hey kids.
Sorry for the brief intermission. This blog was for a class project, and the project ended, and a new one started, so I've been a bit busy with that. Things can get a bit more relaxed now.
Unfortunately, it's almost over, but you guys should check out Mike Jasorka's Rollerdame Art Tour. Or hell, just buy some. He's got some sweet stuff.
But, back to work. I'll work on this blog again next week, there's no time!
Today, I'm listening to Norfolk & Western. And waiting for my CD from them.
Thinking of Elaine,
Joseph C.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
C-86? Not anymore, twee boy.
Alright, let's get some linkin' some Lincoln, and some discussin. This is an article (the linkin button) by Krister Bladh involving the C86 era, which was, as we know, the first mixtape put out of more indie, more twee, more DIYish bands. I'll be discussing pages 20-22, The Anorak Legacy.
It's pretty simple; a few of the bands fit in, but C86 was not twee; it was the precursor to twee. Indiepop was also born in zines and bred to be underground, but the difference is in the music. Bladh argues that the major differences come between the sounds of C86 and the sounds of Sarah Records. Sarah Records was more refined; a gentler music, cuter, sweeter, easier on the ears, I love how Bladh puts it as "gossamer." Some bands became twee, or always were twee; but C86 was mainly about starting indie music. It's the birth of the mixtape. C-86 opened the door, and out stepped twee pop, riot grrrl, and various other movements in music.
Well, that's pretty much what I wanted to say about that. I may have, inprevious discussions, mislead or not described rightly to some of you the whole C-86 issue. But there. So poo.
Bladh, Krister. "Everything Went Pop!: C86 and More: A Wave and Its Rise and Wake." Indie-Mp3. Spring 2005. Retrieved on 27 Oct. 2008.
Today, I am jamming to Chairlift. Go iPod commercials.
Walking with a cane,
Joseph C.
It's pretty simple; a few of the bands fit in, but C86 was not twee; it was the precursor to twee. Indiepop was also born in zines and bred to be underground, but the difference is in the music. Bladh argues that the major differences come between the sounds of C86 and the sounds of Sarah Records. Sarah Records was more refined; a gentler music, cuter, sweeter, easier on the ears, I love how Bladh puts it as "gossamer." Some bands became twee, or always were twee; but C86 was mainly about starting indie music. It's the birth of the mixtape. C-86 opened the door, and out stepped twee pop, riot grrrl, and various other movements in music.
Well, that's pretty much what I wanted to say about that. I may have, inprevious discussions, mislead or not described rightly to some of you the whole C-86 issue. But there. So poo.
Bladh, Krister. "Everything Went Pop!: C86 and More: A Wave and Its Rise and Wake." Indie-Mp3. Spring 2005. Retrieved on 27 Oct. 2008.
Today, I am jamming to Chairlift. Go iPod commercials.
Walking with a cane,
Joseph C.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
A Twee Little Entry
So this one will be short and to the point, as the source is. This one is from Economy-point.org, just a lil' article on Twee pop and the music industry.
The article basically has these few points:
1. Twee is simple, pretty, cute indie rock
2. Twee pretty much started in 1986 with a compilation named C86
3. The beginners and big hitters were Sarah Records in England, and K Records in America
4. There's also cuddlecore, which is a little more punk, but still adorable
So what's the deal Joseph? Why are you presenting me with this rather meager article on twee? It won't teach me anything I didn't know. Sure, I appreciate compact info, but help me out here.
Oh! A list!
Right. The article ends with a list of prominent twee pop bands, including some that have earned commercial success. The best way to know twee is to listen to twee; it will all fall into place. This fairly androgynous (ha!) website doesn't do much; but, that lil' list compiled is just a great taste of twee. Most sites give you hundreds of band names. This site does the basics. Not a bad page.
Economy-point. "Twee Pop." 24 June 2006. Music Industry at Economy-point. Retrieved 26 Oct. 2008.
iTunes is kickin' out some Zombina and the Skeletones. I LOVE Halloween.
Eating your brain,
Joseph C.
The article basically has these few points:
1. Twee is simple, pretty, cute indie rock
2. Twee pretty much started in 1986 with a compilation named C86
3. The beginners and big hitters were Sarah Records in England, and K Records in America
4. There's also cuddlecore, which is a little more punk, but still adorable
So what's the deal Joseph? Why are you presenting me with this rather meager article on twee? It won't teach me anything I didn't know. Sure, I appreciate compact info, but help me out here.
Oh! A list!
Right. The article ends with a list of prominent twee pop bands, including some that have earned commercial success. The best way to know twee is to listen to twee; it will all fall into place. This fairly androgynous (ha!) website doesn't do much; but, that lil' list compiled is just a great taste of twee. Most sites give you hundreds of band names. This site does the basics. Not a bad page.
Economy-point. "Twee Pop." 24 June 2006. Music Industry at Economy-point. Retrieved 26 Oct. 2008.
iTunes is kickin' out some Zombina and the Skeletones. I LOVE Halloween.
Eating your brain,
Joseph C.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Twee(d) Fashion
So this was kind of a fun blog I found while researching all things twee, it's Twee Fashion!
I didn't know what to make of this site, until I got sucked in. It's just kind of cute, and is a fellow writer on blogger, so hey, it's all good. The blog is simple; look at a picture, and declare what's twee about the outfit. Lots of pictures, lots of little twee snippets.
Do not neglect, however, the tweebility of the blogger. Look at the language. It's so simple, it's so cute, it's very nice indeed. Everything is cute, everything could essentially be written by a young child; but that adds an amount of innocence to the entire project. The blog, which looks defunct now, ran about a hundred posts, all chock full of pretty people looking nice, and defining what twee fashion is. You know, scarves, mittens, cute tshirts, hats, thick rimmed glasses, sweaters, cords, all that stuff.
Dressing twee is cute. So do it.
Today, I am listening to Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.
Cleaning this Stain,
Joseph C.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
An Entwee on Zines
If you put in zine on google images, this totally sweet and professionally looking zine comes up:
Zines zines, everyone loves zines. Don't be too harsh on that i, pronounce it zeeeeeen. So what is a zine. I'll use The Book of Zines for my point of reference.
Radical site.
So zines are like tiny magazines, homemade, usually using two or three pieces of paper, heavily xeroxed, cut pasted stapled colored in and handed out, mailed to friends, or something silly like just handed out. They're totally, totally awesome.
Zines popped up as part of the DIY sentiment, usually dealing in music or politics. Got something to say? Take a day, pop out twenty or thirty zines, put them together and get them out on the streets.
This site is great too. It has a directory with tons of zines, some mailing lists and the like, a bunch of how to's and FAQ's (which we all love). Distribution, legal mumbo jumbo, articles, everything you'll ever need for a zine and then so much more you may get physically ill reading about zines and actually never get one or make one becausethethoughtofzinesJUSTMAKESYOUWANTTODIE augh!
Today, I am giving Octopus Project a go. They're wild.
Picturing a crane,
Joseph C.
Zines zines, everyone loves zines. Don't be too harsh on that i, pronounce it zeeeeeen. So what is a zine. I'll use The Book of Zines for my point of reference.
Radical site.
So zines are like tiny magazines, homemade, usually using two or three pieces of paper, heavily xeroxed, cut pasted stapled colored in and handed out, mailed to friends, or something silly like just handed out. They're totally, totally awesome.
Zines popped up as part of the DIY sentiment, usually dealing in music or politics. Got something to say? Take a day, pop out twenty or thirty zines, put them together and get them out on the streets.
This site is great too. It has a directory with tons of zines, some mailing lists and the like, a bunch of how to's and FAQ's (which we all love). Distribution, legal mumbo jumbo, articles, everything you'll ever need for a zine and then so much more you may get physically ill reading about zines and actually never get one or make one becausethethoughtofzinesJUSTMAKESYOUWANTTODIE augh!
Today, I am giving Octopus Project a go. They're wild.
Picturing a crane,
Joseph C.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Wikitweedia
Alright, so what does Wikipedia have to offer. The holy ground for information. Many will say their information is flawed; some believe it to be absolute. I, however, as usual, am mildly nonchalant about the wikipedia entry. They say some good things, mention some basics, but I mean, its so mild compared to the Twee as Fuck article I discussed in my second and third posts.
Wikipedia is, in my opinion, good for four things:
1. Random articles. That button is divine. Never would I realize that a bog person is just a person who died and was buried in a bog, thus oddly preserving their body.
2. Quick reference. Talking to someone online and they ask you if you remember the general plot to the Jurassic Park movies (Like you could ever forget; Laura Dern is a babe)? Of course you do! It only takes ten seconds to get the gist of things on Wikipedia.
3. Reasons to celebrate. Nothing says party like the fact that December 5th is Frankie Muniz' birthday. In fact, on this very day of October 20th, I hope someone shares in my pint to celebrate Trafalgar Day!
4. The links. At the bottom of every page, and this is a big one, they have greeeeat outside links. So you just go. To. Town. Link the shit out of whatever Wikipedia article you're reading.
5. That game where you see how many steps it takes from a random article to get to the article about America. I don't know why you'd want to look at America's article for so long, but hey, the game is fun.
All in all, Wikipedia did very little for me in an exploration on twee. However, just like Google did, they attempted to switch me to Indipop, pop music from India. Apparently Indie music and the Indian culture go hand in hand.
Wikipedia. "Indie Pop." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 15 Oct. 2008. Retrieved from Wikipedia, on 21 Oct. 2008.
Oh, and check their links!
Today, I am listening to some Magnetic Fields. I feel so drawn in!
Reading Mark Twain,
Joseph C.
Wikipedia is, in my opinion, good for four things:
1. Random articles. That button is divine. Never would I realize that a bog person is just a person who died and was buried in a bog, thus oddly preserving their body.
2. Quick reference. Talking to someone online and they ask you if you remember the general plot to the Jurassic Park movies (Like you could ever forget; Laura Dern is a babe)? Of course you do! It only takes ten seconds to get the gist of things on Wikipedia.
3. Reasons to celebrate. Nothing says party like the fact that December 5th is Frankie Muniz' birthday. In fact, on this very day of October 20th, I hope someone shares in my pint to celebrate Trafalgar Day!
4. The links. At the bottom of every page, and this is a big one, they have greeeeat outside links. So you just go. To. Town. Link the shit out of whatever Wikipedia article you're reading.
5. That game where you see how many steps it takes from a random article to get to the article about America. I don't know why you'd want to look at America's article for so long, but hey, the game is fun.
All in all, Wikipedia did very little for me in an exploration on twee. However, just like Google did, they attempted to switch me to Indipop, pop music from India. Apparently Indie music and the Indian culture go hand in hand.
Wikipedia. "Indie Pop." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 15 Oct. 2008. Retrieved from Wikipedia, on 21 Oct. 2008.
Oh, and check their links!
Today, I am listening to some Magnetic Fields. I feel so drawn in!
Reading Mark Twain,
Joseph C.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
A Tweeny Tiny Net for Catching Little Fishies
Do you feel lost in an endless twee? Need direction? Something to just get you started, like maybe some sort of search website, something comprehensive, something that will help you find other things to put you on your twee way. Ah!Of course! TweeNet!
This site will send you on your way. Need twee bands? This is (I'd say) the largest and easiest directory of twee bands and their websites. Looking for a record label to digest your tape? They have that here too! This site is the culmination of twee culture (well, in conjunction with IndiePages). Mailing lists, record labels, FAQ's out the wazoo, this will get you comfortable with your Tweebility. The site has a simple guide bar, with a section for bands, labels, then a mailing list, a forum directory, and some miscellaneous help information and...well, anything else you'll need. The page is simple, but nice, and just has a crapload of things any twee buff needs in life. I highly recommend you check it out, and take in everything it has to give you. Hooray!
TweeNet. 10 Sept. 2008. TweeNet. 19 Oct. 2008
Now I'm enjoying some hip-hop with Astronautalis. Try it. You'll love what you hear.
Speeding in the slow lane,
Joseph C.
This site will send you on your way. Need twee bands? This is (I'd say) the largest and easiest directory of twee bands and their websites. Looking for a record label to digest your tape? They have that here too! This site is the culmination of twee culture (well, in conjunction with IndiePages). Mailing lists, record labels, FAQ's out the wazoo, this will get you comfortable with your Tweebility. The site has a simple guide bar, with a section for bands, labels, then a mailing list, a forum directory, and some miscellaneous help information and...well, anything else you'll need. The page is simple, but nice, and just has a crapload of things any twee buff needs in life. I highly recommend you check it out, and take in everything it has to give you. Hooray!
TweeNet. 10 Sept. 2008. TweeNet. 19 Oct. 2008
Now I'm enjoying some hip-hop with Astronautalis. Try it. You'll love what you hear.
Speeding in the slow lane,
Joseph C.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
A Super Neat Tweerrific Site
Ladies and Squirms, let me introduce to ewe, IndiePages! (Not to be confused with Indiapages, which Google will try and get you to convert to!)
This site is so. friggen. cool. This site is an indulgence for indie pop kids. They review ultra neat indie CDs, the give out samples of super cool new indie songs, and they host a number of fantastically fantastic websites for bands, labels, and other fun things. The two hosts of this site, Chris and Arianne, do super fun things like make websites and live the IndiePages legacy.
One of the best things about IndiePages is their impressive and frequently frequented forums. This is the place to meet some fun kids and fabulous people! I am currently a non-member, I keep forgetting, but I think I'll join up today! See you there?
This site is just amazing. Everything about it is just flat out amazing. Go there! Love it! Live it! Download some free songs, talk to other people about your favorite things that don't exist, be a model citizen and just have fun fun fun! Or, if you prefer things to be slightly nonsensical, I suppose you could just cruise on over to IndiaPages and go to town...
Indiepages. 13 Oct. 2008. Indiepages. 16 Oct. 2008. http://www.indiepages.com/
What a silly looking citation. Ho Hum.
Today, my iPod chose Pants Yell! for me to listen to.
Driving to Maine,
Joseph C.
This site is so. friggen. cool. This site is an indulgence for indie pop kids. They review ultra neat indie CDs, the give out samples of super cool new indie songs, and they host a number of fantastically fantastic websites for bands, labels, and other fun things. The two hosts of this site, Chris and Arianne, do super fun things like make websites and live the IndiePages legacy.
One of the best things about IndiePages is their impressive and frequently frequented forums. This is the place to meet some fun kids and fabulous people! I am currently a non-member, I keep forgetting, but I think I'll join up today! See you there?
This site is just amazing. Everything about it is just flat out amazing. Go there! Love it! Live it! Download some free songs, talk to other people about your favorite things that don't exist, be a model citizen and just have fun fun fun! Or, if you prefer things to be slightly nonsensical, I suppose you could just cruise on over to IndiaPages and go to town...
Indiepages. 13 Oct. 2008. Indiepages. 16 Oct. 2008. http://www.indiepages.com/
What a silly looking citation. Ho Hum.
Today, my iPod chose Pants Yell! for me to listen to.
Driving to Maine,
Joseph C.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Histortwee, part two
Alright, let's discuss the rest of this article. I hope you have been taking notes (teehee).
The history of twee in America! We love America!
It starts in the dreamy land of the Northwest, which we all love, whether it be Seattle, the newly up-and-coming Portland, or in this case, Olympia. Here comes Beat Happening, a happy band with depressing and/or cheery lyrics (depending on song, of course of course!), and a feel that says "We're a band, but we only practice and play during recess." Awesome. They made rock music about candy and happiness, not muscles or smoking cigarettes. Calvin Johnson, frontman of Beat Happening, also created K Records, America's go to guys for indie rock in the early 90's (even attracting the attention of such musicians as a one Kurt Cobain; surprise! He loved twee pop!).
Kurt even had a K Records tattoo on his arm! It looked like this.
Twee as Fuck (cont'd)
So this article is really long. They go on to discuss gender roles, and how Twee pop allows for love and femininity and non-masculinity, and then describes the culture. My god, the culture part is long, but it's a really sweet culture, eventually meshing emo high schoolers who evolve into pre-hipsters. The twee culture wants to be cute, wants to be cuddly, and wants to be elite. Our band is better than yours. This band whose tape i found is better than that tape. I told you bell and sebastian would be famous. Each American city had its own indie pop band making themselves known; the magnetic fields were doing great in NYC; lemonhead allowed twee to be heard by many 'round Boston; this was a good time, and lead to a good future. I guarantee, wherever you find progressive culture, you'll find twee. So read on, have fun, enjoy yourself. Be twee as fuck. Go nuts.
Abebe, Nitsuh. "Twee as Fuck." Pitchfork. 24 Oct. 2005. Pitchfork Media. 13 Oct. 2008.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/10242-twee-as-fuck
Today, I am listening to Pelle Carlberg. Yea.
Steering this train,
Joseph C
The history of twee in America! We love America!
It starts in the dreamy land of the Northwest, which we all love, whether it be Seattle, the newly up-and-coming Portland, or in this case, Olympia. Here comes Beat Happening, a happy band with depressing and/or cheery lyrics (depending on song, of course of course!), and a feel that says "We're a band, but we only practice and play during recess." Awesome. They made rock music about candy and happiness, not muscles or smoking cigarettes. Calvin Johnson, frontman of Beat Happening, also created K Records, America's go to guys for indie rock in the early 90's (even attracting the attention of such musicians as a one Kurt Cobain; surprise! He loved twee pop!).
Kurt even had a K Records tattoo on his arm! It looked like this.
Twee as Fuck (cont'd)
So this article is really long. They go on to discuss gender roles, and how Twee pop allows for love and femininity and non-masculinity, and then describes the culture. My god, the culture part is long, but it's a really sweet culture, eventually meshing emo high schoolers who evolve into pre-hipsters. The twee culture wants to be cute, wants to be cuddly, and wants to be elite. Our band is better than yours. This band whose tape i found is better than that tape. I told you bell and sebastian would be famous. Each American city had its own indie pop band making themselves known; the magnetic fields were doing great in NYC; lemonhead allowed twee to be heard by many 'round Boston; this was a good time, and lead to a good future. I guarantee, wherever you find progressive culture, you'll find twee. So read on, have fun, enjoy yourself. Be twee as fuck. Go nuts.
Abebe, Nitsuh. "Twee as Fuck." Pitchfork. 24 Oct. 2005. Pitchfork Media. 13 Oct. 2008.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/10242-twee-as-fuck
Today, I am listening to Pelle Carlberg. Yea.
Steering this train,
Joseph C
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Histor-twee
Sorry for the title.
So I stumbled upon the other day the mecca for twee history, written compactly, comprehensively, and sadly, slightly belligerently. Hum. Pitchfork, a great sight to find reviews and articles concerning the not-so-huge music in today's culture, hooked me up to a great article; Nitsuh Abebe's Twee as Fuck (Which is a funny phrase; you'll understand when you're older).
They begin with some roots. Indie pop popped up around the late 70's and early 80's with the advent of the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture, bands making their own tapes and unprofessionally recorded music and selling it without the help of big record companies. Punk was too oppressive, and while the rockers valued DIY concepts and shitty vocals, a breed of people obsessed with cute and innocence was thriving, waiting to jangle their guitar strings, to bop back and forth to drum beats. These were the twee children.
"Twee" was born of the sound of a baby saying sweet; there's just something too cute about it. I didn't want to quote the article, but I couldn't pass up Abebe's perfect sentiment; "This stuff was looking for something else-- something more like the charm of watching children put on plays in their backyard, where anyone can be a star, where construction-paper props turn big gestures into something small and pure, and where the whole endeavor feels like a beautiful, private gift." So the movement moved on. Sarah Records, one of the first powerful indie labels was born, selling 7" records in homemade sleeves. Sarah Records also began releasing the first real zine, a magazine for indie pop kids which was cute, compact, and homedrawn. There was something so elementary school, in the sappy lyrics, the lyrical chirps, the chirping bops, twee was easy to love. It was not rock, it was not manly or hard or sexual; it was bliss.
Blah blah blah, read the article. A lot of good stuff. Early bands, the fact that Kurt Cobain started in a twee band, some fun facts. Twee is still a force to be reckoned with. I'm going to cover the rest of this article in the next post, I'm a little low on time, and if I save this as a draft, nothing will ever get done. See you soon, kids.
Abebe, Nitsuh. "Twee as Fuck." Pitchfork. 24 Oct. 2005. Pitchfork Media. 13 Oct. 2008.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/10242-twee-as-fuck
Today I am listening to Acid House Kings
Going down the Drain,
Joseph C
So I stumbled upon the other day the mecca for twee history, written compactly, comprehensively, and sadly, slightly belligerently. Hum. Pitchfork, a great sight to find reviews and articles concerning the not-so-huge music in today's culture, hooked me up to a great article; Nitsuh Abebe's Twee as Fuck (Which is a funny phrase; you'll understand when you're older).
They begin with some roots. Indie pop popped up around the late 70's and early 80's with the advent of the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture, bands making their own tapes and unprofessionally recorded music and selling it without the help of big record companies. Punk was too oppressive, and while the rockers valued DIY concepts and shitty vocals, a breed of people obsessed with cute and innocence was thriving, waiting to jangle their guitar strings, to bop back and forth to drum beats. These were the twee children.
"Twee" was born of the sound of a baby saying sweet; there's just something too cute about it. I didn't want to quote the article, but I couldn't pass up Abebe's perfect sentiment; "This stuff was looking for something else-- something more like the charm of watching children put on plays in their backyard, where anyone can be a star, where construction-paper props turn big gestures into something small and pure, and where the whole endeavor feels like a beautiful, private gift." So the movement moved on. Sarah Records, one of the first powerful indie labels was born, selling 7" records in homemade sleeves. Sarah Records also began releasing the first real zine, a magazine for indie pop kids which was cute, compact, and homedrawn. There was something so elementary school, in the sappy lyrics, the lyrical chirps, the chirping bops, twee was easy to love. It was not rock, it was not manly or hard or sexual; it was bliss.
Blah blah blah, read the article. A lot of good stuff. Early bands, the fact that Kurt Cobain started in a twee band, some fun facts. Twee is still a force to be reckoned with. I'm going to cover the rest of this article in the next post, I'm a little low on time, and if I save this as a draft, nothing will ever get done. See you soon, kids.
Abebe, Nitsuh. "Twee as Fuck." Pitchfork. 24 Oct. 2005. Pitchfork Media. 13 Oct. 2008.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/10242-twee-as-fuck
Today I am listening to Acid House Kings
Going down the Drain,
Joseph C
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
An Intweeduction
Sorry for the title.
So this blog is going to be for a class. We have to continually upkeep a blog about a topic of our choice, find lots of sources, reference them, write things, blog blog blog. I'm doing some diving into indie pop, twee, whatever you choose to let it be called. I'll do some work on zines (I have a zine; only one issue, but a second has been in the works for a year. Ho hum.), discuss a lot of indie pop bands (bless the Swedes), maybe do some history work (Beat Happening...yeeeea), and have some fun, make some jokes, maybe make a friend or two. That'd be fun for everyone, right? Right.
How about a little on me. I'm 21, born under the great archer Sagittarius, and I enjoy a pint and good talk. My ties to good music began with The Get Up Kids back in the day, back back back in the day. From there, I spent high school with hardcore, emo, ska, and rock, listening mainly, but not exclusively, to The Bosstones, Hopesfall, and of course TGUK.
Something in the transition got me into the softer side of music; maybe it was Belle and Sebastian telling me they were cuckoos; maybe it was Mates of State claiming that a duel will settle this. Regardless, I moved away from my high school roots and have spent the past three and a half years looking into indie and twee. I guess it fits my cute and almost foppish attitudes.
I did, after all, just learn that I am partly French.
Today (as with almost every other day), I am listening to Final Fantasy. Check out The Butcher from his new Spectrum, 14th Century EP, thanks to Stereogum.
Crashing this plane,
Joseph C.
So this blog is going to be for a class. We have to continually upkeep a blog about a topic of our choice, find lots of sources, reference them, write things, blog blog blog. I'm doing some diving into indie pop, twee, whatever you choose to let it be called. I'll do some work on zines (I have a zine; only one issue, but a second has been in the works for a year. Ho hum.), discuss a lot of indie pop bands (bless the Swedes), maybe do some history work (Beat Happening...yeeeea), and have some fun, make some jokes, maybe make a friend or two. That'd be fun for everyone, right? Right.
How about a little on me. I'm 21, born under the great archer Sagittarius, and I enjoy a pint and good talk. My ties to good music began with The Get Up Kids back in the day, back back back in the day. From there, I spent high school with hardcore, emo, ska, and rock, listening mainly, but not exclusively, to The Bosstones, Hopesfall, and of course TGUK.
Something in the transition got me into the softer side of music; maybe it was Belle and Sebastian telling me they were cuckoos; maybe it was Mates of State claiming that a duel will settle this. Regardless, I moved away from my high school roots and have spent the past three and a half years looking into indie and twee. I guess it fits my cute and almost foppish attitudes.
I did, after all, just learn that I am partly French.
Today (as with almost every other day), I am listening to Final Fantasy. Check out The Butcher from his new Spectrum, 14th Century EP, thanks to Stereogum.
Crashing this plane,
Joseph C.
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