interesting post!

and great description of the genre - my absolute FAVORITE sub-genre (sorry
guys, the lite chamber poppy stuff i dont dig too much - re-listened to that
zombies album.. ug.. maybe the 1st song.. but also cotton mather i got too
and cant stand...)

ok, here's my 2 cents. i love weezer. AND superdrag. weezer for years. no
one i know likes green and maladroit as much as me, they swear by the first
two albums. but i like my stuff to POP. weezer's last 2 albums that i love
have horrible last tracks, each one.

superdrag is pretty much done. kicks to me sometimes sounds like the 'drag
continued. which is good, but sad.

getup kids i cant even handle. saw them open for weezer once, we called em
the getupandgetouttahere kids, i dont even know how they got signed, for
real.

ultimate fakebook i like 1, maybe 3 songs.

so the kicks is where its at for me. great lyrics, the guy knows how to
DOUBLE his voice enough (hint, rivers - use more HARMONIES - if i can sing
several part harmonies to an empty weezer song, it needs MORE - green was
recorded where the BEACH BOYS recorded for chrissakes)

and there ya have it.

those bands are my favorite kinds of music (also see the gravel pit and
figgs - oh MAN)

myracle brah's treblemaker is stuck in my car cd player currently, and just
heard neptunes clones - spymob IS amazing by the way - several songs on
there.. oh man. best record i've heard this year maybe. spymob everywhere.
it's like hiphop-powerpop. damn.

everyone should also hear the CROCODILES and SWAG.

have a good day kids, pray for my sliced finger
jake
"emergency room, here i come!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AssociationWorks" <AssociationWorks@comcast.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: different Kicks


Initially I was intrigued with the Kicks...
big, powerful, fun rockin' power pop, but after listening
to their s/t album on XS Records a few times I grew
completely bored. These guys are talented but sound too
much like too many other bands (Weezer, Get Up Kids,
Superdrag, Ultimate Fakebook, etc...) to hold my attention
for too long.

my 2 cents...
Jeff