Accountability in Music • Page 9

Wow

 

ugh, i've definitely worked with/communicated with him and seen his name around a ton, so gross.

incredibly disappointed in evan for his response, wish he had said something about this on twitter...

 

Don't think I'll be listening to any Into It. Over It. again.

 

chase manages:

• American Football
• Minus The Bear
• Into It. Over It.
• Mothers
• Pure Bathing Culture
• Now, Now
• Owen

 

And Middle West manages even more:

Middle West

 

hopefully middle west will drop him, sent them (and polyvinyl) an email.

 

Not sure if I understood correctly, is the Chase guy she's talking about in HelloGoodbye? And also the band manager as well as manager for a few other bands?

 

he is just their manager.

 

Everyone that has a FB page and plays in bands with Evan has seen that post and it looks like the only thing that has changed is that Chase’s isn’t on the Pet Sym FB page with the management email

 

at the very least middle west isn't just ignoring it, they got back to my email quickly and did the generic "they are looking into details and are aware"

 

Assume that's related to this?

 

Likely, we’ll see what happens soon. This affects a lot of people in a professional sense so we’ll probably see something soon

 

It is

 

Evan has from what I've read/heard always drawn a pretty hard line when it comes to predators in the scene so I'm very disappointed to read this. Hopefully he will provide a reasonable apology/explanation soon.

 

Man that's a lot of bands associated to this guy. Interested to hear what Evan says about this.

 

THE SWORD Guitarist Accused Of Rape

Not really within the purview of this scene, but a guitarist from The Sword has also been accused of rape.

 

I am so done with this. IIOI has been one of my favorite bands. I just cannot deal with this anymore. Jesus.

Edit: sorry, obviously that is NOT what’s important about this at all but goddamn is there any single dude in this scene that hasn’t perpetuated and excused this behavior!!

 

It’s understandable where you’re coming from though, as a secondary feeling. I saw the name Hellogoodbye and immediately tensed up because it’s my favorite band of all time and I was waiting for my world to come crashing down. I think it’s just natural to have those kinds of feelings, while still knowing the importance of these situations.

 

So I actually reached out to Evan via email and he got back to me almost immediately to talk about the situation. I don't want to go into any details about what he said because as a fan of his for many years I'm worried that I could present it in a biased way and I'm not trying to change what anybody thinks of him right now. But, if you're trying to have a dialogue with him then he will talk to you.

He did confirm to me that he cut all business ties with Chase within 24 hours of the post

 

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post deleted?

 

Glassjaw talk new album ‘Material Control,’ the soundtrack to our demise - Features - Alternative Press

Which has always been an element to Glassjaw. In this hyper-politically aware climate, there are things artists can’t touch. How long will it be until the guy who wrote the lyrics on Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Silence has to apologize for them?
PALUMBO: Oh, I have.

When?
BECK: During that Matt Lauer interview we did the other day. [Laughter.]

PALUMBO: It’s come up. It came up in a short Pitchfork thing. And it should come up. Those are some absurd things to say. The sentiment was frustration. I was a young guy, and I was supposed to be a man and I was not. I apologize for saying any of that. You can be frustrated, but I really wished I had written better lyrics. I wish I had better taste; I wish I wasn’t so insensitive. As a son to a widowed mother, a husband to the most amazing woman I ever met and as a dad, I feel idiotic for saying that stuff. Coming from a place in punk rock—to get those sentiments off of my chest—is ignorant. And acting like that isn’t punk-rock at all, because it’s not all inclusive. I was small-minded when I should’ve been a man.

 

Daryl is the best

 

The interviewer phrased this question like he thinks they shouldn’t need to apologize for it and that misogyny is good, actually. But I’m glad Daryl answered this way

 

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