Academy Fight Songs (80s College Rock Playlist)

ACADEMY FIGHT SONGS (Sounds From The 80s Underground)

1. Black Flag- My War
2. The Minutemen- Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
3. Flipper- Way Of The World
4. Big Boys- Advice
5. The Dicks- Rich Daddy
6. The Wipers- Romeo
7. Mission Of Burma- Red
8. The Embarrassment- Sex Drive
9. The Replacements- Stuck In The Middle
10. Husker Du- Celebrated Summer
11. Die Kreuzen- Man In The Trees
12. Big Black- I’m A Mess
13. Butthole Surfers- Hey
14. Scratch Acid- Greatest Gift
15. Pussy Galore- Alright
16. Killdozer- King Of Sex
17. Squirrel Bait- Black Light Poster Child
18. My Dad Is Dead- Planes Crashing
19. The Dream Syndicate- Still Holding On To You
20. The Feelies- Too Far Gone
21. The Leaving Trains- Cigarette Motel
22. Dramarama- Anything, Anything (I’ll Give You)
23. Redd Kross- Peach Kelli Pop
24. Screaming Trees- Transfiguration 
25. Green River- This Town
26. The Flaming Lips- Killer On The Radio
27. Meat Puppets- Look At The Rain
28. The Lemonheads- Die Right Now
29. Dinosaur Jr.- Budge
30. Sonic Youth- Expressway To Yr Skull

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Harlem "Hippies" = my favorite album of 2010...so far.

At the end of the year when all the magazines and blogs come out with their "best of" lists, you can be sure the tops of said lists will be full of records that are either considered ground breaking or new or what the fuck ever. But I'm just too old to care about such nonsense.

I like rock music. Well I like all kindsa music, but I REALLY like rock and roll. Be it punk, garage, lo fi, shoegaze, metal, or japanese noise prog...I enjoy the sound that is rock and fucking roll...and so at the end of the day all I'm really looking for in a new album is for it be something that rocks to me. And without a doubt the record that has rocked me most this year (so far) is Harlem's Hippies. Combing elements of sloppy garage punk like the Black Lips with catching song writing of your typical indie pop band, Harlem is sorta a mishmash of all the things we love about electric white boy blues. a solid little rhythm section that always feels near the edge of falling apart, tuneful yet tuneless vocals that remind you ANYONE can fucking sing in a band, and the fact that all you need to have a good song is a chorus everyone can remember.

When I listen to this record it's hard not to imagine that you're part of a drunken house party with a bunch of guys plowing through a set of oldies covers played slightly out of key and with the lyrics slurred and half remembered. It's the kinda house party you'll remember for the rest of your life if you hadn't been too fucking drunk and blacked it out. Still you get little flashes now and again and you remember, "GOD DAMN! That was fucking rad."

Does that even explain to you what kind of album Hippies is? Do I even care? Just listen.

It ain't rocket science, it's rock and roll. And Harlem knows this better than most.

Dum Dum Girls = I Dig It

besides wanting to have sex with their singer, i am really digging the Dum Dum Girls' debut record cuz it's got some pretty catchy girl-group/beach boys pop influenced indie rock going on. No it isn't reinventing the wheel...but who the fuck wants that anyways? at my age all i want from a record is either catchy songs (this album has that) or for it to remind me of something else i used to like (covers that as well). if i was a pompous douchebag and was to score records this would probably be a 6 or so...but i am not. instead i can only say that if you enjoy The Pains Of Being Pure at Heart, Camera Obscura, or any other girl vocal lead retro indie rock bands of recent years then you are probably gonna enjoy this record too. so yeah, it's worth a download.

for those of you going to your 1st SXSW this year....

First off, screw you cuz I didn't get to go this year. Secondly, have a good time. Don't bother trying to see all the bands you wanna see cuz it's impossible. Just pick a showcase every night and stay there. Its easier. Also don't worry about bringing drugs, you'll find some. Try and go to as many parties and free shit during the day as you can cuz they will have free booze and food. Also DO NOT WEAR YOUR BADGE AROUND YOUR NECK. This makes you a dork. Tuck that shit into your back pocket and only flash it when you have to. And finally you are basically at spring break for indie rock nerds...this means you will be able to get hella laid if you have even the slightest bit of game. Good luck and have fun.

oh yeah and go see my friends Ruby Isle if you get a chance. And tell em I sent you.

80s College Rock Playlist

1. The Feelies- The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
2. The Apartments- Help
3. The Dream Syndicate- Tell Me When It’s Over
4. The Embarrassment- Wellsville
5. REM- Catapult
6. Mission Of Burma- Peking Spring
7. The Wipers- So Young
8. Husker Du- The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
9. The Replacements- Answering Machine (solo demo)
10. Dinosaur Jr.- The Lung
11. The Jesus and Mary Chain- Upside Down
12. Inca Babies- Plenty More Mutants
13. The Gun Club- Carry Home
14. Big Dipper- She’s Fetching
15. Galaxie 500- Parking Lot
16. Spacemen 3- 2.35
17. The Flaming Lips- Chrome Plated Suicide
18. Meat Puppets- Up On The Sun
19. The Lemonheads- Mallo Cup
20. The Pastels- I’m Alright With You
21. The Vaselines- Son Of A Gun (demo)
22. The Marine Girls- In Love
23. The Go Betweens- Don’t Let Him Come Back
24. The Clean- Anything Could Happen
25. The Verlaines- Lying In State
26. Orange Juice- Love Sick
27. The Wedding Present- My Favourite Dress
28. Primal Scream- Gentle Tuesday
29. Shop Assistants- I Don’t Wanna Be Friends With You
30. Nikki Sudden- The Road Of Broken Dreams

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Get Pumped Athens

Kindercore Records is kicking off the new school year right with a 3 night festival Sept. 17th-19th. lots of good local bands from the Athens/Atlanta area will be rocking all 3 nights. also the festival is being sponsored by the new local scooter company OWL MOTORS who will be giving away some free scooters during the fest.

the lineups for each night

Thursday Sept 17th has been dubbed the ROCK NIGHT @ The Caledonia

Turf War (sloppy powerpop/punk from Augusta, GA)
GG King (Atlanta garage punkers. former members of the Carbonas)
The Matt Kurz One (one man rock and roll band of awesome)
The Agenda! (some band of assholes)
Je Suis France (Athens/Atlanta lo-fi masters of party rock)


Friday Sept 18th has been dubbed the POP NIGHT @ The Caledonia

Werewolves (Athens new indie pop young guns)
Mark Mallman
The Gold Party (Athens Brit-pop inspired Glamrockers)
Grape Soda (Athens psychedelic organ and drums pop duo)
Masters Of the Hemisphere (Athens Indie Pop legends reunited)

Saturday Sept 19th is the BIG NIGHT @ The 40 Watt

Allison Weis
Venice Is Sinking
Ruby Isle
The Young Sinclairs
Still Flyin'
Maserati

i had another high school flashback

Sebadoh "skull". so indie rock it hurts.

New Spoon EP is out 2day

Got Nuffin - Spoon

it's the chance of a lifetime

"Motor Away" by Guided by Voices might be the greatest indie rock song of the 1990s.

my new favorite band that i discovered this year

besides M83, the band most likely to end up with a song being used in the next Sofia Copalla movie is the Shocking Pinks. they combine every cool sub-genre of the 80s indie scene into one perfect shoegaze/post-punk/kiwi pop/sad bastard explosion. last year the DFA collected all of their singles and eps as well as some album tracks from older releases and put out a self titled compilation for American release. each track on the comp reminds me of some long lost lo-fi gem that could have existed on college rock radio circa 1991 and fit perfectly inbetween sebadoh and pavement. if you are a fan of isn't anything era my bloody valentine, early lilys, psychocandy era jesus and mary chain, the clean, the verlaines, & a certain ratio then do yourself a favor and check them out.

here's a video for my favorite track, "the end of the world"

Darlin' Don't You Go And Cut Your Hair

remember the days of Alternative Nation and 120 Minutes when you could still discover new bands on MTV? actually by the time this video came out i was already listening to Pavement, but still it was a pretty cool time in the early 90s for music for about 2 years...and then of course Kurt Cobain offed himself, Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails became all the rage with highschool kids and cooler indie-ish bands like Guided By Voices, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Archers Of Loaf, Superchunk, etc... sorta went back to their indie rock ghetto. i quit growing my hair long and started listening to emo and hardcore bands and the rest was history. here's my list of the top 20 Indie Rock Albums of the 1990s.

1. Sebadoh- Bakesale
2. Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
3. Fugazi- Repeater
4. Pavement- Slanted and Enchanted
5. Modest Mouse- The Lonesome Crowded West
6. Built To Spill- There's Nothing Wrong With Love
7. Belle & Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister
8. Elliott Smith- Either/Or
9. Superchunk- Tossing Seeds
10. Archers Of Loaf- Icky Mettle
11. Guided By Voices- Alien Lanes
12. Jesus Lizard- Goat
13. Sunny Day Real Estate- Diary
14. Yo La Tengo- I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
15. Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin
16. Dinosaur Jr- Green Mind
17. The Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs
18. The Promise Ring- Nothing Feels Good
19. Sleater Kinney- Dig Me Out
20. Unrest- Perfect Teeth