#ft some of my favorite punk bands

[shawnaise]

the icons as per my poll results!! punk rock!psych pfps!!! feel free to use them however you’d like! (also shawn’s is riot girrl themed to further my riot girrl shawn agenda)

[starlightkun]

sugarcoated brain [teaser]

⏯ teaser word count: 723 | full fic: 13.7k ⏯ genre: punk band frontman!shotaro, venue manager!reader, shotaro is whipped, reader is emotionally unavailable, is it a slowish burn or is it angst?, whatever it is ur reading a starlightkun fic so there’s a happy ending :), ft. eunseok/sungchan/wonbin as shotaro’s bandmates welcome back boys & wayv as reader’s coworkers ⏯ warnings: not necessarily a warning but since i do generally avoid describing the reader’s appearance in my fics, i wanted to give a heads up—reader works at a punk/alternative concert venue and is generally in/around that scene. reader is mentioned and/or implied to have some tattoos and piercings (other than earlobes) ⏯ extra info: set in the same universe as filler episodes, but u don’t need to read that in order to understand this one, filler eps!sungchan and sugarcoated!shotaro r just in the same band! also the title is from a 5sos song lol ⏯ estimated release: saturday, november 16, 2024 3:00 p.m. eastern time

“Is that sanitary?” Eunseok’s voice announced Roses for Eyes’ arrival that particular afternoon, as you sat atop the bar counter, scrolling on your phone in one of your few moments of peace and quiet around Venue:Hell.

“Kiss my ass, Eunseok,” you replied without even looking up.

“Yeah, I’ll get in line,” he retorted, making Sungchan and Wonbin laugh.

That finally prompted you to slide your gaze up, just in time to see the three of them laughing over by the stage as Shotaro flipped them all off over his shoulder, making his way towards you. He had two cups in one hand, one with a bright green straw in it, and the other without a straw, and you saw that the other three band members each had a plastic cup with a straw sticking out of them as well. You silently watched Shotaro approach, raising an eyebrow at him once he’d stopped in front of you.

“We were getting boba on our way here, and thought we’d grab you one, too.” His cheeks were a bright pink as he held the unopened cup out to you, and fished a packaged purple straw out from the front pocket of his black jean jacket.

“Who’s this ‘we’ that you’re talking about?” You asked humorously. “They all apparently think getting me boba is kissing my ass.”

Shotaro straightened up, puffing his chest out. “Actually, yeah. Fuck ‘em. I got you one because I thought it’d be nice to get you one too since you do so much for us every week. It’s uh-It’s honey milk tea, because I didn’t know what flavor you liked.”

“Thank you, Shotaro.” You accepted the cup and straw from him graciously, to a chorus of snickers from the spectators on the other side of the floor. “Honey milk tea is more than acceptable.”

“But it’s not your favorite?”

“I don’t have a favorite.” You set the cup on the bartop beside you to stab the straw into it.

“You—Hey, are those mine?” He seemed to have finally noticed the sunglasses perched atop your head.

“What? These?” You teased, tapping the plastic accessory arm on one side of your head.

“I was looking for those today!”

You took them off, offering them out towards him. “You left them here last week.”

Shotaro took the glasses just to turn them right back around, take a step closer to you, and place them back on your head, a fond smile on his face as he did so. “I think you look better in them, actually. You can hold onto them for a little longer.”

You swallowed, your chest suddenly feeling too tight for your heart, and six eyes suddenly feeling like way too many to be in the room with you two right now. You chuckled, trying to keep up the congenial tone as you once more pulled them off. This time, you folded the arms and tucked the sunglasses into Shotaro’s jacket pocket for him. “Thanks, Shotaro, but I can’t take your sunglasses. They’re really rockstar sunglasses anyway, not for someone like me.”

At that moment, you grabbed your boba tea and hopped off the bar, scooting out from between him and the counter. You avoided looking at the others, beelining for the back office.

When Shotaro had to come get his in-ears from you just a few minutes later, you gave him the same pleasant smile as usual, handing him the case. “Here you go.”

“Thanks.” He tapped the case against his palm, the sound dampened by the fingerless gloves he was wearing that day. “What did you mean? When you said someone like you.”

“Wh—About the sunglasses?” You’d hardly expected him to confront you about that comment at all, much less alone now, just you and him in the office, no peanut gallery. While six eyes had felt like too many, this felt far too intimate. You somehow felt more exposed than before. “Like I said—They’re cool rockstar sunglasses, that’s what you are. You should wear them you know, up on stage, being all cool and stuff. I’m crew; no point in me wearing them while I’m sitting back here where nobody can see them.”

He frowned, but thankfully didn’t try to give them to you again. “I think you’re cool, Y/N.”

With that, he left the office.

⤷ masterlist

[l0vem41l]

the passenger princess playlists

「 tws + notes: no tws, unedited, probably ooc, self-indulgent because we have fun here, author's taste in music is utter shit 」

「 gn!reader, can be platonic or romantic <3 」

↳ ft. these stupid parasites that keep infecting my brain aka bruce wayne,clark kent, jason todd, tim drake, and stephanie brown

author's note: THEY ARE THE PASSENGER PRINCESS!!!! WHY???? because if i projected my music taste on the reader insert we would have many issues. im not THAT self indulgent w/ my stuff i say, posting hcs of character's music tastes based on my own

you decide that it's time to show how much you trust them.

"hey," you mutter, eyes still on the road, fingers absentmindedly drumming on the wheel. "...you can have the aux cord, by the way."

▸ BRUCE doesn't even take it at first. he usually prefers to drive in complete silence himself, so he lets you handle the music. he's pretty nonchalant about what you play, indifferent to most music as long as it doesn't make his ears bleed.

the first time he takes the offer and plays something he personally enjoys, it's pretty straightforward: his main genres are classical, jazz, and dad rock. like... a lot of dad rock. he can read the room er, car?? well enough to know that the classical and jazz songs he listens to aren't exactly driving playlist material. and yes something in the way by nirvana will be played battison i fucking love you

BRUCE's songs include: ♡ she sells sanctuary by the cult ♡ something in the way by nirvana ♡ 1979 by the smashing pumpkins

▸ CLARK is more than happy to share his music! he's always been excited to hear whatever you jam out to and is pretty open to different genres. he definitely finds favorites of his that match the energy of your car playlists. doesn't wanna play anything that's too much of a bummer though, mainly because driving with you has such good vibes!!! he can't ruin that :( unless your in some sorta mood to be upset. then he's got some stuff aka a lot of elliot smith and jeff buckley

he finds a lot to love in all sorts of genres. it's a mix of stuff that he grew up listening to with his parents, stuff that he found on his own from artists he enjoys, and stuff you introduced him to. his music taste is just a mosaic of love for the people around him.

CLARK's songs include: ♡ it's been a long, long time by harry james and his orchestra ♡ cupid by sam cooke ♡ real love baby by father john misty

▸ if there's someone who's going to criticize music without sharing his full music taste? it's JASON. he's actually not mean but he'll make comments which give the impression that he thinks he'd be better with the aux. like bro ask for the aux normally. REMIND HIM WHO'S HOLDING THE WHEEL. YOU BETTER PRAY THAT THE VOTERS ARE IN YOUR FAVOUR WHEN WE DRIVE INTO THIS TELEPHONE POLE

when you give him the aux privileges he's secretly overjoyed. he likes a lot of different genres, rock, metal, indie rock, some punk... but don't ruin his mood by pointing out his music taste is vaguely inspired by bruce's. or make fun of him for listening to sleep token. obviously he likes listening to chill music too— but for a drive? it's gotta be loud and fast. secretly gets happy when you like the songs he plays. the validation gives him a quiet sort of joy.

JASON's songs include: ♡ knives out by radiohead ♡ goddamn these hands by the taxpayers ♡ custer by slipknot

▸ TIM is pretentious about music, but he doesn't intend to be. he's proud of his taste to the point where he's beyond spotify wrapped and stats.fm. i firmly believe he's made his own software to track the music he's listening to and it's thorough. that being said, he really doesn't mind listening to your music. he likes giving recommendations based off of the songs you play in the car.

tim adores branching out into different genres, and the more obscure it is, the more he likes it. given, he's also into some pretty known and loved bands. car seat headrest. radiohead. slaughter beach, dog. the minute you hand him the aux, he's trying to put you on his favourites. a lot of indie. like... so much indie. and midwest emo... american football WILL be played. he also unfortunately cannot hide his love for the pinkerton album.

TIM's songs include: ♡ never meant by american football ♡ oh! starving by car seat headrest ♡ tragic girl by weezer

▸ STEPHANIE is so cool. i've seen swiftie headcanons but guys... pop punk princess stephanie brown is too real. pop punk, alternative rock, riot grrrl— all that stuff. probably got aux privileges before you even gave her permission, she just started queuing up her songs with yours.

when she gets full control, she already has a playlist ready for the drive. it's kind of all over the place, but the vibes are great. you will go from mommy long legs to chappell roan and then to whatever recession pop artist she's into that week. steph is also a big fan of evanescence, kittie, and hole. those in specific are heavily headcanon-y but i feel like she'd appreciate them.

STEPHANIE's songs include: ♡ misery business by paramore ♡ cherry scented by jack off jill ♡ gimmie brains by bratmobile

▸ what are you listening to? you don't know but CASS seems happy at least. when you gave her aux privileges, she didn't really know what to do. she ended up just picking her favourite songs out of your usual playlists.

eventually, she gets excited by the prospect of sharing what she usually listens to and it's... something. so here's the thing: she listens to a lot of ambient noise. like, things that people usually sleep to. you once drove around for half an hour listening to nothing but the noises of rustling leaves and chirping birds through your speakers. and she was happy.

she listens to a lot of music where there's not a lot of lyrics most of the time, but tends to listen to some of stephanie's music as well— usually the more mellow side.

CASS' songs include: ♡ relaxing tranquil day in the forest by nature sounds ♡ healing ritual by whatever, dad ♡ to violet by adrianne lenker

part two... potentially??? lmk which character's you'd want ^_^

— reblogs always appreciated!

[yourbrothersboyfriend]

★ INTRO !! ★

my name is Oliver and i am unfortunately just like other guys -

- i like bad poems, cannibalism as a metaphor for love, being some sort of atheistic satanist, romanticizing smoking, being homosexual, fucking the patriarchy and standing in the rain.

[i am also not original.]

no music, no life, so my current favourite songs are Dagger by Slowdive and Teen Age Riot by Sonic Youth. here are some of my favourite albums by my favourite bands :

tl;dr i have kimya dawson and slipknot in the same playlist. maybe some kate bush too if the sun comes up a bit earlier than usual

i also play drums in a super kewl super awesome rock-ish punk-ish we-don't-know-what-we're-doing band.

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i'm a huge fan of any movie that will leave me sobbing or confused. or maybe both. queer relationship between two characters set in the 50s/60s but one of them ends up dying? sign me the FUCK up

but seeing a 6 ft tall man in a bunny rabbit suit is also just alright. if i ever do anything strange, frank told me to do it

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buy me either the monster ultra white or the original monster w/o sugar and you'll get a sloppy wet kiss right on the forehead, from me to you, passionately.

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uhh yea i play sally face. a very kewl, super awesome, super great yippie-ka-yay-motherfucker game that totally didn't make me cry first time i played it.

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maybe you’ll stick around or maybe you won’t. throw an apple at the doctor or what ever they say. i post poems sometimes

OTHER SOCIALS :

[weirdasizzie]

Tiger & Bunny Mixtapes

This is something a little different and I actually made these months ago, but here is a mix of songs I thought fit the main cast of Tiger & Bunny. Either songs I headcanon that are special to them, or songs they simply love to dance to. It's a mix of songs I personally enjoy that I found fitting and some songs and/or bands the characters canonically listen to (mostly for Kotetsu). If you have any songs you feel represent these characters or playlists you've made, please feel free to link me, I'd love to listen to what other people come up with. ^^ I have some ideas for other character's themes i.e Agnes, Kaede, etc. but not full playlists (yet). Here's all songs and the links to the playlists on YouTube for anyone interested:

Kotetsu

Highway Call – Dickey Betts

Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede

Sunshine Special – Elvin Bishop

Get Up, Stand Up – Bob Marley and the Wailers (Kotetsu’s Theme)

We Are The People – Empire Of The Sun (Song for Barnaby)

Come and Get Your Love – Redbone

Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses

Falling for the First Time – Barenaked Ladies

Pass The Dutchie – Musical Youth

Nothing From Nothing – Billy Preston

Not Ready To Make Nice – The Chicks

Glitter Queen – Hydra

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Song for Kaede)

Come And Go Blues – The Allman Brothers Band (Song for Tomoe)

Barnaby

The Only Exception – Paramore (Song for Kotetsu)

As the World Caves In – Matt Maltese (Barnaby’s Theme)

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John

All My Favorite Songs – Weezer ft. AJR

The Great Gig In The Sky – Pink Floyd

Way Less Sad – AJR

All My Friends – Counting Crows

Fertile Rondo – Julie Nathanson

Little Dark Age – MGMT

Blossom and Blood – Midnight Oil

To Cut A Long Story Short – Spandau Ballet

Expert In A Dying Field – The Beths

Wicked Little Town – Stephen Trask

Clarity – Vance Joy

Karina

Groovejet – Spiller ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Aphrodite – Kylie Minogue (Karina’s Theme)

POP/STARS – K/DA

Lovefool – The Cardigans

Thunder – Imagine Dragons

Paper Bag – Fiona Apple

I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston

Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper (Song for Ryan)

Dear Winter – AJR

Woman in Love – Barbra Streisand

What You Waiting For? – Gwen Stefani

Wise Up - Aimee Mann

What’s Love Got To Do With It – Tina Turner

Everybody – Backstreet Boys

Ryan

Under The Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Gold Guns Girls – Metric (Ryan’s Theme)

Malibu – Hole

It’s Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland) – Barenaked Ladies

Look What You Made Me Do – Taylor Swift

Only Happy When It Rains – Garbage

The Good Life – Weezer

Do I Wanna Know? – Arctic Monkeys

Wish You Were Here – Avril Lavigne

Get Over You – Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Song for Karina)

You’re The One That I Want – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John

Hung Up – Madonna

Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses

Get Outta My Way – Kylie Minogue

Nathan

I’m Still Standing – Elton John

Levitating – Dua Lipa (Nathan’s Theme)

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) – Sylvester

Better Than Today – Kylie Minogue

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) – Dead Or Alive

Eros and Apollo – Studio Killers

Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel

I’m Your Man – Wham!

I’m So Excited – The Pointer Sisters (Song for Keith)

DARE – Gorillaz

Americano – Lady Gaga

You Need To Calm Down – Taylor Swift

September – Earth, Wind & Fire

One More Time – Daft Punk

Keith

Uptown Girl – Billy Joel

Starman – David Bowie

Happy – Pharrell Williams

Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra (Keith’s Theme)

Paradise – Coldplay

Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive – Men At Work

I’m Not in Love – 10CC

O-o-h Child – The Five Stairsteps

Don’t Get Me Wrong – Pretenders (Song for Nathan)

Dreams – Fleetwood Mac

Safe And Sound – Capital Cities

Love Me Again – John Newman

19-2000 – Gorillaz

This One – Paul McMartney

Pao-Lin

Say Hey (I Love You) – Michael Franti & Spearhead

Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas (Pao-Lin’s Theme)

Rebel Heart – The Shelters (Song for Lara)

MAGICIAN – Lexie Liu

Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus

Cherry Bomb – The Runaways

Walk This Way – Run-DMC

Skinny Ape – Gorillaz

Can’t Beat The Feeling – Kylie Minogue

ballad of a homeschooled girl – Olivia Rodrigo

Intergalactic – Beastie Boys

Funhouse – P!nk

Thunderstruck – AC/DC

On My Own – Miley Cyrus

Lara

Underneath My Raincoat – Studio Killers (Song for Pao-Lin)

Kiss Me – Sixpence None The Richer

Dog Days Are Over – Florence + The Machine (Lara’s Theme)

Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles

dance dance – Lexie Liu

Black Sheep - Metric

Stampede – Alexander Jean ft. Lindsey Stirling

I Can’t Wait (Instrumental Version) – Bond

Miss You – Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz

Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa (Song for Zamira)

Grown – Little Mix

Love Story – Taylor Swift

Buttercup – Jack Stauber

Somebody Told Me – The Killers

Antonio

Jump Around – House of Pain

Everlong – Foo Fighters (Song for Ivan)

Tangerine Sky – Kottonmouth Kings

Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Little L – Jamiroquai

My Brave Face – Paul McCartney

Cigarettes & Alcohol – Oasis

Slide – Goo Goo Dolls (Antonio’s Theme)

Some Girls – Racey

Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz

Escape (The Piña Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes

Happily Married Man – Duane Allman

You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC

Sweet Talkin’ Woman – Electric Light Orchestra

Ivan

Ride – twenty one pilots (Song for Edward)

Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House

NIGHT DANCER – imase

Onion Skin – Boom Crash Opera

One Week – Barenaked Ladies (Song for Antonio)

Walking On A Dream – Empire Of The Sun

Alive And Kicking – Simple Minds

YASASHISA – Fujii Kaze

Steven’s Last Night in Town – Ben Folds Five

A Little Less Conversation (Official JXL Remix) – Junkie XL & Elvis Presley

Big Time – Peter Gabriel

The World Has Turned And Left Me Here - Weezer

Do You Really Wanna Know? – Sea Girls (Ivan’s Theme)

GOD SAVE THE MUSIC – Wienners

Subaru

Tribute – Tenacious D

In The Meantime – Spacehog (Subaru’s Theme)

Crickets – Drop City Yacht Club ft. Jeremih

My Hero – Foo Fighters

Stop Drop Roll – Can’t Stop Won’t Stop

Humility – Gorillaz

Sunflower – Post Malone & Swae Lee

Dancing With Myself – Billy Idol

Unstoppable – The Score

Don’t Bring Me Down – Electric Light Orchestra

Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) – The Offspring

Battle Of Who Could Care Less – Ben Folds Five (Song for Thomas)

Feel It Still – Portugal. The Man

Dancing In The Storm – Boom Crash Opera

Thomas

Bones – Imagine Dragons

New Ceremony – Dry the River

Can You Afford to Be An Individual? – Nothing But Thieves

Before I Forget – Slipknot

Kiss The Go-Goat – Ghost

Throne – Bring Me The Horizon (Thomas’ Theme)

St. Eriksplan – Low Roar

INTO THE DARK – Void Of Vision

Her – eery

Dark Necessities – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Do You Feel It? – Chaos Chaos (Song for Ruby)

Like A Villain – BAD OMENS (Song for Subaru)

Stressed Out – twenty one pilots

Me, Myself & I – G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha

[knyontop]

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One of my pookies asked for some hcs of Bethany x Sawyer!!!11!

Sawyer x bethany

Ft: Bethany huggins, Sawyer thomas, Alexander criss, Belch huggins, Patrick hocksetter, henry bowers, victor criss.

・there literally my babies omg😣

・bethany doesn’t know how to love, sawyer teaches her.

・”I dont know what love feels like.” “Maybe I can teach you.”

・ughhh there so cute.

・Alex is there number one supporter and shipper!!!

・bethany going to be protecting sawyer from the bowers gang (except for alex), really standing up for him.

・if sawyer does get beat beth is going to be the one who patches him up scolding him about being stupid.

・they share cigarettes together 100%.

・sawyer gets embarrassed pretty easily and bethany just loves to tease him abouy everything😭

・she’ll give him a smooch on the cheek (which leaves a lipstick mark) and he will be super flushed but the longer they date the more comfortable he will get.

・they definitely run into trouble with patrick a lot, patrick is really upset that his favorite toy was stolen from him by some loser.

・expect sawyer to be beaten on more harshly now.

・none of the bowers gang (except alex) is happy about this little relationship and they try to ruin it or break them up somehow just cause they dont want bethany hanging out with this punk.

・soon, belch will get more comfortable with sawyer dating his sister and grow to tolerate him because hes better then patrick.

・victor just sucks it up, ig as long as bethy wethy is happy😞😞

・patrick and henry never letting this go.

・alex is very happy that bethany finally found someone to treat her right sense she always loved beth as a sister, shes happy that she has sawyer.

・alex is bethany and sawyers secret love child.

・they dont really go on dates to restaurants that often it’s usually just at the barrens, bethany pushed sawyer into the water🤭🤭

・ah young love, younggg love.

・they both help each other heal, bethany slowly learning what true love is and sawyer slowly getting better at taking care of himself.

・bethany says that she hates his band but secretly she loves it no matter how corny it is.

・cue bethany and alex sitting in the background watching sawyer and his band play.

・”WOOOHOOO!!”

・”shut up loser!”

・sawyers nicknames for her: toots, babe, sweets, beth.

・bethanys nicknames for him: baby, hun, loser, dumbass.

・there needs to be a movie about these two pls.

・whenever they get into fights (about the dumbest things) beth will ignore him for forever being to stubborn to apologize or talk to him so sawyer would have to be the bigger person and go talk to her, bethanys working on this btw.

・they definitely argue about things like if pineapple goes on pizza.

・bethany always threatens to make him sleep on the couch.

・sawyer gets little treats for her there not very expensive but there from the heart, things like a pack of cigarettes, tiny bracelets, chips, sodas, just small things.

・bethany and sawyer live happily ever after with alex as there child, the end :3

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I loved making this i hope you all like it🥳🥳 so so sorry if the characters were out of character!! I hope i wrote them right😣😣 @patricks-hockstetters-lighter @rockfailure @fauxfinale

[hotchfiles]

Lari can we get some insight into your music taste please? I’m sure it’s elite

oh its not i very much assure you

i like the same stuff i used to when i was a teen, so a lot of pop/punk bands (all time low, the maine, paramore, mcfly, fresno, my chemical romance) with some added ones i learnt to love from my last relationship (bmth, asking alexandria)

i really like billie eilish and halsey and tove lo

my absolute favorite artists right now are florence and the machine, paris paloma, bring me the horizon and hozier

i listen to a lot of 2000s pop playlists because it was the best time for pop girlies in my opinion

uhhh linkin park and panic at the disco were my favorite bands for the longest time and i was lucky to see them live on a festival and to be able to see chester before he passed, mike released an album a bit after he died and its one of my favorite albums to this day

i also had a huge HUGEEEE kpop phase from 2010 to idk 2017??? more or less, i went thru super junior, snsd, monsta x, ikon, got 7, infinite (i was a huge hugeeeee inspirit), cn blue, ft island, mblaq, big bang, 4minute, beast

i actually “saw” bts debut and they debuted almost at the same time as another group that was really loved in my twitter circle, but i liked bts the best and felt SORRY for them lmao so i bought their debut album

i honestly have a very all over the place music taste, the common theme is that im mostly always late to the trends and dont feel pulled to listen what everyones talking about (its soooo pick me im not like the other girls of me i know but idk its how i am)

[i-am-winterborn]

Current album obsession: The Book of Broken Glass By Sarah and the safeword

Something totally new and weird that I'm gonna try to do when i have feelings about albums I'm gonna break them down track by track and talk about them

Sarah and the Safe Word is a dark cabaret band from Atlanta Georgia fronted by Sarah Rose. they are currently my favorite band and I wanted to break down this album and talk about it so if what I have to say about it seems interesting please give The Book of Broken Glass a listen

Track one: A Wake, Violet Makes Her Wish The opener to our album setting the mood with a simple poem "Several years of sorrow without breathing Mourn the dead Lamps are out of midnight oil Lost lovers and lost friends Now, the jury's hung No kingdom come Sold bones to pay the rent Let us gather 'round the fire once more and sing Sing while light is left" Its simple and sets the mood as our main character violet attends a funeral and starts our story

Track two: Ruby Off The Rails Track two introduces us to Ruby Violets mother and and delves into a ritual used to summon Something that isn't fully explained delving into the occult and gothic themes of the album

Track Three: Old Lace Old lace leans heavy into the dark cabaret sound that the band has established in previous albums the song deals with feelings of ego death and the loss of identity.

Track Four: A Little Evil Never Hurt Anyone The Sluttiest song on this album its dancy its fun and its all about doing things you know you shouldn't. its meaning is in the title and the chorus "Just do it in anger Just do it for fun A little evil never hurt anyone"

Track Five: No One’s Home My interpretation of this song is that it delves into Sarah finding out more information about her father learning that he wasn't what he seems that he's something not human and so is she.

Track Six: But Tonight! We Dance! Ft. Dog Park Dissidents This song is fantastic and Dancy and features queer punk duo Dog Park Dissidents its also in my interpretation of the album when Violet starts to die

Track Seven: Too Dressed Up To Die THE STRINGS IN THIS SONG!! the violin work in the song is by far the best part its really all i can gush about as far as the story of the album goes violet is absolutely dying here

Track Eight: Soldiers Of Rock N’ Roll Ft. Chumbawamba No really it features Chumbawamba and it fucks it is an amazing song and starts pushing into a heavier sound before the next song does a full Genre switch. Story wise something is absolutely saving Violet here

Track Nine: All The Rage Ft. Jamee Cornelia Here we have a genre switch to a Nu Metal song and that's not me being discouraging its amazingly done you don't notice that's what happened till the rap breakdown hits but then it hits and its mind blowing

Track Ten: Broken Crowns, Forgotten Pageants Sarah Rose Flexes everything her voice can do here. this song really Transends influence in my mind it is Sarah rose and nothing else and it is beautiful.

Track Eleven: Sky On Fire Another beautiful song with fantastic work from the violins The line in this song that really stands out to me in relation to the story of the album is "But if I ever had a father Then I know his name was John" her grappling with her memory's of her father and finding out what he really was

Track Twelve: A Sleep: The Owl Makes His Offer We opened with a wake and close with a sleep this is the best song on the album bar none but for it to hit properly you have to listen to the rest of the album all i can say about it is that its possibly the best song I've ever heard and it ends with the same poem that we opened this album with.

Track Thirteen: X So this song requires some context Sarah Rose is a transgender woman and this song is Violet regretting never coming out to her father as trans and her transitioning "And all that I want is your chance to see tomorrow In a skin that I can live in Or a life that wasn't borrowed" the song is a beautiful way to end the album and that's the album give it a listen and feel free to rb with your thoughts and opinions

[harshr]

SEEK INSPIRATION: a playlist of various songs that inspired me during the creation of "Seek Comfort". Yes, this is deeply indebted to the ID:YD feature with Male Tears breaking down their influences, but I've long kept extensive notes on my songwriting process and am always excited to talk about the various ways my music comes together.

SEEK COMFORT // 40 Watt Sun - Reveal Patrick Walker is a brilliant songwriter, especially when it comes to his use of negative space and slow, subtle melodic shifts. As you're probably aware, I'm generally allergic to songs of this length, yet somehow he enables 9 minutes to pass almost effortlessly and then that final lift at the end is absolute magic. Needless to say, I take copious influence from Walker's craftmanship, but nowhere more evident than on "Seek Comfort".

DEVOTIONAL // Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American Hate to break it to you: "Devotional" is a pop-punk song and "Bleed American" is top-tier pop-punk. I'm not really borrowing anything specific from this particular track, but I've listened to this album so much that there's no doubt it has greatly influenced on my songwriting. To be fair though, I've also been writing/playing pop-punk since the mid-90s; I just don't usually allow those elements to creep into Harsh R material.

ARE YOU MY PEOPLE? // Distel - Majestik Distel's music is inherently unsettling and that's a feeling I often seek to emulate. Sparse rhythms + discordant tones is always the way.

HIDING PLACE // Die Kreuzen - Gone Away I celebrate the entire Die Kreuzen catalog, from their USHC classic self-titled debut all the way through to their proto-grunge/glam ends, but it's the quieter songs that have always been my favorite. In this particular instance, I'm referencing their mix of aggressiveness and vulnerability for my lyrics and performance -- readily apparent here on "Gone Away", but a common theme across their entire discography.

I WAS NEVER THERE // Kowloon Walled City - Backlit Ok, this one is a straight-up KWC rip. Much like 40 Watt Sun, KWC are another fine example of a band with a masterful approach to space and dynamics. There's a very good reason I had Scott Evans mix my earlier material.

INSTAGRAM WITCH // Trepaneringsritualen - Black Egg The music on this one is essentially my attempt at "P_rnogr_phy"-era Cure, but TRP was a direct reference for the vocal, especially for the timbre on the loud part. Otherwise: magic and darkness, secrets and light.

EMPTY SHELL (ft. RUNOTI) // Years of Denial - Human You Scare Me I've long been a huge fan of European-style darkwave and I think my record shows a marked shift towards that style, but it's most apparent on "Empty Shell". Years of Denial are easily my current favorite genre stalwarts, though they go further by incorporating elements of techno, noise, and beyond; I spend a lot of time picking apart their songwriting and production choices and do my best to incorporate some of those ideas into my own music.

REMEMBER DEATH // Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December If you want to learn how to write a song then you learn from the best, and there is no one better than Merle Haggard. The chord changes and phrasing in "If We Make It Through December" are subtle and sublime; you'd probably never notice the intricacies until you try to play it yourself and that's exactly what I did. Or at least tried to do - this one goes a fair bit beyond my skill level and it's that challenge that pushes me to strive harder.

WAVE GOODBYE // Sevdaliza - Darkest Hour I've spent a solid amount of time with Sevdaliza's masterpiece "Shabrang" over the past few years (massive thanks to Terror Apart for the tip!) and there are so many ways it has affected me, but it's definitely the emotional tone that hits hardest, like a dark force pressing down on your soul. Also: it's not employed so much on "Darkest Hour", but I absolutely love the way the Sevdaliza manipulates her vocals and that's definitely something I'll be carrying forward into whatever I do next.

For non-Spotify users, check out the BNDCMPR playlist below. It's missing the major-label tracks, but you can always find those on youtube or elsewhere.

[catmaidetho]

hi bestie i've also been listening to new music so here's some highlights from what i've been collecting:

"F.E.A.R." by Joywave - do you like spooky sounding songs? do you love bass? listen to this! i also reccommend listening to anything by joywave but this is my fave song of theirs so far <3

"Bitchboy" by The Oozes - feral, horny, transgender swag. they're a little punk band in the uk that sound so feral and insane and they itch my brain

"BAD LUCK!" by Jhariah - unhinged jazz!! if you've ever wondered what coming off a manic episode feels like, this is it.

"SIMPLE" by De'Wayne ft IDKHOW - not technically new but listen. listen listen listen. it is a very sexy song. listen to de'wayne's new album "my favorite blue jeans" u wont regret it its so short do it

PLEASE SEND ME MUSIC RECS

i am dying i am stuck in a music rut im clawing at my cage

[inhibited-irregularity]

EUROVISION 2021, personal favorites:

- Russia 🇷🇺

Manizha, Russian Woman: Absolute favorite. The sheer originality of the song! Her energy and the level of absolute badassery! She can sing, she can rap,and she's a bomb of energy. The way reggae and brass and hiphop and Slavic melodies overlap and it somehow works, the transitions between fun and "I'm bitter about the sexism and I'm mocking it unapologetically and making a stand" and the anthemic, emphatic and powerful message to Russian women; I was swelling with emotion while watching her. While to an American or a Westerner it may seem like performative feminism, I'm gonna remind you that in Russia and other Slavic countries that's very much not a thing and actually a very unpopular stand to make, and in Russia, The Balkans, and Eastern Europe in general, hundreds of women face domestic and sexual abuse on the daily, and those who do come forward rarely get support and are mostly dismissed. Let's not forget that Manizha got a huge backlash from the Russian government officials, and a big part of it was for her Tajik roots. The honesty of her message is real, and she's speaking from personal experience and the experience of women around her - nothing performative about her song, and you can tell from her delivery that the fire within her is true and she leaves her heart on the stage and pours it into the song. The staging and costumes are great as well, and symbolically well thougt-through. I would really like her to win, or at least get to the top 5. Most of all, I hope her message is heard and felt. 10000/10

- Italy 🇮🇹

Måneskin, Zitti e Buoni: definitely the closest thing to my actual music taste this year, so liking them off the bat wasn't a surprise. However, they're not just your regular Franz-Ferdinand-ish young alt rock band that wants to do rock "properly" - they have IT. The X factor, the Je ne sais quoi. I've been exposed to that particular genre, and I can confidently say that the song still manages to be refreshing and original (that bridge, those riffs!) The band has a great energy and no matter how much Damiano steals the show, they are still a unit and nobody is left in the shadows. They have the spirit of great rock bands of the previous century, and yet they don't try to copy anyone (khm,Greta Van Fleet, khm). Damiano's vocals are both powerful, seductive and provoking, and I'm still admiring the sheer amount of emotion he can pack into a single line and the nuance and yet rawness behind it. I'm not gonna state the obvious lol (the obvious being yes, I'm thirsty as well, he becomes yet another unattainable rockstar for me too,and yes they all look great) Anyway, great song, and maybe the clearest and most serious candidate for the number one spot, taking both the jury and the public into consideration. 10/10

- Iceland 🇮🇸

Daði Freyr and Gagnamagnið, 10 years:

What can I say about this masterpiece that hasn't already been said? A clear fan-favorite (hi, Valentina), but with the guns to back it up. The song is contagious, fun and campy, and unlike some other songs with said qualities, actually good from a musical perspective. Daði is incredibly charismatic and his sense of humor shines through, and even though he's the star of the show, the same can be said about the other band members. The synergy Måneskin has can be applied to Gagnamagnið as well, even though the energy is entirely different. They're serving us fun, sunshine, kitties rainbows sugar spice and everything nice, and manage to do it with zero cringe factor (plus those funky keytars). I'm one of those Eurovision fans that lament the golden age's (2004-2009) campiness (We'll never forget you, Verka), and Daði managed to bring it back, but modernised, polished and still sincere. I personally preferred the epic dad joke that slightly more commercial Think About Thing was (but that's one tough act to follow), but I'm always down for a husband adoring his wife and singing praises to their relationship. Since we're on tumblr, I feel obliged to use the term "cinnamon rolls" in describing Daði and the band. 9.5/10

- France 🇫🇷

Barbara Pravi, Voilà: She brought the theatrics, she brought the drama, and she brought the 101 in "that's how you perform". Her personality leaps through, and her voice is both beautiful and full of emotion and power. I'd hire her to star in a serious and artistic movie. Despite the fact that Voilà is from its melody to the singing style to the video to the vibe and the aesthetic hands down the most French thing I've seen since Amélie (do not come for that movie), it miraculously doesn't come across as a cliché, but rather an homage, and an individualistic one at that. It's not entirely my cup of tea, since I'm usually biased to songs that may come off as snobbish (I mean, the jury is going to lap it up), and are all about being proper and technical and oh how ~artistic~, but Barbara puts the soul into the immaculate. I'm not giving her the highest mark because I'm yet to see the performance, but I'm rooting for her. If she delivers the performance, we might have a clear winner. 9/10

- Ukraine 🇺🇦

Go_A, Shum: I'm a sucker for all things ethnic and mytological, so this was a no-brainer. I want that song played at every party. I want to go to the forest in the video and chant and summon the spring with flute and hard-bass. Kateryna Pavlenko has some unexplainable power over me, and her eyes are simply hypnotizing. The vocals are great, proper Slavic ethno right there (seriously, check out Slavic folklore and traditional music), and she has a subtle punk quality too(?). Ukraine came to save the spring and make us forget about the pandemic, and minus the Maruv fiasco (justice for her!), they always deliver and I expected nothing less. On the other hand, I loved the original version much more and couldn't help but be a bit disappointed with the revamp (yes, I know they had to), and while I personally love Shum, I think some other acts are more deserving of the higher placement. Go_A are not my winner, but definitely soon to be in my playlist. 8/10

- San Marino 🇸🇲

Adrenalina, Senhit ft. Flo Rida: You know that golden age of Eurovision I mentioned? THIS. I'm Serbian, so I can't resist a banger reminiscent of our horrible turbo-folk elements (and I say that endearingly,takes me back to 18th birthday parties (boy I'm glad that's over)). Let's just crown Senhit this year's Queen of Camp. The wild factor of Flo Rida...just?? Amazing. Can't wait to see how the performance goes (EDIT- it went great, I had a grin on my face the entire time and couldn't help but dance along). A certain refreshment after Serhat and Valentina Monetta endless loop. They didn't dial down the weird, but made it catchy af, and the vocal can rival any Balkan folk diva. While I think it's definitely the most entertaining entry this year, it's far from being the most original, and it's not really my genre of preference. Will vote for Senhit and root for her to qualify. 7.5/ 10

- Sweden 🇸🇪

Tusse, A million voices: As I mentioned before, I'm the first person that starts complaining about Sweden Superiority as soon as Eurovision season begins, and I'm with you all with being tired of Sweden qualifying just because they're Sweden and usually just bringing the same brand of MTV/Calvin Harris/American pop, or a successful and not-so-subtle imitation of the performances that did well the previous year,but listen: A million voices is a solid pop song and I'm going to die on that hill. It actually embodies the essence of pop - a catchy, pleasant melody sung by a good vocalist, with a short,sweet and uplifting message. It's not the same as previous years, it's not commercial, just good pop - good pop being something you immediately like and vibe to no matter how many common elements of the genre it checks. It relies on RnB rather than electronic sounds, auto tune or various DJ effects. Tusse is charming and charismatic af, and he's a 19yo kid doing an amazing job on a global stage. You don't have to like it, but there's no need to hate on it (ask Jendrik). Imo, Tusse deserved to qualify. Not winner material yet, but I wish him a fun time and a successful career. 7 5/10

- Switzerland 🇨🇭

G'jons Tears, Tout L'Univers: I saw the video first, and I HATED IT. It came across as a Duncan Lawrence-high-art wannabe, something technically perfect, but empty of soul or meaning, another soft boy with a sad falsetto, another jury-points bait. BUT. I changed my mind entirely after seeing him perform. Hands down, it was touching and epic. Reminding me of Hamlet aside, he DELIVERED, and made me love him, and actually enjoy the song. I still think the song is less original than Tusse's voices, but I enjoy the troubadour vibes of the pre-chours. G'jon is absolutely adorable, and I'm not gonna be mad if he wins. 8/10

shout-outs&honorable mentions:

- Serbia 🇷🇸 Yes, some national bias, but I'm proud of our girls. Ever Since we placed 2nd with Željko's Lane, we had that goddamn flute e v e r y year, and the same outdated scenography with a side of extra pathos (I'm sure that ruined Sanja's chances and her otherwise great performance back in 2016.) Finally something fun and actually representative of the music popular here. They looked flawless and the energy was off the charts. Go, Hurricane!

-Finland 🇫🇮 Yes, cheesy and corny and I cut my finger accidentally from watching the video on all the edge, but I'm biased because they're bringing emo and nu-metal back, and that's the music of my early adolescence (hello, Kaulitz brothers and Andy Biersack,hello Gerard Way and Linkin Park) Call me grandma lol

- Malta 🇲🇹 DESTINY CAN SIIIIIIIIING! I wasn't impressed with the song initially, but the performance blew my mind.

- Ireland 🇮🇪 A for effort, and so nice of her to try and give us something unique! While it wasn't good enough to qualify, it was super fun and she seems so nice. Also, we all know that she was out of breath an can sing much better than that. Still wasn't bad.

- Romania 🇷🇴, for being so young and brave enough to put on a show. The nerves got the better of her, but the song itself is good and no doubt she'll do well in the future

- Lithuania 🇱🇹, thanks for the memeries

- Croatia 🇭🇷, Not my cup of tea, but Albina gave a great performance

-Norway 🇳🇴, for embodying the spirit of Eurovision

- North Macedonia 🇲🇰, for the disco chest

- The UK 🇬🇧, for putting some effort

(Might edit later)

[1962dude420-blog]

Today we remember the passing of Joey Ramone who Died: April 15, 2001 in Manhattan, New York

Jeffrey Ross Hyman, known professionally as Joey Ramone, was an American musician, singer, composer, and lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones. Joey Ramone's image, voice, and tenure as frontman of the Ramones made him a countercultural icon.

Jeffrey Ross Hyman was born on May 19, 1951, in Queens, New York City, New York to a Jewish family. His parents were Charlotte (née Mandell) and Noel Hyman. He was born with a parasitic twin growing out of his back, which was incompletely formed and surgically removed. The family resided in Forest Hills, Queens, where Hyman and his future Ramones bandmates attended Forest Hills High School. He grew up with his brother Mickey Leigh. Though happy, Hyman was something of an outcast, diagnosed at 18 with obsessive–compulsive disorder alongside being diagnosed with schizophrenia. His mother, Charlotte Lesher, divorced her first husband, Noel Hyman. She married a second time but was widowed by a car accident while she was on vacation.

Hyman was a fan of the Beatles, the Who, David Bowie, and the Stooges among other bands, particularly oldies and the Phil Spector-produced "girl groups". His idol was Pete Townshend of the Who, with whom he shared a birthday. Hyman took up the drums at 13, and played them throughout his teen years before picking up an acoustic guitar at age 17.

In 1974, Jeffrey Hyman co-founded the punk rock band the Ramones with friends John Cummings and Douglas Colvin. Colvin was already using the pseudonym "Dee Dee Ramone" and the others also adopted stage names using "Ramone" as their surname: Cummings became Johnny Ramone and Hyman became Joey Ramone. The name "Ramone" stems from Paul McCartney: he briefly used the stage name "Paul Ramon" during 1960/1961, when the Beatles, still an unknown five-piece band called the Silver Beetles, did a tour of Scotland and all took up pseudonyms; and again on the 1969 Steve Miller album Brave New World, where he played the drums on one song using that name.

Joey initially served as the group's drummer while Dee Dee Ramone was the original vocalist. However, when Dee Dee's vocal cords proved unable to sustain the demands of consistent live performances, Ramones manager Thomas Erdelyi suggested Joey switch to vocals. Mickey Leigh: "I was shocked when the band came out. Joey was the lead singer and I couldn't believe how good he was. Because he'd been sitting in my house with my acoustic guitar, writing these songs like 'I Don't Care', fucking up my guitar, and suddenly he's this guy on stage who you can't take your eyes off of." After a series of unsuccessful auditions in search of a new drummer, Erdelyi took over on drums, assuming the name Tommy Ramone.

The Ramones were a major influence on the punk rock movement in the United States, though they achieved only minor commercial success. Their only record with enough U.S. sales to be certified gold in Joey's lifetime was the compilation album Ramones Mania. Recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now regularly represented in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as the Rolling Stone lists of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time and 25 Greatest Live Albums of All Time, VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, and Mojo's 100 Greatest Albums. In 2002, the Ramones were voted the second greatest rock and roll band ever in Spin, behind the Beatles.

In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played their final show and then disbanded.

Ramone's signature cracks, hiccups, snarls, crooning, and youthful voice made him one of punk rock's most recognizable voices. Allmusic.com wrote that "Joey Ramone's signature bleat was the voice of punk rock in America." As his vocals matured and deepened through his career, so did the Ramones' songwriting, leaving a notable difference from his initial melodic and callow style—two notable tracks serving as examples are "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" and "Mama's Boy". Dee Dee Ramone was quoted as saying "All the other singers in New York were copying David Johansen (New York Dolls), who was copying Mick Jagger... But Joey was unique, totally unique."

In 1985, Ramone joined Steven Van Zandt's music industry activist group Artists United Against Apartheid, which campaigned against the Sun City resort in South Africa. Ramone and 49 other recording artists – including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Richards, Lou Reed and Run DMC — collaborated on the song "Sun City", in which they pledged they would never perform at the resort.

In 1994, Ramone appeared on the Helen Love album Love and Glitter, Hot Days and Music, singing the track "Punk Boy". Helen Love returned the favor, singing on Ramone's song "Mr. Punchy".

In October 1996, Ramone headlined the "Rock the Reservation" alternative rock festival in Tuba City, Arizona. 'Joey Ramone & the Resistance' debuted Ramone's interpretation of Louis Armstrong's "Wonderful World' live, as well as Ramone's choice of Ramones classics and some of his other favorite songs; The Dave Clark Five's "Any Way You Want It", The Who's "The Kids are Alright" and The Stooges' "No Fun."

Ramone co-wrote and recorded the song "Meatball Sandwich" with Youth Gone Mad. For a short time before his death, he took the role of manager and producer for the punk rock band the Independents.

His last recording as a vocalist was backup vocals on the CD One Nation Under by the Dine Navajo rock group Blackfire. He appeared on two tracks, "What Do You See" and "Lying to Myself". The 2002 CD won "Best Pop/Rock Album of the Year" at the 2002 Native American Music Awards.

Ramone produced the Ronnie Spector album She Talks to Rainbows in 1999. It was critically acclaimed but was not very commercially successful. The title track was previously on the Ramones' final studio album, ¡Adios Amigos!.

Joey Ramone died at the age of 49 following a seven-year battle with lymphoma at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on April 15, 2001, a month before he would have turned 50. He was reportedly listening to the song "In a Little While" by U2 when he died. In an interview in 2014 for Radio 538, U2 lead singer Bono confirmed that Joey Ramone's family told him that Ramone listened to the song before he died, which Andy Shernoff (The Dictators) also confirmed.

His solo album Don't Worry About Me was released posthumously in 2002, and features the single "What a Wonderful World", a cover of the Louis Armstrong standard. MTV News claimed: "With his trademark rose-colored shades, black leather jacket, shoulder-length hair, ripped jeans and alternately snarling and crooning vocals, Joey was the iconic godfather of punk."

On November 30, 2003, a block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place. It is the block where Hyman once lived with bandmate Dee Dee Ramone and is near the former site of the music club CBGB, where the Ramones began their career. Hyman's birthday is celebrated annually by rock 'n' roll nightclubs, hosted in New York City by his brother and, until 2007, his mother, Charlotte. Joey Ramone is interred at Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

The Ramones were named as inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2002.

Several songs have been written in tribute to Joey Ramone. Tommy, CJ and Marky Ramone and Daniel Rey came together in 2002 to record Jed Davis' Joey Ramone tribute album, The Bowery Electric. Other tributes include "Hello Joe" by Blondie from the album The Curse of Blondie, "Drunken Angel" by Lucinda Williams, "You Can't Kill Joey Ramone" by Sloppy Seconds, Joey by Raimundos, "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone" by Sleater-Kinney, "Red and White Stripes" by Moler and "Joey" by the Corin Tucker Band, "I Heard Ramona Sing" by Frank Black, Amy Rigby's "Dancin' With Joey Ramone" and "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)" by U2.

In September 2010, the Associated Press reported that "Joey Ramone Place," a sign at the corner of Bowery and East Second Street, was New York City's most stolen sign. Later, the sign was moved to 20 ft (6.1 m) above ground level. Drummer Marky Ramone thought Joey would appreciate that his sign would be the most stolen, adding "Now you have to be an NBA player to see it."

After several years in development, Ramone's second posthumous album was released on May 22, 2012. Titled ...Ya Know?, it was preceded on Record Store Day by a 7" single re-release of "Blitzkrieg Bop"/"Havana Affair"

[blackopal888]

Tysm for tagging me!

Nickname(s): Dad DDD(s) Opal maybe more idr rn lol

Zodiac sign(s): Star: Capricorn Moon: Cancer

Height: 5:3+ feet 161cm+

Last thing I googled: sorry I legit don't remember I always google the most random shit so that's a shame (no I don't keep my history on because I'm not dumb)

Amount of sleep: 10hrs

Dream job: something with animals genetics or animation smth like that

Movie or book that best describes me: idr 💀

Favorite songs bands and musicians: I have many just depends on my mood but I can list some off, Escapism By: 070 Shake and Raye, Vicious By: Bohnes, The Beach By: The Neighborhood, On My Own By: Ashes Remain, Rosyln By: Bon Iver and St. Vincent, nuits d'été By: oscar anton & clementine, American Idiot 2004 By green day, ISOLATE By: miros child ft deverano, Crossfire 1 2 and 3 By: Stephen: Part 2 ft. Talib Kweli & KillaGraham Part 3 ft. Saba, Ravyn Lenae, The O'My's & J.P. Floyd, (Nothing but thieves) (Less Friction) (I also love Mother Falcon despite the songs technically being about religion) (JVKE) (shiey)

Favorite Aesthetic(s): Cottagecore, Dark academia, Angelcore, Pastel Goth, Plaguecore, I like a bit of punk, Royalcore, Skatepunk, Spacecore, Vampire, Witchy Academia.

Probably more idr have fun reading all that LMFAO

Favorite instrument: there are a bunch of cool ones out there idr the names of but one I always love is Electric guitar

Favorite Aesthetic(s) in no particular order: Light academia, Dark academia, Cottagecore, Vampire, Witchy Academia, Spacecore, Skatepunk, Royalcore, Romantic Academia, Punk, Plaguecore, Pastel Goth, Angelcore, probably more I don't know💀

Favorite author: I need to read more I used to read so much😭💀 probably myself tho😏/hj

Art program I use: Ibis paint X

Random fun fact: I bunch of adults got together and decided to name an extinct relative of the human (homosapien) 🌈homoerectus☝️🤓🤏✨

@lunat1cc @femboistar because idr anyone else's tag because I'm restarted 💀

thanks for the tag @raphyo but the chain was insanely long so im just starting it over here :)

Get to know me

Nickname : irl? Sunshine, on tumblr its Aloone

Zodiac Sign : Leo

Height : 5'7” (168cm i think?)

Last thing I Googled : “What is the chemical formula for Beryllium Hydroxide” I’m studying for midterm exams ha

Amount of Sleep: 7 to 10 hours

Dream Job : Middle Grade Author, Scriptwriter, and/or Translator

Movie / Book that describes me the most : no idea

Favorite Song : Too many to say but currently I’m vibing to Popular St by Glass Animals

Favorite Instrument : violin

Favorite Aesthetics : idk what to call it think silk button up shirts with ripped jeans and playing bass guitar and wearing fingerless gloves to formal events

(that or chaotic academia)

Favorite Author : Maybe Leigh Bardugo or Neil Gaiman?

Random fun fact: I make my own clothes

tagging without pressure: @mynam3wastaken @ciunasboinin @monarchamos and anyone else whod’d like to join!

[mctionsick]

AVERY DECKER AESTHETIC & STATS

basic information

full name: avery celine decker 

nickname(s): A, Ave.  

age: 21-28.  

date of birth: june 29th / cancer

hometown: solana beach, ca. 

current location: brooklyn, ny.

occupation: bassist for romantic getaway car.  day job as a barista.  

gender: cis woman

pronouns: she/her

orientation: lesbian

religion: atheist 

species: human 

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

face claim: lili reinhart  

hair colour: blonde 

eye colour: has heterochromia.  left eye is brown, right eye is greenish blue.  

height: 5 ft 7 in

piercings: ears (two in each), eyebrow.    

clothing style: leather jackets, denim, and flannel oh my!  beach wear.  usually aways has their bathing suit under their clothes.  daisy dukes.  vans and converse.  choker and leather bracelets. dad hats. we get it ur gay / aesthetics are very verse dep.  

usual expression:

HEALTH

addictions: in some verses we struggles with alcohol as a crutch 

drug use: heavy pot smoker.  party drugs and psychedelics in some verses.  

alcohol use: mostly social.  

illness:  depression / ADD.  usually determined and treated later in life.    

PERSONALITY

positive traits: curious, passionate, adaptable 

negative traits: inconsistent, crafty, vindictive 

hobbies: surfing, swimming, bonfires, getting high and watching planet earth, long boarding, playing bass, scuba diving.  

habits: biting nails, pulling at split ends, high pitched voice when nervous, usually ten minutes late, easily sidetracked.  

FAVOURITES

weather: a cool summer day / perfect beach weather 

music: indie rock.  pop punk.  female lead bands.  

movies: nature docs & horror movies are her favorites 

books: will read book recommended to her / reads a lot about climate change 

food: not a picky eater in the slightest.  vegetarian later in life.

FAMILY - tw: sibling death, drowning

mother: alexis decker (nee parker).  PTA mom extraordinaire.  never missed an opportunity to volunteer when it came to her kids.  she went back to work as a real estate agent once avery started high school.      

father: jonathan decker.  an outdoorsman at heart and an office drone during the day.  middle of the road software developer.  lives for the weekend and taking his family camping and out on the boat.  became extremely withdrawn when his son max passed away. 

brother. max decker (deceased).  avery’s twin or older brother by a few years depending on the verse.  he drowned in a surfing accident on a family vacation.  avery never quite wrestled with the grief of losing him and thus rarely talks about him despite him always being on her mind.   NOTE: in some verses max is used as an NPC and is alive but those are usually for pre-plotted scenarios.  

QUICK FACTS

tba

[anarcho-mom-unist]

A survey of my ‘spotify wrapped’ from 2020

So, I listen to music between a lot of platforms, I hate how spotify operates as a company (and like in a way that’s pretty comparable to my loathing of the publishing/distribution sides of creative industries,) and I fucking refuse to ever pay for spotify askjdhd

However based on the aggregate of my 100 most-listened-to songs from a year of mostly hitting shuffle on an artist, album, or playlist on mobile, I do have some reflections and highlights. From that I made something of a survey of that list which includes my #1 and #100 song in addition to 1 song from each set of ten, for a total of 12 songs. These represent artists and genres I really got into this year, as well as longtime favorites that are worth talking about:

1. “Bad Trip” - Bad Trip (single) - Xena Elshazlii & Fady Haroun: "Bad Trip” is probably my favorite 2020 release, like if I had to pick one. The track has incredible energy, from the soft piano and vocalization intro to the verse with it’s sparse drums, subtle bass line, and slight strings to an absolute banger of a chorus with punchy staccato synths, reinforcement of the drum groove, and addition of an electric guitar. Elshazlii & Haroun pack a lot into 2-and-a-half minutes of music, and the variations in texture, mix, & music in each iteration of the song’s discrete sections are *chef’s kiss* ---verse 1 and chorus 1 are not identical to verse 2 and chorus 2, to say nothing of the short instrumental transition b/n the first chorus and second verse. Whenever I listen to “Bad Trip” I’m compelled to hit ‘repeat’ ---which is not a normal occurrence for me---and experience the builds and releases that this track brings once again. I don’t know much Arabic beyond the slang terms and exclamations that peppered my grandparents’ & parents’ speech when they spoke to each other in Armenian, but I’d be a liar if I didn’t tell y’all that “Bad Trip” is among the songs that make me want to learn the language so I can better sing along w/ them.

3. “City Lights” - Sailorwave II - Macross 82-99 ft. Kamei:  "City Lights” is the opener to Macross 82-99′s 2018 EP Sailorwave II, and it does that job immaculately. While I recommend the entire EP and an exploration of the Future Funk genre as a whole, you can’t go wrong with getting a taste of either through “City Lights.” The track bursts to life w/ synth brass chords and fast drums, quickly finding its way into punchy up-tempo horn line w/ light rhythm guitar and an active & bouncy bass line joining the mix. “City Lights” more or less goes from A to B to C and after the instrumental opening, the track shifts to a more under-voice horn line offering a countermelody to a mid-to-low register vocal line which is soon after joined by high voices punctuating the beginning of each phrase. The horns, guitars, and singers are cut from the track as the song enters its final section, a rap verse from featured artist Kamei accompanied with a slower-moving bass and light synth chords & wash in the middle register. Taken all together, “City Lights” ---like “Bad Trip” before it---packs a lot of music into a short duration & leaves me wanting more, which I especially long for when listening to the track outside of the context of the EP (which is what I usually do.)

12. “Turn to Hate” - Pony - Orville Peck: There’s a lot I could have done better in 2019, and “check out Orville Peck” is pretty high up there. “Turn to Hate” is a song that is at once heartrending, sincere, & catchy as all get out. Peck does one of my favorite possible things a musician can do on this track, and that’s make me Feel Things at a quick tempo. The vulnerable lyrics sung in outlaw country bass are supported by a fairly simple chord progression that acts as a solid foundation for a lot of texture ---moving guitar lines in the accompaniment part and middle-ground lines that move in and out of the melodic foreground. My moment of pure delight on the track is Peck’s laconic “yeehaw” that leads into a guitar solo that does so much work w/ its relative simplicity. “Turn to Hate” is an excellent song to get you into Orville Peck’s music if you aren’t already, if any of this piques your interest then I strongly recommend exploring his output of classic country meets 2010s indie meets camp gay sensibilities meets emotional realness. (This is as good a place as any to advise you to check out Yola and her album Walk Through Fire.)

27. “Water No Get Enemy” - Expensive Shit - Fela Kuti & Africa 70: I’m a newcomer to Afrobeat which is a fuckin’ shame because it contains a lot of the things I love most in music: rhythmic density and variety, jazz and “folk” idioms working together, a sense joy in the music-making with righteous anger at injustice in the music’s purpose, and a kick-ass horn section. "Water No Get Enemy” by Fela Kuti & Africa 70 is as good an intro as any to Afrobeat as it’s a delightful & excellent piece of music by the genre’s pioneer. It’s worth mentioning that in addition to its musical quality, Afrobeat is also deeply connected with Pan-Africanism and the resistance to the presence of European colonizers in Sub-Saharan Africa. To be frank, whatever I write can’t really do justice to this song or the musical movement from which it comes, go listen to it... a jam you can dance to while hating the British!? Immaculate. 

31. “Vardavar” - EP No. 1 - Tigran Hamasyan: The first of two songs from Armenian Jazz-fusion pianist/keyboardist and composer, Tigran Hamasyan, is a fast moving rhythmically dense piece of music named after the Armenian holiday of the same name ---Vardavar is a holiday of pre-Christian origin that Armenians celebrate in July in observance of the transfiguration of Christ, it involves throwing buckets of water on each other! Appropriate to its namesake, the running piano line through much of the track and the melodic lines are both exceptionally fluid and reminiscent of water. The rhythm of the tune follows a highly irregular subdivision of the bar that it’s best to feel along w/ as a listener ---seriously, unless you’re transcribing the tune or practicing/rehearsing it, don’t worry about counting---and get lost in with the flow of the music. Notable features of the track are the dense layering of instrumental/vocal lines on the melodic and countermelodic material, breakdowns & entire sections where the music takes to longer notes, “slower” feel & division of the bar, and a slower harmonic rhythm, unexpected unisons b/n instruments, and the transformation of Armenian folk melodies & texts between vocalized material and statements of the original material. There is no living musician whose work I love more than Tigran’s and if you’re not familiar with it “Vardavar” is an excellent place to start.

46. “Boyish” - Tropical Jinx - Little Big League:  "Boyish” is better known as one of the singles from Japanese Breakfast’s sophomore album Soft Sounds from Another Planet where Michelle Zauner presents the tune at a slow tempo with an unassuming instrumental accompaniment, wash of synths in the chorus, and low-register closing guitar solo which leaves the audience with a sense of melancholy & vulnerability. The original version from the 2014 LP of Zauner’s former band, Little Big League, offers a different take on the text: noisy guitars, driving rhythm, aggressive drumming on a rock groove, and a vocal delivery offering more of the rage of heartbreak than its sadness. Zauner refers to “Boyish” as an ‘ugly girl anthem’ and that intention is very apparent on this version of the track ---whereas the Japanese Breakfast take on it gave me a sense of being in the gender hinterlands b/n acceptable presentations of masculine and feminine. Both versions of the song are really worth seeking out for different reasons, and I chose to highlight Little Big League on this list because they’re a solid guitar-driven emo band that deserves appreciation in its own right.

50. “Dreaming” - Eat to the Beat - Blondie: What do I need to say about Blondie!? A CBGB act from the late-70′s that straddled the worlds of Punk and New Wave at their peak with a mix of an exceptional rhythm section (that bass!) diverse and compelling guitar work, and the captivating and ever-iconic vocals and presence of Debbie Harry. “Dreaming” might be my favorite song from Blondie and has had a special place in my heart since I first listened to them with my mom. It’s one of those songs that I’m tempted to call a perfect pop song: a joyful performance, lyrics that are at once simple and relatable ---whom amongst is unfamiliar with longing!?---music full of hooks & containing the kind of energy that just goes and takes you with it!

65. “Holy” - Shadow Theater - Tigran Hamasyan: The second entry from Tigran Hamasyan comes from his 2013 album Shadow Theater ---an excellent work as a whole---and is one of the slower, more spacious, and simpler tracks from it. “Holy” is a setting of the Armenian liturgical piece “Soorp Soorp” which is frequently used in the celebration of the Eucharist (even in the Armenian Protestant church I grew up in) and it’s achingly beautiful. There’s always something to be said about a musician capable of complex and virtuosic feats on their instrument doing something very simply and very well, and that’s what the entire ensemble brings ---including frequent collaborator Areni Agbabian who provides the vocals. Even as the texture thickens in the middle of the song, the middle ground & harmonic support coming from strings and bassoon (Ben Wendel) is simple, under-voice, and reverent. “Holy” is the kind of piece of music that offers an encounter with God ---even if one would never otherwise believe in something beyond the material; even just for a moment.

77. “The Day the World Turn Day-Glo” - Germ Free Adolescents - X-Ray Spex: X-Ray Spex is one of those bands I’ve listened to before on a recommendation I received ages ago but never really followed up on beyond the one song sent my way. “...Day-Glo” is a fuckin’ banger of song that just bursts with this wonderful energy from the jump & showcases the best qualities of X-Ray Spex’s sound: driving guitars, wild saxophone lines, and chaotically charismatic lead vocals from singer Poly Styrene. X-Ray Spex have an output that is wild and fun as hell to explore, and “...Day-Glo” is an excellent place to start ---you’d also do well to check out their more notable song “Oh Bondage, Up Yours!” 

84. “Marquee Moon” - Marquee Moon - Television: Listen, you don’t need to read some internet lesbian with a music degree go off about Television ---one of the most musically interesting acts to come out of CBGB and one of many definitive proofs that Punk is not a label that people should fucking fight about having a true definition of. Clear 11 minutes in your day, find a pair of headphones so you can experience the use of stereo in the recording and enjoy each element of the song, especially with regards to Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd’s interlocking guitar lines.

96. “Leylum” - Kokorec - Collectif Medz Bazaar & Sevana Tchak: Armenian folk music, baby!! Collectif Medz Bazaar offer a lively and joyful rendition of the classic folk song “Leylum” which has been burned in my mind from church and community gatherings ---the fun ones with music and all of your aunties dancing in a circle and such. Listen to this song and DM me if you aren’t dancing along of joining in on the response parts as best you can. I think this particular recording offers a nice entry point into an exploration of Armenian music, the instrumentation hits a lot of the staples of Armenian folk ensembles ---duduks, dohl, dumbek, clarinet, shvi, etc.---and the song itself is an up tempo dance tune which I find to be easier to start with than ballads or liturgical music.

100. “Electrastar” - Paradize - Indochine: Back in the hazy past of 2017, one of my friends from undergrad and I were hanging out and playing music for each other. In a departure from his usual library of French Baroque music, he played a song by French New Wave band, Indochine. That song was “Electrastar” which is a consistent favorite of mine, my favorite song from its album ---Paradize, which is already a solid record---and a great entry point into the musical output of a band which has been active for about 40 years. "Electrastar” features driving rhythm guitar, pulsing synth under the texture, eminently catchy chorus and post-chorus, and a very care-full and effective approach to the mix. Also, not for nothing but that album cover is 👀

Survey of 2020 Listening

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#Noctislistening - Koushiro Edition (5 of 12)

#noctislistening digidestined series for more!

Brought to you by @earlgreymon​‘s Digidestined FM and @tangledupblue​‘s Digidestined-inspired playlists. Go listen right now!!

I’ve been trying to make a tiny adjustment lately and limiting time staring at screens and working off of notebooks and journals. Contrary to today’s featured Chosen who is constantly looking at screens to stay connected. (side note, have we ever seen him wearing glasses within canon?)

Last time, we drifted along the seaside with Jou (#4). Next up, we will chill out some more with Iori! (#6)  

That's music he's absorbing into his soul.

Digidestined FM (Koushiro version) @earlgreymon

I would be surprised if anyone within (around?) my generation doesn’t know “Get Lucky,” much less Daft Punk.

Other notable songs of constant radioplay include “Around the World” and “One More Time”. Both catchy and fun for head nods while working or in the car. :D

I must say I can be a lot like Koushiro with my music tastes and habits - I’ve fallen into the habit of playing a song on Youtube and just letting Autoplay work its magic. Plus, lofi streams are amazing for productivity. This kind of music actually first caught my ear when I met up with a friend and it played while we caught up and ate gelato. (This was a few years ago. I miss those times!!)

Anyway, my go-to lo-fi channel is ChilledCow: Just let that play while you’re writing and you’re golden.

Now, Pentatonix is one of my favorite music groups as of recent times! An eclectic group of voices fitting for a guy with an eclectic taste in music. :P I love their sounds together and separately (Mitch and Scott - hoomg they can sing). I try to keep up with their covers and their albums, and I absolutely cannot wait until after Thanksgiving when I can play their Christmas albums on loop!! My favorite medley from them is “The Wizard of Aaah’s” collaboration with Todrick Hall. 

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Coldplay was featured in Taichi’s playlist from @tangledupblue​ but I haven’t mentioned my favorite song from them! They’ve got a handful of great tunes but I would have to choose “Yellow” as my fave. :)

Owl City was also featured on that same playlist :D I haven’t listened to him much and have only known two songs (and recently, the third from that playlist). “Good Time” with Carly Rae Jepson is good!

I never thought about space sounds being part of the ‘relaxing sounds’ realm but I am not surprised that Koushiro would be into that kind of thing. I can imagine (Seal of Approval’s) Jou have a conversation with him about these sounds and I’m sure it’ll be an interesting conversation. xD

As far as kpop, I will get more into that when we get to Hikari’s playlist! As for Lana del Rey... I haven’t listened to her much other than what’s on the radio. If anyone’s got a song to recommend from her, feel free! 

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This playlist also has some diversity of sounds. In general, these songs have good, funky beats for our computer nerd to listen to. I must be showing my age when I throw out “electronica” and “techno” lol. Also I have a headcanon that some of these songs on both playlists that the other Chosen added their songs without Koushiro realizing because either they sound like his type of music or he’s just too busy paying attention to something else to care. Cases in point: “Stole My Heart” by One Direction (Hikari) and “I Like Me Better” by Lauv (Takeru) (And it’s definitely Takari that mess with his songs).

My Top 6!

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity // A good song from my youth! Also I remember being so fascinated by the conveyor belt effect in his video lol

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Clean Bandit ft. Craig David and Kirsten Joy - We Were Just Kids  // I love this song, it’s so nostalgic

The Killers - Human // One of my favs from this band. 

Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway // I miss this formation of this group with Fergie’s vocals alongside the rest. I chose this one over “I’ve Gotta Feeling” because it’s the one that wasn’t over-over-overplayed. (that was one song that my friends and I had to hear three times a day during our weeklong stay in Las Vegas years ago).

Alan Walker - Faded // My first time hearing this artist. I like it!

MIKA - Elle me dit // I talked about him more in Jou’s playlist, but I have to say how cute this song is and I love that this song is in this playlist! I’ve had to look up the lyrics - and I can totally imagine one of the others telling Koushiro to get out of his bubble and don’t be holed up in his room for too long. (I can see Mimi doing this! Maybe Taichi, too.)

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Raise your glowsticks or BTS Army bombs (I’ve got one to borrow :P). Which songs (or sounds!) do you like from Koushiro’s playlists?