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Terminal Boardumb => Music Shit => Pop Punk => Topic started by: alexyoshi on December 06, 2009, 09:49:00 AM
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been thinking about this band lately - one of my old favorites. does anyone have a rip of "can't hear nothin" that i could download?
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YK note: Justin Perkins was Wisconsin Producer of the Year last year. He's also currently in Screeching Weasel/Riverdales. They were called "Amazing Larry" before the YK name change and had JonE Reject (Catholic Boys) on bass at the time...they were really (surprisingly) great then. They kind of moved to more traditional pop punk as they went along, unfortunately. I'm surprised you liked that record.
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Have you heard the Obsoletes album?
This was the post Yesterday's Kids band and they put out one of the strongest records of the last decade. It is perfect fall time power pop with unbelievable songs.
Been listening to Yesterdays Kids a bit lately but I only have the LP.
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Wow, surprised about the touting of the Obsoletes record. I liked it, but never felt compelled to listen to it. Felt like a band maturing in a boring direction, but not quite fully boring yet.
Yesterdays Kids were such a solid band live, every single time. I miss seeing 'em. It was pretty awesome when they opened for Screeching Weasel and you looked at the entire first row and it was all Wisconsin people.
Cool to hear that Justin was Producer of The Year, or whatever. I recorded with him last May and it was great. He's super laid back and lets you do what you want. Definitely came away with a great recording.
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Never saw Yesterday's Kids or Obsoletes live.
Obsoletes record is definitely a step in the "Mature" direction I suppose. They were probably on their way to a Reigning Sound kind of feel by the next record.
Still, I think the "Is This Progress" full length is the best Costello/Westerberg/Graham Parker kinda record since the first Figgs record, at least. That song "Other Side Of America" is one of the very best songs ever written in my opinion.
The record is stacked with incredible songs and did not get nearly the recognition it deserved. Most of the people who knew Yesterdays Kids don't even seem to know it existed.
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I think a problem locally was it definitely was a step in the Figgs direction, and the Figgs were kind of a semi-local phenomenon of sorts...they would spend 4-5 days at a time in Green Bay and play a show each day. Got pretty sick of it myself, I guess, and so were a lot of other people. And then the Obsoletes/Figgs influenced other bands locally. It was well crafted, for sure (Obsoletes, that is). Obsoletes took over the Main Stage weekly residency after the Mystery Girls dropped out, so I saw them every week for quite a bit, which was way too much. Justin = best dude, though. Tim rules, too, best guitar sound/amazing guitarist from the time he was 15 (the Screwballs) onward.
YK broke up after a basement show where Tim went nuts for some reason and smashed the living shit out of his (nice/expensive) equipment. The other guys were not happy. A nice touch with YK/Obsoletes is that they did local covers by Teenage Rejects, Mystery Girls, Strong Come Ons, etc. Tim S Band still does "920 Blues" and various Mystery Girls songs. I wish he'd stick to the (awesome) heavy Sabbath shit, but most of the set is Obsoletes/bar band sounding. Even Debroux goes for the heavy stuff. This one time, Kevin cleared a whole basement before Tim S played because they asked for someone to tell a joke and he did one about buckets of chicken and raping white girls.
Neenah.
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FWIW, i've always felt that the YK EP and LP were just very strong pop punk records with only a few stinkers on each, and i've felt this way since i first heard them whenever that EP came out at a much younger age... looks like 2001 according to the interwebs. (fortunately, i found "can't hear nothin" on soulseek the other day.)
i was always a fan of the other wisconsin garage punk stuff that i've heard (teenage rejects, catholic boys, kill-a-watts), and it was great to hear the teenage rejects cover on the LP.
haven't listened to the obsoletes yet, and i'll definitely be checking them out post haste. what are the best things to hear by them and mystery girls?
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The Obsoletes album is called "Is This Progress?" and was released on 1-4-5 Records in 2004 or 2005 I believe. 1-4-5 was some weird label run by someone with Ben Weasel connection. As far as I know they only released the Obsoletes and the 3rd Riverdales album. CD only on the Obsoletes as far as I know.
Anyone know if there was vinyl on that Obsoletes?
Mystery Girls are strong on every release I have heard. I have a soft spot for the first, Self Titled record, but everything I have heard by that band is awesome.
I am sure the Wisconsin residents on this board can give you much more info than I can on the bands from the state.
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as far as the mystery girls are concerned, i reccomend the under my tongue 7", the circles in the sand 7", the incontinopia LP, the s/t debut, and the in the red lp in that order. and i really like the in the red record even though most people seem to hate it. i saw this band a million times and few bands can hold a candle to them live when they were on.
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i saw this band a million times and few bands can hold a candle to them live when they were on.
Yup! It was pretty much unanimous amongst locals, no matter what type of music you liked. That band just took off like no other when they found the groove. Even hardcore/emo/indie folks dug 'em.
"Under My Tongue" is the best release because it was just a home recording. They had tons of great home recorded stuff in the can by the time I forced them into the studio for the first album, probably a mistake but seemed like the right thing to do at the time. Took almost a year to convince 'em to do it that way, too. Oh well. Second album just isn't very good, though there are great moments. Incontinopia is cool, though. I can't even tell how good the first album is, I've heard it so many fucking times, but I stand behind those songs.
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Second album is better than the first, in my opinion. There is just a couple of songs on it that are total stinkers (blues in g or whatever).
I do actually know one person who never liked the Mystery Girls. I used to argue with him about it all the time. I miss seein' them. They were probably the best live band I ever saw, really.
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It seemed like they weren't usually able to capture that on the road, for whatever reason. By that time they'd been around for 4-5 years already, though. Shy dudes that had no problem experimenting/going crazy in front of friends, maybe got nervous or maybe you had to see them a few times to "get it." Not many bands took the risks they did at times, it was a beautiful mess though, I even enjoyed the "bad" shows a lot. In no way did you see the same set twice, except maybe closer to the end of the band. As much as I like seeing Hue Blanc/Holy Shit!/AKE/etc., the days when Catholic Boys/Mystery Girls were going strong you had a potential mindblower every time you went to see them, and I miss that.
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Also, I think "outsiders" misunderstood the "hype" around them for a while, the band had little interest in that, turning down Seymour Stein to his face, telling me to delete major label emails, fucking with Kim Fowley, etc. And I think people outside the area thought it was an act of local hype, but they really were that good for a time, and I know the fucking difference.
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Something In The Water is completely my favorite. I was simply floored the first time I heard it.
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Really? Damn. Even they hate it. Some ball-out moments, though, "This is Stereo" turned out well and it blew my mind the first time they played it. Crazy powerful and all that, instant classic.
But yeah, Yesterday's Kids! They did a great cover of the only good Police song for my 920 comp.
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still gotta get "incontinopia." i remember hearing right after they recorded and being really happy that it was so much better than "something in the water." still, as has been pointed out, "something..." does indeed have some great moments. the thing about the mystery girls is they were so fucking great live, every record was sorta disappointing in a way. sucks to say that, but for me it's true. i've seen them be so good so many times, but it was something that could never possibly be captured on tape. best band.
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I havent heard Incontinopia yet, and I only saw them live once, so, who knows?
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still gotta get "incontinopia." i remember hearing right after they recorded and being really happy that it was so much better than "something in the water." still, as has been pointed out, "something..." does indeed have some great moments. the thing about the mystery girls is they were so fucking great live, every record was sorta disappointing in a way. sucks to say that, but for me it's true. i've seen them be so good so many times, but it was something that could never possibly be captured on tape. best band.
I like the records. LIKE. But live, so much greater. Never saw them be less than amazing. The last 2 times I saw 'em, it had a mellow/mid-paced groove. It just seemed like they were on their own planet, completely into what they were doing and nothing else really existed.
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"Incontinopia" rules. I need a copy of that "Under My Tongue" 7"!
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Talked to Pete (first few years + first LP + some singles bassist) last night for a while. He's been in NYC for a few years working under some composer (Pete's a modern classical composer douche now), and he's going to be giving me an album tonight that he did with a couple buddies...3 people, 7 synths, "krautrock with really pop melody lines, no vocals," he says. Could be interesting. Smart dude. One of the cockiest fuckers I've ever met, too.
While we're at it, how fucking good were the Electric Company? I don't think they ever had an official release, damn shame. One of 'em is doing some high profile music deal now, I think, probably the drummer (I dunno) but all three bros. were amazingly talented. It was great how they always fought (for real fought) in between songs, and then pulled off that technical, druggy prog-psych shit (I have no idea how to accurately describe it) and then fought again and then went hit up another tune. When they played the Cafe with a light show and I was all fucked up, one of the more memorable shows of that time. Also, their last show ever at Main Stage, which is on tape somewhere with crazy weirdo interviews. One of 'em got me kicked out of a couple bars in Appleton last time I saw him (can never keep which-is-which straight).
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Oh, Jordan (Mystery Girls) did an acoustic set at the gallery show last night, very well done songs, but really, really depressing! Someone back that guy up and give him a happy backbeat, sounded very Chilton-influenced but needs rnr oomph. Me = anti-acoustic 24/7, though.
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How much pre-first LP Mystery Girls stuff is there? I've heard that one demo but that's it. Somebody should definitely put out a collection of that stuff
There's that cassette "album" that should have been pressed up (I can say now) as their debut. There's the tracks that were on that tape comp, which are great. There are several other "sessions" leading up to the album, as well. I always thought someone should press up that "Pushin'" song (they used to jam it every set early on and it could go a minute and a half or 10 minutes) with their (awesome) cover of "I'm a Man" on the other side. 33 rpm - both songs are 6-7 minutes long...but they really showed what the band was doing early on when they stretched out "garage punk" tunes and made them into something else.
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How much pre-first LP Mystery Girls stuff is there? I've heard that one demo but that's it. Somebody should definitely put out a collection of that stuff
There's that cassette "album" that should have been pressed up (I can say now) as their debut. There's the tracks that were on that tape comp, which are great. There are several other "sessions" leading up to the album, as well. I always thought someone should press up that "Pushin'" song (they used to jam it every set early on and it could go a minute and a half or 10 minutes) with their (awesome) cover of "I'm a Man" on the other side. 33 rpm - both songs are 6-7 minutes long...but they really showed what the band was doing early on when they stretched out "garage punk" tunes and made them into something else.
i know andy junk has a ton of soundboard recordings from most of the shows at the cafe squirreled away.
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Speaking of unreleased Mystery Girls things-there's that Tour Cd-R thing that they did (with "Pushin'", their cover of Interstellar Overdrive and some other odds & ends). I just found my copy of it the other day.
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While we're on the Mystery Girls topic here's the Christmas song from a few years back
http://www.sendspace.com/file/33z0yn
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I told the two surviving members of Shadowy Men On a Shadowy Planet about "Ode..." but neither of them cared.
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While we're at it, how fucking good were the Electric Company?
That band was so awesome.
Also, I don't think there was ever a time that I saw the Mystery Girls and didn't get my mind blown. Even their "bad" shows were fucking great.