Matt pointed me at it and I downloaded it:http://thirdworlds.net/and me and the gal like it a lot! Might be a passing fancy but curious what ilxhivemind thinkslyrics are stone cold stupid but the energy is manic, the production is lo-fi punk shit and the ideas are omnivorously informed and twitching dash of aphex, little horrorcore, some industrial, some disco... aesthetically it's all over the place and scratches an itch i was not aware i wanted scratched?
― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 01:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
spent the past hour listening to this in repertory with shangaan electro and they have a lot in common
― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 01:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
very jux-y obvs
― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 01:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just me?
― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 15:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
I downloaded it and haven't listened yet. Give it a minute dude!
― chairfuckers union (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 15:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
me too! :)
― goblin in the doorway (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 15:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
honestly, i will never get tired of samples of charles manson interviews
― goblin in the doorway (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 15:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Lol i m impatient.This was great to balance out miles on the ride into work today.I'm hearing some machines of loving grace here, of all things!
― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 15:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
My friend and I watched this from forks' inexplicable thread last night and she tried to download the mixtape but it made her browser crash when she used the internet at the same time. She said, "everyone's talking about this on facebook," and I said, " 'everybody'? How can it be everybody? This video only has 21,000 views and it's his most-viewed video," and she said, "okay, not EVERYBODY. Like two or maybe three people posted the video, "and I said, "still, that's pretty impressive when you consider the ratio of 21,000 to the population of the unites states. This is probably gonna get big. Like, indie big, maybe," and she said, "Yeah, maybe."
― bamcquern, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 16:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Kinda wish i could post an edited version of that post as a board description
― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 16:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
love this shit. thanks forks.yeah, mostly about the energy, like he just can't shout loud enough or bang hard enough. some tasty musical action too. guilotine is a jam. not one sound more than it needs. works those bleeps just perfect.also digging culture shock, like the flipside to lilb's age of information.
― m0stlyClean, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 17:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
dig the whole staticky, fucked up low res visuals too
― m0stlyClean, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 17:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
love the link wray sample on spread eagle cross the block
― goblin in the doorway (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 18:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
hell yeah, forks. downloaded this when i noticed it in gun sounds thread last night. think this is like the third thread it's come up in in like 24 hours, small pond virality.
― always have time for the crystalline entity (contenderizer), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 18:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol @ klinik's castaways sample
― always have time for the crystalline entity (contenderizer), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 18:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
also "rise above"
― goblin in the doorway (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 18:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
and "i want it i need it" str8 ripping the "interstellar overdrive" riff
― always have time for the crystalline entity (contenderizer), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 18:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
Black flag show up on here too... Some creative sampling!Love the part at the end of guillotine where the electronic burbling swells up and lifts the song to the next level.
― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 19:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Really enjoying this thanks.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
love the death grips production, a lot of the same post-dub, post-hardcore touches as on zach hill records
― Dominique, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha and I was wondering why I liked it!
― sarahel, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
i like this so far
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah i'm in pro death grips camp
streaming at the FMA
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Death_Grips/Ex_Military
― don't judge a book by its jpg (Edward III), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
i cant make it 45 seconds through one of these songs.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
maybe it's not for you
― don't judge a book by its jpg (Edward III), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
def not for me
― gr8080, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
the fact that this guy seems fucking crazy and angry and yet has his seatbelt on (safety first) is swag as fuck. IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES GUILOTIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEMrAria44 1 week ago 63
― don't judge a book by its jpg (Edward III), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 20:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
i cant make it 45 seconds through one of these songs.― gr8080, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:55 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― gr8080, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:55 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
although it's a lot more punk rock + a bunch of other things, i definitely get a shabazz palaces vibe at times (mostly in the lyrics + flow, like on "culture shock" for ex).
― adult music person (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
anyone know if the drums on 'thru the walls' are sampled from something?
― adult music person (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha
― Dominique, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
really loving this!
― Stomp! in the name of love (WmC), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
sorry to laugh, just that ZH is kind of non-human and sampleable
― Dominique, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh nice, didn't know he was involved. jesus.
― adult music person (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
damn son
― always have time for the crystalline entity (contenderizer), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
also, is it just me or does dude sound like an aggro slick rick at times?
― adult music person (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think he sounds like rza, especially on Spread Eagle Across the Block.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah that too. some of the vowels definitely have this british thing though.
― adult music person (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 21:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ok I'm 10 seconds into this and lmfao that this starts with a Janes Addiction sample
― chairfuckers union (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.deathgrips.net/
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
the only person on my FB friends list that has posted this has been Zach Hill.
― sarahel, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
ok, i'm three songs into this. this is def up whiney alley.
― chairfuckers union (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is otm
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
has anyone brought up atari teenage riot yet? cuz i'm getting a whiff of that
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
morelike RIYL: Techno Animal, Kill The Vultures, k-the-i???, etc.
but yeah
― chairfuckers union (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
the gif in the op is perfect visual accompaniment to this music
― flopson, Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
ha totally
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
atari teenage riot ... Techno Animal, Kill The Vultures, k-the-i
finding death grope a lot more enjoyable & fun than any of those precedents. like it sounds like it ought to feel oppressively angry and "harsh", but it doesn't. good times album imo.
and yeah, OP gif couldn't be more perfect
― always have time for the crystalline entity (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
@DeathGripzDeath Gripsthis beat like you about to throw yourself down the staircase but then you smell the blunt and now you are the staircase #spiral
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
like it sounds like it ought to feel oppressively angry and "harsh", but it doesn't. good times album imo.
yeah this is the crazy part to me. i thought it would get grating, but like i'm sitting here vibing with the windows open on a summer evening
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
Its weirdly positive right? And the diversity of approach from song to song means it never bogs down.Interesting that this is garnering straight up yes or NO responses.
― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
Can anyone id the "it goes it goes it goes igoes" sample that plays prior to guillotine on the tape that appears to have inspired it?We gonna rockdown to whiney alleynueAnd then we take it higher
― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
― adult music person (Jordan), Wednesday, May 11, 2011 2:23 PM Bookmark
Yeah, it's definitely in this SP/Spaceghostpurrp/Blunt Fang nexus of sonically abrasive underground rap, but way more aggro vocally than any of those. Anyone know where this guy is from?
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
sacramento presumably
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
That really explains everything.
― al b. surly! (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
nice site geebs
― goole, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
i like those g-series ones, tasty
lets all like this instead of odd future
― chairfuckers union (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^^^was waiting for that post
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol @ chaki sending me youtubes of this dude weeks before goons were up on him ^__^
― gr8080, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
Give honour and regard unto Chaki!
― goole, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
― gr8080, Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
keep on thinking of the dan savage definition of death grips when I see this thread
― you ain't my son, you my motherfucking flopson (dayo), Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
Skot just posted "guillotine" on Facebook and damn is that track great. Can't wait to hear the rest.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 13 May 2011 02:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
mixtape is free of charge!
― i'm a fucking walking pair of Docs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 May 2011 02:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
downloaded and loading up the player right now.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 13 May 2011 03:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
this gets warmer on multiple listens; great to come home at midnight on the PATH train to
― beefaroni merchant, part-time fish tank bitch. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 May 2011 04:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
This record is the best.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 18 May 2011 17:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
tuneyards/deathgrips assonance tour in 2012 plz
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 17:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
y'all should listen to blackie: http://blackieallcapswithspaces.bandcamp.com/album/true-spirit-and-not-giving-a-fuck
― jho'sh? "ice cr?m" jackson (The Reverend), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 17:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
new vid
― oh! me so brodie (Edward III), Friday, 20 May 2011 19:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
SHIT IS MINEIT'S ALL MINEALL THE TIMESHIT IS MINESHIT IS MIIIIIIIIIINE
― crazy donkey winger (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 May 2011 21:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
SPREADEAGLECROSSTHEBLOCKSPREADEAGLECROSSTHEBLOCKCCCC CCCKCCKCSPREADEAGEL CRORSSPREADEASGLECROSSTHEBLOCCRPEAD
― Blink 187um (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 20 May 2011 22:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
in a perfect world, you and me could jump around and scream these lyrics at each other all day instead of going to work.
― crazy donkey winger (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 May 2011 22:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
agreed
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Friday, 20 May 2011 22:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
these guys are pretty good!
― Michael B, Saturday, 21 May 2011 00:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
― The Reverend, Saturday, 21 May 2011 01:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
stream isn't working :(
― Blink 187um (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 21 May 2011 02:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
hmmm. then try http://blackieallcapswithspaces.bandcamp.com/album/spred-luv-lp
― The Reverend, Saturday, 21 May 2011 10:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
first show 6/15 @ low end theory
― oh! me so brodie (Edward III), Sunday, 22 May 2011 19:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
west coast, i guess?
― crazy donkey winger (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 May 2011 19:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
LA
― The Reverend, Sunday, 22 May 2011 19:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
forks was right. LA is located near the west coast actually.
― contenderizer, Sunday, 22 May 2011 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is amazing
― and the suggest banned tweeted on (dayo), Monday, 23 May 2011 01:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have a feeling this stuff live is the best thing ever
― and the suggest banned tweeted on (dayo), Monday, 23 May 2011 01:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
really would like to see him live
― crazy donkey winger (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 May 2011 01:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
totes
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 23 May 2011 02:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
now this, I can understand why people like
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 23 May 2011 04:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Bowie sample on "Culture Shock" is used really damn well.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 May 2011 04:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I LIKE THIS A LOT
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Monday, 23 May 2011 13:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol @ the "West End Girls" sample
― The Reverend, Monday, 23 May 2011 15:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
maria was drinking wine and blasting this all night last night. i'm worried...
― scott seward, Monday, 23 May 2011 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
My wife came home from the gym a few minutes ago while I was blasting this and said "one of these days you need to let go of whatever anger you've got building up that makes you like this."
¯\(°_o)/¯
― out to brunch (WmC), Monday, 23 May 2011 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
sounds like somebody needs to be told that IT AIN'T NO FUN IF THE ALIENS CAN'T GET NONE
― crazy donkey winger (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 May 2011 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
you should have said CULTURE SHOCK FUCK YOSELF FUCK YOSELF
― Michael B, Monday, 23 May 2011 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHWHATISITWHEREISIT HOW WILL IT AFFECT MEFUCK THAT SHIT I NEED THAT SHIT BOUND TO BE THE DEATH OF MEFUCK BUYING IT I'M TAKING IT AND SHARING IT WITH NOBODY
― crazy donkey winger (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 May 2011 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've listened to "Guillotine" and "I Want It I Need It" far too often recently
― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Monday, 23 May 2011 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
whenever I listen to guillotine I have to do the arm movements
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 23 May 2011 19:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
YUH
― Blink 187um (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 23 May 2011 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
this does go well w/ shabazz palaces. I think a lot of ppl I know will be into it
― ogmor, Monday, 23 May 2011 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, May 23, 2011 12:15 PM Bookmark
otm
― skot gigz - moombah pimpin' (The Reverend), Monday, 23 May 2011 19:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
FUCK WHERE YR FROMFUCK WHERE YR GOINITS ALL ABOUT WHERE YR AT
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 01:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
So this is incredible
― Davek (davek_00), Monday, 6 June 2011 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
So it is.
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 June 2011 19:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
one of those cases where there really is a little something for everyone.
― scott seward, Monday, 6 June 2011 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
IT GOESIT GOESIT GOESIT GOES
― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Monday, 6 June 2011 19:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
GUILLOTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNE
― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Monday, 6 June 2011 19:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
YUH!
― polyphonic, Monday, 6 June 2011 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
yesss. i love how zach hill has been using his right foot powers for good (ie hot beats).
― adult music person (Jordan), Monday, 6 June 2011 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh fuck yes
― Dominique, Monday, 6 June 2011 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
holy hell that looks awesome!
― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Monday, 6 June 2011 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
dope
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 6 June 2011 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
This album is in the playlist that has the all the noisy ambient/industrial/metal, "Brotherhood of the Bomb"-era Techno Animal, God, The Bug, Wolf Eyes, and some of the more violent sounding dubstep.
― rockapads, Monday, 6 June 2011 23:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
good times 4 real
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 03:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
spread eagle music vid didn't impress me the first time i saw it but now i realize that the visuals are rhythmically in sync with the track to a degree i've never really seen before, it's srsly impressive
― all the pretty HOOSes (gbx), Sunday, 19 June 2011 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
YUH imo
― the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 19 June 2011 23:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
heard "rumble" at an amusement park a couple weeks ago, <3 death grips but he kinda ruined that song for me now
― the manarchist cookbook (Edward III), Monday, 20 June 2011 00:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
In the video for 'Guillotine' we've noticed MC Ride is careful to wear his seatbelt, adding to the impression that the character he projects isn't someone you want to be sitting beside on a long flight. Almost like he's a good citizen, repressed, buttoned up, conscientious about the rules, but on the verge of going off the deep end. Was this intentional, an oversight, or just good in-car safety?
F: Yes, of course it's intentional. We obviously had the option and foresight to not use a seatbelt, but that misses the point. It is not real - the outside is static, the inside is static, and the seatbelt is fucking static. Everything is static, just eating away at the individual. The material world and many things within it are designed to keep us half-dead, and we're trained to think these things are keeping us safe. We reference the weaponry of fear and our music and vision isn't about being hard or tough, it's about being real and raw, and feeling our shit. We counter with energy, everything is energy.
― bed bath and beyoncé (The Reverend), Monday, 18 July 2011 04:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
― duke of irl (Edward III), Monday, 18 July 2011 06:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
rev that is a dope quote
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 July 2011 15:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
CHOKE ON THESE NUTS TO THE VERY LASTYUUUUUNGH
― generous doler out of lollies (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 July 2011 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
yo i am kind of feeling "Beware"
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 24 July 2011 08:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
welcome to the party pal
― g++ (gbx), Sunday, 24 July 2011 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
UK shows coming at end of September, excited for the London one that we're doing.
― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 25 August 2011 11:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
wow! somebody please update here if anyone knows he's coming to NY/NJ please?
― dozens, maybe even hundreds, of vagina related screen names (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
didn't he play some secret show in NYC recently? I dunno maybe somebody was messing w/ me
― hello I love you but I've chosen darkness my old friend (Edward III), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
would be so pissed if i missed him
― dozens, maybe even hundreds, of vagina related screen names (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok, so secret it was on brooklyn vegan, stop sleeping forks
Death Grips -- 2011 Tour DatesThu 7/21/11 Santos Party House New York, NY w/ NguzunguzuSun 7/24/11 RockBeach at Aviator Sports Complex Brooklyn, NY w/ Bass Drum of Death
― hello I love you but I've chosen darkness my old friend (Edward III), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
also pretty sure death grips is a they not a him
― hello I love you but I've chosen darkness my old friend (Edward III), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
fuck mei've been a bit busy with summerstage, really pissed i missed this. woulda been real into the nguzunguzu double header.
― dozens, maybe even hundreds, of vagina related screen names (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think of the lead dude as Mr. Death Grips.
btw Guillotine and Full Moon is on spotify; i am putting it in everyone's inbox
― dozens, maybe even hundreds, of vagina related screen names (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
everyone in the world or
― hello I love you but I've chosen darkness my old friend (Edward III), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
is this still holding up for people? i dont really get the urge to listen to it anymmore.
― Michael B, Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah I listening to it just last weekend, classic stuff imo
"guillotine" will forever sound great booming from a car stereo, those bass rolls increasing pressure as the song progresses and the stuttering needle noise at the end never fail to satisfy
― hello I love you but I've chosen darkness my old friend (Edward III), Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have been listening to this almost every day all summer
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
but then i've also been listening to big black and '82-'85 swans every day, so it's just been that kinda summer
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
man I hope you feel better soon
― hello I love you but I've chosen darkness my old friend (Edward III), Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe get some exercise or eat more leafy greens
well i mean to be honest e, i listen to "angry" shit when i'm in a good mood, too. and so.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
they did a house show last weekend that apparently was totally killer, several of my jaded 30-something friends proclaimed it the best show they've seen all year, which i missed because i was sick.
― sarahel, Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
picturing you kicking back happily w/ a tall glass of lemonade while "half life" blasts in the background
xp
― hello I love you but I've chosen darkness my old friend (Edward III), Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
i thought it would get grating, but like i'm sitting here vibing with the windows open on a summer evening
still feelin this.
― remembrance of schwings past (gbx), Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
can't be said enough
― remembrance of schwings past (gbx), Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah , it was really fun. Don't know about best I've seen, but definitely the hottest and sweatiest. Fire code probably took a beating too, an earthquake would have killed everyone in the room.
― Dominique, Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Absolutely loving this mixtape/record whatever. Easily my favorite thing in a long time.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 1 September 2011 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Alex came to my house and played me this, but at the time I was totally exhausted. I will digest it further, tbh
― Pizzataco Five (admrl), Thursday, 1 September 2011 17:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
they released all the ex military instrumentals
http://thirdworlds.net/blackgoogle.php
― hello I love you but I've chosen darkness my old friend (Edward III), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 15:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
good lookin out ed
― thank got forks showed up (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 15:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also all the acapellas and sound fx.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Buy it on CASSETTE (also t-shirts):
http://hellomerch.com/sh/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=160
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 20:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
OK now those are nice t-shirts
― recent 2Pac news (admrl), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm pretty into black DEATH CLASSIC (I don't like to wear white t-shirts)
― recent 2Pac news (admrl), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 20:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, if i didn't have a zillion tshirts i would
― Dudley Daigle: Tugboat Captain (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 20:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have a CLASH t-shirt and a CHROME t-shirt and an OBLIVIANS t-shirt. Those are all of my music-related t-shirts
― recent 2Pac news (admrl), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 05:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
seeing them Friday! so stoked.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 21 September 2011 05:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
y'all: http://blackieallcapswithspaces.com/
― turfin' bird (The Reverend), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 21:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't like it, sorry rev.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 21:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, honestly didn't grab me either.
― loads of personality, loved to chase chickens (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 4 October 2011 21:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
@DeathGripzDeath Gripslost voice entirely recording .. postponing upcoming 3 shows w B L A C K I E (san diego, los angeles, san francisco) // apologies
Kinda glad cuz I wasn't gonna be able to make the SF show.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Saturday, 19 November 2011 04:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Death Grips @DeathGripz
we're releasing two full length albums this year world-wide .. first one drops in April ..
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is a rad video
― ogmor, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 22:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
woot
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 23:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
aaace
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
FUCK YES
― ELI OWNS YOUR HUSBAND (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 00:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Funny that Ned posted this b/c they remind me a bit of New Kingdom!
― Mark, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 04:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh fuckin' hell YES
― Simon H., Wednesday, 8 February 2012 04:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
they were killer live fyi
― Simon H., Wednesday, 8 February 2012 04:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
this sounds great
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 16:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mark, I strongly suspect my liking for both acts (and Dalek, for that matter) is far from a coincidence.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's official - I need to give these guys another look/listen
― Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
2 albums? i'm still getting my head around the first one. still this is grebt news.
― Laughing Gravy (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
were they super loud live? (I hope so, like dalek)
― owenf, Thursday, 9 February 2012 00:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
ALL of their videos are great
― eating a sausage as I type this (admrl), Thursday, 9 February 2012 00:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Like, I would watch them more than once
I CLOSE MY EYES AND SEIZE IT I CLENCH MY FISTS AND BEAT IT I LIGHT MY TORCH AND BURN IT I AM THE BEAST I WORSHIP
― "HUH?" (admrl), Friday, 24 February 2012 23:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Playing ATP! With louis ck!
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 February 2012 23:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Annnnnnd they've gone major label:
As a follow up to their critically acclaimed debut Ex Military, Death Grips will release two albums this year on Epic Records. The Money Store will be released April 24th and includes the new songs "Blackjack" and "Get Got".PREMIERE: "GET GOT"WATCH: LISTEN: http://soundcloud.com/deathgrips/death-grips-get-got/s-XC7HYThe Money Store will be available on vinyl exclusively April 21st as part of Record Store Day. The second album, No Love is set for release in the fall.
PREMIERE: "GET GOT"
WATCH:
LISTEN: http://soundcloud.com/deathgrips/death-grips-get-got/s-XC7HY
The Money Store will be available on vinyl exclusively April 21st as part of Record Store Day. The second album, No Love is set for release in the fall.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 February 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like the new song.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 27 February 2012 17:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
huh, i'm surprised that anyone would think they could unit shift on the major label level?
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
holy shit that song rules!
― Simon H., Monday, 27 February 2012 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
― catbus otm (gbx), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
dang
― flagp∞st (dayo), Monday, 27 February 2012 22:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
DeathgripsVEVO a little disconcerting though
wow, that's great. track reminds me a little of fuck buttons for some reason. a lot less harsh than last time out.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Monday, 27 February 2012 23:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
the best videos.
Vocals relatively errrr, subdued for DG, eh?
― dollar eye twinkling (admrl), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 00:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
i hear the fuck buttons. nice to see they can flex.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 14:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Damn, major label news is kinda o_O
New track and video are the fucking shit!
― So Arabian Spruce (Whitey on the Moon), Thursday, 1 March 2012 01:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
true, but mr. death grips in a chair is not the most charismatic video presence
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 March 2012 01:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like him playing with the lights in front of the state capitol.
― So Arabian Spruce (Whitey on the Moon), Thursday, 1 March 2012 02:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13312-lost-boys/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 15:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
oops wrong thread
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
HI DERE
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 20:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nice!
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 20:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like th' newstyle!
― Lil T the Bowed Jet (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 00:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn this is great like really great
― Lil T the Bowed Jet (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 00:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn, they're good.
― mr.raffles, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
so .... chillwave limp bizkit?
― life's rich pageant then you die (uptown churl), Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Love this band so much.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://thirdworlds.net/retrograde/
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
DEATH GRIPS TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA & EUROPE THIS SPRING
In support of their new album The Money Store, out April 24th on Epic Records, Death Grips will be touring North America this spring. The follow up to their critically acclaimed debut Ex Military, The Money Store is the first of two albums Death Grips will release via Epic this year. On April 13th, the band will release the video for "I've Seen Footage" off The Money Store.
4/12 The Glass House - Pomona, CA
4/13 Coachella - Indio, CA
4/20 Coachella - Indio, CA
5/5 Sacramento Electronic Music Festival - Sacramento, CA
5/18 The Academy - Dublin, Ireland
5/19 Stag & Dagger - Glasgow, UK
5/20 The Roadhouse - Manchester, UK
5/21 The Bodega - Nottingham, UK
5/22 Norwich Arts Center - Norfolk, UK
5/23 Green Store Door - Brighton, UK
5/25 All Tomorrow's Parties - London, UK
5/26 Grande Halle de La Villette - Paris, France
5/27 Worm - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
5/28 OT301 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5/29 Merleyn - Nijmegen, The Netherlands
6/1 Primavera Sound Festival - Barcelona, Spain
6/2 Field Day Festival - Barcelona, Spain
6/4 Magasin - Brussels, Belgium
6/5 Charlatan - Gent, Belgium
6/6 Mtc - Cologne, Germany
6/7 Gretchen - Berlin, Germany
6/8 Hafenklang - Hamburg, Germany
6/9 Primavera Sound Porto - Porto, Portugal6/12 The Barbery - Philadelphia, PA
6/13 Music Hall of Williamsburg - New York, NY
6/14 TT The Bear's - Boston, MA
6/15 Club Lambri - Montreal, QC
6/16 Wrong Bar - Toronto, ON
6/18 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI
6/19 The Pyramid Scheme - Grand Rapids, MI
6/20 Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL
6/21 Triple Rock - Minneapolis, MN
― wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 19:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
definitely want to check these guys out. still kinda stunned that they are on a major label now.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
mpls yessssssss
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 20:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
NY Tix on sale friday, I will be buying four methinks
― wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 20:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
YESSS they are nuts live, guys. GO.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 4 April 2012 20:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hailing from Sacramento, California, Death Grips was formed in late 2010 and consists of vocalist Stefan Burnett and production team Zach Hill & Andy Morin. The live setup consists of Burnett on vocals, Morin on keyboards and Hill on drums.
― wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 21:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
bollocks, Shabazz Palaces and Death Grips are BOTH playing on the 18th of May here and i'm not gonna be in town. At least i don't have to choose
― Number None, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 21:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
pissed at four SC shows and nothing else on the west coast >:[
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
still kinda stunned that they are on a major label now.
the rap-rock revolution is BACK
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 21:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sacramento is not in Southern California
― og (admrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 21:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
hokay, fine, californy then
same difference from where i sit
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm bummed that they aren't playing in SF this go round.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 21:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Boston! This will def be bananas.
― mr.raffles, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 22:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
not going to coachella and gonna be out of town when he's playing pomona >:(
― y'tulip, y'pea-brained earwig (donna rouge), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 22:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe they'll tour the south in the winter...
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 22:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wait, did we miss a new video, it seems?
http://vimeo.com/39629429
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 22:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha, read that too quickly from a friend, it's Death *Songs* -- but I so wouldn't have been surprised if they did a new one.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 22:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
DEATH GRIPS IPS IPS ips ips ips
― #yolo contendere (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 April 2012 01:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
garbage
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 April 2012 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Agree Death Songs are pretty terrible if that video is any indication.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 5 April 2012 01:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
bought my boston ticket
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bought my NY tickets
― wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 April 2012 19:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
mpls tix aren't ready
― catbus otm (gbx), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 4, 2012 9:13 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
1 Real Estate, DaysDomino Points: 18
― #yolo contendere (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 6 April 2012 21:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
?
― wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 April 2012 15:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
J0rdan "Death Grips is garbage" S.'s Pazz n Jop ballot iirc
― #yolo contendere (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 7 April 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Death Grips 4eva
New album is sicccc of course, but total lack of samples means it's a little less destructive/corrosive as the first. Still some bangers on thurr
― #yolo contendere (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 7 April 2012 16:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
you going to this will.i.amsburg show whiney?
― wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 April 2012 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think j0rdan might've been saying Death Songs are terrible, not Death Grips?
― caulk the wagon and float it, Saturday, 7 April 2012 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
tempted to go up to Sacramento for that gig
― sarahell, Saturday, 7 April 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
LOVE IT
http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13421-ive-seen-footage/
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 15:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kills me I can't go to the non-Coachella show here! Argh, next time.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 15:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
The album's loads of fun, but I confess that I gravitate much more towards the surprisingly poppy tunes ("Get Got," "I've Seen Footage," "Hacker")
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 April 2012 02:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was just trolling -- i don't really like this band but it's really not my thing, that said "i seen footage" but anything that rips "push it" would be
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 18 April 2012 02:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
can't remember when i last found a record as hard to make through as exmilitary
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 10:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
I find it very mood-dependent. Before reviewing the new one I listened to Exmilitary again while I was out in town in a foul mood and it felt like someone jamming a sharpened pencil into my ear. Then got stuck into the new one over the next couple of days and got into it straight away. Can't remember the last time my own reactions to a record have been so polarised from one day to the next.
― And I have been called "The Appetite" (DL), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 10:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.pitchfork.com/news/46127-video-death-grips-ive-seen-footage/
Another video.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
seriously someone help me out with that main sample on The Fever (Aye Aye) - it's driving my nuts
― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 19 April 2012 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
seriously someone help me out with that main sample on The Fever (Aye Aye) - it's driving my nuts --Jamie_ATP
No samples on the record according to Zach.
― azealia canks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've been listening to Exmilitary nonstop as of late. It was like my #50 record of the year or something but I'm realizing i still underrated it
― azealia canks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
told you dude
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
^
― yuppie bullshit chocolate blogbait (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Holy FUCK this record. I love Exmilitary even though it can be wearying at times, wondered if I might not need another Death Grips, but holy FUCK this record. Maybe I'm just caffeine tweaking this AM, I dunno
― Acute puppy syndrome (admrl), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is the new record I am holy fucking about
Death Grips make me laugh, but in a good way. I am laughing with them, as in at the start of each track OMG this is REALLY how this song is going to go down?? "kudos" Death Grips!!!!
― Acute puppy syndrome (admrl), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
You're using THAT sample? really? for the whole song? are you sure? And that's the lyric??? That's REALLY the lyric? How do I feel about that?....Wow, that actually works. Clearly you know how this music thing works far better than I do.
― Acute puppy syndrome (admrl), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
agreed. this isn't grabbing me the way the last one was where it was all DEATH Y'ALL and i could ride a bit more with that, but it's very good.Need to listen like 8 zillion more times over the next month before i talk too much about it i think
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think I like this more than Exmilitary, tbh. Though I do miss how "Beware" sets up that record. There's nothing that stalks me in quite the same way here. I love how that song is like, come over here, no no I'm not going to brutalize you, I just want to talk about some curious and deep ideas I've been having, oh wait actually I lied, BOOM
― Acute puppy syndrome (admrl), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is there really a lyric in "Hacker" that goes You're an intern/I'M WIKILEAKS? haha
― Acute puppy syndrome (admrl), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ride is developing a Mark E Smith level talent for non sequiturs that end up sequituring
― bendy, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
so this is out huh?
and yeah the setup of beware is so so good
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Reminds me of MU
― Evan, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Or Mu, whichever it is. That Afro Finger & Gel album.
― Evan, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe it's because I've been in a Depeche Mode rabbit hole for the past week but I tried to listen to Exmilitary and got really sick of it three songs in
I'll try again later when I'm not all synthpopped to death
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah lol
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
"we got all the coconuts bitch!"
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
"soon your crew will be serving sandwiches named after me"
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
no samples and all, but the "guitar" noise in i've seen footage sounds so much like kill me tomorrow
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:38 PM (3 hours ago)
whole thing streaming on soundcloud iirc
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
on spotify today
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i preferred this album to the mixtape, which i could barely get through - bits of it reminded me of gang gang dance in a sideways spirit - but oh god his voice is just so one-note and unlistenable
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think you mean awesome and really awesome
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 20:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can't find it on soundcloud?
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://soundcloud.com/deathgrips/sets/the-money-store/
mu is a really weird point of comparison, but i guess compressed vox+choppy samples
― ogmor, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 22:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
have to be honest this is not grabbing me :/
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 22:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
just like to imagine the dude shouts like that in all his conversations YES I WANT SOME CEREAL PLEASE AND ALSO MILK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT BREAKFAST YEEEEEEEAH
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 22:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
GOTTA HAVE MY BOWL GOTTA HAVE CEREAL
FAST LANES. CHANGING LANES.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 22:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
NO TALKING ABOUT PLATO ON TOUR
what i think i mb liked most about ex-military was the sense of having been awake for 50 hrs, or left alone in an abandoned house til you'd gone feral; that semi-conscious, warm, listless, lizard-brain, head-nodding catharsis.
this album feels way more mannered, funnier, but still w/ that aggression: bludgeoning samples, very satisfyingly put together, still a big sense of relief. death grips are a v therapeutic band
― ogmor, Thursday, 26 April 2012 00:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is a grower by listen four
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 April 2012 00:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
DEATH GRIPS ADD DATES TO SUMMER TOUR
Death Grips Tour Dates:
6/22 The Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS
6/23 Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO
6/26 Fortune Sound Club - Vancouver, BC
6/27 The Crocodile - Seattle, WA
6/28 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
6/30 Slim's - San Francisco, CA
7/1 Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
0_o
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 02:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
shit yeah, playing seattle and pdx
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 April 2012 04:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's a really weird PDX venue for him to be playing
― Clay, Thursday, 26 April 2012 04:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha yeah, i didn't even notice the venue. i'll more likely see them in seattle. and the crocodile isn't ideal, really, but it'll do.
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 April 2012 04:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
Slims sucks too, tbh, though there are suckier SF venues
― sarahell, Thursday, 26 April 2012 05:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not many though.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
they're gonna be on the new Bug album. can't wait for that.
― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, i heard about that and am VERY interested in hearing
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol, almost as surprising as the fact that they're gonna be on their own album
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.spin.com/reviews/death-grips-money-store-epic
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Lex did a great review of their album on the Guardian, definitely going to buy it after reading this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/26/death-grips-money-store-review?newsfeed=true
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, that makes me wanna listen to it again
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
great review, c
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
:)
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
A good point/counterpoint:
― bendy, Friday, 27 April 2012 16:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
heavy repeat favorites at the moment in order of preference:
Hustle BonesThe FeverI've Seen FootageGet GotDouble HelixPunk Weight
I don't think Lost Boys and Blackjack are gonna click for me unfortunately but the rest of the album has potential
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
and not to pick a fight with you whiney but the emphasis on this being rap is weird to me as hip hop is really not how i'm identifying this internallyjust feels like fleet footed hardcore to me
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
HUSTLE BONES COMING OUT MYHUSTLE BONES COMING OUT MY MOUUUUUUTH
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
somebody is gonna have to convince me that there's not a push it sample in I'VE SEEN FOOTAGE
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
the thought of l.a. reid air-drumming to death grips is p amazing
― ogmor, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
i care about lex's opinion about death grips about as much as i care about tuomas' opinion about cabin in the woods
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
mb view it as a tiny bit of karmic payback for clueless rnb reviews by indie critics filled w/ unenlightening reference points that only underline their inability to hear it properly
― ogmor, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
okay the first 20 seconds of this are already more interesting than what I hear od Exmilitary yesterday
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
i agree with whiney that the anarchic energy is tamed more than just somewhat but there's a lotta good good in here
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
lex getting assigned the death grips album is my favorite lex assignment since lex got assigned the klaxons debut
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 April 2012 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's kind of funny seeing someone who champions Cassie use "one-note" in a pejorative manner
this is kind of hitting me like Shabazz Palaces on PCP, which is a concept that gets better and better the more I think about it
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu)
rap is a big part of the dna though. it's a hybrid, not a this or that.
shabazz palaces comparison otm
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
"emphasis"
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeh okey
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
lex's review seems pretty positive to me, y'all are being a little "omg you brought down the avengers' rotten tomatoes score!!" at him
― some dude, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't understand how can you identify this as "not hip-hop"? I think referencing MC 900 Ft Jesus as a very canny move as this really does slot into that type of weirdo industrial-goth-hop vein that nu-metal/hip-hop hybrids did their damnedest to destroy.
Then again, I've called a whole bunch of bizarre things hip-hop (like "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors") so maybe that's just one of my default filters.
xp: It is pretty positive for a 2/5 review, I'll give you that.
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
ok maybe not 'pretty positive' but it's far from a hatchet piece
xpost -- i didn't see the numerical score on the review, admittedly
― some dude, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
it was either 2 stars or 3 stars and 3 stars seemed way too generous for an album that in all honesty i am never going to play again and frequently didn't actually enjoy in any way
my drake commission must be an all-time favourite
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
death grips need more promo photos
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 April 2012 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
just feels like fleet footed hardcore to me
whaaaat?
― sarahell, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's all thrashy punk to me but i'm not picky what you call it as long as you scream it hoarsely when you call it that
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
the rhythms and sonic "palette" are totally not thrashy punk. do you listen to much thrashy punk?
― sarahell, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
3 of 5 is the default "this is not bad for what it is, but it's definitely not for me, idgi" score. it's like abstaining from passing judgment. 2 of 5 is a slam.
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
"i'm not picky what you call it"
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha a SLAM ooh
like i said i didn't see the star rating when i said what i said though
― some dude, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
thank you ma'am
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol if two stars is a SLAM what is one star, as per drake and klaxons?
star ratings and scores are kind of not the point anyway but it seems fair for "some elements i really like but overall i'm not feeling this"
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
one star is for me to poop on
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
the drums/beats are less pronounced on this than on ex-military ... at least on first listen.
― sarahell, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
5) holy shit!4) good shit3) shit, i dunno2) a bit shit1) shit sandwich
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
enlightening music discussion
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 April 2012 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is why they pay me the big bucks to post on ILX
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 19:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's definitely a rap album for ppl that know what Hella is
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 27 April 2012 19:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
ouch
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 27 April 2012 20:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
what? i mean it's kind of rap for underground rock peeps. which is fine w/me.
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 27 April 2012 21:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
death grips is for the children
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 27 April 2012 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sorta damning it with faint praise there. Then again, I was talking about this album favorably the other day and I heard myself compare dude's delivery to HoP-era Everlast.
Like don't love this album, but it's doing that thing where it sorta keeps beckoning me back to listen to it, which usually means I'll end up liking it a lot more about six months from now.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 27 April 2012 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
does this sound like a louder faster harder version of tricky circa pre-millennium tension because that's what some of djp's reference points seem to suggest
i always preferred the jazzier side of mc 900 ft jesus to the harder stuff
― the late great, Friday, 27 April 2012 22:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah actually that's not far off
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 27 April 2012 23:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Except Tricky even at his most fucked up felt like he was able to actually ride a beat at some point and I'm not sure Death Grips dude can at all.
I'm a few songs into this and this feels like the clunkiest end of Def Jux style undie rap filtered through a lame post-dubstep prism. Lame lame lame lame lame.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Friday, 27 April 2012 23:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Lame.
go back to england
― catbus otm (gbx), Friday, 27 April 2012 23:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm now trying to listen to it as rock music and it doesn't work that way either.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Friday, 27 April 2012 23:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
do you like minor threat?
― circa1916, Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
idk, looking at this from a undie hip hop pov and expecting flow to ride beats and such is probably the wrong way. feels like more of a noise/hardcore thing to me.
― circa1916, Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like Minor Threat a bit, but there's an obvious physicality to Minor Threat that I don't hear here. I find it difficult to feel rock energy without rock instrumentation, especially drums, but this record doesn't feel like it really has rap energy either, it feels awkwardly slumped between two stools as it is.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe I'd like the punishing mixtape that Lex hates a bit more...
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah if there's one thing this album of frenetic Hella dude drumming and an MC screaming every line is missing is energy
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
agree that it doesn't work terribly well in the way i typically expect from rap, and it definitely isn't rock & roll, but i like the sounds and propulsion and wall-crashing energy. it works just fine for what it is, even if that thing isn't 100% clear.
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Saturday, 28 April 2012 02:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can think of a number of words to describe Death Grips, but slumping (awkwardly or otherwise) is not one that generally comes to my mind. I do think that Money Store somehow manages the trick of being simultaneously odder (in that it sounds far less like something I could imagine a major label being into) and also more conventional sounding (if a certain sort of Wire magazine-y IDM thing that they have going on can be called conventional) than Ex-Military (which I absolutely loved.) It's still quite good though and I'm excited to hear the next record which is what supposed to come out in a couple of months?!?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's not even just "riding" the beat from a technical pov that dude can't do, it's like he just goes hammer & tongs at the mindless yelling without even hearing the music around him - his voice bears almost no relation to it at all
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 28 April 2012 08:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't think that's true at all! Especially on this one, with the way Ride's vocals are cut up and manipulated to suit each beat,
― Simon H., Saturday, 28 April 2012 09:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Saturday, 28 April 2012 09:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
I obviously was interested enough to put it on again today in the cold light of sobriety. I'm about halfway through now and it's definitely better when the pace picks up - otherwise I'd say it has force rather than energy, in the way that a bulldozer does. I'm really not a fan of the mid-paced halfstep lope that's employed most of the time, it seems to go against the grain of the urgency in the vocals.
'Hustle Bones' is definitely the best so far.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 28 April 2012 12:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
not having much of an idea how to listen to a record doesn't nec make yr opinion worthless, but if you bring nothing to a record don't act like it's the record's fault if you come away empty-handed
― ogmor, Saturday, 28 April 2012 12:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
truth grenade
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
TRUTH BOMBS COMING OUT MY MOUTH
john calvert's review on quietus is p interesting tho I don't think I agree w/ it all. also he doesn't mention ggd
― ogmor, Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can't stop listening to "Hacker," it's like some sort of post-revolution touchdown fuck-yeah anthem after the anarchic barrage of the previous run of 4-5 tracks. Just wish it was twice as long.
― Simon H., Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
also he doesn't mention ggd
to his credit
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is growing on me
Through I still like ex military better
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Though I think it's funny ppl are ganging up on mattdc for not liking this....tbh this new one didn't grab me at first and I think the more subtle textures and lower key vibe (relatively speaking) do show up his shortcomings as an mc
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
There's two things that are pretty constant in hip hop that Death Grips lacks. One, even with freaky stuff like Odd Future or Ghetto Boys, there's an implied community, or at least a crew that's got your back. Two, there's a generally a steady BPM. Waka Floka sorta just yells too, but it's steady. Ex Military fits in on http://grindcorekaraoke.com/ 'cause a lot of that stuff is lone kids with sequencers building up a barrage that sounds like a full band changing tempo ever few seconds. Death Grips is like rapping without hip hop. Maybe it's NuMetal!
― bendy, Saturday, 28 April 2012 16:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I didn't think I was being particularly ganged up on (I've been at least attempting to enjoy it and do enjoy bits of it). But the idea that it's difficult to find the right way to listen to it is just weird, as if it were fucking Schoenberg or something. I think it's pretty clear what's being attempted here, I'm just not sure it's very successful at it.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Saturday, 28 April 2012 16:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
I dunno why ppl itt are doing stupid backflips about what to call this since there's like no short tradition of like Beatnigs, Death Comet Crew, Dalek, Techno Animal, Kill The Vultures, k-the-i???, Sensational, Hawd Gankstuh Rappuhs & half-the-Wordsound-roster dudes rapping or "rapping" over noise
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp - pretty sure the majority of schoenberg fans wldn't have much illuminating to offer either. there is no scale of difficulty which you can master and then unlock all music, there is no universal ear, or even a generalist one. 'clunky' & 'basic' are better deployed as compliments than thrown pejoratively.
more or less agree w/ upper mississippi about the record: enjoy the new things on the album & its still growing on me but not yet quite as fond of it as ex-mil & i'm looking fwd to the follow up more
― ogmor, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
feel like their live act/audience is revealing, it's like a hardcore show.
lol @ that list of artists in whineys post
― flopson, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
i know it makes this sound like the least appealing thing ever
where's divine styler btw
― the late great, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
i am filing this under "atari teenage riot" in my head
― the late great, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Dälek guys should probably be hella (lol) pissed that this is getting as much attention as it is. Because as incredible as Death Grips is, those guys have been working harder and smarter at "quasi-industrial noise-rap" for a decade.
I don't even think they're getting a boost from the Hella connection (Hella was "hip" what, 10 years ago?). I think it's just the blogarchy "roll with the new" vibe. The last three Dälek records were just as good as anything Death Grips did and no one but Europeans and Isis fans are really riding for em in 2012
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have a lot more trouble getting through an entire Dalek album than a Death Grips one.
― Simon H., Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
There is more to Zach Hill than just Hella, dude.
― sarahell, Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah Pitchfork really was fucking with Team Sleep and his work with Les Claypool
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Was it? I wouldn't know. The record he did with Mick Barr a few years back was pretty killer.
― sarahell, Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
And youre talking to a HUGE zach hill fan! I'm just saying his role in other bands isn't what sold Death Grips!
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah I love that record!
Sold to whom?
― sarahell, Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ogmor, Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
what sold them was lots of static + mc ride lolling around like a a sleepwalking henry rollins & tweeting AYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYE
― ogmor, Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, but 'dudes rapping or "rapping" over noise' is a stupid thing to call it, so...
do love dalek & death comet crew. the former got a lot of hype & attention circa filthy tongues, but i have no idea why they fell off the map for so many people after that. definitely deserve more attention & credit than they generally get.
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Death Grips is like rapping without hip hop. Maybe it's NuMetal!
i think it kind of is, or 90s-style rap metal. not such a bad thing.
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm calling it "rap"
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
whiney's comment about how the freewheeling energy / no samples cleared vibe on ex-mil trumps this otmnot that this is bad at all and i am going to JUMP THE FUCK AROUND to i seen footage when they play it
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Whiney you forgot New Kingdom
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 28 April 2012 22:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
why did no one call this out as being completely wrong
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean, these guys basically built their entire career on stutter-stop polyrhythmic flow and they weren't the only ones, and nothing flow-wise on the Death Grips album is further out there or less arhythmic than anything happening on the Shabazz Palaces releases, which I don't think anyone would argue against fitting into hip-hop because the dude doing it used to be in Digable Planets
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Was hoping someone would call it out! Just throwing it out there. But I guess my point is that DG breaks two things- being twice out of step is what makes it seem iffy.
― bendy, Monday, 30 April 2012 15:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Those two things are kind of arbitrary? I mean, you can make an argument about hip-hop acts presenting themselves within their music as parts of larger posses and the sense of community that context provides, but it ignores a bunch of stuff that had at least a national profile which was undeniably tied to hip-hop (not only alt/underground stuff like Urban Dance Squad, Dream Warriors and MC 900 Foot Jesus, but mk I Digable Planets).
Also, the rhythm thing just is completely wrong and makes zero sense. I really don't know what the people comparing dude's flow to PMT-era Tricky are actually listening to because it doesn't appear to be either Death Grips release.
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
(which btw, I'm listening to the first one after a weekend of mainlining Siouxsie and the Banshees instead of Depeche Mode and it's making a lot more sense now, lol)
also: ctrl-f "pet shop boys" yields no hits
shame on all of you
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i guess maybe every single element of death grips has been done before or better or in a more avant way, but none of that takes away from the amount that they just RULE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 30 April 2012 23:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ yah, quit needing to explain it and just enjoy it
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 April 2012 23:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 05:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
i would erase everything that Death Grips has ever recorded to save the master tapes to "Ante Up"
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh well duh
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
i've been liking this more and more as i've listened more
thing it kinda reminds me of in a weird way is Von Sudenfed the Mark E Smith/Mouse on Mars thing
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
i really need to go out and get this in a store, just to support the idea of shit like this coming out on a major label
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
I will buy at the show and have every intention of taking a permanent sharpie to a white shirt and making a DEATH GRAPES tee to wear there
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'd been waiting for you to quietly mod the thread title to "Death Gripes"
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
man yesterday the first album just CLICKED for me
"Guillotine" is just.... YES
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
it goes
― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just semi-committed to going to Hopscotch this year, before I noticed that they're playing the festival. YUH
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
definitely liking this more and more and it's good advice to stop worrying about how it compares the first one
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
front page of the guardian today, money money money
― Crackle Box, Friday, 4 May 2012 11:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
finally got a chance to listen through the new one, it's banging in a diff way than ex-military but their vibe def comes thru. plus I dig a cool sample as much as the next guy but it's nice to listen to them without getting "rumble" ruined for all time.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 4 May 2012 14:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
apparently they canceled all their tour dates? fuckers
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Saturday, 5 May 2012 03:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
waht
― catbus otm (gbx), Saturday, 5 May 2012 03:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Quite a few people on their Facebook page are pissed.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Saturday, 5 May 2012 03:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's a little weird
― goole, Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, cancels include a local show they were supposed to play tomorrow night
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://thirdworlds.net/shows.php?am i missing something?
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Death Grips3 hours agowe are dropping out to complete our next album NO LOVE. see you when it's done. (there are no longer any scheduled shows)
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
they got a career now, yo
― bendy, Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
NO LOVE lol
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
dick move
― flopson, Saturday, 5 May 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
no love is name of new alb btw
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
what the fuck, then don't book your tour you assholes
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
that said, tickets are still available for sale on ticketmaster so ahma wait and see
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Event Cancellation NoticeThe following event has been cancelled:
Death Grips06/14/12 8:00 PM EDTTT the Bear's
The tickets you purchased will be automatically refunded to the credit card used to make the purchase. Please allow up to five business days for the refund to post to your account.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, they cancelled ny now too. this is that bullshit
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
kinda bummed cuz it woulda been cool to see them in a small room like TT, next time they come through they'll prolly be at some 1000 capacity venue
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
kinda wanna say fuck these guys. they've been talking up this two albums in 2012 thing long enough to know before they booked the tour that they weren't going to have enough time, should've just never booked it in the first place.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, May 7, 2012 12:05 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
kinda bullshit if it was just a way to get out a small club tour and re-book it in bigger venues...
around the time that her big song was breaking adele cancelled a gig at First Avenue because of a "sore throat", which just happened to be re-booked 2 months later at the 20,000 capacity target center
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
it could very well be a result of a label dispute re: contractual touring obligations
― sarahell, Monday, 7 May 2012 17:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
do you know those guys or something?
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol. no.
― sarahell, Monday, 7 May 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
fwiw, i thought the whole Adele sore throat thing was a legit medical thing, which is why she's been talking about retiring.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's the problem when you book and then cancel a tour for weird reasons, ppl start distrusting yr motivations
xps
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, its one thing when its like Guns N Roses/Adele whatever when the venues need the artists more than the artists need the venue.
Like, dude has been touring 10 years and knows the importance of like making sure the dude from TT The Bear's isnt pissed at you, which is why i think there's probably something bigger going on
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Not to be confused with bullshit Beirut/Wavves/xx crybaby tantrums of having never toured a day in your life and then bailing because it;'s actually hard work
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Really curious what the actual story is here and bummed that I won't be seeing them (again).
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
nice tt the bears namecheck!
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/death-grips-x-alec-empire
Amusingly the Aquarius Records Money Store review namechecks that awful DHR rap album by Fever as well.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 13 May 2012 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
adele had throat surgery iirc - the grammys was her first public performance in months
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 14 May 2012 12:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
and then she joined death grips, what a world
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 14 May 2012 14:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://cl.ly/Gex6
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
heh.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
death grips vs animal collective: who will suffer more backlash on their next album?
(ps after having seen death grips in a very small diy venue, I will say you probably want them to reschedule to a bigger place. unless you like punk kids bo)
― Dominique, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Up the punx!
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp - i think there was also a lot of cheap bear spilled on the floor at that show: such an iconic perfume.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cheap bears?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
cheep bears make the cutest sounds.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Esp when spilled all over the floor
― Mark Ruffalo! is gonna tell us! about empathy! (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
get in the pit
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
knock the stuffing outta them
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
<i>Ride is developing a Mark E Smith level talent for non sequiturs that end up sequituring
― bendy, Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:14 PM</i>
i can see that. there's something about <i>the money store</i> that makes it sound like ride is embracing humour a bit more, but maybe i wan't getting it from <i>exmilitary</i> because it was sung in ALLCAPS.
the tricky/trip hop connection someone made upthread is an interesting one... something that never really occurred to me before. i can see geoff barrow really liking death grips.
― borntohula, Sunday, 3 June 2012 19:15 (11 months ago) Permalink
whoops. i guess it shows i haven't been here in awhile. pretend those bits are in italics then.
― borntohula, Sunday, 3 June 2012 19:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
so far this is my favorite album of the year
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
absolutely! really excited to see them on thursday in boston o wait they canceled their tour n/m fuck these guys
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:44 (11 months ago) Permalink
otmboth of the last two posts
― “Argh!” I cry. But I really don’t care. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
Still no explanation or anything on that?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 23:52 (11 months ago) Permalink
now I'm mad, EIII and I could have been Death Grips buddies
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 00:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
i don't see how it could be anything but a money thing; they're still doing the festivals right?
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
I thought everything got cancelled.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:51 (11 months ago) Permalink
we'll always be death grip buddies *bump*
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
I thought it was to work on their promised second 2012 album.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:54 (11 months ago) Permalink
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Saturday, May 5, 2012 1:46 AM (1 month ago)
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
right, but i thought they were still doing ATP? or did that announcement come after? I may well be incorrect here.
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymusa2012/news/1205080922.php
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
ok i'm wrongstill feel like this is money motivated
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
how u make money canceling shows?
the backlash to this stuff is kind of surprising, i guess confirms that people are used to and don't care about album delays, are way more pissed if you postpone shows they already bought tickets for/made plans around if there's not, like, some serious health issue or other inarguable explanation
― some dude, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
it's funny that the album is called "No Love"
― Number None, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
like someone said upthread, canceling a club tour and then re-booking it in larger venues maybe?
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 16:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
rising acts move sold out shows into bigger venues all the time, without outright cancellations or this kind of fanfare. that would be p weird imo. although this whole thing does seem weird in general.
― some dude, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 16:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
is it possible that they booked the tour under old management & then when they signed to interscope they decided not to have them go out? i'm not sure if my timeline is off there tho
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 June 2012 16:13 (11 months ago) Permalink
and by interscope i mean whichever major they signed to, i forget which it is
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 13 June 2012 16:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
epic i think.moving to a bigger venue would mean they would be getting more cash if it were a door split. If it were a straight up booking fee, they might cancel the whole tour because that's the only way they could contractually get out of doing several small shows. dunno.
― Authorities don't know who shot the 50 Cent the goose. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 17:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
― some dude, Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:39 AM (1 hour ago)
agree that music fans in general get irritated at show cancellations, but another dimension here is death grips are coming up through the underground where project delays are common and frequent, but shows commitments are code-of-honor type stuff. as somebody who books and play shows, I can say that bands who cancel without good cause are viewed as flaky pains in the ass or cavalier primadonnas unconcerned with making other ppl's lives difficult. and this was an entire tour! whiney made the point above, you'd think a guy like zach hill would know better.
if they'd produced some kind of sincere apologetic message or rationale it'd be different but it was like "btw no shows, suck it". frankly, I was psyched to pick up their album the week it dropped but the way they handled this left a bitter taste in my mouth. still haven't bought it, tho I prolly will at some point.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 18:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
it's just hilarious cause like, you just dropped an album dude. nobody will mind if you don't drop another before January.
― some dude, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 18:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
maybe they had conflicting label obligations - like maybe the label made them cancel?
― sarahell, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 20:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
Why wouldn't you just say that then?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 23:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
because they work for the label?
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 14 June 2012 01:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
working for the man, just like evrybody else
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 14 June 2012 20:52 (11 months ago) Permalink
If our federal government can't stop leaks I seriously doubt LA Reid can.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 14 June 2012 20:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
New dates then. London in November and it's really not a big place. It doesn't seem the idea they were cancelling to re-book at hu-MON-gus arena is right. I guess?
― kraudive, Friday, 24 August 2012 23:44 (8 months ago) Permalink
new single is really good. is there some reason MIA hasn't tried to work with them? at least a couple of songs where they feat a vocalist who sounds conspicuously like her
http://www.adultswim.com/promos/201206_singles/index.html
― Dominique, Monday, 10 September 2012 17:34 (8 months ago) Permalink
given that Death Grips is already generating buzz on their own, I'm not sure why they'd split $$$ with M.I.A. when they can give ¢¢¢ to an M.I.A. clone
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Monday, 10 September 2012 17:40 (8 months ago) Permalink
new track is OK, I'm guessing given the rest of the Adult Swim singles that it won't be on the album.
― Simon H., Monday, 10 September 2012 17:42 (8 months ago) Permalink
maybe they think MIA sucks
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 10 September 2012 17:43 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah, guess I was thinking the other way around. kinda like how Bjork goes after people to make her sound good
xpost to jordan, yeah maybe
― Dominique, Monday, 10 September 2012 17:43 (8 months ago) Permalink
what do they need MIA for?
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:15 (8 months ago) Permalink
feel that the image is more remarkable:
― ogmor, Monday, 10 September 2012 18:19 (8 months ago) Permalink
new track is OK, I'm guessing given the rest of the Adult Swim singles that it won't be on the album. --Simon H.
I think they've already said its a money store leftover.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 14:41 (8 months ago) Permalink
so, uh, they put the new album up for download on their site. which has already been linked at the top of the thread, but http://thirdworlds.net/main/ for easy reference.
― fadanuf4erybody, Monday, 1 October 2012 07:14 (7 months ago) Permalink
lol at signing to major label and then spazzing out when the major label acts like a major label. true punks, these ones.
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 October 2012 07:21 (7 months ago) Permalink
yyyyyyyep
how much did their major-label record sell anyway? i hesitate to even mention the name because it kinda seems to be a volatile one around these parts, but kreayshawn probably sold as many or more in her first week right?
― fadanuf4erybody, Monday, 1 October 2012 07:37 (7 months ago) Permalink
that's probably a fair assessment
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 October 2012 07:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
anyone going to post the album art then? it's... a bit much
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 1 October 2012 09:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
helllllllooooooo
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 13:46 (7 months ago) Permalink
(album art is a dick btw)
8====deathgrips===D
― ogmor, Monday, 1 October 2012 13:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
haha what the hell is with these guys and their album art
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 1 October 2012 13:53 (7 months ago) Permalink
pretty hard cover
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 October 2012 13:54 (7 months ago) Permalink
thirteen little dick icons on my desktop
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 13:58 (7 months ago) Permalink
is there any way to get this album without flashing dick to everyone at work?
― Spectrum, Monday, 1 October 2012 14:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
make your browser window really, really small?
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 1 October 2012 14:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
cool, a dick on the cover, that's really gonna FUCK PEOPLE UP MAN WOAHHH!!!
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 1 October 2012 14:09 (7 months ago) Permalink
Anyone actually listen to this? Or is the cover too dick covered?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 1 October 2012 14:28 (7 months ago) Permalink
lol
― space dokken (Edward III), Monday, 1 October 2012 16:13 (7 months ago) Permalink
and yet a stray pube wiggles free
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 October 2012 16:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
in honor of Death Grips I'm gon be writing album titles on my penis all day
― wood grain, chestnut / cody, CHESNUTT (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 October 2012 16:36 (7 months ago) Permalink
gonna start with The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do, holla
I doubt anyone will be able to read such teensy writing though.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 1 October 2012 16:40 (7 months ago) Permalink
prose on my dick
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Monday, 1 October 2012 16:42 (7 months ago) Permalink
^^^
I'll 1up whiney though and go with Fiona's second album title.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 1 October 2012 16:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
When the dong hits the conflicts he thinks like a dink
― Yellow Tonka//Sony Titanium - YT//ST (Craig D.), Monday, 1 October 2012 17:07 (7 months ago) Permalink
(I'm esp. liking "Hunger Games" so far; FWIW, James Blake ends up being in agreement w/ me)
― Yellow Tonka//Sony Titanium - YT//ST (Craig D.), Monday, 1 October 2012 17:11 (7 months ago) Permalink
i swear i made the "dick so big you can write a fiona apple album title on it" joke while i was out and about todaygreat minds, etcfiring this up right now; the "now playing" picture window definitely makes this a NSFW album
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 18:37 (7 months ago) Permalink
damn, i love dude screaming himself hoarse on "come up and get me"
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 18:38 (7 months ago) Permalink
(fiona joke closely followed by "inscribed on a grain of rice" bit)
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 18:39 (7 months ago) Permalink
yay WORLD OF DOGS
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 18:54 (7 months ago) Permalink
take out ya penis ya penis get taken out
― space dokken (Edward III), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
check them on facebook; it's hosted at like fourteen different places.here's one: http://bayfiles.com/file/mGZP/OzFwSA/DeathGrips-NOLOVEDEEPWEB.zip
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:07 (7 months ago) Permalink
just observing that their site is down but thanks anyway
― space dokken (Edward III), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:13 (7 months ago) Permalink
s'all good
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:22 (7 months ago) Permalink
ty forks
― ogmor, Monday, 1 October 2012 19:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
http://pitchfork.com/news/48044-death-grips-say-their-label-shut-down-their-website/
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:50 (7 months ago) Permalink
goddamn, NO LOVE
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 19:54 (7 months ago) Permalink
I support death grips, and I support this. it's like aural graffiti, where the guggenheim was all set to display your art "sometime next year", and then you just plaster it all over their wall
― Dominique, Monday, 1 October 2012 19:55 (7 months ago) Permalink
They would have a song called "Stockton"
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 October 2012 19:57 (7 months ago) Permalink
you need to learn about the meaning of the BEAT DOWNmadness, chaos in the brainlet my blood flow, make my blood flow through you mangyou got no business questioning a thang...YOU NEED TO LEARN ABOUT THE MEANING OF A BEAT DOWNhttp://penisland.org/
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 20:01 (7 months ago) Permalink
noz is full of incoherent disapproval on twitter, idg him
― ogmor, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:03 (7 months ago) Permalink
here's the album cover by the way (lol stereogum)http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2012/10/Death-Grips-No-Love-Deep-Web-608x608.jpg
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 20:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
i could give a fuck who's legally in the right on this; just glad the album is in the wild
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 October 2012 20:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
the whole manufactured controversy over this leaking is whatever
album is pretty good though. no love and world of dogs are highlights. that last song is great too
― fadanuf4erybody, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
THAT ALBUM COVER
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:43 (7 months ago) Permalink
that is kind of a weird looking penis
― set the controls for the heart of the congos (thomp), Monday, 1 October 2012 21:33 (7 months ago) Permalink
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:01 (7 months ago) Permalink
Oops, sorry for hueg *arf*
― ogmor, Monday, October 1, 2012 4:03 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
makes sense to me:
andrew @noz the best way to maintain ownership of your music is to not sell it to a major label in the first place.
andrew @noz especially if you happen to make wholly inaccessible and unmarketable noise rap.
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:24 (7 months ago) Permalink
he's got a point.
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:27 (7 months ago) Permalink
i've always thought the signing was ridiculous, but getting all sourpuss scornful that an 'inaccessible noise rap' band think they are too cool to act professionally just shows up a weird set of priorities/values
― ogmor, Monday, 1 October 2012 22:32 (7 months ago) Permalink
not feeling this as much as Money Store. Plus I think a punk band signing to a major label and then bitching about it is retarded.
― UnderControl, Monday, 1 October 2012 22:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
not really... it's a pretty sensible statement xp
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
i guess you find more comfort in the world-weary dad tone than i do
― ogmor, Monday, 1 October 2012 22:39 (7 months ago) Permalink
not really, but i don't see what's wrong in pointing out the reality of death grips situation
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:53 (7 months ago) Permalink
i don't see anything wrong with trying to fuck with a major label by tricking them into signing your unmarketable noise-rap but don't get all pissy when they don't want to release two albums of it in one year ffs unless this was all some extended performance art thing in which case good show boys
― big-mammed punisher (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:58 (7 months ago) Permalink
^^^ otm
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 1 October 2012 23:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
In fact I think tricking a major label into signing yr unmarketable noise-rap is pretty great and this new album is pretty great so I'm fine with everything that has happened.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 1 October 2012 23:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
xp jordanexcept that is no more 'the reality' than label signs a band it doesn't know how to market or handle... we don't even know what happened w/ the site yet. as it stands it's a dick joke & some vitriol, chiding the band "oh if only they'd handled their industry responsibilities more sensibly they cld be on the property ladder now" comes off all hegemonic conservative
but yes i haven't got a problem w/ how this has unfolded - everyone's playing their part properly; i love boners; some good track titles - it's a good time
― ogmor, Monday, 1 October 2012 23:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
chiding the band "oh if only they'd handled their industry responsibilities more sensibly they cld be on the property ladder now" comes off all hegemonic conservative
yeah i don't think that's what he was saying at all
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 October 2012 23:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
please stop typing noise rap
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 1 October 2012 23:33 (7 months ago) Permalink
it's funny because they already canceled a tour to make this fabled TWO ALBUMS IN A YEAR thing happen and it seemed like fans were more pissed about no shows than they were excited about more studio recordings (which made me assume the label were gung ho about the 2nd album coming ASAP). so it's like, build a following and get signed just to rush an album than neither the fans nor the label were chomping at the bit for, in ways that actively annoy both.
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Monday, 1 October 2012 23:37 (7 months ago) Permalink
??
i think the point is don't sign to a major to begin with! it's never been easier to not sign with a major label!
they should have just signed to Load or something that made sense then it would have been a boner city extravaganza
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 October 2012 23:40 (7 months ago) Permalink
reading this totally in-keeping bit of snottiness as naive/poorly judged completely ignores the image/myth the band have built up, and i can believe they did this in part to reassert their control over that after the cancellation fiasco
― ogmor, Monday, 1 October 2012 23:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
they'd have been better on an indie, but i'm perfectly happy for them to burn their bridges like this given where they are, who cares?
― ogmor, Monday, 1 October 2012 23:46 (7 months ago) Permalink
who said they are naive? i think they know what they are doing they are just being full of shit about it. obv they are smart dudes.
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 October 2012 23:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
also although i like this i think they have been slowly getting less fun since ex-military so i'd like to see them take a hard left turn
― ogmor, Monday, 1 October 2012 23:52 (7 months ago) Permalink
I'm still not clear why Epic even signed them (I mean I assume DG got an advance so I see what they get out of it.).
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 1 October 2012 23:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
"inaccessible and unmarketable noise rap"
uh yeah this is why hipsters were playing this at the outside bar this summer
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
la reid had been reading society of the spectacle & saw his chance
― ogmor, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
death grips is pretty hooky, they have a lot of catchy parts IMO, some noisy textures and yelling but i think it's poppy
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
This better than Money Store and has a dick on it
― wood grain, chestnut / cody, CHESNUTT (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:16 (7 months ago) Permalink
If u like it then u shoulda put a dick on itDon't be mad cuz a noise rap band leaked itIf u liked it then u shoulda put a dick on itYUH YUH YUUUUUHHHHHH YUH YUH YUH YUH YUH YUUUUUUUUNGH
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
three day ban for forks
― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:07 (7 months ago) Permalink
U mad
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:14 (7 months ago) Permalink
now every time a website goes down because of excessive traffic i'm gonna assume l.a. reid is behind it
― LaMonte, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:38 (7 months ago) Permalink
― circa1916, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 02:19 (7 months ago) Permalink
this is NOT better than money store but i still like it a lot but i think you gotta be pretty into willful abuse to enjoy it which i guess was probably their intent wheat-from-chaffing their audience or whatever.
― big-mammed punisher (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 02:34 (7 months ago) Permalink
― ogmor, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 02:43 (7 months ago) Permalink
meat from chaff
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 02:46 (7 months ago) Permalink
oh that's creepy
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 02:49 (7 months ago) Permalink
easy subway joke goes here
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 03:10 (7 months ago) Permalink
inaccessible, really? i'd like to think audiences aren't _that_ stupid, never mind the success of that awful carly rae jepsen song. people can get into dumb crap and also interesting weird shit.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 06:42 (7 months ago) Permalink
you can love both, it's a complex world
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 13:55 (7 months ago) Permalink
yeah. i played money store for my brother whose musical tastes run the gamut from 90s ska to 90s pop-punk and he thought it was pretty good.
― Spectrum, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 14:32 (7 months ago) Permalink
this new one is really awesome
world of dogs!
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 17:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
good record. funny how it's a thin line between these beats sounding like the FUTURE vs heavy '90s vibes (like the last few tracks).
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 18:52 (7 months ago) Permalink
I liked the first record but haven't cared enough to check out these new ones. Kind of intrigued by their dick tho.
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 19:42 (7 months ago) Permalink
had an actual debate with my gf last night about whether it's a real dick or not
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 19:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
Pretty sure that's the genuine article.
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 19:45 (7 months ago) Permalink
Dare I ask how detailed you got.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 19:45 (7 months ago) Permalink
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 19:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
topics included translucency, hair, etc
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 19:50 (7 months ago) Permalink
... translucency, huh?
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 19:53 (7 months ago) Permalink
apparently it is oddly translucent? i don't know man, it looks like a dick to me.
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 20:25 (7 months ago) Permalink
and if you ever saw ityou would even say it GLOWS
― set me on fire RAAAAH (DJP), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 20:25 (7 months ago) Permalink
i think it looks like a weird dick
― set the controls for the heart of the congos (thomp), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 20:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
been beaten for its crimes obv
― space dokken (Edward III), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 20:33 (7 months ago) Permalink
"black dice" and "whammy" are my shit on this
the dick looks kinda weird but i don't think it would've made sense for them to use a trad cock for the cover of this album
they make post-cock after all
― Roland Pemberton, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 20:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
noise dick
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 20:36 (7 months ago) Permalink
rap-cock
"whammy" is my fave too
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 20:40 (7 months ago) Permalink
― barthes simpson, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 22:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
uh what is a trad cock
― wolves lacan, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 02:12 (7 months ago) Permalink
Trad Cock?
― softspool, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 02:33 (7 months ago) Permalink
The Bug supporting them in London next month. sheeeeeeit.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 10:02 (7 months ago) Permalink
that'd be a good combination
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:12 (7 months ago) Permalink
TOO MANY HOES IN MY MUTHAFUCKIN MEAL!ASKIN IF I KNOW HOW A MUTHAFUCKA FEEL!
― BringTheAuBonPain, Thursday, 4 October 2012 04:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
November 12 at Music Hall of Williamsburg:http://www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com/event/173223/just bought mine
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 October 2012 20:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
Tues, Nov 13 2012 - Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington, DC: http://www.ticketalternative.com/Venues/26.aspx
Weds, Nov 14 2012 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/172299
Fri, Nov 16 2012 - The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/010049420671AE48
Sun, Nov 18 2012 - Wrong Bar - Toronto, ON: http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3134814&pl=embrace
Mon, Nov 19 2012 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI:
Tues, Nov 20 2012 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL:
Weds, Nov 21 2012 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN: https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1664074&cobrand=first-avenue
― EVERYONE COOKING SCMABLED EGGS,CHEESE WITH TOASTER!! (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:39 (7 months ago) Permalink
so let's see.
le poisson rouge show on the 17th with flying lotus is gonna be streamed. http://www.npr.org/event/music/162289032/npr-music-live-from-cmj
― BringTheAuBonPain, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 17:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
New video is sick:
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 12 October 2012 02:56 (7 months ago) Permalink
they go on soonhttp://www.npr.org/event/music/162289032/npr-music-live-from-cmj
― BringTheAuBonPain, Thursday, 18 October 2012 02:23 (7 months ago) Permalink
Tues, Nov 20 2012 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3135404
― afroslack, Thursday, 18 October 2012 06:51 (7 months ago) Permalink
twitter gone?
― ogmor, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 20:07 (6 months ago) Permalink
And apparently dropped by Epic too. Haha wtf Epic. :P
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Thursday, 1 November 2012 22:14 (6 months ago) Permalink
Love this.
― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 1 November 2012 23:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
how is that 'wtf epic' at all
― some dude, Thursday, 1 November 2012 23:03 (6 months ago) Permalink
unlimited supplythere is no reason whyetc
― Hans von Jerkoffsky (WilliamC), Thursday, 1 November 2012 23:18 (6 months ago) Permalink
Is it lame of me to actually want to take the label's side in this? And I say this as a DG fan (albeit one who liked Money Store better)
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 2 November 2012 00:15 (6 months ago) Permalink
you wish they'd honoured their contract to preserve harmony w/ the label & wait til next year to release?
― ogmor, Friday, 2 November 2012 00:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
if it's been 5 years since your last album and the label wants to push the new one back, it makes sense to get frustrated and think about leaking it. if it's been 5 months it's just kind of an empty gesture of rebellion.
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 00:27 (6 months ago) Permalink
what's at stake?
― ogmor, Friday, 2 November 2012 00:35 (6 months ago) Permalink
no clue--i really don't understand their angle
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 00:37 (6 months ago) Permalink
I meant, why does it matter either way what they do?
― ogmor, Friday, 2 November 2012 00:41 (6 months ago) Permalink
i don't think it matters, i just think it's confusing
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 00:43 (6 months ago) Permalink
Some dude OTM
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 2 November 2012 01:26 (6 months ago) Permalink
"how is that 'wtf epic' at all"
This is at signing them in the first place. Obviously Death Grips doesn't really care about being on Epic.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 02:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
And I'm not sure why Epic should care about them giving away their music for free either frankly.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 02:55 (6 months ago) Permalink
yeah signing them in the first place is the only move on the label's part i don't get. everything else is pretty standard.
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 02:59 (6 months ago) Permalink
although majors release lots of niche stuff these days and they seemed to have realistic commercial expectations for them
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:04 (6 months ago) Permalink
Serious... oh wait, you're trollin' here.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:06 (6 months ago) Permalink
Not really. Unless you think that unleashing it on the web has somehow devalued their next Epic album.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:10 (6 months ago) Permalink
You don't see how a label that stands to make money (okay, probably not a lot, but still) by selling your album might be torqued off that you gave it away for free?
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:11 (6 months ago) Permalink
jon did you miss the bit where the label wasn't interested in releasing it for another year? Considering they've recorded three albums in the last twelve months, I suspect they'd be able to deliver another one by that point.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:16 (6 months ago) Permalink
They would still be releasing it though. I mean, its not hard to figure out how labels work.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:16 (6 months ago) Permalink
but by then everyone would be sick of death grips because they had released a bunch of similar-sounding music in a short timespan
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:17 (6 months ago) Permalink
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Thursday, November 1, 2012 11:10 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you say "unless you think" like this would be a really weird position to take
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:19 (6 months ago) Permalink
If I'm Epic I'm more pissed that they cancelled their tour which would be in theory promoting the album Epic actually released than that they released another record on the interwebs.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:19 (6 months ago) Permalink
xp yeah I think it's a pretty weird position to take on a band that you signed on the basis of a free mixtape frankly.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
"but by then everyone would be sick of death grips because they had released a bunch of similar-sounding music in a short timespan"
That would probably be a good time to drop then, right?
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:21 (6 months ago) Permalink
Drop them, ahem.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:23 (6 months ago) Permalink
But, uh, tons of bands get signed on the basis of free demos. I'm not sure what your point is? They gave away music that Epic was supposed to be making money off of. I'm not trying to play captain save-a-major here, but it's not hard to understand why they're pissed off about it.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
so basically you're confused by the fact that the label would want to throw its full marketing power behind each release, which it basically can't do if the releases are too close together. so then epic is stuck in this position of being like "no, ignore these free releases and pay attention to these official releases" which is absurd. you can't flood the market with a bunch of music and ask people to pay for half of it but not the other half.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
lots of major label rap artists release mixtapes on the black market, sometimes even without the label's knowledge or explicit permission. but this was never called a mixtape, it was always called an album and was the album they'd promised to the label right up until they put it online. i mean it's a semantic thing but most legal issues are.
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:25 (6 months ago) Permalink
issue is probably much less that they put out some free music than the obnoxious (figurative and literal) dick-waving the group did about it
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:26 (6 months ago) Permalink
there's prob another point in there about death grips being marketed to a diff, more album-oriented audience than other rappers who put out mixtapes but i'm not the guy with the knowledge to make it.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:27 (6 months ago) Permalink
There is a good argument to be made that this band's general obnoxiousness is one of their more marketable assets.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:32 (6 months ago) Permalink
oh yeah absolutely. i'm just saying there IS a precedent for that kind of thing but they weren't following it musically or businesswise. (xpost)
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:33 (6 months ago) Permalink
sure, but for that to work the band needs to be obnoxious to everyone but the label
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:34 (6 months ago) Permalink
"They gave away music that Epic was supposed to be making money off of. "
Sure, but this only matters if you believe that this was 1) replace another record that Epic could have made money off or 2) that this was going to so saturate the Death Grips that no one would want another Death Grips in which case you probably made a mistake signing them anyway.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:35 (6 months ago) Permalink
"sure, but for that to work the band needs to be obnoxious to everyone but the label"
Not sure that's true in this day and age.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:36 (6 months ago) Permalink
eh to me it's all good to fuck shit up on an indie level, but if you do the whole major label gamble you may as well jump through their hoops, because there's no real benefit to doing it for a few months in a self-sabotaging way other than impressing whatever anti-corporate tightasses are out there still thinking this is how you 'fight the power'
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:37 (6 months ago) Permalink
Yeah I don't know. I don't even know what Death Grips gets out of this whole thing. Except for some bonus money and a lawsuit.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:38 (6 months ago) Permalink
what i'm saying! their motives are far more of a mystery to me than a big label acting the way big labels have always acted.
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:40 (6 months ago) Permalink
They are definitely a weird bunch of dudes.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:41 (6 months ago) Permalink
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Thursday, November 1, 2012 11:35 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm not sure why you find the idea of spacing out releases so weird? my favorite band on the planet would probably tire me out if they released two records a year.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:41 (6 months ago) Permalink
or to put it another way, epic's only goal is to sell as much death grips as possible; this is made considerably more challenging if they don't control the flow of death grips material.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:42 (6 months ago) Permalink
Why do you find the idea of releasing a mess of stuff weird? Some of my favorites seem to have no problem releasing two or three records a year, etc.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:44 (6 months ago) Permalink
Also, iirc, this actually was the exact album the band had been promoting all year and I'm sure Epic was planning on releasing it. They'd mentioned this one by name when they signed to Epic.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:45 (6 months ago) Permalink
the whole thing of "we're putting out two albums this year! even if it means canceling a tour we already booked!" was just bizarre to begin with. the only way this would all make sense to me is if it turned out that the label made them stay off the road and finish the album and then was like 'actually we don't need it til next year after all.'
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:46 (6 months ago) Permalink
xxxp you are aware that Death Grips basically has made videos for like every single song on their album? I think it's pretty hard to imagine a world where Epic was going to be able "control the flow" and not sure again why they'd be interested in that. Again both Epic and Death Grips motives here are kinda opaque. I'm not clear (other than money for DG) what either was expecting to get out of this relationship.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:46 (6 months ago) Permalink
"I'm sure Epic was planning on releasing it."
Not anytime soon according to Death Grips.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:47 (6 months ago) Permalink
what the hell do videos have to do with anything
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:48 (6 months ago) Permalink
Anyway, I do like the alternate covers that have popped up online, besides the band sanctioned one with the "suck my dick" socks. There's, uh, the female equivalent of the cover. But this is the one I gave the album for my iPod:
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:48 (6 months ago) Permalink
Uh, I guess? I'm not sure what your argument is anymore.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:49 (6 months ago) Permalink
i think epic just wanted to be able to release death grips albums on a schedule by which they'd be in a position to market and promote them. if you find that opaque i don't know what to tell you.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:49 (6 months ago) Permalink
"what the hell do videos have to do with anything"
You're not really up on how a lot of people listen to music these days are you?
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
you'll have to explain to me what you meant by "their album" alex, i'm sry i'm not up on death grips youtubes
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:53 (6 months ago) Permalink
didn't Epic tell the band they were going to release the album in early 2013? that's pretty soon
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:54 (6 months ago) Permalink
xxxp again I find Epic's motives for signing DG in the first place opaque. I understand their motive for dropping them. I find that motive weird given who Death Grips is and how I would figure you would try to market them, but I have no problem comprehending it.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:55 (6 months ago) Permalink
Or to be more clear I find people overly protective of the value of the music of a band who releases a bunch of stuff for free seems to me to be kinda weird. Like maybe you shoulda thought of that before you signed them? I don't know.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
lots of artists release a bunch of music for free AND THEN get signed and focus on selling it. that's kind of the standard these days, in fact.
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 03:58 (6 months ago) Permalink
Plenty of artists still release music for free though at the same time they sell it.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 04:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
yeah, and they coordinate w/ the label that's selling it
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 04:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Thursday, November 1, 2012 11:55 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i don't find the motive for signing them opaque at all; they were basically looking for another rage against the machine. difference being rage always played ball with their corporate overlords.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 04:01 (6 months ago) Permalink
xp Haha yeah very clearly label cooperation not high Death Grips priority list.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 04:02 (6 months ago) Permalink
xp did DG give the impression of being willing to play ball ever? That's just not how I read them.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 04:04 (6 months ago) Permalink
they probably fucking did when they were in the room signing the contract, alex!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 04:04 (6 months ago) Permalink
i mean how do you think these things work
do you think death grips said "we will ignore your instruction on when to release music, epic records" and the epic guys were like "oh, you lil cute indie rap band, what are we gonna do with you"
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 04:06 (6 months ago) Permalink
yeah noone's saying they can't be crazy free spirits that answer to nobody! thousands of musicians do that every day! they just don't sign anybody's contract or taking anybody's money!
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 04:06 (6 months ago) Permalink
xp that seems to be how they are behaving?!?!
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 04:10 (6 months ago) Permalink
xp and most record labels don't try to make 'em either!
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 04:11 (6 months ago) Permalink
Anyway obviously not a match made in heaven.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 04:13 (6 months ago) Permalink
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, November 2, 2012 12:10 AM (44 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i don't even know why i'm bothering but how they are behaving today and how they were behaving when they signed might well be two different things!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 04:13 (6 months ago) Permalink
for chrissakes you act like the band was forced into this arrangement
I have no idea how they behaved when they signed the contracts or what's in said contracts, but yes I do think that Epic seemed like they were all "you scallywags you" until suddenly they were like "hey wait".
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 04:18 (6 months ago) Permalink
"HEY THAT'S OUR PENIS COVERED ALBUM YOU ARE RELEASING FREE ON THE WEB. CEASE AND DESIST!"
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 04:19 (6 months ago) Permalink
God this is all so dumb
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 2 November 2012 04:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
That said the emails might be fake, the whole thing might be a put on. Who knows. Whole saga is bizarre.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 04:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
Epic's profit motivations notwithstanding, it's seems most likely that Death Grips breached their contract and then were assholes about it. No shortage of off-contract mixtapes/minor releases being independently offered by musicians under contract, but you typically should OK it with the label first, no?
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 2 November 2012 05:02 (6 months ago) Permalink
if label put up the fucking recording budget and in turn pledged to allow you to release album... i mean FFS.
this could be some kind of adolescent "stick it to the man" thing or maybe they're just a mess. certainly canceling a tour at the last minute suggests the latter.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 2 November 2012 06:06 (6 months ago) Permalink
"in turn pledged to allow you to release album"
er i mean you pledged to allow them to release the album
re: them signing in the first place, it just kinda seemed like the extension of major labels gobbling up anything that seemed viral/internet-friendly post-Odd Future. no idea why the band signed onto that though
as weird major label signings go, it always reminds me of when Foetus was on Sony back in the mid-'90s, like who thought that'd be a big-ticket release ever
― don't trust the lil b in apartment 23 (fadanuf4erybody), Friday, 2 November 2012 06:37 (6 months ago) Permalink
Again both Epic and Death Grips motives here are kinda opaque. I'm not clear (other than money for DG) what either was expecting to get out of this relationship.
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 2 November 2012 07:35 (6 months ago) Permalink
it's just sad to see a respected label taken for a ride by a bunch of bums like this. gets me pissed thinking of all the anti-corporate tight-asses getting their jollies at such an unprofessional breach of contract
― ogmor, Friday, 2 November 2012 12:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
it's really surprising how there's this weird naive MRR editorial-writer vision of THE MAJOR LABEL, MAAAAN that people still adhere to - dude signs a contract, breaches it, hey you go you proud rebel! you stuck it to those major labels, who exercise a Svengali-like hold on the public imagination! a blow for justice!
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 2 November 2012 13:28 (6 months ago) Permalink
idk, man, maybe this band is just really bad at doing things they said they'd do
― d-_-b (mh), Friday, 2 November 2012 14:12 (6 months ago) Permalink
guys're going to be way pissed when eTix starts garnishing their sales and funneling it directly to Epic
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 2 November 2012 14:42 (6 months ago) Permalink
Yeah I hope this doesn't result in them canceling this tour (again) only to appear two months from now as Life Gloves or something.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 14:47 (6 months ago) Permalink
Epic Gripes
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 2 November 2012 14:51 (6 months ago) Permalink
i like death grips but they are acting like jackasses
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:06 (6 months ago) Permalink
idk
― o. mane (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:17 (6 months ago) Permalink
they are though. your word's your word. if you don't like the suits, don't shake hands with the damn suits. thousands of great artists over the years have been offered contracts they didn't like and said "well, I could use the money, but I can't agree to those terms" and moved on. "I signed a contract I fully understood but Labels Are Assholes Amirite?" is infantile imo
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:39 (6 months ago) Permalink
they should have just signed with like fucking Load or something and they could have penised it up all they wanted to, but they signed to epic, you knew fucking well that there would be release schedules to adhere to....
also Zach Hill is in this band and he's def been around, it's not like some naive 17 years old here
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:41 (6 months ago) Permalink
zach hill has done l.a. session work iirc!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 2 November 2012 15:44 (6 months ago) Permalink
the thing is that even indie labels need a few months to do promo leading up to a release!
if they don't need/want any marketing support, and they don't need a recording budget (i'm pretty sure they have their own studio setup), it does seem pretty stupid to sign to a major label. maybe they got an advance to live on while making records, but how do they expect to pay that back if they don't deliver the record?
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:54 (6 months ago) Permalink
step 2: ????
― d-_-b (mh), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:55 (6 months ago) Permalink
death drips
― the late great, Friday, 2 November 2012 19:22 (6 months ago) Permalink
aero killing shit itt
― some dude, Friday, 2 November 2012 21:26 (6 months ago) Permalink
^^
― throwing john shade (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 2 November 2012 21:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
if nothing else maybe this is a good illustration of the death knell for the "subverting from within" tactic irt major labels, though. i mean if you're not gonna sell shit anyway, and there's no avenues for a label the size of epic to really push your music toward anything even approaching a large subcult audience at this point, then cash the check and stfu imo. this isn't the 80s or the 90s and you knew what you were getting into.
― throwing john shade (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 2 November 2012 21:52 (6 months ago) Permalink
i went out and got a new copy of the black/white death grips album today as a result of all this fracas so there you have it
btw this is really good!
― the late great, Saturday, 3 November 2012 00:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
dash of aphex, little horrorcore
yes! it sounds like something he might have done right after windowlicker.
― the late great, Saturday, 3 November 2012 00:21 (6 months ago) Permalink
my favorite rap album since the salem s/t
― the late great, Saturday, 3 November 2012 00:22 (6 months ago) Permalink
u_u
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Saturday, 3 November 2012 00:41 (6 months ago) Permalink
love the "dance beats" at the end of the album
― the late great, Saturday, 3 November 2012 00:47 (6 months ago) Permalink
― the late great, Friday, November 2, 2012 8:22 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― fanute da croupier (D-40), Friday, November 2, 2012 8:41 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha i decided a while back to just read all the late great's posts about music as if he's trying to troll me personally and it's been tons of laughs
― touch me, tease me, nuts me, deez me (some dude), Saturday, 3 November 2012 01:18 (6 months ago) Permalink
i'm just kidding!
― the late great, Saturday, 3 November 2012 01:31 (6 months ago) Permalink
OK so you actually are trolling some of the time. pretty sure you often aren't but it still feels like it, though.
― some dude, Saturday, 3 November 2012 01:33 (6 months ago) Permalink
i do really like this, and i do really like the "dance beats"
the videos they produced for "hustle bones" and "i seen footage" were what swung me toward getting it
― the late great, Saturday, 3 November 2012 01:41 (6 months ago) Permalink
Anyone else at Electric Ballroom last night?
― mmmm, Thursday, 8 November 2012 13:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
how was it? toyed with the idea getting tickets on the door
― Crackle Box, Thursday, 8 November 2012 13:45 (6 months ago) Permalink
saw them at p4k in paris
death shits
― alt-jjj (cozen), Thursday, 8 November 2012 20:37 (6 months ago) Permalink
anyone else?thinking of seeing them in a couple of weeks, any good live?
― m0stlyClean, Thursday, 8 November 2012 20:46 (6 months ago) Permalink
They were good last night but all I can really remember now is MC Ride physically pushing Miss Red off the stage when she came on to dance which was pretty alarming.The Bug were great.
― Map Ref 52°N 6°W (useless chamber), Thursday, 8 November 2012 21:14 (6 months ago) Permalink
is death shits a vote for or agin?
― We do live in a fallen, depraved world destined for the fire. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 November 2012 21:16 (6 months ago) Permalink
it's a sunday night show and i work early next day, so are they worth a monday morning hangover good?
― m0stlyClean, Thursday, 8 November 2012 21:21 (6 months ago) Permalink
as weird major label signings go, it always reminds me of when Foetus was on Sony back in the mid-'90s, like who thought that'd be a big-ticket release ever― don't trust the lil b in apartment 23 (fadanuf4erybody)
― don't trust the lil b in apartment 23 (fadanuf4erybody)
just to clarify something that no one else will care about but me, you gotta remember that at this point trent reznor was name-dropping dude on the regular and he was one of the most sought after remix peeps used to give major label alternative artists cred. ah the era of the CDEP
― before you post, consider just admitting you are wrong (jjjusten), Thursday, 8 November 2012 21:52 (6 months ago) Permalink
tbf, dude is now selling Adult Swim cartoon soundtracks
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 8 November 2012 21:55 (6 months ago) Permalink
his venture bros album is really great
― We do live in a fallen, depraved world destined for the fire. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 November 2012 22:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
is death shits a vote for or agin?― We do live in a fallen, depraved world destined for the fire. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, November 8, 2012 9:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
agin. might've worked in a difft context, at a difft time
― alt-jjj (cozen), Friday, 9 November 2012 17:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
hm. okay. i'm feeling shitty and still may have no home but i'm gonna try to do this.
― We do live in a fallen, depraved world destined for the fire. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 November 2012 18:15 (6 months ago) Permalink
this band is for juggalos. end of story
― instantpleasure, Saturday, 10 November 2012 19:53 (6 months ago) Permalink
strong words from someone whose only other post here has been band spam
― sleeve, Saturday, 10 November 2012 20:01 (6 months ago) Permalink
it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes
― plax (ico), Saturday, 10 November 2012 20:19 (6 months ago) Permalink
Saw a Juggalo acquaintance on Facebook get recommended Death Grips by a non-Juggalo friend. He wasn't impressed. Said he didn't like the guy's voice. I don't think Juggalos like the Death Grips.
― circa1916, Saturday, 10 November 2012 20:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
tbf if death grips played at the gathering I would consider going why because why not
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Sunday, 11 November 2012 01:45 (6 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, Bug were really great w/ Miss Red & Flowdan. Loud and fun. Death Grips sounded a lot quieter to me. It was fun but not amazing or anything. Bonus points for being able to get a beer easily at the bar.
― mmmm, Sunday, 11 November 2012 09:53 (6 months ago) Permalink
Fuck me, I was waiting for electric to come back on all day, it didn't, I was so down I needed dinner to prime me, figured doors at 8 meant show at 11, rolled up at 1030 and the show was fucking overI am having one shitty fucking month, I had been looking forward to this for almost a year
― Everybody did shit, art happened! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 03:58 (6 months ago) Permalink
:(
― ya bish called wanda (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 04:34 (6 months ago) Permalink
take the train to philly on wednesday
― ya bish called wanda (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 04:35 (6 months ago) Permalink
Were u there
― Everybody did shit, art happened! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 05:04 (6 months ago) Permalink
yeah, def more energetic crowd than the LPR/NPR show. some pretty heroic stagedives
― ya bish called wanda (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 05:25 (6 months ago) Permalink
DEATH GRIPS TUESDAY
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 20:21 (6 months ago) Permalink
BECAUSE IM CRANKING DEATH GRIPS IN A CUBICLE FARM WORK SITUATION
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 20:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
Just out if nowhere it occurs to me that "I've Seen Footage" would be perfect them music for "Freaky Shit," the fictional TV show from Kurt Andersen's novel "Turn of the Century."
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 20:32 (6 months ago) Permalink
Death Grips show in Boston tonight = cancelled.
Jeez, Louise!
― mr.raffles, Friday, 16 November 2012 21:06 (6 months ago) Permalink
glad I didn't buy tix and get burned a second time
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Sunday, 18 November 2012 05:05 (6 months ago) Permalink
Looking forward to reading Whiney's end-of-year coronation piece:http://www.spin.com/articles/death-grips-artist-year-2012-no-love-deep-web
― BISH HOOS aka the teendrimer (Craig D.), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 17:54 (6 months ago) Permalink
lol people are so hungry for some kinda youth thing that guys who just flake on shit they commit to count as punk. A+
― too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 17:59 (6 months ago) Permalink
Hill talks in a quiet, slow-to-unravel Sacramento drawl. Burnett's voice — on the very infrequent occasions when he does speak with a tape recorder running — is even quieter. "If you look at that and all you see is a dick, I don't really have anything to say, pretty much," Burnett murmurs about the photo that ultimately became the album art for their corrosive, cyber-grinding, electroshock scream-therapy sesh NO LOVE DEEP WEB. "I looked at it and said, 'This is a great photo, and I'd love for this to be the album cover.'" Both Burnett and Hill are reserved, soft-spoken, maybe a little shy, hopelessly insular, and they don't exactly look strangers in the eye when they walk down the street. Most importantly, the men of Death Grips are serious as cancer about making their art.
I have my nomination for Most Disingenuous Thing Said This Year 2012
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 18:08 (6 months ago) Permalink
for like four or five minutes at the beginning of their set on sunday they stood on stage arms crossed, zach hill smoking like fuck yr local ordinances while evanescence played on the bars soundsystem. and i was really excited that they might do something really cool and punk but they were just unhappy w/the levels and waiting for the sound guy to fiddle w/them.
― f (Lamp), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 18:21 (6 months ago) Permalink
Lamp I wish you did a zine that was mainly show reviews. meanwhile can somebody define the tonal parameters of the Sacramento drawl, though? really really
― too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 18:29 (6 months ago) Permalink
corrosive, cyber-grinding, electroshock scream-therapy sesh
any time I read one of these intense, adjective-laden passages I know exactly who wrote it and hear it in his voice
― mh, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 18:34 (6 months ago) Permalink
Most importantly, the men of Death Grips are serious as cancer -- rhythm is a dancer.
― mh, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 18:35 (6 months ago) Permalink
This is a good article! But alot of their story reminds me of, like, gossip about Lindsay Lohan or some other Hollywood celebrity that just cancels stuff at the last minute. Only rather than "Oh, they are a big shot Hollywood flake" these guys get "Oh, they are serious about their art".
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 19:29 (6 months ago) Permalink
serious lols
o get into the next level of the game, Hill started taking some inspiration from his younger brother, a career gamer. In one of their long, confiding conversations, Hill talked about The Book of Five Rings, a 17th-century text of philosophy and strategy from a Japanese swordsman. His brother countered with some techniques used in role-playing-game staple Magic: The Gathering. There are three types of decks in Magic: the speedy offensive of the Aggro deck, the deus ex machina checkmates of the Combo deck, and the slow-and-steady game of the Control deck.
"We perceive that this record label is running a game, right?" says Hill. "The Control deck is the shit because, basically, you un-summon people's magic by using their own magic against them. It's totally control; you put yourself in the same place as the other person, so they have nothing on you, it's like an illusion. Redirection of power and putting yourself in the environments these other people are in — it creates a chaos element to it. We started thinking about that in the sense of where we were as a band."
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 20:35 (6 months ago) Permalink
holy shit the next couple paragraphs are about how they are now homeless because spent their advance on 2 months at Chateau Marmont
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 20:38 (6 months ago) Permalink
my takeaway from that article was "Death Grips was in dire need of an accountant and a backhand"
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 20:40 (6 months ago) Permalink
there are almost axl rose levels of "ok we will finally explain ourselves ::proceed to make even less sense than when you were left to second guess their motives::"
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 20:46 (6 months ago) Permalink
with added bonus levels of ppl framing that as "these guys are really thumbing their noses at THE MAN" added in
― too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 20:54 (6 months ago) Permalink
you put yourself in the same place as the other person, so they have nothing on you
It would have been shitty for the label to leak a record and cancel a tour without consulting the band first. The whole part of them going back to the label to try and talk about the second album - after they have dropped out of touring/promoting in the least respectful way possible almost has a George Costanza feel to it. Quitting a job and then going back to work the next monday hoping the boss will somehow just forget that you called them a pinhead.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 21:01 (6 months ago) Permalink
I'm still cracking up at "*looks at dickpic* What an amazing photo! This should be an album cover."
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 21:02 (6 months ago) Permalink
The post-breakup interviews, which should be coming in about three months, are gonna be amazing.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 21:04 (6 months ago) Permalink
these guys are idiots
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:06 (6 months ago) Permalink
I just don't value a band's live show the same way I value a piece of work.
at least we can agree on one thing
― cozen, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:34 (6 months ago) Permalink
as a result of this whole thing I keep mentally referring back to the image of MC Ride trying to look psycho-bad while wearing a seatbelt
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:36 (6 months ago) Permalink
The more i read about it all it sounds less like 'sticking it to the man' and more like 'flaking out on everyone and repeatedly shooting yourself in the foot'.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 23:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
good to know that you can still justify any behavior by being "really serious about your art"
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 23:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
good to know that the white dude in Death Grips has a translucent, fake-looking dick
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 01:24 (5 months ago) Permalink
The more i read about it all it sounds less like 'sticking it to the man' and more like 'flaking out on everyone and repeatedly shooting yourself in the foot'. --Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau)
That's exactly what it sounds like! Also Magic: The Gathering wtfomglol.
Still excited to see them live.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 01:41 (5 months ago) Permalink
I sent Epic Records a picture of my di-iick/ I don't know what it is with labels
― some dude, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 01:52 (5 months ago) Permalink
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, November 20, 2012 8:24 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol my first thought was it must be p embarrassing to admit to owning that dick
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 01:54 (5 months ago) Permalink
lol I just finally saw the actual cover and that cover doesn't look fake, just look like a nondescript dick
can't believe DJP is calling white dudes translucent
― mh, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:29 (5 months ago) Permalink
death grips to world: "suck it"
― the late great, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:30 (5 months ago) Permalink
there was a conversation upthread where an ILXor's girlfriend levied a charge of the dick being fake, partially due to translucency
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:36 (5 months ago) Permalink
that's what a lot of white ppl's dicks look like? idk. it's oddly shaped & not particularly attractive, but...
― pussy try it (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:39 (5 months ago) Permalink
itt a bunch of white dudes get defensive about their dicks
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:41 (5 months ago) Permalink
i think my dick would make a great album cover
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:43 (5 months ago) Permalink
45 maybe
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:44 (5 months ago) Permalink
ok one of those weird tiny CDs from the late 90s
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:41 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
as we have throughout history
― pussy try it (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:44 (5 months ago) Permalink
I was getting fake butthurt, I know I'm half translucent
― mh, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:53 (5 months ago) Permalink
http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?63271-if-i-go-tanning-indoors-naked-will-it-fry-my-penis-and-balls#.UKxCdeOe86w
― tome crues (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:54 (5 months ago) Permalink
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:56 (5 months ago) Permalink
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:44 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
like the one shaped like a heart
I would use a sock half the time, penis hates sun iirc xp
― mh, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:58 (5 months ago) Permalink
I may have the affliction known as "goth dick"
hey guys, where do Death Grips eat when they're in New Orleans?
it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes GALATOIRE'S!
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:00 (5 months ago) Permalink
hold on let me take a look at this death dick... son thats a fine white penis you have there, its got everything in the world going for it, now go out and have a wonderful time
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:04 (5 months ago) Permalink
Damn these guys appear to be flaky dicks. But I really like The Money Store.
― kraudive, Saturday, 8 December 2012 22:13 (5 months ago) Permalink
Sorry. That is a horrific image I inadvertently put there.
Enjoy!
― kraudive, Saturday, 8 December 2012 22:15 (5 months ago) Permalink
sharpie dicks
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Sunday, 9 December 2012 01:30 (5 months ago) Permalink
i kindof feel like exactly these things that are being used itt to describe these guys as dicks are exactly why they are good. lack of responsibility. bailing out on the debts they said they would pay. its cathartic and refreshing. the deal was not the deal i thought it was. the fine print was unreadable. i wanted the money but not the job. this is how i feel, bypassing the beaurocracies that displace every responsibility. don't phone in sick because its a busy shift. i don't fucking care. its like epic records. standing on the balcony. i wish i could do that. i still have to fucking wait tables every night. i'm glad somebody can. standing teetering on the edge. two fingers. tie the cord, kick the chair and you're dead. if i call in sick its my fucking coworkers that take the brunt. this is it, the production of innocence. my boss is my best friend. we're all victims. there's something to be said for it. the album is so good as well. all uncontainable id. no love. deep web. wrapped up so tight i can't breath. i need something that punctures it. interrupts these notions of responsibility that are predicated on this particular handshake. i hope i can pay my rent this month.
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 December 2012 03:37 (5 months ago) Permalink
glad that dudes who blew a major label advance staying at a 4 star hotel for two months are empowering and inspiring to actual wage slaves, fight the power brah
― some dude, Monday, 10 December 2012 03:43 (5 months ago) Permalink
is that not a boring thought process for you? i would get sick of it. i guess whatever works.
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 December 2012 03:53 (5 months ago) Permalink
lack of responsibility. bailing out on the debts they said they would pay. its cathartic and refreshing. the deal was not the deal i thought it was. the fine print was unreadable. i wanted the money but not the job. this is how i feel, bypassing the beaurocracies that displace every responsibility.
If these are all attractive qualities to you, you must be a huge fan of the US financial system.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 10 December 2012 04:00 (5 months ago) Permalink
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 December 2012 04:04 (5 months ago) Permalink
is this mickey avalon's band?
― Mordy, Monday, 10 December 2012 04:30 (5 months ago) Permalink
Honestly al I dunno, this person might be taking the piss
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 10 December 2012 04:53 (5 months ago) Permalink
either way i'm in the matrix and they're not!
― some dude, Monday, 10 December 2012 05:24 (5 months ago) Permalink
I sort of agree with plax's post; I think the self-involved irresponsibility fuels a lot of what makes their music awesome. I'd never want to do business with them or even really try to see them live because I'd be convinced they would flake out and not show up with no warning but I've enjoyed all three albums immensely.
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 10 December 2012 15:30 (5 months ago) Permalink
yeah, getting all "I see through their pyrrhic immaturity" about death grips antics misses something fundamental (or states the blatently obvious) about a band whose first record started with a charlie manson sample.
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Monday, 10 December 2012 15:50 (5 months ago) Permalink
lol my "i bet they are totally irresponsible punk guys" was why i assumed they'd be late to their show and why i missed it cuz _I_ showed up latedeath grIIIIIEEEIIIEIIEEPPPPPZZZZZZZZ
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 December 2012 16:29 (5 months ago) Permalink
grim reapah!
― some dude, Monday, 10 December 2012 16:33 (5 months ago) Permalink
still love these guys but this is lamentable
― gr8 tr∞lls i have known (forksclovetofu), Friday, 12 April 2013 05:11 (1 month ago) Permalink
http://www.factmag.com/2013/05/10/death-grips-drummer-zach-hill-writing-directing-and-soundtracking-feature-film/
what are the odds this is a movie about a translucent dick
― far too much asshole flesh (DJP), Friday, 10 May 2013 19:41 (1 week ago) Permalink