tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53504161999134296022012-02-21T16:42:29.645-08:00(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.comBlogger1821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-59112133892859562992012-02-08T08:06:00.000-08:002012-02-08T08:12:50.111-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/okara.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 510px; height: 371px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/okara.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background- display: inline !important; float: none; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);" >Doing that <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2012/01/classics-shotmaker-discography.html" target="_blank">Shotmaker post</a> has put me back in Ottawa mode. Pulled out everything that ever came out on Great American Steak Religion and Spectra Sonic Sound, two great labels who, at the time of the early-mid 90's, put out and documented some of the best stuff coming out of that area. And believe me, there's a lot of it. Blake, Uranus, Union Young America, One Eyed God Prophecy... there is an embarrassment of riches in this scene/era, but the one band (other than Shotmaker, of course) that, I feel, really needs a revisit for many (or perhaps an introduction to you fresh faces) is OKARA.</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background- font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background- font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background- display: inline !important; float: none; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);" >Formed in 1995, Okara played some super rhythmic post-hardcore. Ultra tense, sharp guitar lines, weighty vocals used as if it were part of the rhythm section. If you need some touchstones musically, Shotmaker is likely the closest thing. There's also elements of the rhythmic-math stuff of Louisville bands like Rodan/June of 44, but definitely keeps free of the meanderings of that stuff. Okara were pretty succinct in their approach: hit hard, do something interesting, get out.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background- font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background- font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background- display: inline !important; float: none; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);" >I'm probably not making it too clear, but I LOVE this record. Stand it next to Mouse Ear (Forget Me Not). Canadian gold.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background- font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background- font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background- display: inline !important; float: none; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);" >I'm almost certain Spectra Sonic Sound still has copies of this LP - I am unsure if it is still in the works, but there was also talk of a discography CD which should include the INCREDIBLE demo Okara did (which deserves a GGS post all it's own) - We are big fans of Spectra Sonic Sound here at GGS; many great records are on that label. Head over <a href="http://www.spectrasonic.com/order/" target="_blank">there</a></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; float: none;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);" > and make Sean dig gold out of boxes.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; float: none;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);" >~KS</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4nt5e8h5034bqb7" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; float: none;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);" >DOWNLOAD</span></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5911213389285956299?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-90395345097600681432012-01-31T20:02:00.000-08:002012-01-31T20:33:50.413-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/playguitar.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 358px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/playguitar.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I can't explain Play Guitar very well...much like I can't explain most records. What I'll tell you is when I listen to this 12" I can vividly remember the smell of the library my Dad used to take me to find books and CD's. I can remember thumbing through the selection, reading the names of rock bands, choosing the most absurd or the most familiar. Bringing those albums home and locking myself in my room, like some ridiculous treasure hunter hoarding loot that is largely meaningless and worthless to anyone but himself. Pretending, naively, that I was the first person to ever hear these wonderful sounds and that distinct feeling that I needed to share it with everyone I knew for fear that it may disappear into thin air. Does Play Guitar sound like the Smashing Pumpkins, Pavement, Nirvana or Garbage albums I made home copies of? No...not at all. But the spirit of a new discovery is there, and maybe that's why I'm so fond of it. One day when I'm an old man, hopefully I'll pull this out and remember sitting with my friends on the cold floor of this old house listening to this album spin on the turntable. So if that holds any meaning to you I hope you enjoy this record as much as I do. <a href="http://noyesrecords.limitedpressing.com/products/6702" target="_blank">Buy it you nerds!</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Musically...think weirdo jangly indie rock with the catchiest hooks possibly. Halifax does it again! (I told you I can't explain it)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">PS. We started a </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.facebook.com/gonnagetsued" target="_blank">Facebook page</a><span style="font-style: italic;">...so go like it...or whatever.</span><br /></div>~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/pg-sh12.zip" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-9039534509760068143?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-70332015720118475102012-01-13T15:08:00.000-08:002012-01-17T17:26:16.099-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/shotmaker.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 358px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/shotmaker.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">First off, apologies for the space between posts. It’s been weeks and weeks since I’ve last posted (since either of us have posted), what with multiple bands, Christmas, releases and multiple other distractions that trump the internet... That said, I made sure that my first post back would be a hefty one.</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Second, this is the first of the new “Classics” posts. Of course as soon as we decided this, the first thing we did was begin to argue over what exactly belongs here. Needless to say, we are going to try not to use this space to raise our own favourites, things that we feel SHOULD be classics (because lord knows there are way too many of those that SHOULD be classics) but rather to focus on the very real lineage and influence these records have inspired. Just because the record is good does not necessarily make it classic. </span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The reason we added this space was because I am aware that we have many younger readers, and it has come to my attention that there appears to be some alarming gaps in peoples’ catalogues. I realize that many of these “Classics” may not exactly be new to many and are somewhat widely available (relatively) elsewhere. We here at GonnaGetSued pride ourselves on the fact that the majority of what we post is not available or covered on other blogs, but nevertheless we feel it is important to highlight records we deem to be highly important and influential to the genre. </span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">We are not bloggers, we are historians.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Shotmaker hailed from Bellville, ON and were an integral part of the Ottawa scene in the early-through-mid-90’s. The influence Shotmaker exert over the genre can been seen far and wide: The rhythmic basslines of The Plan, the heavy bombast of Damages ...it all can be traced right back to Shotmaker. Matt Deline’s drumming was a great influence on my own drumming back in the toethteeth/tothehilt days. (Disclosure: I had one of the very few fan-boy moments the day I met Matt Deline, one of those embarrassing “your music means a lot to me” sort of moments.) Even the idea that Canada was a place where hardcore thrived come right back to here. Even in their active days, Shotmaker stood miles above their contemporaries.<br /><br />Influence aside, let’s be clear right off the bat, Shotmaker are among the most hard-hitting, most powerful, smartest, surest bands ever to exist, hardcore or otherwise. They are the cherry on the top of the sundae of a million other good bands. While I have no doubt they could have been showing off, instead they are perfectly complimentary in every way – there are no overly complicated parts, nothing that makes them stand out as remarkable in terms of musical skill – but remarkable in the sense of being a cohesive unit, a veritable Canadian 3-headeed Cerebus of hardcore. Even just playing a charging drum line (no fills, no frills) became such a revelation to me; that a great band is not made on skill and talent alone, but rather the pure emotion that can be distilled in a performance. I can think of no finer example.<br /><br />This has been written about somewhere on the internet before, but even the pictures of the band bear a lot of weight. They aren’t wearing hardcore costumes, they’re just dudes. Even this idea, that the members of toughest sounding band in the world could be me, just a regular guy. Any semblance of “cool” is clearly seen as the facade that it is. (Side note on the pictures: If you want a pictorial history of classic emo from back in the day, simply look for shots taken by <a href="http://www.scallen.com/" target="_blank">Sean Scallen</a>. Go through your old emo records, if there’s a really great live photo, chances are it was taken by Sean Scallen.)<br /><br />Want some advice, bands? Study Shotmaker. Listen to those bass-lines, notice the catharsis in the guitar playing, the sheer emotion yet almost infuriating restraint in the drumming, the raw desperation and power in the screams. Observe the truth in the music. If you don’t hear it, you shouldn’t be making music; otherwise shoot to attain even a semblance of it. Listen not only to what they are playing, but listen also to what they are not playing, to the traps they avoid. Go and do likewise.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/shtmkr-disco.zip" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If you need any more confirmation about the influence of Shotmaker, stay tuned for our interview with Swords’ Adam Goodwin in Issue #2 of Kindling, coming soon!</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7033201572011847510?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-78679447191563871062011-12-29T14:42:00.001-08:002012-01-12T20:32:40.311-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/2011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 300px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/2011.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I know I know...I haven't posted on this in a while. Between not having time and not caring it's been tough to write posts. I'd like to say the new year will be better, but I'm not going to make that promise. I learned a long time ago that this was a vanity project and I'm fine with it.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> With all that being said, I present to you the biggest blogger vanity project known to man, the "Best of Year X" list. These are my choice tracks from my favorite albums from 2011. No particular order is given. (All tracks are in one long mp3)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mahria - Lights</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(from s/t cassette)</span></span><br />I've already gushed about this band. You get it. Melodic and beautiful and technical and intense. Killer band set to do killer things. This song just sums up the band's sound so perfectly.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daniel Striped Tiger - Ancient Future</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(from No Difference)</span></span><br />This year I tried to make a better effort to wait for records I was really excited about. Downloading music is so easy and it's made music disposable. If a band took the time to press a record it only seems fair that we should try and enjoy that record for the first time the way it's meant to be heard. So despite this record being readily available on just about every blog, I waited (and waited and waited) for the 12" to show up in the mail. I chose the opener track because it so perfectly sets the tone for the rest of the album. Unrelenting and intense. Now can we stop referring to Daniel Striped Tiger as a screamo band?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Long Weekends - At Long Last</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(from Warmer Weather)</span></span><br />This band sort of came out of nowhere for me. I'm normally not a lover of garage punk and I guess that Long Weekends would sort of fall into that category, but for whatever reason this whole 4 song digital release stuck with me. Insanely catchy and covered in a thick layer of mid 90's fuzz. At Long Last is the opener track and just a really hooky and fun post punky jam. On top of this release, these fine gents also released a single from a compilation and a soon to be released 7", both of which could also sit atop this list. Band rules so much.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's Wrong Tohei? - Steady Breathing</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(from Sick Days 12")</span></span><br />What's Wrong Tohei? have been a band I've heard of for a long time...even a band I've been told to listen to on numerous occasions and I must admit I ignored it for a long time. My band was asked to play a show with WWT earlier this year and I was shocked by 2 things; 1. the singer, Joel Tong, was in Black Rice, an old favorite of mine and; 2. What's Wrong Tohei? are REALLY good. Perfectly crafted rock and roll with a bit of a Hot Snakes vibe. This song is a great example of what to expect and one of my favorites off the record.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Iceage - Collapse</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(from New Brigade)</span></span><br />Admittedly I just heard this record a few weeks ago and haven't even had a chance to snag a copy yet. Shamefully I heard about this band through pitchfork. Ugh. I disgust myself. I don't know why I'm digging this band so much. I should hate them...the mushy mouthed faux British accent is almost cringe worthy, but after a few listens it's sort of grown to be almost lovable. While the title track is a banger, Collapse just really does it for me. Pummeling song with almost danceable undertones to it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Self Defense Family (End of a Year) - </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'm Going Through Some Shit</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(from I'm Going Through Some Shit 7")</span></span><br />It's no secret that I love End of a Year. I personally think they're one of the most challenging and interesting bands playing "punk" right now. Their output is pretty staggering and difficult to keep up with...and I'll admit I don't actually even own a physical copy of this record yet. This 7" came out mid year on Deathwish and while both songs are killer tracks there is just something so good about the title jam. The vocals are more haggard and strained than ever and the moment when the instruments cut and he sings "You are your own man" kills me every time. Great song from a great band. (Their beef song with The Men, <span style="font-style: italic;">We Heard You Cowards Didn't Want Us on Your Show</span> gets an honorable mention as well.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Men - L.A.D.O.C.H.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(from Leave Home)</span></span><br />This whole album is fucked good. Sure it doesn't TOTALLY make sense as a cohesive unit, but if I wanted to listen to a band that writes the same song consistently over and over and over I would still listen to Pennywise. It was a toss up as to which song to choose from Leave Home but in the end I had to go with the one that I kept coming back to all year. L.A.D.O.C.H. is one of the longest songs on the track and it is undoubtedly the most abrasive and absurd. Six and a half minutes of noise, feedback, guitar noodling and throat clearing. Pure rage.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bâton Rouge - Ca colle ŕ la peau</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(from Fragments d'eux męmes)</span></span><br />I'll let you in on a secret. I really don't like Daitro. Yeah, yeah, I know, everyone loves them, but I honestly never really got it. Bâton Rouge shares Daitro's singer, and I thought that would turn me off of them, but I just can't resist. Gone is the silly melodrama that bothers me so much about French emo and in it's place is catchy, straight forward rocking jams. No nonsense...it works.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eeva - Ego</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(from s/t 7")</span></span><br />This was a totally random bandcamp find, but I'm so glad I did find it. At the time this was just a 2 song digital release, but they've since put up the rest of the 5 track 7". I guess they would fall into the post-hardcore/skram sound that everyone is so amped on right now, but they're just a bit groovier than most. I know nothing about this band, but this song was one that got a lot of plays this year and deserved a spot on my list.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stalwart Sons - Steady on the Plough</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(from Stalwart Sons/Slates split 7")</span></span><br />Out of any song on any list anywhere, this is definitely the most meaningful. Without going into great detail about why I love it so much, this song of encouragement is one that I come back to quite often and it never loses it's sheen. These guys are some of my best friends and I will never apologize for nepotism. Every song they released this year was amazing and could have made it on to this list.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dymo5b0ya1ommua" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7867944719156387106?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-66130240026057265092011-11-16T20:24:00.000-08:002011-11-16T21:18:36.967-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/Mahria.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 341px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/Mahria.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I don't usually post brand new material, but this is too good not to share and I fully expect this band to blow up...so getting this album out is of the utmost importance! Warning...there is some serious love for my friends below. I don't even care. When your friends release an album this good everyone had better know about it.<br /><br />Mahria has been playing shows for just about a year now and in that super short time have grown to be one of the best bands in Edmonton. The first time I saw them I wasn't immediately blown away. They felt like a band that had the potential to be great but just lacked a bit of focus. The guitars seemed all over the place washing out the vocals and the drums. At the time I felt like the most interesting parts of the band, the drums and vocals, were being left behind in the wall of noise. But then I saw them again, and again, and again...and each time it got better and better. Lealand and Mike turned down a bit, and there it was! The once noisy and heavy handed feeling guitar work was replaced by something so much more. Insanely intricate and beautiful melodies swirling around each other at break neck speed, incredible drumming and impassioned vocals.<br /><br />When this band hit their stride, they REALLY hit their stride. Every show they play they play they kill. Look around the audience and you see the guitar nerds drooling to the right and left, the drummers looking astounded and amazed at Durrel's playing and everyone else in the audience staring wide eyed at the ferocious beast that Corby turns into with a mic in her hand. I don't like to make a big deal of the female presence in Mahria but it's definitely worth mentioning. Corby is legitimately one of the most confident and capable vocalists and I hope every girl who watches Mahria play is so proud and anxious to get involved in hardcore. Boys club be damned. Let's do away with that boring cliche.<br /><br />This cassette kills it. An instant classic. Listen...and then listen again, and when you're done, give it another spin for good measure. Learn the lyrics and scream along! By the way, beautiful packaging done by none other than KS himself, Mr. Stebner. <a href="http://revolutionwinter.storenvy.com/products/190139-mahria-s-t" target="_blank">Snag this from Bart Records</a> before it's out of print...won't be long.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mahriaskram.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-cassette" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(from Bandcamp)</span></span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-6613024002605726509?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-56381307346066027042011-10-30T08:25:00.001-07:002011-10-30T08:25:37.169-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/scrapbooker.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 383px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/scrapbooker.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I feel like I've had to defend Scrapbooker a lot. Straight up, lyrically they're offensive. But (and I hope I'm right) I feel they're doing something more than simply spewing violence. Part of their performance is to take on the voice of an exploitative police officer or a rapist or something like that - like an actual voice of horror - and just displaying it. OR I could be just way off. It's kind of like the Chicago noise-rock stuff from years ago. The things David Yow or Steve Albini spewed in their bands were pretty anti-social, but definitely an intriguing listen. I feel like Scrapbooker do something similar. I don't know if I feel good about what they do. The way they do it is definitely not the way I would go about it, but they definitely do challenge the listener. They've challenged me, and that doesn't happen often at all. But that's the thing, all that ambiguity makes them dangerous. Scrapbooker are the one band that's really restored that sense of DANGER to punk rock in Alberta. With all this down-tuned posturing going on, Scrapbooker are the ones that are actually making scary music. Because, (straight up) sonically they're incredible. A Scrapbooker show could be a disaster. Things could get broken, people hurt. Sean hits his drums harder than any band I've ever seen (no hyperbole), so half the time I expect the drums to be disintegrated by the end of the set.<br /><br />Maybe we shouldn't be friends, maybe I should be more discerning. They probably are a bad influence in my life.<br /><br />Find all their stuff, self-released, on bandcamp.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://scrapbooker.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5638130734606602704?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-36791414461418999962011-10-24T19:21:00.000-07:002011-10-24T19:43:50.115-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/longweekends.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 510px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/longweekends.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Another great Bandcamp find for today. Seriously bands, if you're not on that site already, get on it. Myspace is dead and networking is for the idiot bands still trying to "make it".<br /><br />Long Weekends are another band coming out of one of my favorite scenes, Halifax. Much like most Haligonian bands, Long Weekends have that pop sound on lock. Seriously, what is the water? How do all these bands write the catchiest hooks? These 4 tracks have a bit of a garagey feel with really nicely fuzzed out bass and jangly guitars. The songs are given a lot of breathing room, and songs like <span style="font-style: italic;">Quarter Stick</span>s sort of amble along at their own surfy-esque, summery pace. The vocals on this 4-song release are so catchy and fun and you'll definitely be humming these jams all day. I can't really say too much else. This band is just super cool!<br /><br />As far as I can tell this has never seen a proper physical release which is a shame, but thankfully the band is sharing these tracks for free on their bandcamp. Artwork is done by the always amazing <a href="http://yorodeo.carbonmade.com/" target="_blank">Yorodeo</a>, one of the coolest screenprint/design teams in Canada. Seriously...look at it. It's amazing!<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://longweekends.bandcamp.com/album/warmer-weather" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-3679141446141899996?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-67228359952766708982011-10-12T18:49:00.000-07:002011-10-12T18:52:00.401-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/repro.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 510px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/repro.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>It’s been a long while since I’ve contributed anything to GGS, so I would like to make up for it by gifting ya’ll with Reprobates. I lose my marbles every time I listen to this absolutely underrated band, which is usually when I’m biking by the downtown bars and jerks try to get up in ma grill. No conversation about Canadian hardcore should be undertaken without mentioning the brief existence of Reprobates, a Torontonian five-piece. Aside from a few contributions to various compilations, they only released a whopping eight-minute 7” EP through No Way Records and were the finest of bands amongst the many who continually reach back to emulate the trashiness and speed of 80’s hardcore, but in a way better than most. Very fierce and a complete rager!<br />-AS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qx2seb5vt558r9t" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-6722835995276670898?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-31609601301611387142011-10-06T20:34:00.000-07:002011-10-06T20:45:01.041-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/polina.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 349px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/polina.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I had a hard time making this post, purely because I wanted to do it justice. First of all, it's no secret that I'm not a fan off noodle-y hardcore. So much of modern skramz (and yes, we can use that term now - it's been co-opted, bands legitimately identify themselves under that banner, it is now an identifiable style) draws from that, especially those hailing from North America, and these bands producing this stuff, while entirely dept and skillful, lack a rolling cohesion, lack that motion of spirit that should be apparent to anyone who listens to music like this. Ask me who I'm talking about in person. ~ Let me just say, Polina are miles above their contemporaries. They do indeed finger across the fret board, but the melodies are present, the rhythms are catching, vocals do not grate. Yeah, it's timely. But they're good. The music they make is real.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />I had the great privilege of catching Polina play in an intense punk garage in their hometown of St. John's. Their thin moustached bravado was matched only by the graffiti on the walls. They were kind enough to take me to the ocean the next day, and watched nonchalantly as I was attacked by waves. We handbilled bros at the stadium where NOFX was playing. Chongos as far as the eye could see. Polina didn't care about that crap. They played again that night and killed it.<br /><br />What you need to know: Polina are punker than NOFX.<br /><br />Grab the tracks from the new 7" (or the rest of their jams) off their bandcamp and/or roll on over to <a href="http://anteduvia.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Anteduvia</a> and snag a physical copy along with other great stuff.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://polina.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-7" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(From their bandcamp)</span></span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-3160960130161138714?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-69454737497503997402011-10-01T16:24:00.001-07:002011-10-01T16:55:35.805-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/logs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 326px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/logs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Alright, here's the deal. These songs are in no way difficult to find, in fact a quick google search will find it on a number of blogs, but since it's likely this album will never see a proper physical release, I figured it wouldn't hurt to have it up another blog.<br /><br />Logs hail from Portland, OR, features members of Kidcrash and Carrion Spring, and play a style of emo fairly similar to their other projects. Post-hardcore with a bit of a mathy vibe...lots of quick time changes and start-stop rhythms. I think why I'm so drawn to these guys is their reliance on Shotmaker-esque bass lines. It gives the music a burly and pummeling quality which I sort of feel a lot of bands in this scene have lost. The riffs are angular and off kilter, but hooky enough to keep you bobbing your head (see: Track 3 - 1:30!!!!). In all honesty, the emo/skramz/post-hardcore scene that is so popular in the states right now has been producing some fairly lacklustre bands of late, so it's really refreshing to hear a record that actually gets me excited for a change. It's a shame this band is likely dead.<br /><br />As much as I'd like to say support this band and buy their stuff, it's almost impossible to find their first 7" in physical form and like I said before, these 8 songs have never been formally released anywhere. I've heard rumblings of Denovali releasing a 12" but I doubt it'll happen. So for now, download, enjoy and share.<br />~AB<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?g7t7n078881rcmn"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?g7t7n078881rcmn" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-6945473749750399740?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-73526263485199774982011-09-28T11:42:00.000-07:002011-09-28T12:49:34.831-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/weed.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 359px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/weed.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I ordered this 7" after seeing a review of it on <a href="http://weirdcanada.com/2011/08/new-canadiana-weed-with-drug-bw-eighty/" target="_blank">Weird Canada</a>. To be honest (and no hard feelings) but some of the bands found on Weird Canada are really not my jam, but Weed really stuck with me. It's a perfect mix of fuzzed out 90's style indie rock with a summery tinge. Vancouver channeling Halifax channeling 1996.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Although it's the b-side, <span style="font-style: italic;">Eighty</span> is definitely the stand out jam for me with it's roll-off-the-tongue, slurred vocals chasing the guitars all over track and that chorus hook! Dang! Taking over my brain kind of hookage. The a-side, <span style="font-style: italic;">With Drug</span>, is no slouch either though. Pure pop goodness. Grab your jean shorts and ray bans, you finally got a soundtrack to those lazy, hot Saturday afternoons.<br /><br />I would also like to say that I ordered this record on a Thursday and had it in hand by Wednesday. Other labels take note! That rules. Nice work <span style="font-style: italic;">Cruisin' USA</span>. This is available for name your price on their Bandcamp, so I'm going to link to that, but while you're there make sure you purchase a physical copy. Well worth it!<br />~AB<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://weed.bandcamp.com/album/with-drug-eighty-ep" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD </a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(From the band's Bandcamp)</span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7352626348519977498?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-87718107318653422142011-09-15T07:19:00.000-07:002011-09-15T13:07:15.573-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/tohei.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 383px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/tohei.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Looking at the long list of bands Joel Tong has been involved in from from the Vancouver scene (Ghost House, Joel and the Neighbours, and especially of note, the quite good Black Rice), it's safe to say Joel is a productive guy. The Tong Dynasty reigns. I loved that scene growing up, one of these bands would inevitably be rollin' through any town that would have them, and they were always on the road putting the country under their feet. What's Wrong Tohei? is Joel's most recent project and, I dare say, the best. You won't find much as far as dynamics go, but that's one of the things I like so much about Tohei. No messing around, no pointless, meandering intros - just undeniable telecaster antics, driving rhythm, and wailing vocals. Doin' it how it should be done. Solid.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the first, self-released record by these guys, but there's a new one on the way. AND What's Wrong Tohei? are on tour across Canada right now - so do some research and go see them when they're in your town. (ie. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/event.php?eid=220120831379510" target="_blank">Tonight!!! If you're in Edmonton</a>)<br />~KS<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?trw8ampmu50ugc8" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-8771810731865342214?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-77537704252384667272011-09-05T15:01:00.000-07:002011-09-05T16:06:41.512-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/renderuseless.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 355px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/renderuseless.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This 7" had a profound affect on me as a lad. I pulled it out of a distro and one of the few legit shows I saw when I was 18 or so (pretty sure it was a Corta Vita/Wolfnote shows if my memory serves) - even the idea of a distro was new to me at the time - but the kid who ran gave me some good advice: "Oh yeah, you like Indian Summer? Man, this is the real stuff right here" and stuck this 7" in my hand. I brought it home it was a revelation. Not just sound, but whole presentation. Enclosed was a zine - and I know now, since collecting hundreds of records like this, that this is common fare - and inside contained lyrics, explanations drawings - and not of it was esoteric or preachy - it all felt so sincere and personal (they included their phone numbers for goodness sake!!). I still feel like "Attention All Shoppers" is a classic.<br /><br />Render Useless hailed from Victoria. Now at the time, early 90's, Victoria had some of the cream of the emo crop, as we've posted some up earlier (<a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/04/republic-of-freedom-fighters-12.html" target="_blank">Republic of Freedom Fighters</a>, <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2011/05/wrought-ironsmile-st-7.html" target="_blank">Wrought: Ironsmile</a>) and listening to all now once again, there definitely was a sound to Victoria. But I have to say Render Useless were the cream of the cream. Somewhat comparable to Shotmaker as far as tone and rhythm goes but every once in a while would delve into slightly more restrained bits (like Amber Inn perhaps?). Even after tracking down everything this band has done, I still find this 7" to be the best representation. Succinct, and every song good. Classic Can-emo jams.<br /><br />If you dig this, I suggest heading over to <a href="http://clue2records.com/" target="_blank">Clue#2</a> and ordering yourself a copy of the discography cd.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?sbz3rx6rn39a42a" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7753770425238466727?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-5228726014295946022011-08-18T18:26:00.000-07:002011-08-19T17:51:41.021-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/icanputst.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 322px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/icanputst.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I uploaded I Can Put My Arm Back On You Can't's (from here on out know as ICPMABOYC) <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-can-put-my-arm-back-on-you-cant.html" target="_blank">full length album</a> a while back...it's total ripper. I knew this 7" existed but had to be able to find a copy of it anywhere. When Titan came through town last week they had a small distro of mostly various I Spoke records, but sitting off to the side was a nondescript looking 7" in a white paper sleeve in a clear plastic slip. The slip had a small label in the top left corner with song titles and a brief description of the recording process. Printed in silver on the blue label was ICPMABOYC. Distro gold!! <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <br />Anyways, I'm not too sure what the story with this 7" is. Whether it was a teaser 7" of material the band was working on before they ultimately disbanded, or old songs that they wanted to release, I'm unsure. Both tracks on this are total bangers, and not far off from the full length tracks. Maybe a bit more raw in sound, but that's more a product of the recording. Regardless, this is definitely worth snagging if you ever come across it, especially if you're a fan of the band. All the web addresses on the 7" are dead, so I really don't know where you'd be able to get one online. If you're ever in Toronto check the bargain bins at your fave record store...I bet there is one or two floating about. (I'm told James Ternovoy has 2 copies of this in his distro. So if you're in Edmonton, make sure you grab this from him. Physical copies are always better than digital.) <br />~AB <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?959li9auocvx5ho" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a> <br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-522872601429594602?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-46218751445881846592011-08-18T17:37:00.000-07:002011-08-18T18:07:34.850-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/wilderness.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 372px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/wilderness.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>When I picked up this album, oh say, 5 years ago, I hated it. I found the guy's vocals to be galling. But now... Oh now! I realize my error. Wilderness are awesome. I now find James Johnson's atonal hollers to be so compelling and perfect. It's become the dealmaker, I only just understood it now. It's just the way it has to come out. To sing "normally" would be a disservice to it all. You just got to give in. <br /> <br />If ever I read a review of Wilderness, I find <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/07/kevin-stebner-cjsw-lungfish.html" target="_blank">Lungfish</a> continually name dropped - which was the thing that got me to check Wilderness out in the first place. I never quite saw the connection at the time, but it's "the groove" &amp; breath &amp; space that both bands understand so well (and that so few bands do). Knowing when to step back and keep things slow and simple. Take an interesting line, and loop it over and over until it becomes a sort of musical mantra - and thankfully kept free from post-rock self-indulgence. "Beautiful Alarms" is an subtle work of art, the one that perhaps stands out as the track that is most obviously catching - one channeling "Hear the Children Sing" and stuffing it through a reverb tank. <br /> <br />If you don't get it right away, that's alright. Just let it be around. The day it finally takes root, that's a great day. <br />~KS <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?rlza8sqydhnaq82" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD <br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4621875144588184659?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-1737277531117908152011-07-31T14:39:00.000-07:002011-07-31T15:09:48.525-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/briefweeds.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 328px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/briefweeds.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This one is definitely for the collectors. Before Fugazi and Rites of Spring, Brendan Canty and Guy Picciotto played together in Brief Weeds. If you're expecting that 80's DC punk you'd better start looking elsewhere, because this really sounds nothing like the bands that would make the members of this band so popular in later years.<br /><br />Brief Weeds plays pop music heavily influenced by the 1960s. Think bands like The Zombies, The Animals or dare I even say, The Monkees. At times it's hard to believe these songs were recorded in the late 80s. They feel 20 years older than they really are. I'm not really sure what else to say about this one. It's an interesting look at some of my favorite musicians favorite work and I'm definitely stoked to have it in the collection. I can guarantee that not everyone is love this, but give it a shot. <span style="font-style: italic;">I Dream To Dream</span> has some definite jam worthy moments. <span style="font-style: italic;">The River Song</span> (odd song out on this 7") actually reminds me of some of the weirder moments on Fugazi's Instrument soundtrack.<br /><br />Calvin Johnson's label, K Records (See Kev's post on Johnson's mixtape, <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/05/kevin-rips-calvin-johnson-we-wil-bury.html" target="_blank">We Will Bury You</a>) put this out in 1991 and I'm sure is long out of print. Check it out. Listen with an open mind, you might find yourself loving it.<br />~AB<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?uc8mn94fp8skate" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-173727753111790815?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-45947108740090228222011-07-26T08:26:00.000-07:002011-07-26T08:36:25.682-07:00<a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/kidsreturn.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 510px; height: 355px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/kidsreturn.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Kids Return hail from the UK - I'm sorry to say I wasn't on the ball with Kids Return right off the bat, since it seems I missed their really great LP when it came out. It has this driving rhythm that is unmistakably influenced but early 90's emo - initially the vocals killed it for me, but after repeated listens, I've come around, I'm maybe a little more forgiving. It's still got that juice, that drive, that in the end, is all that's needed. "This is not a Plastic Bag," for instance, begins as a rolling-plodder and builds into something of a shouted anthem. All the tracks pretty much run together, and this makes sense; thematically, the songs all run a similar vein into one solid side of wax.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the flip, even though I'd say this split is almost a perfect pairing of bands, Bail nevertheless have this sound that is most certainly "German" - I don't know how quite to articulate it, but it has the same sort of (only-slightly) off-kilter tendencies that are present in bands like Shokei or Solemn League. Indie rock played by dudes who are well versed in hardcore movement. Smart but still playful, intricate but easily palatable. I've been most taken with "Triangle #2" - a super understated track that somehow even the spoken word vocals and drum machine (both normally bad ideas) actually offers a great lead into the controlled feedback of the climax. Even being this style that we've all heard a ton (albeit the sound I obviously love) Bail still come off as super unique. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thumbs. Thumbs up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">~KS</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?iyyjmazjrjl" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4594710874009022822?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-82197845949740045412011-07-24T20:43:00.000-07:002011-07-24T21:47:31.128-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/veneers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 357px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/veneers.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">~AB - Big absence on my end. Sorry sorry sorry! To make up for it I took a picture of this record next to a big scary knife. 'Street Cred'.</span></span><br /><br />Bought this record on a total whim...well sort of. Mr. Stebner recommended it to me, so I guess that's reason enough to purchase a record. This 7" contains offerings from two rad new eastern Canadian bands, Veneers from St. John's, Newfoundland and L/P from Truro, Nova Scotia. Like Alberta, the maritime provinces are raised on a healthy diet of isolation and long, cold winters, and like Alberta produces some kick ass bands because of it.<br /><br />Veneers was a bit unexpected. The band contains members of Polina so I was expecting something a bit heavier, full of screams. Instead I got slow plodding post punk with just a bit of swagger and snottiness. Even though I don't jam the Haram record nearly as much as Kevin does, I immediately thought of it while listening to the Veneers songs. This may turn some people off, but some of the vocals have a bit of an older Mae Shi vibe to them, but maybe that's just me. A good mix of attitude, urgency and frantic shouting. I really dig both songs a lot and I'm super excited to see what they do next. I guess there is a tape floating around somewhere, so I'll have to get my hands on that soon.<br /><br />On side B, 3 songs from L/P. Really fun and fast punk rock with a bit of a garage pop edge to it. Like a bunch of east coast pop kids who grew up listening to that Halifax pop sound doing their best Stooges impersonation. Toss in a bit of Bad Brains rippin' hardcore punk style for good measure and you have a pretty decent idea of what to expect. I figured I'd like this side of the record a lot less than the Veneers side, but in all honesty it's grown on me quite a bit. There is a lot of interesting stuff going on, and they're really fun tunes.<br /><br />I really like when a record surprises me like this one did. 5 solid jams from 2 solid bands! Lesson learned? Always listen to Kevin Stebner.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?axg07vsa7j17ohh" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-8219784594974004541?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-63005986644488166662011-07-19T22:21:00.000-07:002011-07-19T22:53:22.049-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/eamon.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 346px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/eamon.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>"Oh, you're cursin' through your lips"<br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="addImage();" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);;ButtonMouseDown(this);" class=" on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Add_Image" title="Add Image"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Add Image" class="gl_photo" border="0" /></span></span><br />I've written about this record <a href="http://texturemagazine.ca/kevinStebner.html" target="_blank">before</a> but I don't know if I've pushed it on my hardcore homies enough. I suppose it's no secret that I have a deep seeded love of Can-rock, not that hardcore exhausts itself, but rarely does it hit all the themes and sentiments I recognize around me and look for in songs. Yes, Can-rock will always get put unashamedly on my mixtapes, and this Eamon McGrath recording sings like a friend from the past.<br /><br />For the most part, Eamon's stuff has always seemed pretty hit and miss to me, but maybe that's what makes 13 Songs so good - that even he would recognize that not every song penned is a winner, and so why not write a hundred songs and pick the 13 best - thus, you've got a perfect album on your hands. And yes, the recordings here are often shakey, uneven first takes, tape hiss all over, voice cracks galore - but in the end, what matters is just how immediate and honest it sounds. The characters that appear in his songs (auto-biographical or not) are ones that are familiar to me here in Alberta. "Desperation, Alberta" could be anyone I knew growing up in Red Deer. I know these people, I recognize their voices. I know the style isn't exactly breaking new ground, but that matters little. I understand the desire to sing with the voice in which people understand how to hear. I adore how his voice grows more and more hoarse on "Chained to My Love" as the song continues. It essentially becomes more difficult to sing as it rolls on, but it implores even stronger for us to listen. "Ecstasy Railings," in particular, could likely be one of the most harrowing and crushing songs I've ever heard, and the truest stories are the most difficult from which to turn away.<br /><br />Take it how you will, but to me this record sounds like home.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?oiodv3w9cok722z" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-6300598664448816666?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-52951755308489674212011-07-07T21:14:00.000-07:002011-07-07T21:39:51.233-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/AmGeo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 335px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/AmGeo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>American Geography were one of those bands that slipped under the radar, it seems. They were from Victoria and active in the early aughts. They managed to tour the whole country and, needless to say, they were a powerhouse live. They were huge; I seem to recall the guitar and bass players were both over 6 feet tall and well over 200-pounds - and their sound only matched their stature. They've got that Touch and Go-style down pat; it's obvious they had listened to their fair share of June of 44, but were also aware of their share of Victoria pedigree of the past - in fact, one of the members was in <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2011/05/wrought-ironsmile-st-7.html" target="_&quot;blank&quot;">Wrought: Ironsmile</a>!!<br /><br />I had the pleasure of playing with these guys back in my totheteeth/tothehilt days, and recall it fondly. I felt pretty lucky to have been able to have these guys in Red Deer, and it's a crying shame that it didn't keep building. Major hidden gem.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?pe4kn7k8aw6w19c" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5295175530848967421?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-63532546898289435942011-06-26T19:59:00.000-07:002011-06-26T20:19:19.696-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/12hour2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 328px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/12hour2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>GGS has been a bit of a ghost town as of late...apologies for that. Mr. Stebner is back from tour and has a backlog of goodness to post, so look out for that. For today, I've got another short little post. I found this on a pal's Facebook wall the other day, Twelve Hour Turn live set! Yes please!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />If you read this blog you'll probably already know that Twelve Hour Turn is a fave, so finding this amazing live recording was definitely a treat. It's hard to believe this is almost 15 years old. It still feels incredibly relevant! Anyways, if you like Twelve Hour Turn download this right now, if you haven't heard them, this is a pretty good start...and when you're down, go download <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/10/kevin-rips-twelve-hour-turn-perfect.html" target="_blank">Perfect Progress, Perfect Destruction.</a><br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qe3vx98s4dxxlyv" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-6353254689828943594?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-1230443937819605822011-06-05T14:49:00.000-07:002011-06-05T19:45:00.038-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/milkwede.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 237px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/milkwede.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Just a quick post for today. I've had these tracks (Sadly no physical copy) for a long time and I find myself coming back every few weeks and jamming them hard for a few days, and then don't revisit them again for a bit. Nevertheless it's a cool record worth checking out.<br /><br />Milkwede was an emo band from Lancaster, PA that was active in the mid 90's, according to Last.fm this 7" came out in '95 and was the bands last release. You can definitely hear the East coast emo/punk sound in these songs, drawing heavily from the DC Dischord scene that is so influential. What I find sort of interesting and different about Milkwede is the other influences they managed to work into their sound without feeling out of place. The whole 7" has a bit of a snotty punk rock edge to it and you can almost hear a metal side of the band in the song <span style="font-style: italic;">Grace</span>.<br /><br />The songs are pretty roughly recorded and it may not be the most groundbreaking or essential album, but in my opinion the first 2 songs (<span style="font-style: italic;">Innocuous </span>and<span style="font-style: italic;"> More Than Me</span>) are definite jams worth getting into.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?c5y3sens838bbp9">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-123044393781960582?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-44102753930452159972011-05-28T08:44:00.000-07:002011-05-28T08:55:22.274-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/wrought.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 351px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/wrought.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Sometimes when you dig things out of dollar bins, you end up with gold - not most of the time, rarely really, but it happens. I pulled this 7" out long before I knew what it was. I bought it 'cause it looked emo - little did I know it was one of the best pieces of Canadian emo ever put to wax.<br /><br />Wrought: Ironsmile came from the same scene in Victoria from the early 90's that also spurned <a href="http://clue2records.com/" target="_blank">Render Useless</a> and <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/04/republic-of-freedom-fighters-12.html" target="_blank">Republic of Freedom Fighters</a>, and while those contemporary bands are certainly more notable, and Render Useless likely a better band as a whole, I'm still convinced this is the best recorded moment of that entire scene. Wrought: Ironsmile play that sort of style of emo that begins on picked guitar chords and spoken vocals that builds into epic climax punctuated by tortured screams - similar to Indian Summer or early Policy of Three. No, they might not have been the only band playing this style, but dare I say, at least on this 7", they do it better than the touchstones. There's this moment on "Valentine's Day" where there's this somewhat failed attempt at harmonies that end up being off-key and perfect. "Twenty-one and Counting" has long been a mix-tape staple for me, one that every few years gets dug out - scream and scout interplay over this interesting chorus melody.<br /><br />I'm astounded that this band is never cited or used as a touchstone for people - or even rediscovered in a way that Render Useless and Republic of Freedom Fighters has been. Lost Classic.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?93qeslvhllpbxz9" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4410275393045215997?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-25835731449943078412011-05-21T19:43:00.000-07:002011-05-22T15:26:58.778-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/catlinelm.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 364px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/catlinelm.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A few weeks ago Kev posted <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2011/03/hawkes-st-ep.html" target="_blank">Hawkes' self titled EP</a>. As it was totally new to me, I jammed the hell out of it and grew to love it quite a bit. I was super bummed when I found out that they didn't exist any more—thankfully with most punk rock bands, a band break up is just an opportunity to try something new.<br /><br />The vocalist (I'm not sure if that's the only member) from Hawkes moved onto The Catlin Elm and I'm really happy to say it's definitely as jam worthy as Hawkes is. The distinctive voice is still there and the songs are still just as urgent, but I feel like The Catlin Elm has a bit more of a mid 90's vibe going on, calling on influences like Heroin or Portraits of Past. The songs are melodic and driving and played with a sense of importance and honesty. I really don't know what else to say about it...this is the kind of stuff that makes me love the genre! It's well written and played with a great deal of passion. Not much else you can ask for.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mohnjb6lgacrtpv" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-2583573144994307841?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-83636288142872616772011-05-19T20:12:00.000-07:002011-05-19T20:46:49.007-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/eeva.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 347px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/eeva.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Ghost Throats is done! Huge success. Thanks to all the bands that played and all the people that made it happen. This means it's time for some new jams on GGS. I hope people dug hearing about some of Western Canada's raddest bands. I apologize for the poorly written post below...I seem to have forgotten how to do this.<br /><br />I came across Eeva a few weeks ago while browsing around Bandcamp (by the way...that site is great. Bands, get with it and get off myspace). Eeva is a Russian band I don't know too much about, but I'm really digging what I'm hearing. Russia seems to have a pretty decent scene, but everything I've heard coming from there is very heavy and chaotic so it was nice to find something with a bit more groove to it. This 2 song EP (called a 7", but I can't find any evidence of a physical copy) is super solid. Musically it reminds me of Birds &amp; Wires or possibly newer Daniel Striped Tiger but with more of a shouted/yelped vocal style. The bass and drums work really well together and give the album an urgent feeling without being too frantic. All in all just a really enjoyable 5 minutes of tunes. Download from the band's Bandcamp.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://eeva.bandcamp.com/album/7" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-8363628814287261677?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-23825014625451660732011-05-12T07:41:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:44:18.412-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/todos.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 340px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/todos.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>"I would rather hide everything inside than go out and face the world."<br /><br />I'm honoured to be involved with Todos Caerán. I'm honoured to have even heard Todos Caerán. I have watched this band grow. Once completely unsure of their instruments, unsure of voice, unsure of sound. But almost out of sheer force of will, Todos have risen to something special. In a years' time they have become powerhouses. This band has a work ethic unlike any band I've seen and their recent output is astonishing, both in volume and quality (high in both aspects). I could speak of the Murakami love, I could speak of individual tracks at length, the patient build in "Dance Dance Dance," the intricate melody in "Wind-up Bird" - but in the end, the thing that does it is purely the aural weight of it all. I suppose one could accuse Todos Caerán of copping Portraits of Past, and I doubt the band themselves would dispute it.- emo epics of weaving guitars that crescendo into ebullistic explosions that soon fade down into whispers - and Todos Caerán are world class at it. They rival the best. Indeed, once you've exhausted The Underdark, After Dark is truly the next step.<br /><br />I wanted you to wait for the LP. The actual, physical LP should be out in about a month or so - but Todos have giving hearts, and know how the internet works. They want you to have it now. So jam it hard in the meantime. It'll dig in and stay trenched.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://todoscaeran.bandcamp.com/album/after-dark" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-2382501462545166073?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-1923324100066407072011-05-08T22:20:00.000-07:002011-05-08T23:47:45.933-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/whiteribs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 330px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/whiteribs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>When I first has the pleasure (re: rude awakening) of witnessing (re: being assaulted by) White Ribs, I had no idea what to expect. They we're playing in their cellar in Nanaimo (where they originally hail), the floor of which resembled something more like waves frozen rather than solid ground. The uneven floor matched the set perfectly - as I literally and figuratively had no idea on where or how to stand. Off came the shirts, on came the black masks: Out came the skronk monsters known as White Ribs. They tore through a set of maybe 8 songs in as many minutes. I didn't know what hit me. There were probably 8 arms on that drummer; every string on that guitar was tuned to H for all I knew. They made the neighbours irate.<br /><br />They handed me this EP before we parted -5 songs in barely more than 5 minutes - if it were anything more, I dare not even think about the nightmares that would be ensue. Maybe I could say they sound somewhere in the vein of The Locust, Data Cave or Arab on Radar - but of course, that would still be too far off - White Ribs sound like nightmares. Ham-hock, barfy, fuzzy, spidery, nightmares.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?1q4w54vfi5qrnqb" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-192332410006640707?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-57324073067551034572011-05-07T07:37:00.000-07:002011-05-07T11:56:12.150-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/lamal.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 383px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/lamal.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>First of all, if you have not, snag <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/10/kevin-rips-la-maladresse-st.html" target="_blank">La Maladresse's s/t cd</a> - it is necessary - everything I said before bears repeating. La Maladresse are awesome. It's seems like we've got some self-fulfilling prophecy going on here on that previous post, as we have convinced La Maladresse to play that show in Alberta! The most unlikely of things seem to happen at Ghost Throats. I can stress enough how lucky we are to be able to see them play. Débandades translates to "stampede" - Ironic perhaps, that La Maladresse would reunite after a one year absence in Alberta, stampede central.<br /><br />This cassette here is something of a curiosity. If it didn't have the name La Maladresse stamped on the spine, I never would have guessed it was the same band. Débandades has a whole bunch of weirdo things going on: strange loops, drums coming in and out of phase, blown out acoustic guitars, and all vocal-less. If you expect it to be a departure from their s/t album you'll probably be disappointed. Comes off as really interesting experiments, and that's probably exactly what it was. Think of it like that, and you'll enjoy it - I'm thankful they're trying things, having fun with it. Once that stops, we're all dead.<br />~KS (Not AB! Sorry Kev)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?h6hzm518xucjksk" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5732407306755103457?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-89999910750998297622011-05-01T21:17:00.000-07:002011-05-01T21:44:26.019-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/Coalspur.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 338px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/Coalspur.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Funny story. I had never even heard of Coalspur until last year's Ghost Throats. Three days before the show was set to happen I started to hear murmurs of this great emo band from St. Alberta...and after hearing them I knew they had to play. After a long evening of serious Facebook sleuthing (see also: Creeping) I managed to track down the members of the band and 3 days later they were on the bill. The internet is a horrifying place where privacy goes to die.<br /><br />Coalspur is a young band, and like most young bands, are still growing. Unlike most young bands though, Coalspur is growing at an almost uncontrollable rate. Each time I hear a new jam from them or see them live, they gotten infinitely better than the last, which is a feat given how much I've enjoyed them each time. They play their take on the modern screamo stuff that is super popular right now (skram? skramz? Emoz?), but with just enough of a mid 90's vibe to keep old men like myself interested. I really dig the vocal delivery on these songs...not quite screamed, not quite yelled, just a really great mix in between. The lyrics are well written, and you can tell this band knows how to write a great song. Despite being relatively young, I feel like these guys have probably been playing together for a long time.<br /><br />Booze Cruise is a short 3 song EP, but the three songs are memorable and enjoyable and definitely repeat jammin' worthy. I'm super excited to see what this band does next. It's always great to watch a band like this grow.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://coalspur.bandcamp.com/album/booze-cruise" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-8999991075099829762?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-72405913647362696662011-04-24T22:06:00.001-07:002011-04-24T22:06:55.548-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/cope.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 333px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/cope.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>My life is not too hard. I have an amazing spouse, great friends, a decent job and the ability to play and release a ton of music and art. I'm thankful for that...I really am...but when I look at the world I see fucked up things. As humans we are capable of a great deal of ugliness and hate. We oppress, rape, assault and condemn. We treat others like animals, and act in despicable ways. Every time I turn on the TV or the radio I feel so much rage and despair. We're fucking things up pretty bad.<br /><br />Cope embraces this anger and despair...they see ugliness and pain and horror, and they create some seriously pissed off hardcore from it. Live or recorded, Cope exists in violent bursts of fury and intensity. You cannot stand by and experience this band as a spectator. They grab you in a chokehold and force you to participate in their display of rage. I've witnessed this band tear each other and their instruments to shreds on numerous occasions and never once has it felt like a gimmick.<br /><br />Cope released a 10" about a year and a half ago, and while it is fantastic and worth <a href="http://www.xtruexrecords.com/store.html" target="_blank">picking up and owning</a> (especially the smoke/clear version, beautiful!), I feel like Cope channeled the true intensity of their live show on their self released cassette from last summer, Cancer Is a Gift. The space between songs is just as important as the song itself, and Cope are masters of using sound clips and noise to increase the tense atmosphere of their sound. So while this tape may be 4 songs, it exists as one incredibly tense and ferocious 16 minute track, and really should be listened as such. Make sure you have <a href="http://cantorwont.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cope's blog</a> open while listening to this. Read the lyrics and read the explanations. It adds to it, trust me. If you get the chance to experience a live Cope show, do not pass up on the opportunity.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?uxfftjncuecox5d" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7240591364736269666?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-74387811317120194352011-04-20T06:30:00.000-07:002011-04-20T16:51:17.254-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/flint.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 339px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/flint.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Flint are maniacs. That's pretty much the best way to describe them: Maniacs. Every comparison falls flat. I didn't think after the death of Fuck the Tundra, that anything these members did afterwards could top the insanity of their previous band - but Flint are on another plane. They make the Locust look like hacks and Blood Brothers look like amateurs. I suppose that's what happens, geniuses born amidst the isolation of small towns, you take 90's pop culture, face paint, guitar wizardry, the most deft drumming ever, back hair, a vocalist who doesn't know whether he's singing or vomiting into the mic, stick all that in a blender and hit frappe - and you end up with this horribly delicious concoction that is Flint. I don't get it, I just drink from the cup of maniacs.<br /><br />Download all their tracks to date on Bandcamp.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://flint.bandcamp.com/album/clubhouse" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7438781131712019435?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-44476505902822347052011-04-14T18:25:00.000-07:002011-04-14T20:21:48.717-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/maus.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 358px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/maus.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">AB: The photo above was taken by Sean Decory. He's an amazing photographer. Check him out </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.sean.salazarstudios.com/" target="_blank">here.</a></span><br /><br />"So if they speak up we scream back, if they threaten us we stand fast"<br /><br />Being involved with a scene like hardcore can be a tough and somewhat taxing endeavor. It is a scene that attracts some of the best people you will ever meet, but unfortunately at times, some less desirable. People who will take the anger and aggression of the music and use it to destroy what we all work so hard to build. People who will take and take and take and never give back. People who don't share the same passion and urgency as the music warrants and deserve. People like this make loving hardcore difficult and on my worst nights cause me to question my involvement...and worst of all people like this influence me and make act in ways that I less than proud of.<br /><br />I'm not airing my grievances without a point, so bear with me. Maus is a band that makes me fall back in love with hardcore. When I feel discouraged, burnt out, or overly negative I remember that Maus is playing hardcore with intensity, passion, honesty and most of all heart and I feel reinvigorated. Maus gets it. Vocalist Doug (now pulling double duty as bass player as well) writes intelligent and deeply affecting songs that force you to listen. Songs that are meant to be screamed until hoarse. Songs that are meant to be shared and discussed. He isn't afraid to say what he feels and call out the bullshit he sees and it's something I respect and appreciate in a vocalist. Musically Maus is more complex than the pissed off d-beat hardcore band they originally set out to be, incorporating elements of all facets of hardcore, punk and emo to create something that I really feel anyone into punk rock can enjoy and appreciate.<br /><br />So I guess the question is does my friendship and obvious bias of this band sway my opinion of them? Probably. But it also goes to show that music played with honesty and passion will always be relevant and important. Do not lose faith in hardcore, be inspired by it. Play harder, scream louder, stay positive!<br /><br />So far this has only be released as a tour-exclusive CDR, but will hopefully see the vinyl treatment one day soon. Cross your fingers. Download this from their bandcamp.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://maushardcore.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4447650590282234705?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-40161543029908036732011-04-09T08:16:00.000-07:002011-04-09T08:50:22.663-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/auld.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 376px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/auld.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I think it's a rule - at any given point, Saskatoon has the best band. It's just that when one band ends, all those dudes reshuffle and start the new best band.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Out of the aftermath of <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-magic-pyramid-metronome.html">Black Magic Pyramid</a> was born Auld Beak - the major difference is that they're aren't playing something horrifying anymore, now they're playing something fun. It's like post-hardcore leaning in the direction of indie rock - or the other way around. See, they're the masters of all styles. If this time around they want to be somewhere in the realm of <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/09/kevin-rips-brainworms-cassette.html">Brainworms</a> and be all gruff and oddly poppy then they'll do just that - and do it better than everyone. Auld Beak can do what they want. Auld Beak are kings.<br /><br />Only a handful of these tapes survive at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/revolutionwinter" target="_blank">BART</a> - reach out and touch.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?6263t5vk67or873" target="_Blank&quot;">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4016154302990803673?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-18629518181496530092011-04-07T21:09:00.000-07:002011-04-08T06:47:33.853-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/tempest.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 332px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/tempest.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The first time Tempest came through town, I missed them and I kept hearing talk of this amazing band from Vancouver who absolutely blew everyone away. Luck would have it, while grabbing a slice of pizza with some friends one night, we ran into the guitarist of Tempest (a former Edmontonian) and he had a handful of demo tapes on him, so I coughed up the $5 despite not having a working tape deck. Money well spent (when I finally got to listen to it months later). When they played in Edmonton with Ghostlimb a few months ago, again, they blew everyone in the tiny hall away, despite being the opening act for a bigger name touring hardcore band.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />I wish I knew more about the style of hardcore they play so I had a bit more frame of reference for it. All I know is Tempest plays fast, heavy and loud metal tinged hardcore. While stylistically dissimilar, listening to Passages conjures up the same feelings that City of Caterpillar's self titled does. Claustrophobic, exhausting, and terrifying. Lyrically, vocalist Roger tackles issues like animal rights, overpopulation, religion, and like the music, is pretty heavy and bleak stuff. There is a bit of emo vibe to Tempest that references some of the genres heavier and more chaotic bands like Orchid, Mohinder or Union of Uranus. The last 2 minutes of Passages is some of the best hardcore I've heard in a long, long time and gives me chills every single time I hear it. Amazing use of a <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4055517603283436476#" target="_blank">soundclip.</a><br /><br />Once thing I really appreciate about this band is the attention they pay to their lyrics, even going as far as to include a sort of mini zine in the sleeve. Each song's lyrics are included and explained. It's something that can be misconstrued as overly pretentious or preachy, but I think it's an important part of hardcore and something I've always felt separated this style of music from the rest of the BS released to the general population. Passion, consciousness, and pain is what defines this genre, and what keeps me coming back for more. "We are not machines, we are not cattle"<br /><br />Download this from the band's Bandcamp.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tempestdestroys.bandcamp.com/album/passages" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-1862951818149653009?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-14605956943624801782011-04-01T16:54:00.000-07:002011-04-01T17:03:51.670-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/boc.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 338px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/boc.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">AB: Second post of the Ghost Throats series. I'm almost a bit embarrassed to post this. Huge thanks to Kevin for the great post and kind words. Shucks.</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />As they inevitably must, bands break up, bands reshuffle, bands begin anew.<br /><br />Book of Caverns play post-hardcore with leanings into post-rock territory. Usually that means songs that go forever, and eventually nowhere ~ but in this case it means something far greater than your modern-day Envy. Yeah, they've shuffled members like crazy and yeah, they have no real sense of how good they are. But truly they have grown into something great. I've watched Book grow from a band unsure of where they're headed into one of the best bands in Alberta. And I feel like Book are only just hitting their stride. This next year is going to be the Year of the Cavern. The musicianship is impeccable. Andrew is one of the most unique vocalists (not to mention one of the best lyricists) in the genre (let alone our little corner of it). The live show is chill-inducing.<br /><br />Sure, you may say I'm too close to this band to be allowed to write this, but I don't care. I have no choice but to get close. I admire this band so much.<br /><br />A few copies of this tape still remain at BART headquarters. Don't sleep on this.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?nnynxfyzzjz">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-1460595694362480178?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-7686311715685990632011-03-28T16:39:00.000-07:002011-03-30T07:22:34.708-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/damages.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 320px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/damages.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >AB: For the next few weeks we're going to focus on the bands playing Ghost Throats DIY Festival in May. For those who don't live in Edmonton, or haven't heard of it, Ghost Throats is a 3 day music festival focusing on post-hardcore, emo, and DIY Culture, and something that myself and Kevin have been heavily involved in organizing. Check out the </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://ghost-throats.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">site</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > for more information. It's difficult to write about bands that you know and love. There is definitely a great deal of bias that comes with the territory, so rather than fighting it, I'll fully embrace the nepotism. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />PS. Full disclosure time. I did the artwork for this album, and their split record is actually with my band, Book of Caverns. Shameless, I know.</span></span><br /><br />Damages is first up in our series of Ghost Throats posts. I feel incredibly lucky to know about this band while they're actively playing shows and releasing records. To me, this is the kind of hardcore that kids will talk about for a long time and in 25 years will pick up their records and will say "I wish I could have seen them live". Incredibly passionate and intense with just a bit of an emo slant. This band would've been perfectly suited on Dischord or Ebullition roster in the early 90s. The thing about Damages is they don't just play a song, rather they beat it out of their instruments. Every note is played with this incredible sense of urgency and a 3 minute Damages song can feel absolutely exhausting in the best way possible. One of the best bands in Western Canada right now.<br /><br /><a href="http://clue2records.com/" target="_blank">Buy this record</a>. Buy their other record. Buy their split record. Buy every future release they put out! You'll be glad you have them in your collection when you're old man reminiscing about the good ol' days of punk rock.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mlz2ooa35w3qzny" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-768631171568599063?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-57264533524834141812011-03-21T17:23:00.000-07:002011-03-21T18:39:00.923-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/hawkes.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 317px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/hawkes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>"Things will come, and things will go"<br /><br />Montreal's Hawkes only EP is a doozy. 4 short songs, but it seems like there's a lot contained within them - but I don't mean it's crammed full of ideas, rather that it feels as though there's a lot of history and weight in these tracks. Nothing is overly complicated, nor does it need to be. The vocals are gruff and heartfelt, the guitar melodies tight and warm, the rhythm sitting right where it needs to be. Hawkes are a hard band to describe - sort of reminiscent of Shotmaker, but if they weren't overly dark and liked to groove.<br /><br />Every track on this EP is a jammer - "We Know We are Lost" moves like a Four Hundred Years creeper, "Ghost of Our Past" comes across with an almost dancey message of affirmation - but truly "Fleeting Memories" should be an emo classic held along-side "Cuts Like Drugs" or something - the repeated chant of "things will come, things will go" makes me want to shake off every pretension and really embrace the unabashed. And has.<br /><br />One of the dudes used to help run <a href="http://www.myspace.com/wheresthatdeerhead" target="_blank">Where's that Deerhead?</a> and is now in <a href="http://thecatlinelm.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Catlin Elm</a> whom are definitely worth getting into as well. I think this Hawkes EP is still available <a href="http://www.loeildutigre.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. Cross-Canada solidarity.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?e4ewc9og2jto9vr" _blank="">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5726453352483414181?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-39552972041876102422011-03-21T17:05:00.000-07:002011-03-21T17:12:14.867-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/alessa.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 341px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/alessa.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">AB: New post from best bud and prairie brother, Aaron Scholz. Always great to hear what he's jamming on and I hope everyone enjoys his posts as much as I do.</span><br /></span><br />In 2007, I used to sit in my underwear late at night and surf web forums in search of cool bands who I thought I could potentially convince to tour through Saskatoon and play with my wimpy screamo band. I ended up meeting a dude named Bob who blew my mind with his musical taste and, more importantly, his awesome band Alessa. Up the New Hampshire punx! Though they never ended up crossing the border, they put out one heck of an EP. This particular 7” was released by I'm Not Yr Dentist Records and oddly, never got the full attention it deserved.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />From what I remember, Alessa was formed after three dudes met each other at a Das Oath show in 2006. While you don’t necessarily hear a Mark McCoy influence on this collection of songs, they sure do rage! Four jams full of shiver-inducing screams a la pg.99 over mid-paced dark hardcore with lyrics which emphasize pro-but-not-preachy straight edge and the importance of DIY ethics.<br /><br />If you’re going to have an emotional breakdown in less than ten minutes, this is the best soundtrack you’ll find to that horribly embarrassing moment.<br />~AS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?yyx0tc2inmm" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-3955297204187610242?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-54160934656487705572011-03-19T16:22:00.000-07:002011-03-20T09:54:51.142-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/rockets.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 340px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/rockets.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Don't know too much about this band to be perfectly honest. From what I can gather Rockets and Blue Lights were a band from Albany, NY and released a couple of albums, including this 10" on Redder Records (Kind of Like Spitting, The City on Film, etc). I'm not even sure if they're still active.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />I downloaded this record a long time ago, and I have to admit that it didn't particularly stand out on first listen. Over the last few weeks it has shown up a number of times on shuffle, so I decided to give it a better listen and I have to say it's definitely hooked me. I sort of kick myself for not jamming this more when I first downloaded it. Slow building emo jams with a bit of post rock slant to them. Fans of <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/02/boys-life-departures-landfalls.html" target="_blank">Boys Life</a>, <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/11/mineral-februarymd-7.html" target="_blank">Mineral</a>, and Christie Front Drive will definitely appreciate this record. <span style="font-style: italic;">Andee</span> is a stand out jam for me with it's Promise Ring-esque vocal delivery and mathy indie rock grooves. Some of <span style="font-style: italic;">We Bleed This in the Winter</span> even reminds me a bit of old Cursive. Listening to this record makes me feel like a teenager discovering this kind of music again.<br /><br />All in all a pretty great record, and one that fans of the genre will likely embrace. I'm not saying it will sway the most stubborn of whiney-emo naysayers (looking your way KS) but it's an enjoyable listen nonetheless and one I'm happy to hopefully have in my physical collection soon. I'm not sure how active the label is still but you can order it <a href="http://www.redderrecords.com/rr-catalog-RDR001.html" target="_blank">here.</a><br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?pyak1fimhgi2meg" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5416093465648770557?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-19653415615892853332011-03-17T17:48:00.000-07:002011-03-17T19:16:03.408-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/snic.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 410px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/snic.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>It's amazing when a band can invoke a sense of dread and terror in their audience. With a band like <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/04/end-transfer-trachea-reverberations.html" target="_blank">The End</a> it comes from the atmosphere their music creates, or a band like <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-magic-pyramid-metronome.html" target="_blank">Black Magic Pyramid</a>, from the pure aggression of their live show. snic is a band that creates this feeling through uncertainty. Now full disclosure, I know the 5 gents who make up snic. I have played in bands with all of them and I consider them all good friends. I trust them individually. As a band though, it's a totally different case. I DO NOT TRUST SNIC. While attending snic shows I've been showered with cooked pasta and meal worms. I've been kicked, pushed and attacked. I've been made to believe I had enrolled myself in a Heaven's Gate-esque cult. Hell I've even been scared they drugged me. You really don't know what to expect when seeing this band. It's this uncertainty that makes this band so terrifying and so much fun to watch.<br /><br />The problem with bands with crazy live shows is it's always debatable whether recorded material will hold up to the live version. How do you capture so much insanity onto tape? Well if you're snic, you just played fucked up and insane music. Seriously, this album makes me so anxious. Just when I feel like I'm comfortable with a tiny little part they're playing, they do a complete 180° turn and go in an entirely different direction. It's a schizophrenic mix of hardcore, metalcore and weirdo (dare I say) jazz. It's a mess of distortion, dissonance and banshee like screams. You truly cannot categorize this band. Again with the uncertainty.<br /><br />Now technically speaking, this is a 6 song EP, but the way it was recorded, splitting it up into songs seemed like a crime, so I've uploaded as Side A and Side B. Make sure you listen to the end of Side B for a strangely beautiful and blissful moment of closure that feels like an oddly perfect ending to an absolutely devastating and vicious record. <a href="http://www.xtruexrecords.com/store.html" target="_blank">Buy this</a> so you can tell your kids about it when you're old and grey.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?5coz25p5xol4ovo" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-1965341561589285333?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-14603575412622025232011-03-16T17:12:00.000-07:002011-03-16T17:59:12.132-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/sweetchin.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 335px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/sweetchin.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Something a little different for today, and likely something that will become a weekly post on GGS. I've posted episodes of the CJSW radio-show, Post-Everything in the past when GGS contributor Kevin would <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/02/kevin-stebner-cjsw-hour.html" target="_blank">guest host</a>, including the awesome <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/07/kevin-stebner-cjsw-lungfish.html" target="_blank">2 hour Lungfish retrospective</a>. Well, Post-Everything is done, but the good news is Kevin and Stan (Post-Everything host) have rebooted the show, now called Sweet Chin Music (Wrasslin' fans rejoice).<br /><br />Anyone who has read any of Kevin's numerous posts on this blog, or spoken with either of these fine young men in person know that their knowledge of hardcore, post-hardcore, emo and various other genres is incredibly vast. So far I've listened to 3 episodes of the show and it's always a solid 2 hours of fantastic jams, and a bunch of stuff that I've never heard. Seriously scope this, and keep a pen and paper handy, because you're probably going to have a massive list of bands to check out by the end.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?wke30enmu17os64" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-1460357541262202523?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-76716886919455479562011-03-05T10:12:00.000-08:002011-03-10T20:37:32.941-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/rhd.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 338px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/rhd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>In the past few days I've realized that this blog has a bit further reach than I knew, and it's more than just my friends reading it. I'm totally excited about that! It's great to know that people are as excited about this music as I am. After that revelation, I realized that there is an abundance of music I haven't been posting because I figured everyone would have it already. I think I better start posting some of my friends bands, so folks outside of Edmonton can hear what this awesome town has to offer.<br /><br />Red Hot Daggers were one of Edmonton's best bands that for whatever reason, not a lot of people paid attention to. Sure they were adored in the close knit hardcore community, but in my eyes, these guys should have been legends. They played everything fast and hard, but managed to maintain a great deal of passion and emotion in their songs. A great mix of hardcore, noise and emo, with elements of dance rhythms and pop hooks.<br /><br />I spent 2 weeks of my life seeing this band every night and never once did I feel like they were less important than the night before. They were and still are one of my favorite local bands and I miss them a ton! I have a really hard time putting my love for this band into words, so you should just disregard everything I just typed, download this record and jam the hell out of it. You'll get it.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?8u42eouhtlkfj94" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7671688691945547956?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-73067412672327233932011-03-03T19:16:00.000-08:002011-03-03T19:40:26.906-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/laureate.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 337px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/laureate.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I have a pretty big soft spot for pop punk. It's what I grew up listening to as a teenager, and I still feel a pretty strong connection to it. One problem. The pop punk genre is over run with a great deal of complete garbage. For every great band there is probably 100 shit ones, not a good ratio. Enter Montreal's Laureate! I have only had this 3 song demo for a few days and I've already jammed it an absurd amount of times.<br /><br />I think what I love about Laureate is they feel reminiscent of the golden age of Vagrant Records, when bands like Saves The Day, The Get Up Kids and The Anniversary were releasing their best records. These were records I spent a lot of time when I was a kid, and it's the kind of stuff that just makes life feel good. To hear a band like Laureate channel this feeling gets me incredibly excited about music, and for the first time in a long time I was hitting play on song 1 the minute the last song was finished. The songs are catchy as hell and the vocals are incredibly solid. <span style="font-style: italic;">Caroline</span> has been stuck in my head for the last two days and I find myself whistling it throughout the day, much to the annoyance of my co-workers I'm sure.<br /><br />I'm really stoked to see what else Laureate does and hopefully they make their way west to Edmonton one day. (Bass player, Erin Power, is an Edmonton ex-pat! Cool) Because this is a free download on the band's BandCamp page, I won't be re-posting a new download, rather linking directly to their page. Check it out!<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://laureate.bandcamp.com/album/demo" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7306741267232723393?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-12971349742173614852011-02-27T21:20:00.000-08:002011-03-07T08:57:31.460-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/seqwei.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 347px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/seqwei.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">~AB: In my infinite stumble through life I accidentally put this as my post when in reality it's a KS joint. Apologies to him. Also, we'll no longer be listing KS's post as 'Kevin Rips'. That was always a special guest post type thing, and since Kev is a full on poster now, it seemed redundant. Thanks.</span></span><br /><br />"Yet motion hinders devotion"<br /><br />I have just been given word that Segwei are hard at work on their first LP as we speak, so I figured this would be the perfect time to up their first EP<br /><br />I had the distinct pleasure of catching Segwei play in Tokyo - and truth be told, being able to catch Segwei was a large part in determining the scheduling of my trip. I managed to find the venue they were playing at thanks to googletranslate, but arrived early. I sat on a curb and waited, when after a while one guy came up and as he passed, noticed the Rites of Spring shirt I was wearing. "I like your shirt," he said to me in English. "Who you here to see?" I told him I came to see Segwei, and with marked excitement he exclaimed, "Segwei my band!" And thus, friendship was born!<br /><br />Segwei are highly influenced by Revolution Summer-era Dischord (and I know for a FACT that the guitarist has Dag Nasty records in his collection!) and are pretty much the modern Japanese equivalent to Rites of Spring. Lyrically, Yookie's vocals are incredibly evocative and poetic, and considering English is not his first language, it's really incredible that his wordplay and use of English is more inventive than the large majority of vocalists that grew up with English tongues. The show was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5SJT032TEM" target="_blank">incredible</a>, just super passionate and exuberant. It was a wonder to see.<br /><br />I can't really describe how this band makes me feel. All I can say is Segwei are one of my favourite bands, and I feel blessed to share them with you.<br /><br />"But I feel so alive"<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?3x4s52p91aw2avc" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-1297134974217361485?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-38324063181355034722011-02-26T10:35:00.000-08:002011-02-26T09:36:06.894-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/desark.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 310px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/desark.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is a post that maybe doesn't fit into the general theme of this blog, but after hearing a few friends say they had never heard Des Ark, I figured it was worth posting. I'm not even sure how to describe their sound. The instruments are played hard, loud and fast and show that members of Des Ark probably grew up on a healthy diet of punk rock, but there is a twangy/bluesy side that shows through under all the noise. Some of the slower songs almost remind me of Pygmy Lush (who Des Ark recently toured with). The vocals are probably the most distinct element of this record though. Vocalist (and for a long time, principle member of the band) Aimee Argotte has a disarmingly sweet and beautiful voice with a hint of a southern drawl, but she's not afraid to scream, wail and howl her dark and sometimes overtly sexual lyrics. Not many vocalists can cover the range of emotions that she does in one song, let alone a whole record.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jbWJpl31vUw/TFKEQ4rwFRI/AAAAAAAAAFc/R50SybfSUgQ/s1600/desark.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 153px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jbWJpl31vUw/TFKEQ4rwFRI/AAAAAAAAAFc/R50SybfSUgQ/s1600/desark.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This may be a bit of a slow burner for folks but I really urge you to give it a hard listen. With it's heavy blues influences on many of the songs I was definitely taken back a bit upon first listen, especially having heard the bands later stuff, which takes on a bit more of a folk vibe, but I've grown to love this record quite a bit. Check it out!<br />~AB<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?1nwzdblg6hjqss6"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?1nwzdblg6hjqss6" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-3832406318135503472?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-10920815525264810712011-02-26T08:51:00.000-08:002011-02-26T09:36:25.864-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/bmp.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 350px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/bmp.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Black Magic Pyramid really shouldn't be new to anyone, but just in case you haven't heard one of the best bands to come out of the prairies in a long time, here's your chance. To be honest, I've been trying to write about this record for about a month now, and I keep coming up short. I just find it hard to explain this band and my love for them...and that's a good thing. Black Magic Pyramid plays fast, heavy and loud, but to label them as an emo or hardcore band really discounts the complexity of their music. While most of the songs barely break the 2 minute mark, there is a lot going on in those 120 seconds of punishment. Black Metal-esque vocals, drumming that borders on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56sZOUPegUw" target="_blank">animalistic</a>, and strange moments of poppy know-how that make these songs stick in your head for days.<br /><br />I truly miss this band and their insane live show. However, like most great punk rock bands their time on this planet was short and they ceased to be last summer. The last show at Sled Island in Calgary was a spectacle to behold and I'm really grateful to have witnessed it. However, in death comes life and I'm happy to report that they've gone onto form some great new bands. (See: <a href="http://auldbeak.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Auld Beak</a>, <a href="http://nightdanger.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Night Danger</a>, <a href="http://pimpwing.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Pimp Wing</a>)<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?a8c2ddgo555ar7g" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-1092081552526481071?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-51983138649737242862011-02-15T05:45:00.000-08:002011-02-15T06:09:13.842-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/ahistoryof.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 323px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/ahistoryof.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">We had a request for A History of - and even though it's been months and months since then, rest assured we do not forget. </span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />I was listening to A History Of's newest LP Action in the North Atlantic - which you'ns should grab from the great Halifax label <a href="http://noyesrecords.com/" target="_blank">NOYES</a> while it's still in print (and while you're at it, order most everything else from them!) - but digressions aside, I was listening to their new record and have been getting into it more and more. I first witnessed A History Of during the filming of the <span style="font-style: italic;">6015 Willow St. DVD</span> about 5 or so years ago, a teaser from which you can cop <a href="http://www.6015willow.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. At the time I couldn't get past the all too apparent <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/01/north-of-america-brothers-sisters.html">North of America</a> aping going with A History of. Since their drummer, Lance Purcell, used to also drum in <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/06/plan-only-these-movements-remain.html">The Plan</a>, and there's that connection there, I guess I should have been more forgiving. After all, if you're going to rip off a band, it may as well be Norts, aka the best band ever. I mean - yeah, they want to sound like Norts - what's my problem?<br /><br />Maybe what I remembered was the silly nonsense lyrics in <span style="font-style: italic;">Low Level</span>. But who cares, the opening <span style="font-style: italic;">Recruits &amp; Defectors</span> is a rager that stands with the best of them. Obviously the drumming is really solid (especially in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Truth About Youth</span>), and there's quite a few interesting guitar lines to be found. Post-hardcore highly informed by Halifax pop-explosion-era indie rock. A History of are still active, and I'm thankful that someone is still jamming this style, and doing it so well.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dolxxgfy6inoi87" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5198313864973724286?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-29501915712574103242011-02-08T21:54:00.000-08:002011-02-09T06:55:05.621-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/endofayear.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 300px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/endofayear.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">This is becoming sort of a theme for me, but again, I apologize for the lack of posts. Life has been busy, busy, busy, but really fulfilling and awesome. Really though, you folks don't care about this stuff...so onto the tunes.</span></span><br /><br />Anyone who knows me, knows that I really (really!) like End of a Year. They're an incredibly polarizing band, but something about them just clicks for me. <span style="font-style: italic;">Y</span><span style="font-style: italic;">ou Are Beneath Me</span> was probably my favorite album released last year, and <span style="font-style: italic;">Jeni Leigh </span>continues to be my most played song. So I was really excited to hear that there was alternate versions of a few songs on the bands blog, even more interesting was the idea that <a href="http://carolinecorrigan.com/" target="_blank">Caroline Corrigan</a>, an artist from Albany, was doing vocals. I'll admit it, upon first listen I was not hooked...but much like my first time hearing End of a Year, the tracks grew on me. Musically, the tracks are identical, but with the change in vocal style, the songs take on a totally different life with the smoother hooks. Definitely a much different delivery than what fans of the band will be used to, but still really awesome.<br /><br />You have to respect a band for trying new things and playing with the idea of what is expected of them. Read their <a href="http://selfdefensefamily.blogspot.com/2010/08/value-of-teamwork.html" target="_blank">post</a> on these tracks, it's really interesting, and full of the blunt honesty they've become known for. (See also: Fucking hilarious)<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?c1px374lypjdy38" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-2950191571257410324?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-79434994962062273102011-01-24T09:00:00.000-08:002011-01-24T11:52:24.708-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/desi.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 336px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/desi.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>We seem to be posting a lot of dancey stuff as of late, so I figured I'd continue with the trend. Although I really liked seeing Desiderata when they were still active, I never really paid them the attention that they really deserved. <span style="font-style: italic;">We Are Not Convinced...,</span> is further proof of the power isolation holds over art created in this province. Desiderata come from Fort McMurray, a cold and industrial town in Northern Alberta, a boom town that seems to house more migrant workers than permanent residents. It's not a town that a lot of touring bands are going to make stops in, and it's certainly not a town that would seem to have a blossoming independent art and music scene. At the risk of sounding like some condescending "big-city-boy" it amazes me that bands like Desiderata can grow in a town like that.<br /><br />Desiderata songs move at break neck speeds. Start, stop, start, pause, breathe, start again. It's an exercise in musical hyperactivity. Not quite punk, not quite hardcore, not quite pop, but a strange beast raised on all 3, with a healthy diet of disco to boot. The vocals are spazzy and frantic with handfuls of clean hooks sprinkled throughout. The drums and bass keep the groove going really well, and the use of organ throughout the album is warmly reminiscent of <span style="font-style: italic;">dbs's </span><a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/01/dbs-forget-everything-you-know.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-style: italic;">Forget Everything You Know</span></a>. (Fun fact: Jesse Gander of <span style="font-style: italic;">dbs</span> fame, recorded <span style="font-style: italic;">We Are Not Convinced...</span>).<br /><br />Definitely worth checking out, especially if you've enjoyed some of the past few Kevin Rips. This album was released on <a href="http://championcityrecords.com/" target="_blank">Champion City Records</a>, but I'm not too sure if any physical copies still exist.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?766xxds83eaexx6" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7943499496206227310?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-59085591752889110502011-01-23T10:45:00.000-08:002011-01-23T11:02:59.575-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/marvdarl.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 350px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/marvdarl.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">AB: Another great post from our prairie brother, Aaron Scholz. Something a little different than what would normally be posted, but so rad!</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />How do you record sweat? I don’t know, but Marvelous Darlings have done it. Live at Gales is a non-stop fuzzed out 22 minutes and 35 seconds of pissed off power-pop injected with a raw rock ‘n roll energy you only fantasized about your own band having during daydreams in front of the stereo. Full of strained vocals, luscious garage rock guitars and idiotic yelps from the crowd make this as close to an actual MD concert experience as a Saskatchewan resident will ever get.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sorrystaterecords.com/images/marvelousdarlingsliveatgales.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="http://www.sorrystaterecords.com/images/marvelousdarlingsliveatgales.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The song writing is what really gets me about this band. Band leader Ben Cook (Fucked Up, Young Governor) does such a great job of writing varied songs within the genre, often stitching the tunes together with infectiously catchy leads, ensuring that fans of the genre will give Live at Gales repeated listens in order to relive brief moments of total pop bliss.<br /><br />Dig on this and then start a band of your own!<br />~AS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4b6jl34tx2h8h45" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5908559175288911050?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-89341535015958263002011-01-22T08:44:00.001-08:002011-01-22T09:17:07.802-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/maggat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 357px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/maggat.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>From what I can tell, Maggat was a band from Germany that was active in the late 90's. Their output was pretty small, as I was only really able to find this 12" and a mini LP of the last songs they recorded, but the 12" is solid. This isn't groundbreaking stuff, just really good poppy midwest style emo. Musically it sort of reminds me of Tamiroff or The Promise Ring with a bit of a gruffer vocal delivery...well not so much gruffer, just less whiney. <span style="font-style: italic;">Acrobat</span> is a definite jam, as is <span style="font-style: italic;">The Invention of the Typewriter</span>. Sorry I don't have much else to say about this record, it's just an enjoyable listen and an interesting look at a German take on mid 90's emo.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?y22cipx2fekebdz" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-8934153501595826300?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-4581551740859721122011-01-19T16:57:00.000-08:002011-02-01T01:37:33.004-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/shut-in.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 395px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/shut-in.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>"We've drawn blood again"<br /><br />Somewhat inspired by the posting of <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/12/kevin-rips-marato-dirty-stories.html" target="_blank">The Martato's EP</a> weeks previous, I wanted to continue to post a few more EP's. After digging through the archives, I've realized that around the early 2000's Canada produced a bunch of great bands who, in turn, produced a bunch of really great EP's. Now, I don't really know what it was about this time that produced this onslaught of the cd-EP (let alone the nature of the EP itself) - but so long as the music is of a quality like this is, who cares? This Shut-IN EP was dusted off, and, boy, am I glad I did. I forgot all about this EP, and I'm ashamed I had.<br /><br />Shut-IN were from Toronto and had a few of the guys from <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/02/kevin-rips-pecola-mexican.html" target="_blank">Pecola</a> in it, which is primarily why I had to track this down. I've tracked down everything (at least to my knowledge) that those guys had produced after the demise of Pecola. Some of them were terribly lacklustre (Picastro), some middle of the road (Bush League, Minaret), some exceptional. And that exceptional band would be Shut-IN<br /><br />Perhaps because Shut-IN stayed a little closer to Pecola do I still think of this record fondly. There's fine line between the clean guitars, odd spattering of keys, ridiculously interesting drum patterns all played somewhere in the middle of post-punk/noise rock/math rock. It also kind of has that sort of off-kilter Daddy's Hands gloomy feel - though the playing is stellar. A few of these songs have been on a myriad of past mixtapes - specifically "Christmas Party" with that yell in the middle of it... golden. And the drum beat on "Forth of July" is something to behold and emulate. So go. Do.<br />~KS<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?g30ka1v9h4sjbtq"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?g30ka1v9h4sjbtq" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-458155174085972112?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-7252388107932952252011-01-10T22:26:00.000-08:002011-01-10T23:14:53.741-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/patterns.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 428px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/patterns.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>"We won't underestimate ourselves!"<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />There must be something in the water in Germany. I have posted earlier about the crazy scene happening there, one that has cost me much more than I'd care to admit in overseas mail-order in trying to collect it. Well, I've had this one for a while now, and as far as I can tell it has still yet to surface on the web. This incredible 12" pits two of the best German bands against each other. I love this stuff.<br /><br />Patterns play that kind of yelpy dance-punk stuff that at one point was super popular but has seemed to have fallen out of vogue in the last few years. Now I know, you're probably thinking, "Yeah, I've heard all that before" and yeah, you probably have - except you probably haven't heard it done this well. Especially on a track like "History Man" where the drums pull out this crazy stacatto rhythm I still have yet to get a handle on in after all these years for when this first came out. I would liken Patterns to Sharp Like Knives or something like that, just so you're in the know.<br /><br />Falcon Five (hilariously enough, a three-piece) share members with Shokei so you'll get the idea of where they're styled. Falcon Five, though, are a little more playful than Shokei, and are perfectly willing to reference Labyrinth without any qualms. Super intricate and interesting, but hardly alienatingly so. Like if Fugazi were more concerned with fun rather than walking margins.<br /><br />Both <a href="http://beautravail.bigcartel.com/product/falcon-five" target="_blank">Falcon Five</a> and <a href="http://www.altinvillage.de/releases/avm036.html" target="_blank">Patterns</a> have brand new releases out so if you're at all able to, be sure to order those.<br /><br />Note: I think my record skips, so if the jams jump at some point, apologies. Such is the nature of records that get played tons.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2zdwb7j15e6e6s7" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-725238810793295225?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-58863227850674977322010-12-28T09:53:00.000-08:002010-12-29T17:18:26.946-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/2010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 300px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/2010.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Rather than have this list be a bunch of disjointed songs in your iTunes, I threw them together into on handy little 37 minute MP3. Enjoy! PS. The photo was taken at Ghost Throats by <a href="http://ricomoran.com/" target="_blank">Rico Moran</a>. He's fantastic.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So it's the last days of December and so that means "Best of..." season on music blogs. While I see nothing wrong with this, I just don't keep up with new music enough to actually warrant my own list...in reality I've only really jammed like 10 new albums this year. Keeping with the holiday spirit though, I figured I'd try my hand at the "Top 10 Jams of the year". I'll try and keep them as current as possible, but I may stray from the 2010 year into the late 09's.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. End of a Year - Jeni Leigh</span><br />If I had to pick an album of the year it would probably be this record. Every song is such a jam, but to me Jeni Leigh is it. It's so damn catchy and fun and the big sing along female vocals at the end just kill me every time.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Gyre Spire &amp; Spindle - Winky Dinky</span><br />My friends make the best music in the world. When Graham, Blake, and Calvin debuted this stuff sans vocalist in the late months of 2009 everyone was really impressed. When they finally emerged from the jam space with Amy on vocals Edmonton practically fell apart from excitement. Winky Dinky is representative of one of my favorite times in Edmonton music in a long time.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Forming - Hate My Guts</span><br />I just posted the Forming 7" a few weeks ago. Seriously, Hate My Guts was my total summer jam...and continued to be so well into the winter months. Super fun 90's Indie Rock inspired pop punk. Jamz!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. York Redoubt - Initials</span><br />Technically a 2009 number, but whatever...I've been consistently listening to this album all year, but this is my favorite song on the album. Lazy, summery indie rock jams to move your hips and warm your heart.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Weed Hounds - Embrace (More or Less)</span><br />Again, a song from 2009...sort of. While this came out on Weed Hounds 09 demo, it was re-released on 7" in early 2010. I looooove this song. So catchy...I dare you to listen and not hum it for the rest of the day.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Maus - The Robber Bride</span><br />This song really came out of nowhere for me. I love Maus, but this song...I don't even know what to really say about it. Some of the most heartbreaking lyrics I've heard put to tape, and one of the most intense performances by a band in a long, long time. By the time the song picks up, you'll want to rip something apart.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. Solids - Erratic Dogs/Whatevers and Neverminds</span><br />Technically 2 songs, but they flow so well into each other that I can't listen to one without the other. Stalwart Sons brought word of Solids back after their Eastern Canadian tour, and it's been in heavy rotation since then. Just really great chill 2 piece, fuzzed out indie rock. Hard not to feel great when listening to these songs.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. Auld Beak - Cat Song</span><br />Is it fair to include a song from a tape that came out a week ago? Pffft I don't care, it's my list. Although I've only had these Auld Beak songs for just over 2 weeks, they've already got more plays than most things on this list. Seriously, one of the best things in Canada right now.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9. Slates - Dirty Water</span><br />Another 2009 song! To be fair, I think this came out late, late November 2009. While every song on Slates self titled 12" is amazing, the stand out track for me has to be Dirty Water (although Golden Leaves comes in a close close second). It's the kind of song you turn up really loud while hanging out with your friends on a hot summer day.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10. Stalwart Sons - Northern Lights</span><br />Did I say my friends make the best music in the world already? Well, Stalwart Sons is further proof of this. Their 12" serves as a beautiful love letter to growing up on the prairies, as Canadian as a Bay Blanket, Frozen pond hockey or the CBC. It was tough to pick one song, but I guess I'll just say Northern Lights, although it could just as well be Flags &amp; Bells, Wisdom Teeth or Book of Hours. Tough call.<br /><br />So that's it, a completely biased list of songs steeped heavily in nepotism. ;) Hope you enjoy.<br />~AB<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?31z00o8dld64yln" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5886322785067497732?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-76723223015821018372010-12-26T18:41:00.000-08:002010-12-27T15:39:52.116-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/soulemigre.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 323px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/soulemigre.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >A long long, time ago in a punk house basement far, far away existed a band called the Wolfnote. They toured Canada and the States extensively leaving a trail of sweaty, destroyed kids along their way. Although the 'note is long since dead, remnants of their travels poke their head to the surface every once in a while....this time in form of a obscure screamo 7". A pal who played in the Wolfnote brought this over the other day saying he bought in Reno at a house show. So huge thanks to him!</span><br /><br />So basically the story about Soul Emigre goes like this (and forgive me if I'm wrong). A gent from the Netherlands traveled to Reno to visit friends and while there, he started a band with a local punk rocker. They jammed some songs, had a good time, and he headed back home. Feeling like they had made great progress, the Reno resident decided to pay the Netherlands a visit and finish what had been started state-side. They enlisted a third member, jammed, played some shows around Europe and recorded two 7" records, including the one posted here. <span style="font-style: italic;">2001-2003</span> was put out on Spacement Records in Reno, from what I can tell is a collective kids that live in a house together, play in bands together, book shows and release records. Livin' the dream. The cover is hand spray-painted, and the whole record, music and art, is a beautiful testament to the power of punk rock and friendship.<br /><br />Anyways, this is a pretty gnarly emo record. It's a bit dated sounding at times with the screaming/singing/screaming and the lyrics can sometimes across as a bit cheeseball...but all in all super enjoyable and fun. The singer actually sounds a lot like one of the guys from the Blood Brothers. You can hear the mid-90's screamo influences a lot, as well as a bit of early 2000's hardcore. The end of <span style="font-style: italic;">Broadway</span> definitely reminds me of stuff that I was in love with 10 years ago and <span style="font-style: italic;">...we want flowers</span> is a total banger of an emo track<br /><br />It's a great find and something that won't likely be in a lot of collections. A quick Google search seems to show that the record is still available in some mailorders, but I'm not sure how reliable it is.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?nnqbi8v63czgb6m" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7672322301582101837?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-45349250751065023702010-12-24T09:00:00.000-08:002010-12-24T09:16:19.083-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/creeper.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 510px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/creeper.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Merry X-Mas from your pals in <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/04/creeper.html" target="_blank">Creeper</a>! Found this little gem sitting in my inbox yesterday from Braeden, Creeper's guitarist and resident beardo. While this is definitely heavier than the stuff I usually post, I couldn't pass this up. This band is just too good.<br /><br />I was lucky enough to play with Creeper in Toronto on the Gift Eaters/Red Hot Daggers tour and again when they came through Edmonton and they definitely showed us a good time both times. This 7" is heavy as hell, super pissed off, and makes you truly believe that these 4 dudes just might know how to bring on the end of the world. Download this RIGHT NOW if you're into Cursed, Wolfgoat, Surroundings or Black Ships. If you can get your hands on this 7" just <a href="http://ncjtrecords.bigcartel.com/product/creeper-exhaustion-7" target="_blank">do it</a>, support Canadian hardcore! We have one of the raddest scenes in the world!<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?b5515lzd0ie86pf" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4534925075106502370?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-13671464312358066792010-12-16T21:50:00.000-08:002010-12-18T09:34:44.546-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/forming.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 344px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/forming.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">OH SHIT! Like usual, I get busy and GGS suffers. Sorry all. I started a new job a few weeks back and have been slowly but steadily getting my life organized again. Regular posting should commence soon.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Well it finally happened...winter! And not that "Oh no it's -10° and there's 2cm of snow on the grass" but the "Holy fuck there's 45cm EVERYWHERE and it's -50° with a windchill." Luckily I have the cure! The best way to feel better about life when you're enduring sub zero deep freezes? Summer jams!!<br /><br />I honestly bought this record after the following recommendation, "Hey you're the guy who likes 90's indie rock and emo right? Buy this! The song 'Hate My Guts' is this years most serious summer jam." Boy were they right! Forming, featuring members of Ghostlimb, plays fun as hell, sing-along punk rock songs reminiscent of Dinosaur Jr. or Dag Nasty with a bit more of an indie rock slant. I don't know much what else I can say about this 7". It's a lot of fun, makes you feel great, and the songs will get stuck in your head for days. 5 months later and I'm still rocking these songs all the time and I never get sick of it.<br /><br />The artwork and printing on this record is super nice. Everything on Vitriol is amazingly put together and definitely worth adding to your collection. Buy it <a href="http://vitriolrecords.bigcartel.com/product/forming-s-t-7-vit008" target="_blank">here.</a><br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?521emlo86c89ez2" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-1367146431235806679?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-53391440292305759842010-12-09T23:28:00.000-08:002010-12-09T23:54:29.185-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/marato.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 344px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/marato.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>"I'm free when I dance, so let's dance! Motherfuckin' dance!"<br /><br />A long-time totheteeth/tothehilt tour favourite, The Marato's one and only EP "Dirty Stories" released by the still largely unappreciated (as a label, at least) Blue Skies Turn Black - and yet, after all this time, a very much under-appreciated and unheralded recording. But that's what I am about to do - HARKEN ALL! The Marato were amazing. The Marato hailed from Montreal, and produced some of the finest dancey post-punk/post-hardcore I've ever heard. I dug this EP out again recently, and was flooded with fond memories of singing along to these songs driving into sunsets on the way to Saskatoon.<br /><br />I would liken them to a significantly superior Despistado, and I would guess they've listened to their fair share of Wooden Stars or early North of America back in the day. I feel as though one could draw a direct line from The Marato to bands like Whiskey Priest and Hey Predator! - That would give you some impression of what we're dealing with, but it certainly doesn't do certain justice to the jams. 6 songs, and each and everyone is mixtape worthy (and has likely ended up on many a mixtape from myself). The guitars noodle around each other in the most unlikely ways, while the rhythm keeps things solid and upbeat.Though the songs are rather mathy and obtuse, the hooks are profound, and the impression it leaves is lasting. Perhaps, I'm not doing justice to this recording. Let me just say that this record meant a great deal to me at one point, and even after near decade after its release, it still holds up.<br /><br />Still available for a most reasonable price <a href="http://web.blueskiesturnblack.com/release.php?releaseid=5" target="_blank">right here.</a><br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?zsodcskcpi8tzk1" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5339144029230575984?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-50152960134650138632010-11-25T12:15:00.000-08:002010-11-25T13:25:11.920-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">So a few weeks ago our good pal and frequent poster Aaron suggested that we have a Winter Mix-Off. The rules were simple. Create a 8-15 song mix tape that represented winter to you, whether it was through lyrical content, song vibe, or title. Each mix would be voted on by the readers of this blog and the person who received the least votes would have to write and record an original song about winter. (Yikes!!) So here we go.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kevin: Mix For a Winter's Night</span></span><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/mix-kevin.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 367px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/mix-kevin.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>To choose a song for a winter mix, one would need to have either "winter" in song title, lyrical content and/or over-all wintery sound &amp; feel. For the most part, I tried to hit all three criteria for every song - this is a competition after all. Yes, it might be cheap to throw on the Christmasiest Christmas song ever (Vince Guaraldi), but there's so little Christmas themed music that doesn't fully cause one to cringe in pain but rather evoke joy and legitimately the feeling of winter. With regards to the Canadianess of the mix, I suppose that truly few countries have any real understanding of winter and therefore would be unable to evoke that sentiment in song, and thus this mix is made up nearly entirely of Canucks - two of which are recorded by close Albertan friends (Brady Funchner and Jason Warden aka First Punic War) - again, only an Albertan could truly set down winter (a real Albertan winter) in song. Some of these evoke certain memories of winter's past for me. I have a very distinct memory of driving to Fernie on a whim and ended up in total white-out conditions, rolling around mountain passes unable to see 5 feet ahead and blaring both the Rick White and the Unintended albums - those could very well be the coldest records ever put to tape, and hearing them conjures those memories above and send chills down my neck. Ideally this is a driving mix, to listen to while staring through little a little square hole scraped from the windshield, mitts grasping the wheel, and the heaters on defrost full-blast.<br /><br />Let's all be glad the winter is here.<br />~Kevin<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lf33r97t7daeobu" target="_blank"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lf33r97t7daeobu">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">ps. As if writing a winter song could ever be punishment, I recorded my winter song regardless and included it. I didn't want to be the victor and yet still lose, to not have the chance to set one down.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />pps. - the songs also organized in what I felt was the narrative flow of the songs, beginning now in November and ending towards Christmas. ;)</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aaron: J'aime l'hiver</span></span><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/mix-aaron.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 322px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/mix-aaron.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss - Immortal</span><br />No true winter mix is complete without kicking it off with some evil black metal. Immortal is one of those bands that I’m borderline obsessed with because I find them so funny, but also so incredibly appropriate for winter jams. Go for a drive on some prairie grid roads in -50 weather blasting this shit and fantasize about building snowmen with human heads.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">First Day of Winter - Screechin Weasel</span><br />An unwritten rule for mixes: The first track has to be a banger. The second track has to be equally as pumping. And nothing gets me more stoked on life than Ramones rip-off music. Fun fact: Ben Weasel has written a “First Day of...” song for every season.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Jesus Christ - Big Star</span><br />Take lyrics from any church hymnal and they won’t be nearly as glorious as this 1974 ode to the Son of God. R.I.P. Alex Chilton.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Long Cold Lonely Night - The Yolks</span><br />Uppity garage rock which will put a skip in your step as you’re walking home from the bus stop, only to make you realize you’re trudging to an empty house to sit in the dark and drink hot chocolate by yourself.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Snowsuit Sound - Sloan</span><br />Memories are precious and I sure hope everyone has at least a few of being bundled up by their mother and sent out to into a winter’s afternoon full of hope and adventure. How does one even begin to describe that “snowsuit sound”?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Homo Christmas - Pansy Division</span><br />My favourite Christmas track. Bask in the FABULOUS irreverence of this gem.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Snow Road - The Fjords</span><br />Slowing it down a bit with this incredible stoner-blues jam from Saskatoon’s The Fjords. This band is extremely underrated and should have toured more.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">November - Christie Front Drive</span><br />Picking it up a bit with a song that takes me back to cute memories like holding hands on winter walks with a girlfriend. Also takes me back to other less cute memories...like weird winter break ups.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Winter Wheel - Art Bears</span><br />70’s avant-garde always seems to rudely interrupt any flow a mix might have, which is hilarious to me. The lyrics to this song make me think of my grandparents’ farm and how excited I was at the prospect of so much snow in such a wide open space!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Snowed In - Joel Plaskett Emergency</span><br />Out of Plaskett’s massive collection of songs, this is the closest to what Thrush Hermit would have sounded like had they stayed together. Some of the best mornings I’ve had are finding out that the university is closed because of snow. PARTY TIME!<br />~Aaron<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?5zrkm2ab46w3c6v" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Andrew: Winter Sucks...Sort Of</span></span><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/mix-andrew.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 273px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/mix-andrew.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I wanted my mix to represent my love/hate relationship with winter. Growing up in Alberta puts you against some pretty extreme weather...at times it's beautiful, at other times it makes you want to curl up and die. This is a musical timeline of winter for me.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">It's Going To Be A Cold Winter - Ceremony</span><br />This song is like hearing the weatherperson say the forecast calls for snow. It's how I feel when I have to clean up the dog shit in the yard, put away my bike, and hang up my beat up hole riddled vans in preparation for the long cold winter that is coming.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Snow Falls In November - Julie Doiron (OH NO! We were bound to have at least one repeat)</span><br />Despite the initial rage I feel towards the season, the first snowfall is beautiful and you can't help but feel a bit in love with everything that morning you wake up and see the world covered up.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Make This A Holiday - Small Brown Bike</span><br />The great thing about winter in Edmonton is everyone goes into slight hibernation and makes beautiful music. You see your friends at basement shows and hall shows and everything is awesome. This is a song about winter friends. (Thanks Mark!)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Winter Wonderland - Cap'n Jazz</span><br />Christmas is coming! The most terrifying/weird/hilarious Christmas song ever recorded. Had to be included.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tyco Racing Set And A Christmas Story Fifteen Times</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> - Kind of Like Spitting</span><br />A great song about how INSANSE Christmas can make me feel. Too many people, too many family dinners, just pure craziness for a solid week. (My family really isn't nearly as bad as the one in this song is made out to be)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Merry Boxing Day - The Rocky Fortune</span><br />Boxing Day deserves it's own carol too.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">New Year's Day - Waxwing</span><br />Good cover by Waxwing. Maybe not that lyrically appropriate, but still a great wintery jam and season specific.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">She Has A Cold, Cold Heart</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> - Orchid</span><br />This song makes me feel like I'm being buried alive. The weird muffled piano, the strange noise at the end...it's just awesome.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Nuclear Winter Wonderland - In/Humanity</span><br />Yeah...at this point I'm pretty tired of winter. Getting a little pissed.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Out for Blood</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> - YDI</span><br />Fuck this season. When is summer coming?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Longest Winter - Pedro The Lion</span><br />At peace with it. Winter's long, but I'll survive. Also, is it really a mix without a Pedro The Lion track?<br />~Andrew<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ag8c5jla57qmfaj" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">So there you have the 3 mixes. Let us know your favorite by commenting. We'll announce a winner in a few weeks.<br />~AB</span><br /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5015296013465013863?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-69137528962520024152010-11-24T10:01:00.000-08:002010-11-24T10:30:00.241-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/ancestors.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 376px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/ancestors.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">AB: Tiny sidenote to this post. The artwork on this 7" is an amazing piece of work done by <a href="http://www.gigposters.com/designer/43571_Michal_Majewski.html" target="_blank">Michael Majewski</a>, a seriously talented Canadian poster artist who sadly passed away last year. If you can get your hands on this 7" do it, the screen printed cover alone is worth it.</span></span><br /><br />Toronto's Ancestors are a whirlwind. I had the distinct privilege to play with them this last summer on the Stalwart Sons tour. We played together in the kitchen of the Bro Haus, home of the dudes from Creeper. The Bro Haus is a pretty gnarly place to begin with, but to put Ancestors in that kitchen - that's just mayhem! The floors were slick from beer and sweat, 30 people were crammed into the kitchen, dirty dishes piled high in the sink, garbage bags piled high right outside the back window, guitar strings were snapping like threads. It's a wonder the cupboards were still intact at the end of the night.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Ancestors play a sort of ripping rock-styled hardcore, much like Panthers or something like that - except Ancestors make band like Panthers seem tame by comparison. All the members of Ancestors were older dudes in their thirties, but I can only say that their age has made them wise. They know what they're doing, no tired rock cliches, no plodding softies or sing-songy vocals. Just blazing jams. And this 7" piles them high! Just one listen to the title track "Nightfall" - the vocals hoarse as they should be, the guitars that cut like saws! Riffs to cut you in half.<br /><br />Limited to 300, and I believe now sadly OOP, so I really hope people will support this band and really catch on to Ancestors. If you live in the GTA, I implore you to bear witness to this band. I only wish they lived in my city so they could make my kitchen sweat and their guitars cut me in twain.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?uu2f31eeqe7no13" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-6913752896252002415?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-78853338010261272032010-11-18T11:25:00.000-08:002010-11-18T12:13:20.133-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/admiral.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 300px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/admiral.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Admiral was an emo band from Pennsylvania featuring members that would go on to form notable bands such as Navio Forge and Hoover. Honestly, this 7" was a bit of a slow burner for me...I'd listen but nothing would stick out too much for me, until one day <span style="font-style: italic;">Horns Lay Silent</span> (the second track) came on shuffle. For whatever reason it just clicked for me. It's not a groundbreaking or life changing record, but the songs are played with a lot of heart and sincerity and it just makes you feel good.<br /><br />Musically think 80's hardcore/emo with super gruff vocals and a bit of a punk rock sing along vibe. Enjoyable listen through and through and definitely worth checking out if you like the DC/Dischord style.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">~AB<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?7uzf9fzduwg676s"><br /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?7uzf9fzduwg676s" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7885333801026127203?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-25697486765781548822010-11-15T15:23:00.000-08:002010-11-16T09:50:12.531-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/highjinks.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 299px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/highjinks.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>All the Edmonton kids will already have this, but I figured it was worth posting regardless. In my opinion High Jinks was one of the best hardcore bands to come out of Edmonton in a long time, and I feel like kids will talk about this band for years to come.<br /><br />To me, this 7" represents a time in Edmonton when the scene was shifting away from the jock mentality towards (dare I say) a more thoughtful and intelligent hardcore scene. High Jinks' lyrics definitely reflected this. Songs like Violins showed disdain for a scene that was more about fighting than it was about unity. However, don't let the idea of 'thoughtfulness' lull you into thinking this record is soft. It's fast, loud and pissed off, taking cues from all facets of hardcore. Listen hard enough and you'll hear elements of 80's hardcore greats like Black Flag and Cro-Mags mixed with contemporary counterparts like Carry On or Ceremony.<br /><br />Some of my favorite shows I've played or attended have been with High Jinks. The band always played harder than the kids could thrash about, and at the end it always seemed like the audience was more tired than the band, who was always up for playing a couple covers on top of their already exhausting set.<br /><br />This has been out of print for over a year or so now, and will likely never seen a repress. If you own it, hang onto it. Amazing record with fantastic artwork. Marbled green vinyl and a great poster fold out insert. Rad! Members of High Jinks went on to play in <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mausedmonton" target="_blank">Maus</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/goodbyevan" target="_blank">Tempest</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/noproblempunx" target="_blank">No Problems</a>. Check it!<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?jrv7v7bbdijv7kq" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-2569748676578154882?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-53868714008457711502010-11-10T10:00:00.000-08:002010-11-15T15:15:47.181-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/allthrough.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 316px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/allthrough.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>There's something so beautiful about purchasing a record with no idea of how it will sound. I've sort of waxed poetic about this in the past, but it still makes me so happy every time it happens. I picked this up off Damages' merch table as they shared members. The pastel soft colors and intricate design of the artwork is starkly contrasted next to Damages bold, black and white aesthetic, and you can't help picking up the 7" and inspecting it. It's on insanely heavy vinyl, and the color is this amazing translucent minty green. So basically, I'm trying to say that I was sold on the packaging before I even heard the tunes. Bought it, listened to it, loved it.<br /><br />Not unlike Damages, All Through A Life is heavily influenced by DC/Dischord Hardcore and mid 90's emo records on Ebullition. The vocals are intense, a mix of desperate shouting and rambled spoken word. The instruments incredibly tight and complex, pummeling you for just under 10 minutes. This is definitely one of the better emo records to come out of Canada and definitely worth adding to your collection. Physical copies are a must of this record, I cannot stress enough how beautiful it is. <a href="http://www.clue2records.com/" target="_blank">Buy it!</a><br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?8npc9pzrvqtypn7" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5386871400845771150?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-41568266907761149442010-11-09T11:07:00.000-08:002010-11-09T21:47:17.162-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/bloodygears.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 510px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/bloodygears.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">AB: Another punk rock selection from Mr. Scholz! Thanks!</span></span><br /><br />I like a lot of unoriginal punk. I like it even more when un-original punk comes along with a slightly different and, dare I say, "fresh" twist. Combining HOT SNAKES and WIPERS influences into one hot 7”, Bloody Gears are a band to get excited about. In fact, I think they would do well to accompany SLATES on a tour. They are from Boston and have a crappy name, but a dynamite three-song release! Deranged Records put this out back in May, so you should buy it, along with everything else Deranged has put out.<br />~AS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?wmgq2ifommm" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4156826690776114944?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-34573215268268589192010-11-09T10:27:00.000-08:002010-11-09T11:02:14.644-08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/Troy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 300px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/Troy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>At just under 20 years of age <a href="http://www.myspace.com/troysnaterse" target="_blank">Troy Snaterse</a> has already been involved with more bands than most people do in their lifetime. Whether it's playing hardcore in Breakaway, emo in This Machine Is..., or pop punk in Oh Messy Life, it's super apparent that Troy is talented beyond his years. This is his latest offering, a 6 song self titled solo EP and it's fantastic.<br /><br />I've had the chance to see Troy's solo act a few times and it's always such an awesome sight to see 50 hardcore kids stop and fully immerse themselves in the music. As far as the tunes goes, this is pretty no frills stuff, just a guy, his guitar and his voice. Lyrics about growing up, getting into trouble and falling in and out of love. It's beautiful in it's simplicity and honesty. I know this album won't be everyone's cup of tea, but to me it represents the amazing pool of talent that's constantly growing in this beautiful city I call my home.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?3y3ytu5a7f8ta1s" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-3457321526826858919?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-41896510248204135422010-11-05T07:32:00.000-07:002010-11-05T16:01:35.980-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/mineral.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 300px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/mineral.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>No other band causes such a mixed bag of reactions in the emo genre than Mineral does, and rightly so. Mineral was and continues to be a pretty divisive band in the scene. Some will argue that they represent the pinnacle of midwest sappy emo rock, while others will say that bands like Mineral are what corrupted the genre and pushed it towards a more radio friendly sound. Personally I love the band. I know they're super cheesy and insanely melodramatic, but that's what I adore about it. Listening to Mineral is like being catapulted back into your 16 year old body, a time where everything is so urgent and important, despite it's obvious triviality. It's silly and you know it, but you can't help but let it wash over you.<br /><br />I like all of Mineral's stuff, but I find this 7" to be the most concise and solid offering they ever put out. While the 2 full lengths may have had a bit of filler in the middle, the February/M.D. 7" is 2 really solid jams. Like most songs in their discography, both of these are slow builders filled with twinkly guitars and manic depressive whined vocals. These guys obviously had a formula and they stuck with it. I think my favorite part of this entire 7" is at 3:50 in M.D. Huge soaring melodies and harmonies. Emo gold Jerry, emo gold!<br /><br />Those who hate this, really hate it, and those who love it, probably already have this, but I figured it was worth posting regardless.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?tk51mwvpacvl737" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4189651024820413542?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-23784079386553282202010-11-05T07:21:00.000-07:002010-11-05T07:29:42.683-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/og-soy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 341px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/og-soy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is a record that's been getting consistent play for months. You can probably figure that much out judging by the static heard on this rip (and thus, yes!, Kevin Rips are doing just that once again!). Two of the best bands from Portland throwing together two solid jams. The don't exactly share an aesthetic sound, but more a common attitude towards punk rock and hardcore. They aren't exactly playing the most timely of music, and thankfully they don't need to be. Sometimes things don't have to soar with leaps and bounds of obvious innovation and greatness, sometimes things just need to be solid and true.<br /><br />Old Growth came out of the aftermath of perpetual favorites <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/10/kevin-rips-twelve-hour-turn-perfect.html">Twelve Hour Turn</a>, one half went and formed Tubers, the other half Old Growth. While there are still some slight post-hardcore leanings going on, Old Growth are more akin with rootsy/Springsteen-like punk bands like Fake Problems or <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/10/bent-outta-shape-stray-dog-town.html">Bent Outta Shape</a>. "Taste the Rain" has ended up on many a road-mix-tape, with the rolling harmonica and picked guitars, somehow this song just kept getting looked at again and again. <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/05/science-of-yabra-check-sound.html">Science of Yabra</a> offer up something far more aggressive, with heavy riffage (reminiscent of Ancestors maybe, or vice-versa?). Solid split 7" from two solid bands. Through and through.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?1vu7aqfslzmielm" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-2378407938655328220?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-91334666042242115122010-11-04T16:33:00.000-07:002010-11-04T17:17:21.322-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/draftdodgers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 505px; height: 338px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/draftdodgers.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">AB: Kevin's gonna hate me for this one. :)</span></span><br /><br />If there is one thing I know in life it's that the best music you will ever hear in your lifetime will be played by your best friends in dark, cold basements. Even if it's only been heard by a handful of kids and the only record of their existence is a xeroxed manifest and a roughly recorded tape, you will likely remember this music for the rest of your life.<br /><br />Draft Dodgers were never meant to go beyond the basement. They were never meant to have a fancy recording and big tours with signed bands. They represent a brief moment in time where your entire life revolved around 17 minutes of music....and isn't that what a great album is supposed to do? I listen to this tape all the time and it still gets me the same way it did the first time I heard it. Best band. (PS. Listen to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/wearestalwartsons" blank="_blank">Stalwart Sons</a> if you're not doing so already)<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dcjoml5nppnqnmk" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-9133466604224211512?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-6308173143113584592010-11-01T08:40:00.000-07:002010-11-01T09:32:02.974-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/colossus.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 313px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/colossus.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>"Why do we try so hard?" This line rings really true and sad on this 4 song 7". Colossus of Roads, in my opinion, was one of the best bands playing modern screamo/skram in the states and seemed to be largely ignored. It's really too bad, because Colossus takes elements of Kidcrash's mathy rocking emo and mixes it with Capsules intensity and heaviness...and then proceeds to blow every band out of the water with their sound. Every song on this 7" is amazing and can stand on it's own, but together this is one intense 10 minute listen. Not sure if they are still active, and details on this release are sketchy at best. Bummer. This band should have been huge.<br /><br />Thanks so much to Chris for finding this for me. I don't know why I was having such a hard time finding a rip of it. Unfortunately the rip isn't the greatest, and the level drops a few times throughout. Still an amazing album worth downloading. Also...it should be noted that this band is in no way related to the terrible Montreal band, Colossus of Rhodes. Don't bother with that band.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?pjc9b48x72lk1an" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-630817314311358459?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-55017645633622899092010-10-28T16:26:00.000-07:002010-10-30T11:18:04.211-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/meneguar.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 305px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/meneguar.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Music is more than notes and words and chords strung together to make something beautiful. It's the soundtrack to every experience and relationship you have in your life. As cornball that sounds, I really believe in it and it's for this reason I hold some records very close to my heart. Meneguar, to me, represents this really awesome time in my life when I met some of the most amazing people that I'm proud to call my friends now. This group of friends help introduce me to so much new and fantastic music. I remember spending long winter afternoons at the SnicPit just talking about music while my iPod was filled to the brim for new jams to discover. (Courtesy of Mr. Frena. Thank you sir)<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/meneguar2.jpg"><br /></a>Meneguar's I Was Born at Night was one record that really stood out for me during that time. I spent a good portion of that winter jamming this record on cold bus rides across town and hellish 8 hour days in front of the computer. As far as sound goes, think <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/09/kevin-rips-brainworms-cassette.html">Brainworms'</a> jagged yet strangely melodic guitar work, mixed with Archers of Loaf's weirdo angular indie rock and a ton of poppy goodness. All you really need to know is this is some really great indie rock with a lot of hidden complexity that shows itself after a few listens. It might not stick the first time, but I guarantee it will grow on you.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?oo1297q7bckuvfk" target="_blank&quot;">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5501764563362289909?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-73114891130557595642010-10-28T11:41:00.000-07:002010-10-28T12:35:29.901-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/fucktower.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 344px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/fucktower.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I just need to take care of a little business real quick. Firstly, I really pride myself on keeping this blog relevant and fresh, and sometimes I have a hard time finding new and interesting stuff to post. So when there is a serious lag in posts I apologize. Secondly, I just heard from MK a few days ago. He has settled nicely into his new Eastern digs and he's doing well despite his lack of internet. Posts from him will resume one day. Connect to the matrix bro.</span></span><br /><br />OK...I got a gooder for your earholes today. Fuck Tower was a awesome (and young) band from Calgary. I never got to see them unfortunately, but members went on to help form Brain Fever, so if you're a fan of the feve listen up. From what I understand, they only ever recorded 3 songs and played a handful of shows...which is a damn shame. I would have loved to see this band grow...guaranteed this band would have been a powerhouse in Calgary.<br /><br />As far as sound goes, I compare it to <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/01/thundrah-city-swallows-sparrow.html">Thundrah</a> a bit, but with less disco and more hardcore. Or Early North of America with a bit more of a dance fever. Or like...2 skinny punk kids in a basement trying to get a bunch of basketball jersey wearing bro-jocks to shake their hips instead of swing their fists. More <span style="font-style: italic;">Turkish Disco</span> than <span style="font-style: italic;">Seeing Red</span>. Get it?<br /><br />Thanks so much to Nicholas for sending me this and letting me post it. It means a ton that people are willing to share their music.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?apto4g4cozv4pot" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7311489113055759564?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-44184181732481573852010-10-18T21:45:00.000-07:002010-10-19T09:23:42.959-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/movingtarg.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 300px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/movingtarg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>It's always rad to hear a band from the 80's that I've never heard of, but have obviously been pretty influential in the kind of music I love. Moving Targets was a band from Boston that was active around the mid 80's that played a really great brand of punk similar to bands like Husker Du and The Replacements. Personally, I love this style of punk. It's poppy enough for anyone to enjoy, but has enough of an edge to keep it from being cheese-ball radio rock. Moving Targets was also heavily inspired by the DC scene going on at the time (Rites of Spring, Dischord Records, you know the drill) and you can definitely hear a bit of that, especially in songs like <span style="font-style: italic;">The Other Side</span> (which sounds like it could be a lost <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/04/rain-la-vache-qui-rit.html">Rain</a> song) and the horn laced <span style="font-style: italic;">Shape of Somethings</span> that almost pays tribute to Nation of Ulysses. Although Moving Targets never really achieved cult status like some of the bands around them, they no doubt helped influence the pop punk/indie scene that seemed to explode in the early 90's and you can hear their sound in bands like Seaweed and others.<br /><br />Anyways, all the namedropping aside, this record is great. Rocking tunes with great hooks that will be stuck in your head for days, guaranteed. <span style="font-style: italic;">Burning In Water</span> was originally released separately in 1986, but then repackaged and rereleased with their 1989 record <span style="font-style: italic;">Brave Noise</span>. For all the pop punk enthusiast out there, Moving Targets' song <span style="font-style: italic;">The Other Side</span> was also featured on a split 7" with punk juggernauts Screeching Weasel in 1988. Cool!<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?iu34t5hkbn5c05b" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4418418173248157385?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-23576874480221750082010-10-16T17:39:00.000-07:002010-10-16T17:59:21.748-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/12hour.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 383px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/12hour.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>"The difference between twelve hours and twelve years is quite unclear"<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />I know I'm often given to hyperbole, but this time it's the God's-honest truth. "Perfect Progress, Prefect Destruction" is one of the greatest records in existence. I can't think of a more apt title that this, because this indeed a perfect record. Starting with "water under bridges rise," the most epic of openers, you'd think that the opened with the best jam, until you get to the next one. And the next one, and the next after that. Every song is increasingly a beautiful jam.<br /><br />Incredibly matched guitars, with incredibly matched and impassioned vocals. Lyrically, this album is one of the most inspiring, as it doesn't dwell on worn cliches, it is an emo record, certainly, but likely one of the realest and actually most affecting since Rites of Spring unleashed it on the world. It still sits in a well obviously influenced by Fugazi and others, but still has a definite Florida/No Idea feel to it. This is pre-Tubers, and one can see the progression from here to there, so you have some idea how it sounds. But really, the thing that makes this record so good, is simply the fact that the songs all kill. The songs rip, the vocals break at all the right spots, and they aren't afraid to let things breathe. Play hardcore slower, and let the power shine through.<br /><br />Desert island record.<br /><br />"Join the choir, start to sing, loud!"<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ddy1e6vtu0o3duf" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-2357687448022175008?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-16670712540232290072010-10-15T11:19:00.001-07:002010-10-15T11:38:23.737-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/finelines.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 300px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/finelines.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Some bands know how to write sprawling epics and some bands just know how to write bangers. Washington, DC's Fine Lines is definitely the latter. Three minute hardcore songs with a tinge of rock and roll to keep the head nodding and the hips shaking and just enough heart to keep you emo nerds interested. Loud, sloppy and dirty, just the way it should be! Think Daniel Striped Tiger meets Hot Snakes meets Black Flag...then again, maybe not. Regardless, Fine Lines is a fun listen and worth checking out. Sadly they're done, but you can download their other release (a split with BOOST) on their <a href="http://www.myspace.com/finelinesdc" target="_blank">Myspace.</a><br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?f84ug6fifa8i75v" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-1667071254023229007?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-80988361178368362972010-10-14T11:36:00.000-07:002010-10-14T12:25:21.456-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/Fieldtree.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 546px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/Fieldtree.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Interesting mid 90's emo record from Detroit's Fieldtree. The first time I heard this I was really into the first song (Limb). It was really chaotic and frantic, and I really dug the bass and vocals. Side B (Memories Of The World) didnt't even really sound like the same band upon first listen and for a long time I just ignored this song. However, the more I listen to it, the more I love it. The vocals remind me of a lot of midwest emo that was popular at the time, but there is still that bit of frantic urgency that the other track plays on so well. All in all a solid offering from a band that a lot of folks may not know about.<br /><br />Fun Fact: This 7" was released on Canadian Label, Winter Records, which released some of Canada's more legendary hardcore bands like Chokehold and Left For Dead. How Can They Intend to Heal (the go to blog for Canadian Hardcore) has a great interview with the owner of Winter Records. <a href="http://howcantheyintendtoheal.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/winter-recordsrhythm-of-sickness-records/" target="_blank">Check it.</a><br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?yok2m0acdz084mj" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-8098836117836836297?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-62633400566700661772010-10-10T20:18:00.000-07:002010-10-10T20:51:53.369-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/bent.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 299px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/bent.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">AB: More goodness from prairie punk historian, Aaron. So stoked that he keeps sharing pieces of his huge collection. Also, I stole the above photo from this<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shantycheryl/269582547/in/photostream/" target="_blank"> flickr</a>. Hope that person doesn't mind! Cover Art was too small, but you can snag it <a href="http://store.recessrecords.com/images/95%28200x200%29.jpg" target="_blank">here.</a></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />This is truly a punk rock record. You don’t understand the spirit of punk until you’ve heard this. It captures the very heart and soul of the genre in every off-time strum and every out-of-tune note. Very few albums like this exist in the history of music. Any time I throw it on, it always sounds to me like John Mellancamp fronting the best Replacements-inspired band in the world. If that’s not accurate enough, think of the bands that Salinas Records signs. That’s pretty close. Except Bent Outta Shape are better than all those bands.<br /><br />If you enjoy songs about loving your friends, riding the bus, and thinking society is strange, this is for you. Singer/guitarist Jamie Ewing died two years ago at the age of 25 in his apartment in Brooklyn. The dude was a brilliant songwriter and I miss his presence in the music world.<br />~AS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?s9s1ms1pac9uxed" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-6263340056670066177?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-66957726649334815112010-10-08T10:23:00.001-07:002010-10-10T20:55:41.504-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/Wunami.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 322px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/GGS/Wunami.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Sorry things on GGS have been a bit slow lately. No real excuse other than a general lack of energy on my part. That being said, I have a few goodies to upload fairly soon, so keep an eye out for that.<br /><br />Today, I have a treat for any of you post rock/metal nerds out there. Wunami is from California and play dark and heavy post rock, not unlike bands like Godspeed You Black Emperor, Caspian, or Russian Circles. The songs are long and take their time to build up, but it's always worth it when they explode out of the gates. Nothing too groundbreaking here, but definitely worth checking out. Beautiful post rock for cold winter nights.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?uwc3ie38ekmwcii" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-6695772664933481511?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-12329551245045236692010-10-03T14:23:00.000-07:002010-10-03T14:38:23.436-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TKj2_yc_9yI/AAAAAAAAAOM/TCQAY3ogT9I/s1600/Picture0012.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 382px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TKj2_yc_9yI/AAAAAAAAAOM/TCQAY3ogT9I/s400/Picture0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523936518705510178" border="0" /></a>I wish I had a longer history with this band. La Maladresse are proof that some of the most incredible post-hardcore in the world is made in Canada - and that Canada does not care near enough about it. Put this right beside Shotmaker and The Plan - we've got gold here.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Formed in small suburb of Quebec City, La Maladresse (loosely translated as "The Clumsiness") began in the same way so many great bands form - in isolation. Isolation due to their language in being surrounded by anglophones, isolation in their place in the country, isolation in the apparent brilliance of sound. La Maladresse produce a sound far beyond that of a duo. Saying such has become a cliche when referring to loud two-pieces, and for the most part, it is a statement that is generally completely unfounded. Maybe with the exception of Hella does a guitar and drums combo do this: absolutely blows everything and everyone away. The drums and guitar weave through each other so deftly and intricately, I'm amazed it exists. Mathy, incredible melodies, impassioned vocals - I only wish I could sing along.... or shout along, rather. I don't understand it. This album is awesome. Literally awed by it.<br /><br />Stalwart Sons had the great privilege of playing La Maladresse's final show earlier this summer, and am so grateful it could have happened. I can only hope, now that we have one half of La Maladresse living in here Alberta, that we can convince La Maladresse to, at some point, play once again. And play it here.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0dbzf3pjgw1o2lg" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-1232955124504523669?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-75973771914636068222010-09-24T10:22:00.000-07:002010-09-24T10:56:11.883-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/Arm.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 401px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/Arm.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>Remember that old PSA from the 80's with Astar, that snotty ass robot that would mockingly assert that he could put his arm back on, while the screen played a horrifying slideshow of kids maimed in farming accidents. Didn't you hate that dickhead? I know I did. I always just imagined some mangled kid yelling "Fuck you Astar, you can't even feel pain!" at the television screen in a grey hospital somewhere in the middle of Northern Ontario.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />What does this have to do with I Can Put My Arm Back On You Can't? Nothing really...just felt a desire to express my distaste for that jerk. Arm Back On play pissed off, angular punk rock in the vein of bands like Shellac, Fugazi and The Jesus Lizard. Songs about sex, politics, murder, and optometry make this record feel incredibly anxious and uncomfortable.<br /><br /><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/arm2.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 394px;" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2164569/arm2.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>The packaging on this album is beautiful. Great looking typography, nice rich colors, great paper stock. You know, the kind of things that make nerds like me foam at the mouth. If that wasn't enough, the lyric sheet is a 6 panel fold out, glued to the inside of the digipak with lyrics, credits and even song structures so you can play along...I guess. Nice looking stuff. I'm not a huge CD collector anymore (don't even own a CD player) but this is worth having in the collection for sure. Pick it up <a href="http://thebluehouse.org/details.php?id=968" target="_blank">here.</a><br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lb92dxqbk229ng7" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7597377191463606822?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-19408238712072581812010-09-20T15:44:00.000-07:002010-09-20T20:46:59.757-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TJgofcWGHNI/AAAAAAAAAN8/pvM2C4p9x5w/s1600/dayblack.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 306px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TJgofcWGHNI/AAAAAAAAAN8/pvM2C4p9x5w/s400/dayblack.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519205863992466642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">So we just passed our 100th post last week, so I figured it was time for an overhaul of the site. Just make it look a little nicer and cleaner. Hopefully everyone digs.</span></span><br /><br />I was hanging out with some pals this weekend and they both mentioned they had never heard A Day in Black &amp; White's first full length 'My Heroes Have Always Killed Cowboys" so I figured it was worth posting. It's probably pretty easy to find online, but I really dig this record a lot. If you're familiar with their second full length Notes, be prepared for a bit of a surprise. Instead of short rocking post punk jams, Heroes is full of slow building and explosively frantic post rock. Honestly, I've heard people say that this album wears it's Godspeed influence on it's sleeve a bit too much, but I love it. It's no frills, no bullshit kind of music, and even the songs that are 6 minutes plus don't feel that way. It takes all the fear and suffocating density of Godspeed and combines it with the viciousness of City of Caterpillar or Funeral Diner. Six years later, this continues to be one of my favorite records.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?hhy99qbz7jgw82r" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-1940823871207258181?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-58889130106507555212010-09-16T11:11:00.001-07:002010-09-16T13:47:36.310-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TJJd7TvO9cI/AAAAAAAAANM/gRjbGV3xttQ/s1600/shoppers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TJJd7TvO9cI/AAAAAAAAANM/gRjbGV3xttQ/s400/shoppers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517575766974330306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">*Actual demo is called "You shot me and I woke up in my next life"</span></span><br /><br />Quick and short one for today. I found Shoppers while looking for the <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/09/merchandise-st.html" target="_blank">Merchandise</a> tape on Drugged Conscience. The name of the demo intrigued me so I did some digging. I managed to find their 3 song demo. It's roughly recorded and only 7 minutes long (all 3 songs on one track) but really great. Fuzzed out 90's female fronted indie rock mixed with just the right amount of pop punk and hardcore. Really digging this stuff right now, hope you will too. <a href="http://www.druggedconscience.com/" target="_blank">Order it!</a><br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2340d76s2z8923j" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5888913010650755521?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-31126868032702484522010-09-15T08:42:00.000-07:002010-09-15T09:01:06.108-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TJDtTmWCyNI/AAAAAAAAANE/RRES-Mf0ujA/s1600/kick.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TJDtTmWCyNI/AAAAAAAAANE/RRES-Mf0ujA/s400/kick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517170464495159506" border="0" /></a>Kicking Spit, from New Jersey, is rad. You would know that if you were at the free show they played in Edmonton about a month back....except you weren't. No one was, (ok maybe not NO ONE, but the turnout wasn't great for how stacked the bill was) which is a damn shame, because this band KILLED me and everyone there that night. Take everything you love about 80's hardcore, and mix it in a blender with Husker Du and Dinosaur Jr. and you've got a pretty good idea of what Kicking Spit sounds like. Tons of over the top guitar solos, melodic shouted/sang vocals, and a rhythm section that keeps the 15 minute record grooving along nicely. Serious summer jams.<br /><br />One of my favorite things about this band is you could tell they generally just loved being at shows and on tour. There was no sitting in the back of the hall looking bored from these 3. They were up front for every band singing along to every cover and looked stoked to see every band on the bill. It made me really happy. Kicking Spit is the real deal, good dudes, good band. Support them. Buy this record (On vinyl or tape) from them <a href="http://kickingspit.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xltu6zs55yn0wo4" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-3112686803270248452?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-8601019428121690912010-09-14T11:38:00.000-07:002010-09-14T16:21:47.992-07:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TI_B28BpvNI/AAAAAAAAAM8/NwUOzJqSAzY/s1600/bwormz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516841218122300626" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TI_B28BpvNI/AAAAAAAAAM8/NwUOzJqSAzY/s400/bwormz.jpg" /></a>"Here it is / What I miss / It's not a time / It's not a place / It's a mind and a heart"<br /><br />The sadly now defunct, but eternally great Brainworms!<br /><br />I managed to finally rip this tape, so I can show it to everyone, and not just the people who ride in my car. Now I've been stoked on this band for a long time. I heard their demo a long while ago, and I soon managed to track down everything else. It's pretty unique sounding stuff, somewhere amidst post-hardcore, post-punk and indie rock - it's all pretty hard to place exactly where they're coming from; the guitars blaze, but there's a sort of pop-punk/skate element going on there, as if they grew up on Dag Nasty or something, but it's all still pretty technical, but the drumming never needs to really get too crazy. And the whole thing is unique partucularly because of Brainworms' "singer" - which isn't exactly singing, but more like gruffly rambling out personal stories and anecdotes.<br /><br />This tape collects all the 7" tracks from their splits with the Catalyst, Dynamite Arrows and, a favourite of mine, Tubers - a track from which has Brainworms killer cover of Rites of Spring's For Want Of. The tape also contains two other versions of tracks that don't appear anywhere else - Lottery Balls and Whatever, This is How You Get Famous - though, Lottery Balls got rerecorded on II. Confusing? Yeah, totally, but that 's why I'm here to be a nerd and get the knowledge for you. The demo and the live set (packaged together as Which is Worse) and their final album II: Swear to Me are all definitely worth tracking down. But I think this tape collects the best stuff. And I think the jam is probably the exclusive Whatever, This is How You Get Famous - though I'm certain Winnie Cooper has been on a fair number of mixtapes. Or maybe the brilliant use of Trashin' samples on Art Thou Bored. BAH! There's just too much good for one cassette to contain.. but it does!<br />~KS<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qcpgz2m4p8rmmr4" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-860101942812169091?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-47942879655503661452010-09-14T07:37:00.000-07:002010-09-14T07:54:43.038-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TI-KUolbZbI/AAAAAAAAAM0/w49soMSpOyU/s1600/100.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TI-KUolbZbI/AAAAAAAAAM0/w49soMSpOyU/s400/100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516780155648566706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">AB: Got another post from our Saskatoon pal, Aaron!</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="GBThreadMessageRow_Body_Content"><br />I do this thing during the fall season where I strap on my awesome Sony studio headphones, bundle myself up really well and go for long walks with my iPod. I’m very selective with what I listen to during these special times and nothing comes as close to championing my ears as One Hundred Words for Snow’s self-titled 7” EP. Anyone who loves wimpy emo anthems about girls, growing up and general teenage feelings, let this release become your new idol. It contains the perfect amount of poor quality, ripe with sloppiness and nervous vocals, which make them sound a lot like Mineral or early Filmmaker.<br /><br />For a long time, little was known about the band except for those who actually had a chance to see them live or participate in the scene they were acquainted with in Southern California during the mid-‘90s. Lately, there have been better bio write-ups as well as some video footage that has surfaced only within the last two years of some of their shows, which included them in opening slots for Jimmy Eat World, Knapsack, Jejune, and Far. They did two splits after this EP as well as submitted a single for a compilation, but none of that is nearly as good as this 3-song 7”.<br />~AS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?44t3m8k9kqp1z69" raget="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="GBThreadMessageRow_Body"> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4794287965550366145?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-86501882998318386532010-09-10T10:08:00.000-07:002010-09-10T11:00:58.987-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TIpvWRPuJzI/AAAAAAAAAMs/GS74mvlrudc/s1600/merch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TIpvWRPuJzI/AAAAAAAAAMs/GS74mvlrudc/s400/merch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515343122045740850" border="0" /></a>I've been sitting on this one for a while. It's not hard to find, and any fan of Cult Ritual will have probably downloaded this off their blog already...but I figured it was worth spreading around.<br /><br />Merchandise is from Tampa, FL and plays post-hardcore, post-punk, whatever. Honestly, the first time I heard this I thought it was total bullshit...but the more I listened, the more I got it. These guys are taking back a genre that has been demonized, bastardized, and generally fucked with by bar star bands and terrible "punk" media. It's catchy as hell and the band isn't messing around, these are tight jams played by really talented musicians. Oddly enough, it all still feels like an obscure punk rock record. Trust me...it doesn't make any sense.<br /><br />The bass tone on this record is CRAZY good and really moves this record along nicely. The opener track "I'm Still Right" is perfection in my books with it's slow meandering drum and bass groove...I've even grown to love the last minute or so where it turns into a banging rock and roll song. The vocalist has this great wail that would fit nicely in any radio friendly "emo rock" band, but manages to not sound like he's in a band like that. Make sense? Probably not....like I said, this band doesn't make any sense to me. A lot of you will likely hate it, but I urge you to give it a shot. There are some solid songs on this 6 song EP. Snag it from <a href="http://www.druggedconscience.com/releases.html" target="_Blank">Drugged Conscience.</a><br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?r3pk6lh0ag468au" target="_Blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-8650188299831838653?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-58850305630741177952010-09-08T12:02:00.000-07:002010-09-08T12:31:53.094-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TIfiwx82H_I/AAAAAAAAAMk/PTt7UJ84i3Q/s1600/grow.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 391px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TIfiwx82H_I/AAAAAAAAAMk/PTt7UJ84i3Q/s400/grow.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514625596408602610" border="0" /></a>Grow Weaker is another mystery band (forgive me for starting every post in this manner!) but what a mystery they are. Admittedly I didn't give them much of a listen...so much so that I cannot recall where I downloaded this record. I can't even find information on the band or the original blog I downloaded it from after nearly an hour of googling. All I could find was a blank myspace for a band in Poland.<br /><br />I can't even really explain this demo, but I'll try my best. It's really noisy and dark, and at times has a very straightforward hardcore vibe to it...but under it all of beats the heart of an emo band. The guitar is doing some really weird stuff that I can only describe as (sorry purists) skrammy and the vocals are desperate and frantic. The band dwells on these quiet-ish parts that give this album a lot of breathing room, despite being incredibly chaotic and dense. It's definitely a punishing 10 minutes of music.<br /><br />I really wish I knew more about Grow Weaker, or even had more to say about it. Download it and give it a chance. I definitely slept on it for too long...and now I can't get enough of it. If anyone has any information on this band, please let me know, I'd love to obtain this cassette.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?d7fi2flcfmdx1o1" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5885030563074117795?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-78112464787535802852010-09-06T15:19:00.000-07:002010-09-06T15:25:05.891-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TIVp9nfJzYI/AAAAAAAAAMc/kQ1HBHhFjXg/s1600/solemn.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 365px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TIVp9nfJzYI/AAAAAAAAAMc/kQ1HBHhFjXg/s400/solemn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513929826077625730" border="0" /></a>"It makes me want to run!"<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />I finally flipped the cords around on the backside of my stereo, so expect many new Kevin rips, with many things that don't exist on the internet thus far. That's the whole point right? And I figured I should start it all off with this 7" from Solemn League.<br /><br />Solemn League are from Germany, and are a part of that same scene I've mentioned <a href="http://gonnagetsued.blogspot.com/2010/02/kevin-rips-shokei-painkiller.html" target="_blank">previous</a>. There must be something in the water there, because there are at least a half dozen bands who consistently release some of the best new post-hardcore stuff anywhere in the world. I knew of them already from their split with Kids Explode, which was alright, but kind of a disappointment from both bands. But nevertheless it was good enough to give them a second chance, and I figured I should get this 7" mail-ordered all the way from Europe.<br /><br />The A side "The Beach" is a mid-tempo mover, with spoken vocals, picked chords and standard rhythms. But the definite jam is "The Burden" - a slow sort-of groover. Just the decending discordant chords from the two guitars; it's a beautiful thing. A mix-tape track for sure. These songs might be just be a little too influenced by the mid-90's emo-indie-rock like Braid or Promise Ring or something like that (at least for my liking), but I think these songs stray from the cheesiness that so often occurs, and at the very least don't sound dated. It's like if dudes from Kids Explode or Shokei wanted to let things breathe a little more. Spin it.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?g66h9rboo91jog4" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-7811246478753580285?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-7541066126001411292010-08-29T14:11:00.001-07:002010-08-29T15:39:07.952-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/THrNso1SdlI/AAAAAAAAAMM/Hyb80ujbUNY/s1600/minivanhalen.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/THrNso1SdlI/AAAAAAAAAMM/Hyb80ujbUNY/s400/minivanhalen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510943260800087634" border="0" /></a>I struggled with putting this album up. On the one hand I think this record is still in print and fairly easy to get your hands on, but on the other hand, I believe the band is inactive and more people need to hear this! So yeah...hopefully I'm not stepping on any toes with this post.<br /><br />Admittedly I bought this 7" because of the North of America connection but to say they sound anything like Norts would be misguided. Minivan Halen plays loud, pissed off hardcore. The kind of music that makes you want to put Black Flag on the stereo and go nuts in your living room. The kind of record that makes you want to quit your shitty job and go on tour forever.<br /><br />By the way, this 7" is still available through the House Party Records distro so go <a href="http://www.housepartyrecords.ca/distro.php" target="_blank">order it!</a> It's only $5 and totally worth it.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?31owd4o80xhjm6k" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-754106612600141129?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-84564477354496178402010-08-28T08:33:00.001-07:002010-08-28T09:17:50.021-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/THk01tdu6sI/AAAAAAAAAL8/GM59TAvazI0/s1600/turnkey.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/THk01tdu6sI/AAAAAAAAAL8/GM59TAvazI0/s400/turnkey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510493716406528706" border="0" /></a>Turnkey is another band that falls into the "super awesome and I know nothing about them" category. From what I've read Turnkey contains members of Christie Front Drive and Amber Inn, and acts as the predecessor to both those bands. From what I found this came out as a 7" in 1993 on Titanic Records, although googling Titanic records turns up 2 different labels, one is home to an artist named Technoboy and the other apparently specializes in "Early Music and Period Instrumental Music". So I didn't have much luck actually tracking down a physical copy of this. Bummer.<br /><br />Turnkey sounds like they would fit nicely on the Dischord roster. Jagged and noisy but with these great hints of 90's pop rock melody. The bass is great on this awesome. It has that definitive revolution summer sound to it and really drive the songs along, leaving room for sparse guitar parts that twinkle at times, and explode in a flurry of distortion and feedback at others. Anyways, great record that really left me wanting more from this band. I think if they had released this album in 1985 it would be considered an absolute classic...but for now it's probably sitting collecting dust in record store bargain bins across the American midwest. Shame.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/eya2w75eijvrq9c/turn-st.zip" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-8456447735449617840?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-68870005032016739562010-08-26T16:49:00.000-07:002010-08-26T21:39:26.692-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/THdA7_AkOwI/AAAAAAAAAL0/d62te1gUMdo/s1600/illum.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/THdA7_AkOwI/AAAAAAAAAL0/d62te1gUMdo/s400/illum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509944068381358850" border="0" /></a>A mysterious band named after a shadowy secret society sent to me by a donor who wished to remain anonymous? Sign me up!! This is what I love about punk rock. These relatively unknown bands playing kick ass music that maybe 500 people on this planet have heard. Definitely a cool feeling. I seriously don't know ANYTHING about this band, and googling illuminati turns up conspiracy theories and metal....and Tom Hanks. If you know where Illuminati is from or anything about them, let me know in the comments. Thanks!<br /><br />Anyways, based on the song titles and the vocals I'm assuming this band is from Spain. It has a definite European screamo/punk vibe to it with a bit more of a rocking straight forward style. Super cool. Vocally it sounds alot like Birds &amp; Wires, musically think Raein meets 12XU....or La Quiete meets Hot Snakes. Don't take either of those descriptions too seriously though. Anyways, really cool record that I can almost guarantee a lot of people haven't heard.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?i5j26tv57c76abo" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<br /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-6887000503201673956?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-1187722433565812112010-08-26T07:26:00.000-07:002010-08-26T07:31:35.032-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/THZ6LqeD3YI/AAAAAAAAALs/Ly8JivW_V7s/s1600/env.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/THZ6LqeD3YI/AAAAAAAAALs/Ly8JivW_V7s/s400/env.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509725534931901826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">AB - Full album name is "All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead"<br /><br /></span></span>I know this one isn't exactly obscure, especially for a Kevin Rips, but since they've got a new record coming out (that sounds disturbingly like Grade, as one friend unfortunately had to point out) I wanted to show exactly the point where Envy shone. A friend and I just saw Red Sparrowes and were yawning through the whole set. Somehow Envy came up, and he mentioned how he thought they sucked or something - owing mostly to knowledge of their most recent output. I had to call him crazy. But then again, he had never heard All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead - Envy's clear-cut masterpiece.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Envy hail from Tokyo Japan, and I would almost deign to say that Envy are my favorite Japanese band, and this album is the proof - and believe me, I love a lot of Japanese bands. Most of their earlier records are pretty much unremarkable hardcore, still pretty good stuff, but most purely for the completist, while much of their more recent stuff, such as that released on Temporary Residence, has been aptly leaning closer to the post-rock vein. Again, solid, but still mostly for the completist. All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead is their masterpiece, finding the perfect middle ground between hardcore and post-rock. This sounds like a bad idea combining the two, and for most bands, it is - but somehow Envy found the perfect combo. I don't know how they did, but they did. The drums are epic, the riff soaring, and the vocals, even without knowing Japanese, affecting and incredibly passionate.<br /><br />I'd talk about specific songs by name, but the copy of this album I have is the Japanese version. But in that third song... geez, how did they do it? With the shifting rhythms, epic to crushing to triumphant. And that drum fill 2 minutes into track 9 is one of the greatest things ever! And for whatever reason, this album just sticks out being more memorable than their others. More interesting chord changes, killer riffs, even the translations of the lyrics on this one are a little more literate and powerful. This album still gives me chills.<br />~KS<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?7o66iiddzkvihwb" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-118772243356581211?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-47816839429315872092010-08-23T14:30:00.000-07:002010-08-23T15:04:31.263-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/THLrZr2rLsI/AAAAAAAAALc/-fNUuiyWMBY/s1600/Zounds1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 161px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/THLrZr2rLsI/AAAAAAAAALc/-fNUuiyWMBY/s320/Zounds1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508724120728841922" border="0" /></a>One of my all time favourites! Meaning "gods wounds", Zounds were formed in 1977 and lasted until 1982. They released numerous Ep's and one remastered CD, which included all of their collected work. They occasionally reform for benefit shows.<br /><br />This band is arguably one of the most influential anarcho punk bands, and in my opinion, the most aurally enjoyable. Their sound was unique and has never been quite replicated, especially inside the punk community.<br /><br />Although they're very popular in certain circles, I don't feel they get the respect they deserve. Affiliated acts: Crass, The Mob, The World Service, Blyth Power<br />~MK<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?m3z38171161vr5g">DOWNLOAD</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4781683942931587209?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-86274470450344651132010-08-19T08:16:00.000-07:002010-08-19T08:55:00.811-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TG1LmQs6pOI/AAAAAAAAALU/uT8EYzoCNzg/s1600/yearofnolight_nord.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TG1LmQs6pOI/AAAAAAAAALU/uT8EYzoCNzg/s320/yearofnolight_nord.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507141040034456802" border="0" /></a>Sorry for the long delay!<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Year of no Light are France's gift to the world of post-metal/hardcore. If you took bands like Isis and Neurosis and added a healthy amount of Amenra, you would get YONL. Definitely one of my favourites in the genre.<br />~MK<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ml4b7bb4i54ya6k">DOWNLOAD</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-8627447045034465113?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-34497337370068015512010-08-12T20:20:00.000-07:002010-08-12T20:23:21.669-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TGS6H4hUh_I/AAAAAAAAALM/LiVEKihiCPE/s1600/sf.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TGS6H4hUh_I/AAAAAAAAALM/LiVEKihiCPE/s400/sf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504729289147582450" border="0" /></a>OK....I have an admission to make. I never really paid attention to Edmonton's Secret Fires. Why? BECAUSE I'M A BIG FUCKING DUMMY! Do you like Slates? Do you like The Wolfnote? Yeah? Then you like this band! I wasn't even really sure if it was kosher to put this up, but seeing as they're broken up and giving the CD away like candy, I figured it was cool. Rock and Roll for kids who grew up on The Replacements, Black Flag, and Husker Du. (See also: Punk Rock for kids who grew up on Thin Lizzy and K-Rock)<br /><br />Seriously, if you don't have this get on it. Radness abound. Like usual, I'm probably the only one who slept on this band....hell I even played with them and don't remember being rocking out like I should have been. So it goes I guess.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?e91xx7tcddrd51b" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-3449733737006801551?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-44217385343038966882010-08-06T18:23:00.001-07:002010-08-06T18:40:10.597-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TFy1t7HmCeI/AAAAAAAAALE/U7PEvf555I4/s1600/loa.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TFy1t7HmCeI/AAAAAAAAALE/U7PEvf555I4/s400/loa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502472645308189154" border="0" /></a>Found this record randomly on one of my monthly download overdoses. It's pretty rad. Poppy 90's indie rock with just the right amount of that sweet midwest emo sound. Sort of reminds me of old Jimmy Eat World and Braid. I keep reading comparisons to Mineral, but to be honest I don't hear it.<br />Anyways, check it out if you're into the following things:<br />1. Sappy Emo Rock.<br />2. Teen movies about bumbling high school nerds who are secretly the coolest dudes ever.<br />3. Flannel shirts tied around your waist.<br />~AB<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?n56z8nze0puxfhw"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?n56z8nze0puxfhw" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4421738534303896688?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-40149810043182235952010-07-29T20:34:00.000-07:002010-07-29T20:53:08.443-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TFJKVv6Il0I/AAAAAAAAAK8/oXeK_5gVAfg/s1600/12aud.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TFJKVv6Il0I/AAAAAAAAAK8/oXeK_5gVAfg/s400/12aud.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499539832470804290" border="0" /></a>Spain really has the crusty screamo genre on lockdown! 12 Audillos is a record I've been debating putting up for a while just because it's not a style of music I know or listen to very often. Regardless I'm really digging it. I don't know too much about this band, but it sort of reminds me Orchid and Reversal of man, but way more vicious and violent sounding. I don't usually like to do this, but I'm just going to quote their write up on <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/12+Aullidos" target="_blank">last.fm</a> because it sums this band up pretty perfectly.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Too heavy to be tagged screamo, too all over the place and drawn out in composition to have the concise impact of power-violence, and too modern and freaky in attack to be labeled simply “hardcore”"</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />Anyways, check this out. It's really rad!<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lcdra9nj08p93dd" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></a><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-4014981004318223595?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-89931241456969503052010-07-21T17:11:00.000-07:002010-07-21T18:36:37.844-07:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TEeN-atYTnI/AAAAAAAAAK0/MhVjl7QDuwk/s1600/Photo-150.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496517973690044018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TEeN-atYTnI/AAAAAAAAAK0/MhVjl7QDuwk/s400/Photo-150.jpg" border="0" /></a>It's exciting to find THAT band. Often, those of us writing for this blog feel as if we've heard everything. Much of the bands playing this genre, while awesome, nevertheless are playing the same styles we've been hearing since the early 90's. But with Antilles, I found something unexpected, and incredibly memorable. And I'm going to be the first to say it right now - Antilles are THE best post-hardcore/emo/whatever band of the past year. Maybe I'll regret that statement later - but I've let this band breathe, let it sit and come back to it, but they're still as exciting as ever. I bought this record on a whim when I ordered the 1994! records - I do that often when ordering records; I check out the rest of the roster. The Antilles myspace sounded good, so I decided to try this - and it's pretty much the best thing I've done in the last while. After giving this 7" a thorough listen, I immediately tracked down every other release of theirs. Every one's a winner, but I started with this 7", and you may as well start here too.<br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br />Antilles are from Ohio - I can only deduce that the seclusion they face there has only fueled them to rise above, much in the same way that sort of thing is happening here in Alberta. The Antilles side opens with a blistering riff, falls into a slow mess and then into something altogether incredible. I guess what really sets this band apart is just how distinct and memorable each song is. They aren't retreading another band's steez, they aren't playing the same old song - they're making the most unique and emotional music I've heard in a long while.<br /><br />The Staph side is pretty awesome as well. It's just over seven minutes and the song moves through sludgy guitars, sailing riffs, screamed break-downs, speedy drums - this song is all over the place. It rules. Were it backed by another song from another band I would probably be ranting about it. But that Antilles side would overshadow anything.<br /><br />Antilles are the find. Antilles are IT.<br />~KS<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?mt58sfafsnw81e6" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-8993124145696950305?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-33295659422960628552010-07-17T17:40:00.000-07:002010-07-17T18:49:52.974-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TEJdhl0KrwI/AAAAAAAAAKs/WLd6qfqnsa4/s1600/be.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TEJdhl0KrwI/AAAAAAAAAKs/WLd6qfqnsa4/s400/be.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495057327013408514" border="0" /></a>An exclusive track from Be Murda, it's as fresh as a Golden Delicious and you're not gonna find it anywhere other than gonnagetsued. Definitely not the sort of thing that I normally post but this isn't something to pass up.</div>~MK<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?bx5g9gro3yrzshp" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-3329565942296062855?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-52321901264112537552010-07-16T14:26:00.000-07:002010-07-16T15:43:53.177-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TEDaFzgd8RI/AAAAAAAAAKc/NFWKGBNMcFk/s1600/gomm.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TEDaFzgd8RI/AAAAAAAAAKc/NFWKGBNMcFk/s400/gomm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494631338652594450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">*Note: This record's full name "Everyone is as Terrified as you are" and when it was first released the band was known as Pillar.<br /><br /></span></span>Regina punk rock channeling Shellac, Drive Like Jehu, and Fugazi?!?! Why wasn't this my favorite band EVER when I was a teenager? Oh yeah, I was too busy listening to pop punk and chasing girls. I need a time machine so I can go back in time and smack 17 year old AB right upside the head! Yeah...this record is killer!<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lqw3hepk962kpsc" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-5232190126411253755?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350416199913429602.post-33453108038507719442010-07-16T12:13:00.000-07:002010-07-16T12:54:24.285-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TEC4ekL82FI/AAAAAAAAAKU/bu3L0JU4Mw0/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TlMvS41PdYw/TEC4ekL82FI/AAAAAAAAAKU/bu3L0JU4Mw0/s400/Untitled-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494594380641392722" border="0" /></a>It's been raining for what seems like weeks in this city. Everything is drenched, cold, and it feels strangely like winter is on it's way despite being mid-July. In celebration (or defiance) of these cold dark days I've been listening to a lot of folky-indie rock...which for whatever reason is one of my pre-hibernation routines every fall.<br /><br />One record I come back to time and again is FemBots' Small Town Murder Scene. Hailing from Toronto, FemBots are a weirdo alt-country/indie rock that relies heavily on noise, found recordings and junk instruments. Small Town Murder Scene is such a lush sounding record. You can hear the strings buzz against the guitar's frets at times and hear the band sing and shout as if they're in the room with you. Tempo's are set with the sound of a ticking clock and eerie singers that have long since passed croon over top of single droning organ notes. Pianos echo and shake the snares on the drum set and police sirens provide ambiance and noise under blues riffs. In a way it's a total trainwreck of over the top ideas and pretentiousness, but for me it sounds distinctly Canadian, beautiful and perfect.<br />~AB<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xnfwvli3bo4lm1n" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5350416199913429602-3345310803850771944?l=gonnagetsued.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>(not)GonnaGetSuedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258446141220576254noreply@blogger.com0