL WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO SAVE ME
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 02:42 (ten years ago) link
what's up, does god bless your transsexual heart http://www.npr.org/2014/01/12/261095666/first-listen-against-me-transgender-dysphoria-blues
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 04:27 (ten years ago) link
Twenty-six minutes!
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 January 2014 16:02 (ten years ago) link
is it idk, thoughtless or inappropriate to talk about how/whether laura jane grace's voice has changed at all between albums?
― Mordy , Monday, 13 January 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
unless you're implying that her transition is impacting her voice (which is like biologically not the case) uh, not really, but is there anything to say other than it's gotten cleaner over the last few records?
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
"biologically" definitely a terrible word for me to use in any conversation about this, i'm gonna grab another coffee
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 13 January 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
lex : Paramore's S/T :: me : this album
don't know if i did it right, don't care, you get the point
― Murgatroid, Monday, 13 January 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
Although I didn't really take to Paramore's S/T on the first listen either, so I should love this by the third or fourth listen.
― Murgatroid, Monday, 13 January 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
This album is fantastic
― Evan R, Monday, 13 January 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
When was the last time a punk album captured the feeling of marginalization this persuasively? Feels like ages since I've heard an album nail it like this
― Evan R, Monday, 13 January 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link
That's probably due to how (North American) punk is as dominated by straight white dudes as any other guitar-centric genre.
― Murgatroid, Monday, 13 January 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
i've never listened to this band but this is great
― crüt, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 23:30 (ten years ago) link
"FUCKMYLIFE666" is such a terrible song title though
― crüt, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link
i've never listened to this band but you're wrong
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 00:09 (ten years ago) link
this record is completely gorgeous
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 09:24 (ten years ago) link
Yeah
Fuck me, this album
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 09:52 (ten years ago) link
I haven't gotten around to disentangling songcraft from context and personal resonance yet, but I really love this.
― one way street, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 12:14 (ten years ago) link
damn good
― Nerd Trombones (thebingo), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
hey this is p good!
― super lovely music lover (imago), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 14:14 (ten years ago) link
v good
― lisa 龜 (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
two coffins
― Nerd Trombones (thebingo), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
i'm disappointed by this, i think it's the production
i need to listen to it more though
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:00 (ten years ago) link
production is a little... off. can't really tell why. the guitars just sometimes arbitrarily bury the drums
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
i love this record 100 percent tho, surprising no one
I have one AM! song, the one they did with either Tegan or Sara, and I've listened to it a million times lol
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Production is really harsh, hard to listen to loudly which I really want to do.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
I tried to warn y'all about the production upthread
Don't listen to the vinyl rip, get the CD or iTunes
In the end I'm not gonna quibble over the production in a statement record like this
The True Trans EP has the best production I've ever heard in an AM! record
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 January 2014 23:47 (ten years ago) link
Is spotify the vinyl rip? May buy on iTunes anyway.
― Spottie, Thursday, 23 January 2014 01:28 (ten years ago) link
Oh I don't know, but it sounds better than the vinyl rip
Agree that it still sounds 'weirdly compressed' per my post upthread
Maura: http://www.emusic.com/music-news/review/album/against-me-transgender-dysphoria-blues/
― 龜, Thursday, 23 January 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
Also feeling really bad that I didn't nominate FUCKMYLIFE666 for the tracks poll this year
Probably wouldn't have placed anyway :\
― 龜, Thursday, 23 January 2014 01:46 (ten years ago) link
it might make a killing in the 2014 poll tbf
this was much much better than I expected it to be & really well-written. basically yeah, go team AM
― pessimishaim (imago), Thursday, 23 January 2014 01:50 (ten years ago) link
I want to vote for the acoustic version though : (
― 龜, Thursday, 23 January 2014 03:00 (ten years ago) link
the trax poll brought me here. amazing record.
― ||||||||, Friday, 6 February 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/laura-jane-grace-on-the-problem-with-pronouns?utm_source=noiseytwitteruk
― 龜, Monday, 6 April 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
there was a nice piece i thought at noisey the other day that was like "how i learned to stop worrying and love against me! (again)" about how this fan had gotten off the bandwagon after axl rose but came back into the fold with TDB, really thoughtful read on like "being a AM fan" i thought
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 6 April 2015 16:45 (nine years ago) link
I don't really know Against Me! that well, but I wanted to share this local story that I thought was a really nice thing the band did.
on their last tour they took Venus De Mars as an opening act. Venus is a local Minneapolis legend of sorts, she's 55 now, the article says didn't come out as transgender until her 30s, but was known for years locally as the frontwomen for All The Pretty Horses, a sort of punk/glam/metal band that played locally here for many years. Anyway the state audited her for filing as a musician and came after her for back taxes, resulting in a lengthy legal battle (which she eventually won but after a lot of expenses)
anyway i guess Against Me! took her out as an opening act recently which i dunno struck me as a really nice gesture, certainly bigger shows & presumably bigger paydays than Venus has ever seen in doing music for a few decades.
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 15:09 (nine years ago) link
here's the story:
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/298162101.html?page=1&c=y
The auditors essentially said that the $20,000 or so that Venus averaged per year in her music career — her only source of income — was not enough for her to call herself a professional musician.
(raises middle finger)
― sleeve, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 15:17 (nine years ago) link
yeah a couple years ago the state auditors really seemed to go after the arts community, a recording studio a friend worked at was forced out of business because they suddenly reclassified the type of service that recording studios were and went after them for back sales taxes. of course, faced with fighting it legally...or losing and having to pay the back taxes...given the small tough margins that studios are under these days anyway they just folded :(
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
meanwhile we dish out zillions to local sports teams for stadiums! assholes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TaRnUKgr9g
― 龜, Monday, 20 April 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
http://substreammagazine.com/2015/05/watch-laura-jane-grace-joan-jett-and-miley-cyrus-cover-the-replacements-androgynous/
!
― 龜, Friday, 8 May 2015 13:39 (eight years ago) link
LJG on Orlando:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzL0bD0_r6Y
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Sunday, 19 June 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
Update, now that I've seen the whole thing: only the first couple of minutes are about Orlando. The rest is about trans issues, the N. Carolina bathroom idiocy, etc but still a really good interview.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Sunday, 19 June 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
New album streaming, seeing LJG tonight in a small club:
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/01/661158897/first-listen-laura-jane-grace-the-devouring-mothers-bought-to-rot
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 8 November 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
Good one played with the band at last night's show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC08TfB0fxg
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
wow, four years since this album
― sleeve, Friday, 9 November 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
almost five now!
literally a life-changing record for me
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
oh shit, you're right!
― sleeve, Friday, 9 November 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
For a lot of people, I imagine.xp
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Friday, 9 November 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
FUCKMYLIFE666 still the best fuckin' rock song ever
― alpine static, Saturday, 10 November 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, November 9, 2018 11:28 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah yeah me too
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Saturday, 10 November 2018 11:21 (five years ago) link
“Is your mother proud of your eyelashes?” rips me apart
― L'assie (Euler), Saturday, 10 November 2018 11:29 (five years ago) link
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Saturday, November 10, 2018 4:21 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
<3
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 November 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
Best album.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Saturday, 10 November 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
yes just a great record
― rip van wanko, Saturday, 10 November 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
I like this one from the new album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ0__vF3bUk
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 11 November 2018 04:52 (five years ago) link
this album kinda rules!
― k3vin k., Thursday, 2 April 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
oh it very much rules
― alpine static, Friday, 3 April 2020 07:54 (four years ago) link
this album def rules
here's Ezra Furman playing "Black Me Out" btw
― silby, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/ezrafurmanmusic/videos/1139327736411316/
sorry 4 facebook
New LJG album produced by Albini
https://pitchfork.com/news/laura-jane-grace-surprise-releases-new-album-stay-alive-listen/
― Indexed, Thursday, 1 October 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
Went to see Austin Lucas play a couple of weeks ago, he said his next album will be an Against Me! covers LP.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 20 May 2023 21:45 (eleven months ago) link