eye_static ([info]eye_static) wrote in [info]audiography,
@ 2005-11-30 10:15:00
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Current music:Think Differently Music: Wutang meets the Indie Culture

Modern "post" punk/hardcore revival goodness
Alrighty well this is definitely a wide genre to touch on. Its impossible to clarify truly what epitomizes any "post" genre, thats what makes it interesting to delve into these sort of pseudo-classifications. In this case post-punk is one label i truly despise being that I grew up listening to alot of punk music and being that I am an iconoclast at heart I never understood the purpose of sublabeling genres of music to the infintesimal point of absurdity. Post-Punk is innately punk music, just not written to the typical standard of what had progressed to the typical commercial norms across the last few generations of punk music. So I guess just to make things easier on the masses we label this genre so because it doesnt encompass the mohawks and 3 cord minute long songs we picture when we hear the words punk music. What makes this confusing though is "post" punk has progressed along with the changes, increased influence and access to all styles of music.....blah. Im done ranting. It is what it is.

Being that Im only working with less than a fraction of my record collection I decided to keep it simple and stick with artists of the last decade of music, namely this decade....So here are ma'picks.

 ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead - "It Was There That I Saw You" I had to throw these guys out there because this song is the first track of my one of my favourite albums of this decade. It is a fantastic concept album that explores feelings pain love despair and hope. So would that make these guys emo-prog-post-punk-hardcore-rock revival maybe with a dash of indiecore. who knows...its good stuff though. If you dont own this album buy it somewhere!!

At the Drive In - "Lopsided" Best rock band from Texas ever. well after stevie ray vaughn....and zz top. lol. Im not describing these guys at all, if you havent heard them youre missing out. These these these guys are about as post hardcore emo punk as a post hardcore emo punk can get though. lol. great song btw. buy the album!!

Desaparecidos - "Greater Omaha" This is a side project from the bight eyes guy. I forget his name and i dont care terribly for his style of tunes in bright eyes(but im not doubting his songwriting skills), but this is definitely a fantastic album. This album is somewhere in the post punk revival theme with a strong dose of emocore(alright im getting silly). But seriously, the album lyrically deals alot with the disillusionment in american society and mass consumerism and conformity. how more post punk can you get than that. do what the tv says and buy the cd now!!

PJ Harvey - "Who the Fuck" Cmon this is Patti Smith's evil twin born 23 years later. Harveys roots are in the punk scene and it breathes in the music she creates. Hands down the is the best singer songwriter in the last 10 years (after chan marshall) One of her more bluesy punkier songs from her last album here. buy it or die!!

 The refused - "Summerholiday vs. punkrutine" alright this is defintely more on the hardcore side of the spectrum (these guys are brutal). buts its nothing like youve ever heard before and it is punk...post..punk/hardcore. a great song from a record that gets regular rotation in my cd player. (these swedes musta toured with some norwegian black metal bands between there earlier stuff and this album.) buy this album if you want to really be a post-punk/hardcore junkie

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Alrighty the best for last
Fugazi - "instrument" I cant say anything about these guys that hasnt already been said. I suggest everyone really check these guys out and their full discograghy. probably one of the most influential bands of the last 15 years. definitely post punk revival post harcore whateverness. BUY THIS ALBUM SO I WILL SHUT UP


someone let me know if they have problems with links or downloads, this is my first post.


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[info]ontheqt
2005-11-30 04:21 pm UTC (link)

i also like the pumpkin kings,ready or die, and the uncelebrated.
you should definately check them out.

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[info]ontheqt
2005-11-30 04:34 pm UTC (link)

im sorry thats mean of me.
those bands aren't real.

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[info]eye_static
2005-11-30 04:37 pm UTC (link)
yeah, im really missing the joke

i like coffee, eggs and bacon

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[info]ontheqt
2005-11-30 04:44 pm UTC (link)

most 'rock' bands today have horrible un creative names.

i know i sound like an old fogey, but I just like bands that actually care about their names.
and the response would be 'well, isn't that the way rock is?' and my response would be 'ok, so why do those bands always break up?'

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[info]eye_static
2005-11-30 04:48 pm UTC (link)
so i guess the beatles arent ever worth listening to or the bluesbreakers....how original/creative are those names, their music must suck.

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[info]ontheqt
2005-11-30 04:55 pm UTC (link)

na, they have some heart in them.

at the drive in sounds like someone forgot to add on the first few words.

didn't they break up?

i'll give you the postal service.
it had a meaning because that's how the founders communicated.

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[info]doseofreality
2005-11-30 05:03 pm UTC (link)
I'd have to disagree, "...and you will know us by the trail of the dead" is a fantastic band name.

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[info]ontheqt
2005-11-30 05:25 pm UTC (link)

talking about at the drive in.

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[info]eye_static
2005-11-30 05:04 pm UTC (link)
a bluesbreaker has a heart and i thought a beatles heart was sort of useless. i mean do beetles really have feelings.

desarisidos actually has a subtle reference to the concept subject matter of the songs they write about.

about the rest im not sure and dont really care for appearances

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[info]ontheqt
2005-11-30 05:25 pm UTC (link)


sorry to burst your bubble dude.
i concede they are good bands.
if that makes brightens your day.

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[info]eye_static
2005-11-30 05:28 pm UTC (link)
im just messin. i dont really care. everyones allowed to their own opinions

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[info]ontheqt
2005-11-30 05:32 pm UTC (link)

uhuh its ok.
indies are interesting people.

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[info]eye_static
2005-11-30 05:38 pm UTC (link)
call me ignorant but whats an indie....nevermind i dont think i care to know.

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[info]beehner
2005-11-30 07:25 pm UTC (link)
I probably sound shallow, but I like bands that play good music.





Maybe that's just me?

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[info]ms_beeblebrox
2005-11-30 08:51 pm UTC (link)
whoa! you must be insane. Joking. I like good music more so than a good name.
I love your icon.

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[info]beehner
2005-11-30 08:55 pm UTC (link)
We are so crazy! I mean, who really does that? I figured that everyone just listened to bands because of their look or their names, but basing it on their talent is so weird. Who'd have thought?

Thanks! Eddie owns my soul.

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[info]glendaplatypus
2005-11-30 08:01 pm UTC (link)
Wow. Complaining about band names is pretty weak.

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[info]eye_static
2005-11-30 04:39 pm UTC (link)
btw most of my post is a joke. i dont mean anyone to take it seriously. its all great music though

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[info]ontheqt
2005-11-30 04:48 pm UTC (link)

well, you make a good point in your rant.

access to all styles makes music a gigantic disgusting melting pot.

and while that can be a good thing sometimes,(i.e. gorrilaz,etc) overall, it is a genre killer.

rock n roll is dead.
or how rock recreated itself for a new generation?
-that was a statement from a roc doc i saw a few years ago.

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[info]eye_static
2005-11-30 04:58 pm UTC (link)
hence the reason i just put good music that has obvious influences from punk music and then i got silly with the classifying cus i think its silly.
I think the senseless classyfing is more of a journalist tool than anything else. It makes it easier to describe similar things.

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[info]ontheqt
2005-11-30 05:02 pm UTC (link)


yea, but ithink the reason rock has not re created it self is b/c we are still suffering the effects of the grunge movement.

its like what happened in the 70s when the 60's music ended and you had all these 'rock n roll' bands doing cheesy 'rock' music and soft ballads.
the kids who grew up in the 60's were copying their heroes with horrible results.
it's like the kid who wants to be like his star pitcher dad and tries out for the baseball team and ruins his legacy.

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[info]eye_static
2005-11-30 05:11 pm UTC (link)
alright im getting sick of your avatar. you win

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[info]cathedralheat
2005-11-30 05:43 pm UTC (link)
lol

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[info]dark_puck
2005-12-01 02:39 am UTC (link)
rock n roll is dead.

I could have sworn that the heart of rock 'n roll is still beating.

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[info]glendaplatypus
2005-11-30 08:06 pm UTC (link)
Pretty good first post, yo. Imma big fan of Trail of Dead, ATDI and Fugazi.

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[info]seizurespalace
2005-12-01 03:39 am UTC (link)
you took the favorite bands of this post right outta my mouth

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[info]toramona
2005-12-01 12:46 am UTC (link)
took trail of the dead and fugazi thanks!

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