oh cool - this was one of the things that lamp posted on his sandbox thread that i really liked a lot
― sarahel, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 08:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
New track available here. Good stuff.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 5 January 2012 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=olP3279j5_0
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 5 January 2012 02:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
this one is the one I love (right now).
― fffv, Thursday, 5 January 2012 04:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Whoa. I don't think I have that - which album is it from?
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 5 January 2012 05:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
from what I understand it is another track from the new one.
― fffv, Thursday, 5 January 2012 05:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
terrible
― waka flocka dimes (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 5 January 2012 05:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't think you're in her demographic, sweet
― gord downer (Ówen P.), Thursday, 5 January 2012 07:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
i am not sure i can get with this girl's voice
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Thursday, 5 January 2012 09:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
probably an unfair comparison but i think of her in connection with gazelle twin, who i discovered at the same time on that sandbox thread, and gazelle twin's music is so much more affecting
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Thursday, 5 January 2012 09:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
very strange girl! (unf, i also think she might be one of those people for whom an accelerated hype-cycle is a bad thing. hope i'm wrong.)
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 5 January 2012 14:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just got the press release.
Moving to Montreal from Vancouver in 2006, she developed Grimes among the city’s burgeoning DIY scene; a scene where both punk ethos and pop music collide, resulting in a distinct sense of community, religiosity and psychedelic revelry.
Were it not for the word "psychedelic" that description brought to mind mall punk.
This new set incorporates influences as wide as Enya, TLC and Aphex Twin, whilst drawing from genres like New Jack Swing, IDM, New Age, K-pop, Industrial and glitch resulting in a record that is both otherworldly and futuristic.
That mix of references simultaneously makes me cringe and curious.
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 5 January 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
lists of "influences" are always cringeworthy
― Number None, Thursday, 5 January 2012 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
an accelerated hype-cycle is a bad thing
It's interesting you'd say that! I'm excited for her success, in a "get money, find rat-free living" sort of way. And although I def feel there's going to be success for Arbutus in the next couple years, I can't say that cash flow + hype is going to have a necessarily positive effect on that scene
― gord downer (Ówen P.), Thursday, 5 January 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
's musical output.
― gord downer (Ówen P.), Thursday, 5 January 2012 17:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Well BRAIDS has already jumped up out of that scene and into hype, and Native Speaker was a gorgeous record. Curious to see if/when/what Blue Hawaii release next.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 6 January 2012 05:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm listening to the split with d'Eon from last year at the moment and this is my main issue, although it's only a couple of tracks where it sounds annoying.
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I listened to Halfaxa and wasn't really feeling it - did I start in the wrong place?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes, i've got an album by her and it's OK, but not much more
― Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Geidi Prime is stronger than Halfaxa, imo.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 17:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
But I dunno, it depends on what part of it you aren't feeling.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think "Oblivion" - the first single from the 4AD album - is better than almost anything she's recorded.
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 17:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Oblivion" is awesome. Those synths sounds like universes collapsing on themselves.
― "I know its hard to hear but I'm a Realest." (rennavate), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Huh, weird, coz I think Halfaxa >>>> Geidi Prime, it's less focused but it's more ambitious and better realised. I don't hear Enya or TLC or Aphex Twin in her music, but it does give an idea of the scope of her range. But then again, at other times, I like her coz she reminds me of those 4AD 4-track weirdoes like Danielle Dax or His Name Is Alive.
Quite pleased that certain elements dislike her (heh) but it is distinctly odd to see her popping up in the NME every now and then. I think she might actually have the ability to sustain making good music despite the hype cycle - someone's third album is a much better place for the hype to kick in, rather than, y'know, the third song.
Damn, I wish I'd saved other links from my arty experimental gothy electronica sandbox thread. The only other artists I can remember having a consensus on were Emika and maybe Laurel Halo? I don't feel like starting it up again.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Barbara Panther, Niki & the Dove, Gazelle Twin, Julia Holter, and iamamiwhoami also got shoutouts.
― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
And Austra.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 23:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
this leaked. and it's good, but I don't think it will convince anyone who wasn't prone to be convinced by the previous stuff.
― fffv, Saturday, 21 January 2012 02:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
i really don't know what i think of this album
― tinie tempurah (lex pretend), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 13:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
there are bits of it that are OH FUCK YES, and there are bits that i am just not down with and a lot of the time it's like she's nearly hitting the spot and then nothing happens
― tinie tempurah (lex pretend), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 13:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm loving the background vocals on Vowels = space and time.
Skin is also an early favourite.
Be A Body (侘寂) is totally going to be the next single, right?
This is an album of wonderful moments. Not all of them are 'songs' for me yet, but a lot of them are.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 3 February 2012 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
I quite like "Oblivion," not sure yet about the rest.
― jaymc, Friday, 3 February 2012 22:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
When is this out, properly? Really want to hear this, the comments are piquing my interest.
― Drexciya's Midnight Runners (Wheal Dream), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
really digging this myself
― Chris S, Saturday, 4 February 2012 03:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
from what I understand, this is out on either the 21st of this month (Arbutus, US and Canada) or the 12th of next month (4AD, most everywhere else). and I hope that previous comments did not imply that I lack enthusiasm. I love Visions a lot, but despite all of the pop aspirations it feels like it was built to inspire obsession from a limited audience.
― fffv, Saturday, 4 February 2012 03:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
She definitely has the charm and hooks to pull to a wider audience but her songwriting could use some editing... many times it does sound like the songs drift without any specific purpose and as a whole it drags.
― Moka, Saturday, 4 February 2012 05:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
For legit consumers, Visions streaming in its entirety
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can't. Don't have the bandwidth!
*cries*
Why couldn't this have been available 2 weeks ago when I still had all you can eat broadband?
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Monday, 13 February 2012 23:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Given there's nothing on the album I'm bored by, I think editing would inevitably mean reducing the idiosyncratic facets I'm charmed by.
Best thing about Grimes: she has such disinterest (contempt?) for lyrical content as she chirps through her baby birdsong. She might as well be the electropop version of Juliana Barwick..
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeh this is excellent
― nathey, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
"skin" is very pretty, but a bit insubstantial, tho i guess "insubstantial" is kinda the point. soft, sweet, ghostly. don't hear no afx, but enya sure. and i don't hate enya, but i don't love this. got bored before the 6 minutes were up.
"oblivion" is much more immediate. the nothing lyrics are kind of selling me, "look into my eyes and la la la la la, see you on a dark night". that's great! love the synths at the end, too.
want more songs like "oblivion"
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
dunno, but it's v nice. enya influence is even more prominent at the beginning, but j-lo too? love the shift to dark propulive beats halfway through.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
For lex:Grimes namechecked a similar/sympatico artist Mozart's Sister whose voice might be more to your liking:
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ Also of Montreal.
― Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm gonna bookmark this thread for when I've topped up my data bcuz "electronic Juliana Barwick" = WCC catnip if I wasn't onboard already (which I have been since Halfaxa)
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
so she made this on garageband, huh?
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mozart's Sister is also v. good!
They have a three track EP called DEAR FEAR from last year. Maybe they have other stuff too? Not sure.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 18:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
yaaaaaarg, just listening to her stuff now (i'm always way late with everything) and enjoying it a lot. i just took a break from some incredibly bureaucratic shit at work to watch this video and i don't..think..i can go back to work again today
― tmi but (Z S), Friday, 17 February 2012 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Skin reminds me of a mix between Enya and Natalie Imbruglia's smoke. Am I too off?
― Moka, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Really can't believe we have come to a point where evoking the names Stacy Q and Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam results in a positive fucking review. I give up.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love this album cover!
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
which one
― mh, Saturday, 4 May 2013 03:44 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
oh right
― Gukbe, Saturday, 4 May 2013 03:47 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Lol @ "Khaleesi"
― Tim F, Saturday, 4 May 2013 04:27 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
nietzsche on top is super cool, esp alongside the rest of the list. ian mackaye is the one that'd i'd be wary of
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 4 May 2013 04:43 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
like grimes, he's guilty of being white
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 May 2013 06:11 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
― Moodles, Saturday, 4 May 2013 12:29 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
why would you be wary of ian mackaye?
― jay-z's ansari (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 4 May 2013 12:55 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
So annoying contenderizer, ppl need to realize that ian has been the guy from fugazi not the guy from minor threat for 2+ decades
― jay-z's ansari (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 4 May 2013 12:57 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Actually w Treeship here
― we don't take any requests (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 4 May 2013 14:05 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
ian mackaye was a dick to nardwuar, nuff said
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 4 May 2013 14:17 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Nardwar is known to those guys and his schtick used to be more aggressive/annoying back in the day so yeah old hardcore scenesters aren't really going to react to him like the internets adorable weirdo...his old clips are trying to antagonize ppl
I mean I like him now more but you see the same reaction with rollins
― jay-z's ansari (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 4 May 2013 15:18 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
narduwar is a treasure.
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Saturday, 4 May 2013 15:29 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
vowels = space and time is so beautiful
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Saturday, 4 May 2013 19:19 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
So annoying contenderizer, ppl need to realize that ian has been the guy from fugazi not the guy from minor threat for 2+ decadesp
joeks?
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Saturday, 4 May 2013 19:24 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I agree with spazzmatazz.
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Saturday, 4 May 2013 19:27 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
she will be a legend
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Sunday, 5 May 2013 03:33 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
so does she not do vowels = space and time live? :(
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 6 May 2013 05:27 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Sadly, no. I put it on at a party last year and some kid asked me if it was new Ciara...
I said yes.
― Cousin Slappy, Monday, 6 May 2013 06:36 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
lol
― dyl, Monday, 6 May 2013 06:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
― markers, Monday, 13 May 2013 01:48 (1 week ago) Permalink
<3
― Treeship, Monday, 13 May 2013 01:55 (1 week ago) Permalink
E>_<3 - O -
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Monday, 13 May 2013 02:12 (1 week ago) Permalink
you know what i mean
lol i cannot decipher that
― Treeship, Monday, 13 May 2013 02:28 (1 week ago) Permalink
They were supposed to be experimental heartshades
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Monday, 13 May 2013 02:31 (1 week ago) Permalink
in this photo, the artist flees a sea of camera dorks
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Monday, 13 May 2013 03:36 (1 week ago) Permalink
hipster kokopelli
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 13 May 2013 04:52 (1 week ago) Permalink
dorkslovetofotou (xp)
― Drugs A. Money, Monday, 13 May 2013 06:53 (1 week ago) Permalink
I like this.
http://soundcloud.com/rookiemag/oblivion-katie-and-allison
― fffv, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 02:20 (4 days ago) Permalink
wow, that's great. anyone heard the waxahatchee album? is it as good as this?
― monotony, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:26 (4 days ago) Permalink
rad cover
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 14:44 (4 days ago) Permalink
I really like the Waxahatchee album, but it doesn't really sound like that.
― monster_xero, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 16:34 (4 days ago) Permalink
Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoDhmH66CoI
― monster_xero, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 16:35 (4 days ago) Permalink
the swearin' album is closer to that sound
but what you're looking for is bad banana/p.s. eliot probably
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 16:58 (4 days ago) Permalink
that cover is fucking atrocious
― ogmor, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 18:26 (4 days ago) Permalink
not been tricked into clicking on something that bad for a long time
― markers, Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:48 (3 days ago) Permalink
https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/337398387966111744
― markers, Thursday, 23 May 2013 15:37 (2 days ago) Permalink
that's a whole lotta NAGL
― unfinest DN (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:00 (2 days ago) Permalink
― ḉrut (crüt), Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:04 (2 days ago) Permalink
it's not her best look but tbh i think it works for her. i think she always seem really cool and positive and her existence makes me happy, generally.
― Treeship, Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:05 (2 days ago) Permalink
except last night when she was tweeting about the heat pacers game and was rooting for the heat. wtf? who roots for the heat?
things like that tweet are what puts me on the Grimes bandwagon. her music less so. (not trying to knock her music or artistic vision or whatever)
― ḉrut (crüt), Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:40 (2 days ago) Permalink
yeah i mean, her tweets in general are great. i love her music but as a person she seems very cool too which is a bonus
― Treeship, Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:42 (2 days ago) Permalink
i dont really care much for her twitter or tumblr but i do like markers current shtick
― ʎqןıs (gr8080), Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:44 (2 days ago) Permalink
She seems to be trying some kind of old lady dgaf swag in that photo
― Tim F, Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:46 (2 days ago) Permalink
I think I'm infected with tumblrgeist cause just now my first impulse was to think "oh jeez don't you know how politically fraught it is to talk negatively about a person's appearance much less GRIMES you guys oh noooooo" even though I don't really agree with that thought.
― Dan I., Friday, 24 May 2013 05:15 (Yesterday) Permalink
FYI I'm talking positively.
― Tim F, Friday, 24 May 2013 05:41 (Yesterday) Permalink