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Last Active 01-01-70 12:00 am
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 | cylinder wait no, that comp is #9. whoops
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| cylinder if that doesn't sate ya for a while, that Deathbed Tapes comp on my list (#8) is also amazing. And glad you're enjoying TECHDOG so far, that's awesome you're working through the whole thing. Enjoy the journey!
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| cylinder Mo*Te - Life in a Peaceful New World / The Rita - Thousands of Dead Gods / Incapacitants - As Loud as Possible / Viodre - all your bobby pins here from ****ing on the floor / Solmania - Evil Bed / White Material - Audio Extreme / first three are HNW, next three are harsh noise.
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| cylinder hey man, you ever check any of those extra noise recs i gave ya? nice TECHDOG rates btw. planning on going through the whole series?
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 | MiloRuggles My productivity has been shot for about 6 months now so I'm an easy target! I have far more faith in you than i
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 | Rowan5215 oh man i have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever if i use it for t swift huh
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 | Demon of the Fall check ?Scarcity - Aveilut? if you haven?t. It?s Glenn Branca x (earlier) Liturgy. Probably my fave album of the 2020s
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| MiloRuggles I won't lie I'm sitting on about 20 freshly heard albums I haven't rated yet
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| MiloRuggles Yeah, **** it. No rating older listens without a relisten?
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 | neekafat but i was told it wasn't a test ): i didn't have time to prepare!!!
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| neekafat fave is still probably debut but drukqs is so close, Xtal maybe still takes the cake but i need more time!!
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 | parksungjoon wendy carlos - beauty in the beast... but you'll need to do some soul searching to find it if you know what i mean cuz she hates having her music available on the internet apparently. if thats too much of a hassle then klaus schulze - cyborg
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 | Mort. Actually I?m wearing a fleece now, ****ing cold n rainy
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| Mort. if you see a guy in a jane doe t and a chequered shirt , glasses, shaved head and beard at botch, it is likely me! i will be with a mate, feel free to come over and say hello
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| Mort. are you aware great falls have quoted you ? if i click on their 'about' section on spotify a lil picture with a quote from you comes up! how very cool
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 | someone I miss seeing "10 out of 10 people thought this review was well written"
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| Mort. nice aphex twin ratings, very cool my dude
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| someone Hiya I figured that out a while back but thanks aplenty anyway
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 | dedex im stuck in 3.7 land :[[[[[
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 | ArsMoriendi I know one song from that VERY well because of Robertsona, it?s a good one
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 | Dewinged Do I recommend the wipe though? Absolutely. Felt great. 100% would do it again.
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| Dewinged Haha, I did! And here I am doing it all again! Yeah Ben, I wanted a clean slate, a reset, I love resets, also to try to.listen and revisit albums slower and more intensely... but I failed XD
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 | Dedes Lol ngl I thought I was gonna have a hard time taking them seriously on the basis of their name (which is still wonderfully GOOFY imo) but the level of misanthropy that exudes itself in excess off of Buster immediately changed my perspective lol what a heavy goddamn band.
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| Dedes Yo ever jam Admiral Angry
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| Mort. dunno what youre on about m8, youve been told a porky
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 | bighubbabuddha Friend !! I am new on this platform. I was one of the last to join :O
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 | Hawks Sounds fair enough. M//////
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| Hawks Any chance of my new bm challenge list for December being featured??? The first one has almost 500 comments and getting lots of attention. Seems like people are digging it. :]]]
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| Mort. lol i just got some 7 months late birthday money from my ditzy mother (not a sentence i thought i would be saying at 27). it has been used to purchase two tickets for botch march 23rd
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| Mort. i will let you know if once i get a ticket and then you can look out for me, i will be one of the 200 white dudes with brown hair and beard wearing a jane doe t shirt
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| Mort. tbh i might be able to scrounge up enough money when payday comes in a few days, will just have to leave some other things by the wayside. i mean i can imagine i will really really regret not seeing them when im old lol. thank you very much for the offer tho, that is possibly one of the nicest things anyone has every done on sput you sweet and kind soul xxx
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| Mort. i am not seeing botch in london in marsh as i have 0 money (been working my way out of debt the last 6 months) and honestly dont really enjoy live shows but i would give botch an exception but oh well such is life
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| Mort. oh for **** sake all the text dissapeared again. i meant to send you the post hardcore list just to remind you of all the cool 90s post hardcore i recced you (number 1 will shock and excite you)
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| Mort. https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1034844
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| someone I apologise, our train arrived late, may I postpone the check-in for a few hours?
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 | SlothcoreSam Found a new album you will dig. Some messy emo. WIMS - CANT LOSE
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| Mort. someone linked me this, has some metalcore luminaries in it, but most importantly has the big donky sludgecore sound that is close-ish to admiral angry, so u may enjoy
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| Mort. https://greatfalls.bandcamp.com/album/objects-without-pain
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| Mort. huh its not letting me link the correct list. weird. its the post-hardcore for good people list.
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| Mort. huh there were words with my list shoutbox but they seem to have gone. basically i said im sure you can pick out from that list what interests u most : )
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| Mort. https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1034844
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| Mort. i find it baffling you dont like post hardcore much when you have hardcore, metalcore and emo on your pie chart lol
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| Mort. i can see you liking it or just not being fussed either way. id be surprised by hate.
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| Mort. lula divinia remaster with the final two tracks from the non remaster added on (sleep it off and two black eyes)
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| Mort. u dont seem to have any shiner ratings, therefore, check shiner
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| someone you still have a spot open on the rec-a-rev thread
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| cylinder Hey man, lmk if you ever check any of those noise reccs I gave ya, curious to hear your thoughts
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 | JayEnder No problemo man, let's duke it out! :D
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| JayEnder Dibs on reviewing the new END ;] your Splinters review was short, sweet and to the point but I'd like to take this opportunity to gush and write some long convoluted nonsense about it.
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 | Conmaniac hope ur well too my dude. when I come across a tasty rec I?ll share thru here but for now you should spin the new american poetry club (;
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| Conmaniac yessss i think sloth showed it to me when it got released. so good gotta return to it tbh
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| someone Well shoot, Throbbing Gristle - Part 2: The Endless Not it is then
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 | PotsyTater Sup you made finals for the rec comp plz submit a follow up rec
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 | Ryus take your time sir
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| Ryus hello ben. i've decided on your thrilling price for winning my rec competition. you get to pick TEN albums of your choice and i will listen to them and post my earnest comments in a list. they can be ten albums you think i love, ten albums you'll think i hate, or whatever you want as long as they are under TWO (2) hours. thank ye kindly
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| Mort. oh the rest of my message gotd. i was asking if was supposed to be electrosymphonicore or synthonicore or whether youre original spelling was correct
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| Mort. electrosynphonicorepop
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| MiloRuggles that'd all be thanks to your quality listan! let me know if you find anything else along those vibes that clicks hard witchu
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| PotsyTater i need a rebuttal rec from you for comp
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 | JohnnyoftheWell ah yeah, most stuff in the zorn/tzadik family is stream-proof - might wanna Soulseek that one
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 | MillionDead Yooo! This is the Cult Ritual LP vid I always go to to hear the album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyfYDMmb7yM
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 | JesperL aw i hope you're doing okay, take care!!
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| JesperL don't you dare lower that love in the void rating any further i am WATCHING YOU!!
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| JohnnyoftheWell yo check Gidge when you're ready to follow up that twinkly house Four Tet sound
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 | PitchforkArms shameless af, but you should check out my band's LP before you wrap up your 2022! It's Hotelier - Menzingers - PUP style alt/punk. A few of the staffers seem to like it a lot and I know your tastes and think it could be a nice fit! https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Somewhere-South-of-Here/84066/
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 | Gnocchi You can be the sauce if you like
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| Gnocchi I?ll help you identify dear
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 | Neeko Thanks for the help, appreciate it!
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| someone on behalf of all the Casual Convos crew and our Discord server, i wholeheartedly invite you to join us on our elite server: https://discord.gg/aGYkmKd8
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| someone "Sing me to (a)sleep(intheback) / I don't want to wake up on my own anymore"
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 | Jots heads up: I @d you in the dibs thread
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 | BlushfulHippocrene Just keep doing what you're doing, brother. Absolutely no pressure, even if/when life or writer's block force you to slow down. You were a no-brainer. As for Julien, would advise 1) not expecting Sprained Ankle and 2) giving the new sound (especially the production) time to sink in. If you can get past what's new, I think it stands up to the last two albums easy peasy. Just Julien being a better version of Julien.
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 | Atari oh weird, maybe I need to give that a shot, LOL. congrats on staff! [2]
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| BlushfulHippocrene Thoughts on new Julien, Mr Well-Deserved Sputnik Staffer AsleepInTheBack? (Huge congrats. One of us!)
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| Atari Not sure what device your using or what app to scrobble haha. but in my case I have the last fm app but it only picks up the scrobbles when I click ?scan? Then it scans for new scrobbles and sends that data over to the last fm website. But what I?m saying is apparently when I hit that scan button it can only grab scrobbles for the last 2 weeks... I?ve definitely waited longer and lost weeks of precious scrobble data. Hopefully your set-up is automatic or simpler than mine lmao
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| Atari protip: apparently when you submit scrobbles to last fm it can only grab scrobbles from the last 2 weeks. I just saw something about this and I have DEFINITELY waited longer. don't want to think about how many scrobbles I probably missed lmao. just to save you a headache ;)
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| parksungjoon Was just clarifying why I never apply to that stuff, cuz I didn't want to just ignore your post /suggestion
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| SlothcoreSam Haha, yeah it's an album you can skank and bop your head to, without even thinking. I haven't delved deep into the lyrics. Lol. I'm not the biggest fan of the female vox, but the rest is great.
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| SlothcoreSam Got a new hardcore Ska album for you to check, it's a lot of fun. The Best of the Worst - Better Medicine
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| parksungjoon i feel like i owe your support some explanation. there's many many reasons why im not a good fit for contrib, even setting aside my decade long s*** stirring habits. writing takes a lot out of me and im never content with what comes out. im not interested in keeping up with new music at all. i find myself more and more bored with the vast majority of music including things many people here would love. idk
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| BlushfulHippocrene Hm... Been listening mainly to new Hayley Williams album, which lovelyyy. That and hyping myself up for the new Julien album, the singles have been incredible so far and I'm very excited to hear what the album is. I have a lot less expectations than I did for TOTL, which I think will be healthier, hahaha. How about you??? Any musical treats?
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| BlushfulHippocrene Aaa. I'm very glad to hear that. I'm just being a bit of a doomer, I miss on-campus uni and it feels like my degree is really going nowhere. Very heartening that you managed to get a job in such a cool field.
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| Atari AwakeInTheFront, haha.. love it. will add you later, cheers bud
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| Atari haha, nice! what's your last fm user name so I can follow you? it's an addicting habit.. I even put my phone on mute to scrobble my vinyl albums when I'm jamming them lmao. it's far from perfect.. genres like metal kinda get the shaft when an album only has like 2 songs on it since the time you spent listening to it will be much higher than the scrobble count suggests but still cool having a stored record of your listening habits!
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| Atari so, have you been scrobbling? ;)
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| someone Already have them in check. anything else on your radar?
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| someone need some spicy juicy tasty recs of 50-100 ratings. could you throw me an album or two?
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| BlushfulHippocrene Ooo, big congrats brother. I have my eyes on employment law as well; I'll have a unit on it later this year. I still have two years of law school : ( cause I did a double which is five years. Just desparately looking for interships/experience before my course finishes because I'm an utter pessimist about job prospects.
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| BlushfulHippocrene Yeah, I totally get that. I will say: you may never really like your writing. I know I still don't like mine. I hope you consider it at some point, regardless. Been enjoying your (and a lot of other contribs') writing a lot, I think this is the strongest the active pool has been while I've been on the site.
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| BlushfulHippocrene Oh not to spam you, but also curious about how law stuff is going if you're still doing that?? (still have a couple years of uni, but I'm very nervous/uneasy about the thought of going into the field...)
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| BlushfulHippocrene How are you though? Haven't been commenting cause I've started feeling weird commenting on artist threads I'm not super interested in listening to (I'll get to that Peasant album, though!!!), but your reviews this year have been excellent. You were really great on the global list, too, you guys pulled that off crazy well. You thinking of going for staff this year? (whenever apps come out, ofc)
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| BlushfulHippocrene Ben!!! Thank you very much, and I'm really glad you're getting into it. Admittedly I haven't heard it in a couple months cause I 100 per cent overplayed it and now I need to detox, but it's definitely my ideal indie folk album, the kind of sound/songwriting I want more of (I have a feeling Ben Howard's new one will capture something similar).
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| dedex Super cool bro, hope you two will be able to travel! Their discography is mighty so just focus on the most well-known tracks lel
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| dedex yeet boi you know the good s***
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| SlothcoreSam Yo! New Get Dead is out tomorrow. Dancing with the Curse. Best Ska punk album since Streetlight Manifesto. Let me know what you think. I've been listening to it all day. So good.
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| dedex Heyyyyyyy thanks bro, looking forward to do contrib stuff - whatever that is
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| dedex Well it's nice she introduced you to some French stuff! Indochine is the s***, they always come up at some point during parties
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| dedex man how come you know Noir Desir?!
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| dedex dude u ever jammed Cuzco - A Medicine For Melancholy? Strong Clever Girl vibes
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 | hel9000 always happy to turn someone onto one of my favourite albums!! cheers
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| MiloRuggles Yeah, it's not really a lyrical journey anyway. Just a full-on vibefest
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| MiloRuggles Oh my man, give Underworld a few more spins. That album's like crack.
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 | calmrose Just wanted to say I absolutely love your One Wing blurb on the user's decade list, wonderful write-up!
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| neekafat Has Slex talked to you about the messenger chat yet?
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| neekafat So honored to share the contributorship with ya bud, appreciate your help since day one (:
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| BlushfulHippocrene Now, if you don't review every damn opportunity you have, I will personally revoke your contributorship. No, congratulations dude, love you.
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| MiloRuggles Yo, welcome to the team! If you feel out of place, well, so do I with only 500 comments worth of conversations around here. Look forward to working with ye
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| Gnocchi Hey and welcome to the middle echelon
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| Atari Hell yes!! Glad you?re digging it
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| Atari not sure if you saw my reply to your comment in my list before but yeah you should definitely check out Nest (FIN). their first two albums are top-notch and I'd be surprised if you don't hear some similarities
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| Atari I have no idea lol, just thought it was funny timing since I just discovered them through your rec :) haven?t had a chance to listen yet
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| Atari You see Malfet have a new 7??
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| SlothcoreSam Still finding excellent music from last year. This EP is so good, It is like angsty punky Spanish Love Songs at times, then saxophone led emo. Excellent musicianship, and great vocals, the dude sure can sing!!!! Cliffdiver-At Your Own Risk
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| ArsMoriendi Haha nice! It's my least fave of theirs anyway.
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 | onionbubs just threw it on this is fun as **** so far thanks for the rec
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| BlushfulHippocrene I... actually have no idea, not part of any groups right now. Talk to the people I'm close to, otherwise I'm out of the Sput loop. I think that Jac/Aiwaz(?) have a discord server that Ramon and all use, so definitely try to get a link to that if you want to catch up with people, and Con's is still a little bit active, otherwise I'm of no help sorry. :c
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| BlushfulHippocrene Hey Ben!!! I'm okay enough, how are you? It's been too long. Have you heard the new AJJ single? :3
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| SlothcoreSam Hey, need some 2019 ska?Check Bruce Lee Band- Rental!! Eviction!!
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| Atari Hope you did that Devin Kay and The Solutions album! It?s like The Front Bottoms meets old school blink. It?s a blast
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| neekafat Hoping to end up working at a production company as an assistant director before I can find the footage to direct my own features (: I know a few people out there which is exciting, I really hope I can hit the ground running out there but it's gonna be hard. And yes, good people make all the difference with that kinda stuff! Sounds like a good place to be, I'm glad you're happy, so many people aren't with where they end up
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| neekafat I just can't get behind that album man... But LA because that's where the film industry is, gotta become a famous writer/director somehow (: Applying for internships now, very stressful stuff! And that sounds super exciting, you want to go into law right? Seems like a huge step!
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| neekafat I'm good, very busy/stressed, but good (: Prepping for the move to LA in a couple months. What's up with you these days??
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 | DDDeftoneDDD yeah man...had this "to check" band a while ago, this new release seemed a good opportunity, but, though cool, I was a bit underwhelmed by its lack of depth, much provided by its "fun surf rock playfulness". Debut is def my cup of tee, more psychprog. Will check HV2 asap.
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 | Sowing Thanks! I was revisiting his best work from this decade to see what song to use for my decade series, and realized I hadn't rated it for some reason! I've been listening to that record for years lol.
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| BlushfulHippocrene I'm acting as solicitor, but we seem to be doing well! Finals if we get through the next round. [: And that sounds great, actually -- are you working your way into more advocacy, or looking for a different path? Also, heck yeah!!! Have you heard the new one?
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| BlushfulHippocrene First problem is a Tort Law one (on pure economic loss), so not too hard -- it's just harder than I thought it'd be to get organised. It's like being thrust into an assignment without warning. And oh Godddd, that sounds like a nightmare!!! What do they usually have you doing?
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 | ZombieToyDuck hey man you should check this out https://wristmeetrazor.bandcamp.com/ and yes I am serious haha band name is pretty crappy but it's some converge meets modern screamo type deal
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 | ashcrash9 Hey, thanks for reaching out! I've had a good year, just been super busy. How've you been?
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| BlushfulHippocrene Ah man, that sounds great -- I hope the job's going well, mind if I ask what you're doing? [: You were doing your graduate work last year, right? I've been doing okay, thanks! Just figuring out how to do life and uni and all that; I think I'll be alright.
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| Conmaniac Aw thanks Ben, hope yours was wonderful! Merry Xmas (:
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| neekafat It's great! I finished the write up for it in my cram list if you're interested (: I'm doing pretty good, just busy haha! How about you?
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| neekafat Woah where did this Malfet rec come from? It's weirdly good
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| neekafat I'd love if you could throw in a few recs when you get the chance (: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=183276
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| ZombieToyDuck Whoa. You have not heard Queen my friend? yes I highly recommend A Night At the Opera at the very least!
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 | MyNameIsPencil most definitely, the fact that it really is kinda it's own thing is part of the charm with it
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| ZombieToyDuck all the stuff that can be taken care of atm has been haha just saving up at this point
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| ZombieToyDuck Fellow fun. enthusiast, have you heard Jellyfish's album Spilt Milk? If not good sir I would HIGHLY recommend it! Also how are you?
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 | Drifter Did a little write up on It Was Hot, We Stayed In The Water if you're interested: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=180406
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| neekafat All covered on the top comment!
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| neekafat Hey dude, would mean a lot to me if you rec'd a song in the latest song of the day thread!
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| neekafat Yeah that Novo Amor album is a bit disappointing compared to some of his EPs imo
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| BlushfulHippocrene That's certainly understandable. He's deserved this. Also, who else can pull off lines like "Let's make America great again / By making racists ashamed again / Let's make compassion in fashion again"?
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| BlushfulHippocrene Oh man, I don't know how to feel about the first two, but the last, Make America Great Again, gets stuck in my head constantly. It's really silly but also very cute and funny, and rather dumb but also extremely clever. I wouldn't mind the direction Frank's going in if he kept cranking out songs like that.
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| BlushfulHippocrene Hello friend. How's it going? Have you heard the new-ish Frank Turner singles? If so, what'd you think? (((:
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| BlushfulHippocrene Yeah, mental illness sucks. I think they'll disappear for at least a few years, if not forever; reinforces how honest their lyrics are, I suppose.
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| BlushfulHippocrene I understand, it's a bit of an odd fit; I love its ugliness, though. Glad it's clicked a bit more. I suppose it might be the last we get from the band. (I can't imagine then coming back after the most recent break-up/hiatus, given how much was riding on this whole comeback thing.)
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| Atari oh man, that takes some crazy patience to not check any singles haha. when people download leaked albums it definitely irks me, but I pay for an apple music subscription so when artists release songs ahead of the album I can't NOT listen to them ;] but that's admirable, my man!
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| Atari Haha it has some great songs but the second half of the album kinda falls flat for me ;/ what do u think of the new songs for Be More Kind? 1933 is pretty damn good!
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| Atari I?ll definitely check it out man, cheers!
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| Atari I?ll have to check McCafferty?s previous stuff in that case! Just hearing them for the first time. Have some mixed feelings as well but overall I enjoyed it despite some silly lyrics
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| Atari You?ll have to let me know if you get similar vibes on that McCafferty :] Some of the abrasive lyrics about sex etc. seemed kinda manic and all over the place like early Say Anything
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 | schoonda No worries man, I know you're a big Frank Turner fan and she usually plays with him when he comes down under. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5ItMKj6JLw
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| schoonda Hey Ben, have you ever listened to Jen Buxton? I have a feeling you'd enjoy her quite a bit
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| BlushfulHippocrene Saw you dug Heart Attack Man; this might interest you: https://mccaffertymusic.bandcamp.com/album/mccafferty-heart-attack-man-split
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| Drifter I need a catalyst, to rekindle the flame That once burned within these fists where defeat remains One February night, we screamed our agonies And I swear I tried to care I tried, I tried...
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 | Papa Universe I got myself a fancy new name that isn't just someone else's name copied. This is mine, i've earned it.
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| ZombieToyDuck Well Asleep as winner of the round you get to pick genre for the next and final round, keep it general my friend ie metal, punk, rock etc... no sub genres. I have restrictions in mind so choose wisely.
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| ZombieToyDuck got a rec contest goin if you wanna take part budhttps://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=178102
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