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TLG James
Jun 5, 2000

Questing ain't easy

Sandwolf posted:

Is this for LTJ, Goldfinger, Big D, AND Suburban Legends? Or just LTJ.

Either way I need a ticket for this.

It's all the bands. However some of the bands might not make all the stops. It's up on GF/LTJ's sites though.

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guppy
Sep 21, 2004

sting like a byob
Five Iron Frenzy are finally available on Amazon MP3 and I want to check them out. Is there a consensus on best albums?

Mysterious Aftertaste
May 20, 2004

So Marigold, my love, you've had too much to drink...

I think the best album is The End, but FIF is one of my top 3 favorite bands and I'd place all the CDs very close to each other.


All The Hype That Money Can Buy - I personally would say start with this. I feel the variety of songs and styles is the broadest on this CD, if there's nothing on here you like, you probably won't find anything else from them that you like.

Electric Boogaloo - You could start with this too. This is probably their "hardest" or most "aggressive" album, but it's FIF, so that's not that aggressive. This is closer to a "punk with horns" or "rock with horns" CD than most of their others.


edit: I just looked at the track listing of all their CDs I have (which is... every single one). I'm not good for this. I honestly think every single one of them is great. Electirc Boogaloo is probably the most "accessible" though.

Mysterious Aftertaste fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Apr 9, 2008

Fateo McMurray
Mar 22, 2003

TLG James posted:

LTJ, Goldfinger, Big D, and Suburban Legends in Omaha on July 5th, I can't loving wait, :woop:

(LTJ has a bunch of new tour dates up)

6/25 – THE PALLADIUM – WORCESTER, MA

6/27 – LUPO’S HEARTBREAK HOTEL – PROVIDENCE, RI
7/11 - HAMPTON BEACH CASINO BALLROOM – HAMPTON BEACH, NH



Definitely going to the Worcester date, and might possibly go to the RI and NH shows too. I have never gotten the chance to see Goldfinger live and I've wanted to forever.

CRIP EATIN BREAD
Jun 24, 2002

Hey stop worrying bout my acting bitch, and worry about your WACK ass music. In the mean time... Eat a hot bowl of Dicks! Ice T



Soiled Meat
Stop hatin' on skanking, skanking is super-fun, I love just goin' to a ska show and skankin' it up in my creepers, when those horns come in it's like "RUDY YOU CAN'T FAIL" and next thing you know I'm skankin' all over the place and also loving prostitutes.

Mysterious Aftertaste
May 20, 2004

So Marigold, my love, you've had too much to drink...

sup byob

quote:

6/18 – REVOLUTION – FT. LAUDERDALE, FL

I'll be there. Hopefully it won't be a communal shower this time. God drat, it rained hard last time.

CRIP EATIN BREAD
Jun 24, 2002

Hey stop worrying bout my acting bitch, and worry about your WACK ass music. In the mean time... Eat a hot bowl of Dicks! Ice T



Soiled Meat
Look, it's a shame that most of the traditional two-tone Brit ska bands have died out, but at least the fine strapping lads of Orange County have stepped up to deliver quality ska in their absence.

mix.lunar
Aug 15, 2007
Is...is he trolling a music thread?

Mike_V
Jul 31, 2004

3/18/2023: Day of the Dorks
Specials are apparently re-uniting around September or something. Gonna be super pissed if they are doing UK-only shows.

Forearm
Nov 14, 2005
Definatly hitting Worcester for this, who is headling by the way?

Casual Encountess
Dec 14, 2005

"You can see how they go from being so sweet to tearing your face off,
just like that,
and it's amazing to have that range."


Thunderdome Exclusive

so I took a capoeira class today and you may not think its ska-related but thank god for my years of skanking. There were kids who couldn't do the movements, but by modifying my basic skanking posture I was able to get the basic stance down. Its not EXACTLY the same but damned if this is the first time skanking has proven useful outside of embarassing myself in public

Josh Wow
Feb 28, 2005

We need more beer up here!
I just found out that Mustard Plug is playing a few of the east coast dates with Less Than Jake. I know they're playing Atlanta and Myrtle Beach for sure, and the others are up on both their myspaces.

alvinthegreat
Feb 23, 2008
So a recently-gained sax friend asked me today if I wanted to play trumpet in a ska band. I was all, "Hell yes, about goddamn time!" I'm excited to see how this shapes up. It's gonna be crazy awesome with five horn players.

chippy
Aug 16, 2006

OK I DON'T GET IT

CRIP EATIN BREAD posted:

Look, it's a shame that most of the traditional two-tone Brit ska bands have died out

We're trying to keep the tradition alive!

Here, have a live track.



https://www.myspace.com/thelockup

Mysterious Aftertaste
May 20, 2004

So Marigold, my love, you've had too much to drink...

Josh Wow posted:

I just found out that Mustard Plug is playing a few of the east coast dates with Less Than Jake. I know they're playing Atlanta and Myrtle Beach for sure, and the others are up on both their myspaces.

Yep, I might hit the Orlando show too, they're playing there as well.

mix.lunar
Aug 15, 2007
Less Than Jake's Vinnie Fiorello spilled the beans in a recent interview with Australia's Triple-J and our good friend Stu Harvey managed to get a few details out of him. First, the band is currently putting "the finishing touches" on the new full length, and first for their newly launched Sleep It Off Records, with plans for it to be released on June 24th, 2008. The band is working with Matt Allison (Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Lawrence Arms, Copyrights, Methadones) in Chicago.

Along with mentioning the album, Vinnie talks at length about the bands new reissues, their extensive back catalogue and what the future holds for Less Than Jake.

You can check out the entire interview here.

Pogue_Mahone
Aug 23, 2007

Pissehead in the Making
Some of you guys might want to check out this podcast: http://media.libsyn.com/media/thescallywagshow/SKACAST.mp3

Its a podcast done by a guy called barnacle brian, and the podcasts are usually celtic/folk punk, but he released this one last summer, and it is all ska music with a celtic punk twinge. Few of the bands on it are The Trojans, The Specials, Joe Strummer, Paddy Rasta, Warblefly. Shane MacGowan, Bloord or Whiskey, The Pogues and the Skels.

I think its got some pretty awesome tracks on it, mainly because I love my ska and love my celtic punk. Im not sure about The Specials cover of Dirty Old Town though...

Mysterious Aftertaste
May 20, 2004

So Marigold, my love, you've had too much to drink...

mix.lunar posted:

The band is working with Matt Allison (Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Lawrence Arms, Copyrights, Methadones) in Chicago.

Ughhh. I hope maintains some Vinnie has control over it.

edit: Checked over which stuff he actually produced. I thought he did recent Alkaline Trio stuff, but he hasn't done anything of theirs since 2001, so that's good. The production quality he does sounds about on level with the production of Anthem, which was a pretty good compromise of balance and levels, emotion and energy. I'd still rather have the production like Losing Streak had.

Mysterious Aftertaste fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Apr 10, 2008

Backno
Dec 1, 2007

Goff Boyz iz da rudest Boyz

SKA SUCKS

Raxe posted:

If you don't mind buying music through iTunes, they have Stompin' Down the Beat and Answer up there for 11.99 and 9.99, respectively I believe. I had to purchase these afte Thornes' post because I lost what music of theirs I had a couple years ago. I loved their versions of Lupin the third and Tetris Type A.

As for another band using the sousaphone, Youngblood Brass Band uses one though they aren't a ska band. There might be other brass bands out there that use one as well.

yeah i very much dislike itunes...they have too low of a bit rate for my liking. alas im stuck getting off of the interwebs.

gerfatty
Sep 14, 2007
What's so wrong with being a punk rock faggot hippy, anyway?

Mysterious Aftertaste posted:

Ughhh. I hope maintains some Vinnie has control over it.

edit: Checked over which stuff he actually produced. I thought he did recent Alkaline Trio stuff, but he hasn't done anything of theirs since 2001, so that's good. The production quality he does sounds about on level with the production of Anthem, which was a pretty good compromise of balance and levels, emotion and energy. I'd still rather have the production like Losing Streak had.

I was gonna ask what you're "ughhh"ing about. I'm not sure if you've heard The Lawrence Arms, Alkaline Trio, or The Copyrights, but those motherfuckers have some pretty fantastically produced albums. I see this as quite a good thing, and a hopeful step in the right direction for LTJ. If the production quality on their next album is half as good as that of Oh, Calcutta by The Lawrence Arms, it will be fantastically well done. I mean, gently caress, he produced Goddamnit by Alkaline Trio, and I'll be damned if that isn't the best produced album for $1000 on the face of the earth.

WaffleZombie
May 10, 2003

"Identity Crisis" Murderer Wild Guess #333:Prince "Lady Killer Charming "Well, I AM the Adversa"



gerfatty posted:

I was gonna ask what you're "ughhh"ing about.
I know that I was afraid the guy produced that steaming pile of aural diarrhea known as Crimson. Knowing that he produced Oh! Calcutta, Unicorn Odyssey, and the good Alk3 does have me excited.

And this is going back in the conversation a bit, but in regards to the production on LTJ's pezcore, I too love the squeak of the pedal in the intro to Mike Sinkovich. Oddly, that squeak is made much more audible in the remaster. In the original, you can barely hear it.

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


Can anyone recommend some good LTJ songs? The only one that is very ska-like is The Science of Selling Yourself Short.

snackcakes
May 7, 2005

A joint venture of Matsumura Fishworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern

Sandwolf posted:

Can anyone recommend some good LTJ songs? The only one that is very ska-like is The Science of Selling Yourself Short.

You'll certainly have to listen to Liquer Store

guppy
Sep 21, 2004

sting like a byob

Sandwolf posted:

Can anyone recommend some good LTJ songs? The only one that is very ska-like is The Science of Selling Yourself Short.
The most popular LTJ albums are Hello Rockview and Losing Streak, both of which are excellent. You can't go wrong with just about anything from those two, but some specific recommendations:

From Hello Rockview:
  • Five State Drive
  • History of a Boring Town
  • Nervous In The Alley
  • Theme Song For H Street
  • Scott Farcas Takes It On The Chin
(There are several other great songs on this album, but these emphasize the horns more than most of the others.)

From Losing Streak:
  • 9th At Pine
  • Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts
  • Never Going Back To New Jersey
  • How's My Driving, Doug Hastings?

Manicured Meat
Jan 8, 2005

3rd strongest
Some friends of mine had Bomb the Music Industry crash at their place in Ottawa all weekend. Now two of them are traveling with the band to Guelph, and then the next day to Toronto, to stay at another friend's house. I'm going to be heading to Guelph tomorrow night to see them, and I'll probably hit up the Toronto show the next day too.

Mysterious Aftertaste
May 20, 2004

So Marigold, my love, you've had too much to drink...

The Streetlight show in Ft. Lauderdale was great.

Watch it Crash
We Will Fall Together
Mephisto's Cafe
Receiving End of it All
Failing, Flailing
Here's to Life
It's a Wonderful Life
Linoleum (NOFX cover)
40 Days
We Are the Few
If and When We Rise Again

encore:
Dear Sergio
Somewhere in the Between
A Moment of Silence
A Moment of Violence


I might have missed a song or two, but that's roughly how it went (I know the last 4 are right)

mix.lunar
Aug 15, 2007
Badass, I can't wait until the show on the 28th, I hope it's as amazing as its looking like so far.

snackcakes
May 7, 2005

A joint venture of Matsumura Fishworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern

Mysterious Aftertaste posted:

A Moment of Silence
A Moment of Violence

Oh my sweet jesus that must have been great.

loldance
Nov 30, 2005

It's laundry day; I'm down to my priest outfit.
I'm excited to see them Thursday! I've seen them about a dozen times already, but I won't ever forget my first Streetlight show. It was like four years ago with Big D and ASOB, and I only knew a couple of their songs. I remember getting my rear end kicked in the pit for so long since most of their songs are in the four to five minute plus range; There was the perfect number of people there to have an awesome pit but not be smashed and crowded.

Has anyone listened to the new Slackers CD?!

gerfatty
Sep 14, 2007
What's so wrong with being a punk rock faggot hippy, anyway?

Mysterious Aftertaste posted:


Linoleum (NOFX cover)


Wait, really? It's not terribly often that Streetlight plays a cover, and usually it's something more...not NOFX. I'm assuming this was some sort of joke?

Josh Wow
Feb 28, 2005

We need more beer up here!

gerfatty posted:

Wait, really? It's not terribly often that Streetlight plays a cover, and usually it's something more...not NOFX. I'm assuming this was some sort of joke?

I've seen them play it at least once, possibly twice. It's a good cover too.

Mysterious Aftertaste
May 20, 2004

So Marigold, my love, you've had too much to drink...

It's a very good cover.

I don't know what they've done at other shows, but it was Tomas (acoustic, vocals), Conti (vocals), Chris (drums) and Pete (electric upright). Actually towards the very end Matt Stewart came in too. No other horns, though.

I kind of want to see what other NOFX songs would be like if they were all kind of acousticized. I love NOFX as it is, but this was an awesome version of Linoleum. There were a lot of people that didn't know the song at all, but I was freaking out. I was not expecting a NOFX cover.

Mysterious Aftertaste fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Apr 16, 2008

ManoliIsFat
Oct 4, 2002

gerfatty posted:

Wait, really? It's not terribly often that Streetlight plays a cover, and usually it's something more...not NOFX. I'm assuming this was some sort of joke?
Dude that's like THE best NOFX song don't hate

gerfatty
Sep 14, 2007
What's so wrong with being a punk rock faggot hippy, anyway?

ManoliIsFat posted:

Dude that's like THE best NOFX song don't hate

Oh, no no no, I most certainly was not hating. That song actually kinda rules. I'm not really the biggest NOFX fan by any stretch of the imagination, I was just commenting as to how that was sort of out of place for Streetlight.

Mysterious Aftertaste
May 20, 2004

So Marigold, my love, you've had too much to drink...

Considering "99 Songs of the Revolution" is supposed to be mostly covers, it makes sense.


Maybe we'll get RC Cola to force them to release it in about 17 years.

Mike_V
Jul 31, 2004

3/18/2023: Day of the Dorks
New Slackers album is slammin. I suggest you all pick it up if you don't want to look like a geek.

Mike_V fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Apr 16, 2008

Hawkstein
Sep 30, 2006

And if I can't see it's for want of you.

Loud About Loathing posted:

You should listen to MU330, the (kickass) ska band that Potthast has been in since the early 90's. Really fun ska-rock.

Speaking of which, they're playing shows in Milwaukee, Saint Paul, Chicago, and St. Louis in a few weeks. So if you're close by...go see them (especially if you're near Chicago; they're playing with two bands a few of my friends are in and they're both really amazing).

Messyass
Dec 23, 2003

I almost forgot, I've been enjoying this band I found through one of the other Myspace links in this thread.

I love the video they made.

alvinthegreat
Feb 23, 2008

Messyass posted:

I almost forgot, I've been enjoying this band I found through one of the other Myspace links in this thread.

I love the video they made.

Me likey.

I would have liked to hear the horns a little bit louder in the mix, though, which has less to do with the band's style and approach and more to do with production.

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Lumbermouth
Mar 6, 2008

GREG IS BIG NOW


Mike_V posted:

New Slackers album is slammin. I suggest you all pick it up if you don't want to look like a geek.

Gonna grab it when I see them on :420:4/20:420:. Two of my favorite bands playing on one night and I've got comp tickets. loving sweet.

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