The video Royal put up on Insta gave me FOMO. Really wished I still lived in Chuck for that one.

Was it just the self-titled, MT and HotBGB or was there more to the setlist?

Love it. Reminiscent of Bob Schneider’s new one “Burn”. Nice work here!

I was there! So crowded. Cool setlist.

It was cool to hear “Manual Transmission” and “House of the Blue Green Buddha”. Songs from Ever Since I Lost My Mind that I love and they don’t play much. I think I preferred the late night pop up set after the Refinery Show though overall (Labor Day Weekend 2023). It felt more like a “you had to be there” type of show rather than an official celebration.

Either way, seeing Justin sing is always a treat and I’ll never pass up a chance to...

I was there! So crowded. Cool setlist.

It was cool to hear “Manual Transmission” and “House of the Blue Green Buddha”. Songs from Ever Since I Lost My Mind that I love and they don’t play much. I think I preferred the late night pop up set after the Refinery Show though overall (Labor Day Weekend 2023). It felt more like a “you had to be there” type of show rather than an official celebration.

Either way, seeing Justin sing is always a treat and I’ll never pass up a chance to see Susto.

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Greetings,

We’re CARLS, from Charleston, SC.  Below is our first single, “Dale, Wisconsin” out on all streaming platforms today.  It’s a quirky rock song about the vitality of cultural discourse and diversity of thought.  It also has several swears, odd mentions of a certain NY Times economist, some group na na na’s and a ripping guitar solo.

Give it a spin and let us know what you think.

Feel free to be effusively complimentary, completely unmoved or wholly dismissive.  The world...

Greetings,

We’re CARLS, from Charleston, SC.  Below is our first single, “Dale, Wisconsin” out on all streaming platforms today.  It’s a quirky rock song about the vitality of cultural discourse and diversity of thought.  It also has several swears, odd mentions of a certain NY Times economist, some group na na na’s and a ripping guitar solo.

Give it a spin and let us know what you think.

Feel free to be effusively complimentary, completely unmoved or wholly dismissive.  The world is your oyster.  You do you.

Cheers,

CARLS

http://www.carlstheband.com

@carlstheband

 

 

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Congratulations to Justin and Marshall and everyone in the band over the last 10 years. Last night was a pretty special Susto performance at The Royal American. Justin and Marshall played the entire first album start to finish. Who else saw it ?

thenewcuriouscity said:

You’re definitely not the only one- tiktok really stays deciding on which artists get to eat and which artists headline every festival from now until the end of time. Glad to see people are getting tired of over-celebrating mediocrity- I hope there’s some sort of come down but that doesn’t seem to happen once people break into the mainstream that hard. Thankful that people are at least saying something about Taylor Swift winning album of the year for her most mediocre album to date. For the record, been a hater from day one with Noah Kahan but 7 yo me was burning the house down to Picture To Burn on Rock Band.

In terms of Highwater- Courtney Barnett clears in every category from songwriting to guitar skills to vocals. The Flaming Lips also snubbed. That is like one of the few bands that can go on 40+ years and still feel like they’re true to what made them cool in the first place. Wayne Coyne ages like a fine wine.

Back to original topic- I think this article sums things up pretty quickly with it’s title.
(Link doesn’t show up- six attempts to find noah kahan interesting)
https://uproxx.com/indie/six-attempts-to-find-noah-kahan-interesting-stick-season-review/...

thenewcuriouscity said:

You’re definitely not the only one- tiktok really stays deciding on which artists get to eat and which artists headline every festival from now until the end of time. Glad to see people are getting tired of over-celebrating mediocrity- I hope there’s some sort of come down but that doesn’t seem to happen once people break into the mainstream that hard. Thankful that people are at least saying something about Taylor Swift winning album of the year for her most mediocre album to date. For the record, been a hater from day one with Noah Kahan but 7 yo me was burning the house down to Picture To Burn on Rock Band.

In terms of Highwater- Courtney Barnett clears in every category from songwriting to guitar skills to vocals. The Flaming Lips also snubbed. That is like one of the few bands that can go on 40+ years and still feel like they’re true to what made them cool in the first place. Wayne Coyne ages like a fine wine.

Back to original topic- I think this article sums things up pretty quickly with it’s title.
(Link doesn’t show up- six attempts to find noah kahan interesting)
https://uproxx.com/indie/six-attempts-to-find-noah-kahan-interesting-stick-season-review/

Though I am a Taylor and Noah fan, I have to agree with both of you. I have been a Swiftie since day one, her Fearless tour was my first concert, and she was my first favorite artist. It’s honestly becoming hard to support her. I will say it, Midnights was her shittiest album to date, and no way deserved album of the year. For her to have the confidence that she was going to win at least one Grammy that night and announce her new album knowing full well that that will be the headlines regarding the Grammys, is honestly disrespectful. There are so many other artists that won this year that deserve the hype more than her. She does not need it. Not to mention she ripped the Grammy out of CELINE DION’S hands without even acknowledging her or that this is her first public appearance in YEARS. I’m honestly getting sick of her.

For Noah Khan, I do like a lot of his music, but I am getting sick of him too. As a New England girl, I could relate to a lot of his music, but at this point it’s getting so repetitive. I am also tired of seeing him headline festivals, but non the less I am going to Highwater and am excited for the other artists like Hozier, Courtney Barnett, Fleet Foxes, and Houndmouth. I am interested to see Noah’s show, and maybe it will be great!

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My personal favorite album of 2024 thus far (shoutout Vicarious Life by the apology club though)…

Self-described as genreless but I’ll throw a few words out to help paint the picture of this vaporwave, lo-fi, indie rock soundscape. As Wadaness reaches out into the horizon with vocal coated questions, he pulls in nothing but more questions and faded fuzzy guitarwork. Listening to this album feels like night driving though classic y2k vaporwave projections of digital sunsets beyond coded...

My personal favorite album of 2024 thus far (shoutout Vicarious Life by the apology club though)…

Self-described as genreless but I’ll throw a few words out to help paint the picture of this vaporwave, lo-fi, indie rock soundscape. As Wadaness reaches out into the horizon with vocal coated questions, he pulls in nothing but more questions and faded fuzzy guitarwork. Listening to this album feels like night driving though classic y2k vaporwave projections of digital sunsets beyond coded mountaintops. Fetch your shades and rocket powered car and drive off to the moon with Wadaness’ third studio album, The Breeze.

Favorite Track: “At The Bottom”

Stream on Spotify below:

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Just wanted to share what will likely be my EP of the year for 2024…

i will be pretty when i die’s self-titled debut – released 2/2/24
Gustavo Nome (Gingerbee and MATPM) and Clementine Teare (Goth Lipstick) join forces to create the boygenius of the DIY emo folk underground. The lead single “leaves” is my most listened to song of all time. Sounds from this EP range from gorgeous violins, whispers and screams from near and far, and acoustic guitars recorded outside of a 7/11. Another song I’ll draw attention to is the delicate “cicadas,” which...

Just wanted to share what will likely be my EP of the year for 2024…

i will be pretty when i die’s self-titled debut – released 2/2/24
Gustavo Nome (Gingerbee and MATPM) and Clementine Teare (Goth Lipstick) join forces to create the boygenius of the DIY emo folk underground. The lead single “leaves” is my most listened to song of all time. Sounds from this EP range from gorgeous violins, whispers and screams from near and far, and acoustic guitars recorded outside of a 7/11. Another song I’ll draw attention to is the delicate “cicadas,” which meanders between soft-intimate songwriting and muted screams from the background. It’s a choice many would stray away from but it pays off in spades here to create a tumultuous sense of emotion. It’s an impressive range of feelings and sounds to display in just under 16 minutes.

Support them on bandcamp here:

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chubes said:

I liked last year’s High Water lineup so much more. I thought they were on the up and up with Beck and Wilco but they doubled down on the suck this year. The worst part is that it sold out in .2 seconds so it’s just going to be worse next year.

I was so surprised to see that Pitchfork named T Swift album of the year. If that doesn’t tell you that P Fork sold out, I don’t know what does. As if Taylor needed any more publicity.

However, her rabid fans are all over it and Pitchfork is driven by money-hungry corporate investors.

The longer I hang around the music industry, the more I realize how much it sucks....

chubes said:

I liked last year’s High Water lineup so much more. I thought they were on the up and up with Beck and Wilco but they doubled down on the suck this year. The worst part is that it sold out in .2 seconds so it’s just going to be worse next year.

I was so surprised to see that Pitchfork named T Swift album of the year. If that doesn’t tell you that P Fork sold out, I don’t know what does. As if Taylor needed any more publicity.

However, her rabid fans are all over it and Pitchfork is driven by money-hungry corporate investors.

The longer I hang around the music industry, the more I realize how much it sucks.

 

2023 highwater line up was genuinely amazing- and like don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful to see that they’re bringing The Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, and Courtney Barnett to Charleston but I’m honestly just gonna go catch George Clanton at the music farm that night for way less.

both pitchfork and the grammy’s man T_T

and no comment on that last bit…

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thenewcuriouscity said:

people are at least saying something about Taylor Swift winning album of the year for her most mediocre album to date.

In terms of Highwater- Courtney Barnett clears in every category from songwriting to guitar skills to vocals. The Flaming Lips also snubbed. That is like one of the few bands that can go on 40+ years and still feel like they’re true to what made them cool in the first place. Wayne Coyne ages like a fine wine.

Back to original topic- I think this article sums things up pretty quickly with it’s title.
(Link doesn’t show up- six attempts to find noah kahan interesting)
https://uproxx.com/indie/six-attempts-to-find-noah-kahan-interesting-stick-season-review/...

thenewcuriouscity said:

people are at least saying something about Taylor Swift winning album of the year for her most mediocre album to date.

In terms of Highwater- Courtney Barnett clears in every category from songwriting to guitar skills to vocals. The Flaming Lips also snubbed. That is like one of the few bands that can go on 40+ years and still feel like they’re true to what made them cool in the first place. Wayne Coyne ages like a fine wine.

Back to original topic- I think this article sums things up pretty quickly with it’s title.
(Link doesn’t show up- six attempts to find noah kahan interesting)
https://uproxx.com/indie/six-attempts-to-find-noah-kahan-interesting-stick-season-review/

I liked last year’s High Water lineup so much more. I thought they were on the up and up with Beck and Wilco but they doubled down on the suck this year. The worst part is that it sold out in .2 seconds so it’s just going to be worse next year.

I was so surprised to see that Pitchfork named T Swift album of the year. If that doesn’t tell you that P Fork sold out, I don’t know what does. As if Taylor needed any more publicity.

However, her rabid fans are all over it and Pitchfork is driven by money-hungry corporate investors.

The longer I hang around the music industry, the more I realize how much it sucks.

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Embedded posts from other sites showing up blank – saving here for reference! Will fix

 

edit – this one should also be fixed now! 

This is my ongoing developer log. I will come here to post about new features added to the forum over time. 

Completed Features

• implemented Cloudflare Turnstile to stop bots at registration (2/8/24)
• Seamless login between blog and forum (2/10/24)
• Extra Chill writers / forum accounts linked (2/10/24)
• removed moderation filters for links and images (2/10/24)
• Community Feed widget added to blog (2/17/24)
• Added image uploads (2/19/24)
• Quick post feature added (2/21/24)
• Extra Chill Articles forum added (2/24/24)
• Auto-embed IG / Twitter (2/28/24)
• Collapsable forum headers on homepage (3/4/24)
• Removed upvoted feed (3/7/24)
• Forum consolidation (3/8/24)
• Ditched fan/artist/industry pro profiles (3/8/24)
• Click to expand on blockquotes (3/18/24)
• Pop up for non logged in users (4/7/24)
• Drag and drop / copy + paste image uploads (7/9/24)
...

This is my ongoing developer log. I will come here to post about new features added to the forum over time. 

Completed Features

• implemented Cloudflare Turnstile to stop bots at registration (2/8/24)
• Seamless login between blog and forum (2/10/24)
• Extra Chill writers / forum accounts linked (2/10/24)
• removed moderation filters for links and images (2/10/24)
• Community Feed widget added to blog (2/17/24)
• Added image uploads (2/19/24)
• Quick post feature added (2/21/24)
• Extra Chill Articles forum added (2/24/24)
• Auto-embed IG / Twitter (2/28/24)
• Collapsable forum headers on homepage (3/4/24)
• Removed upvoted feed (3/7/24)
• Forum consolidation (3/8/24)
• Ditched fan/artist/industry pro profiles (3/8/24)
• Click to expand on blockquotes (3/18/24)
• Pop up for non logged in users (4/7/24)
• Drag and drop / copy + paste image uploads (7/9/24)

Fixed Bugs

• embedded posts from other blogs formatting (2/7/24)
• removed modified data from blockquotes (2/7/24)
• Avatar height breaking formatting (3/18/24)
• Extra Chill articles forum replies from non-author are not showing up in the correct order (3/18/24)
• Logging in from another device messes up the session token system (3/18/24)
• Following Feed user dropdown (4/19/24)
• Fixed upvotes in Extra Chill Articles forum (4/19/24)

Upcoming Features

• Nested comments
• Stylistic refinement of blockquotes in post editor
• Pinned topic at top of homepage
• “Most active topics” carousel
• Jump to latest feature
• Autocomplete for username mentions
• shorter text box on mobile
• search box for individual forums

Known Bugs

 

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You’re definitely not the only one- tiktok really stays deciding on which artists get to eat and which artists headline every festival from now until the end of time. Glad to see people are getting tired of over-celebrating mediocrity- I hope there’s some sort of come down but that doesn’t seem to happen once people break into the mainstream that hard. Thankful that people are at least saying something about Taylor Swift winning album of the year for her most mediocre album to date. For...

You’re definitely not the only one- tiktok really stays deciding on which artists get to eat and which artists headline every festival from now until the end of time. Glad to see people are getting tired of over-celebrating mediocrity- I hope there’s some sort of come down but that doesn’t seem to happen once people break into the mainstream that hard. Thankful that people are at least saying something about Taylor Swift winning album of the year for her most mediocre album to date. For the record, been a hater from day one with Noah Kahan but 7 yo me was burning the house down to Picture To Burn on Rock Band.

In terms of Highwater- Courtney Barnett clears in every category from songwriting to guitar skills to vocals. The Flaming Lips also snubbed. That is like one of the few bands that can go on 40+ years and still feel like they’re true to what made them cool in the first place. Wayne Coyne ages like a fine wine.

Back to original topic- I think this article sums things up pretty quickly with it’s title.
(Link doesn’t show up- six attempts to find noah kahan interesting)
https://uproxx.com/indie/six-attempts-to-find-noah-kahan-interesting-stick-season-review/

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I literally just came here to post this and saw you beat me to it. Cheers buddy. Thanks for joining!

Here’s the Spotify too