Screaming Females

Awesome solo-riffic punk fucking rock band. Anyone heard them/seen them live? They're facemelting

I am intrigued so far.

They slept on my couch last week.

Ah, no way! They're super awesome people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkUGRR__4Dw

^Is this them? Seems cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm9M5N35G8k

^music video is also cool

Yeah, the first video's one of their older songs (live, obv), and the second video is their first single from their most recent album

Funnily enough, just got some promo hash in e-mail:

By now, I'm sure you've heard of the little band out of New Jersey called Screaming Females... in the past year they've went from being a diy or die band playing basements, bike shops, or any other weir, 400 odd places that they self-booked over the past couple of years, to being the hand-picked opener for Jack White's Dead Weather tour.

Along the way, they picked up fans like Henry Rollins, Kristen Hersh, J. Mascis, rock critics Jessica Hopper, Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis and a million other people. Just last week they appeared on MTV's It's On With Alexa Chung!

All that praise will not stop these three kids from hopping back in the van for another month long tour of the East and Midwest. They're even throwing an appearance at the Montreal Pop festival in there.

These guys are the real, rock & roll, deal

etc. etc.

Sleater Kinney meets Bikini Kill with dirtier sound.
very nice.
shame that the weakest link is the singer.

The singer singing? Or the singer in general? Because she also plays the guitar...

singer singing. and songwriting.

really like the sound of the stuff on their myspace page. will need to investigate further.

good stuff.
i like the singing. she's got a little biafra warble in there.
couldn't hear the lyrics though, what is it that she's a victim of?

yeah these dudes are good! what if someone is watching their tv and baby teeth are fun records, still need to hear the new one. def something of an acquired taste but i like the warbly vocal stuff, jello & corin tucker's lovechild or something like that. cool weird catchy guitar lines too.

yeah, great guitar. i dig the solos in bell, and the little "bridge" near the end of theme just makes the song.

http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/429751/bell-live.jhtml

aaawweeesome

Did anyone (else) see them with JEFF the Brotherhood at the Bowery Ballroom last night?? Jeez louise these guys are awesome.

New album "Castle Talk" is out and is really fucking good, much better than any of their previous albums.

Here is a single from it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th-43wkrg_k&feature=player_embedded

I think the album is kind of ho-hum tbh but I saw them play to about 20 ppl last week and they were really good - Maria is so awesome to watch you kind of have to check yourself else you just look crepey :/

That's the thing, is they used to be a REALLY good live band who just sort of recorded the songs they played and put out albums. But with the last album and especially this one I feel like they've put much more effort into the recording process and they've put out stuff that I actually want to listen to apart from just going to see them live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4asemTLoY

lol Carson you are such a fucking tool.

Thought this was a thread for stuff similar to Diamanda Galas.

I've been enjoying _Castle Talk_ quite a bit. I could see how the vocals might be an acquired taste for some, but the way she belts some lines reminds me of Poly Styrene in a good way.

Yeah, she eased up on those a bit with the previous album, "Power Move" (they were alllll over the first two records) but she seems to have brought them back.

I like the vocals! I like the part in one song, I think it's "Normal", where she really stretches out the word "aroooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuund" and then cracks up a little bit to herself.

Steps to a fulfilling 2012:

1) Stream their new album at http://www.spin.com/articles/screaming-females-ugly-hear-full-album-now

2) See them at one of these dates (trust.)

04/05 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s (record release show)
04/06 – Brooklyn, NY @ Bell House
04/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ Pilam’s Human Barbecue
04/08 – Washington DC @ Black Cat Backstage
04/09 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Roboto Project
04/10 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
04/11 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
04/12 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
04/13 – Madison, WI @ UW Madison
04/14 – Omaha, NE @ The Sandbox
04/15 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
04/17 – Boise, ID @ The Crux
04/18 – Seattle, WA @ The Rendezvous
04/19 – Bellingham, WA @ JINX Art Space
04/20 – Portland, OR @ The Know
04/21 – Olympia, WA @ Timberland Library
04/23 – Oakland, CA @ 1234 Go! Records
04/24 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
04/25 – San Jose, CA @ Streetlight Records
04/25 – San Jose, CA @ The Blank Club
04/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock ^
04/27 – San Pedro, CA @ Ballet School ^
04/28 – San Diego @ Che Cafe +^
04/28 – San Diego, CA @ Bar Pink ^
04/29 – Pomona, CA @ VLHS +^
04/30 – Fullerton, CA @ Continental Room ^
05/01 – Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space
05/02 – Las Cruces, NM @ The Trainyard $
05/04 – Austin, TX @ Red 7 $
05/05 – Dallas, TX @ Queen City Hall
05/06 – Nashville, TN @ The End
05/07 – Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge
05/09 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
05/10 – Baltimore, MD @ Golden West Cafe
06/01 - Austin, TX @ Beauty Ballroom (Chaos in Tejas) %*
06/05 - Gainesville, FL @ The Backyard *
06/06 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth *
06/07 – Atlnata, GA @ Drunken Unicorn *
06/09 – Washington, DC @ St. Stephens Church *
06/11 – Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Redwood Art Space *
06/13 – Hamden, CT @ The Space *
07/05-07 – Trencin, SK @ Pohoda Festival

^ = w/ Toys That Kill
+ = w/ Japanther
$ = w/ Tragedy
% = w/ No Age
* = w/ Ceremony

"rotten apple" in my head ALL DAY

ungh fuuuuuuck yeeeeaahhhhh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOmKGjy-Ct0

fuck yeah. can't imagine i'll listen to this often, but marissa's KILLING THAT SHIT, and it's so damn great to see them/her getting the shot.

production's a little weird, with the sudden and rather emphasis on this or that instrument? maybe it's just for the video, i dunno.

also, she's dialing the vocal tics way back, probably a good move

New one of these in about a month.

You get like, half the album when you pre-order too.

saw marissa paternoster's other band, bad canoes, once last year with stevie d. incredible performer.

YES

http://www.npr.org/2015/02/15/384980346/first-listen-screaming-females-rose-mountain

aw man, I thought this was coming out today.

Think my favorites fron this are still the ones from the pre-order, particularly long-lost Pearl Jam track Criminal Image.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=229&v=Zm1-bVYio1k

uh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm1-bVYio1k

Sounds great

Their first Southern Hemisphere tour's coming up - any recommended entry points to their six albums + various EPs/singles/etc / POX?

Seeing them tonight for the first time, looking forward to it!

Hope they play this, it's pretty much perfect...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ObpxB1_TV8

oh wait is that the show at the First Unitarian? I was gonna go but I just saw them there a few months ago (and have seen them 15-20 times already)

Revisited Rose Mountain recently. King Mike is a great bass player.

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Listen to @Screamales' guest DJ set on @wxpnfm (and see them headline the @DonGiovanniRecs Showcase tonight!)
http://thekey.xpn.org/2017/02/01/screaming-females-guest-dj-wxpn/

http://thekey.xpn.org/aatk/files/2016/11/screaming-females-768x512.jpg

Yeah, it was the Church show... and the band blew my mind... I heard all the stories about how they were better live, but it was so true in their case.

The band fits the stuff I love perfectly and they do so I think with zero intent or even awareness of this. I am a self-identified metalhead hurtling towards 50 yet later in life I concluded that my second favorite genre of music was post-punk, specifically the twitchy stuff with prominent, stiff, march-along bass lines.

Screaming Females has Marissa who fucking shreds and has an amazing, powerful voice, which fits perfectly into my metallic sensibilities that have formed much of what I love about music, even non-metal stuff. And from the very brief conversation I had with her after the show, my suspicion that she came about what she does organically and without actually listening to metal was kind of confirmed. She conceded not knowing much about metal. But it doesn't matter, all it means is she developed this style without needing to cater to idiots like me.

Although it is much more likely the rhythm section, specifically Mike the bassist, do harbor enjoyment from early Cure, Killing Joke, Wire and the like, I still think that they do what they do not to emulate those things, and I base that not in a conversation but a gut feeling that they came around it the same way that punk evolved into those things, naturally and taking cues from the do-what-you-like ethos that punk embodied. And honestly, when Marissa is going off like a tiny shredding whirlwind, having a sturdy foundation is kind of necessary to keep it all together. And they do.

I am very much a late-comer to the band. I picked up Rose Mountain last year and got three more CDs from the band at the show - Castle Talk, Ugly and Power Move. Looking forward to delving into them and seeing the band again and again.

Couple pics from the show...

http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16473150_10158177995750597_3512465418861272819_n.jpg?oh=70f023b35d9c1fdd81bccf781faa7e65&oe=594BC383
http://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/16423031_10158177995675597_8743814413137200294_o.jpg?oh=02543bc4fd9b0f2a9fd8cbba90decaa1&oe=594ADF8F

lol i think her fav band growing up was Garbage

King Mike's big influence is Graham Maby. Marisa followed a pretty traditional grunge and alternative into Kill Rock Stars/K Records trajectory.

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24637-robot-killers-screaming-females-marissa-paternoster-and-king-mike-abbate

"I'll Make You Sorry" is the best indie rock single I've heard in a long time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhJ0n5G5jCo

Thanks for the revive, my friend recommended this band years ago and I forgot to check them out. Where would you start?

I find a lot of their stuff pretty spotty but the new album is strong. It's amazing how Brendan Canty is so immediately identifiable on "Soft Domination."

honestly prob just listen to the live album, or maybe "Ugly"

I like "Castle Talk".

"I'll Make You Sorry" is the best indie rock single I've heard in a long time.

― Simon H., Friday, March 2, 2018 7:08 PM (three weeks ago)

Thanks for the revive, my friend recommended this band years ago and I forgot to check them out. Where would you start?

― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, March 3, 2018 10:42 AM (three weeks ago)