Catscratch

 

Punk band from Austin, Texas. Later changed their name to The Quicks.

Danielle Starry, Lia Powers, Tracey Crossett (bass, 1987 - 2004, died from an overdose at 17)       

- Taken from Discogs

unfortunately I don't know much about this band but from the short info taken from their discog page I can see this band was an early rock / punk female band, If I had to compare the band to anything I would compare them to something like CUB or the evaporators; all the band members are in their mid teens so it's kinda jangle punk you'd expect to see at a house show or garage; really digging the sound I hope I can uncover more of their music in the future, below I'm leaving scans of the inserts so you can read the lyrics and liner notes as well as see a very poor photo of the band. I also saw that they later changed their name to the quicks but I can't find anything about that band on the internet so I'm unsure of this is the only thing they released.

If anyone knows of a way to get in contact with the surviving members, please let me know I'd love to interview them or get more info to share.

      

Mwaha (2001)

1) 0:00 - Catscratch Theme

2) 1:59 - Benny

3) 6:05 - Thank You, Mom

4) 7:54 - Bananas

5) ?:?Mwaha

6) 9:51 - Good Times

7)13:04 - Mohawk Boyfriends

8)14:13 - I Won't Go

9) 15:46 - Packington's Pound

Teens and Trucks

 

"five piece screamo band from southern Huntingtown, Maryland inspired by self-hate and fleetwood mac. mostly active from april 2010-february 2011. members of joe shlabotnik, translation., and figure/ground." - LastFm

Lawrence Brooks - Drums

Jesse Buff - Guitar

Nick Cartron - Keyboard

Pierce Jordan - Vocals

Liam Fletcher - Vocals

That sums it up pretty much, short lived project from the band members featured above, They only had two releases, this being the release I'm featuring in this post called "Four Noble Goofs" it's a demo featuring an extra song of what later is on the February Demo featured on their bandcamp page which is where this photo is taken from. Unsure if the other people in this group are still making music currently besides Pierce Jordan who is a vocalist for the band Soul Glo. I hope you enjoy this mid 2000's screamo and I hope you check out Soul Glo

The Four Noble Goofs (2010)

1. I'll Never Reach Nirvana (PT. 1)
2. I'll Never Reach Nirvana (PT. 2)
3. Hell Is Knowing You're Wrong
4. Who Am I To Judge?

Soul Glo Bandcamp

Soul Glo Spotify

Mannequin Pussy (Rarities)

 

"Originally a duo comprised of childhood friends Mari

sa Dabice and Thanasi Paul, Philadelphia’s Mannequin Pussy has seen more than a few iterations over the years. After an ever-changing lineup, they found the ideal collaborators in drummer Kaleen Reading and bassist Colins Regisford (better known by his nickname, Bear)"

-LastFM

Mannequin Pussy has been a favorite of mine for several years, they play an amazing fusion of post punk ,hardcore indie rock they shred and are gonna be around for a while so get used to it; I can't recommend these people enough, they're currently signed to Epitaph but were previously on Tiny Engines record.

I'll include links below to their respective label

for the first time in a long time, enjoy listening to their debut EP , BonerJamz! (2011)

these were the only songs I could dig up but it looks like the tracks I have, aren't exactly the same as the ones featured on the cover art. I asked about it and didn't get a clear answer so who knows?

BonerJamz! (2011)

1. Dark Matter
2. Empire of Blood
3. PissDrinker
4. Peepshow of Horror

Link to Epiptaph

Link to Spotify

My Head In Clouds

My Head In Clouds was a group of young teens aged 14ish that formed around 2009 in LaGrange, Indiana by members Scott, Ozzy, Antonio, and Kyle, the played a style of screamo emo midwest music similar to that of midwest penpals and merchant ships, which makes sense as they shared band members and later members, went on to create the band Park Jefferson which is well known compared to this band, for some reason only their demo! is posted online but I managed to track down  all of their released songs which is about 5 tracks, this is their unofficial discography I hope you enjoy.

Also through reading comments left by old band members it's come to my attention that one of the members of the band, Antonio, has passed away in a motor accident sometime after the disbandment of this project, I'd like to say rest in peace to Antonio and I hope that by sharing this music and making it accessible to everyone, that people can enjoy some of the work he created and that his memory is not forgotten which is the goal of this blog; if you enjoy this music or it means something to you, please leave a comment or share with a friend. life is too short, be excellent to each other and treat your friends with love and kindness

My Head In Clouds - Discography (2010 - ?)

1.  Donut Run
2. Hey Arnold
3. Did The Rock Go To Culinary School?
4. Dome Talks With Sam Karpp
5. Donut Walk
6. Mexican Soap Operas
7. There's a Bocephus in My Closet
8. 0 Gangsta

Pirouette

 

"Founded in 2006, Pirouette is the name Scotty Leitch writes his music under. Occasionally he has a band play with him and more recently a pretty lady singing on stage (Amandas Matyas). Later incarnations of the band included members of Everyone Everywhere. " - LastFm

Sorry guys, I was asleep and forgot to post; anyway! 

What I have for you today shouldn't be new to anyone who's a fan of mid 2000's emo twinkly music that's been posted on this blog before and by Scotty Leitch, if that name sounds familiar, it could be from a number of projects such as Pirouettes, Little Pirouettes which shares members with members of Joe Shlabotnik and little kingdoms, who I haven't posted on here but if you search Joe Shlabotnik on youtube I uploaded their stuff there, 12/10, Olive Drab,  and Scott's solo project shelf life. Scotty has been making music in the philadelphia scene for years basically a grandfather in terms of music, I'm listing what I believe is to be a somewhat complete discography of Pirouette, with as much info as I have, a lot of these releases won't have album art or years but hey, they're tagged correctly so I wanna see those scrobbles.

Here is Pirouette

A Bunch of Shit No One Will Ever Hear

1. Tatt Maylor
2. Roy G Biv
3. Greeting Problems
4. North BrandyWine
5. Oom Lout
6. Please Say You Won't Forget Me
7. Lat But in Earnest
8. I Once Knew A Man Who Said
9. Calm Cool Collected
10. Do You Still Listen To Weezer
11. Season Saver
12. Dr. Bailey Syndrome
13. Rollercoaster
14. Even Zebras Roar
15. Silent Night
16. Virtruvian Man (6 -13 -09 Crackhouse)
17. The Universe Loves You

Extra Songs

1. 55,555
2. M-I-N-D-Y
3. Peaco
4. I Don't Miss You Anymore
5. The Universe Loves You and So Do I
6. There Were Cathedrals Falling Out of Your Eyes (demo)
7. This Makes Me Sad (Remix)
8. Tokyo Sushi
9. Bike Wisdom
10. Weird People

Giraffes With Wings

1. Abcdefghijklmnop
2. Stardust Not Marley
3. Mommy Can't You See The Fleas
4. Of Genius
5. Devil Town
6. Oh Em Gee
7. ClintonWasntOnABillButHeWasONe
8. Yellow Car I Called It

Jean on Jean Crime

1. I Am Nothing Without You
2. Lonely Lovers
3. Teenage Crime Wave

Light Red Pez / Acrobat

1. 55,555
2. Light Red Pez
3. I Dated an Art Student
4. Passenger Car
5. Blemmish
6. Breathing For The Both of Us
7. Hey Sara
8. As Cold as the Rest of You
9. College Kids
10. Calm, Cool, Collected
11. Giving Up For Good
12. Autistic Lines
13. Language
14. Sophmores
15. Keith Haring Would Agree
16. Streaky and Zone
17. Burning the Blue Prints
18. J. Bare

Sometimes Sad Isn't Funny

1. Pedal Faster
2. Pass in the Grass
3. Breezeway Girlfriend
4. Don'tHateMeMoreThanYouHaveTo
5. Things an Overcoat Would Say

Thinking In Subtitles

1.  Charmeleon's Ghost
2. Yellow Care I called It
3. Kiss and Tell
4. Revive
5. CJ Rough Wreath
6. Noah's Shark
7. Clinton Wasn't On A Bill But He Was One
8. Ami Jean

Pirouette Discography (All Albums Above Included)

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