Band: Feedtime

[Ace]

god, "curtains" gives me chills.

best song about divorce ever.

[Ace]

also, Swansea, give "shovel" a few months. hell, it took me a year to get, but i never forgot it, and then it clicked.

[wasthere]

I find the first one just has a lot more variety, and some interesting experiments ("F#" is literally a song that just has F# sharp played over and over again, "All Down" is a weird folky ballad that's catchy as hell) where as Shovel is literally just old American blues and country music played really loud. Also I refuse to believe you don't love the guitar in "Searching the Desert", it's one of the biggest sounds I've ever heard.

bill open yr ears mate! there is just no way 'mother' 'george' 'fractured' 'nice' shoeshine shuffle' 'dog' or 'curtains' are "just old American blues and country music played really loud" just listen to them as seperate songs. they are 100% straight up stripped back glam/punk stompers.i dunno if y'realise but there are two songwritters & two singers in feedtime. rick gtr is the low throaty growl with the hard twisted bitter early blues influence. al bass is the shouted bitter bouncey glam/punk stompers. both are great. both are different. both compliment each others songs. neither dominate. the whole 'heavy blues thing is blown out of proportion by dumb rock hypsters.

god, "curtains" gives me chills.

best song about divorce ever.

absolutely.

[Ace]

god, "curtains" gives me chills.

best song about divorce ever.

absolutely.

the vox on "nobody's fault but mine", also.
and the guitars on "baby baby"
and al's wail on "mother".

christ what a great album. i'm going to put it on RIGHT NOW.

[wasthere]

i'm gonna put on the 'fractured' 7"

[Bill Swansea]

I find the first one just has a lot more variety, and some interesting experiments ("F#" is literally a song that just has F# sharp played over and over again, "All Down" is a weird folky ballad that's catchy as hell) where as Shovel is literally just old American blues and country music played really loud. Also I refuse to believe you don't love the guitar in "Searching the Desert", it's one of the biggest sounds I've ever heard.

bill open yr ears mate!

I'm trying maaaan!

I regret calling it dreadful already, that was nasty.

Tomorrow afternoon I will play the album so loud the room shakes. That might work.

[Ace]

i'm gonna put on the 'fractured' 7"

which reminds me

i should totally put the "don't tell me" 7" up on the sendspace thread. Those two songs are hard to top

EDIT: posted no the sendspace thread

[wasthere]

i'm gonna put on the 'fractured' 7"

which reminds me

i should totally put the "don't tell me" 7" up on the sendspace thread. Those two songs are hard to top

yeah, except imo there's a far superior version of 'small talk' on the 'why march when you can riot' comp.

also did you know that rick plays drums & tom plays guitar on the b side of the 'fractured' 7" 'rumble' ? ... it's killer! used to do it live too. great. no blues there bill.

[Ace]

i'm gonna put on the 'fractured' 7"

which reminds me

i should totally put the "don't tell me" 7" up on the sendspace thread. Those two songs are hard to top

yeah, except imo there's a far superior version of 'small talk' on the 'why march when you can riot' comp.

also did you know that rick plays drums & tom plays guitar on the b side of the 'fractured' 7" 'rumble' ? ... it's killer! used to do it live too. great. no blues there bill.

I have the "why march" version as well.

i didn't know that they switched it up on that song, that's neat.

[dokazaado]

I have never heard this band. I plan on correcting this oversight immediately.

[DregsInTheCrowd]

Many thanks to everyone who talked up Shovel. I'm on my third consecutive listen, and I think it's awesome.

[motorbike guy]

2/ the main purveyors of stooge/iggy mythology in aus were the 'radio birdman' crew. or "the local chapter of the hitler youth" as chris bailey from the 'the saints' once refered to their followers. those bands did stooges covers & talked about them in interviews etc. there were a lot of 'birdman' copycat bands in the 80's. these detroit worshippers got a lot of credo at the time,

don't forget, at least one of the radio birdman dudes was from Ann Arbor, so he worshipped at the temple of the stooges.

[mrdfnle]

I always get Motorhead while listening to Billy

[Bill Swansea]

Okay, I was wrong about Shovel. It rules, it rules.

Also my LP copy of Billy arrived today. Fucking great record. Did the old drummer die or something? I noticed the album is dedicated to him.

[wasthere]

tom went on to this band http://greatdividinginfo.blogspot.com/2009/05/3-toed-sloth.html

[Bill Swansea]

Oh so I guess the dedication was them trying to be funny because he wasn't in the band anymore? I refuse to believe they just dedicated a record for best wishes. Just doesn't seem right.

[wasthere]

Oh so I guess the dedication was them trying to be funny because he wasn't in the band anymore? I refuse to believe they just dedicated a record for best wishes. Just doesn't seem right.

may not seem right judging by normal 'rock band' standards, but feedtime were no normal 'rock band'. best people you'd ever wanna meet.

[Bill Swansea]

Oh so I guess the dedication was them trying to be funny because he wasn't in the band anymore? I refuse to believe they just dedicated a record for best wishes. Just doesn't seem right.

may not seem right judging by normal 'rock band' standards, but feedtime were no normal 'rock band'. best people you'd ever wanna meet.

I see. Well that's really good of them then. I thought they liked to appear as badass mother fuckers. Bless 'em.

[Ace]

who wants to take a road trip to san francisco for the reunion????!!!!!!

In 2001, S.S. Records was formed. The label's first record was a 7” by the A Frames. Since then S.S. Records has released records by Los Llamarada, Intelligence, Cheveu, Crash Normal. Lili Z., Baby 63, Cigarettes, Frustration, The Geeks, Dan Melchior, Duchess of Saigon, Sperm Wails, Banque Allemande, XYX, Ozzie, and many others. Over the last ten years, the label has built a reputation for discovering great unknown bands, finding hidden underground music scene throughout the world, and digging up obscure and forgotten recordings.

To celebrate it’s tenth anniversary, S.S. has put together S S 1 0, a weekend of music in San Francisco. This is what we have planned:

Friday, May 20
A Frames
Cheveu
Hank IV
Charles Albright
w/ dj Mitch Cardwell
@ Bottom of the Hill, 8:30 PM

Saturday, May 21
feedtime
Lamps
Nothing People
Wounded Lion
w/ dj Ryan Wells
@ Bottom of the Hill, 8:30 PM

Sunday, May 22
The Mantles
Nar
LENS
& a record swap
@ Hemlock Tavern, 4 PM Swap, 6 PM Show

So....yes you read right: feedtime, the legendary Australian band! We got the original line up to reform just for this show! Not only is this gonna be the first time feedtime plays the US but it is the first time the original line up will have played live since 1989. And this aint no slap happy bunch of oldersters. They are as loud and excellent as ever!....What is S.S. Records without the A Frames? We gotta have them play this thing! Their string of shows last year were among there best. They rarely play and with Tommy now living in New York and Erin & Min are wrapped up in other projects, you aren't gonna get a better chance than this to catch them. Figure this to be gargantuan!...When planning this we wrote Cheveu and said "You coming to the US any time soon? If so we have a gig for you!" They said give is a date and we will be there. So from Paris they come and, man, are we glad. They are great live and keep getting better...You like the Lamps! I like the Lamps! Fuck yeah the Lamps! Lamps! Lamps! Lamps! Crush! Kill! Destroy! Modern thuggery at its best...Nothing People are one of our signature bands and they must play, so they are slithering down the valley for this one. Expect a dark pall to descend upon the city..Hank IV! Yeah not on the label but who cares? Great band! We love 'em, so we asked them to play!...Math genius Charles Albright has played a solo set once! We wanted him to make this one show two, so you get a rare appearance by our own psych-punk Pythagoras...Wounded Lion! Fuck yeah! One of the best clap happy bands around. They know how to start a party! Fuck yeah...The Mantles, can't say a god damn bad thing about them, even the sailor on bass. Fucking strum strum to heaven...That's right, you read NAR as in "Hi we're Nar N-A-R" the legendary Sacramento band, our little own NRBQ. They play maybe once every leap year, so leap!...and then we got LENS, fronted by Andy Jordan of Andy Human, Cuts, and Time Flys fame. Put on your Roxy boots! Fuck yes..and don't forget a god damn record swap! What more do you want from us? City Rock? Sure, rumor has it Mitch Cardwell, Ryan Wells and Mr S.S. himself will be spinning City Rock at a local bar the Thurday prior to kick off.

[SecondEdition]

who wants to take a road trip to san francisco for the reunion????!!!!!!

In 2001, S.S. Records was formed. The label's first record was a 7” by the A Frames. Since then S.S. Records has released records by Los Llamarada, Intelligence, Cheveu, Crash Normal. Lili Z., Baby 63, Cigarettes, Frustration, The Geeks, Dan Melchior, Duchess of Saigon, Sperm Wails, Banque Allemande, XYX, Ozzie, and many others. Over the last ten years, the label has built a reputation for discovering great unknown bands, finding hidden underground music scene throughout the world, and digging up obscure and forgotten recordings.

To celebrate it’s tenth anniversary, S.S. has put together S S 1 0, a weekend of music in San Francisco. This is what we have planned:

Friday, May 20
A Frames
Cheveu
Hank IV
Charles Albright
w/ dj Mitch Cardwell
@ Bottom of the Hill, 8:30 PM

Saturday, May 21
feedtime
Lamps
Nothing People
Wounded Lion
w/ dj Ryan Wells
@ Bottom of the Hill, 8:30 PM

Sunday, May 22
The Mantles
Nar
LENS
& a record swap
@ Hemlock Tavern, 4 PM Swap, 6 PM Show

So....yes you read right: feedtime, the legendary Australian band! We got the original line up to reform just for this show! Not only is this gonna be the first time feedtime plays the US but it is the first time the original line up will have played live since 1989. And this aint no slap happy bunch of oldersters. They are as loud and excellent as ever!....What is S.S. Records without the A Frames? We gotta have them play this thing! Their string of shows last year were among there best. They rarely play and with Tommy now living in New York and Erin & Min are wrapped up in other projects, you aren't gonna get a better chance than this to catch them. Figure this to be gargantuan!...When planning this we wrote Cheveu and said "You coming to the US any time soon? If so we have a gig for you!" They said give is a date and we will be there. So from Paris they come and, man, are we glad. They are great live and keep getting better...You like the Lamps! I like the Lamps! Fuck yeah the Lamps! Lamps! Lamps! Lamps! Crush! Kill! Destroy! Modern thuggery at its best...Nothing People are one of our signature bands and they must play, so they are slithering down the valley for this one. Expect a dark pall to descend upon the city..Hank IV! Yeah not on the label but who cares? Great band! We love 'em, so we asked them to play!...Math genius Charles Albright has played a solo set once! We wanted him to make this one show two, so you get a rare appearance by our own psych-punk Pythagoras...Wounded Lion! Fuck yeah! One of the best clap happy bands around. They know how to start a party! Fuck yeah...The Mantles, can't say a god damn bad thing about them, even the sailor on bass. Fucking strum strum to heaven...That's right, you read NAR as in "Hi we're Nar N-A-R" the legendary Sacramento band, our little own NRBQ. They play maybe once every leap year, so leap!...and then we got LENS, fronted by Andy Jordan of Andy Human, Cuts, and Time Flys fame. Put on your Roxy boots! Fuck yes..and don't forget a god damn record swap! What more do you want from us? City Rock? Sure, rumor has it Mitch Cardwell, Ryan Wells and Mr S.S. himself will be spinning City Rock at a local bar the Thurday prior to kick off.

oh my god, just in time for my birthday.

Uh... I'm REALLY thinking about it.