|
also with matt stewart dying i don't know how that affects the timeline e wow what a sad snipe
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2023 08:11
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 28, 2024 00:48 |
|
|
CodfishCartographer posted:I mean they are in theory coming out with a new album """"soon"""" - a handful of new songs have been played at shows within the last year or two. By kalnoky standards that means a new album is practically around the corner, but for the rest of us that means it might be a few more years before anything comes of it. For the rest of us that could mean anything between "this afternoon" and "never," inclusive.
|
|
#
?
Dec 31, 2023 12:28
|
|
|
loving hell, Greg Lee from Hepcat died. Had a brain aneurysm and cardiac arrest on Sunday, he was only 53. The worst loving news.
|
|
#
?
Mar 20, 2024 15:23
|
|
|
Bird in a Blender posted:loving hell, Greg Lee from Hepcat died. Had a brain aneurysm and cardiac arrest on Sunday, he was only 53. The worst loving news. Yeah, I woke up to that news and it really sucks. I just have so many memories tied up with Hepcat. They were the first "real" show that I went to with my friends, at the Trocadero in Philly in 1998. When I got married, even knowing that she hates most of the music I listen to, my wife gave me free rein to pick any 3 songs for the playlist, and Dance Wid Me was one of them. The other time I got to see them was an odd experience - I used to travel a lot for work, and I sometimes managed to line trips up with concerts. So I ended up at the Knitting Factory in Spokane, WA to see Hepcat open for Flogging Molly, with a then-unknown Fitz and the Tantrums as the first band. In a very large crowd, I was one of maybe 8 people that cared about Hepcat in a tiny dance area near the stage and that was just a surreal feeling. Of course, I put Right On Time on in the car while driving my 7 year old to karate tonight, and he immediately jumped to "I don't like this song" when The Secret came on. Get some taste, kid - that's an amazing song. (I joke, because my poor children have absorbed some of my musical tastes - they constantly ask me to play the first three songs on the new Mustard Plug album) RIP Greg, thanks for all the music and memories.
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2024 05:18
|
|
|
Anyone else going to This Is Not Croydon Fest this weekend? APPEARING FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH Spring Heeled Jack Hub City Stompers Title Holder Brunt of It The End Times APPEARING SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH The Suicide Machines Voodoo Glow Skulls Folly Sonic Boom Six We Are the Union J. Navarro & the Traitors Devon K & the Solutions Half Past Two The Pomps The Manipulators APPEARING SUNDAY, APRIL 21ST The Aggrolites The Toasters Catch 22 Omnigone Faintest Idea The Best of the Worst Eastern Standard Time Nick & the Adversaries West Kensingtons
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2024 16:58
|
|
|
drat, catch-22 is still kicking?? hot take but while Streetlight is way better, I thought Dinosaur Sounds and Permanent Revolution were solid post-Tomas albums
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2024 17:15
|
|
|
Snow Cone Capone posted:drat, catch-22 is still kicking?? They're both fantastic and I'm sad they never did anything since, I was especially excited to see how they'd follow up Permanent Revolution since it has such a great and unique sound.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2024 17:20
|
|
|
I just got tickets to see Primus this summer, which is not remotely ska. However, Fishbone is opening for them! I've never had a chance to see Fishbone play live, but I've heard others say they're one of the best live bands ever, and they still play a lot of their early ska stuff on stage. Super excited to see both bands.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2024 18:18
|
|
|
Primus is fantastic live if you're into them and even if not they're a very entertaining experience!
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2024 18:19
|
|
|
Speaking of shows, Jeff just announced a "very special ultra long" show in LA https://x.com/jeffrosenstock/status/1780295091464348034
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2024 18:33
|
|
|
Snow Cone Capone posted:Primus is fantastic live if you're into them and even if not they're a very entertaining experience! Oh, I love Primus; they're just not as good a fit for this particular thread. I've never seen them live, though judging by the South Park concert they did on Paramount+ last year, it's gonna be great. I'll admit I'm not remotely up on modern ska. Most of the bands I was into in the 90's and early 2000's aren't around anymore. No Doubt played at Coachella last weekend (maybe this coming weekend too?). I figured they'd lean hard into their pop/rock radio singles, and they kinda did, but they did a ton of their ska songs too. They sounded absolutely amazing, which was a huge disconnect from my expectations before tuning in.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2024 18:42
|
|
|
How many original members of Spring Heeled Jack are left?
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2024 19:05
|
|
|
Snow Cone Capone posted:drat, catch-22 is still kicking?? I saw them when Dinosaur Sounds came out, it's good as is Permanent Revolution. But i have a very subjective problem with Permanent revolutions, the vocals are way too prominent in the mix, i find it off putting.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2024 20:54
|
|
|
Snow Cone Capone posted:drat, catch-22 is still kicking?? You want to feel really loving old? Their trombone player's son is playing with them now. https://www.facebook.com/njcatch22 davecrazy posted:How many original members of Spring Heeled Jack are left? 3, I think? Chris rejoined after the Bosstones broke up. aricoarena posted:I saw them when Dinosaur Sounds came out, it's good as is Permanent Revolution. But i have a very subjective problem with Permanent revolutions, the vocals are way too prominent in the mix, i find it off putting. I remember seeing them right before Dinosaur Sounds came out, and it was one of my worst concert experiences. The album wasn't out yet, but songs from it made up over more than half the setlist. I'd seen them before and I've seen them since and they've been good, but I've always held a grudge against the album for that dumb reason. But Permanent Revolution is good! They got added to this bill at the last minute because the Bar Stool Preachers dropped off. I was looking forward to seeing them, but Catch 22 is a fine replacement.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2024 21:04
|
|
|
WaffleZombie posted:You want to feel really loving old? Their trombone player's son is playing with them now. https://www.facebook.com/njcatch22 I feel like some of these bands are turning into a mirror of like when my parents would go see the Temptations in concert in the 90's but it was like one original member of the Temptations and 4 other dudes who were close enough.
|
|
#
?
Apr 17, 2024 21:20
|
|
|
WhiteHowler posted:No Doubt played at Coachella last weekend (maybe this coming weekend too?). I figured they'd lean hard into their pop/rock radio singles, and they kinda did, but they did a ton of their ska songs too. They sounded absolutely amazing, which was a huge disconnect from my expectations before tuning in. Getting paid stupid money to play two shows, they could have totally phoned in their performance but No Doubt's set was easily one of the best of the sets that I watched online last weekend. Looking forward to watching their set on Saturday if Coachella streams it on YT again. Probably going to go all in on the SoCal ska-adjacent bands and watch the sets by Sublime and The Aquabats as well if they're made available. As an aside, I'm kind of upset that Vampire Weekend's headlining shows in New York get a Billy Joel cover band while their LA show gets this:  EDIT: VW discussing their LA show bill at the hopefully timestamped link (24:52 into the video if the link doesn't work): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wMavKf7i6g&t=1492s interpunct fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Apr 18, 2024 |
|
#
?
Apr 18, 2024 00:37
|
|
|
interpunct posted:Getting paid stupid money to play two shows, they could have totally phoned in their performance but No Doubt's set was easily one of the best of the sets that I watched online last weekend. Looking forward to watching their set on Saturday if Coachella streams it on YT again. Probably going to go all in on the SoCal ska-adjacent bands and watch the sets by Sublime and The Aquabats as well if they're made available. I believe Coachella is streaming on YouTube again this weekend. Ska and ska-adjacent stuff: - The Aquabats - Saturday @3:55pm Pacific (Sonora stage) - Sublime - Saturday @ 6:05pm Pacific (Coachella stage) - No Doubt - Saturday @ 9:55pm Pacific (Coachella stage) Vampire Weekend (which has a little ska flavor in a couple of their songs, I guess?) played last weekend but currently isn't on the schedule for this coming weekend.
|
|
#
?
Apr 18, 2024 00:58
|
|
|
some of Sublime's performance is on YT IMO Brad's kid seemed a little amateurish but God drat if he doesn't sound like his dad
|
|
#
?
Apr 18, 2024 01:00
|
|
|
WaffleZombie posted:Anyone else going to This Is Not Croydon Fest this weekend? I hope you win this: https://twitter.com/chill_biz/status/1780738219547521140
|
|
#
?
Apr 18, 2024 01:14
|
|
|
WhiteHowler posted:I just got tickets to see Primus this summer, which is not remotely ska. However, Fishbone is opening for them! Fishbone live kicks rear end and yea these days they mostly play their earlier stuff and not very much of their metal and more experimental stuff from the mid to late 90s. Definitely one of my favorite bands.
|
|
#
?
Apr 19, 2024 02:51
|
|
|
Snow Cone Capone posted:drat, catch-22 is still kicking?? This made me think "I wonder if the River City Rebels are still together" and then this popped up today.  I will go for the Pilfers and River City Rebels and probably get reminded very quickly that we thought the River City Rebels were kind of washed up 20 years ago. Just thinking about seeing them, The Toasters, Big D and the Kids Table, Worthless United and other Northeastern punk and ska bands at the same two venues over and over again. MassRafTer fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Apr 19, 2024 |
|
#
?
Apr 19, 2024 05:40
|
|
|
WhiteHowler posted:I believe Coachella is streaming on YouTube again this weekend. On YouTube, the Sonora stage channel is being replaced by the Yuma stage. No Aquabats stream this weekend. 
|
|
#
?
Apr 19, 2024 18:33
|
|
|
MassRafTer posted:This made me think "I wonder if the River City Rebels are still together" I had to stop listening to RCR because the lead singer is a gross sleazebag. That last album cover of theirs, it turns out, is unironic. Was fun seeing them on NYE at CBGBs though
|
|
#
?
Apr 19, 2024 20:16
|
|
|
interpunct posted:On YouTube, the Sonora stage channel is being replaced by the Yuma stage. No Aquabats stream this weekend. That's a bummer. Sonora was my favorite stage last weekend.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2024 01:28
|
|
|
hedgecore posted:I hope you win this: That's a great design, and I will gladly buy some stickers and a tote bag, but my wife will kill me if I bring home a skate deck. But I don't think I've seen you since AMR20, so I'm excited to see you and catch up! davecrazy posted:I feel like some of these bands are turning into a mirror of like when my parents would go see the Temptations in concert in the 90's but it was like one original member of the Temptations and 4 other dudes who were close enough. Yeah, I've thought about that a lot, but I'll definitely cut SHJ some slack on that since, you know, two of the original members are dead. RBF was just Aaron by the end, but the trumpet player had been around since Cheer Up! Or with Less Than Jake, JR isn't an original member, but he's been in the band so long, is there a difference? Especially with the size of most ska bands, it's a very Ship of Theseus question.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2024 02:52
|
|
|
there's "original members" and there's "classic lineup." scott wasn't an original member of reel big fish but definitely part of the classic lineup. johnny xmas has been in the band for 20 years but not part of the classic lineup. sorry, johnny.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2024 17:45
|
|
|
I had an absolutely miserable opening half of my day but then I got to see Sonic Boom Six live and felt eighteen again.
|
|
#
?
Apr 21, 2024 02:34
|
|
|
guppy posted:Dicky Barrett is now playing a show to raise money for RFK Jr.'s presidential campaign. I have rarely been so disappointed in a former hero of mine. This caused me to go down a wiki hole and find out that Dicky joined up with a bunch of other people who were kicked out of their bands for being antivax and made a band called “The Defiant” lol
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2024 11:52
|
|
|
Hell yeah he did, they played their song about how the kids these days are always on their drat phones on Kimmel (the show he got fired from for being an antivax dipshit) a few weeks ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0UKqElWjMU
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2024 17:18
|
|
|
WhiteHowler posted:I just got tickets to see Primus this summer, which is not remotely ska. However, Fishbone is opening for them! I just saw that Norwood Fisher has left or got kicked out of Fishbone, which to me is huge. I mean the Fisher brothers are where they got their name from. Not sure what’s going on, but it’s really disappointing.
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2024 22:45
|
|
|
Bird in a Blender posted:I just saw that Norwood Fisher has left or got kicked out of Fishbone, which to me is huge. I mean the Fisher brothers are where they got their name from. Not sure what’s going on, but it’s really disappointing. Oh, that sucks. Only two members of the original lineup are left. Wikipedia article update: quote:On April 25th, 2024, Fishbone put out a vague posting on Facebook, indicating a major lineup change for their upcoming live dates. After the magazine "Q" reached out to their management, it was revealed by founding member Christopher Dowd, that founding members Norwood Fisher and "Dirty" Walt Kibby had left the band. Dowd and Angelo Moore would continue to perform, with new musicians to be announced, as Fishbone.
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2024 22:57
|
|
|
As usual, ignore all of this unless or until you have a new record in your hands, but Tomas posted this indicating new Streetlight album late this year:quote:1. The album is 85% finished being recorded and should be at around 90-95% finished within a month or so. I say this with an estimated 82-96% degree of accuracy. Based on previous experiences and evidence, the accuracy of my personal concept of accuracy usually hovers right around 78%. It’s almost done is what I’m saying here. Much more detail in the post.
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2024 22:43
|
|
|
guppy posted:As usual, ignore all of this unless or until you have a new record in your hands, but Tomas posted this indicating new Streetlight album late this year: This got me very excited and I'm going to do my very best at forgetting I read it, as I fully expect the album to take another 2 years minimum to be released.
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2024 23:31
|
|
|
guppy posted:1. The album is 85% finished being recorded and should be at around 90-95% finished within a month or so. I say this with an estimated 82-96% degree of accuracy. Based on previous experiences and evidence, the accuracy of my personal concept of accuracy usually hovers right around 78%. It’s almost done is what I’m saying here. 
|
|
#
?
Apr 27, 2024 00:04
|
|
|
Bird in a Blender posted:I just saw that Norwood Fisher has left or got kicked out of Fishbone, which to me is huge. I mean the Fisher brothers are where they got their name from. Not sure what’s going on, but it’s really disappointing. Q magazine interviewed Christopher Dowd about the Fishbone changes. It's a good read. I know there are two sides to every story, but it doesn't make Norwood sound great. https://qthemusic.com/p/fishbone-lineup-without-norwood-fisher-and-dirty-walt-kibby/ Maybe they can talk Philip Fisher into coming back so there's still a Fisher in Fishbone.
|
|
#
?
Apr 27, 2024 14:23
|
|
|
We're certainly only hearing one side of the story, but yeah, it makes me wonder if there was not just a struggle for control but even some financial shenanigans going on behind the scenes. Interestingly, they didn't really get into any of the details about why Kibby left; hopefully if there were financial misdeeds he wasn't also involved. I have never done a ton of listening to Fishbone; I remember Party At Ground Zero and not a lot else, and when I have tried randomly sampling their discography, I haven't always been into what I heard. It's possible I just don't like their sound, but I'm interested in giving them a real shot; are there particular standout albums or tracks I should listen to?
|
|
#
?
Apr 27, 2024 15:21
|
|
|
Fishbone's style shifted a lot through the decades. A lot of their songs are Ska-inspired, but I feel their best album is The Reality of My Surroundings, which is straight early-90's alt-rock.
|
|
#
?
Apr 27, 2024 18:04
|
|
|
This tour already looked amazing but the Philly date is straight up a festival https://twitter.com/BigDBoston/status/1783139617283403874
|
|
#
?
Apr 27, 2024 18:44
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 28, 2024 00:48 |
|
|
Thought I read about this here, but it looks like Joe Gittleman (ex-Bosstones bassist) is putting out his own solo album on Bad Time: https://badtimerecords.bandcamp.com/album/hold-up Single out now, album out June 21. I like the single. Also featured on the record are personnel from Big D, Pietasters and Bad Operation. There's a full list of personnel on the album page. Bad Time are really killing it. Most of the noteworthy ska releases of the past couple years have been under their imprint, I think? I never thought I would regularly check a record label's page, but I check theirs.
|
|
#
?
Apr 27, 2024 21:05
|
|