I guess everything I post on here is kind of the same, but lately I am digging
Mikal Cronin's new album. I really like
the opening track and a few others.
Ty Segall took Thee Oh Sees and added a lot more hooks and less weird jamming. Mikal Cronin is like Ty with... kind of generic indie-ish singing and melodies. I like it, but later on in the album it gets boring.
Lately all of my friends are starting bands. Trying to find people to play with me. Posted a Craiglist Ad (CREEDENCE KRAUTROCK REVIVAL) that got a lot of good responses, but having the confidence to actually meet up with these people and play is rough. Also, finding someplace where we can play.
I meant for the gimmicky title to get people's attention and kind of say "hey we like a variety of music and want to just kind of screw around and see what happens." Instead, I am getting responses from people who want to start a band where we play Creedence covers in the style of Can.
One of my roommates was a business student, and he really wants to start a business. He is talking a lot about how we need to start a record label, and is treating this like a real project that we should work on. I think it is difficult to start a record label unless there are bands that we know/good bands in the city in general. There are plenty of bands I enjoy seeing, but honestly, not any that I would press on a record and put my seal of approval on.
Maybe we need to be like Gandhi says, and be the band we want to see in the world.