Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (RIP blogs)

People only cite Pitchfork, but this album has received already 3 perfect scores, and the rest of them rated near perfect (4 stars or 4.5) based on more than 15 reviews. This is the lowest review so far, and unless you count Rolling Stone, it will be the only negative one.

did she record this with albini?

No. O'Rourke mixed though.

Still my favorite:

How dare the reviewer not worship at the feet of Her Squeakiness!!! How dare the reviewer not find her triple disc opus enchanting and mesmerizing!!! She plays a harp! A harp!!! The greatness inherent in that should be readily apparent to anyone with ears!! Elf music lives forever! FTW!!! 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!!! Exclamation points for all things Joanna!!!!!!!!

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=joanna+newsom

http://twitter.com/erik_davis/status/9540916552

Loved his piece on Ys.

Twitter:

Pauliwhirl: There's this one with guitar, Bulgarian tambura, banjo, kora, and THREE HARPS OVERLAID. FUCK YES, JOANNA NEWSOM.

Haven't read this yet, but someone linked to it on Twitter: http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/02/23/joanna-newsom-interview-have-one-on-me/

# WAITING FOR JOANNA NEWSOM TO LEAK. 11:41 AM Feb 19th via web

# AHHHHHHH DOWNLOAD FASTER 1:31 PM Feb 19th via web

# OMG OMG JOANNA NEWSOM. 8:32 PM Feb 19th via web

# YES. YES, JOANNA NEWSOM. OMG YOU ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN FRAT PARTY. 9:14 PM Feb 19th via web

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

she's been singing about sex (albeit: weirdly) since her first album!

Anyone taking bets as to whether she'll be on a Twilight soundtrack eventually?

who cares?

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/100223/Joanna-Newsom_240.jpg

am liking this look, maybe too much side boob?

From the review ksh just linked -- is this an indirect response to J0hn D.'s comment, upthread?

EW: Some people do look at a song as a chore if it’s over 10 minutes. They might say, “This is good, but I have to warn you—it’s ten minutes long and has a harp.”

JN: (laughs) Yeah, I understand that, but of course when a person writes music—I guess this isn’t the case with some death metal music where the intention is slightly different—but in general I feel when someone’s writing something it’s because it sounds good to them. Their instinct is to do what sounds pretty, and sounds good, and to me that’s what I do. So obviously when I hear it I go, “good job, self, you’ve made a song that sounded the way you want it to sound.” And then of course there’s not that many people who feel the same way about it. But there’s enough.

who cares?

You will be.

For reference, J0hn's comment:

yeah if I'm listening to 13-minute epic songs in a rock/pop mode they better have a shredding solo and some wicked distortion or I want my money back, that is just how I break it down to an extent

xpost to myself

[q]who cares?

You will be.

[/q]

weird choice of... verb?

http://z.about.com/d/bestsellers/1/0/O/3/-/-/I_Am_America.jpg

also drag city is gonna sell a lot of this album--by 2010 standards anyway.

Emphasis on the "drag" for this long-ass album, amirite?

D+

I'll be here all week!

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I don't care why he's gone or what his deal is - I demand the presence of L0u1s Jagg3r on this thread

seconded

does anyone know any women that tolerate Ms. Newsome?

my chick likes her

I will have to endure a long spiel about "the artistry" of this album before I decide not to listen to it.

don't you mean the ARRRRRRRRRRR-tistry, Ahab?

does anyone know any women that tolerate Ms. Newsome?

I hear there's one, evidently somebody who dates ilxor.com user "max"

other than that, no

i think she probably tolerates herself, she seems fairly self-confident

friend of mine met his now-wife at a joanna newsom concert. true story.

it is true that a lot of women reserve a special level of distaste for her. though maybe that's just "a lot of _people_"??

I've convinced every girlfriend I've had since her debut that she is a goddess (to the point that they become simultaneously jealous/in love themselves)

Most of the women I know like her more than I do.

"I'm leaving you."
"Why?"
"I, umm...you know what? I'm in love with that singer you love so much."
"Joanna Newsome?"
"Yeah, Joanna Newsome. I love her too much to be with you any more. You understand, right?"
"Yeah! Absolutely!"
"Cool. I sent Joanna Newsome the money I owe you, too, OK?"
"Of course!"
"You're the best. See you at the Joanna Newsome show next fall?"
"See you there!"
scene

applause

Yeah she seems to have a pretty big fanbase among 20-something women. Not sure where this "women hate her" thing comes from.

30-something women?

Uh-oh

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Who is "joanna fucking newsom" and is there also a "joanna staying-pure-until-marriage newsom" out there?

xpost

what a horribly formed "joke"

tumblrs very much in character

I love how ksh consistently & mercilessly equates volume with import

He must consider Robert Pollard to be the most consistently awesome songwriter ever!

I love how ksh consistently & mercilessly equates volume with import

― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.)

Explain?

Oh, I see.

her titties ain't that big

are you talking about Joanna Newsom or the hipster puppy (you sick fuck)?

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This is me saying, "wow, there are a lot of people talking about this (many of whom, of course, are just zinging)," not "this is important."