Drag City
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You mean became untethered from anything real and up its own arse?
woops
is not like other people
if you like. untethered from songwriting which seemed like it was going somewhere different and more interesting(/electronic) with a lot of the late 90's stuff. but it all turned into twenty minute jam tracks and yawn fests. i've tried to explain in my much overlooked melancholia thread
constant escape
winter withered, warm
Yeah there are elements to this scene that seem religiously hipster. Perhaps why I'm drawn to it.
constant escape
winter withered, warm
Not familiar with Kranky, I was more referring to some of the Drag City talent, and the culture therearound.
Yeah, Un-Kommuniti. A real downward trajectory.
constant escape
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No I haven't even heard of kranky.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
nah idk anything about it really
what I really know Touch + Go for is being, along with SST + Dischord, the foundational holy trinity of American diy hardcore labels
including releasing probably - seriously, no hyperbole - the greatest hardcore record ever made, the Negative Approach EP
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
tbh being from Chicago and having lived here on and off my whole adult life, I've never cared about Drag City. I didn't even know it was based here.
nothing against just yunno, not an orbit that I'm in or care about, very official independent rock scene
nothing against just yunno, not an orbit that I'm in or care about, very official independent rock scene
I think I ended up finding Flying Nun via Siltbreeze due to them both releasing stuff by The Dead C.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
skimming over their roster it's a pretty even mix of oh cool/never heard of it and/or don't care/gross, which isn't a bad ratio
and I wouldn't belittle the achievement of clearly being one of the staples of American rock-related independent music for the last 30 years
but it's hard to think of it as a "Chicago" label in the same way you would Trax, Dance Mania, Wax Trax, Lengua Armada, etc
more like a big indie label that happens to be based in Chicago
and I wouldn't belittle the achievement of clearly being one of the staples of American rock-related independent music for the last 30 years
but it's hard to think of it as a "Chicago" label in the same way you would Trax, Dance Mania, Wax Trax, Lengua Armada, etc
more like a big indie label that happens to be based in Chicago
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
musically in my head it's associated with Smog/Bonnie Prince Billy/Silver Jews, an axis I have zero interest in
as a label I probably associate it with other big indie indies like Matador and Thrill Jockey
Siltbreeze is more like guitar people doing noise (not noise rock), Kranky is guitar people doing ambient (shoegaze, postrock, etc)
Kranky actually is another label I didn't know was based here, and similarly not really a "Chicago" label
as a label I probably associate it with other big indie indies like Matador and Thrill Jockey
Siltbreeze is more like guitar people doing noise (not noise rock), Kranky is guitar people doing ambient (shoegaze, postrock, etc)
Kranky actually is another label I didn't know was based here, and similarly not really a "Chicago" label
Leo
Well-known member
they eventually also did a split single with NWW.
royal trux are great and i used to love them but they should have been the last band. their whole setup felt like a tacky seance of Rock n Roll itself that got out of hand. trying to invite in and exorcise all the demonic forces invited into the world when mick jagger turned 40. jennifer herrema even sang exactly like the girl from the exorcist. it would have been the appropriate thing to end bands after them. obviously gettting on smack as first hand research is quite cheesy but they recognised the importance of cheese in their mission. obviously thats not a viable approach for young musicians now so they have to do things like get anne frank tattooed on their face if they want to commit to the heros journey.