Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … Nov 28, 2023

Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review

RANDOM NEWS AND/OR INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT

still lots of stuff in my possibly-2023-but-I-don’t-have-an-exact-release-date list … too much stuff, in fact, given that it’s basically december … so I have removed everything that was right at the perimeter of my LZ (esp. str8-up commercial-type pop punk, power pop, etc), just to make my release calendar more manageable … and that was grandpa’s admin report … you’re welcome

I really like the latest song … on the fence about following the upcoming full release (energy, out dec-8th-2023, probably still metalcore) … here’s immerse, with freaky

I also confess to liking bob vylan (even tho I acknowledge it’s beyond my remit here) … here’s he’s a man (from humble as the sun, due apr-5th-2024)

I mostly accept that discussion of covers also doesn’t really belong here, tho every now and then I break with protocol … deal with it … here’s iron chic, with enjoy the silence

there wasn’t much around this week at all, but ces gen-la more than made up for it, for me … 5 cordes de trop is just a half dozen songs, but it’s a quality release … I have no idea if jacques brel had anything to do with the name of the band, tho I presume not

prisoner releases and temporary ceasefires may make everyone feel a little better … but … #TwoStateSolution #FuckHamas #FuckHezbollah #FuckNetanyahu

FUN ALKALINE TRIO OR SKIBA/ANDRIANO/WILLARD NEWS

obviously, you are one of the cool kids, so you already know this, but (for the uninitiated) yes, that was the intro to blood hair and eyeballs you heard during the thanksgiving night football game … fucking sell-outs? … or fucking awesome? … #AlkalineTrio

SHIT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO (band, song, etc … my main playlist)

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

the used; pinky swear; melodic/easycore/pop punk … terrific stuff

lektron; dirty jacks; awesome garage/melodic punk … holy jesus, matthew and friends

spoilers; skip to the end; super cool pop/melodic punk

smoking popes; madison; oh, of course it’s melodic punk … oh, of course, it’s also fucking amazing

spoilers; none taken; another very cool pop/melodic punker

splitcast; public enemy no 1; spectacular skate/melodic punk, completely out of left field for me

sincere engineer; fireplace; melodic/indie punk magic (as you might expect from such a magician)

dead nice; observer; melodic punk out of leicester … these fuckers are amazing

taken days; least of all you; totally terrific new melodic punk

alkaline trio; blood hair and eyeballs; couldn’t be more excited … awesome melodic punk

splitcast; west broad; wonderful skate/melodic punk

tearjerker; bad mind; absolutely fucking awesome melodic punk from sunderland

bridge the gap; revenant; excellent melodic punk

youth fountain; identical days; this one’s at the pop punk end of what these marvelous melodic/pop punkers do for us

tearjerker; full circle; another amazing melodic punker from these sunderland lovelies

wasting time; no one’s home; groovy melodic/skate/pop punk

modern shakes; icing on the horizon; excellent melodic punk

deecracks; burnt out; new austrian pop/melodic punk goodness

ces gens-la; le vent de l’est; spectacular french melodic punk

ces gens-la; le mepris; more awesome melodic punk from these french lovelies

ALL THE GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

the sleeping souls; just before the world starts burning; intentionally-difficult-to-pigeonhole, probably mostly alt-ish post-punk … certainly doesn’t hit my bullseye, genre-wise, but it’s an awesome album all the same … here’s one of the early pre-release singles, the politically-charged caught up in the scrape

let’s go; smile; groovy canadian pop/skate punk … never been a particular fan of the shouty hey hey hey stuff but, when it’s done right, it’s irresistibly good … here’s never gonna die

ces gens la; 5 cordes de trop; french melodic punk … completely out of nowhere for me … don’t skip this one … completely great … this one’s du bout des doigts

upcoming albums with pre-release tracks already streaming

glitterer; rationale; due out feb/23/2024; streamed plastic … grunge-y melodic punk … don’t call it a solo act … definitely don’t call it gary glitterer

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

pet needs; intermittent fast living; feb/16/2024 snotty melodic street punk, btw

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for and might actually get to)

nothing in 2023

#AlkalineTrio, boston, march 2024

STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK

shit present; fuck it

the wonder years; goddamnitall

american television; I am the fire

RECURRING SHOUT OUT

HoldenCC & LCTap … without them, this crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything

<<THE #OrangeMoron SAYS HE NEVER SWORE TO SUPPORT THE US CONSTITUTION … THE BIGGER CONCERN SHOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT HE DOES SUPPORT THE US CONSTITUTION … HE DOESN’T, BUT THAT ALONE WON’T PREVENT HIM FROM GAINING POWER … PLEASE ALSO DON’T THINK HIS POSITION ON OBAMACARE WILL HURT HIM … WE STILL HAVE TO STOP HIM!>>

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Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … Nov 22, 2023

Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review

RANDOM NEWS AND/OR INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT

I do try to keep most of my starbucks rants to myself, but their predilection for depositing icing-topped products icing side down in the bag will soon lead to a boycott … they must be trembling in their boots

I still haven’t listened to the dwarves concept album … let me know if I should

what I have listened to, tho, is that kat von d song … what? … wtf are you talking about, you ridiculous old coot? … ok, here’s the thing … she is responsible for one of #MattsTats … that’s why the news caught my eye, not because slowed-down goth edm is my thing

before you come at me, I’m also aware she named something in her make-up range after senor skiba

pet needs gave us an album title (intermittent fast living) and release date (feb-16th 2024) … already shaping up to be a great release day, with cherym also dropping (take it or leave it) on the same date

in entertaining-but-irritating-at-the-same-time news, the 2024 tour by the rolling stones (who have not been relevant for years and just need to fucking stop … that’s the irritating part) will be sponsored by AARP (that’s the  … well, you can surely figure out which part that is)

big congrats to sleep token

#TwoStateSolution #FuckNetanyahu #FuckHamas #FuckHezbollah

finally, yes I am completely aware … more aware than you, probably … that there are many palestinians (perhaps, even, a majority) who remain every bit as opposed to a two state solution as are a great many israelis … I am, however, not aware of any better short-term solution, and we desperately need one

FUN ALKALINE TRIO OR SKIBA/ANDRIANO/WILLARD NEWS

#AlkalineTrio will be playing spain july 19/20 2024 … I suspect they’re doing this to me on purpose … I only just got back from spain!

road to rio babel is 6 or 7 weeks prior to tsunami xixon, but I wonder if that is one of the other spanish gigs #AlkalineTrio is teasing for summer 2024 … probably not, unless they’re spending months there, I suppose

I would be even more irritated if it turned out #AlkalineTrio was playing primavera sound barcelona (at roughly the same time as road to rio babel, so probably at least as unlikely), as that’s exactly where I just spent most of my summer vacay … surely they wouldn’t do me like that

and if #Dandriano thinks he has travel troubles now, wait until he has to deal with spain

SHIT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO (band, song, etc … my main playlist)

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

shit present; fuck it; spectacular indie/melodic punk … completely blown away

the wonder years; goddamnitall; melodic punk magic (not unexpectedly, given their status as melodic punk magicians) … completely awesome

the used; pinky swear; melodic/easycore/pop punk … terrific stuff

lektron; dirty jacks; awesome garage/melodic punk … holy jesus, matthew and friends

spoilers; skip to the end; super cool pop/melodic punk

smoking popes; madison; oh, of course it’s melodic punk … oh, of course, it’s also fucking amazing

spoilers; none taken; another very cool pop/melodic punker

splitcast; public enemy no 1; spectacular skate/melodic punk, completely out of left field for me

sincere engineer; fireplace; melodic/indie punk magic (as you might expect from such a magician)

american television; I am the fire; a great melodic punker, from great melodic punkers

dead nice; observer; melodic punk out of leicester … these fuckers are amazing

taken days; least of all you; totally terrific new melodic punk

alkaline trio; blood hair and eyeballs; couldn’t be more excited … awesome melodic punk

splitcast; west broad; wonderful skate/melodic punk

tearjerker; bad mind; absolutely fucking awesome melodic punk from sunderland

bridge the gap; revenant; excellent melodic punk

youth fountain; identical days; this one’s at the pop punk end of what these marvelous melodic/pop punkers do for us

tearjerker; full circle; another amazing melodic punker from these sunderland lovelies

wasting time; no one’s home; groovy melodic/skate/pop punk

modern shakes; icing on the horizon; excellent melodic punk

deecracks; burnt out; new austrian pop/melodic punk goodness

ALL THE GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

mistons; extended play; lo-fi melodic/indie punk

one square mile; source of suffering; southern cal punk … cam webb at the controls

deecracks; 20 years a frantic effort; austrian pop/melodic punk [n roll] … burnt out and where we belong (both very cool, btw) are the only brand new tracks (I think), but there are a few cool re-recordings too … anyway, here (again) is where we belong

upcoming albums with pre-release tracks already streaming

taken days; any minute; supposedly arriving in the fall of 2023 but, as of late nov 2023, no update on release date … 2023 starting to look unlikely, imho; melodic/pop punk … streamed don’t take me home … excellent

seafloor cinema; s/t (I think); due dec/1/2023; streamed oakland’s finest glass beaches … pop punk (steering left into power pop from time to time, and right into post-h-y territory occasionally)

snackwolf; lunch breakdown; also due out dec/1/2023; german skate punk … streamed falling apart … there are a couple other pre-release songs knocking around, just fyi … this one, drown, is one of them

dowsing; no one said this would be easy; and another one with a release date of dec/1/2023; streamed simple projections … expect indie/post/melodic punk

wrong again; tbd; I have been guessing there’d be a 2023 release date, but I’m not sure how likely that is now; russian melodic punk … streamed rites of summer

frank carter and the rattlesnakes; dark rainbow; due for release jan/26/2024 (which is shaping up to be another great release date … if you don’t know that’s an #AlkalineTrio reference, I must say I’m losing faith in you); streamed brambles … alt punk, alt pop

templeton pek; tbd; guessing/hoping there’ll be a release in early 2024 (as of late nov 2023, they indicate that perfect storm is one song from a bunch of new material, which is good news, but the timing presumably rules out a 2023 release); brit power-pop with a little melodic-punk alt sound … others are likely to call it alt punk … anyone with any sense calls their sound fucking spectacular … streamed perfect storm … completely awesome … astonishingly good in 2017/18 … still astonishingly good today … wow

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

zero cost; tbd; this late in the year, I presume a larger release will not be a 2023 event … in case you are not aware, these uk lovelies (hull) make terrific melodic punk … new song red or blue will be out next week (dec-1st) … one more lie (an updated version thereof, I believe) will be the b side … here’s the vid for the original version of one more lie

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for and might actually get to)

nothing in 2023

#AlkalineTrio, boston, march 2024

STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK

shit present; beyond tonight

the used; cherry

lektron; she’s a war

RECURRING SHOUT OUT

HoldenCC & LCTap … without them, this crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything

<<GOOD FOR CASANDRA VENTURA … REALLY DON’T LIKE THIS GUY … MERELY THE TIP OF THE CRIMINAL/DOUCHEBAG ICEBERG>>

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Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … Nov 15, 2023

Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review

RANDOM NEWS AND/OR INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT

they rarely make anything I call my kind of music nowadays, but I’ll still listen to everything #EnterShikari puts out … strangers is exactly why … awesome, awesome, awesome

RIP ‘uncle’ stu taylor

worst possible time to have someone like david cameron as foreign secretary … not suggesting there would be a good time to have him back on the scene, but wow

#TwoStateSolution #FuckNetanyahu #FuckHamas #FuckHezbollah

what the actual fuck, eric adams (unless, of course, this is you taking one for the team, showing that the justice system is apolitical and even-handed, thereby blunting one of the orange moron’s whines)

oh, yeah, of course #FuckTrump #TuckFrump

FUN ALKALINE TRIO OR SKIBA/ANDRIANO/WILLARD NEWS

are #AlkalineTrio fans responsible for getting humanity back the the moon? … sure seems that way, doesn’t it

We're going to the MOON!
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Our dear friend @marioromero186 built the ship for the Odysseus mission (named by Mario) to the moon early next year.
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Prouder friends have never existed.
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Much love to him and his team @intuitivemachines x#moonlanding #Luna #intuitivemachines pic.twitter.com/vGayODpatu

— Alkaline Trio (@Alkaline_Trio) November 10, 2023

SHIT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO (band, song, etc … my main playlist)

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

shit present; fuck it; spectacular indie/melodic punk … completely blown away

shit present; beyond tonight; it’s melodic punk (no matter what you say), it’s amazing,

the wonder years; goddamnitall; melodic punk magic (not unexpectedly, given their status as melodic punk magicians) … completely awesome

the used; pinky swear; melodic/easycore/pop punk … terrific stuff

the used; cherry; another very cool melodic/pop punker … that song really builds … no, it’s not my lady jam … I’m just saying it doesn’t begin hundo-p ass-kicking-ly

lektron; dirty jacks; awesome garage/melodic punk … holy jesus, matthew and friends

lektron; she’s a war; more amazing melodic/garage punk … too good

spoilers; skip to the end; super cool pop/melodic punk

smoking popes; madison; oh, of course it’s melodic punk … oh, of course, it’s also fucking amazing

spoilers; none taken; another very cool pop/melodic punker

splitcast; public enemy no 1; spectacular skate/melodic punk, completely out of left field for me

sincere engineer; fireplace; melodic/indie punk magic (as you might expect from such a magician)

american television; I am the fire; a great melodic punker, from great melodic punkers

dead nice; observer; melodic punk out of leicester … these fuckers are amazing

taken days; least of all you; totally terrific new melodic punk

alkaline trio; blood hair and eyeballs; couldn’t be more excited … awesome melodic punk

splitcast; west broad; wonderful skate/melodic punk

tearjerker; bad mind; absolutely fucking awesome melodic punk from sunderland

bridge the gap; revenant; excellent melodic punk

youth fountain; identical days; this one’s at the pop punk end of what these marvelous melodic/pop punkers do for us

tearjerker; full circle; another amazing melodic punker from these sunderland lovelies

wasting time; no one’s home; groovy melodic/skate/pop punk

modern shakes; icing on the horizon; excellent melodic punk

ALL THE GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

lonely the brave; what we do to feel; alt rock … lovely listen

incendiary device; s/t; terrific old-timey nyc punk

young rochelles; kicked to the curb; power pop/pop punk with the occasional whiff of ramonescore … you’ll hear words that you’ll have to look up … here’s one: saccharine … and those words are not without validity … but the YR are very good at what they do

oh, sorry, did I lose you at whiff?

carey; fervet opus; firmly on the right [left] side of history post-h

wasting time; chainsaw dynamos; melodic/skate/pop punk … this one was a pre-release single … it’s called coffee break

upcoming albums with pre-release tracks already streaming

have mercy; numb; due dec/8/2023; melodic emo punk … streamed the awesome and lovely alive

project revise; tbd; a 2023 release is looking less and less likely, but a grandpa can dream; streamed take the world … been waiting a long time for a full release from these english lovelies (production began just pre-covid, I think) … expect skate/pop/melodic punk … this one is actually free fall, not take the world, and it was out a couple months ago

burnt tapes; tbd; ditto hoping 2023; melodic/indie punk … they don’t always rock the fuck out but, when they do, these fuckers kick my ass … streamed little sister … very cool … little sincere engineer here too, methinks

shoreline; to figure out; due out feb/23/2024; streamed seoul … german indie/emo/melodic punk … terrific … important … if you don’t know why, listen more closely to the lyrics and go do some research on your own

thornhill; tbd; guessing/hoping there’ll be a 2024 release; some reviewers are apparently expecting metal, others mostly arena/alt/modern rock … first single is not really any of the above but, hey, I saw reviews that say spirit leaves are a hard rock band, so maybe it’s just me … fuck do I know … streamed viper room … I like it, in fact, but this one, at least, is [kinda killers style] pop rock

modern shakes; tbd; ditto hoping [early] 2024; streamed icing on the horizon … excellent melodic punk (from london, I think) … I read a comparison to The Lawrence Arms … not inappropriate, in the opinion of this old fucker

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

modern shakes; tbd; 2024?

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for and might actually get to)

nothing in 2023

#AlkalineTrio, boston, march 2024

STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK

nada

RECURRING SHOUT OUT

HoldenCC & LCTap … without them, this crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything

<<I SUPPOSE I AGREE WITH THE LIBERALS, THAT CASUALLY COMPARING TRUMP TO HITLER IS UNHELPFUL … BUT CHECK HIS VETERANS DAY LANGUAGE, AND IT OUGHT TO BE CLEAR TO ALL THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE THAT HE’S TOO DARK, DANGEROUS, AND DISHONEST A DEMAGOGUE … ANYONE WHO VOTES FOR THIS GUY CAN’T HIDE BEHIND JUST ‘VOTING THE TICKET’>>

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Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … Nov 9, 2023

Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review

RANDOM NEWS AND/OR INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT

she was a boy, he was a girl, could I be more pronoun oblivious

she was a punk, he did ballet, that don’t mean they’re gay

in other words, this old, out of touch, cis-het, white guy apologizes unreservedly if you’ve been triggered by any of my careless pronouns … sorry

enter shikari has a new song out in a few hours, called strangers

why? … because (unless re-mixed, re-recorded, or ‘deluxe’) I don’t talk about re-releases … that’s why … yes, to a certain extent, I’m just an old twat who’s partly stuck in the past, but I try to focus here on new music … not even going to mention the stuff you’re trying to get me to mention … hah!

one of the musical highlights of my week … brutus … audiotree session … find half an hour in your busy schedule … stop reading this shit, for instance … omfg

#AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent … noah and the loners also put a big smile on my face this past week or so … it’s british, it’s snotty, and it’s awesome

the final album from sum 41 will now drop in spring 2024 (had originally looked like late 2023) … don’t shoot the messenger … quote from deryck … “There’s no release date for it yet… I have a feeling it’ll probably be early next year, kind of like spring. That’s what I think. All that stuff’s being worked out right now.”

#TwoStateSolution #FuckNetanyahu #FuckHamas #FuckHezbollah

FUN ALKALINE TRIO OR SKIBA/ANDRIANO/WILLARD NEWS

some bts pics from the #BHE #AlkalineTrio vid … someone tell atom he can just get a fucking venti

and an update on the name of [maybe] the next pre-release single (which will also come with a vid)

SHIT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO (band, song, etc … my main playlist)

SAME PLAYLIST ON YT MUSIC

shit present; fuck it; spectacular indie/melodic punk … completely blown away

shit present; beyond tonight; it’s melodic punk (no matter what you say), it’s amazing,

the wonder years; goddamnitall; melodic punk magic (not unexpectedly, given their status as melodic punk magicians) … completely awesome

the used; pinky swear; melodic/easycore/pop punk … terrific stuff

the used; cherry; another very cool melodic/pop punker … that song really builds … no, it’s not my lady jam … I’m just saying it doesn’t begin hundo-p ass-kicking-ly

lektron; dirty jacks; awesome garage/melodic punk … holy jesus, matthew and friends

lektron; she’s a war; more amazing melodic/garage punk … too good

spoilers; skip to the end; super cool pop/melodic punk

smoking popes; madison; oh, of course it’s melodic punk … oh, of course, it’s also fucking amazing

spoilers; none taken; another very cool pop/melodic punker

splitcast; public enemy no 1; spectacular skate/melodic punk, completely out of left field for me

sincere engineer; fireplace; melodic/indie punk magic (as you might expect from such a magician)

american television; I am the fire; a great melodic punker, from great melodic punkers

dead nice; observer; melodic punk out of leicester … these fuckers are amazing

taken days; least of all you; totally terrific new melodic punk

alkaline trio; blood hair and eyeballs; couldn’t be more excited … awesome melodic punk

splitcast; west broad; wonderful skate/melodic punk

tearjerker; bad mind; absolutely fucking awesome melodic punk from sunderland

bridge the gap; revenant; excellent melodic punk

youth fountain; identical days; this one’s at the pop punk end of what these marvelous melodic/pop punkers do for us

tearjerker; full circle; another amazing melodic punker from these sunderland lovelies #Sunderlies

ALL THE GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

making friends; fine dying; fast melodic punk from the southern end of the country (brighton?) … minutes is one of several standouts

territories; colder now; excellent melodic punk, flavored with little bits of the clash, the ramones, the lillingtons, and teenage bottlerocket … one of the grooviest cuts, pacific ghost

youth fountain; together in lonesome; melodic/pop punk … identical days a particular standout for grandpa

tearjerker; s/t; melodic punk from sunderland … as anticipated, many terrific songs here … that list would include california dreaming, full circle, roker, and you and me … this one’s california dreaming

upcoming albums with pre-release tracks already streaming

young rochelles; kicked to the curb; due any minute now, nov/10/2023; ramonescore-style pop punk … streamed fractured fairy tale …

let’s go; smile; this one will be out nov/24/2023; streamed salted snow … canadian pop/skate punk

cherym; take it or leave it; and this one doesn’t land until feb/16/2024; pop/melodic punk … I probably told you about do it another day … oh no … is this something I already told you about? … how will you ever get over it? … to [mis]quote #DenisLeary: life sucks; get a fucking helmet

four year strong; tbd; guessing/hoping there’ll be a release in 2024; streamed dead end friend … never been their biggest fan, tbh, but this is pretty cool … pop/melodic punk

noah and the loners; tbd; ditto guessing 2024; snotty melodic street punk … streamed hell of a day … apparently I missed it a few weeks ago … I wasn’t going to put them on my upcoming releases radar screen, but then I listened to this again … and again … and … well, you get the message … it’s only fucking awesome, isn’t it

408; tbd; ditto guessing 2024; streamed remember her like that … liking this … pop/melodic punk

pet needs; tbd; ditto guessing 2024; more snotty melodic street punk … streamed separation anxiety … one of the best punk love songs since all the way

oh, fuck it … here too is all the way

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

noah and the loners; tbd; guessing 2024

also looking forward to hearing more than just snippets of the new enter shikari song, strangers

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for and might actually get to)

nothing in 2023

#AlkalineTrio, boston, march 2024

STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK

nada

RECURRING SHOUT OUT

HoldenCC & LCTap … without them, this crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything

<<I TOO WAS HAPPY WITH THE PRO-CHOICE SUCCESSES TUESDAY NIGHT, AND WITH THE REPUBLICAN INABILITY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT BE WARNED … ONCE THEY HAVE A NOMINEE, THEY’LL FIND A VOTE-GARNERING SET OF LIES … FUCK THE ANTI-CHOICE BRIGADE, OF COURSE, BUT THEY HAVEN’T LOST YET>>

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Grandpa’s [mostly] #MelodicPunk music review … Oct 31, 2023

Grandpa’s [mostly] melodic punk [with some alt, pop punk, straight-up punk, and post-h thrown in] weekly [ish] music review

RANDOM NEWS AND/OR INSIGHTS INTO GRANDPA’S SHIT

when I heard it was the only way to get the two additional songs, I confess that I did briefly contemplate buying the deluxe version of the digital blink thing … the songs are cut me off and see you, and you are ok to find them on your own, yeah?

the casey thing will also not generate grandpa-based moulah (will not land in my LZ), but you might be interested to know that they’re welsh (like, from wales) and they make lovely alt pop rock noises when you rub their ears just right … also, how to disappear will be out jan-12th 2024

the new crime in stereo thing came out a few days ago … I barely listened, I’m afraid, but what I did listen to was [from time to time] unexpectedly close to my sweetspot … it’s called house & trance, and you might want to check it out

clearly I am agED, not agING, but I was still triggered pretty hard by this

almost forgot … note to starbucks … please train and train and re-train your associates … either that, or stop hiring people who don’t understand that THE PASTRY SHOULD NEVER GO INTO THE BAG ICING-SIDE DOWN

#TwoStateSolution #FuckHamas #FuckHezbollah #FuckNetanyahu

FUN ALKALINE TRIO OR SKIBA/ANDRIANO/WILLARD NEWS

thanks stryker 420

SHIT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO (band, song, etc … my main playlist)

SAME PLAYLIST PIC ON YT MUSIC

shit present; fuck it; spectacular indie/melodic punk … completely blown away

shit present; beyond tonight; it’s melodic punk (no matter what you say), it’s amazing,

the wonder years; goddamnitall; melodic punk magic (not unexpectedly, given their status as melodic punk magicians) … completely awesome

the used; pinky swear; melodic/easycore/pop punk … terrific stuff

the used; cherry; another very cool melodic/pop punker … that song really builds … no, it’s not my lady jam … I’m just saying it doesn’t begin hundo-p ass-kicking-ly

lektron; dirty jacks; awesome garage/melodic punk … holy jesus, matthew and friends

lektron; she’s a war; more amazing melodic/garage punk … too good

spoilers; skip to the end; super cool pop/melodic punk

smoking popes; madison; oh, of course it’s melodic punk … oh, of course, it’s also fucking amazing

spoilers; none taken; another very cool pop/melodic punker

splitcast; public enemy no 1; spectacular skate/melodic punk, completely out of left field for me

sincere engineer; fireplace; melodic/indie punk magic (as you might expect from such a magician)

american television; I am the fire; a great melodic punker, from great melodic punkers

dead nice; observer; melodic punk out of leicester … these fuckers are amazing

taken days; least of all you; totally terrific new melodic punk

alkaline trio; blood hair and eyeballs; couldn’t be more excited … awesome melodic punk

splitcast; west broad; wonderful skate/melodic punk

tearjerker; bad mind; absolutely fucking awesome melodic punk from sunderland

bridge the gap; revenant; excellent melodic punk

ALL THE GOOD LISTENS FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS

fully released and added to grandpa’s library

in this moment; god mode; theatrical goth metal/alt/modern rock … I think you’ve still gotta give it to maria … she still sounds great

gaslight anthem; history books; still-occasionally-punk-y heartland/americana indie stuff

taking back sunday; 152; sometimes-punk-ish alt rock goodness … this one’s called s’old

grave secrets; til your lungs fall out; hardcore-influenced melodic punk, maybe … distant is also a standout but, here, for your listening pleasure, is fuck shit up

eight feet fine; what if; german melodic punk

upcoming albums with pre-release tracks already streaming

incendiary device; s/t; due for release nov/10/2023; streamed title track … gotta like this, I think … not sure you should be reading my bollocks if you don’t … terrific old-timey nyc punk

mistons; extended play; this will be out nov/17/2023; lo-fi melodic/indie punk … streamed bricka bracka firecracker … yes, agreed, should have been firecracka

maybe this isn’t the vid for it

seafloor cinema; s/t (I think); out dec/1/2023; streamed geese attack … expect pop punk (steering left into power pop from time to time, and right into post-h-y territory occasionally) … I get beyond twitchy when songs go beyond 420 … I’m also not thrilled when geese attack, just fyi

bridge the gap; tbd; hoping/guessing there’ll be a 2024 release; melodic punk … streamed revenant … excellent … bill stevenson at the controls

UPCOMING STUFF I’M EXCITED ABOUT

bridge the gap; tbd; 2024, maybe

UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS (I have tix for and might actually get to)

nothing in 2023 (sad old fucker)

#AlkalineTrio, boston, march 2024

STUFF REMOVED FROM MY PLAYLIST THIS WEEK

taking meds; outside

versus you; you know his name

dead nice; occupier

RECURRING SHOUT OUT

HoldenCC & LCTap … without them, this crap wouldn’t be called grandpa’s anything

<<JUST BECAUSE CHRIS CHRISTIE SAYS IT’S SO, THAT DOESN’T MEAN TRUMP IS GOING TO BE CONVICTED … GO ASK THE NJ PUBLIC WORKERS UNIONS ABOUT HIS PROMISES … GO ASK ABOUT BRIDGEGATE … GO ASK ABOUT THE DEFUNDING OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD … TIME TO FIGHT YOUR WAY OUT OF YOUR MSNBC BUBBLE, SILLY DEMOCRATS … CHRISTIE CAN’T BE TRUSTED>>

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happy Halloween