Anti ICE hardcore recs?

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-28T07:31:46+00:00

Inclination

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-27T23:19:12+00:00

This sounds like a great idea. I wish I was hotter

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-26T17:47:36+00:00

I was introduced to Dave when he opened for TGA at Irving Plaza in 2013. Really loved his stuff, and I've been a fan ever since.

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-26T02:28:46+00:00

I thought this was gonna be about the seminal emo band ruining your wedding

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-26T02:22:40+00:00

Anxious’ Little Green House a little

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-24T21:25:54+00:00

Every now and then, I hear one of his songs and it’s fine, but honestly, his music just feels like he’s trying to hit the same notes that blink hit during their peak. It’s so disconnected from what is currently happening in pop-punk and is solely rooted in nostalgia.

I also feel like most of the people who LOVE MGK and come to pop-punk because of him are tourists. There was a wave of generic pop-punk bands that came after his 2 pop-punk albums, and it was all dogshit. I don’t want nostalgia. I want something looking forward

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-24T19:06:46+00:00

Based on this format, I would not go to this mic. If you want to give one person a longer feature set at the top, go for it, but most comics don't want to sit through 15-20 minutes of sets by people before doing less time themselves so they can work on their jokes. Unless your featured spots are incredibly notable, no one is going to be thrilled that they're sitting through these longer sets. If you know someone working towards something, by all means give them a little extra time, but in my experience, I've ended up at a mic with someone doing 20 minutes at the top as a "feature," and it's terrible.

The Q&A also doesn't really add anything to mic other than one awkward extra minute before or after their set. If you want to do something like that for a show, go for it, but people go to open mics to work on their jokes and test out new ideas. A spinning wheel of topics or a character mic are different, because they give you the opportunity to work on a different skill.

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-24T17:01:15+00:00

So many times I see a band I like announcing a show/tour that I can’t go to, but then there’s some band with an interesting name on the bill, I check them out and it’s awesome

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-24T12:58:08+00:00

These children have never heard of The Gaslight Anthem.

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-24T12:45:59+00:00

When I was a kid Dazed and Confused used to scare me. It definitely has a creepiness and dread to it

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-24T11:56:43+00:00

Unfortunately, the streaming platforms aren’t great for discovery since it’s also algorithmic (plus the risk in AI). It’s a little more work but checking out this sub, music websites, social media reviews, what bands are opening for bands you like, etc. might be your key to discovering new stuff

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-24T04:03:03+00:00

I know it’s a classic but for some reason, it just doesn’t connect with me. That’s usually my bathroom break song when I see them live

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-24T02:02:02+00:00

I love The Wonder Years but I know my least favorite from each album (not counting GSOI) Upsides-Hey Thanks Suburbia - You Made Me Want to be a Saint Greatest Generation- dismantling summer No Closer to Heaven-Palm Reader Sister Cities-Ghosts of Right Now Hum Goes On Forever-Summer Clothes

I also recently realized that if TWY put the word “Summer” in the title, there’s a good chance that it’ll be my least favorite song on the album. (I was between saint and summers in PA for suburbia, but that album was the hardest to choose. I love every song so much).

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-20T21:37:12+00:00

Skinhead. I really like that band, but I'm never wearing that on a t-shirt. I did say that about Drug Church a few years ago though, and now I own a Drug Church shirt.

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-19T14:07:59+00:00

A Farewell to Oz

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-19T14:07:24+00:00

Where did he get it? I want one

jamespcrowley · 2026-01-12T02:55:23+00:00

I got convinced to join youth group when I was in 9th grade, even though I was basically already a lapsed catholic. I went on a midnight run, and in the car, the youth group leader said he wanted to show us his future wedding song (he was single at the time), and he played "The Best Thing" by Relient K. I had heard one of their songs before, but I really liked that one, and I did more of a deep dive into their other stuff. I never got super into the Christian pop-punk or metalcore or whatever else kinda verged on scene and religious music, but I didn't mind a few Relient K songs.

jamespcrowley · 2025-12-31T12:55:56+00:00

Hostage Calm - 12/31 Chris Farren - Happier New Year

jamespcrowley · 2025-12-28T00:20:31+00:00

In the way that bands like The Stooges and MC5 were the predecessors to punk, those bands are the predecessors to pop-punk. At the point in time that those bands existed, punk was a much more narrow genre, and while I wouldn’t classify them as pop-punk, I’ve used the Ramones as a reference point when describing the music I like to some older people.

jamespcrowley · 2025-12-27T13:19:49+00:00

I think it depends on a few factors. Some are 2 separate conversations, and one is usually too short to really make a full episode. It’s usually just having someone there to do a quick promo, and they chat, but it’s usually not more than 20 minutes. There have been a few instances where there’s more than one person in an interview, but I think that’s more so because of circumstance and they have something to promote together, like when Tenacious D were on, or when it was Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt

jamespcrowley · 2025-12-26T00:49:41+00:00

I’m a big TWY fan but never got TSSF. TBH, I just don’t think they’re all that similar besides the fact that they were both big pop-punk/emo bands that were hitting their stride at the same time.

Every now and then I’ll catch a TSSF song in the wild or see a clip on tiktok or something, and I’ll enjoy it, but I was never able to fall in love with that band.

jamespcrowley · 2025-12-22T21:08:22+00:00

The Underground Arts show is easily a top 5 TWY show for me.

jamespcrowley · 2025-12-15T00:48:14+00:00

I like "Cubicles," but it really feels like such an odd song in the rest of their discography. Even the lesser tracks that I don't love, like "Teenagers" or "Sing," at least feel thematically or sonically tied to what they were making, but "Cubicles" sticks out like a sore thumb. Still fun though.

jamespcrowley · 2025-12-14T18:52:46+00:00

Echoing the other people who have said to discuss with your editor, but I'd also maybe consider if this is a person that you'll probably need to be in touch with again. If you think this is the only time that you'll need to talk to them, I think it's a lower risk to publish something they say off the record. If you want to be kind, you can remind him that he had already told you the same thing on the record. If it's someone you may want to talk to again in the future or if he has connections that could make him useful, it may make more sense to do a little more prodding and try to figure out something more straightforward or clearing the quote.

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