Ah, the other venerable slam - Joanna Newsom as curious tree-faerie. It was only a matter of time....
― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 29 September 2005 15:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jimmy Mod Loves Alan Canseco (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 29 September 2005 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Thursday, 29 September 2005 16:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 29 September 2005 16:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 29 September 2005 18:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 29 September 2005 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Thursday, 29 September 2005 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:09 (eighteen years ago) link
also, is the Sadie song about a dog? that song makes me cry.
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:28 (eighteen years ago) link
its curious to me too when folks say she 'has no talent':
not to make everything a gender issue, but i feel that's what people say about female artists when there is one thing they dislike about them....particularly if it is a voice thing. its like ok you're not the total package, you're untalented. and your true instrument of expression is your voice of course and you must sing pretty.
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:36 (eighteen years ago) link
Aren't your comments above about her songwriting talents indicative of the fact that there might be more than one thing they don't particularly like about her (even if they just happen to mention her voice)?
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:42 (eighteen years ago) link
I might call Wolf Parade or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah untalented mind.
― fandango (fandango), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― whatev, Friday, 30 September 2005 01:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Interesting, but perhaps not the greatest introduction :-O
― fandango (fandango), Friday, 30 September 2005 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 6 October 2005 04:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― acidmouth (acidmouth), Thursday, 6 October 2005 05:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 6 October 2005 06:37 (eighteen years ago) link
Heh. As opposed to "I wish her well, and I hope she fails."
― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 6 October 2005 16:47 (eighteen years ago) link
why? because i've re-dugout the milk-eyed mender and do you know, her voice isn't that bad, in fact it's very beautiful. her lyrics are the tits. plus the harp playing is beyond evocative. it makes me nostlagic for the summer. love it.
― Vintage Latin (dog latin), Sunday, 12 February 2006 02:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― bell labs (bell_labs), Sunday, 12 February 2006 22:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Sunday, 12 February 2006 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― noooo, Monday, 13 February 2006 04:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― adam (adam), Monday, 13 February 2006 04:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Monday, 13 February 2006 05:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Monday, 13 February 2006 05:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Monday, 13 February 2006 05:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 13 February 2006 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― bell labs (bell_labs), Monday, 13 February 2006 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Vintage Latin (dog latin), Monday, 13 February 2006 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― fies, Monday, 19 March 2007 10:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Edward III, Monday, 19 March 2007 13:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 19 March 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― fies, Monday, 19 March 2007 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 March 2007 14:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― fife, Monday, 19 March 2007 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link
New song is wonderful.
― Turangalila, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 06:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Try this link.
― Turangalila, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 06:28 (sixteen years ago) link
The tempo shift caught me off guard, so cheers to that. Otherwise about what I'd expect. Very nice.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 08:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I didn't expect that MELODY though. It's beautiful.
― Turangalila, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 09:03 (sixteen years ago) link
DUD
― max r, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 09:30 (sixteen years ago) link
classic for other people... dud for me.
― fandango, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 10:30 (sixteen years ago) link
which is to say I just can't be bothered being conflicted about her (MIA too..) anymore and would prefer not to suffer the indigestion of trying to enjoy/appreciate her talents. I'd rather not think of her at all.
― fandango, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 10:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I still absolutely love this new song. It has this yearning, "In My Life" sort of quality to it. Something about the melody seems displaced from time.
Glad to hear her using the upper register of the harp to great effect.
― Turangalila, Thursday, 27 September 2007 01:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Is this going to be another eight-months-before-the-album-comes-out thread?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 September 2007 01:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Does it bother you?
― Turangalila, Thursday, 27 September 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Not really. I'm more amused by it now.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 September 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Not too sure how many Joanna fans will actually buy this, but nice to know it'll be out there.
http://jtclassics.co.uk/product.php?id_product=49
Hard Skin, the most popular oi! punk band around, send a strong message to their massive fanbase of women by doing a collaboration record with a lot of very famous females who are huge fans of the band as people as well as as a band. They have redone their whole new classic album On The Balls but have let the ladies take over the main vocals! What could have turned out to be really funny is actually absolutely brilliant and another classic!
http://jtclassics.co.uk/img/p/49-104-thickbox.jpg
― it's all fuck what sit says, we'll do our own thing (Matt #2), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
There's a sound sample on Amazon, definitely sounds like her:http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Who-Ran-Town/dp/B00B1BQ98Y
― a la recherche du tempbans perdu (NickB), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://vimeo.com/61742904
― Luna has new answers (buzza), Tuesday, 19 March 2013 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/9318917232af82f16bbff64d0b839ca4/tumblr_mmz0xdKvtq1qa1ubyo1_1280.jpg
― markers, Saturday, 8 June 2013 04:03 (ten years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/dbd7e4b6c6ed592fce7e361afe5fd040/tumblr_mq9fg36Ile1qhug3qo5_500.png
― markers, Monday, 29 July 2013 12:57 (ten years ago) link
I can totally hear her in all the stuff she picks:
http://www.vogue.com/8204763/inherent-vice-joanna-newsom-1970s-songs/
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
Crossing my fingers for Gentle Giant influence on the next album. She's at her best on twistier tracks like "Have One On Me".
― jmm, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 23:09 (nine years ago) link
Saw her live this week, she's amazing. In tears for "Only Skin", and I came away with newfound appreciation for the non-Ys songs she played. I'm in utter awe at what an amazing performer she is.
― Antonym Scalia (Leee), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
THE STRINGS/KEYS REINCIDENCETrill the trumpets!Hoist the flags!Raise the gates of the city!Rip the protective plastic covers off the furniture!For lo, Joanna Newsom, balladeer without compeer, Nevada City’s native daughter and Aureate Laureate of these Austral climes, comes riding down the mountain (sidesaddle, natch) to undertake a limited Los Angeles solo residency at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever, May 15th through May 19th, 2024! Though she rides alone this time, Joanna comes equipped with her usual blistering wind-up double punch to wreak raptures upon harp and piano alike.I know what you’re thinking — we’re all thinking it — What’s in the saddlebag, Newsom? It’s hard to tell from here, but darn if she doesn’t seem to be packing new tunes! What’s your pleasure? The golden oldies? Perhaps a cover song or two? A 17-minuter for the large-bladdered among us? Over the space of these five nights she’ll sing some, strum some, pluckety plunk some, and probably sonically boggle your noggin. The noggin inside your heart.You should only read this next part if you're a child, or know one who's cool: the May 18th show will be a 3:30pm (doors at 2:30) Matinee Performance strictly for kids under 18 (and their keepers), where Mrs. Newsom has promised to forgo the "blue" material we've all come to know (and respect) her for, and instead tailor the setlist to be not only suitable for children, but specifically designed with them in mind. Tickets for this show will only be available for the little ones (and their keepers), a policy as ironclad as it is unenforceable!Now as for the rest of the dates, old timer — mark them on your calendar, tattoo them on your forehead, brand them on the back of your wizened hands, but remember — only a ticket will get you in the door.What side of history do you want to be on? The underside? The wet part? The index? The table of contents? Or the future of music? We think the answer, like God’s grace, speaks for herself.
For lo, Joanna Newsom, balladeer without compeer, Nevada City’s native daughter and Aureate Laureate of these Austral climes, comes riding down the mountain (sidesaddle, natch) to undertake a limited Los Angeles solo residency at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever, May 15th through May 19th, 2024!
Though she rides alone this time, Joanna comes equipped with her usual blistering wind-up double punch to wreak raptures upon harp and piano alike.
I know what you’re thinking — we’re all thinking it — What’s in the saddlebag, Newsom? It’s hard to tell from here, but darn if she doesn’t seem to be packing new tunes! What’s your pleasure? The golden oldies? Perhaps a cover song or two? A 17-minuter for the large-bladdered among us? Over the space of these five nights she’ll sing some, strum some, pluckety plunk some, and probably sonically boggle your noggin. The noggin inside your heart.
You should only read this next part if you're a child, or know one who's cool: the May 18th show will be a 3:30pm (doors at 2:30) Matinee Performance strictly for kids under 18 (and their keepers), where Mrs. Newsom has promised to forgo the "blue" material we've all come to know (and respect) her for, and instead tailor the setlist to be not only suitable for children, but specifically designed with them in mind. Tickets for this show will only be available for the little ones (and their keepers), a policy as ironclad as it is unenforceable!
Now as for the rest of the dates, old timer — mark them on your calendar, tattoo them on your forehead, brand them on the back of your wizened hands, but remember — only a ticket will get you in the door.
What side of history do you want to be on? The underside? The wet part? The index? The table of contents? Or the future of music? We think the answer, like God’s grace, speaks for herself.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 March 2024 14:04 (two months ago) link
what on earth is a joanna newsom show tailored specifically for children going to be like
i hope that new album is coming soon, those new songs she debuted last year were wonderful and it's been nearly a decade!
― ufo, Monday, 11 March 2024 14:11 (two months ago) link
That is thee most Drag City press release of all thee Drag City press releases; also, ofc, a Joanna Newsom show tailored to children is a Joanna Newsom show
― Funding Hostile (Craig D.), Monday, 11 March 2024 15:21 (two months ago) link
(I have to assume her 'blue' lyrical content would go way over the heads of those whose lil' ears are protected)
― Funding Hostile (Craig D.), Monday, 11 March 2024 15:23 (two months ago) link
lol at any kids being able to pick out anything from her songs, "blue" or not. "Mommy, what did the pretty harp lady mean when she sang 'And the articulation in our elbows and knees makes us buckle, and we couple in endless increase as the audience admires'?"
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 March 2024 15:33 (two months ago) link
You'd be surprised -- I had to take my nephew's iphone away after I caught him texting about "cockles" and "cowries"
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Monday, 11 March 2024 16:09 (two months ago) link
The perk and protection of being a Drag City artist is having Rian Murphy press releases that take the piss out of press releases while also getting the info across.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Monday, 11 March 2024 16:26 (two months ago) link
Very weird to have a kids show at the fucking CEMETARY
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 11 March 2024 16:40 (two months ago) link
Hey, they gotta learn somehow.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 March 2024 17:02 (two months ago) link
Tickets on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Pacific (stampede expected).
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Monday, 11 March 2024 17:50 (two months ago) link
She played a festival in Utah yesterday - dedicated "Cosmia" to Albini and performed a new song "No Wonder" (one of the ones she debuted last year at the surprise performance with Fleet Foxes). I'm really hoping for an album announcement after the California residency, can't believe it's been almost 9 years since Divers.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Saturday, 11 May 2024 17:24 (two weeks ago) link