5/7/24.
Vaguess (Los Angeles, California) is the vehicle for the work of Vinny Earley. To be honest, I fully expected this band to be Australian rather than from Los Angeles. And this is really entirely my fault. I've come to associate Los Angeles with Uni Boys and Billy Tibbals - power pop/punk. Not that either band wouldn't like Vaguess, but this release sounds more post-punk than power pop. And as much as I've come to associate Los Angeles with power pop, this brand of angular post-punk makes me think of Australia (Ausmuteants).
Erste Theke Tontraeger (ETT) is releasing this LP - and this makes me think of a cross between Germ House and Wounded Lion (neither of which, oddly, are Australian).
The Bandcamp write-up brings to attention the title of the last song "Profit or Punk?". Great title, great song, and great attitude. The write up ends, "In summation: Save Vinny Earley, may his reign last a thousand years."
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2m8o - "Trent" (Official video)
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Not From England- The Kite
This song is from Not From England’s 2021 EP, for the second time.
The band is playing on Wednesday, 1/11/23 at The Smell in Los Angeles with Vaguess and Sales Team.
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il cattivo.
01 dead before dawn – vaguess
02 sinister purpose – creedence clearwater revival
03 big in japan – tom waits
04 people are strange – the doors
05 thirteen – johnny cash
06 sympathy for the devil – the rolling stones
07 whistlin' past the graveyard – tom waits
08 i'm the devil – the william loveday intention
09 old judge jones – les dudek
10 the snake – al wilson
11 money talks – j.j. cale
12 dead man, dead man – bob dylan
13 hoist that rag – tom waits
14 wolf teeth – jd mcpherson
15 rotten to the core – the builders and the butchers
16 bad seed sown – the bellfuries
17 love of hate – st. john green
18 riders in the sky – ronnie dawson
19 god's gonna cut you down – johnny cash
20 the werewolf song – michael hurley
21 death don't have no mercy (live) – hot tuna
the pity is, when i'm paid, i always see my job through.
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The Ambient Experimental Industrial Harsh Noise Musicians Just Don't Understand: May 26, 2024
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Carole King - Pleasant Valley Sunday (Demo)
DJ speaks over The Battlefield Band - Ge Do Theid Mi Do M'Leabiadh
Zenda Jacks - Rub My Tummy
Vaguess - Turn it Off
The Vapors - Talk Talk
Fuera de Sektor - Solo Ves Lo Peor
Mdou Moctar - Oh France
Sally Skull - Tear Out
Kleenex - Ü
Clickbait - Pumpkin Spice
Abyecta - Nacer, Crecer, Morir
Patrik Fitzgerald - The Little Dippers
Chumbawamba - Isolation
A State of Mind - …Is Not Enough
Cyrnai - Sensitivity
Sadistic Exploits - Apathy
Trial - Is This to Be?
Cyrnai - Going Under Hypnosis
X-Ray Spex - Highly Inflammable
Gut Model - Angry Young Men
Spizzoil - Fibre
Bad Bangs - Philly
Retsu - 3 Years
Victimize - Baby Buyer
Wreckless Eric - Dizzy
Nusantara Beat - Mang Becak
Rouge - Images
XTC - Science Friction
Nag - In Effect
The Birthday Party - Blast Off
The Radiators from Space - Ripped and Torn
Tank - Turn Your Head Around
Armoured Flu Unit - Elsewhere Apartheid
The Drin - Lens of a Devotee
The Undertones - Billy's Third
Zoff - Sauerland
Puffer - Iron Hand
Naked - Frightened
The English Setters - Tragedy
Anti-Pasti - 1980
Ebba Grön - Turist I Tillvaron
Crucifix - Steel Case Enclosure
The Magnetic Fields - How to Say Goodbye
Double-O - Grey to Black
DBR - Displacement
Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek - Darıldım Darıldım
Leyden Zar - Danger Zone
Hunger Project - Assembly
Crisis - Alienation
Zyfilis - P.I.A.
Death Culture Deprivation - Zitra
James Last - Tiger Feet / Radar Love / Jesus Loves Me
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Vaguess – Thanks No Thanks LP (Under the Gun Records)
Once you know it, and maybe if you didn’t (it’s too late for that now), it's easy to hear this is a one-person project (but not a one-man band), seems to sit fairly nicely next to all those obscure records from decades past that seem to have so much and at the same time so little to do with each other and always make me really happy when I happen upon them, seems maybe a mix of lowkey synth punk, kitchen punk pop and backyard sun tea, Southwest indie rock of the 1980s, Cleveland art rock and NYC underground rock of the 1970s, the jangle and power-pop with hints of hillbilly and folk that enters at various levels depending on which cut you drop the needle on helping make it a continuation of Los Angeles tradition that goes back the 1960s with the wide variety offered from artists like the Byrds (without the Dylan influence) and maybe Skip Spence (if you ventured somewhere in the canyon between his solo work and work with Moby Grape), sounding like it was cooked up in a wooden fruit cellar, a screened-in porch or the plywood loft in a garage. It sounds pretty wonderful. – winch
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Current Jams (9/4/23)
Besta Quadrada - The First Four Weeks (favorite track: "It's in My Head")
Bootcamp - Bootcamp 23 (favorite track: "Victim Complex")
Chaos Imbeciles - s/t (favorite track: "Dictatorship Continues")
Corker - Falser Truths (favorite track: "Molotov")
The Cowboys - Sultan of Squat (favorite track: "She's Not Your Baby Anymore")
Crosshairs - Perverted Law (favorite track: "Guillotine")
Gym Tonic - Sanitary Situations (favorite track: "Millenials Angst")
Insane Urge - My America (favorite track: "No Sense")
Kepi Ghoulie - Full Moon Forever (favorite track: "Cosmic Dancer (T. Rex cover)")
Nurse - s/t (favorite track: "Self Sabotage")
Partial Traces - Wild Surf/Quiet Blues (favorite track: "Silver & Green")
Private Life - Get Me Outta Here (favorite track: "Ghosts")
Rive Droite Country Club - Antifête (favorite track: "Boule de Flipper")
The Shivvers - "Reckless"
SLANT - Demo 2023 (favorite track: "Criminal")
Sweepers - Demonstration (favorite track: "Sweep It Up")
Tube Alloys - Magnetic Point (favorite track: "Magnetic Point")
Vaguess - Thanks // No Thanks (favorite track: "Texas Clouds")
War Against Sleep - Mysteries of the Impossible (favorite track: "Vlad the Impaler")
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Session 74: A Confession of Fear
An entry from a thick, leather journal tucked away in the shoulder bag of Wallace Bones:
It’s been a while, hasn’t it?
I'm finding myself at a bit of a loss for where to start this time, but in the sense of there just being…so much. A lot has been happening. Although I suppose that in and of itself isn't much of a surprise. It's par for the course.
But at the core of it all, I'm unsure about this plane. We've been here before, but I'd like to say I dislike it even more this time. It's all a little overwhelming for me.
I've never been one for very big cities, but this place seems to bring out that fear in a very similar way to Vaguess. It's crowded and anonymous yet at the same time, we've been under almost constant scrutiny of others. Even our contact feels more like she's observing us rather than simply interacting as an acquaintance.
It certainly doesn't help that the Warden managed to so thoroughly convince Kirin that they were to be trusted. Who's to say that whatever mind tricks they fell prone to won't strike again in the future? We didn't even know about this effect until it was too late to do anything on our own. Oriz made a deal with Khonsu and Deoch, and the thought of whatever might be requested of him as payment down the line worries me more than I can express in only a few words.
I've scarcely felt safe while we stay in this plane. And as much as I dislike saying it…even Absolus is starting to feel unsafe. I don't experience the same amount of trust for them as I once did. Something isn't right about them, and this place is letting it show. Perhaps the details aren't lining up as well at this angle.
How ironic is it that I'm beginning to trust the Eel more than the Eagle?
I knew something had felt wrong when I…when I fell. I was scared though, and I wanted familiarity, so I stayed with them. I still am scared, to be quite honest. Is that a bad thing for me to admit, given the job we do? I think some amount of fear is healthy, but it drags on and on, and it's exhausting. Pardon the unintentional play on words, but I can feel the tiredness in my bones.
I want those I love to be safe with me, but all of this uncertainty in everything we do puts that in such immense jeopardy.
Is safety even possible anymore?
Something is messily crossed out here, now illegible
We have to encounter the fae again–willingly, this time. I would do everything in my power not to return to that place again, but as usual, we have very little choice. It has to be done, and whatever suffering we experience will simply happen.
I'm going to warn the others and hope that they listen and take my advice to heart. I'm not sure I want to talk about what I saw with them though, as much as it would probably help to understand what we'll be walking into. I don't think I've had a chance to process it enough yet.
This will remain a secret between you and I, but when it's quiet...I think I can still hear the clock in that room.
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6/10/23.
Not sure how I missed out on hearing Lip Readers before today. The band is made up of members from Ovens, Tony Molina and New Faultlines. They were part of the vibrant (and still vibrant) Oakland scene.
The music on "Clean Kitchens EP" is an excellent representation of the aforementioned bands.
This was released in 2020 on Los Angeles based label Refry Records. Be sure to check out Vaguess - great garage rock in the vein of Gentleman Jesse or The Black Lips.
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Softjaw - "Pleased With Me"
Softjaw have shared their first single, “Pleased With Me”, out now via Dream Machine Records.
Softjaw are Daniel Michicoff (Tijuana Panthers / Townland), Dustin Lovelis (The Fling), Tanner Duffy (Glue Shoe) and Vinnie Earley (Vaguess).
Softjaw is going to do a short tour opening up for (the) Tijuana Panthers. No additional dates have been announced (yet).
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HEUTE ABEND ↯ Antikörper #89 Jahrescharts 2023 Teil 2 ↯ Samstag 06. Januar 2024 ↯ 23-0:00 ↯ ByteFM ↯
Mit Musik von Parking Lot, Team Scheisse, Wet Dip, Stiff Little Fingers, Phil & The Tiles, Angel Face, J. Robbins, M(h)aol, Fatal Blow, Snõõper, Gewalt, Average Pizza, The Radio Field, Gold Rushian, Citric Dummies, Mean Jeans, The Feelies, Lousy Sue, Popperklopper, Vaguess, Sex Beat, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, und der A Tribute To Adam Green Compilation 'Moping In Style' ↯
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You ever just like rediscover a band you used to like, and miraculously still like them?
I did the other day with a band I had forgotten about and girl I am LOVING their new album! Good shit
im not sure i have! ive steadily enjoyed the same few artists since like 2018 and up until then i didnt really have a favorite artist i dont think? ik u said liked not favorite but liked is so so so vague
under that vaguess tho i still think my answer is the same. like before i had my steady few i mostly just liked stuff popular on here in 2015 (You Know.) and stuff on the radio, and i dont rly ever go back to those people for their new stuff so :^)
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Some people think they know what depression feels like, but they don't. Not beyond the scratch on the sand level of knowing. They think it's an overwhelming feeling of sadness; of loss. It's not. It's unlike anything you can really explain away with words. The vaguess of it, like a thick mist at dawn, is what drowns us. It's malignant.
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VAGUESS : SOME KINDA MEANINGFUL
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