Current Events > Kombucha's 2018 is not a bad year for music topic.

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To preface my goal here is to post 5-7 pieces a week that released this year until the end of 2018 as it is now September. Each artist will have a little background if any is available. I am going to be mostly genre-agnostic with this topic but it may become obvious what music I do not listen to often.

While I don't expect this topic to gain much traction I'm going to do it anyway if not just for the sake of my own effort to document this year in music and help build my own playlists.

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September 1st, 2018


Preoccupations - Disarray

Preoccupations is a Canadian post-punk band from Calgary, Alberta, formed in 2012 under the name Viet Cong. The band consists of Matt Flegel (vocals, bass), Scott Munro (guitar, synth), Daniel Christiansen (guitar) and Mike Wallace (drums). The group's musical style has been described as "labyrinthine post-punk".

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How does it feel to know I'm drinking some home-brewed Rooibos kombucha right now
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BignutzisBack posted...

How does it feel to know I'm drinking some home-brewed Rooibos kombucha right now

What makes it Rooibos? Is it fermented inside the rooibos?
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Kombucha posted...

BignutzisBack posted...

How does it feel to know I'm drinking some home-brewed Rooibos kombucha right now

What makes it Rooibos? Is it fermented inside the rooibos?

Yes I use caffeine free tea such as Rooibos and Butterfly Sweet Pea to make my kombucha
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BignutzisBack posted...

Kombucha posted...

BignutzisBack posted...

How does it feel to know I'm drinking some home-brewed Rooibos kombucha right now

What makes it Rooibos? Is it fermented inside the rooibos?

Yes I use caffeine free tea such as Rooibos and Butterfly Sweet Pea to make my kombucha

Might have to give it a try if I can find some I haven't attempted to self-brew (rip me). Sometimes I make rooibos by itself to enjoy but echinacea is my jam. So relaxing.
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September 2nd, 2018


Protomartyr - Wheel of Fortune (feat. Kelley Deal)

Protomartyr is an American rock band formed in 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. It features Joe Casey on vocals, Greg Ahee on guitar, Alex Leonard on drums and Scott Davidson on bass guitar.

The band's music has been labeled as post-punk and punk rock. Josh Terry of Consequence of Sound stated that the band "blends the moody atmospherics of 70s U.K. post-punk with the raw sensibility of their Motor City garage-rock forebears." The band's sound was compared to other post-punk acts such as Wire, the Fall, Pere Ubu, the Constantines and Iceage, as well as local acts, most notably Tyvek. Vocalist Joe Casey also expressed appreciation for Pere Ubu and the Fall.

Casey's baritone vocals were also compared to those of Ian Curtis of Joy Division, Mark E. Smith of the Fall and Nick Cave.

Kelley Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American musician. She is the lead guitarist of The Breeders and also has a solo career.

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September 3rd, 2018


The Front Bottoms - Tie Dye Dragon

The Front Bottoms are an American indie rock band that originated in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. The band consists of Brian Sella (vocals, guitar), Mat Uychich (drums), and Tom Warren (guitar, vocals).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oHn_mmeUOc" data-time="
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September 4th, 2018


Oso Oso - reindeer games

Oso Oso is the latest project of Jade Lilitri, who has long been respected in the indie/punk world for his early work on Long Island, New York. - Seal Mountain Records

Jade Lilitri, frontman for Long Island pop/punk outfit Oso Oso, assembles an album-length tribute to 00s indie rock and emo, one style and song at a time. [The Yunahon Mixtape
] - Pitchfork

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I like the last three songs more than the first.

It might have something to do with the videos though.

Let's see a mix up of genre. Unless this really is all you listen to.
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BlingBling22947 posted...

I like the last three songs more than the first.

It might have something to do with the videos though.

Let's see a mix up of genre. Unless this really is all you listen to.

Here are my tags for my listening history last week.



I'm sure I'll end up deviating from emo/post-punk/punk/indie (such a broad genre) a little bit but honestly, the majority of the stuff I'm into falls within these genres with the exception of some dreampop, shoegaze, psychedelic, twee and math rock. Also I feel like a total cliche genre thumping like that, but whatever.

I haven't kept up on hip hop this year like I used to but I enjoy some stuff like Milo, Busdriver, Aesop Rock, MF Doom, Doomtree, Deltron 3030 etc.

Most of the stuff I post isn't going to be very popular (with some exceptions) so I don't think it's exactly super accessible like in the frame of current popular music. Actually thinking about it I think most of the stuff I'm into has been popular at some point but was driven back underground in recent years.
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new IDLES is really good
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dope thread.
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Butterfiles posted...

new IDLES is really good

Damn get out of my head. I was pretty close to posting Danny Nedelko as the OP, was planning on posting it for one upcoming day. The whole album is really solid though.
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Tag. I need new music.
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September 5th, 2018


IDLES - DANNY NEDELKO

Idles, stylised as IDLES, are an English punk rock band formed in Bristol in 2011. Their debut album, Brutalism, was released in 2017 to critical acclaim, as was their second album Joy as an Act of Resistance in 2018.

Singer Joe Talbot summarizes [Joy As An Act Of Resistance]: This album is an attempt to be vulnerable to our audience and to encourage vulnerability; a brave naked smile in this shitty new world. We have stripped back the songs and lyrics to our bare flesh to allow each other to breathe, to celebrate our differences, and act as an ode to communities and the individuals that forge them. Because without our community, wed be nothing.

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Kombucha is literally trash. Worst fad ever
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ChainedRedone posted...

Kombucha is literally trash. Worst fad ever

I would say as a substance it's pretty benign. Heroin and meth are probably the worst fad.
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Kombucha posted...

ChainedRedone posted...

Kombucha is literally trash. Worst fad ever

I would say as a substance it's pretty benign. Heroin and meth are probably the worst fad.

They're not fads. They're here to stay. Sorry they're better than you're garbage kombucha
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September 6th, 2018

Lemaitre - Machine

Lemaitre is a Norwegian indie electronic duo hailing from Oslo. The duo consists of members Ketil Jansen and Ulrik Denizou Lund, who met originally as schoolmates in Lillehammer, in southeastern Norway. Jansen and Lund came together to form Lemaitre on 20 June 2010.

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i like your exact taste in music

how do you discover and keep track of new bands
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How have you been homie?

Have you heard Sadistik's last work? I forgot what else we liked to listen to.

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

i like your exact taste in music

how do you discover and keep track of new bands

inb4 WoT

Eh, I guarantee I will post something you hate by the time the year is over. As an example I have a soft spot for simple pop punk and grunge revival with abrasive vocals which people understandably often hate.

I discover via
1. People I know
2. Curated playlists on Apple Music.
3. Other generated recommendations on Apple Music.
4. Generated recommendations on Last.fm
5. A few genre specific subreddits, most have usable year-end events for best albums that you may have missed etc.
6. Live shows (occasionally, openers etc).

I imagine Spotify is about as efficient at getting recommendations as Apple Music or Last.fm. Meaning I still spend hours digging through a lot of OK stuff to find stuff I really like, some albums will produce maybe one or two good songs. For every good song on a playlist I'll add the album and listen through it while working before deciding to keep it or not. I definitely don't think it's the norm for an entire album to be outstanding. There are also curated playlists by people rather than algorithms that aren't half bad.

I keep track of artists by:
1. Receiving notifications for album drops on Apple Music. If you have an album in your library the default is to "Follow" the artist, so every time they drop an album or single you'll get a notification. If you add a pre-release to your library you'll also get notified when the album finally releases.
2. Subscribing/bell to actual artists and record labels known to sign quality music on YouTube. Yes I know people rarely do this but it's worth it for discovering genre specific stuff. This kind of goes back to discovery.
3. For live shows I use bandsintown. If you want to be notified of when an artist that you listen to is putting on a show in your area it's a really good solution. You can designate the radius from a zip code. It plugs into Spotify, Apple Music & Last.fm to give you notifications about new shows for stuff you already listen to.

As an aside using social media to track artists like on Twitter is a really inefficient way to do it unless you're some kind of die hard fan. Personally I'm not really interested in every concert photo, tour date and random thought people have and would rather not sift through it.

All that said the drawback to streaming kind of struck me when I watched a piece on vinyl digging via a Ted Talk not long ago. The passion these people have is pretty inspirational- like they dedicate much of their lives to finding caches of music just to dig through to find forgotten gems and catalogue them to preserve the history. Often times they're found in abandoned buildings, attics or basements etc. The only thing that will keep an album in my library is if a deal is maintained with a label which kind of sucks. I also see music videos vanish from YouTube frequently and occasionally albums do the same. I worry about how physical media is growing less prevalent in the space because maybe one day when this stuff is history nobody will be able to enjoy it again or understand the culture at the time.
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JackHammer515 posted...

How have you been homie?

Have you heard Sadistik's last work? I forgot what else we liked to listen to.

Hey Flam, I've been doing pretty good. How are you doing man? I have not, how is it?

I think the last good hip hop album I listened to was Milo's who told you to think?! and that was last year.
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Lmao TC's shit beverage is no longer being defended by him. Just want to make it clear that I win.
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*sips Kombucha
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September 7th, 2018

Jeff Rosenstock - 9/10

Jeff Rosenstock is an American musician and songwriter from Long Island, United States. He was the lead singer of the ska punk band The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, the musical collective Bomb the Music Industry! and the indie rock band Kudrow.

"Im not really a salesperson, Im not very confident, and Im not great at selling myself. And I dont want to be that person thats selling themselves. But Ive never been able to reconcile how to tell people about music without trying to ram some shit down their throat without being a person that I dont want to be, basically." - Jeff Rosenstock [Regarding the success of POST-]

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hi komb
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Hey beez!
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new julia holter song is good

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Butterfiles posted...

new julia holter song is good

Nice share, I really dig the buildup. Adding this one to my library so I can get a notification when the album drops. I've noticed Domino puts out a lot of solid content.
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Butterfiles posted...

new julia holter song is good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5uwPaCvbhA" data-time="

New Julia Holter is always good news, thanks for sharing.
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one of my best friends makes booch and brings it over. it's pretty good.
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pauIie posted...

one of my best friends makes booch and brings it over. it's pretty good.

Nice, I think I need to upgrade my friends \_()_/
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Music is good every year tbh

I can contribute to this topic
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TheGoldenEel posted...

Music is good every year tbh

I can contribute to this topic

Go for it, just try to keep it to tracks you're really enjoying and do like 1 music post a day if you can help it. I'll admit it's kind of hard for me to not flood this topic with more than 1 a day.

Topic title is kind of a nod to the many people I've encountered who seem to be stuck in a specific set of years or time period music-wise. They often proclaim that "good music is dead" and "music just isn't as good as it used to be" so this is also kind of an effort to share to that audience as well.
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September 8th, 2018

Chromatics - Blue Girl

Chromatics is an American electronic music band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2001. The band consists of Ruth Radelet (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), Adam Miller (guitar, vocoder), Nat Walker (drums, synthesizer), and Johnny Jewel (producer, multi-instrumentalist). The band originally featured a trademark sound indebted to punk and lo-fi that was described as "noisy" and "chaotic". After numerous lineup changes, which left guitarist Adam Miller as the sole original member, the band began releasing material on the Italians Do It Better record label in 2007, with their style streamlined into an Italo disco-influenced sound. [Wiki]

In 2016, the Chromatics played at the Roadhouse in Twin Peaks, Washington, performing "Shadow." Residents of town who turned out included Shelly, her friends Hannah and Renee, and James Hurley with his friend Freddie Sykes.

On another night, while Abbie, Natalie, and Trick were at the bar, the Chromatics performed "Saturday." [Twin Peaks Wiki]

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^ that song is awesome
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BlingBling22947 posted...

^ that song is awesome

Definitely check out Black Walls if you're into it when you get the chance. They recently put out that single as well, was admittedly kind of hard to pick between them for 2018. I'm not sure if they're doing a full length this year or not. My favorite album of theirs is probably Kill For Love, opens with a phenomenal cover of Neil Young's Into The Black. It's not a brief listen though.
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September 9th, 2018


Skegss - Up In The Clouds

Skegss are an Australian surf music and garage rock trio originally from Byron Bay. Their line-up is Toby Cregan on bass guitar, Jonny Lani on drums and Ben Reed on lead vocals and guitar. [Wiki]

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September 10th, 2018

Dilly Dally - I Feel Free

Dilly Dally is a Canadian alternative rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Wiki]

Tagged as soft grunge [Bandcamp], filing this under grunge revival.

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September 11th, 2018

Beach House - Lemon Glow

Beach House is an American dream pop band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2004. The band consists of vocalist and keyboardist Victoria Legrand and guitarist, keyboardist, and backup vocalist Alex Scally.

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September 12th, 2018

Active Bird Community - Unwind With Me

Active Bird Community indie rock band livin in brooklyn [Bandcamp]

In the simplest of terms, Amends is a record about forgiveness, says Tom DAgustino, one of the singers and primary songwriters of the Brooklyn-based band Active Bird Community. Forgiving your parents for splitting up, forgiving your friends for not always understanding you, learning to forgive yourself. [Highroadtouring]

Active Bird Community sounds like the '90s. Specifically, they sound like that brief period in the middle of the decade when the original wave of grunge groups gave way to a weirder assortment of alternative rock bands [Popmatters]

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