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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Fucked Up's GG Allin Tribute Song to Finally See the Light of Day
Today Fucked Up's
Damian Abraham Tweeted that he had did vocals for their long overdue GG Allin
tribute track that is to be included on the 7" titled RATED GG. The 7" is also rumored to include "Cleaned
Up" GG Allin tracks from BEN GIBBARD, TED LEO, MOUNTAIN GOATS, and TY
SEGALL. This was/is supposed to be a benefit single for New Jersey freeform
radio station WFMU home of the great Tom Scharpling…now this was last March so
I don't know exactly how that all worked out…I just hope that the general
public (us) get a chance to get our hands on a copy.
Also in his
Tweet was a sweet little tidbit about him doing vocals for a Melvins Split …..now
from what I have been able to find out about this is The Melvins instead of a
normal 12" vinyl release of the Melvins "Sugar Daddy" LP, there
is going to be 13 - 12" 45rpm records, each record will be favorites of
the Melvins past/future*/present…..so Fucked Up are included in that.
No release date for either has been confirmed
Joe Cornelisse-SSGS
Wild Flag….How The Hell Did I Miss This?
Where the Hell have I been? And how the Hell did I miss Wild flag? …with so many bands and so
many releases it's easy for some to fall through the musical cracks. It wasn't
until a few days ago when the whole "Year End" lists started piling
up all over the place that the name Wild
Flag crept back into my already useless info filled brain…that's when I
thought it was about time to check them out.
Wild Flag could be referred to in some circles as an "Indie Super Group", I've
never been too big on the "Super
Group" label but in this instance I see it fitting, just look who
makes up Wild Flag, we've got Carrie
Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney, Janet Weiss who has played with
everyone from Sleater-Kinney to Bright Eyes and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Mary
Timony who more famously played in the band Helium and Rebecca Cole who
played drums in The Minders.
Their debut self-titled
record Wild Flag screams chemistry, that
kind of chemistry that you usually only get from bands that have been playing
together for years, you can just feel that vibe of them playing off of each
other…it's refreshing. This record just has that right mix of guitars and
vocals that don't manage to drown each other out…and did I mention the
keyboards…drums, guitars and keyboards, my dream musical combo, can't get any
better than that (in my opinion anyways). The record screams a DIY/Early New Wave sound with Brownstein and Timony trading off vocals that never gives the songs time to falter or get boring.
I'm sorry Wild Flag
for missing you the first time around, but I am now making up for lost time…..I
promise
Joe Cornelisse-SSGS
Stand Out Tracks: "Romance", "Glass
Tambourine", "Short Version"
Wild Flag was released September
13th, 2011 on Merge Records.
.....Here is the Tom Scharpling directed video for the track "Romance"
Monday, January 2, 2012
2012….Here We Go!!!
Love is for the Living
With a new year comes new ideas, and as far as SSGS is
concerned I'm going to "try" step up the pace and energy as far as my
posts go…more reviews and also more new bands, you know the bands that your brothers
best friends sister's cousin sings in, they've got a one song demo posted
on SoundCloud…sometimes that's where you find the real gold amongst the glitter.
Lately I've had
people sending me links to either their Blog's or SoundCloud pages for their bands
or just their own solo stuff for me to listen to, I am really digging all of it so please keep sending me
the stuff.
So let's begin…I
got a message through Facebook back in November from Michael
Attwood (sorry Michael I've been busy), Michael and his "lady" Karina Azlanova are from Germany and
have a band called Love is for the
Living. Michael describes their sound as folk/prog/doom and after
giving them a few spins that description does seem to fit them…I usually don't like to
put bands in boxes with labels but I'd probably add Post Rock to that description. Love is for the
Living's sound is very raw and very new, Karina's got this PJ Harvey
action going on too, the two of them have something here, and if they keep this
up or branch out to other projects I can see them going somewhere…so give them
a shot.
Here are a couple of songs from Love is for the Living:
Joe Cornelisse-SSGS
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