I might as well do something this stupid, right? It's the end of 2009, and I'm going to shoot right out of the gates and say that this year was the year of the 7". Punk Rock has always been known for having a very close relationship with limited edition, colored vinyl, but this year had a slew of EP's, as well as some plain old full lengths. Here's MY top ten releases of 2009.
10. Paint It Black-"Surrender" (Fat Wreck Chords).
This year, Paint It Black went into the studio with Kurt Ballou of Converge and cranked out 9 tracks to be released on two 7" records on two separate labels. The first of which was "Amnesia," the follow-up being "Surrender." Now, don't get me wrong; this is a GOOD record. It's four songs were short enough to fit on a 45, but ferocious to fit nicely into Paint It Black's celebrated catalog. As good of a record as this was, I feel it was lacking a lot of the melody of the band's previous efforts and was trying too hard to be a "raw" hardcore record. "Amnesia" was better by far.
That should be a pretty good transition to our number 9...
9. Paint It Black-"Amnesia" (Bridge Nine).
This was a good record. I felt it captured everything that you could expect from Paint It Black: Slight Aggression, lots of political/social commentary, and a ton of sing-along-worthy melody. I feel that "Bliss" may be the band's best song yet.
8. Snowing-"Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit"
Technical 90s-style Emo at it's best. These guys know what the hell their doing and the influence of Braid, Cap'n Jazz and the like is ever apparent. I think this band has a lot ahead of them, and I'm excited to hear more from them. It's available as a free download on Ifyoumakeit.com, and there should be a link to the vinyl as well.
7. Comadre-A Wolf Ticket.
Do I need to say anything here? Comadre delivers loud, fast, chaotic hardcore that reminds me of a lot of earlier Screamo like Saetia, Hot Cross, and Funeral Diner. Certainly a must-listen album.
6. Nightmares For a Week-"A Flood Tomorrow" (Music For End Times/Broken English).
Sense I first stumbled across this band on Myspace, I've been hooked. They're absolutely amazing. They mixed together so many different sounds and put them all into a wonderful Punk Rock record. I can't wait for a full length.
5. Big D and The Kids Table-Fluent In Stroll (Side One Dummy)
Ok, I'll admit, I hated this album at first. I thought it was horrible, and completely abandoned their old sound. After a while, I accepted this album as a great evolution for the band. It's still got a lot of Big D's classic Ska sound, just with less Punk influence. This isn't a terrible album after all.
4. Andrew Jackson Jihad-Can't Maintain (Asian Man)
Andrew Jackson Jihad is a wonderful band. Their brand of funny, catchy Folk Punk has had me hooked for a while. Can't Maintain is pretty much what you'd expect from AJJ with the addition of electric instruments. A very lovable record.
3. Banner Pilot-Collapser (Fat Wreck Chords)
Banner Pilot are becoming one of my favorite bands. They're undeniably catchy, and add enough grit that they can appeal to just about everyone. Think Kid Dynamite meets None More Black meets Jawbreaker meets Hot Water Music and you get the wonderful Punk outfit known as Banner Pilot.
2. Polar Bear Club-Chasing Hamburg (Bridge Nine)
Oooooh, Polar Bear Club.
1. Kudrow-"Lando" (Quote Unquote/Ernest Jenning/If You Make It)
This EP only came out a couple weeks ago, but we've been waiting for it for what feels like a year now. Kudrow is really taking a lot of 90's pop/indie/alternative influence and putting it into some solid Punk/Pop Punk tunes. Kudrow is going to be another band worth watching in 2010, as they are better than all the other bands the individual members participate in.
Ok, that's it. Happy New Year.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Kudrow "Lando" EP Review
In 2009, a trend has emerged of bands that have an extreme amount of reputation to live up to. We've seen it with smaller bands such as Hard Girls which features members of Shinobu and Pteradon and all three members are also in Jesse Michaels' newest group Classics of Love. On a larger scale, we've also seen Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones join forces as Them Crooked Vultures. What I'm getting at here is that this stuff entices me. Another band with a tremendous amount of high expectations is Brooklyn's Kudrow (y'know, Smelly Cat?) Kudrow is a 90's Alternative Rock inspired outfit comprised of Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb The Music Industry), Mike Campbell (Latterman, The Brass, and Laura Stevenson and The Cans), and Dave Garwacke (Halo Fauna, Thousandaires, Laura Stevenson, Golden Age of Radio, The State Lottery, and pretty much every band ever). While I've yet to purchase the vinyl, I plan on such. Quote Unquote Records and Ifyoumakeit.com have both put "Lando" up for a suggested donation, while Ernest Jenning Records will handle the vinyl release. This is quite a good record, I have proof.
Right as the EP's opener, "Commutilation," comes through the speakers, so does a thick layer of fuzz, and a welcome one at that. In fact, their sound is something that has been missing for a long, long time. Rosenstock and Campbell bring a thick, distorted wall of sound, backed wonderfully by Garwacke's rhythmic expertise. Think The Replacements but with bigger guitar and bass sounds....actually a HUGE bass sound. There's times where Jeff doesn't even need to play his guitar because Campbell takes so much space on his own with an absolutely voluminous bass sound.
In addition to the grit, Kudrow also brings the POP. These are some catchy tunes, reminiscent to The Replacements, Dinosaur Jr., and Superchunk. The catchiest of them all has to be "Favreau," which starts with fuzzy bassline in the verse and explodes into a huge chorus with one of the best guitar licks I've ever heard Jeff Rosenstock play. "Blink-182 Reunion" starts with a really cool riff that grabs me every time. I also love how most of the songs on "Lando" follow what I like to call the "Pixies Formula," where the verses are quiet and the choruses explode.
The 4 song EP seems really short until the record's closer "Brooklyn Pool," which clocks in at just under 6 minutes and mixes the beautiful with the brash, and the silent with the extravagant.
Now, I'll admit I was expecting a lot from this band, considering the fact I love all their other groups, and I feel they delivered. This is a great little EP. That's the thing, it's too short and I want more. One can only imagine what a full-length from the group would be like.
If you have a record player, I recommend you get this 7". If you would rather download it, I suggest you donate.
"Lando" gets a 4.5 out of 5.
Download "Lando" from these sites:
Ifyoumakeit.com
Quoteunquoterecords.com
Buy the 7" here:
Ernestjenning.com
Visit Kudrow's Myspace here:
Myspace.com/yokudrow
Right as the EP's opener, "Commutilation," comes through the speakers, so does a thick layer of fuzz, and a welcome one at that. In fact, their sound is something that has been missing for a long, long time. Rosenstock and Campbell bring a thick, distorted wall of sound, backed wonderfully by Garwacke's rhythmic expertise. Think The Replacements but with bigger guitar and bass sounds....actually a HUGE bass sound. There's times where Jeff doesn't even need to play his guitar because Campbell takes so much space on his own with an absolutely voluminous bass sound.
In addition to the grit, Kudrow also brings the POP. These are some catchy tunes, reminiscent to The Replacements, Dinosaur Jr., and Superchunk. The catchiest of them all has to be "Favreau," which starts with fuzzy bassline in the verse and explodes into a huge chorus with one of the best guitar licks I've ever heard Jeff Rosenstock play. "Blink-182 Reunion" starts with a really cool riff that grabs me every time. I also love how most of the songs on "Lando" follow what I like to call the "Pixies Formula," where the verses are quiet and the choruses explode.
The 4 song EP seems really short until the record's closer "Brooklyn Pool," which clocks in at just under 6 minutes and mixes the beautiful with the brash, and the silent with the extravagant.
Now, I'll admit I was expecting a lot from this band, considering the fact I love all their other groups, and I feel they delivered. This is a great little EP. That's the thing, it's too short and I want more. One can only imagine what a full-length from the group would be like.
If you have a record player, I recommend you get this 7". If you would rather download it, I suggest you donate.
"Lando" gets a 4.5 out of 5.
Download "Lando" from these sites:
Ifyoumakeit.com
Quoteunquoterecords.com
Buy the 7" here:
Ernestjenning.com
Visit Kudrow's Myspace here:
Myspace.com/yokudrow
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Barnaby Jones S/T
Holy crap. Quote Unquote's onto something here. They're doing an album a day until Labor Day. This is the first. A self-titled from a Long Island Hardcore band called Barnaby Jones. I've heard about them a little bit here and there, though this is the first I've listened to them. What can I say here? It's a solid hardcore album, which people just don't make anymore. It's also the first hardcore record released on Jeff Rosenstock's donation label, Quote Unquote Records. The songs are very aggressive and very melodic at the same time a la Dan Yemin. The vocalist does not sing (except on "The Death Seat") , but it works, as the rest of the band keep some melody in the mix. Each song is as good as the last, and there are no weak spots here.
That may be my only (slight) complaint. There's really not much breathing room here. The album comes out swinging and doesn't really stop. At the same time, I like that. In fact, you can really ignore my complaints here.
Who wants this album, you ask? If you like Lifetime/Kid Dynamite/Paint It Black, or Gorilla Biscuits, or This Is Hell, you want this album.
Go download this album on Quoteunquoterecords.com and throw them some money. I can't stress the donation thing enough, you don't have to pay for their music, but if you want these bands to keep doing this and have Jeff release it, they need your donations. This record is certainly worth money. I wouldn't lie to you.
It gets a 5 out of 5 for being the best hardcore album ever.
That may be my only (slight) complaint. There's really not much breathing room here. The album comes out swinging and doesn't really stop. At the same time, I like that. In fact, you can really ignore my complaints here.
Who wants this album, you ask? If you like Lifetime/Kid Dynamite/Paint It Black, or Gorilla Biscuits, or This Is Hell, you want this album.
Go download this album on Quoteunquoterecords.com and throw them some money. I can't stress the donation thing enough, you don't have to pay for their music, but if you want these bands to keep doing this and have Jeff release it, they need your donations. This record is certainly worth money. I wouldn't lie to you.
It gets a 5 out of 5 for being the best hardcore album ever.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Nightmares For A Week Interview
Everyone's a virgin at some point, but it's always nice when two people lose that status together. In this case, I lost my interview virginity at the helm of Nightmares For A Week's very first interview. For those that don't know, Nightmares For A Week is an absolutely amazing Punk band from Kingston, NY. I've been kinda bummed on most local punk lately, so these guys were a godsend. Don't get me wrong, there ARE some good local Punk bands, but NFAW are doing something rather refreshing. They recently released their debut EP "A Flood Tomorrow" physically on Music For End Times (run by Zach and Paul of Dead Unicorn, another fine Kingston band) and digitally on Broken English Records. I've been trying to coordinate this interview for probably a month now, so I finally got to meet up with them at Zena Rockstock at the Colony Cafe in Woodstock (easily one of my favorite venues, in all honesty). I showed up kinda late, because of my lack of a driver's license and Tim Heidcamp having a job. When Tim, Craig Brandt and I arrived, the Ricochet (Jacob Daniel's band) was at least half way through their set, and they were pretty good. I found Bill and Steve from NFAW outside after the Ricochet's set and told them who I was and they remembered and agreed to do an interview. Sean-Paul came out after a few seconds, and we then walked behind the Colony where we started the interview.
Real quick. Name, age, influences:
Sean-Paul: Sean-Paul, 28, my influences would be Descendents. The Descendents would be the main influence, also bands like Gorilla Biscuits.
Bill: My name is Bill, I’m 25 years old. I play guitar and sing, and my influences would be anything from Dinosaur Jr. to Minor Threat, there’s lots of bands out there.
Sean-Paul: Say Echo and the Bunnymen!
Bill: Yeah, Echo and the Bunnymen
[laughter all around]
Steve: I’m Steve, I’m 21, and my influences would be Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age.
How long have you been playing music?:
Sean-Paul: I started playing when I was 16, so 12 years ago.
BIll: I started playing guitar when I was in high schoo, so 14 or 15 years.
Steve: I’ve been playing since age 16.
This is really just for Bill and Sean-Paul, Were you in any bands before Anadivine?
Sean-Paul: Yes.
Bill: I was in all his bands.
Sean-Paul: I was in a band called Jerk Magnet with Bill, which turned into Anadivine. Then I was asked to fill in for all the local bands.
Bill: Before Jerk Magnet was L.T.S. then Jerk Magnet, then came Anadivine. After Anadivine was a band called The Median
(Author's Note: If I screwed any of this up, please tell me and I will fix it)
How about you, Steve?
Steve: Yes, I was in a band called Astronauts for, like, 4 years. Played bass in Barbecue Bash. Ghosts Among The Dead.
Bill: He’s been in more bands than we have!
Who’s writing most of the music for Nightmares?
Sean-Paul: bill writes the music.
Bill: Then they bring it to life.
So Bill writes the lyrics and you guys all flesh it out?
Steve: Bill bill brings the bone, then we add the flesh.
[laughter, a rather common thing with these guys]
This is kind of a stupid question, but for some reason I feel the need to ask. The name: Fireman, right?
Sean-Paul: Yes.
If this isn’t too hard....gear?
Sean-Paul: I play primarily Fender Precision Basses, through a Sans-Amp RBI and a Music Man 100 head, and playing through an Ampeg 410. I also use a limiter pedal, so I have the bass, then the limiter, the Sans-Amp, the head and the cab.
Bill: I play a Fender Telecaster through a 65 Fender Reverb reissue 410 combo. I primarily use a Tube Screamer I built from a kit, and I have a few other pedals.
Steve: I play DW drums and Zildjian A Cymbals.
How has the reception for “A Flood Tomorrow” been so far?
Sean-Paul: As far as the physical copy go. It’s been great. The shows vary, but we’ve sold a lot of CDs.
Steve: Word!
You recently signed to Broken English Records. How’ve they been in comparison to Music For End Times?
Bill: I don’t know if we can compare the two. [laughs] I mean, they’ve both been pretty good. They’re both a great deal of help. End Times is run by Zach and Paul from Dead Unicorn. Paul has helped with T-Shirts, and Zach has written our press release and really helped us with promotion. As far as Broken English goes, John helped produce our record for us, well, half of it. That right there is great. Normally, labels don’t help record the bands.
Favorite band to play with?
Steve: Definitely the Ricochet, Frankie and His Fingers, Caterwaul.
Bill: We played a couple times with our good friends in a rockabilly band called Dead Luck Devilles.
Sean-Paul: Los Doggies!
Bill: Los Doggies are the shit!
All in a staggered fashion: The Viking!
Bill: We’ve only played with them once, but they’re a metal band from Schenectady, and we just don’t get put onto those bills.
Sean-Paul: But they’re our bros.
I collect vinyl, any plans?
Sean-Paul: I wish.
Bill: We’re not sure about the full length. We might press vinyl and then include a code for a download.
How about ideas for variants? Different colors and such?
Bill: We’d love to do that. Sean-Paul’s always talking about Dear You [the Jawbreaker album] on blue.
I have that, actually.
Sean-Paul: I just don’t want to pay 60 bucks for it.
[laughs]
How about other involvements, jobs, other projects?
Steve: I have this band, and I helped the Ricochet on their album.
Bill: This is it!
Sean-Paul: Well, I own and operate a studio, Leaning Tree, but things have really been slowing down there because this has taken over.
How about future plans for the band?
Bill: Play as many shows as we can. Keep on truckin’.
How about the full length?
Bill: We have a ton of new material. We just need to get a label.
Broken English won’t be doing it?
Bill: I think it was just kind of a one-off thing.
Anything else?
Bill: Thank you. Thanks for writing out the questions.
Thanks so much to Nightmares For A Week for doing the interview. You guys rule.
Real quick. Name, age, influences:
Sean-Paul: Sean-Paul, 28, my influences would be Descendents. The Descendents would be the main influence, also bands like Gorilla Biscuits.
Bill: My name is Bill, I’m 25 years old. I play guitar and sing, and my influences would be anything from Dinosaur Jr. to Minor Threat, there’s lots of bands out there.
Sean-Paul: Say Echo and the Bunnymen!
Bill: Yeah, Echo and the Bunnymen
[laughter all around]
Steve: I’m Steve, I’m 21, and my influences would be Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age.
How long have you been playing music?:
Sean-Paul: I started playing when I was 16, so 12 years ago.
BIll: I started playing guitar when I was in high schoo, so 14 or 15 years.
Steve: I’ve been playing since age 16.
This is really just for Bill and Sean-Paul, Were you in any bands before Anadivine?
Sean-Paul: Yes.
Bill: I was in all his bands.
Sean-Paul: I was in a band called Jerk Magnet with Bill, which turned into Anadivine. Then I was asked to fill in for all the local bands.
Bill: Before Jerk Magnet was L.T.S. then Jerk Magnet, then came Anadivine. After Anadivine was a band called The Median
(Author's Note: If I screwed any of this up, please tell me and I will fix it)
How about you, Steve?
Steve: Yes, I was in a band called Astronauts for, like, 4 years. Played bass in Barbecue Bash. Ghosts Among The Dead.
Bill: He’s been in more bands than we have!
Who’s writing most of the music for Nightmares?
Sean-Paul: bill writes the music.
Bill: Then they bring it to life.
So Bill writes the lyrics and you guys all flesh it out?
Steve: Bill bill brings the bone, then we add the flesh.
[laughter, a rather common thing with these guys]
This is kind of a stupid question, but for some reason I feel the need to ask. The name: Fireman, right?
Sean-Paul: Yes.
If this isn’t too hard....gear?
Sean-Paul: I play primarily Fender Precision Basses, through a Sans-Amp RBI and a Music Man 100 head, and playing through an Ampeg 410. I also use a limiter pedal, so I have the bass, then the limiter, the Sans-Amp, the head and the cab.
Bill: I play a Fender Telecaster through a 65 Fender Reverb reissue 410 combo. I primarily use a Tube Screamer I built from a kit, and I have a few other pedals.
Steve: I play DW drums and Zildjian A Cymbals.
How has the reception for “A Flood Tomorrow” been so far?
Sean-Paul: As far as the physical copy go. It’s been great. The shows vary, but we’ve sold a lot of CDs.
Steve: Word!
You recently signed to Broken English Records. How’ve they been in comparison to Music For End Times?
Bill: I don’t know if we can compare the two. [laughs] I mean, they’ve both been pretty good. They’re both a great deal of help. End Times is run by Zach and Paul from Dead Unicorn. Paul has helped with T-Shirts, and Zach has written our press release and really helped us with promotion. As far as Broken English goes, John helped produce our record for us, well, half of it. That right there is great. Normally, labels don’t help record the bands.
Favorite band to play with?
Steve: Definitely the Ricochet, Frankie and His Fingers, Caterwaul.
Bill: We played a couple times with our good friends in a rockabilly band called Dead Luck Devilles.
Sean-Paul: Los Doggies!
Bill: Los Doggies are the shit!
All in a staggered fashion: The Viking!
Bill: We’ve only played with them once, but they’re a metal band from Schenectady, and we just don’t get put onto those bills.
Sean-Paul: But they’re our bros.
I collect vinyl, any plans?
Sean-Paul: I wish.
Bill: We’re not sure about the full length. We might press vinyl and then include a code for a download.
How about ideas for variants? Different colors and such?
Bill: We’d love to do that. Sean-Paul’s always talking about Dear You [the Jawbreaker album] on blue.
I have that, actually.
Sean-Paul: I just don’t want to pay 60 bucks for it.
[laughs]
How about other involvements, jobs, other projects?
Steve: I have this band, and I helped the Ricochet on their album.
Bill: This is it!
Sean-Paul: Well, I own and operate a studio, Leaning Tree, but things have really been slowing down there because this has taken over.
How about future plans for the band?
Bill: Play as many shows as we can. Keep on truckin’.
How about the full length?
Bill: We have a ton of new material. We just need to get a label.
Broken English won’t be doing it?
Bill: I think it was just kind of a one-off thing.
Anything else?
Bill: Thank you. Thanks for writing out the questions.
Thanks so much to Nightmares For A Week for doing the interview. You guys rule.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Snowing-Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit
Well, first off I would like to bring to your attention a wonderful video/music site called Ifyoumakeit.com. Ifyoumakeit.com is run by Halo Fauna/State Lottery/Kudrow/The Golden Age of Radio/Thousandaires drummer Dave Garwacke (who's last name is strangly similar to mine). The site features videos of live shows from a large host of punk/indie bands (so many, that I can't even give you a few names, just go to the site), as well as their acoustic series "The Pink Couch Sessions." Halo Fauna's Eric Ayotte and Dom Armao also created a rather hilarious series of short films called 31 Movies In 31 Days. In addition to their videos, the site also hosts free/donation downloads from many bands, most of which have been documented on film as well.
This is where this EP comes in. Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit has been on the site for a while, but I've had yet to listen to it. I downloaded it out of curiosity as I very often do, and I was pretty impressed. Mind you, Snowing isn't doing anything new or groundbreaking here. The band reminds me a lot of Braid. It sounds like there's two singers, and the instrumentation is incredibly technical. Actually, this band is the closest thing to Braid since...well...Braid.
To make this review short and sweet, this 5 song EP is quite a good one. The guitars are pretty mind-blowing, much like Braid. The songs are very, very catchy. I'll want to learn all these songs tomorrow, it's much too late to do so now. They saved the best, heaviest hitting song for last with "Methuselah Rookie Card." It's a solid cut, and we can only hope for more from this band. I'm going to do some research on these guys for sure.
I'll give this one a 3.5 out of 5, because there's plenty of room for further development here, but I recommend you download (AND DONATE!).
This is where this EP comes in. Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit has been on the site for a while, but I've had yet to listen to it. I downloaded it out of curiosity as I very often do, and I was pretty impressed. Mind you, Snowing isn't doing anything new or groundbreaking here. The band reminds me a lot of Braid. It sounds like there's two singers, and the instrumentation is incredibly technical. Actually, this band is the closest thing to Braid since...well...Braid.
To make this review short and sweet, this 5 song EP is quite a good one. The guitars are pretty mind-blowing, much like Braid. The songs are very, very catchy. I'll want to learn all these songs tomorrow, it's much too late to do so now. They saved the best, heaviest hitting song for last with "Methuselah Rookie Card." It's a solid cut, and we can only hope for more from this band. I'm going to do some research on these guys for sure.
I'll give this one a 3.5 out of 5, because there's plenty of room for further development here, but I recommend you download (AND DONATE!).
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Rock Band Downloads: Now Anyone Can Do It. But Is That Really a Good Thing?
Recently MTV Games and Harmonix, the companies behind the smash hit music video game Rock Band 2, announced that independent artists and game developers can now submit tracks to the game's download service. For those who don't know, Rock Band is like a "instrumental karaoke" game of sorts, rivaled by it's elder Guitar Hero. Rock Band and Rock Band 2 have a rather expansive download service where you can actually download new songs, and now it's getting just a little more expansive.
Upon the news of this announcement, indie rock juggernaut Sub Pop Records announced that they would release their ENTIRE CATALOG on Rock Band 2 stating that it would be "another format, just like CDs or Vinyl". I don't know if they're counting the old singles series and everything, but that's still a lot of releases. A few others have announced such desires as well. I might even jump on that bandwagon ("The Manifesto" on Rock Band anyone?).
I guess what I'm confused about is how a song on a video game that only plays correctly if the person playing it is good enough can count as a "format" for a release. It'll be weird when some vinyl and digital only labels start having to say "available on 500 red, 300 orange cream, 200 purple marble, digital, easy, medium, hard, and expert." I'm honestly curious to see how this works for some independent labels. With the fall of Lumberjack Mordam, maybe some labels might actually try this.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's pretty cool that anyone can submit their music to the game. The mentality of some people, such as the people at Sub Pop, thinking that this would be a whole new format to release music on. I mean, it's fun to be able to play the songs, but don't market it to be the greatest thing ever, and don't expect to make bank off of this.
Time will only tell how this works and if it would benefit the already ailing (and corrupt) music industry in any positive way.
This may have made zero sense whatsoever, but I don't care, It's my blog.
Thanks for reading.
Until next time, I'm off to go play Seaweed's self-titled on a plastic guitar and force my dad to sing it or something.
Upon the news of this announcement, indie rock juggernaut Sub Pop Records announced that they would release their ENTIRE CATALOG on Rock Band 2 stating that it would be "another format, just like CDs or Vinyl". I don't know if they're counting the old singles series and everything, but that's still a lot of releases. A few others have announced such desires as well. I might even jump on that bandwagon ("The Manifesto" on Rock Band anyone?).
I guess what I'm confused about is how a song on a video game that only plays correctly if the person playing it is good enough can count as a "format" for a release. It'll be weird when some vinyl and digital only labels start having to say "available on 500 red, 300 orange cream, 200 purple marble, digital, easy, medium, hard, and expert." I'm honestly curious to see how this works for some independent labels. With the fall of Lumberjack Mordam, maybe some labels might actually try this.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's pretty cool that anyone can submit their music to the game. The mentality of some people, such as the people at Sub Pop, thinking that this would be a whole new format to release music on. I mean, it's fun to be able to play the songs, but don't market it to be the greatest thing ever, and don't expect to make bank off of this.
Time will only tell how this works and if it would benefit the already ailing (and corrupt) music industry in any positive way.
This may have made zero sense whatsoever, but I don't care, It's my blog.
Thanks for reading.
Until next time, I'm off to go play Seaweed's self-titled on a plastic guitar and force my dad to sing it or something.
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