I was talking to some fool at a party who though nirvana was the last “original” band to “come out”. Got me Thinking about the Vaselines.
Some people.
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I’m obsessed with this album (Icky Mettle) . I love the sound of Eric Bachman’s vocals on this record (which was their debut). It sounds like maybe he wore them out from cigarettes or something, they became really harsh and growly and more tough sounding in the later albums.
so good
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Haven’t posted anything in a while because I’ve been mostly listening to the same old stuff I’ve already posted. Not sure if this is a picture of minor threat or fugazi. oh well. enjoy the song
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The bonus track from The 2004 Re-Issue of A Sun Came.
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the rise and fall or our hero’s reward
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the heat from the closeness of me tilting towards the sun
was storing up to ignite the night and light up
the coldness of the cave the billowy flames lit up my face
the thinning smoke hung in the branches waiting for wind
my front was warm, the cold backs of my arms
never felt the dawn, the night was long
when the real dawn came i saw it crawl over the hill
and i felt clean and shook my hair out in the light
i looked up and hurt my eyes on the painful powerful sky
i looked down and felt motion under me
i looked out across the freeway at the people flying by
and turned my head, i closed my eyes, i felt my size
i recalled my fire, and my lack of dawn
my one sided warmth, i just wanted more
but i’m small, i’m not a planet at all
i’m small, i’m small, we are all
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I started this noisecast by trying to make a pop punk mix and failing miserably (the only track remaining is “Glendora”). I know that not all of these songs are “folk-punk” in the strictest sense, and you die hard folk-punkers will probably scoff at a bunch of my choices, but I selected these songs under the criteria that they all had something punk about them, and that they were acoustic, not because they were traditional anarcho-folk-punk jams (though you still get “Punx win!”).
Its loose, but I think it flows pretty well.
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Bright Eyes – If Winter Ends
Rilo Kiley – Glendora
Defiance, Ohio – Grandma Song
Leftover Crack – Soon We’ll Be Dead
Violent Femmes – Out The Window
Mischief Brew – Punx Win! Electric
Okkervil River - Black
Against Me! – Joy
or get a zip of the individual files here.
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It’s said that Blake wrote this song about Elliott Smith after he died. The two were supposedly close friends.
pull the ripchord
the ship has lost its sail
your mama’s got a new man
your daddy always fails
and you’re eating again
at them
’cause nobody loves you
and even fancy things
have finally lost their charm
wine and diamond rings
they never get you anymore
you’re sleeping again
alone
’cause nobody loves you
they should have seen you
should have known you
should have known what it was like
to be you
so come on kid
look at what you did
I don’t know if you meant it
but you did yourself in
and I was even having a good day
when I’d found out we lost you
she said it was in the singing and the strumming
oh man I even saw it coming
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I Recently got a chance to talk to Battle Flags main dude Jack Budd about his (mostly) solo project and recently released album, Color Engine.
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Loosen the wire, your time has expired
The only word left is goodbye
In my new dream the light’s shining on me
little needles of sodium unstitch the seams of the sky
Hold your head higher, the heavenly choir
Is settling in for the night
And where I had friends, I am left with loose ends
Four hours of vision exchanged for four hours of fright
But enough of “the fight”
Enough “you and I”
Enough of “prevail” or “walk in the light”
While the angels stand by I get high as a kite
I’m too tired to smile
Or know that I’m right
Am I right?
And all our best-laid plans, well, they crumbled in our hands
Our flags fell where they’d fanned
You held in your breath long after projections of death
You sat in the waiting rasping and gasped on dry land
But the audience is tired, we’ve had enough fire
We’re entereing the age now of ice
And I, feeling older, pull off to the shoulder
And wonder, with my head in my hands, should I call my wife?
And say “Enough ‘you and I’
Enough of ‘the fight’
Enough of ‘prevail’ or ‘walk in the light’
While the angels stand by I get high as a kite
I’m too tired to smile
Or know that I’m right”
Enough “you and I”
Enough of “the fight”
Enough of “prevail” or “walk in the light”
And when the spacecraft came down
I was left on the ground
Will you keep me around
Will you help me survive
After my time?
Okkervil River – The Velocity Of Saul At The Time Of His Conversion
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