P623 Relations

A while back I was on a June of 44 kick, and doing my investigating I saw the members had been in a whole slew of other bands, all good ones too. This mix is diverse and shows the talent of each member through several iterations of projects. 

June of 44 being Doug Scharin, Fred Erskine, Jeff Mueller and Sean Meadows. Hoover was an earlier band of Fred’s with Joseph McRedmond who’d also end up in the Crownhate Ruin with him. HiM is the dub-influenced post-rock solo project of Doug Scharin with many guests. Activities of Dust is you guessed it, the Bill Laswell link with Bernie Worrell, Jeff Parker and Doug. Mice Parade is Adam Pierce’s (The Swirlies & The Dylan Group) project featuring Doug. The slow-core Codeine featured Doug on “The White Birch” and a couple singles. The Shipping News features Jeff Mueller and leans more towards post-hardcore. They came from the ashes of Rodan with Jason Noble and were originally tagged with creating music for NPR’s “This American Life.” The Crownhate Ruin featuring Fred and Joseph from Hoover, lean even more into post-hardcore. Rodan were I suppose just bridging on math-rock while holding the post-hardcore roots down, and were Jeff Mueller, Jason Noble, Tara Jane O’Neil and Kevin Coultas. Directions brings it back to Tortoise and Gastr Del Sol with Doug working alongside Bundy K Brown and James Warden. Retsin, a deviation, I think I included them due to the Tara Jane O’Neil connection from Rodan, as they’re not necessarily directly related to June of 44. Getting back on track, Lungfish is Sean Meadows and should be pretty familiar for the post-hardcore fan base. Rex touches back to the slowcore sound and once again features Doug. Ending it with The Sonora Pine which has Sean Meadows on their first album, along with Tara Jane O’Neil (see she’s like an extended family member here), Kevin Coultas and Samara Lubelski. I think it’s a good trip down and back through this set of related bands. I was thinking of doing a similar project with Tortoise which may take some time. Any other bands I should dive into for a future mix of this nature?

01 June of 44 – Generate
02 Hoover – Regulator Watts
03 HiM – The Way Trees Are
04 Activities of Dust – Shades of Appearance
05 Mice Parade – Pursuant to the Vibe
06 Codeine – Loss Leader
07 Shipping News – Books on Trains
08 The Crownhate Ruin – Ride Your Ride.
09 Rodan – Darjeeling
10 Directions – Track 4
11 Retsin – Hybrid Ice Princess
12 Lungfish – Cross Road
13 Rex – Nothing is Most Honorable than You
14 The Sonora Pine – Claister

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526 math rock post hardcore

No catchy title this time, I was feeling lazy.  Some fun and quirky songs here.  Fans of the genre likely won't be surprised by my selections, however its a style I have only dabbled in but really enjoy.

  Drive Like Jehu - Caress

  Sparta - Mye

  Ui - Back Up

  Jawbox - Falk

  The Mars Volta - Concertina

  The Crownhate Ruin - In The Four Years to Come

  Rodan - Gauge

  The Sonoroa Pine - The Hook

  Karate - Bad Tattoo

  Dif Juz - Cs

  June of 44 - Recorded Syntax

  Dakota/Dakota - Don't Pee In My Bed and Tell Me Its Raining

  Battles - TRAS 2

  Pele - A Scuttled Bender in a Watery Closet

  Collections of Colonies of Bees - Fun #6

  Unwound - Broken E-Strings

  Lungfish - Sands of Time

  Shipping News - The Human Face

  At The Drive-In - Metronome Arthritis

  Bastro - Short-Haired Robot

  Jessamine - Secret

  And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Totally Natural

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Spotify (19/22)

483 Supergroups and side projects A

My criteria for this mix was to focus on groups/bands that put out at a minimum one full album under this title; so no one off projects that only recorded a track for a tribute album for example.  The group must be made up of members from at least two significant other bands.

I know there are so many more that are worth looking into, so please share more ideas with me.

00:00  Fantomas - Experiment in Terror (Faith No More, Slayer, Melvins)

02:40  Palms - Shortwave Radio (Deftones/Isis)

09:32  Shrine Builder - Solar Benediction (Om/Saint Vitus/Neurosis/Melvins)

18:06  Down - Lifer (Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity, Crowbar, Eyehategod, Kingdom of Sorrow)

22:42  Handsome - Closer (Quicksand, Jets to Brazil, Cro-Mags, Helmet)

25:36  Nailbomb - Blind and Lost (Fudge Tunnel, Sepultura/Soulfly)

27:28  Superjoint Ritual - It Takes no Guts (Pantera, Hank Williams III, Jimmy Bower, Kevin Bond, Warbeast)

29:31  Tomahawk - God Hates A Coward (Faith No More, Jesus Lizard, Helmet, Melvins, Mr Bungle)

32:09  Killer be Killed - Face Down (Sepultura/Soulfly, Mastodon, Mars Volta, Converge, Torche, Dillinger Escape Plan)

36:44  Prophets of Rage - Unf*ck the World (Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Rage Against The Machine)

40:25  Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies - Rocket Man (NOFX, Lagwagon, No Use For A Name, Rich Kids on LSD, Swingin Utters)

43:53  SPASM - All That Is Good (Dead Voices On Air, Lab Report, Pigface, Evil Mothers)

50:16  Download - Base Metal (remix) (Skinny Puppy, Dead Voices on Air, Anthony Valcic, Phil Western)

54:37  Run The Jewels - Legend Has It (El P & Killer Mike)

58:02  Revco - Attack Ships on Fire (Ministry, Front 242, Luc Van Acker)

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Spotify (28/29) combines both mixes

Others that I decided not to include:

Boygenius - Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker

Eyes adrift - Nirvana, Meat Puppets, Sublime

The Sleeping Moustache - NWW, irr app ext, Stilluppsteypa, Coelacanth, RK Faulhaber

Temple of the Dog - Pearl Jam, Soundgarden

295b Fugazi Associates

Not their main job.  Here's a great overview of most of the bands the members of Fugazi were in, before/during/after their primary group.  A lot of variety here as is expected.  I came to many of these groups independently and was even more impressed knowing the members of Fugazi were contributors.  Pailhead is still my favorite side-project of Al's, from my favorite period of Ministry's history.

00:00  The Teen Idles - Teen Idles

00:41  The Teen Idles - Sneakers

02:08  Skewbald - Sorry-Change For The Same

04:52  Minor Threat - Filler

06:24  Minor Threat - Minor Threat

07:50  Rites of Spring - Spring

09:58  Rites of Spring - Other Way Around

13:55  Deadline - Closed Door

15:11  One Last Wish - Burning In The Undertow

17:13  One Last Wish - Three Unkind Silences

18:45  Egg Hunt - We All Fall Down

21:25  Embrace - Give Me Back

23:48  Happy Go Licky - Peterbilt

26:28  Pailhead - Don't Stand In Line

29:54  Pailhead - I Will Refuse

34:01  All Scars - Early Set 

37:10  Ataxia - Another

43:23  Ataxia - The Sides

49:39  The Evens - Shelter Two

52:41  The Evens - You Won't Feel A Thing

55:17  The Messthetics - Mythomania

59:21  Fake Names - All For Sale

62:01  Coriky - Hard To Explain

64:59  Coriky - Last Thing

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295a Fugazi Overview

An essential part of my teen and college years.  I had shared an unpopular opinion with my friend group, that I preferred Fugazi to Minor Threat, and that was unthinkable to them at the time.  Ten years later every one of those friends came around and agreed with my position.  

00:00  Waiting Room (Fugazi)

02:51  Bad Mouth (Fugazi)

05:25  Burning (Fugazi)

08:03  Margin Walker (Margin Walker)

10:33  Provisional (Margin Walker)

12:48  Promises (Margin Walker)

16:44  The Word (20 Years of Dischord)

20:54  Turnover (Repeater)

25:09  Repeater (Repeater)

28:10  Merchandise (Repeater)

31:05  Sieve-Fisted Find (Repeater)

34:28  Reclamation (Steady Diet of Nothing)

37:48  Nice New Outfit (Steady Diet of Nothing)

41:12  Long Division (Steady Diet of Nothing)

43:22  KYEO (Steady Diet of Nothing)

46:17  Cassavetes (In On The Kill Taker)

48:32  Facet Squared (In On The Kill Taker)

51:14  Great Cop (In On The Kill Taker)

53:04  Public Witness Program (In On The Kill Taker)

55:06  Sweet and Low (In On The Kill Taker)

58:31  Bed for the Scraping (Red Medicine)

61:19  Break (End Hits)

60:30  Five Corporations (End Hits)

65:56  Caustic Acrostic (End Hits)

67:52  Afterthought (Instrument Soundtrack)

69:20  I'm So Tired (Instrument Soundtrack)

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287 - Walter Schreifels

Without a doubt, one of my favorite musicians is Walter Schreifels.  His resume is astonishing.  I've pulled together a short overview of his career, focused on bands he played in, or sang with.  I didn't include albums he produced but didn't appear on.  There's some sound quality issues on a couple tracks (Gorilla Biscuits w/ Walter singing, Moondog and World's Fastest Car) because some of these groups only released demos.  Quicksand and Rival Schools are on here twice because he revived both projects after a decade or more.   Speaking of which, I'm going to the Quicksand - Slip anniversary tour later this year and I'm very excited.  I missed Quicksand last year because of some health issues, and I'm determined not to miss this one.

00:00  Youth of Today - Together

01:43  Gorilla Biscuits - High Hopes

04:05  Project X - Where it Ends

06:18  Moondog - There's Something

08:29  Youth of Today - No More

10:40  Gorilla Biscuits - Degradation (Walter Vocals)

12:09  Quicksand - Unfulfilled (EP Version)

15:23  Quicksand - Freezing Process

18:39  Quicksand - All In Your Head

21:52  CIV - They Said We Were The Best

24:20  World's Fastest Car - The Sight Outside Your Window

27:28  World's Fastest Car - It Will Only Take Some Time

31:34  Rival Schools - Used For Glue

34:52  Rival Schools - Take One For The Team

37:30  Walking Concert - The Animals

40:56  Walking Concert - Hands Up! (Mark Bolan)

43:42  Walter Schreifels - Pushed Too Far, Friends Like You, Ask (The Smiths)

47:09  Walter Schreifels - She Is To Me

50:03  Walter Schreifels - Start Today (Gorilla Biscuits)

52:24  Thursday - Friends In The Armed Forces

56:32  Title Fight - Where Am I?

59:28  Rival Schools - Reaching Out

62:27  Vanishing Life - Vanishing Life

64:31  Vanishing Life - People Running

66:17  Dead Heavens - Adderall Highway

69:45  Dead Heavens - The Moon Will Listen (Buit Not The Sun)

74:16  Quicksand - Normal Love

78:26  Quicksand - Brushed

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