Krill

 

KRILL FOREVER KRILL FOREVER KRILL FOREVER

Krill was a punk / post punk / DIY / fucking awesome band formed in 2010 and ending in 2015 with the band members as follows: Jonah Furman - Vocals / bass, Aaron Ratoff - Guitar, and Luke Pyenson - Drums.

I can't tell you how much I love and admire this band, these guys did DIY the right way, making music that is meaningful and thought provoking through ear blasting music that hits you in your chest, they also donated to multiple non profits throughout the band's lifetime and are advocates for equality and it shows through their lyrics as well as their actions.

these guys unfortunately broke up in 2015 as said above but they are still Boston legends and have a huge cult following surrounding them. I can't remember off the top of my head too much info about the members besides the obvious one that Jonah is the younger brother of Ezra Furman (yes the one you're thinking of), Ezra Furman of Ezra Furman and the Harpoons which is another phenomenal band I most likely won't be covering on this blog. Luke Pyenson is now the drummer of Frankie Cosmos which is notable and also cool.

below I'm including Krill's Discography as well as a spotify link to their new band "Knot" which shares the same members, with the exception of Luke.

Enjoy! Especially Lucky Leaves which is my fav album by them; and don't forget ....

KRILL FOREVER KRILL FOREVER KRILL FOREVER KRILL FOREVER

Alam no Hris (2012)

1. Dumbass In A Pair Of Shorts

2. Piranha Girl

3. 32 Teeth

4. Kyle

5. Solitaire

6. Slug

7. Kissipaw

8. I Am The Cherry

9. Sick Dogs (For Jake)

10. Self-Hate Will Be The Death Of Youth Culture

11. Wet Dog

12. Coolant

13. Maximal Being

Lucky Leaves (2013)

1. Theme From Krill

2. Never A Joke

3. Sick Dogs (For Ian)

4. Purity Of Heart

5. This Morning

6. My Boy

7. Opressor

8. Street Level

9. Tetherball

10. Infinite Power

11. Theme From Kill (Reprise)

Steve Hears Pile in Malden And Bursts Into Tears (2014)

1. Steve Hears Pile in Malden And Bursts Into Tears

2. Sweet Death

3. Turd

4. Unbounded Nameless Future

5. Fresh Pond

Krill / LVL UP/ Ovlov/ Radiator Hospital (2014 split)

1. Krill - Peanut Butter

2. LVL UP - Big Snow

3. Ovlov - Ohmu Shell

4. Radiator Hospital - Half Empty

5. Radiator Hospital - Now & Then

WOBC - LFSB 013: Krill (Live album 2014)

1. Steve Hears Pile in Malden And Bursts Into Tears

2. Sweet Death

3. Turd

4. Unbounded Nameless Future

5. Fresh Pond

A Distant Fist Unclenching (2015)

1. Phantom 

2. Foot

3. Fly

4. Torturer

5. Tiger

6. Mom

7. Squirrels

8. Brain Problems

9. It Ends

Krill (2016)

1. Meat 

2. Jubilee

3. The Void

4. Happy 

5. Billy

Songs Of Solidarity (Compilation) (2020)

1. Becky (previously unreleased Krill song)

Bandcamp

Spotify

Knot Bandcamp (new band

Knot Spotify 

The Male Gaze (PH)

 

They wear girl scout outfits when they perform, How cool is that?!!?

I don't know much about this band as they aren't very active in this project (more on that later) and have only ever officially released this split with P-iple; which I cannot find anything on them either so I consider this a possible two for one discog? The reason why I'm not listing P-iple on the title is because I know they have a couple of independent songs away from this split but I'm unsure of their entire discog, so for the sake of neatness consider this a TMG discog with a bonus

I'm not quit sure where to start when talking about this band so I think I'll just throw out some fun facts and random information The Male Gaze (TMG, not to be confused with the garage band Male Gaze) is a band from Manila, Philippines that is fronted by Mich Dulce and while that name might sound familiar for her more media heavy projects like being a fashion designer and also being a contestant on the celebrity version of the Pinoy big brother ; she has also been a member of previous riot grrl, feminist inspired bands such as "Death by Tampon" (love that name) and "Us - 2, Evil - 0".

   

If you couldn't tell already this band is heavily heavily inspired by other feminist, DIY, groups that have come before them such as Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, Bratmobile and Sleater-Kinney ; so if you're a fan of those bands or of the feminist, garage punk genre in general I highly recommend this band; another noteworthy member is Maria Reodica who is in the bands "The Buildings" (also very good band, different genre completely might add them later) and "Brain Twins". They love poking jabs at societal norms and give a big middle fingers in the face of those who are against rights for all and universal equality, I'm including a short interview done with CNN Philippines which is a recommended watch if you want to know a little more about them or their band's ideology; only about 3 minutes long so give it a listen

For your listening pleasure, The Male Gaze / P-iple

The Male Gaze / P-iPLE - The Boss of Me / Oh, My Goodness! (2019)

1. The Male Gaze - The Boss of Me

2. Commander Salamander 

3. The Male Gaze - Someday

4. P-iPLE - Oh, My Goodness!

5. P-iPLE - Don't Lie , Stage Girl

6. P-iPLE - Frankensteiner

Dazey and The Scouts

 

 

"Dazey and the Scouts started off as nothing more than an ephemeral live set phenomenon. Whispers of their performative glory wafted amidst Boston punks’ cigarette smoke; far off-cries of F***, Marry, Kill were heard emanating from a nearby basement. In answering the studio-dweller’s inquiry as to who this unapologetically third-wave feminist four piece was and what they sounded like.

austin corona - drums

lea jaffe - vocals, guitar

otto klammer - vocals, bass

brennan wedl - vocals, guitar" - LastFM

I got into these guys sometime around 2018 if I remember right, they were exactly what I needed, punk / garage sounds and vocals plus lyrics that don't take themselves too seriously; lyrically they remind me of some music you make with your friends to pass the time; kinda like Rozwell kid imo but I know that isn't even close to describe them.

I don't know much about them as they made an album and left almost right after (in typical DIY fashion), the only things I do know are Austin (drums) was in a Santa Cruz, Ca band called "Subpar" (small world) and is making lofi music under the name "Lilacs", as for the other members they all have either solo projects or full band projects with sporadic releases, I might add their solo projects later but I just wanted to get this post out ASAP

I hope to have these guys perform soon again live, FUCK 2020 WE WANT HOUSE SHOWS!

Favorite Track : Wet

Maggot (2017)

1. Groan

2. Wet

3. James Deen You Let Us Down

4. Sad Boys

5. Maggot

6. Sweet Cis Teen

7. Nice Nice