What Are you Listening to Right Now?

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gkbill wrote:
15 Dec 2018, 11:57pm
Hello,

Against Me! - Against Me! is Reinventing Axl Rose. Great. Political. Rock. I really like most of their catalog. This is a great album although others may want to start with New Wave. Their confrontational stance and literacy is rare. I don't know why they don't get much attention 'round here. Perhaps not as much now, but there was a time where they could claim they were the only band that mattered - there was really no one like them.

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This hits home in so many ways

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Hot on the heels of last year's Wild Honey archival release...this look at the Friends era is fascinating. Such an understated album. The session stuff is really interesting as it provides a glimpse into how much Brian was still involved in the production process.
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Silent Majority wrote:
17 Dec 2018, 4:37am
gkbill wrote:
15 Dec 2018, 11:57pm
Hello,

Against Me! - Against Me! is Reinventing Axl Rose. Great. Political. Rock. I really like most of their catalog. This is a great album although others may want to start with New Wave. Their confrontational stance and literacy is rare. I don't know why they don't get much attention 'round here. Perhaps not as much now, but there was a time where they could claim they were the only band that mattered - there was really no one like them.
I'm a big fan.
I'm a big fan of, particularly, that first record and Transgender Dysphoria Blues. The new record didn't resonate with me so much, but I may give it another spin soon. "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" mildly annoys me because, per interviews with the band, it seems like Laura Jane & co. got sniffy about being subject to criticism for renouncing anarchism and signing with a major label. Which, sure, do what you want but I also don't really blame fans for being harsh with criticism of a band that took pretty explicit political stances and, more to the point, made that political positioning a cornerstone of how they built their fanbase. I've seen the band in concert a few times now and no line gets better reception during a set than "the revolution was a lie" so the crowds eat up the post-anarcho-folk-punk direction, obviously. And they seem to have exploded in popularity since renouncing far left politics, so no harm no foul as far as I can tell.

From their latest record and interviews with Laura Jane, at least what I heard of it, their politics seem to be more Ezra Kleinien now. Which is fine (I mean, I read Vox sometimes), I don't really need to enjoy the band for its broader political inclinations. The increasingly poppy hooks, and powerful messages of reflection on identity, are enough to keep coming back.
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WestwayKid wrote:
17 Dec 2018, 12:37pm
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Hot on the heels of last year's Wild Honey archival release...this look at the Friends era is fascinating. Such an understated album. The session stuff is really interesting as it provides a glimpse into how much Brian was still involved in the production process.
I've been picking through this year's copyright dumps and it's great stuff. As you say, fascinating if nothing else to hear so much Brian relative to expectations.
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Flex wrote:
17 Dec 2018, 6:58pm
Silent Majority wrote:
17 Dec 2018, 4:37am
gkbill wrote:
15 Dec 2018, 11:57pm
Hello,

Against Me! - Against Me! is Reinventing Axl Rose. Great. Political. Rock. I really like most of their catalog. This is a great album although others may want to start with New Wave. Their confrontational stance and literacy is rare. I don't know why they don't get much attention 'round here. Perhaps not as much now, but there was a time where they could claim they were the only band that mattered - there was really no one like them.
I'm a big fan.
I'm a big fan of, particularly, that first record and Transgender Dysphoria Blues. The new record didn't resonate with me so much, but I may give it another spin soon. "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" mildly annoys me because, per interviews with the band, it seems like Laura Jane & co. got sniffy about being subject to criticism for renouncing anarchism and signing with a major label. Which, sure, do what you want but I also don't really blame fans for being harsh with criticism of a band that took pretty explicit political stances and, more to the point, made that political positioning a cornerstone of how they built their fanbase. I've seen the band in concert a few times now and no line gets better reception during a set than "the revolution was a lie" so the crowds eat up the post-anarcho-folk-punk direction, obviously. And they seem to have exploded in popularity since renouncing far left politics, so no harm no foul as far as I can tell.

From their latest record and interviews with Laura Jane, at least what I heard of it, their politics seem to be more Ezra Kleinien now. Which is fine (I mean, I read Vox sometimes), I don't really need to enjoy the band for its broader political inclinations. The increasingly poppy hooks, and powerful messages of reflection on identity, are enough to keep coming back.
Not a band I knew anything about until gkbill uploaded the first track. I like that one but the later track "teenage anarchy" just sounds like very typical generic punk rock to my ears.
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Marky Dread wrote:
17 Dec 2018, 7:22pm
Not a band I knew anything about until gkbill uploaded the first track. I like that one but the later track "teenage anarchy" just sounds like very typical generic punk rock to my ears.
Yeah, their first couple records are very unique anarcho-folk-punk sounds. From their recent material, I think this is my fave:
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Marky Dread wrote:
17 Dec 2018, 7:22pm
Flex wrote:
17 Dec 2018, 6:58pm
Silent Majority wrote:
17 Dec 2018, 4:37am
gkbill wrote:
15 Dec 2018, 11:57pm
Hello,

Against Me! - Against Me! is Reinventing Axl Rose. Great. Political. Rock. I really like most of their catalog. This is a great album although others may want to start with New Wave. Their confrontational stance and literacy is rare. I don't know why they don't get much attention 'round here. Perhaps not as much now, but there was a time where they could claim they were the only band that mattered - there was really no one like them.
I'm a big fan.
I'm a big fan of, particularly, that first record and Transgender Dysphoria Blues. The new record didn't resonate with me so much, but I may give it another spin soon. "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" mildly annoys me because, per interviews with the band, it seems like Laura Jane & co. got sniffy about being subject to criticism for renouncing anarchism and signing with a major label. Which, sure, do what you want but I also don't really blame fans for being harsh with criticism of a band that took pretty explicit political stances and, more to the point, made that political positioning a cornerstone of how they built their fanbase. I've seen the band in concert a few times now and no line gets better reception during a set than "the revolution was a lie" so the crowds eat up the post-anarcho-folk-punk direction, obviously. And they seem to have exploded in popularity since renouncing far left politics, so no harm no foul as far as I can tell.

From their latest record and interviews with Laura Jane, at least what I heard of it, their politics seem to be more Ezra Kleinien now. Which is fine (I mean, I read Vox sometimes), I don't really need to enjoy the band for its broader political inclinations. The increasingly poppy hooks, and powerful messages of reflection on identity, are enough to keep coming back.
Not a band I knew anything about until gkbill uploaded the first track. I like that one but the later track "teenage anarchy" just sounds like very typical generic punk rock to my ears.
Hello,

Start with New Wave. Many fans will call it a sell out/too polished but it has some great tracks White People for Peace, Thrash Unreal). It is much more of a rock album than earlier stuff but I really like it - it was my starting point so perhaps that's a bias I can't get past. Transgender Dysphoria Blues is really good as noted by others. They have a good sound but maintain a difference lyrically from others to me.

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Thanks for the replies gkbill and Flex. I will endeavour to check these guys out further as my interest is well and truly piqued now.
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Flex wrote:
17 Dec 2018, 7:03pm
WestwayKid wrote:
17 Dec 2018, 12:37pm
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Hot on the heels of last year's Wild Honey archival release...this look at the Friends era is fascinating. Such an understated album. The session stuff is really interesting as it provides a glimpse into how much Brian was still involved in the production process.
I've been picking through this year's copyright dumps and it's great stuff. As you say, fascinating if nothing else to hear so much Brian relative to expectations.
We're getting spoiled as BB fans! We're lucky to have guys like Alan Boyd & Mark Linett as caretakers of the band's musical legacy. I ducked into Smiley Smile the other day and saw that Linett was on the forum actively discussing the release with fans. Very cool (in my opinion). I hope they keep it up. I'm hoping 2019's dump will dig into the Sunflower sessions as there is a TON of stuff in that treasure trove of music that I'd love to hear.
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Kory might back me up on this one. 90's Pop/punk never got much better than this album, better than Dookie imo...

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Heston wrote:
18 Dec 2018, 8:00pm
Kory might back me up on this one. 90's Pop/punk never got much better than this album, better than Dookie imo...

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Yeah that's a good album for the genre. Released four years after "Dookie" though and I don't think it has the same sense of fun. Both are good albums.
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Heston wrote:
18 Dec 2018, 8:00pm
Kory might back me up on this one. 90's Pop/punk never got much better than this album, better than Dookie imo...

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I do agree. Musically they are outstanding. As far as Marky's point about not being as fun as Dookie, I also like that about it. I'm still a fan—their newer stuff is much more straight rock, but I enjoy keeping tabs on them.
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John Cale - 'Live at Rockpalast' (2017).
Great VFM - $20 US - two shows, DVDs and accompanying CDs, shot/recorded for the venerable German TV programme 'Rockpalast'. First show from late '83, solo piano and acoustic guitar; complete control with un-nerving moments of (genuine?) insanity. Second show a year later with bass, drums and guitarist - genuine insanity: loads of new/unrecorded material performed with the intensity of the 'Sabotage' album gigs. Great series this 'Rockpalast' series is. I've also got Richard Thompson ('83 & '84) and Mink DeVille ('78 & '82).
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Love those John Cale shows. Both recorded round the corner.
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