kid: I'm travelling across the country for 2 weeks
parent: are you kidding me? Just to waste your life playing those stupid shows with your dumb punk band-
kid: no we're just going to a bunch of tourist traps
parent: Oh then fun!!! ⛱️🍹Gotta travel while you're young!!! 😜🛣️🌊
i hate gatekeeping. but. i feel like walking in the chilly woods in 2016 to the sounds of Sprained Ankle has directly led to me feeling strong emotions @ this
sorry for any inadvertent shade but: one might assume that live music as a medium/hobby would be safe for people with epilepsy to enjoy and yet so many artists make the conscious choice that it shouldn't be. wish it wasn't so!
i promise that any time you think an artist is overcharging for merch, a lot of the time we are not making as much as you might think! many online marketplaces and music venues bite a huge chunk out of every purchase. still unfortunately the best/only real way to support us
Felt appropriate to post this on Labor Day. Here are the merch cuts being taken by the venues on this upcoming tour. This is going to cause us to sell our merch for higher prices than we'd like to at certain venues. We think that sucks. 1/
i recommend for being in a band for * years because you get to learn the ins-and-outs of adobe photoshop, premiere, lightroom, quickbooks, excel, formal emails, light web dev, packing and shipping, marketing, and more, but not in a way that gets u a good job
hot take: bands charge too little for vinyl!! i get that it's pro-consumer but it's also created this narrative that bands are greedy if they charge >$15 for a record. why stop your favs from getting the bag
DIY emo scenes across the country have been producing some of the best music for years now and Anthony has missed most of it in his reviews (see SAYP, Origami Angel, Ben Quad, Equipment, Guitar Fight and many others)
@ScottTheWoz
hi scott! my band made this album that is a loose concept album about my video game review youtube channel i made in middle school, using audio samples from it. would love to talk about the intersection between popular music and video game culture!
t/w s**cide
didn't take people too long to start connecting the dots that this album documents my train of thought towards and away from wanting to die. i ended up writing a candid journal of my trips to the void and back, ultimately landing on-
the only way we'd reprint this is if it was in trans flag colors and we donated 100% of profits to combat the incessant bullshit that's been going on. is that the move?
Ashton Morris talked with Sammy Kless of Mom Jeans/Just Friends (and many more) about writing music, DIY music, and upcoming bands to keep an eye on! Thank you a ton to Ashton for working his ass off and Sam for giving his time to people that want to talk!
hey
@theneedledrop
please consider that emo might be ok and you're just blanket statementing. here's a list of important emo-ish bands you've missed the past 2 yrs
-oso oso
-slaughter beach, dog
-antarctigo vespucci
-the sonder bombs
-retirement party
-greet death
-prince daddy
our new album, ALT. ACCOUNT, is out everywhere today. vinyl pre-orders and other merch available through our own record label
@kleptophase
thank you 🖤🐱🖱️📹
i wanna do music the rest of my life. not because of the rockstar ego stuff but because of the amazing feeling of being at a show where everyone is experiencing total euphoria - cropping band tees, after-show pizza, meeting friends through friends; i love music with all my heart
we are booking gigs and tours the rest of the year DIY style w no label or agency support as of rn. if you're a cool band that thinks we're cool it would mean more than you know to hook us up/reach out to us for any cool gigs you want us on anywhere in the US!!
(hopefully) last thing ill say is i don't really wanna exit the weekend as the band that beefed with fantano (again) but rather the band that dropped this album on all streaming platforms
this feels wrong, bc i love the other albums pictured so dearly. that being said, the support for our album has been a dream come true, thank u very much ❤️