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Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:39 pm
by Big Nipper
robmatic wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:19 am
robmatic wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:44 am
Big Nipper wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 9:53 am The new The World is a Beautiful Place and I am no longer Afraid to Die album released last week

This single is an absolute banger

I like that.
In fact, I've snaffled a chunk of their back catalogue off Bandcamp now.
Harmlessness album of 2015 is a stand out

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:46 pm
by robmatic
Big Nipper wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:39 pm
robmatic wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:19 am
robmatic wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:44 am

I like that.
In fact, I've snaffled a chunk of their back catalogue off Bandcamp now.
Harmlessness album of 2015 is a stand out
Cheers, that's the album I hadn't got :thumbup:

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:28 pm
by sockwithaticket
For those that like this sort of thing Knocked Loose dropped a super gnarly metallic hardcore EP out of nowhere last week. Creepy stop motion animation to go with it too.



I think Contorted In The Faille might be my favourite track, it's just pure rage even by the standards of the genre.

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 2:02 am
by Dismal Pillock
^^^^^that reminds me its been 4 years between drinks now for what I think of as the tip of the spear for that genre....


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 2:09 am
by Dismal Pillock
ps Knocked Loose there sound a lot like AFTERSHOCK from the 90's:


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:27 am
by sockwithaticket
Dismal Pillock wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 2:02 am ^^^^^that reminds me its been 4 years between drinks now for what I think of as the tip of the spear for that genre....

They'll be re-filling the glass soon, put out a new single the other week featuring Chelsea Wolfe. Precedes a whole collaboration album with her.



I'm by no means a Converge completist, so there could be better reference points, but it reminded me of Phoenix In Flight from Jane Doe..
Dismal Pillock wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 2:09 am ps Knocked Loose there sound a lot like AFTERSHOCK from the 90's:

Given how some genres spark and then alI but disappear, I find it quite refreshing how a lot of hardcore bands don't really update all that much. With the right amount of ferocity and commitment you can still make a well-trodden path exciting and vital.

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:14 am
by Dismal Pillock
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:27 amThey'll be re-filling the glass soon, put out a new single the other week featuring Chelsea Wolfe. Precedes a whole collaboration album with her.
Oh wow. Is she famous? Would be mental if the band had a "hit" song after 25 years. Still, they'd deserve it, not many get better and better like they have, especially in the style they play

Nothing in the discogs database for any of it yet.

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:12 am
by sockwithaticket
Dismal Pillock wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:14 am
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:27 amThey'll be re-filling the glass soon, put out a new single the other week featuring Chelsea Wolfe. Precedes a whole collaboration album with her.
Oh wow. Is she famous? Would be mental if the band had a "hit" song after 25 years. Still, they'd deserve it, not many get better and better like they have, especially in the style they play

Nothing in the discogs database for any of it yet.
Few manage the longevity to develop, that alone is something of achievement. To keep producing quality music throughout is almost unicorn territory. Every Time I Die are similar, dropped a quality new album this week and been plugging away in the hardcore scene since the late 90s.


I'd not heard of Chelsea 'til this collaboration, but then we all move around in our own musical silos.

Looking at her Spotify streams, in so far as that can be used as a gauge, it seems like she's doing well and probably has a significant following, but not the type of artist who's big enough to bleed out of their sphere of influence.

Album's due in mid-November iirc.

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:58 am
by Dismal Pillock
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:12 am Album's due in mid-November iirc.
damn, wholesale for the vinyl not till June 2022
https://www.deathwishdirect.com/newrele ... bloodmoon/

havent done a wholesale order with Deathwish before but it is tempting...

ps it is completely hopeless trying to do any orders right now. Places are about 90% out of stock thanks to Brexit/Rona/completely rogered distribution channels/that fat fuckhead tanker that got its big fat barge arse stuck for bloody weeks in the Suez Canal

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:25 pm
by sockwithaticket
Yeah, I've noticed that whatever confluence of factors has completely fucked vinyl fulfilment for the foreseeable.

Deathwish have a great catalogue, big fan of Birds In A Row and Bossk in particular.


You' responding to me has been a reminder that there's been some pretty good hardcore releases in recent weeks.







And with Halloween less than a week away a new album from Ice Nine Kills with their horror movie -based songs who can go from this


to this


I'm not generally a fan of gimmicky, novelty stuff, but I have a lot of time for them.

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:09 am
by Dismal Pillock
man some of that super frenetic stuff makes me feel old these days. maybe sounds too polished for my old doom/sludge arse too
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:25 pmBossk
wow had no idea about this band. thankx! usually I just skip past the name in the catalogues en route to fapping it to Botch. Who also are too hectic for my old arse these days

although according to discogs comments the vinyl pressings for Bossk have some horrendous issues

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:45 pm
by sockwithaticket
To my absolute delight Stand Atlantic's new single is very punky after their last one had strong trap(? not an electronic music expert) elements and a rapper feature.


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2021 11:38 am
by Big Nipper
Kevin Whelan from The Wrens is releasing a new album under the name Aeon Stations on 12 December

Here is a fantastic single from the album - Fade


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2021 11:57 am
by sturginho

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2021 1:08 pm
by assfly

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 8:10 am
by robmatic
Big Nipper wrote: Wed Nov 17, 2021 11:38 am Kevin Whelan from The Wrens is releasing a new album under the name Aeon Stations on 12 December

Here is a fantastic single from the album - Fade

Wow, it's been a long wait for new music from The Wrens. I listened to their Secaucus album a lot when I was doing A-Levels in the late 90s.

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:20 pm
by Big Nipper
Song of the year right here


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 4:21 pm
by sockwithaticket
New band playing classic emo.


New band playing classic post-hardcore.



Not really a fan of Poppy, but this collaboration with HEALTH is actually really good.

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:25 am
by sockwithaticket
I don't know how much anyone on here will care, but Every Time I Die have just announced they're going through a non-amicable split with their vocalist. When their upcoming UK tour was cancelled last week I just assumed it was covid shit like Comeback Kid who I was due to see at the end of the month. Alas.

Bands in the decidedly non-commercial scenes I listen to break up all the time, but this one really sucks. I've been listening to them for just shy of 20 years, seen them live a bunch and met the band a couple of times. They weren't the only band to weld southern rock elements onto hardcore, but they were one of the first and one of the few to stick with that sound while managing to carve out a viable career.

In tribute here's a song from the 2003 album that introduced me to them and a cracker from the album they released last year.




Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:42 am
by robmatic
This week I am mostly listening to an album of Americana/folky stuff by Tall Folk from Dunedin:



Bandcamp is here:


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 6:48 am
by Guy Smiley

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:58 am
by Big Nipper
Best track of 2022 for me

Alex G - Blessing


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:38 pm
by Thor Sedan
sockwithaticket wrote: Fri Dec 17, 2021 4:21 pm New band playing classic emo.

Oooooooo......really liked this. Checked them out on spotify....but only 5 tracks. But hoping for more.

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 2:28 pm
by sockwithaticket
Seeing Spiritbox next week for a rare headline show, hoping to hear all three parts of The Mara Effect



Knocked Loose the week after, preparing to get crowd killed during the outro of this



Thor Sedan wrote: Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:38 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Fri Dec 17, 2021 4:21 pm New band playing classic emo.

Oooooooo......really liked this. Checked them out on spotify....but only 5 tracks. But hoping for more.
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Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 2:52 pm
by sturginho

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:58 am
by Big Nipper
Great punk band I discovered this week, whole album is worth a spin


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:15 am
by Guy Smiley
I've been playing these guys a bit this week... they're a 'Siberian' band from the minority Chulym tribe, one of the Tartar groups. They use traditional instruments, throat singing and draw on their nativist shaman type backgrounds. Quite spectacular ahh, viewing



Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:01 am
by Big Nipper
Another banging punk band


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:29 pm
by sockwithaticket
A few recent highlights.

Emo-punk


Post-hardcore




Hardcore


Metalcore



Mathcore

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 8:17 am
by robmatic
I totally missed out on Hum when they were around in the 90s but I love this. Shoegazey but quite heavy.


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:59 am
by Margin__Walker
Nice bump. I'm the same, completely missed Hum in the 90s

A few things for the thread. Not necessarily new. Enjoyed this track at the time.



Turnstile were fairly hard to miss last year, but definitely enjoyed the album.



Some classic Polly.



And some classic Nirvana.


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 1:11 pm
by sockwithaticket
Love La Dispute, listened to them quite a bit just yesterday. Full run throughs of Wildlife and Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River.


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 1:58 pm
by Margin__Walker
Yeah, they're both decent. Definitely the pick of theirs from what I've heard.

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 2:16 pm
by sockwithaticket
I'd have their most recent full length Panorama (unfortunately released just as the pandemic really began, so it seems to have flown under the radar a bit) up there with those records, but, yeah, the middle of their discography isn't as consistently strong.


Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 3:07 pm
by Thor Sedan
-RB- wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:20 am Good thread.

Bit of Flying Nun:

Mmmmmm......this reminds me of Radio Control in Palmy North.

My 'go to' tune when I am remembering my younger years.



I can smell the stale beer at the Fitz and the slightly moudly carpet of my flat in Morris Street.....sigh......good times.

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:48 pm
by Gumboot
@ Thor Sedan :thumbup:




Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:18 pm
by sockwithaticket
Off to see The Wonder Years later, prepping for getting a bit emotional.




Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 1:22 pm
by Thor Sedan
Gumboot wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:48 pm @ Thor Sedan :thumbup:


Love that tune - Dunedin sound is feckin timeless. Binged on Flying Nun over the weekend - The Clean, The Chills, The Verlaines, The Bats, JPS, Dead C.....led to some of the newer stuff like Headless Chickens, Dance Exponents, Hello Sailor, Th' Dudes and DD Smash etc etc.



Too many drunken sing-a-longs with this one.



Perfection



Loved Brazier's voice.



Dave Dobbyn is iconic.

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 2:12 am
by Gumboot
My mates and I snuck into a Hello Sailor gig at a local pub when we were still at school. Got the oldest looking one of us to get the rounds at the bar - the rest of us loitered at the back trying to look as invisible as possible. Didn't help that just as the music finished and we started to leave we bumped into a group of our teachers! Thankfully they were even more pissed than we were and nothing was ever said. :lol:

Heard this on RNZ this morning: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programm ... -from-1981

Re: The 'alternative' music thread

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:28 am
by Thor Sedan
Gumboot wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 2:12 am My mates and I snuck into a Hello Sailor gig at a local pub when we were still at school. Got the oldest looking one of us to get the rounds at the bar - the rest of us loitered at the back trying to look as invisible as possible. Didn't help that just as the music finished and we started to leave we bumped into a group of our teachers! Thankfully they were even more pissed than we were and nothing was ever said. :lol:

Heard this on RNZ this morning: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programm ... -from-1981
Similar story.....blagged our way in to a bar that had a live band on. Well chuffed with ourselves - until we realized that the band playing was Satellite Spies. Evening went downhill very quickly as the girl I was crushing on ended up pulling the bass player and one of my mates got sparked out by some rando.

Palmy North life.