Salem - What kind of music genre is this ?

Salem vs. Die Antwoord

I've been listening to the Water EP. I really like this.

Do yourself a favor and avoid the clips of them playing live.

No that was the first thing I heard and I was like "what is this shit" but this is surprisingly enjoyable. It doesn't seem too far for me from say Garlands.

Of all things to compare them to.

Okay that just seems insane to me, if only because there's nothing about Garland that says "dub-influenced low-end"

that's ok I don't expect anyone else to agree

anyway I'm listening to King Night and the comparison seems less apt

"Sick" reminds me of "Bob George" from The Black Album but in a not good way

Okay I listened to all of King Night — they've definitely got a precise idea about their style, but there seems to be little variation within that style. I enjoy the hi-bpm slow tempi with the Dirty South-ish quick snare embellishments and the dreamy vocals but I think the rely too much on the same overdriven synth sound. The Yello rap vocals seem like a huge lapse in consciousness, but it could be that it only seems that way and they are being purposefully tasteless. The title track is probably their best and is genuinely scary in a childlike way — "O Holy Night" always seemed to me a creepy song and I think they understand that.

"Whisper words of wisdom...let it blow me."

Is Salem the rape gaze Beat Happening?

Insofar as Beat Happening is the rape gaze Monkees.

I'm not sure what you're talking about so w/e

Can we just agree not to use "rape gaze" at all anymore?

ILM sans memes would be about three pages long.

sans même

yeah, but ILM sans rape memes wouldn't lose more than half its posts and would be much more pleasant to read

or at least memes that aren't willfully opaque and anyone who hasn't drank the "lol hipsters" almond koolaid will understand

salem more like so lame amirite

c'est-ILM

oh hey keep the rape jokes coming, guys! I can sb all day!

(sorry I haven't sb-d anybody & nobody's used the r*** gaze word in like 23 hours)

wasn't "rock n roll" just black slang for rape gaze anyway?

I mean I was using "fuck-core" in 2006, just saying.

braggin 2006

(But I stole it from ILM).

they look like roadies at an Ugly Kid Joe concert

OTM IRL LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEAyHkFd6F4

treat gaze

razorapple gaze

they look like roadies at an Ugly Kid Joe concert

A+++++

also i get a lil' of jay from jay and silent bob:

http://www.rustylime.com/content_images/clerks_ii_01.jpg

for all of the hoopla this album is actually quite boring and doesn't really incite much of a reaction from me - it's not like terribly bad nor is it some next level shit, and it doesn't even sound particularly "new" or "groundbreaking" or "different" or anything, I'm just not getting it at all guyz.

i'm kind of extremely disappointed that this isn't the worst shit i've ever hear or something, the way everyone has been talking about it

the "worst shit ever" hyperbole is about their live show, not their recorded material

also not necessarily hyperbole

true

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Was anyone else at the Salem show in Shoreditch last night? The venue (a church) was really cool.

Yeah, I really enjoyed it. Perhaps not as much as I enjoyed being sat in a Hawksmoor full of dry ice listening to a DJ playing Fad Gadget, TG, The Units... And the support (Becoming Real?) was amazing when this tall gothic girl got up and started body popping like something out of an Aphex Twin video.

I wasn't 100% sure that Heather was singing live, tbh. But Jay, Silent Bob's mate seems to have sorted his rapping out.

It didn't seem like she was singing live. I still really don't like the rap songs, and found the performance of those songs pretty cringey. The other dude strumming the mega-gain'ed out guitar was kind of embarrassing too. The funniest thing to me was when the guy on the side of the stage would lean over and press a button on the smoke machine, and you heard the really loud "hisssssss" as it released the necessary 'atmosphere' into the room.

They only played about 8 songs, I think. It was entertaining in the end, I suppose; I just think they could put on a much cooler show. Even the description from the beginning of this thread from a year ago - Saw these guys play in Rome and they just stood on stage and shared a cigarette while car crash footage played behind them. I have a feeling David Lynch c. "Fire Walk With Me" would've loved them. sounds so much better than the reality!

I'm bummed out I didn't watch the opener now.

I enjoyed it, and they've obviously come a long way in terms of actually realising that you need some stage craft since the Fader Fort thing, that I'd go and watch them next year with a fair chance of it being better again. The big Hisssss fitted in with the music and reminded me of the idea of Martin Hannett using aerosol cans as part of the percussion on She's Lost Control.

Just heard "O Holy Night" and thought "this sounds familiar...."

Is it weird to describe this music as having a mix of sentimentality and cynicism that I find repulsive?

http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1156710577/44903_164529620223888_100000005545465_530640_4348257_n.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/24323ip.jpg

is that matisyahu?

I was literally listening to "King Without a Crown" yesterday, but no