Touchdown Jesus? Boo Radleys cover or coincidence title?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 20 February 2012 09:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Touchdown Jesus is a real thing at Notre Dame University, so it's probably coincidence.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 February 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 20 February 2012 17:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Albums I've discovered this week:
Tenniscoats - Papa's EarEyvind Kang - The Narrow GardenDirty Three - Towards the Low SunJulia Holter - Ekstasis
― seandalai, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 02:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
No new albums I like yet, but a couple more tracks (will it be one of those years?):
Heartless Bastards - "Parted Ways"Saint Etienne - "Tonight"
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 03:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
albums/eps, even though i haven't really discovered any i absolutely love this year:
Audio Doughnuts compLoticEscortSchoolboy QKa
traxks (love these a lot):
Miguel, "Adorn"Dawn Richard, "Change" & "Black Lipstick"Zebra Katz f/ Njena Reddd Foxxx, "Ima Read" (+ MikeQ & B. Ames remix)Nicki Minaj, "Stupid Hoe" (+ Ben Aqua remix)8ball & MJG f/ Big Krit, "We Buy Gold"Brianna Perry, "Marilyn Monroe"
― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 03:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
princeton 'remembrance of things to come'
― keythhtyek, Friday, 2 March 2012 01:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kellie Pickler - 100 ProofLeonard Cohen - Old IdeasImperial Teen - Feel The SoundBurial - KindredSinead O'Connor - How Bout I Be Me...Lambchop - Mr. M
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 March 2012 01:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
just discovered
Usher, "Climax"
late to the party - but this is fucking awesome
― pearsonic, Friday, 2 March 2012 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeh, already feeling liked underrated this over at the jukebox.
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Friday, 2 March 2012 02:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh man, seandalai, that tenniscoats album is incredible
― Mordy, Friday, 2 March 2012 04:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
i love how Saya's voice constantly shifts + flickers between like traditional vox affect and naturalistic body affect - like she'll be singing so sadly and then her voice will just break for a second, like it's too much of a strain to keep up the musical pretense and she has to respond with more authentic sentiment. gorgeous.
― Mordy, Friday, 2 March 2012 04:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
ALBUMTennis Bafra - Abulia Jubilee ← Sounds almost identical to Sonic Youth in ways that should be criminal, right down to the singer's Thurston Moore impression, but I'm loving it anyway.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 March 2012 02:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Matthew Shipp Trio - Elastic Aspects
(Contemporary chamber jazz.)
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 15 March 2012 02:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
(Because I get tired of long lists on threads of this sort that leave me with no idea--or a wrong idea--of what genres the artists in question record.)
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 15 March 2012 02:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
Field Music - Plumb35 minutes, 15 songs, a little bit of postpunk groove, a little bit of post-McCartney melody, a little bit of post-prog instrumentation, and a whole lot of really gorgeous songs and smart lyrics. My favourite record this year so far.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Zieti- Zemelawa(Grigri Discs)
(Ivory Coast/American afropop--Singer and singer/rhythm guitarist from the Ivory Coast lay down tracks and then an American guitarist, drummer and others add more on top---retro guitar and modern vocal melodies)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Narrow Garden - Eyvind KangVoices From The Lake - s/tHenge Beat - Total ControlDreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads - Dustin Wong Escort - s/tMan With Potential - Pete SwansonBreak It Yourself - Andrew BirdGlimmer - Jacaszek
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
I actually love that Zieti album! xp
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
a little bit of post-McCartney melody
I'm genuinely not trying to pick apart your description of Field Music, but could you explain what is meant by "post-" McCartney?
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
you know that kathleen edwards newie grows on you after a whilegive it a few spins and you are in her momenti likey
― jimmy_chop, Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
cosign. not as good as asking for flowers but solid work.
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
albums:
lapalux, when you're goneheems, nehru jacketsshlohmo, vacation epshigeto, lineagematthewdavid, jewelry epdva, pretty uglylamin fofana, dubious prety
tracks:
grimes, 'oblivion'usher, 'climax'kwes, 'bashful'
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
it took me like five minutes to work out that Asking for Flowers is the name of an album and not an action you were describing xp
― The Reverend, Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
do ppl actually like grimes or is it just the album de jour for those in the know? cause i listened to it and bo-oring.
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, Grimes is definitely in my comfort zone, but what she does is done better by a lot of other people.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
speaking on behalf of those in the know, we don't actually like grimes, we're just pretending. thank you for your question.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah I can't wait for everyone to stop talking about Grimes because its getting so frustrating pretending to like it when it plays
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
on the real i haven't gotten around to listening to the record much as a whole, but i've listened to Oblivion many, many times because it is an A+ pop song.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
cosign that. I couldn't get into the album but "Oblivion" is very nice
― rob, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
do ppl actually like grimes or is it just the album de jour for those in the know?
I don't even understand what this means?
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
its his wording for that age old straw abt "no one really likes this, they just pretend to so they can seem hip"
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ah.
It's such an odd notion, really.
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 March 2012 22:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh please. Probably all taste is about pretending/signaling. It's only weird bc it suggests that there's any music that doesn't fit that criteria.
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 March 2012 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Probably all taste is about pretending/signaling.
Yes. But pretending/signaling is not something you do instead of enjoying. Enthusing about something just takes too much energy if you don't really feel it, even for those in the know.
I tend to think that a truly "pretend" response is more likely to be an expression of cautious approval or disapproval of something you haven't really listened to enough to have a fully fledged opinion on. That's when yr most vulnerable to the infection and spreading of social signals without any meaningful personal response.
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 March 2012 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Even, say, an example of Lex moving from ambivalence to outright dislike of Grimes - which I think even he would say is largely motivated by his irritation at her critical popularity vis a vis other acts he considers similar and more deserving - is a "genuine" response, in that I'm sure when he listens to her now he feels that irritation and dislike viscerally, the external social factors permeate the experience of the music until they cannot be disentangled.
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 March 2012 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
For people on ILM at least, I assume there is so much music that they *do* enjoy listening to/thinking about that there's no reason to spend time on something just to keep up appearances.
― Doch! (seandalai), Thursday, 15 March 2012 22:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I believe ilxors (like other human beings) front about what music they like all the time.
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 March 2012 22:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe they do, I dunno. I can't see why they would though.
― Doch! (seandalai), Thursday, 15 March 2012 22:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't assume most people front about what music they like.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 15 March 2012 22:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
uh...i might buy that people give records a shot because people are talking about them (and maybe more than a shot, maybe they really want or 'try' to like them), but saying you are into something that you don't like (or don't listen to) would just be so middle school.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 15 March 2012 22:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
who could be bothered, but then ilx
grimes does nothing for me but i guess i can see why others dig it, unlike everything else 4ad puts out of late
― some crap (electricsound), Thursday, 15 March 2012 22:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I work with someone who loves Grimes, or has convinced me that he does anyway.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
So there you go!
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 15 March 2012 23:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd never heard of Grimes until this thread, but I just listened to it and I like it!
― o. nate, Friday, 16 March 2012 02:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
You lie!
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 16 March 2012 02:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't really feel like listening to a new usher song
― billstevejim, Friday, 16 March 2012 03:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
/a little bit of post-McCartney melody/I'm genuinely not trying to pick apart your description of Field Music, but could you explain what is meant by "post-" McCartney?
Facetious alliteration aside, I should probably have just said McCartney, or maybe post-Beatles, or post-66 McCartney.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 16 March 2012 04:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
_/a little bit of post-McCartney melody/I'm genuinely not trying to pick apart your description of Field Music, but could you explain what is meant by "post-" McCartney?_Facetious alliteration aside, I should probably have just said McCartney, or maybe post-Beatles, or post-66 McCartney.
I'm genuinely not trying to pick apart your description of Field Music, but could you explain what is meant by "post-" McCartney?_
Maybe I mean it's more like people who followed Macca. Like ELO perhaps. There's a whiff of prog in there, strings, pianos, but very poppy, a little British music hall.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 16 March 2012 04:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
TBH i thought this was kind of a lame move if not a depressingly predictable one
― flopson, Friday, 16 March 2012 07:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
same, demanding scenes to be perpetually revolutionising music just seems to be setting oneself up for disappointment. like, demanding a certain thing to happen when that's mostly not how music works. i guess that's what leads to the kind of old person mindset that none of this new stuff is as good as music used to be, it's all corporate and beige and plastic now &c &c
well no, what leads to the kind of old person mindset you're talking about is being around long enough to watch kids regurgitate variants of shit you've been listening to for 15-20 years as if it was new, amazing revolutionary music no one had ever conceived of before
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 21:56 (6 months ago) Permalink
need to revisit 'ghosts' by monolake. probably going to feel best about emeralds, majeure, steve hauschildt, wild nothing, swans, holy other, donald fagen, DIIV, chelsea wolfe, allo darlin, julia holter, john talabot, tindersticks, at the end of the year.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:01 (6 months ago) Permalink
also: alcest
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:07 (6 months ago) Permalink
feel like the julia holter is the wild card on my list, like something better could bump it off. i enjoy several of the songs but don't know if i have the patience for it as a full album.
― les rallizes miserables (get bent), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:10 (6 months ago) Permalink
Unless they were around in the 60s and 70s, I'd say that most people's experiences of "amazing revolutionary music" are completely personal - music that they had never conceived of before. Once you've been around for a while you have a fair idea of the various directions music can take. The last thing that completely blew my mind and changed the way I listen to music was discovering Arthur Russell in 2004 or 2005 but again that wasn't new, just something I hadn't heard before. So the "old person mindset" I'd talk about is simply having had the opportunity to listen to a lot of different music.
― ILM Communication (seandalai), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:12 (6 months ago) Permalink
I feel about Holter like DJP feels about the Grimes: should be Sanpaku-bait, but most of it just rubs me the wrong way.
― Chinchilla! Chinchilla! Chinchilla! (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:13 (6 months ago) Permalink
Grimes was real LeRoo bait and I got hooked! I already loved her "Vanessa" single last year and the new album really delivered on my expectations.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 22:38 (6 months ago) Permalink
Seconding Roc Marciano - Reloaded. Stream is here: http://stereogum.com/1198722/stream-roc-marciano-reloaded/album-stream/
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 29 November 2012 15:29 (6 months ago) Permalink
^ solid album
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
I still haven't gotten around to that but I loved his last album.
― these bitches is my sons and i make dad jokes (The Reverend), Thursday, 29 November 2012 22:59 (6 months ago) Permalink
Been loving these tracks lately:
Chandeliers - Le Corsage (Feat Emma Yohanan)Chrome Sparks - All There Is (Feat. Steffaloo)Evan Voytas - Tomorrow Night We'll Go AnywhereFLako - Mating DanceLaetitia Sadier - Find Me The Pulse Of The UniversePoliça - Wandering StarTame Impala - It Feels Like We Only Go BackwardsMesita - XYXY
― Moka, Saturday, 1 December 2012 18:28 (6 months ago) Permalink
Sa Dingding's The Coming Ones is now available via Grooveshark:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/The+Coming+Ones/8064053
― redress control number (_Rudipherous_), Saturday, 1 December 2012 20:17 (6 months ago) Permalink
Listen to it!
― redress control number (_Rudipherous_), Saturday, 1 December 2012 20:22 (6 months ago) Permalink
also for me: ricardo donoso's excellent "assimilating the shadow" and voices from the lake s/t
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Saturday, 1 December 2012 21:06 (6 months ago) Permalink
I listened to the Chairlift twice through this evening. I've dipped in and out of it all year an enjoyed it on a track by track basis, but blimey if this isn't an outright fab collection of songs. Makes me think of how I'd have liked Eurhythmics to sound like or something.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Sunday, 2 December 2012 00:45 (6 months ago) Permalink
the donoso is tite
― j., Sunday, 2 December 2012 00:54 (6 months ago) Permalink
When do we start this for 2k13?
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 March 2013 18:35 (3 months ago) Permalink
There already is one.
Rolling Favorite Tracks + Albums 2013
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 March 2013 18:35 (3 months ago) Permalink
Thanks!
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 March 2013 18:36 (3 months ago) Permalink