this machine kills fascists indeed.
You’ll never leave Harlan alive
Of course dark is ingredient of beauty
My dream girl is now a goth with a mohawk playing a banjo.
Probably could find some people close enough in the accoustic folk punk rock scene. Maybe not specifically mohawk & emo. But probably banjo + punk/goth aesthetic.
Libby Lux, lead singer of the Bridge City Sinners, fits the bill pretty well, but as you say, no mohawk. I feel like once you get into the folk-punk/psychobilly scene, the default is more often rockabilly greaser/pinup than punk but there’s exceptions to everything.
Edit: Also, their particular flavor of satanic folk-punk is particularly good, if you’re into that sort of thing. I think they do a pretty good job of writing catchy songs with a mashup of B-movie pulp (a la The Cramps or the Misfits), occult themes and imagery, and modern relevant topics like mental health issues and substance abuse. 9/10, highly recommend, especially their first 2 albums, the first of which has my all-time favorite version of “St. James Infirmary Blues”
didn’t know my life was missing this band until today, holy shit. thanks :)
Glad to spread the good news. I think I found them in a listicle about “the best non-metal satanic groups” along with Amigo the Devil, Twin Temple, and Dorthia Cottrell, among others.
I found a lot of good music from that list, and it wound up sending me down a three-year rabbit hole when it mentioned psych doom and stoner rock, which I had never really explored (and now stoner/doom is one of my favorite genres).
So, clearly I have pretty positive memories of that particular article; I’ll see if I can find it again, because if you like Bridge City Sinners, there’s a lot more to explore
Edit: found the link and it’s just as good as I remembered from when I first found it 3-4 years. I still listen to a lot of these bands
Edit 2: It seems like the Sinners aren’t actually in this list directly, but I have a vivid memory of discovering them through this article, so I must have dug into the “People also listen to” sections in Spotify
look i don’t know what your grudge is against my bank account, but i have $100 in strange vinyl disks being mailed to me now. please cease this witchcraft.
that article had me hooked in the first two sentenced too. and now the budos band is gonna cost me money.
ahh, jeez. If I’d known you were into vinyl, I’d have thought twice about these recommendations ;)
I have reservations about Rockabilly. Not necessarily any particular rockabilly group, but several of the people who I have met who present as Rockabilly styled were… let’s just say less than punk, progressive, forward thinking. At least one was on the verge of tradwife shit, honestly.
But thats typical to Applacian culture, right? If you dont wanna be classist, see how people compliment their background,
(some people have come a long way and still have further to go)
That’s fair. Psychobilly tends to have more punk/progressive tendencies, but like most music scenes, there’s a wide variety of people who self-identify into that group, not all of whom share the same values/politics. With Rockabilly in particular, you get considerable overlap between the nostalgia for the fashion and music of early rock’n’roll and the nostalgia for the politics and society of the same era.
Saw “Bridge City" and then read your description of them and thought, “I’m willing to bet they’re from Portland.” Checked out their web page and yup, of course they are! Dammit, I love Portland!
Libby was my first thought as well.
mohawk & emo
When did mohawks become emo-coded??? They were a staple of the punk scene in the 80’s/90’s…
banjo + punk/goth aesthetic
I thought that’s what I was describing.
I don’t think mohawks are emo-coded. I think because they’re so strongly punk-coded, it would be really hard to both have a mohawk and be perceived as emo.
finally get to reuse this meme
Woody Guthrie, 1943+
i like ska cuz it says that we should have a good time even if the world is ending 🎺🎺🎺🎺
Party at ground zero 👌
I like Woody Guthrie because he has a machine that kills fascists
Funny thing Ive been thinking about checking out sime bluegrass band tonight and then here’s a bluegrass meme! Is it one of those Message from the Universe things or one of those You Notice It Cause You’re Thinking About It things? Who can say?
Think I’ll go along tho, why not? You don’t get much bluegrass round these parts, especially… Bengali Bluegrass?
FACTS
I like music because notes and timbre.
