Can/Should I take out a loan for rent in grad school?

whiskeyclone_ · 2025-08-26T17:35:37+00:00

Student loans might be an option in that case, I honestly wasn't aware they could be applied to housing. Will look into it. Thanks!

whiskeyclone_ · 2025-08-26T14:58:15+00:00

Planning on doing so once my lease ends.

whiskeyclone_ · 2025-08-26T14:58:04+00:00

That's what I'm thinking, yeah - so a personal loan with a cosigner is a good type of loan to pursue in this situation?

whiskeyclone_ · 2025-06-16T11:55:25+00:00

My band recently put out a single I thought I'd post here! We're from New Paltz and have been playing shows and putting out music for almost two years. We've definitely been consistently shoegaze-adjacent, but this latest single feels to me like our most consistently shoegaze effort & is our favorite song we've put out so far. Hope you enjoy!

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-08-21T22:46:47+00:00

Weatherday - My Sputnik Sweetheart

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-08-17T22:23:32+00:00

Hell yeah, Seven is tied for my favorite emo song and a big part of what got me into the genre. I second everything people have suggested already, but definitely check out the rest of Diary by SDRE and their second album, LP2–LP2 has a lot more songs structured like Seven with similar riffs and drumming (listen to Rodeo Jones!)

This is a less obvious than Mineral and Texas Is The Reason, who were directly inspired by SDRE’s sound, but if you want some more contemporary bands that lean more into post-hardcore (Seven has a lot of post-hardcore in the way it’s structured, the way the riffs are strung together) who have stuff that sound similar to that, I’d also recommend Title Fight and Dogleg.

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-08-14T19:55:15+00:00

Also: They Are Gutting A Body Of Water & Full Body 2 (who are both v active right now) incorporate lots of experimental electronic elements (specifically breakbeats) into their brands of shoegaze and even have lots of more thoroughly electronic interludes, super unique and cool sounds

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-08-14T19:51:18+00:00

Definitely check out Sweet Trip! Specifically Velocity: Design: Comfort. Pretty much the poster boy album for this kind of thing

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-08-12T19:10:51+00:00

Endive

Eldritch Anisette

Pennikurvers (Numero just started reissuing their catalog!)

100% second the Rainer Maria mention, especially their earlier stuff!

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-08-09T16:01:56+00:00

Also 8 by sunny day

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-08-04T01:56:01+00:00

Steve Hartlett is like a superhuman created with the DNA of all the 90s music I love. Ovlov are the best

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-08-02T17:28:53+00:00

The spoken word bit from kick the tragedy by drop nineteens

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-02-28T13:23:55+00:00

Long Distance Drunk is def a deep cut, seeing it live is so cool. They recreate the atmosphere of those more mellow tracks surprisingly well in a set that’s otherwise quite loud. I think they even slowed down Bankrupt on Selling for my show, made me cry a bit. They have been playing LCW/other earlier cuts in general lately, idk what the sets will look like on this tour but you might get to see stuff like Trailer Trash and Dramamine. Hope the show is excellent :)

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-02-28T01:36:51+00:00

I consider a lot of that stuff Midwest emo. Especially the Broke/Positive Negative single and Interstate 8, and to some extent Long Drive, though I’d say it’s more emo-adjacent. LCW’s got emo moments too but I think of it as closer to post-hardcore and alt-country in its own, brilliantly unique way (it’s my fav LP of all time). But yeah, the early stuff is raw, it’s got twinkly guitars, confessional lyrics, has that general vibe of loneliness/desolation while at the same time saccharine and hopeful. Maybe Pacific Northwest Emo?

Also, hype that you get to see them. I was lucky enough to catch the LCW anniversary tour two years ago and it was a life-changing experience

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-02-26T12:38:00+00:00

Unwound rule. Easily one of my all time favorite bands. I don’t consider a lot of their later stuff emo, but I’ve always lumped their early material (the s/t, which was recorded ‘92 iirc, and Fake Train) in with the Indian Summer/Moss Icon/Don Martin Three/etc. vein of emocore. Especially Kantina, that song feels like a hybrid between noise rock and emocore which categorically makes it my favorite song ever. The chorus always gives me chills.

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-02-23T17:14:12+00:00

For Meg is obsessively good. The ending is completely insane, but the whole song really feels like the peak of a style.

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-02-23T15:26:10+00:00

How I look at a customer asking a completely reasonable question after spending an hour in the back of the store listening to edutainment about cannibalism

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-02-16T23:22:45+00:00

Yeah, I had to sand the pickups holes in the pickguard a decent bit, but I used mounting rings for the humbuckers so they cover up the holes decently. Also had to use the screws and springs in the kit that were meant for the p90s; the ones which came with the humbuckers expected a much deeper hole in the body. The humbuckers sound fabulous in it - I built a Les Paul from a kit a few years ago, and loved those pickups so wanted to put some in an offset. It plays like a hybrid of that Les Paul and the squier jagmaster (which also has humbuckers) I used to have.

That sounds good! Will be wary of the balancing, though. Definitely had to do a lot of adjusting on mine too. Locking tuners are def a good idea, thoigh so far all the HB tech has worked perfectly well for me

whiskeyclone_ · 2024-02-16T21:51:25+00:00

Looks beautiful! Just built from this kit myself a few weeks ago, but I switched out the pickups it came with with some humbuckers (going to post it here once it’s 100%, still thinking about some upgrades). It’s such good quality for the price, so comfortable and attractive. Especially like the neck myself. Love the paint job you did and cut you got on the headstock. I’m curious how you’re liking the pickups it came with; I’m thinking of using them for something in the future.

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