Lost Nerve - Ours To Lose

Lost Nerve is Jason (Hey, Dummy) plus Mike L and Ted H (The Mad Dogs, etc) in an unexpected yet welcome Bowling Green/Notre Dame team-up that's been years in the making. They released their first EP in the Fall of 2024. Read more about Lost Nerve in an interview at the Turning the Tide blog.

Resurrectionists - Now That We Are All Ghosts

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Hello there! Time for this blog to resurface and send a jolt to your RSS feeds as I add an entry to the Where Are They Now tag with a release from Joe Cannon's current band, Resurrectionists. 

Their new album is called Now That We Are All Ghosts and you really need to go listen to it.

The opening track starts with sparse banjo lines and soon gets loud with a bass line that sounds like it could fit in the score of a cinematic apocalypse and...distorted banjo? Yes, distorted banjo! The band had a lineup change which led to pedal steel guitar being replaced by a new member adding texture with guitar effect wizardry and keyboards. The sequencing brings delights like the fingerpicked meditation of "Break & Enter Part 2" giving way to the driving build of "The New Winter," which has a guitar line that I could probably have guessed was played by Joe even if I heard it out of context.

And then there's "Let Me Talk You Through This One," whose title I have typed out enough times in text threads enough that my phone's autocorrect will suggest the correct capitalization for me. It first appeared many years back as "Let me talk you through this one, lover" on the first Intelligibles album.  There, it was just Joe and his guitar. Here, it features a lovely understated arrangement from the full band. The final chorus may be my favorite musical moment of 2023 so far.

You can get some more info on the Resurrectionists and Joe's own musical history, including his South Bend Power 90s days, by listening to his appearance on the Watt From Pedro Show.*

Now That We Are All Ghosts is officially out in the world as of today. You can listen and buy vinyl, CD, and digital versions at the Bandcamp link below.  Resurrectionists also commissioned videos for every track on the album, the first two of which you can view on their YouTube page.  They are for the opening (A Classic Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue) and closing ((hotel with pool)) tracks.

* Yes, that's Joe talking to Mike Watt from Minutemen and fIREHOSE and yes, I'm still kind of riding on the contact high of hearing Watt ask questions about emiLy.

LUMBERER

LUMBERER is pleased to announce the release of their self-titled debut album. Conceived several years ago during a weekend in DC, assembled over time and across great distance, and now finally realized, this album sees two former bandmates reunite to create something altogether new. Ted (The Mad Dogs, Obstruction) and Mike (bessie, The Catatonics, the cuba five, emiLy, The Mad Dogs, Severinsen, etc.) first collaborated musically over two decades ago in the basements of northern Indiana. Keeping in the tradition of DIY, the band recorded and mixed this new effort entirely on their own, doing so virtually between Austin, TX and Alexandria, VA. Though it finds the pair perhaps unabashedly wearing their influences on their sleeves, the album remains uniquely representative of the two musicians themselves.

Available now on Bandcamp, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and other streaming services.

Mars Hill - Gone For Good

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Mars Hill is a recent band from John Huston, and I must say, it's pretty special. I probably listened to this album five times straight through when they released it. Here's a video and the album is below.

Dougie - Big In Japan (video)

Mike Larmoyeux (seminally the man in 10 bands at the same time) is still in many bands at the same time. Dougie is one of them, and they have been known to gig around the DC area. Here is a lovely video for you to enjoy:

Plane Zero - S/T

Mike Larmoyeux (seminally the man in 10 bands at the same time) is still in many bands at the same time. Plane Zero is one one them, and they released their debut self-titled album back in 2018. From their Bandcamp page:

Stop whatever you're doing and keep reading this, because you're about to witness the release of the least anticipated album of 2018: Plane Zero's eponymous debut: "Plane Zero" by Plane Zero (#PlaneZero)! It's the album that you had no idea you couldn't live without. Reviews from around the world are already pouring in:

"Plane Zero is the weirdest thing that Mike Larmoyeux has ever done. Musically." -Robert Dahl

"You have to stop futzing around take this seriously or we're never going to finish the final mix. These phase shifts aren't going to modulate themselves." -David Lampp

"I'm not going to give you a quote for your ridiculous fake review conceit. Stop asking." -Taylor Dahl

"This isn't any weirder than emiLy." -Mike Larmoyeux

And now you can hear what all the fuss is about... right now.

Check them out in the player below!

Resurrectionists - What Comes In

With WORK on hiatus, Joe Cannon now brings us Resurrectionists! Read about them here, and listen to them below.

WORK - Strictly Cruis'n

New WORK album from Joe Cannon and friends. Better than ever.

WORK.

The Smittens - City Rock Dove

The Smittens, featuring Colin Clary (Brian, Colin, and Vince, Severinsen, Snowi Springs, etc.), have a new album out. Get into it!

Muckie Mittens - Vision

More and more ND/SBP90s alums are out there still making great, original music today. Case in point: Bob Hoffman, former drummer of Pinch Point and Tweak, has joined up with Newburyport, Massachusetts' Muckie Mittens to play on their latest EP, Vision. Sit back, crack a beer, and let these smooth indie jams soundtrack your lazy summer days...

Evil Seagull - The Philosophy of Evil Seagull

Photo credit: Oceana Lawler-Larsen

The Philosophy of Evil Seagull is the amazing debut EP from Anne Healey's new musical project, Evil Seagull. Described as "angular, melodic indie-rock with a sharp, poetic lyrical style," these four tracks do not disappoint. Check it out!

WORK - "Emolument Monument"

This is a kickass track by WORK, featuring Joe Cannon. It's on the UNPRESIDENTED: DIY vs. Donald Trump benefit comp of Milwaukee bands, so check it and support if you can!

WORK - Doing The Lords

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Hey, hey... it's the sophomore album from Joe Cannon's current band, WORK. Check it out! Vinyl LPs available via the bandcamp page!

Stomatopod - Air By the Ton

It's another edition of Where Are They Now...

Chicago's Stomatopod, fronted by John Huston (The Transoms, The HickUps, The Cole Estate), has recently released their debut album, Air By the Ton. Check it out below!

The Pawners' Society - Pull The String

It's another edition of Where Are They Now, our attempt to chronicle the post-90s musical endeavors of SBP90s musicians. This entry comes from John Huston (The Transoms, The HickUps, The Cole Estate), sharing an EP from The Pawners' Society.

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The Pawners' Society was my friend Stephanie Morris and me. We started performing together in 2007. We were both songwriters and wanted to explore softer music that highlighted our vocal harmonizing. We recorded this EP of songs that was mastered and awaiting cover art when she died on June 1, 2009.

This is the five-year anniversary since she's been gone and our songs have never been released. I still think about her every day and miss hearing her sing, but it’s become increasingly sad that our music has gone largely unheard. I decided to at least put the EP on Bandcamp for people to download, with an option to donate money. Any proceeds will go toward suicide prevention.

-- John Huston

WORK - The Long Con

This seemed like a good a time as any to kick off the "Where Are They Now" feature for the SBP90s blog, which will highlight former Power 90s musicians that are still rocking it today.

Photo credit: Joe Kirschling

Just released, the debut album from Milwaukee's WORK, entitled The Long Con. WORK is fronted by none other than one Joe Cannon (emiLy, Spoonfed, VOMWTW, The Intelligibles, etc.), and if you've enjoyed Joe's music over the years, then you will certainly enjoy this. Great stuff, give it a spin:



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Ted Leo - "Innocents Abroad" (Chisel) live on WFMU 3/2/2010

Last night, Ted Leo made his latest in a series of recurring appearances on The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Sharpling, during their annual fund drive. Aside from playing a few solo versions of songs from his forthcoming album, The Brutalist Bricks, and a couple goofy covers, Ted whipped out an old Chisel classic... "Innocents Abroad." As Ted explains, he actually had to download the lyrics from the internet, to refresh his memory after not having played the tune in about 13 years!

Well, it sounded as good as ever, and was certainly a special treat for all the old-school Chisel fans out there. We've procured an MP3 of the cut for you, so check it out!

Ted Leo (solo) - "Innocents Abroad"

Additionally, you can stream the entire show by clicking here.

UPDATE! Video footage of the performance has popped up on YouTube:



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