#256 with Todd Taylor: Razorcake Podcast
“Everyone smells like piss just a little bit/
And everyone’s been ripped up/
And everyone everywhere is definitely dying.”
Those are the last words sung on this podcast, courtesy of Will Thomas, the lead singer of the Careeners (formerly Grabass Charlestons). I don’t intend it to be a downer. I mean it to be conformational. Accept the worst. Calibrate expectations accordingly.
The punk that I love—under-the-radar, not-very-sellable-to-preteens DIY punk—is mostly human. It’s fractured, querulous, imperfect, fuck-uppable, fucked-up. Full of bad ideas and poor execution. Weird.
It’s also noble. And good listening. Not for keeners.
Yeah, I’m a sillyheart. I still believe in community over competition.
I have no fucking idea if any or all of these bands/band members believe in any of that. But I do know when I listen to these songs, I feel like they’re protecting me with armor against the bad shit that rises up like a black tide over and over and over again.
-Todd Taylor
Tracklisting:
Tragedy, “Conflicting Ideas” (Tragedy)
Roky Erickson, “I Think of Demons” (415)
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Dirtbombs, “High Octane Salvation” (Sympathy For The Record Industry)
Pink Reason, “Ache for You” (Savage Quality)
Heavy Times, “P.O. Box” (Rotted Tooth)
Pity Party, “Baby Makes Three” (Underground Communiqué)
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Bits Of Shit, “Reign / Tally’s World” (Homeless)
The Sonics, “Cinderella” (Norton)
Swingin’ Utters, “The Librarians Are Hiding Something” (Fat)
Solid Attitude, “Disco Nap” (Rotten Tooth)
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Snuff, “All Good Things” (Fat)
Gorilla Angreb, “Jeg Går Ikke I Sort” (Kick n’ Punch)
Occult Detective Club, “The President Says” (Dirt Cult)
Suburban Lawns, “Janitor” (IRS)
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La Fraction, “Odolnost” (Fraction)
Daylight Robbery, “Don’t Put out the Fire” (Residue)
Sloane Peterson, “Tired Eyes”
Lost Sounds, “Black Coats/White Fear” (In The Red)
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Rocket From The Crypt, “California Lights” (Swami)
Grabass Charlestons/Careeners, “Existential Dale” (No Idea)