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dnz: Jul 18, 2008

hedgecore posted:

Ah... yeah I'm buddies with Coleman. Haven't seen him in months though since we went bowling during the BTMI!/OPioneers!!! tour. Tell him sneve says hey if you run into him. And that he sucks.

As in snevesneve? What is on that website, seriously.

# ¿ Aug 19, 2008 11:22

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 12:53

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Josh Wow posted:

Big D were doing great for a while. Shot by Lammi was pretty good, Good luck was killer, Gypsy Hill was still good even though some of the songs were a little boring, and Good Luck was 2/3 of a really good record but they decided to make it ultra long and leave in stuff that should have been cut. Then they started playing dub. I don't know how many of you own the Salem Girls EP but it is ridiculously bad. When that came out they started playing dub live and stupid Dave would be playing his stupid rear end melodica at every show. This is where Big D really went downhill.

They then announce that their next 3 albums are going to be a ska album, a punk album, and a dub album? What the hell? I don't know if their success went to their heads or Dave finally started making the decisions or what but goddamn is that a horrible idea. So they release a split with Brain Failure where Brain Failure's side is 10 times better than Big Ds. They had 1.5 good songs on it, which were Digging In Your Nails (which is still kinda annoying due to Dave's voice) and I'm Yours Boston which is a good song with really annoying singing/lyrics. At this point they've consecutively released a bad EP and a pretty bad half of a split. This is when Strictly Rude comes out.

At first when Strictly Rude came out I thought it was horrible except for Noise Complaint and Fly Away. Even Noise Complaint isn't that great because of how repetitive the lyrics are and how they totally hosed up the gang vocals and everybody sounds bored, but I still like it. As I've listened to it I realize it isn't a horrible record, but it is a horrible Big D record. It doesn't sound anything like the good Big D from back in the day. At best it's a mediocre record but they say this is their all ska record and they put just an absolutely horrid acoustic-to-punk song on it "let the drat cows moo...." and don't even have that much ska on it to call it strictly rude and good god I loving hate what Big D has become they used to be so good. Sorry that was so long, I needed to vent.

The only Big D album worth a drat is Porch Life. :colbert:

Seriously though I'm looking at http://www.myspace.com/djbcvsbigdandthekid39stable - is this the dub album? It sounds pretty cool, if you ask me.

# ¿ Aug 20, 2008 13:33

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Flutch posted:

Hmm, I've been looking for some more punk-ish ska, along the lines of Detonate, The Flaming Tsunamis, The Suicide Machines...but I haven't had any luck.

I picked up a Less Than Jake album on a whim, and I dig it, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for.

Sorry, I'm new to this scene. Haha.

[The?] Blue Meanies would be right up your alley, I'd think.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2008 06:13

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Dickeye posted:

Someone on another forum told me that my friends' band wasn't really ska
I was like you know what you're right they should play nothing but upstrokes and hit the drums just right you pretentious poo poo.
For the record, it was the band I posted a few pages ago, posting again for gently caress you I can. http://myspace.com/4point0ny

Seriously, the off-beat guitar strokes are typically the backbone, but my favourite bands are the ones that aren't afraid to step away from that model, and only go back when there's a whole bunch of other stuff going on.

This band here I'm really hesitating to call this as ska though. I guess I can hear it in the vocals a little. But my point is, punk with horns is great, who cares if they're not "ska," a genre is not a measure of quality.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2008 08:50

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Dickeye posted:

EDIT: Youtube and 4point0 present: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoQaEtd1AZU This is the only decent recording of them doing the Tsunamis song. Skip the first minute or so, it's just their trombonist/occasional singer introducing the band.

Fixed the link for you.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2008 09:04

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

opposable thumbs.db posted:

Going to see Streetlight tomorrow night at the Venue of Scottsdale in Arizona, going to be really my first ska show and one of my first concerts in general (I'm new to the music scene for some reason), any recommendations or things I should prepare for? I'm excited.

The venue will generally provite free water (even if it's just lukewarm). It's the law in aust. Should be in the US.

If you wanna mosh:
Don't wear a jumper/wifebeater under your normal clothes. It might be cold out, but I garuntee you'll be drenched with sweat of questionable origin after. Pants with large pockets so your wallet doesnt fall out, so you can place shirts in if you buy them pre-concert, as some sizes may be sold out. Rare, I guess, but it happens sometimes. Don't change into the shirts you buy unless you want to be laughed at as you walk past people you don't know. It doesn't really matter at all but hey, if it bothers you, there you go.

Edit: I own two RBF shirts, an older black tour one, and a lime green one that I bought at the same time as my streetlight one. I never wear the black as it's faded and the material kind of sucks. The lime green one is getting that way, but the streelight one is still soft and wearable. I don't know what it is, seeing as it looks like they were made by the same company, but the streetlight shirt is definitely much better quality.

dnz fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Oct 17, 2008

# ¿ Oct 17, 2008 11:46

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Dickeye posted:

This tour is like saying "hey for fifteen bucks you'll get your dick sucked by four hot chicks for a couple hours oh you can't go gently caress YOU"
I'm clinging desperately to the Toasters show next month in order to stay sane.

I live in australia, hours from any city. I'm lucky to see any non-major american bands, and It's unlikely as hell I'll see BTMI. Not being in a city, I don't even know any good aussie bands. The one I did like broke up.

Christ I even missed BOTH the ASOB reunion shows.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2008 05:26

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Yoshifan823 posted:

Oh god, I'm praying that I'm not doing anything when RBF is in Chicago. That's the closest they're prolly ever going to get to me before I'm off to college. Though, if I get into NYU...

edit: And, while I'm here, I might as well ask about some more things to listen to. I've got a small collection of songs from a variety of the bigger names, mostly RBF and LTJ, but a bit of SM, Bosstones, and Goldfinger. It's more of a greatest hits type collection, with some covers thrown in, but I do have the last two LTJ albums. What full CDs are recomended if you're just getting into the genre?

From what you said, I'm guessing you like punkier ska.

There's alot of ground to cover, but I'll give it a shot:
The Arrogant Sons of Bitches - Three Cheers for Disappointment
Bomb The Music Industry! - Get Warmer (Jeff's getting further and further from ska every album, but there's still some ska that shines through. And a horn section.)
Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom/The Beacon Street Collection.
The Aquabats - The Fury of [The Aquabats]
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's face it
The Suicide Machines - Destruction By Definition
Catch 22/SM - Keasby Nights
(all Catch 22 after this album differs greatly due to drama, I like post-kalnoky Catch, and so do alot of others, but alot also don't. Just a heads up.)
SM - Everything Goes Numb
Bandits Of The Acoustic Revolution - SM Acoustic.
Big D and the Kids Table - There's some debate here, try How It Goes or anything before it. Don't get Porch Life and expect ska, though.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2008 07:06

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

mix.lunar posted:

I used to listen to FIF but I hated the direction they moved in after the first record.

FIF is one of those bands where they have some really, really good songs, but aside from that it's not much worth talking about.

# ¿ Oct 24, 2008 21:09

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

The new fish album should come as a double CD, the second CD being all the different versions of SR, fleshed out into full songs. Similar to Mindless Self Indulgence's Straight to Video cd.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2008 01:19

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Obama Yo Mama posted:

The Aquabats are loving amazing and are the best live band ever, ever, ever, ever. That's all I can really say. If you haven't seen them yet, I have no idea what you're doing with your loving life.

This thread is sometimes depressing to us Australians.

# ¿ Nov 22, 2008 21:33

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Obama Yo Mama posted:

So Let's Go is also the classic song that they would need to play live but I would really want to hear The Last Bell/I Must Be A Proctologist and 1-800-ALARM ME

I know the reason they split up wasn't the music, but I'm sure jeff doesnt want BTMI! to turn into ASOB2.0, it sucks but "ASOB BROKE UP."

I was however under the impression that there was gonna a DVD made up from the reunion shows, which I've not heard about since the actual reunion shows so, who knows.

dnz fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Nov 23, 2008

# ¿ Nov 23, 2008 02:11

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

mix.lunar posted:

That's the main reason I love Reel Big Fish. They all seem to love what they're doing no matter what they do.

Last I saw them, some time mid last year, they had barely any energy. They did all of their schtick alright, but they - Aaron mainly, I guess, since he's the main guy to interect with everything else, crowd, other bandmates - had gently caress all energy. It was a real let down.

We're not happy was a pretty great break away, sylistically, but most of the songs are still uninspired, regardless.

Monkeys for nothing is b-sides, so I never expected it to be that great. Sure enough, I've listened to it the whole way through, maybe once or twice.

They'll probably just continue the trend of 3-6 listenable songs per album until they give up. And hey, Cheer Up was pretty rockin.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2009 09:16

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Sugar Blaster posted:

New BTMI! album drops tomorrow. Just a heads up.

QUR Splash Page posted:

Fresh Attitude, Young Body by Bomb the Music Industry! from the album Scrambles. To be released on January 22nd, 2009.

But, uh, also this:

quote:

2009 will also see us reissuing the entire Arrogant Sons of Bitches discography. For those who don't know, this band had many members of the Quote Unquote Records family before Quote Unquote started. From the salvagable, to the horrible, to the rare, to the songs that were recorded five times, EVERY SONG WILL BE RELEASED starting January 7th, 2009 with the re-release of Three Cheers for Disappointment. We will also be re-releasing a remastered version of Cheap Girls' Find Me a Drink Home and Paper & Plastick will be handling the vinyl re-released. Cool right? And we're also gonna revamp the website to make it "better."

Which is loving awesome, but they missed that date apparantly?

# ¿ Jan 19, 2009 23:34

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Sugar Blaster posted:

It was changed, yes, because as of yesterday it was set to be released today.

It'll definitely be worth the wait though. Almost all of the new songs are out there if you know where to look.

ahahaha oh my god

# ¿ Jan 20, 2009 09:25

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Aww Cute Kitty! posted:

Nah, he just sounds whiny. I can't seem to like Strictly Rude and that might be the reason.

It's ok, just about everyone does. Listen to something earlier.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2009 23:19

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

jetgrindeggy posted:

The new Bomb The Music Industry! album is out. Which means you all need to click here and download it because it's loving awesome.

I was trying to cheat a little earlier and jump to that URL, to no avail.

Track 1 is great.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2009 10:22

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Quest For Glory II posted:

You're in luck! I am the one single person in this thread who actually listens to/recommends non-American/UK ska (you guys are missing out), so your post will not have gone in vain.

I've got a bunch of japanese ska, Kemuri, Ska Ska Club, Yum! Yum! ORANGE, Ore Ska Band.

For english ska I can't recommend Mumrah/The Display Team enough, their EP Huzzah! is some great progressive rock/ska punk stuff, definitely something I don't hear enough.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=12780006

Dr Octopus was a decent australian ska band, similar to Sonic Boom Six in terms of sound, maybe with less punk, though.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2009 00:16

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Three cheers is up on QUR, how about that.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2009 01:05

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Scrambles gets 5 stars in Alt. Press

And these guys just own.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2009 11:31

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Adinsxyz posted:

I know a girl who knows these guys, they're part of a group of friends that has a lot of musical collective projects and stuff, I'll dig up some myspaces and put them up here, if it's not too creepy maybe

I got the link from ctska.com's BTMI board, so I had no idea.

This would be pretty cool, though.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2009 06:23

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

mix.lunar posted:

Uh, I'm not sure what the podcast is, I just listened to it on their website that I forget right now. Here is the link to the download for the acoustic songs. If this is not allowed, just tell me and I'll remove it.

Woah, it's even fairly different from the Bandits version, I'm surprised. I wouldn't even have picked that as Kalnoky.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2009 06:50

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

ASOB Kill the President acoustic
Pizza Day Cover

# ¿ Apr 28, 2009 23:43

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Obama Yo Mama posted:

You like that song and not I Dont Love You Anymore or 493 Ruth? That seems odd to me.

e: Or Pizza Claus, too.

e2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81nrJkj7IT8

bike test.... stuff that i like.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYgJ3TrIfPQ

# ¿ Apr 29, 2009 03:29

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Thornes posted:

I'm considering seeing a show with the following bands: "mustard plug, eastern standard time, void union, we are the union, royal city riot and hub city stompers"

Of them I only know Mustard Plug and Hub City Stompers. What can you guys tell me about the others?

We are the Union was labelled a ASOB rip-off band way back, I always liked their stuff though. Punknews calls them Set Your Goals with horns.

Their album 'Who We Are' is free to download on, uh, that same site that hosts Erin's Runaway Imagination and a bunch of other ska albums.

http://www.myspace.com/wearetheunion

# ¿ May 6, 2009 06:46

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Quest For Glory II posted:

I was clicking through bands on Myspace and saw that Big D put up another song. Hey surprise it's terrible too like the other ones.

I actually can't wait for this album to come out, it's going to be an incredible career-ruining disaster for everyone involved. Sooooo loving bad. I don't even understand how the band didn't break up making these songs, how did someone not stand up during production and say "You know what gently caress this". Not a one??? They all just sat through it and beared it? Do they think this will allow them to cross over somehow into the.. I dont loving know.. the cheerleader indie pop genre???? Is that a niche? Is there an audience for this?

I thought, maybe now that time has passed that they would grow on m--no. Still the worst music I've ever heard.

Even after reading this post, I'm still surprised it's worse than Suburban Legends - Infectious.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2009 13:08

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

I was talking about that one new song, I haven't heard the actual album.

# ¿ Jun 24, 2009 08:02

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Dickeye posted:

Mustard Plug, Suicide Machines early stuff, Catch-22, Common Rider

Oh hey this reminds me, I have permission to distribute 4point0's EP so if anybody wants some free music either post it here or hit me up on AIM

edit actually I'm leaving for a show in fifteen minutes, so just leave me a message on AIM and I'll get back to you when I get home from Paranoia Dance Party (bleh) and Car Full of Midgets (wooo!)

I'm not american so I don't have AIM, but I wouldnt mind it.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2009 02:58

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Dickeye posted:

It's already hosted on mediafire, I'd just rather not link it here because then mediafire catches that it's a link posted in a music forum and down it goes

I'll send the link to people tomorrow

DNZ if you have an email I can send the link to, that works too. I'm not real picky

Put it in my profile, thanks.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2009 23:47

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Dickeye posted:

If I was ambitious I'd quote the post on skachilles about it but nope

ffffffffffffffffffffffffff

quote:

So this is why Tomas is in a sling.....
The story (quoted from the YouTube description): so i was riding my bike around some botanical garden type thing a couple miles from the toronto warped show, hauling rear end down a hill when i came up on a baby deer on the asphalt path. it immediately started running away from me. naturally, i immediately started pedaling double time, to see if i could touch it. apparently i couldn't. the deer ran for a bit then shot to the right, into some brush. right around this point i held up my cellphone and hit record to see if i could at least get the little guy on video. as soon as he turned, my first instinct was to follow him, so i slammed on the brakes. unfortunately it was with the only hand i had on the bike, my left. left handlebar = front wheel brake. my front wheel locked up instantly, and i flew. literally, i flew. my bike followed suit. we both rolled around playfully on the asphalt a bit, just enough to cut me up decently on each of my gangly joints and to come to a nice stop on my chin and left elbow. i laid there, tangled in my bike for about 3 or 4 minutes, just spitting and grunting a bit, catching my breath. when i finally scraped myself off of the ground i looked across the small river i'd been riding next to, to see the little deer standing on the opposite bank, staring at me, ears perked up. when she saw that i was ok (or no longer a threat..?) she skipped away. i dragged myself to the river, cleaned off my wounds then went to look for my phone, which, when i found it 15 minutes later in the shrubs, was still recording a lovely blade of grass. i used it to find a nearby hospital where i was told i'd fractured my radial head (the ball in your elbow). awesome. so yeah, that's why i'm in a sling. the video is not very exciting, but the grunt i let out as soon as i begin my fall is pretty amusing. and you can see the baby deer in the upper left corner of the first 2 or 3 frames.

lesson learned. don't chase deer.

The video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoFYKrN1sWQ

# ¿ Jul 20, 2009 01:38

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Thorpe posted:

Every time I've talked to Matt Wixson he's been a real cool dude. I was in a ska band that played mostly in my hometown, and we played quite a few shows with Matt's brother, Bens Punk-Rock band Frank White.

I'm trying to get some another ska band going on, but no one drums where I am. Have every other drat piece, heh.
If anyone wants to check out the band, we had a couple recordings, it was pretty fun while it lasted.

http://www.myspace.com/cardsharksmusic

You could buy a drum machine for cheap. It isnt glamorous but it'd get the job done.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2009 04:11

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Put my Ska is Dead CD in my car a few months ago, started giving it more listens - it prompted me to get into Deals Gone Bad, and my god they're awesome.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2009 12:48

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Obama Yo Mama posted:

why the hell did jeff grow a pornstache?

First thing I thought was "pedostache"

God drat.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2009 08:47

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Josh Wow posted:

That's a sweet video but gently caress that song. When they announced the track list for Scrambles I was like 'gently caress YEA WEDNESDAY NIGHT DRINKBALL THAT'S GONNA BE SWEET rear end PUNK ROCK!!!' then it was this acoustic semi-indie bullshit. You can't name a song a title that awesome then have weak rear end music. Also agreeing that the facial hair is pretty tits.

I have no idea why they chose that song for a video. With 25 and Stuff That I Like, it just seems odd. There's a reason the slow songs are usually the second or 3rd single for an album.

E: Also: look @ dis guy refer to indie as a genre.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2009 10:13

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Dickeye posted:

I demand a video for Point/Keasbey/Counterpoint

poo poo I'd settle for a clean bonus track of them being played together.

# ¿ Aug 12, 2009 04:35

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

http://www.soundwavefestival.com/news/soundwave-2010has-arrived

So the aquabats are finally coming to Australia. :aaaaa:

# ¿ Aug 14, 2009 09:05

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

lessthankyle posted:

In case anyone hasn't seen it, Quote UnQuote Records is having their Maximum Summer release fest this week. They are releasing a new album every weekday until Labor day.

http://www.quoteunquoterecords.com/

Jeff posted his address on the internet?

e: I realise I probably just got trolled by Jeff Rosenstock
ee: The bomb laura split wont show up as having anything in the zip if you use XP's zip folder stuff, you need to rename it or extract it some other way.

dnz fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Sep 3, 2009

# ¿ Sep 3, 2009 02:38

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

lessthankyle posted:

While not ska, Attica! Attica! is playing a show this Sunday in Brooklyn with Bomb The Music Industry!, so it's guaranteed to be a fantastic show.

And speaking of BTMI!, I found this video of ASOB on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTNHGbETUKo

It's a full-length show from back in 2004 and it's in pretty good quality. A great way to kill an hour.

http://www.snevesneve.com/asob/Videos/

# ¿ Sep 15, 2009 09:56

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

Dickeye posted:

I'm wondering what the surprise is for the 4th, besides Soprano leaving

Kalnoky did say 99 songs would be out this year.

# ¿ Sep 23, 2009 09:16

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 12:53

dnz: Jul 18, 2008

dnz posted:

Kalnoky did say 99 songs would be out this year.

# ¿ Sep 23, 2009 09:19

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