LADYTRON ARE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD

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I love Ladytron. I think they're the best band in the world.

This isn't a question as such.

alexfack (alexfack), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 22:17 (10 years ago) Permalink

No. No they're not. They're good, though.

david h (david h), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 22:26 (10 years ago) Permalink

no. like a couple of singles I've heard.

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 22:50 (10 years ago) Permalink

In your world, maybe.

JS Williams (js williams), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 22:53 (10 years ago) Permalink

Roger and Justin from Becks band and Air are the crack studio musicians on the new rec. Ladytron = Steely Dan of nu-synth?

chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 23:11 (10 years ago) Permalink

604 (more than the new one):Lali Puna-lite?

david h (david h), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 23:16 (10 years ago) Permalink

Ladytron = Steely Dan of nu-synth?

I'd say that goes to LP since they're smooth that way. Ladytron = Bliss Band?

Andy K (Andy K), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 23:27 (10 years ago) Permalink

The Faint are obv The Eagles then

chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 23:47 (10 years ago) Permalink

they're on of my fave BANDS around at the moment thats for sure

however they need to improve in some areas - mainly, their live performances (i've heard too many people say how shit they are live, and these are big Ladytron lovers) - they also need to gig MORE

it took them ages to get their website sorted out, and its still not that great - it could be better for a band like this

stevem (blueski), Thursday, 28 November 2002 01:33 (10 years ago) Permalink

These are fair and reasonable points but all tend to overlook the fact that LADYTRON ARE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD.

alexfack (alexfack), Thursday, 28 November 2002 19:29 (10 years ago) Permalink

also, it wouldn't kill them to spend a little more time on some of the lyrics. i still love em tho.

dyson (dyson), Thursday, 28 November 2002 19:49 (10 years ago) Permalink

Ladytron are a more femme Komputer.

(please someone tell me they remember Komputer)

donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 28 November 2002 20:05 (10 years ago) Permalink

Hah. I remember Komputer, I got a couple of their singles from bargain bins and I keep seeing the album in them too now, so if it's worth getting then let me know. It's always just slightly more than I want to pay for it, especially since I found the singles a bit dull.

(Ladytron are much better too. Er, in my opinion.)

Rebecca (reb), Thursday, 28 November 2002 20:12 (10 years ago) Permalink

Oh lord Komputer.

Tom (Groke), Thursday, 28 November 2002 20:26 (10 years ago) Permalink

Ha, well it was, at one time, pretty easy to find the album for less than a dollar.

"Beeel Gaytz BEEEL GAYTZ BEEEELLLL GAAAAAAYYYYYTTTTZZZZ"

donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 28 November 2002 22:46 (10 years ago) Permalink

Surely it is "Ladytron IS" not "Ladytron ARE" though?

, Thursday, 28 November 2002 22:55 (10 years ago) Permalink

damn septics with their lame-o abuse of language. more than one person in band=are...

Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 28 November 2002 23:10 (10 years ago) Permalink

Less than two bands=is...

dwh (dwh), Thursday, 28 November 2002 23:18 (10 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...
Ladytron are currently rocking my life. Maybe right now they are indeed the best band in the world.

DV (dirtyvicar), Saturday, 17 January 2004 17:04 (9 years ago) Permalink

Any band can be the best band in the world for an afternoon.

Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 17 January 2004 18:44 (9 years ago) Permalink

...especially if alcohol is involved.

rainman (rainman), Saturday, 17 January 2004 18:49 (9 years ago) Permalink

I think they might still be the best band in the world. I have a unbelievably colossal emotional investment in the next album and am anxious that it nudges them into glorious exciting twisty new shapes. I am relatively confident that it will be so.

Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Saturday, 17 January 2004 20:11 (9 years ago) Permalink

pretty bored of 'Light And Magic' now but the 'Softcore Jukebox' is a great great compilation. i wouldn't mind hearing their 'live soundtrack' to Tron still.

stevem (blueski), Sunday, 18 January 2004 01:06 (9 years ago) Permalink

what¿

dyson (dyson), Sunday, 18 January 2004 01:59 (9 years ago) Permalink

I like Light and Magic a lot, it's been one of my most-listened-to albums from the past two years.

latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 18 January 2004 02:25 (9 years ago) Permalink

4 years pass...

Had my first three listens to Velocifoofoo today. After a few weeks with the "Ghost" remixes. For a band for whom I've purchased their complete works (I think) I don't know much about them at all. Which I realized is an incredible complement to how much I enjoy their music. At their worst, the giddy cheap thrill I got from Republica. At their best, everything kind everyone said about Siouxsie and Gary Newman, only better. Sure, there's throwaway tracks, but the singles are lush and effortless.

bendy, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 01:28 (5 years ago) Permalink

I'm surprised how little attention their new album is getting

baaderonixx, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 07:24 (5 years ago) Permalink

As always.

'Velocifero' is not their best on the first listen, but still very good. There are a few filler tracks in the middle unfortunately, but the last two songs are brilliant.

zeus, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 11:13 (5 years ago) Permalink

It never reaches the brilliance of Witching Hour but it's defibitely a grower

baaderonixx, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 11:53 (5 years ago) Permalink

LADYTRON ARE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD (AT THE MOMENT, YES, ABSOLUTELY)

asey, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 14:18 (5 years ago) Permalink

was going to get this today - but didn't.

another fucking loss due to the revised love for nasty digipack crap.

[
this years would-be purchases cancelled due to digipack gumph :
hot chip/luke solomon/miss kittin ..
]

mark e, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 15:33 (5 years ago) Permalink

I think I'll get this on vinyl

baaderonixx, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 15:38 (5 years ago) Permalink

I don't think digipack would put me off this, although for other things it certainly has. Seems too many people use digipacks as a way to avoid putting effort into liner notes and so on... which is unfortunate...

do we have a digipacks C/D thread yet? if not, we should.

asey, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 15:42 (5 years ago) Permalink

there was a great thread re the downfalls of crap packaging but i can never find the bugger.

mark e, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 15:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

Ladytron are also the first band for whom I've purchased their whole catalog as digital downloads.

bendy, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 15:57 (5 years ago) Permalink

9 months pass...

Interviewing Reuben in about four hours. Any burning questions people want me to ask him?

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:13 (4 years ago) Permalink

what's the deal with airplane food?

鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:14 (4 years ago) Permalink

why did my friend get called a 'fag' and threatened w/bodily harm for wearing one of their t-shirts

i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:16 (4 years ago) Permalink

maybe he went out in public?

鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

are they still doing that thing w/ christina aguilera? ask abt that

just sayin, Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

maybe he went out in public?

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, April 2, 2009 10:19 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

lulz

fwiw i don't think i've ever heard a ladytron song? and i'm pretty sure the dudes that threatened my friend hadn't either. protip: don't wear a shiny, silvery t-shirt in rural montana that has the word "lady" on it

i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:26 (4 years ago) Permalink

Ask him what's the best band in the world?

Tuomas, Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

Yes, agreed with Tuomas.

ilxor, Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:40 (4 years ago) Permalink

ask him whether the next album is gonna as awesome as the previous two - also if they're gonna keep adding guitars to their mix

baaderonixx, Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

Was definitely going to ask him more about that, as well as the Christina thing.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:42 (4 years ago) Permalink

I have nothing to ask, but I have spun up Velocifero, and it remains as glorious as ever.

Tell him that, if you want!

a tiny, faltering megaphone (grimly fiendish), Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:44 (4 years ago) Permalink

yeah I don't find it as good as 'Witching Hour' (how could it be) but it's definitely solid. It seems to me Ladytron are summarizing in high speed Depeche Mode's evolution (from cutesy synth pop to a sinister grinding monolith)

baaderonixx, Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:55 (4 years ago) Permalink

Hahaha, nicely phrased. I saw them live two years back opening for NIN in London and they had pretty clearly settled into said latter status. Crowd loved 'em!

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:56 (4 years ago) Permalink

^ Agree with every word (except early Depeche Mode >>>>> early Ladytron, natch).

a tiny, faltering megaphone (grimly fiendish), Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:57 (4 years ago) Permalink

(xpost)

a tiny, faltering megaphone (grimly fiendish), Thursday, 2 April 2009 15:58 (4 years ago) Permalink

I think they are really tight but man sometimes they are so OTT.

Kevin Yates, Phys. Ed. (u s steel), Friday, 24 April 2009 13:15 (4 years ago) Permalink

Wanted to see their show in Austin last week, but was the same night as MBV goddamnittohell.

I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, 25 April 2009 05:00 (4 years ago) Permalink

Killed it last night. The Faint followed them and while the crowd was more there for them they couldn't compare.

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 April 2009 21:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

THIS IS GODHEAD

ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 19:57 (3 years ago) Permalink

when i was at uni in liverpool, (circa '03-05) they had a club night called "evol" in this little basement club. the guy members would dj and they had loads of cool guest djs like ivan smagghe and mark moore. had this great secret after-hours party atmosphere.

and they'd always be up for the odd convo about music or whatever, real chill fellas.

max arrrrrgh, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 23:22 (3 years ago) Permalink

i think Destroy Everything You Touch holds up fabulously as one of the best electro songs of the last 5 years or so. they kind of invented that sound and it's been ripped off so many times it's exhausting now but they never got much credit for it. innit always the way though?

piscesx, Thursday, 10 June 2010 07:06 (3 years ago) Permalink

i think Destroy Everything You Touch holds up fabulously as one of the best electro songs of the last 5 years or so

Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 10 June 2010 15:48 (3 years ago) Permalink

great track but idk it's not that far off the PSBs really

mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 10 June 2010 15:52 (3 years ago) Permalink

ladytron fanatics should seek out the moodysson movie 'mammoth' - i swear like half of the songs off of destroy everything u touch are featured

johnny crunch, Thursday, 10 June 2010 16:01 (3 years ago) Permalink

And the problem with being not that far off PSBs is?

Destroy is used brilliantly over the opening credits of The September Issue, like an implicit critique of Anna Wintour.

Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 10 June 2010 16:14 (3 years ago) Permalink

7 months pass...

Best Of (deluxe edition) details:

Best Of 00-10 (Deluxe) (30/03/11) :
01. Destroy Everything You Touch
02. International Dateline
03. Seventeen
04. Discotraxx
05. Tomorrow
06. Soft Power
07. Ghosts
08. Fighting In Built Up Areas
09. Playgirl
10. Blue Jeans
11. Cracked LCD
12. Deep Blue
13. Light & Magic
14. Runaway
15. The Last One Standing
16. Little Black Angel
17. Ace Of Hz
18. The Reason Why
19. Whitelightgenerator
20. Mu-tron
21. Black Plastic
22. The Way That I Found You
23. True Mathematics
24. High Rise
25. Black Cat
26. Another Breakfast With You
27. USA vs. White Noise
28. Commodore Rock
29. Evil
30. Beauty*2
31. Season Of Illusions
32. Versus
33. All The Way…

piscesx, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

Ebay won't let me link to the pic of the promo CD the fascists.

Anyway have this instead:

piscesx, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

At least best band of the 00s. Maybe.

daavid, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 05:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

they're good but ehhh i wouldnt go that far

the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 05:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

love this band to death - but never really enjoyed International Dateline.

got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 06:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

i don't know ladytron well enough to know if there's any unreleased tracks or b-sides on that comp, but that's prob the only way i'd shell out for it. anyway...... the hidden gem in their catalog (and on that comp) is "another breakfast with you" -- fucking incredible track.

the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 06:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

love this band to death - but never really enjoyed International Dateline.

That's the only track of theirs I love to death!

She Got the Shakes, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 09:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

WAHT NO HE TOOK HER TO A MOVIE

naus, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 10:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

"He Took Her To A Movie" came out in '99 and would have ruined their "Best Of 00-10" title

(yeah, I think it should be on there too, madness etc)

cellular nekomata (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 10:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

I'd have thrown in Oops (Oh My) and the Felix Da Housecat remix of Playgirl. I thought the whole point of deluxe editions was to round up remixes and B-sides like that.

I've been dancing since 9 and I'm tired and hungry (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 10:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

I'd have thrown in Oops (Oh My)

YES ^^

the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 14:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

no Weekend = no credibility

ok, so not really, but if you're going to include three-quarters of Witching Hour, why leave that off?

katherine, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 18:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Can i just...

piscesx, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 00:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

I wanted to like Ladytron, and I went to see them at the Leeds festival. Unfortunately, I had taken an anonymous pill I bought for £5 from a stranger, and spent the entire set hiding behind a pillar, convinced that if the band caught sight of me they would command the audience to tear me limb from limb, and quite possibly shoot lasers from their eyes. I have not summoned up the courage to listen to them since.

Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 11:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

hahaha holy shit

ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 13:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

how were the other bands?

ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 13:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

4 weeks pass...

These fuckers did a cover version of a Death In June song "Little Black Angel" on the above best of comp and did not credit DIJ.

ban this sick stunt (anagram), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 09:38 (2 years ago) Permalink

really?!?

licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 10:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

ban this sick stunt (anagram), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 10:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

that would DEFINITELY be deliberate skullduggery on the part of the band and not a fuck-up by someone in the production dept at the label

Unusatralian (sic), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

Maybe they didn't want royalties to go to alleged fascists? Of course it might've been easier not to cover them if that was the case.

a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 12:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

the montage pisces posted has succeeded in making me crush on helen way more than i ever did in the previous 10 years i've been listening to ladytron

ˆᴥˆ (blueski), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 15:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

Well I guess Ladytron are only doing to Douglas P what he did to Oscar Brown jr, who didn't get credit when Doug pinched, via Jim Jones' People Temple Choir, the lyrics from his song "Brown Baby", recorded by Nina Simone...

Brown Baby - Oscar brown jr

Brown baby
Brown baby
As you grow up
I want you to drink from the plenty cup
I want you to stand up
Tall and proud
I want you to speak up
Speak up clear and cloud

Brown baby
Brown baby
As years roll by
Walk with your head held high
I want you to live by
Live by the justice code
I want you to walk down
Walk down the freedom road

Brown baby
Brown baby
Now baby
Lie away
Lie away sleeping
Lie away here in my arms
While your mommy and daddy protect you
And keep you save from harm

Brown baby
Brown baby
It makes me so glad
That you will have things
I've never had
When out of men's hearts
All the hate is hurled
You're gonna live
You're gonna live in a better world

Night Nurse with Wound (Jack Battery-Pack), Wednesday, 20 April 2011 16:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

New single:
http://pitchfork.com/news/42526-new-ladytron-white-elephants/

daavid, Monday, 16 May 2011 16:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

^like

daavid, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 03:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah i'm kinda surprised how much the relaxed vibe also seems to work for them.

Also this is sweet:

Cosmo Vitelli, Wednesday, 18 May 2011 05:23 (2 years ago) Permalink

still have mad love for these guys <3

solitary posts that effortlessly summarize the spirit of ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 13:16 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

so i had a bit of a sabbatical from ladytron that ended today when i heard them in the coffee shop by my place.

"Burning Up" is fucking blowing my mind right now.

karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 26 June 2011 19:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

Sad to say fell off the Ladytron bandwagon but am now back on after listening to this http://open.spotify.com/album/2JMPfwD9sExl3gzIZd9Bpk

The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 8 September 2011 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah new album sounds great.

LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 8 September 2011 19:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Only a few songs in, but the new one sounds like it's copping a Blanck Mass feel?

Leee, Lord of Wtfomgham (Leee), Saturday, 24 September 2011 23:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

Not a huge fan, but I kind of like how floaty this one sounds.

Moodles, Sunday, 25 September 2011 00:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

Not a huge fan of Ladytron, I mean.

Moodles, Sunday, 25 September 2011 00:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

11 months pass...

Helen Marnie is doing an online fundraiser for a solo album.

The perks get interesting around 300 GBP (or $487). I guess "worn by me" premiums are officially a thing now, and not just something Nataly Dawn does/did.

Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 17 September 2012 03:17 (9 months ago) Permalink

She could surely charge twice that if she promised not to launder. (._.)

Claudia Schiffer Kills Frog (Leee), Monday, 17 September 2012 03:47 (9 months ago) Permalink

Wow, she's a day in and already at 58% of the goal WITHOUT any of the big ticket stuff getting claimed yet.

She could surely charge twice that if she promised not to launder. (._.)

For some reason I was thinking about this, and I realized that since she was in the water for presumably most of the shoot, the pool chemicals would probably override her natural, er, "essences", which would be reason enough to get it cleaned.

Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 00:31 (9 months ago) Permalink

UPDATE:

@ 67% and....

the Swimsuit has been claimed.

Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 04:14 (9 months ago) Permalink

does she chew on each garment before mailing?

how's life, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:36 (9 months ago) Permalink

8 months pass...

I like this:

Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 30 May 2013 08:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink

Nice !

LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 30 May 2013 22:11 (2 weeks ago) Permalink


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