yes please... nevermind, found it here.

and what the fuck is up with that fake version of this same thread?

no hope kids kills. been stuck in my head all week. i caught their show last weekend with blank dogs and they killed.

Not sure yet on the Wavves album... There are some really good songs on there, namely "I'm So Bored" and "No Hope Kids", but there's also a whole lot of completely-skippable filler. I'll give it a few more listens though.

yeah, another disappointment on first listen... a few really great tunes and a bunch of really boring noise tracks.

hype!

Wavves was better.


the point was (I believe) to get more of the original garage rock stuff in that thread, since it wasn't showing up in here despite repeated requests earlier on.

Waiting for Wavvvves.

You guys are ridiculous. This new album is much better than the first. Are you sure you have the right version? Are there 15 or 13 tracks on your rip?

I was just being ridiculous. I've not heard this.

Mine has 12 tracks.

the highs are definitely higher than the first album, i agree... but as albums, both are kind of light on sounding complete.

Mine has 12, but it's just Wavves.

I've been looking around and the only version of Wavvves I can find is the 12-track one. Is that the finished verison, or the demo?

this is why leaks are stupid.

pretty much.

Anyway, you all want the 15 track version with 3 Vs. Then we can talk about how much this sux.

Yeah, so I grabbed the proper Wavvves album and I agree it's definitely better than the demo. "Beach Demon" and "Weed Demon" are just as good as the beloved "So Bored" and "No Hope Kids", plus there's a bunch of other solid stuff spread thoughout. Still, the ambient tracks feel like weak attempts at a Deerhunter kind of thing and the last 4 songs just plain suck. “Killr Punx, Scary Demons” is pretty much unlistenable. A lot of shit could've been cut off, but the good songs are really good, no doubt.

so wait, i'm still confused as to whether i have the demo version or the real version... 12 tracks. fuck i should just buy this thing.

12 tracks = demo.

fucking leaks

New Propagandhi leaked, and wow, does it ever sound good.

"Dear Coach's Corner" is the best Canadian rock 'n' roll song I've heard in quite a while.

Dear Ron McLean. Dear Coach's Corner.
I'm writing in order for someone to explain
to my niece the distinction between
these mandatory pre-game group rites of submission
and the rallies at Nuremberg.
Specifically the function the ritual serves
in conjunction with what everybody knows is,
in the end, a kid's game.
I'm just appealing to your sense of fair play
when I say she's puzzled by this incessant pressure
for her to not defy collective will and yellow ribboned lapels,
as the soldiers inexplicably rappel down from the arena rafters.
Which, if it not so insane,
they'll be grounds for screaming laughter.

Dear Ron McLean, I wouldn't bother with these questions
if I didn't sense some spiritual connection.
We may not be the same, but it's not like we're from different planets.
We both love this game so much we can hardly fucking stand it.
Alberta-born, and Prairie-raised.
It seems like there ain't a sheet of ice north of Fargo I ain't played.
From Penhold to the Gatinaeu, every fond memory of childhood
that I know is somehow connected to the culture of this game.
I just can't let it go.

I guess it comes down to what kind of world you want to live in.
And if diversity is disagreement, disagreement is treason.
Well, don't be surprised if we find ourselves
reaping a strange and bitter fruit that that sad old man beside you
keeps feeding to young minds as virtue.
It takes a village to raise a child, but just a flag to raze the children
till they're nothing more than ballasts for fulfilling
a madman's dream of a paradise. Complexity reduced to black and white.
How do I protect her from this cult of death?

I wouldn't know.


Since their last album, perchance?

so everybody is freaking out about The Soft Pack, huh? the record is pretty good i guess.

People have been freaking out since they were called the Muslims, homes. This is nothing new.

well, i missed that boat, Mr. Benn-There-Done-That.

this record is okay. half of it is really great and the other half really not that great.

hype.

Yeah I think the name-change was a big misstep for this band. They were on a steady rise (blogs, playing major NYC shows, etc.) and they didn't follow up on it quickly enough. Memory is too short in the digital age and they didn't capitalize quickly enough on their early success. Now people don't know who the Soft Pack is, and people don't remember the Muslims either.


*Not to mention the old name rules, and the new name sucks. Took the wind right out of their sails.


P.S. Sorry if I came off like a dick. That was not intended.

cheers... i figured you were joking.

There's a flute solo on this new one by Thee Oh Sees, which makes 1000x better use of the instrument than Fucked Up did.
Pretty good album, btw. There's no "Block of Ice"s on here, but overall I think it might be a better album than 'The Master's...".

The new Ian Svenonious band - Chain and the Gang - is fairly enjoyable.

I didn't feel like it was nearly as hooky as Master's Bedroom. I'll delve in again though.

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say when I said

I just listened to both albums back to back, and now I think I like them both about the same.
There's a different feel to the new one, though. I admire that this band keeps doing different things each time out.

is that new Thee Oh Sees officially released now?

i am kind of disappointed with that Chain and the Gang record.

what is Svenonius' best record? i never really had a lot of his stuff.

try

so is The Make Up always considered his best stuff?

a lot of people love nation of ulysses, but i've never really been able to get into them. i'd say the make-up's my favorite band out of any of his. they're way more rhythmic and garage-based. the album above, i want some, is a singles compilation. if you're looking for a proper album, save yourself is the one.

A lot of people I know bought the new Oh Sees on tour so probably not. Rip you probably have is from someone I know most likely.

what are you talking about?

i personally prefer the Nation of Ulysses stuff, but the Make-Up is easily the best of his "rock n roll" bands. NOU were a lot more akin to Drive Like Jehu. The singles comp gangoffour20 recommended is probably the best place to start for Make-Up.

Think this fits in here:

Disappears - Live Over the Rainbo

http://www.sendspace.com/file/9cmoqc

So Acid Mothers Temple were prettty prettty good last night. My brain is scrambled.

the best band in Chicago right now

free show at reckless on milwaukee 4/18, record store day with "Secret, special in-store from a longstanding and well-liked Chicago punk band!"

They're gonna be at Permanent.

everybody should check out Stranger Waves too.

I'm actually quite looking forward to Record Store Day, largely because of this and Alla's in store sets (at different Reckless'). Finally I'll see what the hype is all about with this Disappears group is. I do like their album quite fine.

Saw them open for Wire. Pretty okay.

Kind of reminded me of Wooden Shjips or any number of modern droney psych bands.

Haven't heard the records.

just want to say it again... best band in Chicago.

new Wooden Shjips suuuuuuuuuucks.

hah, was just going to say that before I saw your reply. It's like ok, first album droney psych for 10 minutes very few changes, but that only works for one album, then it just gets boring as shit.

yeah didnt the warlocks crash and burn with this formula a few years back

New Blank Dogs has leaked and it's fantastic. AOTY.

i like it too, great songwriting, but this guy could make such better sounding records with just the smallest amount of effort. his production, even for lo- fi production, makes a lot of poor choices.