Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (RIP blogs)

Andy Samberg 9.2!!!!!

Thing is, "Ys" had long songs, but it was 1 CD, so was digestible.

This is 3 CDs of long (and some not so long, heck one's short!) songs.

I haven't attempted it yet!

Mere hours before the record store opens.

i wish drag city would man the fuck up and let their stuff stream on lala or whatever

So anyone able to buy copies of this in Austin, TX yet?

― Moodles, Monday, February 22, 2010 4:33 PM (Yesterday)

i saw them at end of an ear on saturday

― city worker, Monday, February 22, 2010 4:38 PM (Yesterday)

I saw it there on Friday afternoon -- politely inquired that I didn't think it had been released yet, and they replied that they had heard otherwise from Drag City, and put it onto the shelves that day, so who knows...

I left all the copies there for you fans, btw.

The pictures on the sleeve covers and the lyric book certainly back up her emphasizing the "hot" Joanna Newsom. Black and white photos of her lounging on a chair wearing what sort of looks like a bathing suit with overall type straps over the shoulders.

This is sad, but was due to happen sooner or later, I suppose. Gotta inject something new into her image, it'd be impossible to keep up with the "Hipster Renaissance Fair" look of Ys forever...

i am playing hard to get and waiting til i can pick this up next week before listening, but the pitchfork review of it is great, so clear and devoid of cliche

This is sad,

why?

Visions of Joanna

i wish drag city would man the fuck up and let their stuff stream on lala or whatever

or emusic, even! I NEED THIS NEW TRIPLE-DISC FROM JOANNA NEWSOM.

This is sad,

why?

― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:43 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

innocent fairy prince sullied & sexualised by music business is certainly a trope on JN messageboards

Slightly off-topic, but I would suggest, with the best intentions, that naming shops that are perhaps selling things early is not always going to do them a good turn.

I know of specific instances where blog posts and message board chat has landed local independents round here in minor bother on such fronts.

Not that any shops would do such things, of course. Also, I genuinely don't know the specifics of the release date and Drag City and US indies communications in this case. It's more of a general point that I'm trying to raise.

so apparently after going massively out of the way to make sure it didn't leak they're releasing it ten days later in europe?

no wait just a week i suck at math

still kinda stupid imo

These CDs do not want to come out of the paper sleeves easily.

"On A Bad Day" -- thought that was a Daniel Powter cover for a moment

These CDs do not want to come out of the paper sleeves easily.

Take this as a sign, turn away before it is too late...

C -

Had to tag the first and third disc myself. iTunes was able to pull in the art. Genre: harpcore

are you liveblogging now

ksh: Listening to Joanna Newsom's new album so I don't have to!

j/k, I would love to see a liveblog of this though.

10:35 a.m., Feb. 23: The tears have begun to spill from my eyes as the wonder and magic envelops my soul

10:36 a.m. Feb 23: What's that tapping at the window? It looks like a unicorn!

10:37 a.m., Feb. 23: Riding unicorn through clouds

D

10:40 a.m., Feb. 23: Purchase Joanna Newsom's new album Have One On Me

10:41 am Feb 23: *dies and goes to heaven*

Seriously lolling over here guys, way to go!

10:37 a.m., Feb. 23: Riding unicorn through clouds

― tylerw, Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:38 PM

massive lols

These CDs do not want to come out of the paper sleeves easily.

paper/cardboard sleeves are a scourge. i hate that trend in packaging so damn much

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None of the stores near my office (mostly big boxes) have this yet. ;_;

Jackrabbits is really beautiful and sad.

Yes, love her vocal on that one. I kind of see what people were saying upthread about the repetitive melodies but obviously this is going to take a while to unpack fully.

so is k$h not posting because he's in a state of awe and ecstasy, or because he's super disappointed?

"the repetitive melodies" -
yeah,those lazy one line melodies are always boring...though lots of people love Nick Drake so i guess i'm in the minority here..

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kind of confused by this claim of yrs tbh

Wow, Popmatters trashed the fuck out of this. 4/10.

It's Popmatters . . .

ooo. those ellipses look ominous.

Popmatters isn't awful. I really like their in-depth articles actually, plus I like their book and comics coverage. The reviews are hit and miss, but they do have some great writers (ILM's own Adrien Begrand - their fantastic metal writer).

Popmatters isn't awful, but I spent a good deal of time over the past few months going through some of their features--mostly the ones that talk about general cultural trends--and I didn't think many of them were very good. I'm interested in reading some of Adrien's metal writing though . . . I'll have to check it out later.

who's hoomin' who?

It's Popmatters . . .

It's PopMatters, thank you.

Bored New World: How the Zach Braff Prototype Is Slowly Killing American Music

Entire movies are soundtracked by the supposedly self-aware acoustic stylings of Joe Latte.

lol, the comments on that PopMatters review are almost indistinguishable from the fanboy comments on the Edge's Killzone 2 review from last year. http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/killzone-2-the-edge-verdict

I'm not linking to it; it doesn't deserve to be linked to. Let's just say Killzone 2 got a 7...and as a frame of reference, Let's Tap for the Wii got an 8. As we said, we're not about to question if there are legitimate reasons, and we're well aware of the often drastic differences in review policy from one publication to the next. But this is nothing more than a blatant attempt at attention, and if it were a strict editorial that doesn't really have any impact on the consumer, we wouldn't blink an eye. But this is assigning a numerical value to a game that basically says, "it's good, but there are better titles out there for your money." This...is...a...lie. That's right, a lie. Like it or not, opinions exist on a sliding scale, and we're not saying everyone is going to enjoy KZ2, but this review is akin to saying something similar about "The Godfather II" or "Citizen Kane." We all know that Guerilla's title is one of the best FPSs ever made; anyone who knows this industry and has a functioning brain will admit to this. They may not like it, but they will admit to its quality. This is what good reviewers do.

This record may have faults, but to give it a 4/10 is just ridiculous. There’s a difference between subjectivity and an obstinate insistence on being a part of the anti-hype. To say that this record is anything less than an astonishing achievement just means that you weren’t paying any attention. Clearly, you sat down and listened all in one fell swoop, which isn’t how she presented it. This isn’t an entree - it’s an amuse bouche, an appetizer, a fish course, a pasta, a meat, a dessert and an aperitif. If you want a quick bite at Mickey D’s, plenty of other artists can give you that.

They don't lie to the consumer to get some sort of underground "elite cred."

im thinking popmatters just wants the publicity. probably only listened through once.

The Travelocity Gnome rates this album a perfect 11 out of 10 Gnomish Tunics and the shill at Pitchfork has 9.2 chubby for this album, so take that and stroke it PopMatters!!!

(This isn't really the thread for this, but Jason Gross's essay for the The Best Music Scribing Awards 2009 was great.)

popmatters review should have just stuck to "its too long" without dragging billy corgan into the mess