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Great band, great dudes.

Glad I saw this thread pop up, mine stopped scrobbling a while ago and I never re-installed the app.  Got it back up and running again.

https://www.last.fm/user/tdogg241

5 hours ago, nardes said:

He left Hot Topic and went to work for someone else (I can't remember who). When he left HT, their entire record selling/exclusives went into the crapper. Not sure if he saw it coming and got out when he could or if it went downhill because he left.

Didn't all of that happen after HT cracked down on the crazy sales they used to have on vinyl?  I always got the impression that Travis and the vinyl dept kind of flew under HT's radar for a while until they noticed they were losing money there.  When HT put a stop to it, Travis seemed to depart very soon after.

Anyway, hope he's doing well.  He was able to put out some great stuff during his time with HT.

3 hours ago, EGsynergy said:

Interested in hearing this. Is against me! no more?

AM! is definitely still a band, and even better, Andrew Seward rejoined about a year ago.  They're apparently working on their next full-length right now.

That said, I can't get into this "solo" record.  I honestly didn't care for Shape Shift With Me either.

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I already own a lot of this stuff, and I love it all!  That Moonraker album was one of my favorites of 2018, and the Heck Yes, Bobby's Oar, Mable's Marbles, and all the Burn Burn Burn stuff is top-notch stuff for the punx out there.

Full Disclosure: I'm friends with the guy who runs the label and a lot of the dudes in these bands.  But that doesn't change the fact that this is a stellar deal on some great music!

On 3/5/2019 at 9:58 AM, Buffbloom said:

Will Yip has never Googled 'Will Yip'

Hell, even I have a Google Alert setup for my name and several variations thereof, and I'm a nobody.

So, I'm a dipshit.  I accidentally preordered this album a total of three times!  Marijuana is a helluva drug.

I may be looking to unload two of those copies on here if none of my local friends are interested.

3 hours ago, shenanigans said:

Got excited thinking this would be the final SRCVinyl pressing of anything

I mean, it looks like they're announcing "final" pressings of a couple other records.  So... fingers crossed?

As others have noted, if you've got the time and energy to put into it, try to sell the valuable records individually on Discogs and then take the rest to a local record store that deals in classical recordings.  If you can't think of such a store, you might consider asking local music teachers.

My condolences for your loss.

On 1/26/2019 at 10:11 AM, Shitty Rambo said:

Man, I hope they aren't done working with S1D, and they do an exclusive variant.

On 1/26/2019 at 12:04 PM, yeah_totally said:

I'm pretty positive S1D aren't putting out new releases any more. Just going to be reissuing their back catalog.

Yep, they're done putting out new releases.  https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/bjpxk5/what-happened-to-sideonedummy-records

Woof.  I have a hard time thinking of other recent bands that showed so much promise and went to absolute shit so quickly.  And that's just the music itself, not to mention the d-baggery of whatshisface.

9 minutes ago, N8TRU1 said:

They're on tour with The Interrupters and Ratboy this spring around the same time the album drops. I'd guess with just the 3 on the bill MI should get a longer time slot.

This tour doesn't come through Seattle or anywhere near the PNW.  Therefore, it's not proper!

2 hours ago, uglyme said:

Any other collectors feeling the stress of multiple variants?   What's the answer?  I want complete collectIons, but owning 5-6 of the same album seems kinda nuts.  Maybe just buy the rarest one...

I mean, you know you don't have to buy every single variant, right?  I typically buy one copy of an album - The one I'm going to listen to.

Not loving the single on first listen, but I bought the hoodie bundle anyway because this band is a long-time favorite for me and my wife (and she'll love the hoodie).  Hopefully a proper tour is in the works.

On 1/2/2019 at 6:38 PM, agaetisbyrjun said:

 

My issue with the "three other guys" thing is..look I'm sure they made their peace with Jesse internally and that's between them and it's fine. What's not fine is when the women who spoke out were being threatened and harassed they stayed silent. To me that says volumes

Exactly!  The other three have been quiet during all of this as far as I'm aware.  Any/all of them could have announced the death of the band, or that they kicked Jesse out, or that they all decided to move on and start a new project together (or retire from music altogether).  They didn't.

Also, I can't listen to BN at this point, knowing what we know now.  Some of his lyrics make my skin crawl now, and I really can't in good conscience continue to support this band.  My wife works with adolescents who are by and large victims of sexual assault/abuse, and what Jesse Lacey has been accused of is far more heinous than any BN apologist realizes.  The dude should be in prison, but I guess I can settle for knowing that his legacy is completely trashed.  I'm actually trying to sell off all my BN vinyl and donate the proceeds to a non-profit that helps victims of sexual assault/human trafficking.

Side story: A now-former friend of mine recently got divorced from his wife (who is very good friends with my wife).  The core reason is that he'd cheated on his wife numerous times throughout the course of their marriage.  But what came out after that, was that he'd also harassed countless women in the Seattle punk scene and beyond, both online and in person.  My wife was one of his many harassment victims, but at the time she and I just shrugged it off as drunken stupidity and thought it was an isolated thing, so we kept it to ourselves.  Turns out, that's what everyone else did too.  With the information now public, he has been cut off by just about everyone involved in the scene locally and has been blackballed from playing any notable "punk" venue in the US and several places abroad (he's had a couple of mildly successful bands in the past).

I feel ashamed for not saying anything sooner and I feel foolish for not seeing this shithead for who he really was.  But once it came out that his behavior was more widespread than we could ever have known, I was quick to write him off and publicly warn others about his predatory behavior.  I'd feel sympathy for the other members of BN if they gave some indication as to how they felt about this situation, but I suspect that they knew about Jesse's predatory behavior and chose not to say anything publicly, which is appalling.  Either way, they've been a little too quiet about the whole thing for my comfort.

But to get things back on topic, yeah, fuck Jason Tate!  That dude sucks, and changing the website to chorus.fm officially killed my interest in the site (along with a ton of other people, if you look at their traffic numbers before/after the changeover).

1 hour ago, CatsNJazz said:

When did they sign to epitaph?

Earlier this year.  It's easy to have missed it, since these guys have kept pretty quiet since Rooms Of The House.

3 hours ago, shenanigans said:

Except all the people paying $100 for it.

https://www.discogs.com/Less-Than-Jake-In-With-The-Out-Crowd/release/2646923

I find this very disturbing...

2 hours ago, marc32137 said:

Now I wish this tour was coming closer to me. 3 dates in Florida and they're all 3+ hours away.

I'm sitting here hoping the tour heads up to the PNW after that SLC date while Masked Intruder is still on the bill.

No idea what kind of music they're known to put out, but you could try finding a local record store that specializes in their genre(s) and see if they carry anything from the label.  If they do, ask them where they get their stock from.

Hell yes!  I'm definitely in for both of these.  I threw Anthem on recently and forgot how much I fucking love that album.

Now all we need is In With The Out Crowd... said no one ever.   

Looks like they'll be touring with The Interrupters next year...

As a side note, Masked Intruder's lack of activity lately is due to one of the members (Green, I think) moving to Germany.

Looks like they'll be touring with The Interrupters next year...

Fuck yeah, what an awesome surprise on an otherwise boring day.  I bought the shit out of the color version, because I'm an absolute sucker for this band.

On 8/27/2018 at 11:59 AM, swb said:

Is there an actual Joyce Manor backlash? I have their first two records which are fun/good and always thought they were inoffensive/everyone dug them.

On 8/27/2018 at 4:09 PM, DecayToDeath said:

I can only really enjoy their first two albums, though I like Cody a little better than Never Hungover Again for what it's worth.

Funny thing is, their second album was reportedly written/recorded very hastily as a "fuck you" to their overly obsessed fanbase of Tumblr turds.  The band even originally pressed it on a one-sided 12", even though it's only like 15 minutes long (a 10" version was later available outside the US).  But they seriously half-assed the cover art, the title is a reference to their disdain for those "fans" who quickly abandoned them, and they almost never play any of the songs from that album live.

That's where I think the majority of the backlash comes from.  I still like all their albums, but OATIWSGT was generally not well-received.

On 7/20/2018 at 10:13 AM, davepriz said:

Second show added - got tickets!

On 7/20/2018 at 12:30 PM, jhulud said:

Snagged tix for the second Seattle show. 

Goddammit, I slept on this too long.  If either of you ends up not being able to go, I'll totally take the tickets off your hands.

Also, the venue they're playing (The Showbox) is probably not long for this world.  https://komonews.com/news/local/save-the-showbox-rally-demands-seattle-icon-be-nominated-as-landmark

Probably my all-time favorite venue.  I hope it can be saved, but it seems highly unlikely at the rate this city is losing its character. 

I like these guys fine and all, but they're such a weirdo band that it amazes me how many records they're able to sell.