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[sodiummustdie]

theres three different types of people when listening to gerard sign cancer live. singing passionately + getting emotional (frank), recording (mikey), and drinking wine (ray).

[frankbedbroken]

still thinking about this album.

beyond the fact that this is the exact brand of post-hardcore and alt rock that i tend to enjoy (relationship of command by at the drive in is one of my favourite records ever and this definitely goes for that same vibe musically, also moments like zanjón de la aguada recall deftones during the saturday night wrist era), this just feels like an incredibly important album to me in terms of what's being portrayed and said throughout. cortacalles as a whole is a poignant and harsh portrait of collective trauma and anger after decades of political oppression, and it feels frighteningly relevant in a climate where fascism is rearing its head more than ever. it's a heartbreaking reminder of the atrocities committed under pinochet's dictatorship during the 70s and early 80s, but also the worryingly recent acts of repression directed at the youth, performed by law enforcers during piñera's presidency just a couple of years back. even as a non-chilean, a lot of the lyricism in this feels extremely resonant to what latin america has gone through as a whole. el barco de teseo, the album's opener, deals with what a lot of families around latin america are still suffering through: the fact of not knowing what happened to their loved ones, who from one day to the next were taken away by military forces, never to be seen again by anyone, said to be "disappeared". this theming is also present in the title track, which despite its short length manages to be one of the most heartrending moments in the whole album, the fact that lines like "¿donde crees que están mis niñitos? / la verdad es que no lo sé" (where do you think my children are? / to be honest, i don't know) manage to pack so much meaning, so much sadness and despair in the face of uncertainty, speaks volumes to eduardo pavez' skills as a songwriter. the theme of remembrance is extremely important, not just to remember the things we've experienced as oppressed societies so we're not doomed to repeat them, but to remember those who have been forcefully stripped away from us, so that they keep living in our collective memory while we head into a possibly brighter future, and to be able to protect those around us in the face of adversity lest they suffer the same fate. "arma armaduras para protegernos / y nadie bailará sobre nuestros muertos" (make armor to protect us / and nobody will dance over our dead ones). there's probably going to be a barrier for entry for a lot of people if you don't know spanish, but i feel like it's necessary for whoever listens to this album to properly understand and digest the lyrics, otherwise you are missing a key part of the experience, so keep a lyric sheet nearby in case you need it. as i said, this is, to me, an extremely important album, and one of my favourites from this year. i'm glad i came across it because it's absolutely necessary to have albums like this. it deserves all the praise it can get.

"mira la plaza pintada encima intentando borrar la caída del mito del individuo las paredes que rayamos una y otra vez recordando nuestros muertos sus rostros repetidos hasta el infinito pegados en todas las paredes nos miran sin sonrisas porque saben a donde vamos hacia adelante avanzando siempre con la porfía de la memoria por delante con la porfía de la memoria por delante" - ciudad abierta

[stripesysheaven]

im shaking hdhdhudydhs

[artsybookworms]

The Seven + Nico as things my friends have said

Nico: This whole bus is going straight to Hell.

Percy: Do you think if I put C for all the answers I’ll get at least a 25%?

Leo: (to the tune of Sweet Caroline) IIIIII wanna dieee. Bum, bum, bummmm.

Piper: I’m not Twitter famous... and I don’t appreciate it.

Hazel: Can you believe we’re nine months into September? Wait a second...

Frank: (after dropping a bowl of mashed potatoes, spilling it everywhere) Oh I love my life.

Jason: I’m gonna be straight with you... I have no idea what you just said.

Annabeth: I will destroy your existence.

[accurate-emo-quotes]

bus no. 4

frank: *leans over the top of mikey’s seat*

frank: MIKEY THE INCREDIBLES 2 IS ON NETFLIX!!!!!!!

mikey: really? *looks at phone* IT IS!!!!

[ifuckinglovestvincent]

WATCH

[rthrmrgn]

‘iasip season finale is tonight’ moods

[frankbedbroken]

frankcore june 2k25 update!

one week away from the end of the month and i haven't done this yet. good grief! somewhat even split of indie, pop and electronic stylings all around, a lot of it found through podcasts / radio shows, specifically no es computable hosted by the argentinian dj and producer mileth iman, lots of electronic-inspired music with an emphasis on synthpop and the like but with certain deviations to more straightforward techno, house, electro and jungle from time to time; there's been a lot of influence of madjestic kasual's q2 track roundup in the track selection as well as deep cuts' newsletter on albums he's been enjoying recently.

once again i'm gonna organize this based on the screencaps above cause i feel like it's less cumbersome to go through: kicks off slow and meditative with a track off the very notable hats by the blue nile, should check it out at some point cause i honestly thought it was going to be a lot funkier and brighter than the more lowkey number featured here, but i could be wrong and the album might sound completely different; on a similar wavelength, one of the newest blood orange singles pointed me in the direction of this durutti column song, group i've always Heard Of but never actually listened to, very warm and comforting track, quite apt for the upcoming (over here) spring season; similarly warm and tranquil is this nice indie pop track by the bilinda butchers, found this one through a japanese online radio by the name radio eigekai indies where you can end up finding a lot of extremely obscure music from all around the world (one that i wanted to include here but couldn't due to it not being available on streaming is the song arte y ensayo by spanish indietronica / shoegaze project sundae, also very good track); small switchup in vibe with the more nocturnal and 80s-inspired sophisti-pop of korean extraordinaire duo sumin & slom, you can almost always count on them to deliver some really standout material; one that, as mentioned above, i found through no es computable, turn-of-the-millenium indie synthpop sounds from spain, for sure a signature sound over there that has proved to be enduring and extremely influential over the years, this one in a more lowkey and almost downtempo fashion; a cut of the most recent album from post-rock/folk outfit caroline, an album that i should definitely get to sooner rather than later if tracks like the one featured here alongside caroline polachek or the track coldplay cover (unrelated to coldplay, not actually a cover) are any indication, beautiful harmonies and airy guitar-led instrumentation galore; to wrap up, a couple of dancier cuts: on the one hand, the signature funk revivalism as put through a filter of bedroom pop and lo-fi idioms you've already come to expect from nourished by time if you've delved into his stuff, with impossibly groovy instrumentation and forlorn emotionality in its lyricism ("i say: i love you! you say: whatever!"); on the other, from saint etienne, another revivalist cut but this time heading deep into the alternative dance sound of the 90s, very inspired by the frantic rhythms of big beat courtesy of tim rowlands from the chemical brothers on production, i'm more often than not, not a fan of music that actively forces me to be happy, but there's something about this track that sticks the landing for me and works well in its goal of creating this contagiously bright and cheerful energy.

the second third keeps things dancy as well: kicks off with a track from electronic r&b experimentalist vikter duplaix with an appropriate name, as it blends playful crooning with ondulating and glitchy synthwork; in a similar vein, though in a more modern nu-disco revival fashion, a spectacularly bouncy track from sam gellaitry which to my surprise has been going viral on tiktok and youtube shorts and the like, albeit in a slowed+reverb form; a newly-released product era SOPHIE track that i was not familiar with until its recent release (i've never been one to obsess over or deliberately seek out unreleased tracks unless it just so happens to come my way), very much in line with the brighter and poppier stylings of tracks like nothing left to say or just like we never said goodbye; in a bit of a mood change, a recent track from quinn heading deeper into a cloudy sample-heavy direction with impossibly catchy vocal melodies carrying lyricism filled with dread and paranoia; one more on the indie side of things, from newcomer operelly, delivering a mellow yet bittersweet slice of bedroom pop with wispy vocals and light guitar work; bit of a darker number from dk7, a joint project between techno producers jesper dahlback and mark o'sullivan, heading into a synthpop direction with downbeat atmospheres and despondent vocal delivery; keeping in tune with the synth-based direction but in a scrappier fashion, one of the most iconic tracks from german new wave act grauzone, with jagged-edged guitars colliding with analog synths and hollered vocals; closing things out in this third, back into the dancefloor side of things with a new track from forever favourites ivy lab, with their most effective dabbling into east coast club sounds to date, led by an instantly recognizable sample and pounding drum grooves.

and onto the last third: still on dance tempos, old-school electro grooves from james stinson's (aka the other people place, half of drexciya) sideproject elecktroids, i need to get more into electro and detroit techno in general, it's the most i enjoy anything techno related; another month, another track from pinkpantheress featured on the roundup, i'm very predictable, what can i say, she's also consistent in delivering solid pop tunes with uk garage influences and that also helps; somewhat garage-adjacent but decidedly less pop, from imperieux, strong shuffling uk bass grooves laying the groundwork for erratic, clanking and distorted synths, disorienting and haunting yet extremely hardhitting; starting to up the tempo, i'm always a sucker for liquid dnb and pop crossover, and i've been also eagerly awaiting a proper full-length project from james k in the vein of her most recent singles, and as luck would have it, she's definitely delivering some really good stuff, ethereal yet very impactful and surely a good sign of what's to come for the album; keeping things pop with more of a spanish indie slant, a track from seminal synthpop duo astrud, with strong, high-tempo electronics and playful and slightly ironic lyricism; for more pop from spanish speaking countries, a collab between two of the most promising pop acts in argentina, terra and juana rozas, the latter of which has already been featured on these roundups a few months back with her excellent most recent album, but don't sleep on terra either, i'm always interested in very unique and particular vocal stylings and she delivers with ease, and on this track, alongside the pc music-adjacent production from producer cimarron, both of them have great chemistry and are able to create a very infectious, addictive tune; doing a hard left into more instrumental stuff once again, pitch-dark minimal drum and bass from djrum, who you may have been seeing make the rounds for delivering some potent idm influenced by classical music on his most recent album, but at the moment i'm more partial towards some of his previous material, more straightforward in structure but no less adventurous in terms of sound imo; for something a bit more conventional, but worth the listen all the same, a skittering and booming trap instrumental from ssaliva featuring these larger-than-life-sounding synth lines, admittedly simple but very addictive all the same; closing things off once again with spanish indiepop, with this number from meteosat here being more uptempo and as such having a more outwardly punk flare than some other tontipop i've heard, while still keeping the lighthearted and cheeky lyricism you can expect from that scene.

and that about wraps it up for this month, tube it!