I'm not really proud of my accomplishments. I've recorded a few albums in a studio years ago, and while I was happy with how the songs turned out initially, I now don't feel any sense of accomplishment. I want to re-record some of them, but I'm worried I'll end up not liking the results, or not feel...

biscuitdough wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:23 am

Dave N. wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:03 am “I’ve got one foot in the grave and the other one on a banana peel.”

That sounds like it would have sprung from the lips of one David Yow.

I was gonna say Tom Waits.

There was a thread in General Discussions: "What would your call your hippie jam band?" (or something along those lines). I still remember the two I laughed the hardest at:

Gourd

Fried Captain Fried

Just going to leave this here....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCYvwngZvFg

Live and Shudder to Think always rubbed me the wrong way and seemed really pretentious back then, and were unavoidable for a while. I don’t think I’ve ever seen those two bands grouped together like that. Live is… yuck. Shudder to Think. I knew nothing of them and then saw them open for Pavement. I...

I'm rereading Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live . I watched the show regularly in the early 90's, then stopped. I've recently started watching it again, because it's kind of a way to stay pop culturally current. Sometimes the shows are funny and sometimes th...

small talk wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:32 am Death Grips

I thought about putting them on my list, but I haven't been interested in their last few albums (Bottomless Pit aside), plus their whole "tour's on, tour's off, we broke up, we reformed" bullshit was/is irritating.

Arcade Fire
Danny Brown
Pissed Jeans
LCD Soundsystem
Hot Snakes
Nails
Power Trip
Demdike Stare
Tegan and Sara

Gang of Four. The guitar tones do it for me.

TonyAsh wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:19 am
Elastica Elastica

Additionally, that Elastica album has a really great bass sound. Listen to "S.O.F.T."

Maybe among this crowd this is a guilty pleasure, but I love this album as well. It does sound great.