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"Buddy Holly stood on this spot in 1958 and said 'There is no way in hell that I'm gonna record in this dump'"

i never see Caitlin Rose get any press even among people who like alt-country but she is the bomb and The Stand-In is one of those records i always come back to

"Pillar of Truth" "Chain Smoker" "The House That Heaven Built" "GOD." "Air Bud" "After the Party" "Birnam Wood" "An Antidote for Strychnine" "Dr. Seuss" "Rome (Always in the Dark)" "Low Slow"

never heard of these guys but woah, this rips!

they definitely played an encore ("Masterpiece" and "Mary") when they played Webster Hall in NYC last month. maybe we're just special.

if that's true, i can't fucking wait to hear Megan's "Toxic"

my favorite metal-adjacent video is Red Fang's "Wires", AKA how to properly use a $5K budget: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQPfQvLIseA

Whack World though... ...and the entire PUP videography

uhhhhh which Diddy song is "Black Skinhead" ripping off because i would love to hear it

i like Courtney overall but i really wish she would write more songs like "Depreston"

same with "Goldtone"

Kylesa, In Solitude, Pallbearer, Torche, Elder Integrity has "punk" vocals, not as harsh as metal but not totally clean

Gordi- Avant Gardener, flips the song from deadpan bemusement to existential despair

that strip is my desktop background! my very first tattoo was the final image of C&H on the sled, saying "Let's go exploring!"

forgot Trash Talk- Gimme Death, where the fuck have they been at anyway?

can't believe i forgot Das Racist- Who's That? Brooown!, Rainbow in the Dark, Hahahaha jk?, Rapping 2 U

high 5 for "Break" by KKB, a slacker pop anthem for the ages

Sister Cities is my favorite Hop Along song too! surprised "Tibetan Pop Stars" or "Waitress" didn't make this list

just a few bands the Gum overlooked completely: Hop Along- Tibetan Pop Stars, Sister Cities, Fox in Motion Screaming Females- Red Hand, Ripe, Black Moon White Lung- Bag, Face Down, Paradise Against Me!- I Was a Teenage Anarchist, True Trans Soul Rebel, Dead Friend The World is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die- Gig Life, Getting Sodas, January 10th 2014, I Can Be Afraid of Anything Tierra Whack- Whack World, all of it Let's Eat Grandma- It's Not Just Me, Falling Into Me, Donnie Darko Pinegrove- The Metronome, New Friends, Old Friends, Angelina Laura Stevenson- Low Slow

come get your face caved in: the armed- blessings akela- streets ahead defeater- no faith touche amore- just exist loma prieta- love svalbard- unpaid intern white lung- dead weight saosin- the silver string trap them- the facts iron reagan- fuck the neighbors turnstile- real thing integrity- die with your boots on couch slut-company picnic with dust off sunlight's bane- came no dawn converge- eve counterparts- a memory misread closer- gift shop american nightmare- gloom forever war on women- lone wolves rolo tomassi- contretemps birds in row- i don't dance xelegyx- memento mori greyhaven- ten dogs/red heaven fucked up- sun glass portrayal of guilt- daymare olam- ventriloquism cloud rat- al di la

damn, Tom couldn't get a single hardcore face-smasher on the big list?

i'll ride for "Instant Disassembly"

rise from your grave, zombie post!

i will never understand why Hop Along aren't getting acclaim on the level of, say, Big Thief. they are far and away the indie band of the decade to me.

i think they are basically equally good but Lost in the Dream is the one that made me fall in love

yeah Lucy was robbed

i agree that the OG RTJ is still the best. they are all good, but the first one is the one that kicked in the door.

justice for Bark Your Head Off

yessss June Hymn is so good, too bad they completely fell off after TKID (imo, anyway)

totally agree. HV is a little too ornate and fussy for me, TWFM feels much looser and more playful.