Hah, I just started looking at the lists on xlr8r's site and they used the artwork that someone created for a torrent site for the Junior Boys album.
scott, keep rolling, this is better than many of the individual reviews this year
― mh, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Lazer SwordGucci Sweatshirt EP
oh, really, no, go away. honestly, don't bother with this. i've got a butt burglars 12-inch i can sell you cheap.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
MalucaEl Tigeraso
i would totally play this in my car. i would weather the laffs. this is thoroughly enjoyable.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
in fact, i really want to hear the whole album now.
MavadoMr. Brooks... A Better Tomorrow
um, this is not my kinda thing. or at least this song isn't. i have to turn this off cuz i'm in public...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
from all appearances, maluca only has one song out
― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Nosaj ThingDrift
forgive me again, but if this is bumpin' you, you may need a bump realignment. this is smooshy like a marshmallow. do they thank the humpback whale that was the inspiration for this track in the credits?
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Ghislain PoirierSoca Sound System
my new age father in law would like this too. you wouldn't want to see him dance to it though.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:26 (fourteen years ago) link
RaekwonOnly Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
lots of, um, cuh-razy linguistics. it's raekwon. you know. he does that thing. you like it probably. you've heard it. it's that thing he does. beats aren't blowing me away.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Sabo & CassadyBersa Discos #6
peppy! probably fun to dance to. nice latin/electro fusion. i would not buy this.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
forgive me again, but if this is bumpin' you, you may need a bump realignment.
Lol, I kinda eye-rolled when I saw Nosaj Thing in bumping, and I like Nosaj Thing.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
SchlachthofbronxS/T
i can see blasting this on your segway. or maybe a scooter. on your way to work at the schnitzel haus.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:37 (fourteen years ago) link
fun thread! i am following along w/ you. there's not a song i like on this bumpin' list.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm glad this thread/XLR8R, for helping me realize that Brock Van Wey is AKA Bvdub, who I have been liking for the last year or so.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
xx-post That's short-form blog reviews/blurbs versus long-form magazine reviews in a nutshell. I read reviews and articles to learn more about music, not just to tell me what I should like. How am I going to get to know how to branch out? Randomly download or buy a hundred things, or read a good review and liner notes to figure out how to get more of what I like?
― mh, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
okay, i'll see how much bubblin' i can get thru before i have to go home for dinner. "bubblin'-future-bass-funky-tribalist-flexstep 'nuum" that is.
uh oh: "Haterz can see their way to the message boards."
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Table, I wasn't really criticising XLR8R, more just amused by how the general definition of "bumping" (and this is everywhere it seems, so maybe I'm the one with the problem) appears to be "you can nod your head, verrrrry slowwwwly, in time..." Nosaj Thing are good though, I get exposed to endless amounts of this post Flying Lotus stuff and they stayed with me.
Hopefully "bubbling" will be more up my alley.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
it's really just about putting things in a box to get those hits. sad, i know, but eh).
at least scott is listening to everything. since there aren't even blurbs on these, i think most people's instinct is to listen to a few seconds each of the ones that look interesting and move on, unless something really catches their ear (or at least that's what i did).
xp
― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone up for providing a definition (serious or otherwise) of "flexstep"? I am filled with trepidation all of a sudden.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i usually listen to the first minute - if i start skipping forward it's a pretty bad sign.
― richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
That Matias Aguayo track is great, isn't it? The use of vocal samples as instruments really reminded me a lot of Roisin Murphy's 'Tell Everybody'.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUPleuj42w0
― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Table, I wasn't really criticising XLR8R, more just amused by how the general definition of "bumping" (and this is everywhere it seems, so maybe I'm the one with the problem) appears to be "you can nod your head, verrrrry slowwwwly, in time..." Nosaj Thing are good though, I get exposed to endless amounts of this post Flying Lotus stuff and they stayed with me.Hopefully "bubbling" will be more up my alley.― Tim F, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:44 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
― Tim F, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:44 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
Yeah, I was expecting the Bumpin run-down to be all house music and electro-boogie 'cos that what my definition/understanding of "bumping" has always been.
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
xp it's the first Matias Aguayo track I've liked
― richie aprile (rockapads), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
xxpost - I'd love it if that were true Jordan.
Rockapads, search "Are You Really Lost" and "So In Love" immediately.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
2562Unbalance
now THIS is bumpin'! this would sound great loud. but i'm just listening thru my laptop. i gotta hook up my laptop to my stereo. i'll get on that. is this flexstep? well, i'm a flexstep fan then. i've been in a tech-y mood lately. did anyone hear the album by emptyset that came out this year? not the same thing at all, but its another album i love to play loud. keep my speakers on their toes.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
BracklesGet a Job + LHC EPs
not that long of a sample, but i think i get the general idea. i know i might be out of line when i say this, but it has to be said: Brackles are no 2562! there, i said it. i feel better now. i think i just want stuff that is bracing and sharp as opposed to the old googily woogily. know what i mean?
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
flexstep is xlr8r name for dubstep that is flexible?
Q: how did scott find this set of XlR8R lists?
― djmartian, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Cooly GLove Dub EP
this sounds like something off of a 90's dance mag cd sampler. if there is someone who gets really excited by stuff like this, then i am probably not in the same aesthetic boat as them. it just sounds lazy. and not in a languorous luv-a-dub-dub kinda way. just in a lazy way.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
A: i got an e-mail with links to them.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link
snap !
― djmartian, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Dark KnightReasons, What's Your Name?, My Bitch
wow, okay, maybe this is just about genre nuances that i'm not sharp enough to spot, cuz i really do feel like a hater all of a sudden. this just sounds positively moldy to me. if you told me that this came out in 1992 i would believe you. nothing wrong with that, it just doesn't do ANYTHING to make me excited about it.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Donae'oParty Hard
i like this. i like the rhythm of it. not the kind of thing i ever listen to, but it's very appealing to me for some reason. i even like the phone call in the middle of the song.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Bumpin: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/Bumpin
Dreamin: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/Dreamin
Jackin: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/Jackin
Trippin: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/Trippin
Bubblin: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/Bubble
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:32 (fourteen years ago) link
But I suggest let Scott do his thing in full first
El-BThe Roots of El-B
vocals kill this for me. music isn't bad. again, could be a decent southern rap backing track. from 2002. but i love southern rap production, so its a compliment. sorta.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Falty DLLove is a Liability + Bravery
okay, i think this is a medley of tracks. so it's kinda hard to process. it's not very enjoyable, but there is a lot going on. maybe i'm not smart enough for this. it could be the future of something? it's pretty sci-fi. i would need more time with it. but then again i don't really know if i want more time with it. hmmm, it's a puzzle...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Floating PointsVacuum Boogie EP + J&W Beat EP
this is more my speed. in fact, i wish it were longer and that they took more time adding all the elements together. because i like all the individual pieces that make up the track. i like how everything comes together and appears and disappears. very methodical, kind of anonymous, but a good kind of anonymous. it's all about building a perfect little space house to live in. look, there's a space pie cooling in the windowsill! mmmmmm....
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link
i have to close up my shop and go home and eat. be back a little later...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey Scott, here are Singles Jukebox reviews of some of the acts and tracks you reviewed, in case you wanna know more about what me & other people like and don't like about them. I added your reviews at the end!
Donae'o - Party Hard
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=874
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1333
The xx - Basic Space
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1215
Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar (maybe not the same song by them you did)
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1390
Animal Collective - My Girls (different song than by them than you did)
hhttp://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1715
Health - Die Slow (different song)
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1405
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction (maybe different)
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=456
― xhuxk, Thursday, 24 December 2009 00:14 (fourteen years ago) link
wow, cool, i will look at those. but i gotta finish here first or it will be xmas or something.
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:31 (fourteen years ago) link
especially curious to read the joy orbison comments, but i will wait...
Kode9Black Sun EP
i like this. i could definitely listen to an entire album of this stuff. love the textures. the crunchiness up against the elastic. it's not reinventing the wheel or anything, but it has that tactile grooviness that always sounds good to me. a good beat maker makes beats that are three dimensional and living breathing things. or, wait, great beatmakers do this. Kode9 must be great or something.
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:37 (fourteen years ago) link
L-Vis 1990 & Bok BokNight Slugs EP
the track is "ripe banana". i like this a LOT. i kinda wish they would cut shit up even more than they do though. and the drums could kick a little harder too, but that's okay. a couple of weeks ago i started a thread asking people for help in finding stuff that was similar to mr. oizo's analog worms attack. nobody could help me. this does it for me a little. similar vibe.
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
MartynGreat Lengths
i wanna like this in the same way that i like great kompakt-y stuff, but its just not as good as that. the sonics and the attention to detail are lacking. or on here anyway. maybe the cd sounds a lot better. you need to completely believe in your fascist minimal groove thang and make it a monument to your vision of what sound can be and do. you slip up and i'll hear it, buddy. don't ever let me see you wink or get lazy. got that?
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Mickey Pearce / Martin KempInnami / No Charisma 12"
hey, if you are on a label called Blunted Robots then your music should appeal to blunted robots. mission accomplished! well done.
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Various ArtistsNo Hats No Hoods Vol.1
the track is: Ice Kid - "Patient State of Mind". i really like his voice. and delivery. he sounds like a punk kid. i can always go for that. music is fine. fits the mood and this bloke's grhyming style.
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 December 2009 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link
can't get the last two bubblin' tracks to play. sorry roska! sorry untold! i'll try back later.
but now i'm jackin'.
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 December 2009 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Black Jazz ConsortiumStructure
a snooze for the chillout room. no jazz. black if you say so. and hopefully only a consortium of one cuz i can't believe it would take more than one person to make this.
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 December 2009 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
BodycodeImmune
starts out as more lowkey snooze, but there is more here than meets the eye. the monastic vocals kick in and the energy level goes up. lots of cool touches around the edges. things keep mutating, but the basic skeleton of the song keeps things anchored. this is cool! and then things calm down again. and all is well.
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 December 2009 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link