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Want more new Rosenstock despite the fact he literally just made a new loving album? https://soundcloud.com/reallyrecords/jeff-rosenstock-nearly-midnight-honolulu-neko-case-cover I think Jeff is physically unable to stop making music.
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For every yin there is a yang, for black there is white, for up there is down, for Jeff Rosenstock there is Tomas Kalnoky.
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Mar 10, 2015 17:17
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I still whole heartedly endorse the idea of Jeff and Tomas being necessary opposites. There's some commentary he put up for the album which is a good read: http://www.purevolume.com/news/EXCLUSIVE-Jeff-Rosenstock-We-Cool-Track-Commentary-Album-Stream
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Mar 10, 2015 19:00
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What have Jeff's setlists been like with his recent shows? Is it all solo stuff, mostly solo stuff with some BtMI, what?
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Mar 11, 2015 07:04
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Literally The Worst posted:What have Jeff's setlists been like with his recent shows? Is it all solo stuff, mostly solo stuff with some BtMI, what? All solo stuff the few times I've seen him.
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Mar 12, 2015 00:40
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I'm pretty sure he's trying to put BTMI behind him
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Mar 12, 2015 00:50
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He mentioned in an AMA that he doesn't want to do BTMI songs as a sign of respect to his band mates. He feels like if he played them he'd basically be saying "Hey I don't need you guys to play these songs, and I'm playing them even though we broke up and got rid of you guys"
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Mar 12, 2015 01:04
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As long as John is there playing bass BtMI will never really end goddammit.
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Mar 12, 2015 06:43
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I've been so distracted with work and overtime lately, I've neglected my playing. I picked up my saxophone, and I feel like I've lost it. I've decided it's time to get back into the swing of things. I'm getting rid of the eighties corporate rock I've accumulated (via eBay, maybe, though I've been thinking of doing an SA Mart thread as well) because the time for a wank is over. I'm getting back into the music that got me started as a musician; the first music that really meant something to me. This means, among other things, getting back into ska again! So, I dusted off my copy of The Specials and put it in the CD tray. "A Message to You, Rudy" starts up, Rico and Dick on horns, and I'm blown away. "Nite Klub" with that great bass line, and all the rest I had forgotten how good this was. This entire album is amazing. I know Elvis Costello's production gets slagged off a lot but I think it's great. It's got a real sixties beat group vibe to it and I love it. I don't know why I ever left this. Next on the agenda, One Step Beyond (because Madness - specifically the song "The Prince" - is what really got me taking saxophone seriously in the first place), then switching over to my favourite American ska album, Dub 56. Of course, I need to dig out my old soul and reggae and R&B albums, start getting some more of them. I've got Searching for the Young Soul Rebels on my listen list after those two. Then I need to get back into the jazz. Seriously. Wheat Loaf fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Mar 15, 2015 |
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Mar 15, 2015 01:00
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CodfishCartographer posted:He mentioned in an AMA that he doesn't want to do BTMI songs as a sign of respect to his band mates. He feels like if he played them he'd basically be saying "Hey I don't need you guys to play these songs, and I'm playing them even though we broke up and got rid of you guys" I'm actually okay with that line of reasoning, but it just really makes me want a BTMI reunion show  I'm never going to hear Pog or Soul Crushing Northeast live and it's depressing
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Mar 15, 2015 04:24
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I've been listening to a lot of Toasters stuff lately. Can anybody recommend any American ska that's closer to the 2 Tone stuff or more jazz/soul than rock-influenced (i.e. closer to the Toasters than, say, Reel Big Fish or Less Than Jake)?
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Mar 20, 2015 01:08
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've been listening to a lot of Toasters stuff lately. Can anybody recommend any American ska that's closer to the 2 Tone stuff or more jazz/soul than rock-influenced (i.e. closer to the Toasters than, say, Reel Big Fish or Less Than Jake)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHSlmN1e3zo http://www.soulradics.com/
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Mar 20, 2015 01:12
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've been listening to a lot of Toasters stuff lately. Can anybody recommend any American ska that's closer to the 2 Tone stuff or more jazz/soul than rock-influenced (i.e. closer to the Toasters than, say, Reel Big Fish or Less Than Jake)? The Aggrolites- Mr. Misery Not American but By The Rivers are awesome. Also not American, but the Liptones . And of course, the Pietasters!
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Mar 20, 2015 01:45
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Probably shouldn't have specified American! It's more non-Jamaican/non-British ska that isn't just "punk/rock with horns". Heh. I'm reminded of how, about three or four years ago, I found an old web page which had a 10-year old interview with the guy who played trumpet in Save Ferris (I liked the one album they did with "The World Is New" and "Come On Eileen" though I'm not sure whether I'd have called it ska), who, when asked how he got into the band, explains that one of the other guys in the band was a high school classmate who invited him to join a ska band, and when he asked, "What's ska?" he received the answer, "It's like rock with horns."
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Mar 20, 2015 02:16
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've been listening to a lot of Toasters stuff lately. Can anybody recommend any American ska that's closer to the 2 Tone stuff or more jazz/soul than rock-influenced (i.e. closer to the Toasters than, say, Reel Big Fish or Less Than Jake)? Hepcat is like this They're pretty good
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Westbound Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVVis5TQ47s e: Also, if you're looking for something that kinda bridges the gap between the classic two tone and the third wave, I really think Mu330 fills that niche, at least Ultra Panic does. For every song they have that is more third wave up tempo like a RBF/LTJ-type band, that album's got one with a more slow and bluesy two tone kind of sound. I'm a pretty big fan of their sound and everyone already knows that Dan P owns so if you've never listened to them you should fix that pretty much immediately. Teemu Pokemon fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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Mar 20, 2015 05:30
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Seconding Westbound Train, they're really loving good. Transitions is probably one of my favorite albums of all time. The Slackers actually have quite a few songs that might fit your tastes, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t15g9aXCfnE
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Mar 20, 2015 05:58
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've been listening to a lot of Toasters stuff lately. Can anybody recommend any American ska that's closer to the 2 Tone stuff or more jazz/soul than rock-influenced (i.e. closer to the Toasters than, say, Reel Big Fish or Less Than Jake)? Many Loves Ska Jazz (Ska/Jazz) Ipse Dixie May The Delegators (Ska/Soul) I Didn't Mean To Break Your Heart Minus One Mampy (Ska/Reggae/Jazz) Ska Time Wonky Monkey Swing Town Bottle of Moonshine Horst Medusa Frankly Le Grand Miercoles (Ska/Reggae/Surf/Spaghetti Western) Cowboy Fantasma Western Standart Time
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Look up streetlight manifesto and toms old hand catch 22
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rear end Catchcum posted:Look up streetlight manifesto and toms old hand catch 22 For bands that sound like the Toasters? Umm Edit: Aside from what's been suggested, and if you don't mind bands that don't exist anymore. Scofflaws, Let's Go Bowling, older Fishbone (sort of, they're a little all over the place), Skavoovie & the Epitones, Dance Hall Crashers, and Pietasters. Bird in a Blender fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone. I've heard some of these names, so it'll be fun finding out what they sound like. Side note: I've tried Streetlight Manifesto before, but for whatever reason I couldn't really get into them. I'll have to give them another go sometime. Honestly, though, the first time around, I wasn't really into the ska punk stuff. I thought the Toasters were great when I heard Dub 56 (I bought it on iTunes solely because of its album art), the Save Ferris cover of "Come On Eileen" led me to the It Means Everything album, which I liked, and I thought Reel Big Fish were fun, but beyond that I didn't really get into a lot of it. Now that I'm trying to get back into all my old music, I might give it another spin, though as I mentioned I'm keen to try stuff that's a little closer to what I enjoyed before. Thing is, I'm not entirely sure what put me off. I was big into 2 Tone* for a good long time (Madness was my gateway drug; I used to know all the Madness songs on piano), then I got into soul music, Searching For the Young Soul Rebels and all the mod revival stuff (the Jam, obviously, though I think it goes without saying that Secret Affair were the best group in that scene) and even some of the Britpop for a little while. It may very well have been the old "it's just rock with horns" stereotype. *On which note, I've recently found this website that does these "ska EP" 7-inch vinyl releases in full-on Walt Jabsco colours, collecting ska tracks recorded by otherwise non-ska artists. They look to be mostly out of print, and I have most of these songs in one format or another anyway, but they'd be nice for a collection. There's one for Lily Allen, one for Amy Winehouse (  ), Wilko Johnson ( ), Ian Dury and the Blockheads ( ), Billy Bragg, a "Celtic ska" one for the Pogues, one with some very early No Doubt, and three Jools Hollands.Boy, this was a long post. Sorry. 
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You know what's a good band that did an album with ska songs? Bomb the Music Industry. Let's tlak about them some more.
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Literally The Worst posted:You know what's a good band that did an album with ska songs? Bomb the Music Industry. Let's tlak about them some more. Hey yeah I like that band.
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Mar 21, 2015 01:38
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They have a few good songs. I like the one about being drunk and not growing up.
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Mar 21, 2015 01:44
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Another two tone-ish band that I've always lumped in with the Toasters is the Barrymores (their first album was kinda rear end, but All Nighters is solid).
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Literally The Worst posted:They have a few good songs. I like the one about being drunk and not growing up. wait are we talking about Less Than Jake now
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I think you'd like this little known ska band Reel Big Fish
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Mar 21, 2015 02:33
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drunk asian neighbor posted:wait are we talking about Less Than Jake now No that's about not moving out of your hometown but wanting to, BtMI is the one with the song about how everyone else has their poo poo together and you don't.
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Mar 21, 2015 03:38
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Double posting because Jeff's new album charted at #7 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart and that's fuckin dope.
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Mar 21, 2015 03:44
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I saw Jeff tonight (yet again) and he loving slayed (yet again). I've heard of guys playing a guitar with their teeth but I've never seen anyone do it with a harmonica in their mouth.
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Mar 21, 2015 07:32
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did you enjoy Smith Street?
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Yes I did. I missed the first couple songs but they have an extremely excellent sense of tempo. Their drummer is loving awesome.
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aw gently caress was tonight the warsaw show with AJJ? I was busy watching college hockey what the gently caress is wrong with me they're just going to lose tomorrow, or win, what the gently caress does it matter sports are fleeting and jeff is forever
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Dandy Kaiser posted:aw gently caress was tonight the warsaw show with AJJ? I was busy watching college hockey what the gently caress is wrong with me they're just going to lose tomorrow, or win, what the gently caress does it matter sports are fleeting and jeff is forever Nothing is forever dude
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Jeff is the new Tomas
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Wheat Loaf posted:*On which note, I've recently found this website that does these "ska EP" 7-inch vinyl releases in full-on Walt Jabsco colours, collecting ska tracks recorded by otherwise non-ska artists. They look to be mostly out of print, and I have most of these songs in one format or another anyway, but they'd be nice for a collection. There's one for Lily Allen, one for Amy Winehouse ( Are you referring to Jump Up Records? Try some Prizefighters, Dropsteppers, The Bishops, and Rougher All Stars.
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rear end Catchcum posted:Jeff is the new Tomas impossible, jeff puts out new music
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Shabadu posted:impossible, jeff puts out new music  Jeff also puts his old band behind him
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rear end Catchcum posted:Jeff is the new Tomas Jeff invites underage girls backstage too?
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