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The dream syndicate, “tell me when it’s over”

There aren’t many bands or songs out there you can point to and say “this changed my life” but this band and song did. It contains one of the dirtiest guitar licks ever recorded, an earworm of melody and noise. They helped me discover the Velvet Underground 🍌(and kick-started the so-called Paisley Underground movement that gave birth to the Bangles among others). My band could even play this song and it sounded BOSS (not every cover did, ha). So simple anyone could play it; but only THEY could write it. I wrote about the PaIsley Underground years later for Magnet: https://magnetmagazine.com/2001/05/18/one-nation-underground-the-story-of-the-paisley-underground/ God bless Steve Wynn and Co 🎶 this one's still a keeper many decades later.

@coreydubrowa

Apr 10, 2024

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'dork rock cork rod' by the ergs

If you're anything like me (a weakling from New Jersey filled with angst and anxiety) this was a very important album growing up. I remember finding it around like 8th grade or Freshman year of high school and becoming absolutely obsessed. In my sheltered New Jersey punk mind I thought the Ergs were as big as The Beatles. I just remembered the album today and am realizing people might not actually know about it. So if you're into punky, fun, poppy sad songs from 2004 check it out.

@will

STAFF

Apr 5, 2024

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NICK CARTER’s adlib at 2:34

i can’t stress this enough- one of my absolute favorite moments in all of recorded music. the impact how he chose to sing this line is, to me, unreal. idk music theory like i should, plz correct me if i’m wrong af here, but he ends on what i believe we’d call a run of descending leading tones, a decision that is somehow both melodic and harmonic, somehow both boyishly nasal and hugely epic. to be clear, i do not mean his massive moment that carries us through to key change. while epic, this is not where he ultimately gets me. i’m specifically and exclusively referring to “don’t wanna hear you say” at 2:34. also, to end on one of my only spicy takes, i think it’s worth noting that there’s no real debate to be had in the category of “bsb vs. n’sync.” don’t let jt’s talent and the cultural tidal wave of “bye bye bye” fool you, bsb always had the songs, bsb always had the rizz, bsb always had and will always have my vote, and i will gladly throw digital hands with any n’sync stans who wanna get scrappy.

@buyingfireworks

Mar 7, 2025

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impossible question

but prob god only knows by the beach boys a few others that are in the conversation: one headlight - the wallflowers transatlanticism - death cab beach life in death / famous prophets - car seat headrest aaaaaaand im gonna stop there because this is going to quickly become MY favorite songs of all time... whoops...

@t_failz

Nov 27, 2024

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layers layers layers

my biggest tip is to get thermal shirts that you can wear under everything. other than that, lets hit a thrift when we're back in town tg

@t_failz

Nov 26, 2024

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fall out muthafuckin boi

top five band of all time for me. fuck it, top three probably. cant pick just one, here’s my list: - the after life of the party (CUT IT LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE) - from now on we are enemies (those chorus drums hit so hard) - tell that mick (so fun on guitar) - shipped gold standard (one of my favorite riffs ever) - the take over the breaks over (see above and above) - the patron saint of liars and fakes (WELL I STILL KNOW THE WAY TO MAKE YOUR MAKEUP RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN) - kids aren’t alright / fourth of july (just makes me so nostalgic and reminds me of my best friends from high school) - love from the other side (omg. when this dropped i almost fell to my knees listening on the way to class. those opening guitars hit me like a fucking WALL and while i didn’t love the rest of the album i was so hyped on new fob for the rest of that semester) - disloyal order (BOYYYYYYCOTTTTTT LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEE) - tiffany blews (whaddup lil wayne) - 20 dollar nose bleed (so quirky so different, fuck brendon urie but this one is so fun) - headfirst slide (the GROOVE) - the music or the misery (ITS TRUE ROMANCE IS DEAD, I SHOT IT IN THE CHEST AND IN THE HEADDDDDDDDDD) - ginasfs (lovelovelovelove) - doldrums (the whole back half of IOH is just <33333333) - cork tree (the entire thing. i think other than dookie this was my first favorite album and i fall more in love with it every day) im definitely missing a dozen or so but idk it’s been ~10 years and i still haven’t grown out of them, love fob so so so so much i could talk about them 5ever <3

@t_failz

Nov 26, 2024