TRC Music

  "Where am I? What's goin' on here?" Sheesh, what laziness on the blog front of things. I've stated in the past that I felt no need to rush any posts, and that since I do this for fun I would only post when I felt I had something worth posting. Not that I haven't had post worthy content, but I've been lacking in posts over here. I love to post on the FB page as I can quickly post a song or a music video, but still. I figured due to my absence here I might as well give general music updates (playlists), and new artists that I've been bopping frequently. One of the playlists that I've been updating the most frequently is the Swancore Inspired Bops Playlist. Tons of great artists take on the great Progressive Post-Hardcore sound that has been developed so well. Resilia is one that captures that sound nicely, and they've got some new content lately although they only have a few songs overall. Silver/Amnesty is an excellent one. One that I've r...

  Shame, shame, shame! I've been quite lazy on the blog front of things lately but I will always try to post my monthly playlists since I'm always looking for new music. FB posts are still at least a few times a week so there's that. Nevertheless, February had a lot of nice music for me, and it'd be a crime to not share some of em. Worst Party Ever- False Teeth This is that perfect sing along type of emo. I've definitely glanced over Worst Party Ever before and I'm glad I finally listened to them. False Teeth is really great but Road Trip is like, wow factor for me. It's vocally reminiscent of another band that I cannot remember but its right there, agh. Regardless WPE will be a frequent listen for me going forward. For The Win- Crash and Burn For The Win is not super unique per se, as you can draw a lot of influences but that's not to say the music is bad. Crash and Burn is a nice feelsy and vocally wholesome song but I cannot help but internally laugh...

  Here we are again. Another year, another month, another roundup. I've got high hopes for music in 2021 and hopefully we will see some return of live music and being able to see artists we like live in person. Anyways let's get into Volume 2 of my monthly playlists! Vilano- Greetings! Vilano is really cool and a new listen for me. They bring back that mid 2000's pop punk sound that's so addicting to me. Greetings starts off in a similar way to Veara's My B-Side Life then branches off into its own thing. There's some really good drumming in both songs as well which also made me correlate the two. Another song I've been digging is Who We Are (feat. Fronzilla). It's a completely different sound but it's pretty much just a Myka Relocate song with Fronz, which in all honestly is really good. Juneva- If You're Jezebel, Then I'm Bill Murray If you've read through enough of my posts, you know how I feel about post-hardcore. Juneva only had 2 EPs...

  Man I don't even know how to start this one. 2020 has been an absolutely wild ride from start to finish. I'm sure it's been that way for everyone and it's a year no one will forget. Perspective and growth have been some keys to move forward with and hopefully the world is a little better on the tail end of everything. I'm not here to go on about all of that though, it's 2020 roundup time! A duality of playlists from the beginning of this blog back in February wrapping up this insane year. Let's get into it and look back at a few key bands and songs that got me to this point writing this post! First though, I've got 2 playlists for everyone today. One of them is a full compilation of each monthly playlist that are viewable on this blog. An "exhaustive collection" I call it, although it's only 234 songs. It would be way too much for me to write about everything I listened to over the year, or even on a monthly basis. Most of my monthly roun...

A Youthful Summer There's something about certain songs or artists that give feelings of nostalgia or just plain bliss. A Youthful Summer is a playlist built around those long summer days throughout the 2010's. I suppose the aesthetic and nostalgia aspects would be geared towards folks that grew up on some of the music on this playlist. Regardless I feel there are a lot of good musicians being represented here, I hope you enjoy! I like to touch on all of the genres that I enjoy, but this playlist is narrowed down to a few main genres. Pop-punk is easily the most prevalent but realistically the genre appeals to a lot of younger folks. Not a bad aspect by any means but I like the nostalgia the genre evokes.  In terms of overall influence I think the cake goes to A Day To Remember. Their music made "heavier" sounds more accessible to a wide audience. That's where the bit of easycore comes in. Belmont and Lonely Avenue are 2 slightly newer arti...

Damn I'm late Hey y'all! It's roundup time. Apologies in advance as this'll be a fairly quick post but there's still been a nice rotation of songs this month. Let's jump right into things! Driveways- October Forever (album) Where do I start with this one? Driveways has found a way to blend multiple styles within their own style and make it sound superb. You have elements of pop punk, emo, R&B, and easycore. Songs like Contours and Fifteen Over Five sound like Neck Deep. October Forever sounds just like an A Day To Remember song. Contradictions & Perennials have some nice guitar work and lyrical punch like Tiny Moving Parts. It's hard to not really just love how well they've blended it all together. If you're into the R&B aspect more Sleep Paralysis is also really well put together. Fu Manchu- Evil Eye I'm usually not a big fan of the droning sounds of stoner rock, but Fu Manchu has just the right amount of ene...

Ah yes, Swancore. I've touched upon it briefly in some of my previous entries but today's post is on a playlist I've had for several weeks now.  S.I.B Playlist Swancore is a self coined genre by musician Will Swan. Widely known for his work in Dance Gavin Dance over the years, he began his record label Blue Swan Records in 2013. Since then, there has been a plethora of bands that have put out really solid material in my opinion. Now, I could easily just copy/paste a bunch of artists that are or were under the Label, but that's too simplistic. This playlist is a mixture of some Swancore bands, as well as other bands that sound similar or take influence from Dance Gavin Dance in general. It's a weird sort of limbo in my head if I overthink it, but I see it like this: Essentially there are artists that sound like either DGD or bands on the Swan Records Label, but are neither. Now, like all of my playlists, this is still a work in progress. Some get added to infrequent...

Boo! Happy October everyone, or rather, Spooktober. I love everything spooky, and this month has been pretty freaky. I've been posting on the Facebook page and culminating a few posts for next month. Anyways, round up time! Driveways- There For A Reason I'm loving these guys. They have an older pop punk sound that's something I never appreciated fully. There For A Reason is one of my favorites because it sets the mood for a spooky October with its 80's horror movie synth intro.  Stars Hollow - It's Not That Stars Hollow is pretty cool. They're essentially a mixture of Tiny Moving Parts and Free Throw, both of which are some of my favorite bands. They've got some nice mathy bits on guitar and mix it with some emo vocals; good stuff! Slick Shoes- Waiting Slick Shoes is new for me, but they've been around since the 90's. They released their newest album Rotation & Frequency after 17 years which is wild. To not mak...

Hello my good folk! It's been a minute since I've posted but there's still plenty of content being curated. Todays post is a bit short as I'm here to announce my new Facebook page, TRC Music ! I'll be cross posting playlists and regular posts on there as well as some exclusive content to that page. This page will be an easier way for me to post individual songs as well. I hope you'll join me on the journey and like the page! Monthly roundup coming soon. It's been a really cool month for music so stay tuned!  Peace!

2020, 2020 never changes. You can interpret that as you may but needless to say it's been a crazy year for all of us. September's playlist is a bit shorter than other months, but that's mostly because I've been jamming along to a playlist that I'll share eventually. It may be fine tuned by then but let's get into the roundup for now! ERRA- Snowblood There's something truly impactful with ERRA's music and one of those characteristics is the perfect blend of chaos and some of my favorite clean vocals. Snowblood is nothing short of the pure excellent content they've released in the past. I've already mentioned their album Drift in previous posts, and they're just really great in my opinion. Miles Paralysis- Volcano Blending some twinkly math rock and alt-pop sounding vocals, Miles Paralysis is really fun to listen to. The instrumental work flows so well and compliments the vocals perfectly. Nothing is also a reall...

Is it a feeling? Is it serotonin? It's both. A mental cascade of weightlessness brought forth from atmospheric sounds.  Today's post is a bit random from the stream of things posted previously, but I feel that it's a nice touch on a nice realm of music; or at least a piece of it. Let's get into some songs and albums that will you give you the sense of weightlessness and peace. Explosions In The Sky- The Wilderness I don't want to drown this article with post-rock, but Explosions In The Sky is superb in providing that introspective tranquility. Some songs like Logic of a Dream are enchanting but more jarring. Not good for a sense of floating but still atmospheric and sense tingling. Losing the Light and Landing Cliffs are 2 of my favorites when I want to feel weightless and just float with the progression of the song. ERRA- Drift ERRA is a progressive metalcore band with a lot of craziness going on. The song Drift off the album of the s...

Eyyo folk, round and round we go. This year's been wacky as hell and music has been a nice vessle to some sense of normalcy amidst everything. There's a lot of different tastes in this month's round up but I'll be going over just a few of em. Let's go! Shreddy Krueger- Heathen One of the reasons I love post hardcore so much is when bands have a powerful and moving clean vocalist that can carry melodies amongst the musical chaos. Shreddy Krueger has been big on my playlists lately and Heathen is a prime example of why I enjoy them so much. In Ruin is my most listened but I think Heathen is my favorite vocally. I get some nice Periphery vibes. The Fall Of Troy- Chain Wallet, Nike Shoes I'll be honest, I'm not a big listener of The Fall of Troy. I certainly appreciate their older work and F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X gained mass appeal so they're definitely something special. I randomly flipped through their newest release and stumbled upon this ...

Sweet, something unique to post! One part of this post will be a recurring but more spread apart thread of posts. Along with playlists I'll do 20-25 album "grab bins" where each image will be based on a specific topic or genre.  The inaugural grab bin post is a collection of albums that I especially enjoy. Some are newer and some I've listened to for years. The genre differentiation is a bit more prevalent in my opinion. I highly recommend checking all of these out!  I must say though, I eyeballed these album covers together on my phone and it looks kind of meh. Apologies for that one. Below I'll be linking each album left to right, top to bottom. But first, on to the next part of this post! I recently visited a record store again since the pandemic started back in March. I love to collect CDs here and there, and I recently picked up a few. Below is a link to my Discog Collection where you can view the physical media...

Hey y'all! It's that time once again. Another month down and it's time to post my monthly playlist for July. This month has been chaotic as well as a starting point for other playlists such as my last post on EDM. Anywho lets dive in now! Properties of Nature- Sorry Excuse I know it's quite surprising to have another Swancore artist at the top of my roundup, but Properties of Nature are smooth and I've been stuck singing along to Sorry Excuse as well as Giraffulo . Their sound and vibes they give off could be heavily associated with A Lot Like Birds although ALLB are more technical instrumentally.  Happy Hour- Sorry, I Only Drink Guinness Oh yeah, another one. While Happy Hour would also be considered Swancore, they sound much more similar to DGD than Properties of Nature. On a side note I absolutely love that quick drum intro. If you're a fan of Jon Mess the song Dreamcast Trash will give you some sweet vibes as w...