Glass Candy - "Iko Iko"

PS. I actually don't really hear the ennui in Glass Candy - certainly for Chromatics. But B/E/A/T/B/O/X is actually very fun and uptempo and light-hearted.

Yes to this - B/E/A/T/B/O/X opens with a SKIT for crying out loud! And live last night, Ida No pulling dudes up on stage to dance and play off of was just goofy!

But, yes, Chromatics for sure. And hopefully any Farah album will sidestep that seems like a long shot on that front - her first few songs are ennui arpeggiated!

i don't mind too much as long as the ennui is sexeh

good points tim. i guess this 'frosty' idea is not so much the default rockist stance, but it's still one stereotyped view, a fetishised idea of disco, which ultimately leads to a dead-eyed dead-end.

i wonder if the IDIB approach isn't in a strange way a hangover from the 'disco sucks' brigade's view of disco as emotionally stunted, redefining disco as a kind of ice-maidenly kitsch, rather than embracing its true broadness and depth.

on second thoughts that's probably nonsense

Surely the success of Italians Do It Better among indie audiences has more to do with the contingent historical fact that these audiences have effectively been "primed" for this music by electroclash? But before electroclash happened - and even early on in its existence - the notion that this music would be appealing to rockists would have been pretty odd.

LOL

braveclub- I dont' think its nonsense, 'cept in putting rock and disco in opposition to each other. So many indie bands this decade have moved their guitars behind octave basslines that there's something to it. They tend to focus on the circa 1980 sound of disco when it "ended". I think "late disco" has joined the repertoire of historical moments that arty rock types have always mined as a way of representing personal neuroses. Like how Bowie or Slapp Happy used Weinmar Berlin to suggest dislocation and doom.

Also, it seems that disco, as a style that was perceived to end under the weight of Reaganism and AIDS, holds up better now as a symbol of defiance than the guitar punk which served as the underpinnings for indie rock for so long.

If there are any North-Westerners (Uk division) who like this band, myself and Affectian/NI of ILM parish are putting GLASS CANDY + Mike Simonetti on next Thursday if any of you are about. We won't spam here but the Clique sites have the details.

AAARRRRGGHH

i hate u all

)cept rbin(

"Also, it seems that disco, as a style that was perceived to end under the weight of Reaganism and AIDS, holds up better now as a symbol of defiance than the guitar punk which served as the underpinnings for indie rock for so long."

like wtf does this even mean retards

wtf do you mean?

Lex, don't post when you're drunk.

i ain't drunk i'm goimg out now

aagh stupid automatic login after all these months.stupid computer! i weasn't here right you didn't see me i got away w/murder

Lex, don't post when you're drunk.

Anyway, I think 'ennui' might have been the wrong word WRT Glass Candy but there still seems to be a sort of... listlessness and inertia even when they're trying to be fun. Like there's a void somewhere in the middle where the kinetic bit should be. Maybe this is deliberate, I like BEATBOX quite a bit on record when I just let it wash over me but I'd never go and see them live for the above reason.

Seen them live twice. They were a great amount of fun. It was nice seeing an electronic act that was happy and able to interact with the crowd. They took requests the first time, the second time they stayed around for chats with everyone.

They're indie. They care more about themselves then what they're doing.

They're indie. They care more about themselves then what they're doing.
-- Niles Caulder, Saturday, 10 May 2008 10:04 (3 hours ago)

Fucking christ, is this for real?

i wish there was more Glass Candy on vinyl

seeing farah tonight

guh

her beats are amazing (obvs) but her stage presence and screechy voice kinda bugged.

Please report back... so curious! Does she have something new out?

Glass Candy "cover" Geto Boys' 'Mind playin' tricks on me' on myspace

There's more news there

Bunch of 12", B/E/A/T/B/O/X on vinyl, new album in the fall (with a Shocking Blue cover..?), Farah double LP... o my

i liked what i saw of Farah live. Jaxon's hating for some illogical reasons.

you only saw like the last half of one or 2 songs

"deep gems" is a collection of rare tracks recorded
between march 2006 and october 2008. featuring 10
unreleased songs plus the remix of "miss broadway"
they've been playing live, and the 12" version of
"geto boys". here's the tracklisting of DEEP GEMS:

1 > INTRODUCTION
2 > FEELING WITHOUT TOUCHING
3 > ANIMAL IMAGINATION
4 > THE BEAT'S ALIVE
5 > SOMETHING STIRRING IN SPACE
6 > THEME FROM DEEP GEMS
7 > MORNING MIST
8 > GETO BOYS
9 > MS. BROADWAY REMIX
10 > SOFT BOUNDARIES
11 > STARS & HOUSES
12 > SILVER FOUNTAIN

beat box is dope imo

i'm loving DEEP GEMS btw

is this only available thru online mail order or can you find it in shops?

Just mail order.

they closed with "iko iko" last night. amazing show, with nite jewel. really charismatic... really dancey... sounded so good. picked up deep gems & the nite jewel album

what was nite jewel like live? just wondering how her lo-fi sort of sound went down

sounded amazing actually... better than the record.

which i like, but it really came alive... live.

going tomorrow night in new york ... im psyched

never seen glass candy and I've been a fan for a while now

they're super live imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Myo0QjwE0

sometimes i hit "o;x" by accident instead of "ilx" and hit enter in the search bar and a google search for "o;x" comes up and the second result is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B/E/A/T/B/O/X