Are there still bands playing sick ass basement shows and if so how can i see them?

>sick ass basement shows
what even qualifies? we all know the basement is more figurative than literal

what are you talking about. theres loads of basement literal basement shows. in boston there are dozens of house venues and usually theres 5 or 6 shows happening simultaneously at show houses in allston on a weekend night...

in rural areas or places with less musical culture probably not as often. but places like Boston, Philly, definitely. Ive toured and played basement shows in Baltimore, Pittsburg, Asheville, Raleigh, Detroit, Chicago, etc. Smaller cities usually have cheap official DIY spaces that arent necessarily basements. Even NYC Ive been to a few (although they are rare there just cause space is so expensive an empty basement would be rare)

lol

Those are just house shows. DIY spaces are just house shows for people whose parents wont tolerate their noise.

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im sure cleveland, columbus, cincinnati, denton, akron, etc have some sort of music scenes although probably not as hopping as coastal cities in the us. and theres probably some college towns out there with music scenes.

>DIY spaces are just house shows for people whose parents wont tolerate their noise.
what are you talking about? no ones parents live with them. its usually big cheap houses 7-10 ppl rent with eachother and put on shows in their basements. often its college kids, art or music students, ppl in bands themselve, punks or other counterculture ppl

dont pretend like they dont exist just cause youve never been.

we do it youtu.be/1gSaxPFNK0c

>my limited experience defines reality: the post

I was in the DIY scene for years but I've mostly grown out of it. From what I know in my area the DIY bands are mostly playing more abrasive and more political music. it's not folk or hardcore or pop punk but it's noise punk. Analog synths are popular. There's tons of young girls and more non-whites than I've ever seen in punk before and TONS of trans people and songs about trans issues.

Just my personal observations from the NYC / NJ / Philly area.

You have to make friends with the local SJWs. I'm serious.

might be shit in youngstown. I've been into local music/DIY for years, so idk how I'd start fresh in an area where idk anybody. start by going to above-ground shows that look somewhat interesting to you, check bars & venues in your area (I started by going to shows in a church near me) and ask the bands where they're playing next. the answer might just be that nothing much is going on in your area outside of Cleveland lol

This. They know most anybody in town. And they fucking know how to party.

yep they run the scenes nowadays. and can easily get you cancelled and blacklisted for being problematic. not necessarily a bad thing but it is the truth.

literally maybe highschool bands play at their parents houses in the suburbs. but the basement shows ppl are talking about here. are diy music being played in houses in urban areas that are not family homes...

>not necessarily a bad thing but it is the truth.
lol, yeah nothing wrong with the brownshirts defining their non-persons, it's what they do

>it's not in family houses! that'd be childish and pathetic! no, these take place in homes rented out by 7-10 low-functioning troglodytes

im just telling you how the diy house show scene is... not saying its better or worse...

i personally lived at one for 5 years and it got tiresome hosting shows. but it was awesome living in a big space where i could play loud music and practice with groups, have an art studio, etc. all for very cheap. alsowasw really easy to make friends and meet people interested in art and music and ppl who were more experienced and connected to a regional or global music scene.

I play a fair amount of basement shows in Philly. Most of the bands are fucking awful. Generic shoegaze and emo are both huge. It's definitely a scene run by the popular kids who will all pat each other on the back and say "great set man" to every shithead there.
I'm in a slowcore band and the only way we can play to more than 20 people is to be on a shit bill with pop punk bands, and even then a lot of people get pissed at you for doing something different and "killing the vibe". Fucking sick of it but theres nowhere else to play

If you were to visit the east coast as a tourist, how would you come in contact with the organizers?

look for the cringiest flier in the gutter

telephone poles, light poles, newspaper kiosks.

How do I find local scene shows? I live in STL. Should I find a Facebook group or something?
I also want to find noise shows.
I just want to get involved in the music scene here

ask a punk lol

Facebook can be helpful, so can forums like Special Interest (since noise is your thing), but hoenstly leave your home and start going to bars/tiny venues that attract the scene you're looking for. Not only will you find flyers posted for upcoming shows in DIY spaces, but you can meet people who can point you in the right direction if you make yourself a regular.

A lot of small venues have no cover cheap drink nights where someone comes in and hosts anything from a metal to britpop DJ night to keep the bar profitable on weekdays. It's a good way to not break the bank going out and do effective networking.

I am a punk but i live in fucking hick town where nothing happens

That's how it is everywhere. Scene queen bees are the same in every city and it sucks. You'd probably do better coming down here to Baltimore to find a captive audience. People here like artists who branch out and at least try something unique.

You're such a fucking idiot.

>compains about emo and shoegaze
>plays slowcore

lmao. every band in philly sounds like duster and sucks ass

I did and they thought i was a cop lol

funny, i'm a fucking dork and i've got info for shows before. never went but still.

To be fair i used my old facebook account i havent used in years so i had forgot that it had no user picture so i had to send them a pic of myself still though its bullshit i had to go through all that to get the address

You sound like a narc

I just asked and got the address to shows because of friends here that go to shows, you made yourself look sketchy as fuck.

Well first of all, search for answers literally ANYWHERE else besides Yea Forums

I did honestly but other than that i never have a problem getting addresses for local shows

Columbus has regular live music. So does Cleveland. Cincinnati is for bitches.

Formal speech is narc to American ears. Yikes.

he's referring to the content not the delivery, doofus

So let me rephrase. Where does one run into local SJW's to guide one to the underground punk scene? And from what i can gather from the thread, why are the organizers careful when inviting newcommers. Is it illegal or something in America?

What's ur band
Im also in a slowcore band

yeah go to the midwest u knob

>There's tons of young girls and more non-whites than I've ever seen in punk before and TONS of trans people and songs about trans issues.
not interested

you're going to run into them in any art scene, music is art and all art is usually left leaning. no one's going to be barring people from venues and other shows because of political views unless it's all about violence and hatred like skins and others.

>music is art
not the way they do it

what?

what?

So its basically just people trying to circlejerk and virtue signal their way for some value like anything else these days

Bay area powerviolence and punk bands in California are still doing shit like street shows too.

Antichrist Demoncore played their last show in a house, old problems played on the corner of a street, and a bunch of other shitty lo-fi punk bands play in basement venues all the time. You just have to live in certain areas of California or Oregon.

Facebook groups are usually active
We like Duster but we've been trying to steer the group more towards early Low, ambient and alt country and away from indie rock
Are you also in philly? Hesitant to post my band for obvious reasons and I don't like shilling

Your dick little lol