Listing To Starboard...Fifty Favorite LP's 2018

LISTING TO STARBOARD...

FIFTY FAVORITE LP'S 2018

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50) CLEARANCE: At Your Leisure

49) MISSING EARTH: Gold, Flour, Salt

48) TANUKICHAN: Sundays

47) TOTAL BETTYS: This Is Paradise

46) THE SPOOK SCHOOL: Could It Be Different

45) ANNA BURCH: Quit The Curse

44) MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER: Bon Voyage

43) PLLUSH: Stranger To The Pain

42) DOG PARTY: Hit & Run

41) SOME EMBER: Submerging The Sun

40) LET'S EAT GRANDMA: I'm All Ears

39) BUILDINGS AND FOOD: Quick Beat Save

38) CHASTITY: Death Lust

37) MADELINE KENNEY: Perfect Shapes

36) GRUFF RHYS: Babelsberg

35) GIRL GAZE: Fade Out

34) TUNE-YARDS: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life

33) LALA LALA: The Lamb

32) OBNOX: Bang Messiah

31) ADRIANNE LENKER: abysskiss

30) STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS: Sparkle Hard

29) ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER: Hope Downs

28) WYE OAK: The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs

27) MIYA FOLICK: Premonitions

26) SPEEDY ORTIZ: Twerp Verse

25) SHOPPING: The Official Body

24) THE GOON SAX: We're Not Talking

23) KURT VILE & THE VIOLATERS: Bottle It In

22) THE BETHS: Future Me Hates Me

21) WAX IDOLS: Happy Ending

20) YO LA TENGO: There's A Riot Going On

19) NO AGE: Snares Like A Haircut

18) KHRUANGBIN: Con Todo El Mundo

17) CLOUD NOTHINGS: Last Building Burning

16) ILLUMINATI HOTTIES: Kiss Yr Frenemies

15) CAMP COPE: How To Socialise & Make Friends

14) SNAIL MAIL: Lush

13) BONNY DOON: Longwave

12) IAN SWEET: Crush Crusher

11) JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET: Both Directions At Once

10) SWEARIN': Fall Into The Sun

9) COURTNEY BARNETT: Tell Me How You Really Feel

8) YOWLER: Black Dog In My Path

7) SUPERCHUNK: What A Time To Be Alive

6) MITSKI: Be The Cowboy

5) TROPICAL FUCK STORM: A Laughing Death In Meatspace

4) MOURN: Sorpresa Familia

3) EAST BRUNSWICK ALL GIRLS CHOIR: Teddywaddy

2) BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT: Mother Of My Children

1) SAY SUE ME: When We Were Together

Mourn Shines A Light

MOURN

CHASTITY

SIRENA VICTIMA

RICKSHAW STOP

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

29 JULY, 2018

Catalonian quartet Mourn marked the midway point on their stateside jaunt in San Francisco, downtown at the Rickshaw Stop. Joined throughout the tour with Whitby, Ontario's finest: Chastity, they were abetted locally by trio Sirena Victima. Mourn have come a long way in the past few years, from the first time we caught them in 2015, To get up to speed on their current situation, here's a tour preview, courtesy of The Owl Mag. 

Sirena Victima kicked off the night with a taut set, including plenty from their latest, last summer's To You And Yours, recorded here in the Bay at Different Fur. Chastity's brand new LP Death Lust has been getting a lot of attention, and their set more than did justice to it. Their live sound is huge, Brandon Williams prowled the stage, and the band showed a level of intensity approaching Protomartyr. Mourn held up their end, mixing songs old and new, (their latest is Sorpésa Familia), into a ferocious brew driven by drum powerhouse Antonio Postius. Carla Pérez Vas and Jazz Rodriguez Bueno's guitar work has gotten tighter and more intuitive, and Chastity's bassist Julia Noel (Poor You) admirably pulled double duty and more than kept the bottom end together. The generosity of the set times, and the level of quality amongst all the bands made for a satisfying evening, and special thanks to Captured Tracks and Motormouthmedia for making this happen.

MOURN

CHASTITY

SIRENA VICTIMA

Spring Breakers: Mourn In The USA

MOURN

CRUEL SUMMER

SUMMER PEAKS

THE CHAPEL, SF

03 APRIL, 2015

Friday night in San Francisco saw the end to the first stateside jaunt of Barcelona's MOURN, a week long stint covering NY, Boston, and LA before winding up here. Their self-titled debut was released last fall in Europe on Sones, and came out this February on NYC's esteemed indie Captured Tracks. Opening duties for the evening were provided by Summer Peaks and Cruel Summer, both providing a welcome window into upcoming local bands. A decent crowd was already in place for Summer Peaks, always a good sign, and they warmed up over the course of their set, getting a great crowd reaction from "King Of The Road". Cruel Summer hit it from the word go, with their dual guitar interplay and harmonies threatening to steal the night. At times reminiscent of Montreal's No Joy, the songs from their self-titled EP were given an extra dimension live, and we'll be checking in on them again. For more on Cruel Summer, check out this report from At My Heels.

"Always leave 'em wanting more..." is the old adage that still applies, and Mourn was locked in. The quartet of guitarists Carla Pérez Vas and Jazz Rodríguez Bueno, along with their powerhouse rhythm section of Leia Rodríguez and Antonio Postius, started with an instrumental intro, and gathered steam from there. The Chapel, (on Valencia), with it's on-point sound and vaulted open space, was the perfect venue for the band. "Misery Factory" and "Otitis" were raging high points, but it was the final combo of "Jack" and "Silver Gold" that made the night, bringing together all the elements of what makes this band stand out, and ending with Antonio standing for the final beats, then flinging his sticks upward as the band departed, having given, on a number of levels, everything they had. In lieu of an encore, they emerged for a curtain call, admitting, "We have no more songs..." A charming moment from a band set up to deliver a whole lot more. We'll look forward to their return.

"We have no more songs..."

...and, as a bonus, here's the band's own view of their tour:

Cruel Summer

Summer Peaks

Summer Peaks