Snooper are a very cool punk band from Nashville, Tennessee who've been on the show several times but for some reason don't seem to have been on the blog. Today I'm righting that wrong.
Not sure what to correctly call them, egg punk? Devo-core? Hell, let's just settle for fast, playful and fun. If you've not come across them yet and want a starting off point then I'd recommend last year's album Super Snooper (https://snooper7.bandcamp.com/album/super-sn-per). It's an album with more than enough great tunes to make you fall in love with the band.
Their latest release will have the same effect. It's a hyper version of an early Devo song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBwmx-nt1mc). It takes the essence of the song and rips through it in under a minute. You can get it here :
There's a Facebook group called Notes From The Underground (https://www.facebook.com/groups/102638490378311/) which is frequented by a knowledgeable bunch of music obsessives and which is crammed full of weird and wonderful music bands from genres such as Egg punk, Devotional and good old hardcore. If you love music that's noisy and off the beaten track then maybe it's the group for you. This was a gem I came across on there.
The album's a blast, no song approaches the 2 minute mark but they're all inventive, upbeat and quirky. There's songs about parasites, the Mothman and the BTK. Others deal with living in society (lots of speeding guitars and la la la la's in this one) and Fake Rockstars (F-A-K-E...). Hell, stop reading and go listen to the damn thing.
This is a highlight, it's about the greatest trip, we're going all around the world....you aren't invited! Unpack Your Bags...
One of the best labels of 2017 has been Drunken Sailor Records. Possibly the most eagerly awaited release still to come this year, amongst the listeners of the Just Some Punk Songs show, is the new album by The Booji Boys. Today's update features both and throws in a superb "name your price" 21 track compilation as well.
Drunken Sailor have put out releases by many bands that have appeared on here including TV Crime, Downtown Boys, First Base, Liquids, Cheap Whine etc. They've collected together a track from each of their 2017 releases and made them available name your price here : https://drunkensailorrecords.bandcamp.com/album/2017-sampler
Go snap it up now, it's essential listening.
The new Booji Boys album is called Weekend Rocker and it'll be out in time for Christmas. From the comments I've heard it's going to be a classic. There was a very limited (17 copies!) vinyl version available to the public in October but the rest of us will have to wait a while longer to hear it. There is however a video for one of the songs, this is Sister.....
I've been hearing the term Devo-Core quite a bit recently and thought maybe it'd be an idea to try and put together a Top 10 list of bands (I ended up with 20) that seem to be getting lumped together under this tag. I also thought "is there such a thing as Devo-Core or is it just some bolloxy, flavour of the month name tossed around by people who should maybe know better?"
I've no idea, and I'm guessing many of the bands that are getting tagged with the name are thinking "we're nothing like Devo" but sod it, the A.V. Club recently ran an article on Devo-Core (http://www.avclub.com/article/exploring-weird-lo-fi-world-devo-core-249888) so I'm going to hitch a ride on the bandwagon and try and use it as an excuse to post a bunch of great songs. I saw a nice description of Devo-Core as being a beautiful melding of arty nerd-wave and hardcore punk, whatever it is, this post isn't intended to be a definitive guide, it's just an excuse to do something a little different from the usual updates.
To try and make sure I get as good a list as possible, I've enlisted the help of Global Punk Network dj Paul Jones and Richter Scale Records head honcho Lomo Steve. You can listen to Paul's saved shows (which feature many of the bands listed below) here : http://mixlr.com/paul-jones-6/showreel/ and you can check out Richter Scale here : http://richterscalerecords.limitedrun.com/. I should also point you in the direction of Jimmy who's the real authority on this kind of thing, you can check out his Youtube channel here : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmFh2l5P3ah_3gvWjkiD77w/featured
Between Paul, Steve and myself we came up with 20 bands that loosely fit this made up genre (though you can argue amongst yourselves as to whether or not they should be there). I've picked a song from each band so below you'll find a handy guide to a genre that may not actually exist that's got a name many people don't like and features a bunch of bands, most of whom sound bugger all like Devo anyway. As Lomo Steve says, "Devo-Core as a label does kinda suck. I find it quite amusing that I love all these Devo bands yet I can't stand Devo!"
