tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post5266759135980898448..comments2023-11-05T11:43:04.344+00:00Comments on Hardcore for Nerds: Swing Kids - Discography (Reasons to be Emo #140 & #366)gabbagabbaheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07764368059568550318noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-61726062492987844982008-11-30T23:21:00.000+00:002008-11-30T23:21:00.000+00:00Swing Kids reunion is happening. Saturday May 9th...Swing Kids reunion is happening. <BR/><BR/>Saturday May 9th 2009 at The Glasshouse (San Diego)<BR/>Burning Fight Book Release and Benefit Show<BR/><BR/>Unbroken<BR/>Undertow<BR/>Swing Kids<BR/>Jenny Piccolo<BR/>Threadbare<BR/>Fast Forward<BR/><BR/>NO bands will be paid.<BR/>ALL money after expenses will go to charityDrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741631974511650441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-24803599348638069112008-09-02T13:11:00.000+01:002008-09-02T13:11:00.000+01:00I expanded on my choices a bit here: http://hardco...I expanded on my choices a bit here: http://hardcorefornerds.blogspot.com/2008/08/shape-of-punk-to-come-2001-2007-mixtape.html<BR/><BR/>and those six records are just as important to me, anyway, as Refused (and definitely more so than ATDI, since I never liked what they did)gabbagabbaheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764368059568550318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-17876289197109429522008-09-02T11:18:00.000+01:002008-09-02T11:18:00.000+01:00hi, I would never doubt that a lot of fantastic ha...hi, I would never doubt that a lot of fantastic hardcore records has been released after swing kids, refused and ATDI, but none with that importance. for example the hot water music album: in my opinion "forever and counting" from 1998 (uh, it seems to be THE year ;-)) is their more important record and the follow-ups offer nothing new. but that is just my personal opinion and I think there are some important facts for every single view (how old, how long been into hc, how much hc records known... etc) and a 16 year old kid today might have a total other view on itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-48568808425627124722008-08-22T16:51:00.000+01:002008-08-22T16:51:00.000+01:00san diego is a popular destination for Irish stude...san diego <I>is</I> a popular destination for Irish student travellers. but probably a few thousand miles too far to go for one show.gabbagabbaheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764368059568550318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-80781946514315627922008-08-22T15:56:00.000+01:002008-08-22T15:56:00.000+01:00i thought you would like to know, that according t...i thought you would like to know, that according to Jose Palofax, it looks as if Swing Kids will be doing a one-time reunion show next year in San Diego. This is plenty of warning, you have time to save up money and get your passport ready, because when it happens, it's going to be an event.sweet baby jaysushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12071895064238959824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-46700863471744475172008-08-21T21:38:00.000+01:002008-08-21T21:38:00.000+01:00hey, thanks.most of my appreciation of Swing Kids ...hey, thanks.<BR/><BR/>most of my appreciation of Swing Kids comes from the fact that I hadn't heard anything comparable before them; but that was because I had a generally limited view of punk and hardcore, not so much that I was following the progression of the genre and waiting for something new. If you can understand that distinction, it's also why I don't share your concern <I>too</I> much.<BR/><BR/>A list of records off the top of my head, that are equal to SK in my musical biography:<BR/><BR/>Hot Water Music - A Flight and a Crash (2001)<BR/>Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas (2002)<BR/>Envy - A Dead Sinking Story (2002) and Insomniac Doze (2006)<BR/>La Quiete - La Fine non é la Fine (2004)<BR/>Ampere/Sinaloa - split (2006)<BR/><BR/>and this year (the first I've really been avidly following new music), contenders could include - Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness; Shooting at Unarmed Men - Triptych; ...Who Calls So Loud, s/t.<BR/><BR/>plus many other releases from any of the abovementioned bands. And that's just hardcore, of course. Not sure how many of those references are universally valid, but they're what jumps out at me.gabbagabbaheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764368059568550318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-56524669191153304102008-08-21T21:18:00.000+01:002008-08-21T21:18:00.000+01:00hi gabbagabbahey,congratulations!! another fine bl...hi gabbagabbahey,<BR/><BR/>congratulations!! another fine blog with its first birthday, may a lot more follow.<BR/><BR/>and again a wonderfull post about a great band, I really can´t find the right words to describe the influence Swing Kids had on my musical biography. and sadly I have to say that I don´t see any bands in the hardcore scene in the last years, that had or might have this impact. it has become a stagnating music, the last great innovations are years ago, if I had to tell what are the last important records I would say Refused´s "shape of punk to come" and At the Drive-In´s "In/Casino/out" record, both from 1998!! <BR/><BR/>a lot of great records followed from different bands, but no one was really ground breaking. or didn´t I recognized them??!?<BR/><BR/>keep on blogging on that high level, greetings from urbanologyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-17381271694676069522008-08-18T13:09:00.000+01:002008-08-18T13:09:00.000+01:00good for you. seriouslygood for you. seriouslygabbagabbaheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764368059568550318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-73985682541305420872008-08-18T06:19:00.000+01:002008-08-18T06:19:00.000+01:00swing kids changed my life.swing kids changed my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-77926568085973276442008-08-15T22:44:00.000+01:002008-08-15T22:44:00.000+01:00yeah, thanks Jared. really good list, I'm sure it'...yeah, thanks Jared. really good list, I'm sure it'll be amazing after the 'overhaul'. I notice it doesn't actually include Swing Kids at the moment ;)<BR/><BR/>cretin - Bivouac is good, personally though I'm all for the more polished Jawbreaker. See Reason to be Emo #100: http://hardcorefornerds.blogspot.com/2008/05/reasons-to-be-emo-100-jawbreaker-dear.html<BR/><BR/>as four Fourfa not being a complete list, I think it's something he himself stated several times on his site. I was going to go into more detail on how, from the historical/academic standpoint I come from, it's a process of synthesis - one person produces a list, another produces a more complete and/or qualitatively different one, and so on... there'll never be the 'correct' vision of emo music, just like there isn't one correct version of any history.gabbagabbaheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764368059568550318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-5053467878577122732008-08-15T22:37:00.000+01:002008-08-15T22:37:00.000+01:00I just burnt 15 minutes easy looking at that list,...I just burnt 15 minutes easy looking at that list, really good stuff. nice to see some love for Bivouac as well, because even though it isn't emo in the traditional sense, it really gets overshadowed by Jawbreaker's later stuff and doesn't get the credit it deserves.cretinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16350335348193490422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-52930708944106761762008-08-15T21:59:00.000+01:002008-08-15T21:59:00.000+01:00excellent write up.on fourfa not being a complete ...excellent write up.<BR/><BR/>on fourfa not being a complete history. i've been working on a list slowly for the past couple of months. you can see it mostly laid out here..<BR/><BR/>http://rateyourmusic.com/list/pixiesfanyo/a_how_to_guide_to_emotional_hardcoreJared Dillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201058641230822895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-10487224766023613592008-08-15T21:32:00.000+01:002008-08-15T21:32:00.000+01:00just my thought. About to add in a section on it n...just my thought. About to add in a section on it now.gabbagabbaheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764368059568550318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-78964445878544610172008-08-15T21:28:00.000+01:002008-08-15T21:28:00.000+01:00great record. "forty three seconds" is especially ...great record. "forty three seconds" is especially fantastic.<BR/><BR/><EM>but this doesn't even make sense<BR/>well, that's just the point</EM>cretinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16350335348193490422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-46586268192257417142008-08-15T12:49:00.000+01:002008-08-15T12:49:00.000+01:00Yank Crime from ZAFP: http://www.megaupload.com/?d...Yank Crime from ZAFP: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CHU0M71S<BR/><BR/>I never actually uploaded a vinyl rip of theirs.gabbagabbaheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764368059568550318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305962566578166600.post-61530502391713521062008-08-15T02:04:00.000+01:002008-08-15T02:04:00.000+01:00I love a lot the Swing Kids.Anybody have more vide...I love a lot the Swing Kids.Anybody have more videos of the band aside from youtube? I really want to see more of them.<BR/><BR/>Gabba you can reupload the Drive Like Jehu's vinyl rip?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com