Soundtrack to change.
Over Christmas I ran into some friends that I hadn’t seen in twelve or thirteen years. We talked about Take (aka Flavor Dish), our middle school band that only played one glorious concert, and about going to see our first hardcore show. More than the music, I’ll always remember the excitement of those nights. My friends and I ran from skinheads, snuck around parents, and felt apart of something bigger than us.
Those magical show moments have become less frequent as I’ve gotten older. But they still happen. Wilderness at Union Pool was great. Scout Niblett at Europa was rad. Children and Saviours at Luna Lounge destroyed.
The same’s true with records. Bands are still making good music. It didn’t all stop in 1997. I made a mix with some of my favorite songs of 2008. Download them.
1.marnie.stern-transformer.
2.ted.leo-mourning.in.america.
3.parts+labor-nowheres.nigh.
4.the.homosexuals-slow.gun.
5.jay.reatard-gamma.ray.
6.crystal.stilts-bright.night.
7.women-shaking.hand.
8.no.age-teen.creeps.
9.wilderness-own.anything.
10.woven.hand-kingdom.of.ice.
11.earth-miami.morning.coming.down.II.
12.black.mourntain-tyrants.
13.the.sword-iron.swan.
14.saviours-into.abadon.
15.nachtmystium-ghost.of.grace
