can't say I think much of that. And I like some of their covers.
― ביטקוין (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
Just found Pomplamoose is coming to the Beachland in Cleveland on Sept. 19. The temptation to go ironically is great.
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Thursday, 24 April 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link
An odd comparison just came to me: the deconstructed synth-pop covers with deadpan female vocals thing that Pomplamoose traffic in reminded me of Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyHkXpA9Z2o
I'm not sure why I like their stuff and find Pomplamoose so incredibly irritating, though.
― A Perfect Ratio of Choogle to Jam (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 24 April 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
sup y'all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7VEutmO6cY
― polyphonic, Thursday, 28 August 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
it's all been leading up to this
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 August 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
No matter how much time and effort they put into their videos they still have no charisma at all.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 28 August 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
I don't know why all music videos don't end with two minutes of the artists just straight-up talking into the camera thanking people and plugging their tour dates.
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/1648861_o.gif
― am0n, Thursday, 28 August 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link
Looks like a few of you have a case of the hyundais
― hook up with a townie! (rip van wanko), Thursday, 28 August 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link
http://www.gifyoutube.com/gif/A2m9rz
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 August 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
aw, cmonhttp://www.gifyoutube.com/gif/A2m9rz
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 August 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
https://gifyoutube.com/gif/A2m9rz
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 August 2014 21:59 (nine years ago) link
http://share.gifyoutube.com/A2m9rz.gif
worth it imo
just a sprinkling of anaconda
― how's life, Friday, 29 August 2014 12:22 (nine years ago) link
bold new directionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDXzZ1Gc2I
― Number None, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 22:41 (nine years ago) link
everyone eventually ends up at krautrock once they completely run out of other ideas
― james brooks, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 23:22 (nine years ago) link
is this supposed to be their statement on gamergate or something
― maura, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Honestly, I like this band.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 30 October 2014 00:15 (nine years ago) link
*backs away slowly*
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 October 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link
*Kicks Eyeball Kicks in eyeball*
― Brocktoon Tanuki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 30 October 2014 02:11 (nine years ago) link
While I don't exactly *like* them, in the sense that I never find myself actively wanting to listen to them other than in the context of "what the fuck are they up to this time," they are kind of ingenious. I can't help but admire them a little in spite of all their insufferability.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 03:18 (nine years ago) link
I mean honestly if everything they did wasn't so completely consumed by forced, painful smirkiness, they could be good imo.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 04:12 (nine years ago) link
She has a certain way of looking at the camera which is unaccountably irritating. Without that, they'd just be innocuous.
― jmm, Thursday, 30 October 2014 04:22 (nine years ago) link
Actually I find the guy's goofball antics to be even more annoying. But those 'tudes bleed a little into the music too.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 04:23 (nine years ago) link
They actually remind me a lot of this, which I like
http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/pop-candy/2010/03/08/birdx-large.jpg
They still have this giddy freshmen staying up too late in the dorm lounge thing that I wish they would grow out of. I really think musically they are amazing at times, and very clever with their videos and such.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 04:24 (nine years ago) link
oh heh, guess we discussed B&B multiple times upthread, including me specifically discussing how I did NOT like that record at the time. Memory is frail.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 04:40 (nine years ago) link
I mean, it's not like I would buy their records, but over the years I've grown to look forward to this thread getting bumped. I find them irritating in many ways, but it's a very pleasant form of irritation.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 30 October 2014 09:59 (nine years ago) link
I like the music he makes in that video, but she is as irritating as ever.
These two make the current wave of indietronica (i.e. "Hip™ for basics") being discussed in the "high-selling singles" thread seem gritty and likable and REAL
― alpine static, Thursday, 30 October 2014 10:10 (nine years ago) link
when they weren't twee-ifying r&b, they weren't bad live
― maura, Thursday, 30 October 2014 10:53 (nine years ago) link
they're a reminder that you can be in some sense objectively talented and also sorta terrible.
speaking of which have we discussed the postmodern jukebox ppl anywhere?
http://www.youtube.com/user/ScottBradleeLovesYa
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Monday, 10 November 2014 04:20 (nine years ago) link
"No Diggity - Vintage Jessica Rabbit- Style Blackstreet Cover""Anaconda - Vintage Bluegrass Hoedown - Style Nicki Minaj Cover"
*shudder*
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Monday, 10 November 2014 04:25 (nine years ago) link
can one reasonably say they are racists
― tribe? de la? no "humpty dance?" (clouds), Monday, 10 November 2014 04:35 (nine years ago) link
It seems they have heard "Father cannot yell"
― Mark G, Monday, 10 November 2014 07:50 (nine years ago) link
"No Diggity - Vintage Jessica Rabbit- Style Blackstreet Cover""Anaconda - Vintage Bluegrass Hoedown - Style Nicki Minaj Cover"*shudder*
Postmodern Jukebox made Maroon 5's "Maps" listenable, so they can do all the Jessica Rabbit covers they like and I'll still support them.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gO_lxThc1M
― Champiness, Monday, 10 November 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
There's also something a little claustrophobic and sad about the "from our basement to yours" vibe they create.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 November 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
otm.
Now I am trying to imagine them covering anything off of The Basement Tapes.
― The Clones of Doctor Atomic Dog (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 03:55 (nine years ago) link
Despite this being Pomplamoose, and definitely despite the song being named "The Internet Is Awesome," I sort of unabashedly like this one. *shrug*
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 04:13 (nine years ago) link
is it a reworking of 'the internet is for porn'?
― i've got my own post to do (electricsound), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 04:23 (nine years ago) link
holy shit, that woman in the Maps video can sing. and that is all that I will say about her here in this public forum ... yup ... that's all.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 06:09 (nine years ago) link
I don't get why they went with such shitty sounding drums in that, otherwise not bad.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 06:12 (nine years ago) link
This dude has been killing the stylized cover game since maps were in diapers thohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVWjThlEzts
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 06:15 (nine years ago) link
Recording everything live in a little room like that is an absolute nightmare. The biggest problem is that the drums end up in *everything*. I'm guessing that most of the drum sound you hear in that track is actually bleed being picked up in other mics - if they turned the drum mics up it'd overwhelm everything.
I tried to do what they did (live band in a small room with a camera on the wall, not sultry retro pastiche) and we had to put big bits of carpet off-cuts on the drums to deaden them. Did interesting things to the cymbals...
― the_ecuador_three, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 10:11 (nine years ago) link
I don't know what you're talking about, I effing love that drum sound (except for the hi-hats)
― DDD, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 10:38 (nine years ago) link
Wow, lady in that postmodern jukebox video plays Teena Marie and others in the Motown show on Broadway.
― The Clones of Doctor Atomic Dog (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
drummer is also playing something too busy imo
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
ok i gotta admit this is pretty... something
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmCJEehYtU
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
all these puddles the clown videos are pretty great
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
9,000,000 views for that clown video, which probably nets them at least $50,000. A lot of that is going to Lorde or whoever, but this must be one of the most profitable ways to make money nowadays.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link