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don't come into the thread much, but just bought my ticket for the july 10th streetlight manifesto show in the Washington DC area and I'm pretty psyched  been enjoying The Hands That Thieve a lot, and although it was only on Spotify for a day before it got pulled, I also was really enjoying the Toh Kay companion album. edit: whelp, people have been talking about it for pages and pages, so hopefully not too much of a repeat, and I didn't know Toh Kay was actually canceled versus being delayed for some amount of information, I've loved pretty much everything SM has put out, and nowadays Somewhere in the Between is edging out Keasbey and Everything Goes Numb. On the new album, The Three of Us, They Broke Him Down, and Oh Me, Oh My are a bit below everything else for me, though still good. Toe to Toe and If Only for Memories are the current tiptop. Lurchington fucked around with this message at 05:36 on May 10, 2013 |
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Anybody get Boston Rx Bandits tickets? I'm afraid to wait till tomorrow to buy them at the box office, but a $6.50 service charge per ticket is loving stupid.
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May 10, 2013 23:34
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drunk asian neighbor posted:Anybody get Boston Rx Bandits tickets? I'm afraid to wait till tomorrow to buy them at the box office, but a $6.50 service charge per ticket is loving stupid. $9 service charge for the show in NY. I'm stupid and spent all my spending money on a hockey jersey and won't be able to buy my ticket until next week when it'll be sold out. Hooray!
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May 11, 2013 05:56
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RxB are touring again??? gently caress, I was so bummed when I missed them last time, I need to go to this. Now that I've seen FiF and Jeff do the ASOB show (wherein Dan Potthast used the ASOB horn section to do Mu330 songs  ), they're pretty much the only band left that I really just need to see.Well, them and Edna's Goldfish but lol
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May 11, 2013 16:50
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After listening to THTT nonstop for what two weeks now I now have my own persnal HIGHLY CONTENTIOUS album ranking. 1. Everything Goes Numb 2. Somewhere in the Between 3. The Hands That Thieve 4. Kearbey Nights I don't ~*hate*~ THTT but I also don't feel like it has the polish of the other two albums. Great songs and I'm happy to hear new stuff from them but it kind of seems like its all over the map whereas the first two are very much guided experiences
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May 11, 2013 17:28
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Obama Yo Mama posted:Now that I've seen FiF and Jeff do the ASOB show (wherein Dan Potthast used the this caused me to see if they're unretired and GOOD NEWS! 
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May 11, 2013 23:31
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So, speaking of BTMI!, you can buy Jeff's old house and be a part of BTMI! history.
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I would if I could, that is very very cheap compared to the houses in Australia.
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May 12, 2013 11:25
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CodfishCartographer posted:So, speaking of BTMI!, you can buy Jeff's old house and be a part of BTMI! history. That's only 4 miles from where I live. Jeff did not live in a good part of town.
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Apparently some people have gotten their mega bundle things and there are no streetlight cds in it whatsoever  vvv: Well, last I heard it was a diceroll if the cd would be in there or not. Meowywitch fucked around with this message at 05:06 on May 13, 2013 |
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May 13, 2013 04:39
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Volt Catfish posted:Apparently some people have gotten their mega bundle things and there are no streetlight cds in it whatsoever Yes. See above. Victory will not give them any records.
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Volt Catfish posted:Apparently some people have gotten their mega bundle things and there are no streetlight cds in it whatsoever The thing that you clicked on the risc store site (if you ordered a mega bundle) said very clearly "send me all of my things except the CDs."
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May 13, 2013 05:09
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CodfishCartographer posted:So, speaking of BTMI!, you can buy Jeff's old house and be a part of BTMI! history. Ska thread joint issue? Turn it into Silent Barn South
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If anyone is in Chicago, or interested in travelling to Chicago in September, Riot Fest will have Toots and Maytals, The Selecter, and Mephiskapheles playing, although I have no clue which day any of them are playing.
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May 16, 2013 14:28
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Maybe I'm just a music snob but Fall Out Boy and Blink 182 are headlining? Ughhhhh.
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May 16, 2013 21:31
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Hobbit posted:Maybe I'm just a music snob but Fall Out Boy and Blink 182 are headlining? Ughhhhh. I actually like Fall Out Boy. They're really good for being, more or less, straight pop.
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Hobbit posted:Maybe I'm just a music snob but Fall Out Boy and Blink 182 are headlining? Ughhhhh. Just imagine some trumpets and they're the same as everything from 1997.
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Hobbit posted:Maybe I'm just a music snob but Fall Out Boy and Blink 182 are headlining? Ughhhhh. Talk poo poo get hit.
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if the play some from under the cork tree and before, i would absolutely love to see fall out boy however, therein lies the rub
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Obama Yo Mama posted:if the play some from under the cork tree and before, i would absolutely love to see fall out boy No joke if Fall Out Boy announced they were doing a show where they played all of Take This To Your Grave and nothing else, I would sell a kidney to go. That's a good album.
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My distaste for this particular billing has little to do with Fall Out Boy or Blink themselves. They're decent bands. However, they seem out of place headlining Riot Fest. Maybe my memory is betraying me but past Riot Fest line ups have always had solid punk headliners.
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This Riotfest lineup seems like somebody just hit shuffle on their ipod for 50 artists.
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Dickeye posted:No joke if Fall Out Boy announced they were doing a show where they played all of Take This To Your Grave and nothing else, I would sell a kidney to go. That's a good album. for serious though, i think from under the cork tree has grown on me enough over the years to be my favorite, but god drat take this to your grave is loving incredible top to bottom
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Hobbit posted:My distaste for this particular billing has little to do with Fall Out Boy or Blink themselves. They're decent bands. However, they seem out of place headlining Riot Fest. Maybe my memory is betraying me but past Riot Fest line ups have always had solid punk headliners. Yeah last year I caught NOFX, The Descendents, Andrew WK, hosed Up and Lawrence Arms in the Toronto date of Riotfest. hosed Up was amazing. Pink Eyes grabbed a foam finger and tickled my nose with it while he was in the crowd midset. I'm the dirty hippie on the right with bad taste in hair color  Obama Yo Mama posted:for serious though, i think from under the cork tree has grown on me enough over the years to be my favorite, but god drat take this to your grave is loving incredible top to bottom This thread has made me feel so much better about my unapologetic love of Fall Out Boy seventeen fucked around with this message at 13:40 on May 17, 2013 |
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So some of my friends dragged me to a Ska Prom earlier this week, and now I found myself really digging the music. I know Streetlight Manifesto is the go to ska band, and I've already bought and really enjoyed Somewhere in the Between, but what else should I look into as a new ska listener? I've been trying to find stuff from the bands that played that night, but they are all generally too small to have record deals, except Waffle Stompers, but I already grabbed their stuff. I'm working through the OP and looking into some of the band there, but generally just a big list of names is kinda imposing to work through and I don't want to blindly stumble around a new genre. EGSunBro fucked around with this message at 20:30 on May 17, 2013 |
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EGSunBro posted:So some of my friends dragged me to a Ska Prom earlier this week, and now I found myself really digging the music. I know Streetlight Manifesto is the go to ska band, and I've already bought and really enjoyed Somewhere in the Between, but what else should I look into as a new ska listener? I've been trying to find stuff from the bands that played that night, but they are all generally too small to have record deals, except Waffle Stompers, but I already grabbed their stuff. In an effort to not just list a whole bunch of bands I like, I'll just let you know that I've recently been listening to a lot of Edna's Goldfish. They have 2 albums, both are decently different but still ska.
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EGSunBro posted:So some of my friends dragged me to a Ska Prom earlier this week, and now I found myself really digging the music. I know Streetlight Manifesto is the go to ska band, and I've already bought and really enjoyed Somewhere in the Between, but what else should I look into as a new ska listener? I've been trying to find stuff from the bands that played that night, but they are all generally too small to have record deals, except Waffle Stompers, but I already grabbed their stuff. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview Mustard Plug - Evildoers Beware Reel Big Fish - Our Live Album....
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Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off Catch 22 - Keasbey Nights Are probably the only three I'd say are absolutely essential listening.
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EGSunBro posted:So some of my friends dragged me to a Ska Prom earlier this week, and now I found myself really digging the music. I know Streetlight Manifesto is the go to ska band, and I've already bought and really enjoyed Somewhere in the Between, but what else should I look into as a new ska listener? I've been trying to find stuff from the bands that played that night, but they are all generally too small to have record deals, except Waffle Stompers, but I already grabbed their stuff. Aside from all the other ones I'd diversify and look for some other sides of the genre. Cat Empire and Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra are modern stuff with less punk to them and a lot of other influences. It's hard to say if this stuff is proper ska but it scratches the same itch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtFxo4mpiKg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcWGdkoo0Fs For the second Wave (late 70s-80s), Madness, the Specials and the Toasters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOJSM46nWwo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCZN1rU5co https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx_dCxt7nXA(This one is from 1997 but whatever) There's also the First Wave Jamaican stuff like Skatalites and Toots and the Maytals that's really cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHxEijSG7fg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oOtz6mE7sM (loving awesome) Also surprised nobody's mentioned Jeff Rosenstock and Bomb the Music Industry!, his ska-punk DIY group. A lot of it's more hardcore punk and the ska influences aren't that common but it's great stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-lN7V4_Gx0 All of his stuff is free to download here http://bombthemusicindustry.tumblr.com/ and you should check out his sort of label here http://quoteunquoterecords.com
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Let us not forget the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. The album I would check out first are "Let's Face It" and "Devil's Night Out." Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Devil's Night Out Also Fishbone and the Aquabats.
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The Slackers: http://www.theslackers.com/music/ New York Jazz/Ska/Reggae/Rocksteady. There isn't a definitive album, but Peculiar is my personal favorite.
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EGSunBro posted:So some of my friends dragged me to a Ska Prom earlier this week, and now I found myself really digging the music. I know Streetlight Manifesto is the go to ska band, and I've already bought and really enjoyed Somewhere in the Between, but what else should I look into as a new ska listener? I've been trying to find stuff from the bands that played that night, but they are all generally too small to have record deals, except Waffle Stompers, but I already grabbed their stuff. Suburban Legends - Rumpshaker Bomb The Music Industry! - Scrambles The Toasters - Dub 56 Are also three must haves
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Skankin Pickle's live album encompasses them pretty well. For the harder side of ska, try Choking Victim, Leftover Crack or the Suicide Machines. For some more laid back stuff, try the Dance Hall Crashers and The Hippos. Before Rancid was Operation Ivy and they're certainly worth listening to
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Here's a few bands I've been listening to recently to check out. Popes of Chillitown - I think a few of you here would like this band. I wouldn't consider it ska punk, but it's a really energetic, fast paced style of ska. The Forthrights - Ska/Rocksteady The Dualers - Ska By The Rivers - Ska/Reggae The Internationals - Most of the stuff is instrumentals, but their newest album "Mousetrap" has an awesome female vocalist for the first half of the album. Definitely worth checking out. If you have Spotify I've got a playlist that's around 650 songs. Check it out here if you want to. It's pretty light on the ska punk though if that's what you're looking for. Also, does anyone have any good ska sites to check out? The only one I usually visit frequently is Reggae Steady Ska. Found out about some great bands there and I'm looking for more sites like it.
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FedoraDefender420 posted:Aside from all the other ones I'd diversify and look for some other sides of the genre.
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EGSunBro posted:So some of my friends dragged me to a Ska Prom earlier this week, and now I found myself really digging the music. I know Streetlight Manifesto is the go to ska band, and I've already bought and really enjoyed Somewhere in the Between, but what else should I look into as a new ska listener? I've been trying to find stuff from the bands that played that night, but they are all generally too small to have record deals, except Waffle Stompers, but I already grabbed their stuff. A lot of people have been listing stuff that's more obscure or non Third Wave. Which is, you know, fine. But it's probably not the kind of stuff you heard at a general-interest ska show, and personally I don't care for a lot of it -- I loving hate the Aquabats, I like only a handful of Bomb The Music Industry!, I don't like a lot of stuff that this thread loves to death. So here's my list of some essentials with more of a focus in that direction in case that's what you're looking for: Reel Big Fish - Turn The Radio Off; Why Do They Rock So Hard? - RBF were a huge part of the '90s ska revival, these are their first two albums and in my opinion their best. Their live album (Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album) is a decent alternative if you'd prefer to go that route. Here's what they sound like: First album Second album Reel Big Fish make stupid videos, sorry. Less Than Jake - Losing Streak; Hello Rockview - RBF and LTJ are the two other marquee names in Third Wave ska. These are generally regarded as their best albums. Losing Streak is older and a bit more raw; Hello Rockview is more polished. Personally I'd suggest at least starting with Hello Rockview, and if you like it, give Losing Streak a shot. A lot of people prefer Losing Streak but I think it's less accessible for a new listener. Samples: Losing Streak Hello Rockview The Toasters - Hard Band For Dead - The Toasters basically represent the bridge between Two-Tone and Third Wave ska in my mind. Dub 56 is a good album, and so are some of their others, but Hard Band For Dead is the classic Toasters album. It's the one you still occasionally see t-shirts of. Hard Band For Dead is to the Toasters as ... And Out Come The Wolves is to Rancid. I only like some of it but it's definitely the one to get if you're only getting one. Sample Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It - I love the poo poo out of the Bosstones but if you pick up only one album it should really be this one. This is where all of the Bosstones songs that everyone knows came from. Sample Live version, sorry. Hard to find Bosstones stuff on YouTube. All of these bands have other great albums. There are a ton of other good third-wave ska bands. I haven't touched at all on traditional or Two-Tone ska. But I would suggest starting with these before you go down the various rabbit holes that people here will want to show you.
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Hey guys, I'm moving cross country to Oregon this winter. Do ska shows exist in the Pacific Northwest?
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I didn't think it was possible to not like Fury of the Aquabats.
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The Aquabats were included in io9's recent list of the 11 greatest science fiction bands. http://io9.com/the-11-greatest-science-fiction-themed-bands-507573452 (I'm really glad Warp 11 also made the list.)
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seventeen posted:Hey guys, I'm moving cross country to Oregon this winter. Do ska shows exist in the Pacific Northwest? Oregon is home of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, who own. Granted, they play a lot of swing jazz and rock with horns in addition to ska, but its all good stuff. They even have a new album out in the summer. (It's a swing album, but still) Checkout Skaboy JFK for a ska-focused album.
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