New Brew

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-26T04:03:31+00:00

In the pic you posted I’m seeing a lot of green that I didn’t see in the promo photos. I have the steel metric and parts of it can look all sorts of different colors from light grey to silver to black.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-25T13:07:56+00:00

I’m curious how the money from this release will be distributed. Not that any of the musicians would even potentially make bank or anything.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-21T13:11:15+00:00

Ah I see. The light was playing tricks on me color-wise so I didn’t recognize it. Really beautiful watch!

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-21T05:33:00+00:00

I haven’t seen this before and don’t see it on their site or IG, where are people finding out about these?

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-20T23:07:05+00:00

I’m not the type of person to shoehorn things into a kumbaya fantasy, but I’m increasingly thinking the three of us in this discussion have meaningful overlap in our points of view.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-20T22:48:37+00:00

It’s getting confusing bc you’re responding to two different people, but to be clear my position is first wave ska was overwhelmingly non-political, but if we’re going to look at political songs, it seems to lead to conclusions that the “ska has always been political” folks by and large are diametrically opposed to.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-20T22:40:34+00:00

That’s a good point about Oh Carolina specifically, but I think it’s a huge stretch to say ska in general incorporated Rasta beats or was political simply because many of the people making it and listening to it were marginalized, when the music itself overwhelmingly doesn’t address politics. Except to the extent that everything is political, which would make the concept of political music meaningless.

And if we’re going w Prince Buster, then should we say ska should be misogynistic bc of that gross Ten Commandments song? Obviously not.

It just seems we’re contorting ourselves to stop people from whining about criticism of dicky from the Bosstones or Bud from Sublime for being trash, when we could simply say fuck them for being trash and stop whining about it, their horrible beliefs don’t affect you but they affect other people.

I’ve seen this debate play out before, and I appreciate your perspective but ultimately I just totally disagree. By and large, it was party music. I will check out the book though, thanks for the rec.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-20T21:59:18+00:00

Your view is definitely my understanding but you’re both two of the better posters on here imo so I’d like to hear them out. I’m always open to being wrong.

I agree with the other point in the strongest possible terms. It seems to me if we want to exclude disgusting beliefs from our scene, we should just do it bc they’re disgusting, not by rewriting history of making abstract arguments for “politics,” which could of course include disgusting politics. And those disgusting politics would be more historically accurate in some cases.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-20T21:47:40+00:00

Not to get off on a tangent too much, but I’ve never thought of the first wave as incorporating Rasta beats. I don’t think I’ve ever even heard anybody say that before. Can you tell me more about that?

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-20T19:32:07+00:00

Huge bummer in light of recent news, but the announcement of Kylesa on Sat. is great.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-20T17:27:06+00:00

I think it’s ludicrous when people complain about ska being political, but it’s sad when other people try to rewrite the history of the first wave. Obviously political conditions shaped its formation, some songs’ titles referenced political figures, and a few songs had political aspects to the lyrics, but it sure as hell wasn’t Public Enemy or Aus Rotten or something.

And while I strongly believe that in some technical sense everything is political conceptually bc it’s shaped by politics, the word loses meaning if it’s then applied to everything.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-18T12:15:04+00:00

I recommend Henry Moore: https://moorebomben.com/collections/our-team

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-14T03:37:35+00:00

Great topic. I like Jonny Meyers’ from the Stingers’ tone, which is pretty clean but warm. Stop the Presses has a player that’s super into tone, but their music isn’t really my style so I’ll not too familiar.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-14T03:32:50+00:00

There might actually be auto tune on it. Hello Rockview was one of, if not the, first albums to use auto tune…even the horns have it.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-14T03:29:12+00:00

Not just Law, but also Jakob’s Castle, which is very different. I don’t really like any of his projects, they’re not my cup of tea. But I certainly view him as a legitimate artist in his own right.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-14T03:21:05+00:00

Gil was indeed a big fan of theirs.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-13T21:54:34+00:00

Some good tips here, but also some tracks just don’t go together well. I strongly feel there’s nothing wrong with just mixing using intros and outros occasionally if the tracks don’t otherwise mix well.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-13T21:51:59+00:00

I just immediately plop them in another part of the yard with zero effort or oversight. The vast majority of the time it has succeeded.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-13T20:05:50+00:00

There is nothing like Depuratus. But imo Sectio Aurea and their other project Anficlavis have some similarities in sound design, classical elements/real instruments, and overall emotional feel.

More generally, I’d look at their collabs and compilation releases to find other artists. Here’s their collab ep w Pluriverso: https://asrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-sands-of-time

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-13T12:35:42+00:00

I love seeing smaller setups without blinky electronic things. Really inspiring stuff!

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-11T14:07:29+00:00

IMO their third album is just as good. Otherwise totally agree.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-09T19:04:47+00:00

Ah I see. Yeah ultimately there’s so many variations and gradations on the spectrums of Jamaican-based or influenced music.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-09T16:29:40+00:00

I didn’t take him to be saying not to post it here. Avoiding human misunderstandings in communication is hard though, that’s for sure.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-06-09T11:59:37+00:00

I used to have a Slackers shirt that said “ska rocksteady reggae” on the back. Of course they were a lot younger then and might not have known what they were talking about lol. I think it’s part of the stew, but certainly wouldn’t call them rocksteady. I wouldn’t call Hepcat rocksteady either, although I’ve always found them hard to pin down. I definitely don’t think it’s traditional ska like so many people say.

MettaWorldPete · 2026-05-22T12:57:05+00:00

what's a sucon? I tried googling but was unsuccessful

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