What's Everyone Listening to?

[dime in the gutter]

[Clams]

[3milelake]

Fans of mid-90s Guided by Voices will find lots to like about this 2013 album that just registered on my radar this week. Interestingly enough, Connections is also from Ohio.

Indeed. Works well for me. Not just from Dayton, but Pollard endorsed (well 2 of the main guys from their prior band)

Per AMG Bio:
Walking a tightrope between post-punk and indie pop, Connections are a band from Ohio whose music is lean, scrappy, and full of energy, with plentiful guitars along with abundant melodic hooks. Connections were founded in 2010 by vocalist Kevin Elliott and guitarist and principal songwriter Andy Hempel. Elliott and Hempel were high-school friends who began writing and recording songs together in their mid-teens, growing up in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio. Elliott and Hempel were founding members of the band 84 Nash, who won a valuable ally in fellow Dayton resident Robert Pollard, who released two of their albums (1997's Kings of Yeah and 1999's Band for Hire) on his Rockathon Records label and hired them as an opening act for his band Guided by Voices.

[3milelake]

[3milelake]

Nice to see some EC love around here. His run of work from 1977-1991 is incredible. I had a very brief summer job working concert security at Canada's Wonderland. By FAR the highlight of that job was standing a few feet away from Elvis & his then wife Cait O'Riorden (from Pogues) near a backstage door as they took in opening act The Replacements! I hated the job and cleaned out my locker after the show and resigned the next day as I knew it could never be better than that.

[chuckrh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGd7SkdETro

[dime in the gutter]

Nice to see some EC love around here. His run of work from 1977-1991 is incredible. I had a very brief summer job working concert security at Canada's Wonderland. By FAR the highlight of that job was standing a few feet away from Elvis & his then wife Cait O'Riorden (from Pogues) near a backstage door as they took in opening act The Replacements! I hated the job and cleaned out my locker after the show and resigned the next day as I knew it could never be better than that.

wow. street cred maximum bonus. force of nature during that run.

np.

[beantownbubba]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_huMLoJOXo

I've not yet listened to the song, but have no doubt that the cover is better than the original.

ETA: After listening, I'm just not a huge fan of this song, but have to say that this cover is definitely better than the original.

Beck slays it on the guitar solo

Proving that even the greats can only do so much with shlocky material. But yeah, the guitar player shreds. Then there's this:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/arts ... 029039208a

[tinnitus photography]

Dead Roots Stirring Elder

Christmas Vinyl

if this was released in 1972 it would have sold millions. incredible record.

[dime in the gutter]

[dime in the gutter]

[cortez the killer]

Fans of mid-90s Guided by Voices will find lots to like about this 2013 album that just registered on my radar this week. Interestingly enough, Connections is also from Ohio.

Indeed. Works well for me. Not just from Dayton, but Pollard endorsed (well 2 of the main guys from their prior band)

Per AMG Bio:
Walking a tightrope between post-punk and indie pop, Connections are a band from Ohio whose music is lean, scrappy, and full of energy, with plentiful guitars along with abundant melodic hooks. Connections were founded in 2010 by vocalist Kevin Elliott and guitarist and principal songwriter Andy Hempel. Elliott and Hempel were high-school friends who began writing and recording songs together in their mid-teens, growing up in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio. Elliott and Hempel were founding members of the band 84 Nash, who won a valuable ally in fellow Dayton resident Robert Pollard, who released two of their albums (1997's Kings of Yeah and 1999's Band for Hire) on his Rockathon Records label and hired them as an opening act for his band Guided by Voices.

Fantastic stuff!

[cortez the killer]

Dead Roots Stirring Elder

Christmas Vinyl

if this was released in 1972 it would have sold millions. incredible record.

Amen!

NP:

[tinnitus photography]

Lore is awesome too. love that pick slide in "Sanctuary" and "Legend" is fucking massive!

need to get a copy of their latest, though tbh i am not overly enthused about Omens.


CtK, have you heard this? it's really great... Nick and Michael doing a couple of songs, pre-dates Michael joining Elder

[Zip City]

[dime in the gutter]

all them witches/surfer

[tinnitus photography]

Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes and You're Gonna Get It

[Sterling Bigmouth]

Margo Price - Strays

[cortez the killer]

Fans of mid-90s Guided by Voices will find lots to like about this 2013 album that just registered on my radar this week. Interestingly enough, Connections is also from Ohio.

Indeed. Works well for me. Not just from Dayton, but Pollard endorsed (well 2 of the main guys from their prior band)

Per AMG Bio:
Walking a tightrope between post-punk and indie pop, Connections are a band from Ohio whose music is lean, scrappy, and full of energy, with plentiful guitars along with abundant melodic hooks. Connections were founded in 2010 by vocalist Kevin Elliott and guitarist and principal songwriter Andy Hempel. Elliott and Hempel were high-school friends who began writing and recording songs together in their mid-teens, growing up in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio. Elliott and Hempel were founding members of the band 84 Nash, who won a valuable ally in fellow Dayton resident Robert Pollard, who released two of their albums (1997's Kings of Yeah and 1999's Band for Hire) on his Rockathon Records label and hired them as an opening act for his band Guided by Voices.

New record out in a couple months. Per their Bandcamp page:


1.In Space
2.California Raisin
3.Slow Ride
4.Lorraine
5.Steppin' Out
6.I Confess
7.It's A Start
8.Bird Has Flown
9.Vacationland
10.Let Me Eat Cake
11.Unsolved Mysteries
12.You Are All You Need

about
**** OUT MARCH 24th, 2023! ****

Before ALL OF THIS Connections needed…

Cool Change.

Then ALL OF THIS happened, things slowed down, things got weird, the world split in half, things like this should never happen. Now more than ever we need…

Cool Change.

Before Cool Change, Connections’ long history is storied. From the North Dayton suburbs, J.P. Herrmann, along with songwriter Andy Hampel and vocalist Kevin Elliott, helmed the late-90s outfit 84 Nash for an equally long run. As the first band signed to Robert Pollard’s Rockathon Records, 84 Nash existed alongside Ohio rock royalty, in bands like GBV, the Breeders, and Brainiac. In migrating to Columbus, they absorbed that city’s deep lineage and slightly skewed counterculture – from Gaunt and V-3, to the weirdos in charge, namely Mike Rep and Ron House. Nash broke up, took a break, but after that respite, Hampel and Elliott created Connections with Times New Viking’s Adam Elliott on drums, and bassist Philip Kim.

Along the way, they evolved, soon adding two other Columbus vets, drummer Michael P. O’Shaughnessy and guitarist Dave... more
credits
releases March 24, 2023

Connections are: Andy, Dave, Kevin, Michael, Phil & J.P.

Produced by J.P. Herrmann at The Center For Japanese Helium
Art Direction by led zeplin
All songs Hampel/Connections ©2022 Connections Quarterly

[cortez the killer]

CtK, have you heard this? it's really great... Nick and Michael doing a couple of songs, pre-dates Michael joining Elder

I have not. Will need to change that.

[cortez the killer]

NP

[cortez the killer]

[dime in the gutter]

[3milelake]

Nice find. Sounds promising.

New record out in a couple months. Per their Bandcamp page:


1.In Space
2.California Raisin
3.Slow Ride
4.Lorraine
5.Steppin' Out
6.I Confess
7.It's A Start
8.Bird Has Flown
9.Vacationland
10.Let Me Eat Cake
11.Unsolved Mysteries
12.You Are All You Need

about
**** OUT MARCH 24th, 2023! ****

Before ALL OF THIS Connections needed…

Cool Change.

Then ALL OF THIS happened, things slowed down, things got weird, the world split in half, things like this should never happen. Now more than ever we need…

Cool Change.

Before Cool Change, Connections’ long history is storied. From the North Dayton suburbs, J.P. Herrmann, along with songwriter Andy Hampel and vocalist Kevin Elliott, helmed the late-90s outfit 84 Nash for an equally long run. As the first band signed to Robert Pollard’s Rockathon Records, 84 Nash existed alongside Ohio rock royalty, in bands like GBV, the Breeders, and Brainiac. In migrating to Columbus, they absorbed that city’s deep lineage and slightly skewed counterculture – from Gaunt and V-3, to the weirdos in charge, namely Mike Rep and Ron House. Nash broke up, took a break, but after that respite, Hampel and Elliott created Connections with Times New Viking’s Adam Elliott on drums, and bassist Philip Kim.

Along the way, they evolved, soon adding two other Columbus vets, drummer Michael P. O’Shaughnessy and guitarist Dave... more
credits
releases March 24, 2023

Connections are: Andy, Dave, Kevin, Michael, Phil & J.P.

Produced by J.P. Herrmann at The Center For Japanese Helium
Art Direction by led zeplin
All songs Hampel/Connections ©2022 Connections Quarterly

[cortez the killer]

[beantownbubba]

Good effort, zip, but it will take a lot more than opera to class this place up.

[3milelake]

[cortez the killer]

[brettac1]

[brettac1]