The 'alternative' music thread

[Mr Bungle]

That Spiritbox is an awfully tough listen. Not least for the generic bottom end drivel metal.

[sockwithaticket]

Cool. Stay trve.

[sockwithaticket]

is this still the alternative thread?

What prompts you to ask?

[assfly]

Been listening to a lot of All Them Witches lately.

[sockwithaticket]

Surprisingly alt-rock new single from one of the UKs most abrasive hardcore bands.



The front-woman, Justine, has the best screams of any female hardcore vocalist I've heard and she's a damn sight better than a lot of the fellas too.

Their more typical oeuvre, hardcore with some mathy flourishes.

[sockwithaticket]

'68 confirming that they're the spiritual successors to Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with their off kilter approach to rock n' roll

[Niegs]

Everyone in ska joined up for a ska song.

The song is packed with guests, including Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Aimee Interrupter & the Interrupters, Stranger Cole, Angelo Moore (Fishbone), Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers), Jay Navarro (Suicide Machines), Chris DeMakes, Pete Wesilewski, Roger Lima (Less Than Jake), Jimmy G (Murphy's Law), Toby Morse, Rusty Pistachio (H2O), John Feldman (Goldfinger), Laila Khan (Sonic Boom Six), Robert Hingley (Toasters), Dan Vitale (Bim Skala Bim), Dave McWane (Big D and The Kids Table), Sirae Richardson, Erin Mackenzie, Brie McWane (the Doped Up Dollys), Jesse Wagner (Aggrolites), Karina Denike (the Dance Hall Crashers), Christian Jaccobs (the Aquabats), Jon Pebsworth (Buck O Nine), Peter Porker (the Porkers), Steve Jackson (the Pietasters), Felipe Galvan (Los Skanarles), Jet Baker (Buster Shuffle), Fumio Ito (Kemuri), Glen "The Kid" Marhevka (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy), and Roddy Radiation (the Specials).

[Thor Sedan]

These guys blew me away when I saw them live.






Dingemans went on to form Mountaineater - which is catchy

[Big Nipper]

[robmatic]

I love a bit of The Wrens. They apparently will have a new album at some point soon, although they are basically a part-time project these days.

This song of theirs from their previous album is possibly my favourite indie song about getting it on:

[Mr Bungle]

These guys blew me away when I saw them live.






Dingemans went on to form Mountaineater - which is catchy

HDU were amazing. My mate is drumming with the guitarist from HDU and Mountaineater in Kāhu Rōpū.

[Mr Bungle]

'68 confirming that they're the spiritual successors to Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with their off kilter approach to rock n' roll

I concur. Quite like some of that.

I saw JSBE, with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs opening, at the House of Blues in Las Vegas in 2002. They were much heavier live, like many bands are but even more so. I could never recapture that performance via any of their recorded work.

[iarmhí]

[Thor Sedan]

HDU were amazing. My mate is drumming with the guitarist from HDU and Mountaineater in Kāhu Rōpū.

Ooooooo.....I like that.

Fred and Tristan went to the same High School as me. I seem to recall them being in a band with Simon Sweetman and Justin Telford - and even then you could see that Tristan had something about him.

The HDU gig was a happy mistake on my part - went to a Shihad gig and they were one of the openers. And they were fantastic.

[Mr Bungle]

HDU were amazing. My mate is drumming with the guitarist from HDU and Mountaineater in Kāhu Rōpū.

Ooooooo.....I like that.

Fred and Tristan went to the same High School as me. I seem to recall them being in a band with Simon Sweetman and Justin Telford - and even then you could see that Tristan had something about him.

The HDU gig was a happy mistake on my part - went to a Shihad gig and they were one of the openers. And they were fantastic.

Was the gig at Arc perchance?

[Slick]

Didn't think this thread was for me but been enjoying '68 this morning! I'll try a few more.

[Thor Sedan]

Was the gig at Arc perchance?

Yeah - I think it was. Trying to remember the weekend - I think that Shihad might have been playing one night and HDU another!?!? Me and a couple of others won a competition through work and it was a weekend in Dunedin thanks to Festival Records.

We were meant to be heading down to watch a new 'up and coming' band called The Feelers. But they had got some dates in Aussie so we had to make do with Shihad.....which I wasn't complaining with!

[Mr Bungle]

Was the gig at Arc perchance?

Yeah - I think it was. Trying to remember the weekend - I think that Shihad might have been playing one night and HDU another!?!? Me and a couple of others won a competition through work and it was a weekend in Dunedin thanks to Festival Records.

We were meant to be heading down to watch a new 'up and coming' band called The Feelers. But they had got some dates in Aussie so we had to make do with Shihad.....which I wasn't complaining with!

Pretty sure I was there. Arc Cafe, down by the casino. Nov 27 & 28 1998.

https://arccafedunedin.com/2017/04/22/l ... /#more-182

[Thor Sedan]

Pretty sure I was there. Arc Cafe, down by the casino. Nov 27 & 28 1998.

https://arccafedunedin.com/2017/04/22/l ... /#more-182

That's the place!

I see that it is closed now. Do you know the story behind that? Seemed like it had a pretty good following. The list of acts that have played there is a shout out to a ton of Dunedin band royalty.

Must have been an awesome scene in the 70's and 80's down there.

[Mr Bungle]

Pretty sure I was there. Arc Cafe, down by the casino. Nov 27 & 28 1998.

https://arccafedunedin.com/2017/04/22/l ... /#more-182

That's the place!

I see that it is closed now. Do you know the story behind that? Seemed like it had a pretty good following. The list of acts that have played there is a shout out to a ton of Dunedin band royalty.

Must have been an awesome scene in the 70's and 80's down there.

Yeah, places like The Crown, Empire and even Sammy's would have gone off. Not sure why Arc failed. Opened in '97 from memory.

[iarmhí]

[Thor Sedan]

This one always makes me remember ridiculously cheap pints in the student pubs around Palmy North.

[Thor Sedan]

*sigh*

[sockwithaticket]

'68 confirming that they're the spiritual successors to Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with their off kilter approach to rock n' roll

I concur. Quite like some of that.

I saw JSBE, with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs opening, at the House of Blues in Las Vegas in 2002. They were much heavier live, like many bands are but even more so. I could never recapture that performance via any of their recorded work.

Well, well; we agree on something!

This is far and away my favourite '68 track, largely because I'm a sucker for a chant or a gang vocal


Josh Scogin (the front man) was previously in the fantastic mathcore band The Chariot and a founder of heavy post-hardcore stalwarts Norma Jean; his irreverent take on genre really sets every project he's in apart.

I never managed to see JSBE live, you lucky thing. Always got the impression that the recordings were a bit more anemic than they'd be in the flesh.

[sockwithaticket]

I don't know that anyone on here is an enjoyer of Every Time I Die's ouevre, but the 3 singles they've put out recently suggest their first album of the new decade is going to bang just as hard as their 2010s output.

[Margin__Walker]

Came across this lot for the first time this week. They seem to have been creating a bit of an indie buzz. Heroically pretentious and angsty, but I quite like it.

[Big Nipper]

Came across this lot for the first time this week. They seem to have been creating a bit of an indie buzz. Heroically pretentious and angsty, but I quite like it.

That 1st track is a cracker

[Margin__Walker]

Yeah, the first one was most up my street too.

[Niegs]

Played a few times on the last 2kms of my 2hr hike through the snowy woods near my place...

[Margin__Walker]

Mogwai's surprising chart success this week reminded me of just how fresh and interesting they sounded back when they first started. Albeit I'm a fan of most of their catalogue tbf.

Here's a few from Young Team.

[yermum]

I love me some mogwai

Really good live. Surprisingly loud

I love this one with gruff

[Line6 HXFX]

Really into my Anneka van Geirsbergen lately. Cannot get enough of her.

[Oxbow]

I love me some mogwai

Really good live. Surprisingly loud

You were surprised how loud they were? That's Mogwai folklore. Mogwai Fear Satan can kill a man at 100 paces.

[yermum]

I love me some mogwai

Really good live. Surprisingly loud

You were surprised how loud they were? That's Mogwai folklore. Mogwai Fear Satan can kill a man at 100 paces.

I was forewarned but it was still surprisingly loud...

[robmatic]

I love me some mogwai

Really good live. Surprisingly loud

I love this one with gruff

I had to stop going to Mogwai gigs because it wasn't doing my ears any good.

[robmatic]

I watched this at the weekend, it's available on Amazon Prime in the UK.

Essential viewing if you have any sort of interest in early 90s Californian punk. I've listened to Jawbreaker's 24 Hour Revenge Therapy and Dear You albums so many times, but I was too young to be aware of them when they were actually around.

[Big Nipper]

glass beach - Neon Glow (Dogleg cover)

[Margin__Walker]

I watched this at the weekend, it's available on Amazon Prime in the UK.

Essential viewing if you have any sort of interest in early 90s Californian punk. I've listened to Jawbreaker's 24 Hour Revenge Therapy and Dear You albums so many times, but I was too young to be aware of them when they were actually around.

Ha, I actually watched that too the other day. Also missed them by a few years at the time they were around but made up for it after. Documentary has some great excruciating scenes when they are in a room together for the first time in years and Blake absolutely is not going to play a song.

They were awesome though.

[robmatic]

I watched this at the weekend, it's available on Amazon Prime in the UK.

Essential viewing if you have any sort of interest in early 90s Californian punk. I've listened to Jawbreaker's 24 Hour Revenge Therapy and Dear You albums so many times, but I was too young to be aware of them when they were actually around.

Ha, I actually watched that too the other day. Also missed them by a few years at the time they were around but made up for it after. Documentary has some great excruciating scenes when they are in a room together for the first time in years and Blake absolutely is not going to play a song.

They were awesome though.

I enjoyed the dynamic in the documentary:

Adam - still enthusiastically into the band
Chris - obviously hated being in the band but now nostalgic
Blake - fuck you I am barely tolerating this

There was an interesting point made in the documentary that nobody bought the Dear You album and it was a massive failure, then five years later everybody sounded like that. It's probably their most popular album now.

[sockwithaticket]

Gearing up for a new '68 album at the end of the month. The second single has y hopes right up there.