loving the latest album and the "trying to sleep through the night" lyric sounded too familiar, did some analysis on all death cab lyrics to see how often Ben Gibbard sings about not being able to sleep.
result: 27% of songs mention it
hi all! i was just wondering if anybody has any more info or maybe photos of these “i hate you, rob crow” album stickers? first i’ve heard of them but i think it would be so cool to see what they looked like. ^_^
i've been scoping out robs bandcamp after somebody else posted it on here and finally had some spending money to get some stuff !! im so so happy, rob is genuinely one of my favorite songwriters of all time (for me, it's him and clay parton if anybody cares lol) so i'm happy to have some of his solo physical media :3
Ace-Fu’s seemingly abandoned website (www.acefu.net) just got updated saying “Since 2025, the Ace Fu catalog has been administered by Exceleration Music, helping keep these releases available for longtime listeners and new fans alike.” Could this be a sign of hope for Self-Titled and Blue Screen Life eventually getting repressed??
I can't believe they never put it on an album, I like it more than anything on the s/t. The perfection of their style of slowcore. It's sort of their Headsore in a sense (by red house painters)
Greetings, fellow music nerds! I stumbled across the Aadam Jacobs Collection of music a few months ago. He is a prolific live music taper, and over the last 40 years he's taped 10,000+ live shows (mostly in Chicago). So far a team has digitized about 3000 shows and uploaded them to the LIve Music Archive. One of the coolest things is that many of these shows are ridiculously good-sounding soundboard feeds. There's a ton of indie rock, including 10 Pinback shows from 2002-2014 (so far). There are also some Heavy Vegetable, Rob Crow's Gloomy Place, & Thingy shows in there.
While I love the LMA, I detest using it to try to find and listen to music, and so I built my own fansite dedicated to this music where you can listen, discover, and fav bands/shows/etc.
https://secondcitystreamer.com/?ajc-artist=pinback
https://secondcitystreamer.com/?ajc-artist=thingy
https://secondcitystreamer.com/?ajc-artist=heavy%20vegetable
https://secondcitystreamer.com/?ajc-artist=rob%20crow's%20gloomy%20place
There's a ton of other amazing indie rock in the collection so far from a bunch of bands I love like Rogue Wave, Maritime, Calexico, Ben Folds Five (and solo Ben Folds), Spoon, The Long Winters, and more.
hey all—
this is a song from Zach on the upcoming Systems Officer ‘S/O Vault 1’ 10” e.p. coming out this September…
also, Upstairs Downstairs just came out this week and the record comes with a free CD version of the album (as does My Traps Your Mazes).
https://go-homerecords.com/merch
we also put Uhiju back online for everyone.
here are some links to recent streaming songs:
On and On (My Traps Your Mazes)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy\_lYWLulHqauWDsRRKmfDrgOkPEwPm3rMvI&si=l7aEYVHumCh-LLKB
Wounded Days (Upstairs Downstairs)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy\_kAAAsIZfrMQAFARmAFtKPAVTTNVHA0hBI&si=wBjgbCUPQT3vbwI5
Enlightened (Upstairs Downstairs)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy\_k79huofu3930z5c1lVcxC5Vr3As6MLVUk&si=WjJZ7ccrO4AuKlcQ
Deep Blue (S/O Vault 1)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy\_lGNm0wN8jfi2zbxRL8Bn9xQjvEj-VMWJ0&si=srCCZ3\_0PA-Gcjon
Uhiju (Underselpt 12” record)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy\_lIZqcrPNv9S9Bsqc0keoIMzGMv5B5HuhQ&si=mL57QD-J-feE5ocd
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not hoping for them to become the next TikTok trending band, but I am curious as to why they aren’t more popular than they are.
Personally, I think their music is objectively well made, thoughtfully arranged, and catchy to boot. They’ve been licensed for a major TV show, played on national US TV, and toured globally. So is it simply a marketing thing, poor distribution, poor promotion, something else? And it’s not like their music is cutting edge experimental jazz noise opera. It’s widely palatable indie pop rock.
Not saying Rob and Zach aren’t happy with where they’re at or that they’re not doing well but do you guys feel that their recognition matches their talent? Are WE the weird ones for enjoying their music so much or is everyone else missing out?
so back in the day, when Pinback announced their bonus EP for Autumn of the Seraphs, they posted this on their myspace
>so there's more to the Pinback story that you ought to know about. for instance, did you know that the first pressing of autumn of the seraphs will come packaged with a limited-edition bonus disc? that's right. three brand new, unreleased, studio-recorded pinback gems, two of which come from the autumn sessions. turn that digipak upside down! and, never fear, vinyl lovers: your LP order will come complete with a coupon to download autumn of the seraphs as well as the bonus EP tracks. to ensure that your copy comes from that special pressing, you should click on over to our website here and pre-order that shit. for real.
using simple deductive reasoning, we can assume the song Autumn of the Seraphs is not one of them. So between Kylie and I'm a Pretty Lady, which of these songs were from previous sessions, anyone know?
Perhaps this one is thoroughly known by now, but in case you haven’t heard this cover of Pinback’s “Fortress,” give it a listen. It’s such a moving jam no matter which way you slice it.
https://open.spotify.com/track/34ExnGdLsxeA0URgGESq8l?si=uylm9YVsSIyuE9LOqOQMNA
