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Sarah records and ‘these things happen’ ❤️

Shouts out to Clare Wadd, Matt Haynes and the whole C86 jangle-pop thing this Bristol UK label celebrated musically. The Field Mice, the Orchids, East River Pipe, Boyracer, the Hit Parade, so many others. Do yourself a favor and rediscover this little Brit label that could circa 1987-95.

@coreydubrowa

Jan 23, 2024

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tsunami, jenny toomey (and this amazing new box set)

Numero Group has just released a gorgeous boxed set of the D.C. band Tsunami’s collected works. Their first record, Deep End, was a part of the soundtrack to my 1990s (they were involved with the Riot Grrl movement) and revisiting it now, it still packs a punch. There’s such great interplay between the singers, Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson, and the songs are ragged and noisy while also being deeply melodic. Jenny's DIY mentality (she also founded Simple Machines Records) and genuinely indie/alt ethic certainly helped put them on the map, which then charted the course for so many bands which came along after them. What with '90s indie-pop having its moment (think: bands like Soccer Mommy, Alvvays, Snail Mail, and Mannequin Pussy), there’s no better time to return to the source, to a time when politics was kinda boring and the insidious dismantling of the democratic process was only in its infancy. Heroines. The title track to their sophomore release, 1994's "The Heart's Tremolo," gives a good sense of that oh-so-Tsunami thing without diving headfirst into their noisier mudbaths.

@coreydubrowa

Nov 5, 2024

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y'alls' taste in music

A few hours of scrolling on here today has done more for my taste in music than years and years of Sp*tify algorithms. Highly recommend turning to the PI.FYI community for something fresh. That in mind here's a couple of bands I really like that I have had to introduce to like 90% of people, I've tried to make sure all of these artists have under 100k monthly listeners on Spoofy: - Blue Deputy: indie dream rock who will absolutely become my favourite band the moment they release their first EP (they keep promising it's in the works!!!!) favourite tracks: Cypress, New Jersey, Lucky Star (that one's not on streaming yet!) - Lesbian Bed Death: Gothic Hard Rock/Metal that packs a hell of a punch, they're so much fun. Favourite tracks: Maria, Your Love Makes Everything Worse, She Loves Lilith - Sean Solomon: He has that one song on tiktok where he plays along to VCR recording of the music video (that I believe he drew and animated himself)/backing track. That one song is Car Crash and it's just quite lovely, really - The Man the Myth the Meatslab: more acoustic midwest emo I found on TikTok lmao. effortlessly, i feel everything is eerily similar to Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl but imo not in a way that feels like a ripoff, it actually elevates the song for me. It's like a spin on a similar theme from a different perspective - Chloe Slater: working class, indie, feminist indie rock anthems for disenfranchised people who just wanna dance. favourite songs: Fig Tree, Sucker, Thomas Street - Life to Experience: this is kind of a memey one bc their album The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads appears on a tonne of people's cringe/bad album covers lists, but guys. Please. I promise you it is genuinely one of the best Prog Rock albums of all time it rules so hard. Please try it. this is not an original take but it IS a correct take. - Wax Fang: this band had one song appear in an episode of American Dad of all places, and whoever put it there should have immediately been given a raise and creative control of the entire show. The song they used is called Majestic, and the album it's from, La La Land, is an incredible rock album.

@capybarareverie

Feb 14, 2025

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Otherworld

I am recommending my own damn show Otherworld. I describe it as a Paranormal This American Life. I have been interviewing people about their paranormal experiences for the last 5 years and just released this show October 3rd. I have been working very hard to create a podcast about the paranormal that I would actually listen to, and something that could be enjoyed by anyone from the hardcore skeptics to people that put crystals over their wifi routers.I worked way too hard on this and have lost sanity points that I may never get back, but it’s a great show and I love it so go listen.

@jackwagner

Nov 8, 2022

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Makita XPH12R 18V LXT Lithium-Ion Compact Brushless Drill

Everyone should own a decent drill but I feel like there may be a lot of drill-less people out there that might need to hear this. You need a drill. Everyone needs one. The question is, when drill situations happen, do you want to be caught drill-less? Do you want people to catch you and witness you in a drill situation as a person without a drill? Not a good look. Nobody can live without a drill. You either own one yourself or you’re a person who relies on another person’s drill. You gotta decide now what type of person you want to be and what message that sends to the people who may or may not be judging you off this…. the choice is yours.

@jackwagner

Nov 8, 2022

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Friday Night Lights

I have seen a freakish amount of television series in my life and I love to recommend this one to people. It is probably in the Top 10 shows of all time for me, easily. I think lot’s of people I know including myself missed it when it came out or ignored it because we already knew about the movie (made inspired by the same book but not the same thing at all)It’s such an incredible show. So incredibly addictive and memorable. I am not even a sports guy and I love it, you dont need to like sports.  There is ONE flaw in it but its a funny flaw, a result of the writers strike that happened at the time. Lots of shows of that era have some goofy shit that happens during the writers strike season, but this show has something wild and it is NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED AGAIN in the rest of the series. Anyway I love it. Watch Friday Night Lights.

@jackwagner

Nov 8, 2022