RTX is now Black Bananas.
― m0stlyClean, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 01:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
have never been that enthusiastic about rtx stuff but this track is great
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 01:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am just discovering RTX and am loving them! particularly singles, live, unreleased...how does ILM feel about Pussy Galore? I just watched the clip of them on the Uncle Floyd show which is unreal
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 02:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
fwiw Singles Live Unreleased is "proper" Royal Trux with Jennifer and Neil, RTX was the (intentionally?) confusing name for Jennifer Herrema's post-Royal Trux band (and Black Bananas is the same people as RTX I think, they just changed the name)
― dmr, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
otm, i'm p invested in the howling hex but am generally just glad that JH is making crazy records in a weird room somewhere once in a while
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Tuesday, January 10, 2012 6:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
nothing i've heard by howling hex does anything for me, seems like hagerty has no interest in writing songs anymore and just wants to noodle.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's crazy. i mean it's true of at least one hex record but there are ~song~ songs through all of the records; 'breakaway', 'faithful sister', a great cover of the old trad 'de colores', slinky workouts on all-night fox, basically all of XI, 'you can't beat tomorrow' on the same record, know that on NMH, &c&c&c. you should try to find a couple of these if poss.
i thought i'd be able to illustrate this w/youtubes but there's hardly anything there; this isn't exactly proving my point but yknow i still like to listen to it as a wriggly hex jam
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
don't remember which ones i've heard, honestly - dude puts out a ton of music
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
you should check out the one that looks like this, lots of great songs
would rock this patch
― mizzell, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 17:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Neil Michael Hagertyaka Royal Trux
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^this record is amazing
You Can't Beat Tomorrow is chock-a-block with quality tunes
― locally sourced stabbage (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 18:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
yah the one w/ triangles cover is a stone classic, plays that good old rock n roll is great too
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 18:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
FYI, nmh's s/t album (before howling hex, after royal trux) is dope. tuneful too
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 20:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
how does ILM feel about Pussy Galore?
I don't know about ILM, but Dial M for Motherfucker is just an amazing album and truth be told, I prefer it to most of the RTX stuff I've heard.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
everybody loves Pussy Galore!
― locally sourced stabbage (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 20:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
was very surprised by the reunion thing. not as surprised by Neil not being involved.
― locally sourced stabbage (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, January 11, 2012 12:18 PM (3 minutes ago)
OTM
― sleeve, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
fwiw Singles Live Unreleased is "proper" Royal Trux with Jennifer and Neil, RTX was the (intentionally?) confusing name for Jennifer Herrema's post-Royal Trux band (and Black Bananas is the same people as RTX I think, they just changed the name)― dmr, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:15 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Thanks, dmr...I was wondering about that! Probably gonna be a while before I check out RTX. I just dl'd Twin Infinitives, very psyched to check it out
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Dial M for Motherfucker is just an amazing album and truth be told, I prefer it to most of the RTX stuff I've heard the best RTX song on the best day of its life.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 January 2012 01:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
This thread has gotten a little crazy.
Trux / Hex > RTX >>>>> Pussy Galore
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Thursday, 12 January 2012 03:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Listening to this again, it sounds like three Chrome songs and one Cinderella song all playing at the same time. I'm OK with that.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 13 January 2012 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
your crocodiles are confused
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Friday, 13 January 2012 23:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
not very into pussy galore here either. kind of a novelty band???
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 14 January 2012 04:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Um, no. Dial M is better than anything that followed. I might think for a minute about Cats & Dogs vs. Dial M, but after the minute passed I know what I'd decide...
― dlp9001, Saturday, 14 January 2012 04:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Extra amazing that, given their rep for being unable to play at all, the reunion sounds pretty much exactly like the original tracks...
― dlp9001, Saturday, 14 January 2012 05:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
No Hag, no interest from me. Sorry. (and I'm glad he didn't lower himself to this).
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 14 January 2012 15:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
given their rep for being unable to play at all
this never made any sense to me, those parts are really hard! and in strange tunings!
― job kreaytor (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 14 January 2012 16:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
most people who talk about whether a band can play or not (or whether people can sing or not) know next to nothing about playing or singing ime
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 14 January 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think the "Pussy Galore can't play" canard comes from stuff like "Cunt Tease", "Kill Yourself", the Exile cassette and their early shows. Total fucked-up ineptitude was a fashionable pose at the time.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Saturday, 14 January 2012 22:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
There's a kind of stupid youtube parody of Pussy Galore that I'm not going to bother linking, but the one funny part is Julia C. in the studio with headphones on, very carefully recording her, "Fuck you!" part.
― dlp9001, Saturday, 14 January 2012 23:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
stupid review: http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6899
but i didn't realize this was coming out soon enough to be reviewed! pumped!
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 22:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
comes out next week
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 22:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BvpRSbjhplg
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
stupid review
wow, amazingly so
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like mosurock's still single column on dusted, but sometimes it just seems like he's listened to *too much* of this stuff. like he's jaded about things that really aren't worth being jaded about.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
anyhoo this album is extremely entertaining. also, seeing howling hex tomorrow! excited. last time i saw any royal truxsters was uhhh 1997!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
young people don't like funkadelic? what?
i love the idea of doug mosurock delicately placing the black bananas CD into his home hi-fi setup replete with "really good studio speakers" and wrinkling his nose
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I had personal reasons for hating him prior to this, but that's just really shitty writing
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
sad excuse for a review, there.
so long as you're interested in weird punk, rock and noise-related obscurities, mosurock's column and tumblr are valuable as a consumer guide: notes on what's out there by someone who's taste is fairly obvious and thus easy to calibrate for, whether or not you agree with him on the details. never read him for the writing quality or even the analysis.
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 00:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
i do agree with him that transmanicocosnsopvn sucked tbh
― 69, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 00:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
although it had the best album cover
― 69, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
totally disagree, I love the first side
― Full Frontal Newtity (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 00:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
plus "speed to roam" + "pulling out now" on the second
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 01:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
LOVE transmaniacon
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 01:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
which sounds like a Zapp record soaking in Bud Light
^^^^^^ haha that was basically my appreciative review of the single upthread
not a knock
― dmr, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 16:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah that was the line in the review that made me more curious to hear it than anything else.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 16:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Love how the Pitchfork review of the new Howling Hex makes it sound like Jennifer is somehow on to bigger and better things while Hagerty's doing his crazy little Mexican polka thing or whatever.
Based on the bits I've heard, this Black Bananas thing will be the first Trux-related release ever that I probably won't buy. Still got a lotta love for JH, but this just doesn't sound very good.
Wilson Semiconductors, otoh (and it's a bummer we're still comparing these two very different bands, but old habits) is a masterpiece!
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
really didn't like the pitchfork review. don't think it really needed to be viewed through the lens of royal trux, or considered for its shamanistic intonations. looking it in the context of the hex lps would be interesting.
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
don't know what i think about the BB album after one listen. half of it reminded me of the last couple RTX albums that sounded really awesome but didn't hook me like the first one. the other half are the ones that have more of an 80s electrofunk backing and those work better for me because the genre shift gives a better context for the focus on jams/solos over structured songs. but i think i'll need more time to absorb it.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 2 February 2012 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
extremely messed up video, not at all safe for work!http://vimeo.com/dragcity/tvtrouble
― tylerw, Friday, 17 February 2012 19:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
not at all safe for your mind tbh
"my house" is currently my jam off the BB album
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
"tv trouble" lol, both the song and the vid echo zz top's "tv dinners"
homage we say...
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Saturday, 18 February 2012 08:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
loving this album
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's a good one - my favorite of the year so far.
― thinveneer, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nothing to add but, yep.
― Jedmond, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
playing in town on my birthday! a tuesday night but i might have to make it work somehow
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
hey this is really good!
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Monday, 26 March 2012 23:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
^
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 23:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^
― Jedmond, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 23:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ ^ ^
― cinco de extra mayo (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, 13 May 2012 05:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
this album is so good even though it kind of doesn't have any tunes? it's like all vibe or something? love it
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 05:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:18 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ladies & gentleman, indie rock, 2012
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
True and yet completely false.
― Jedmond, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 11:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
kinda otm except this album's really good, which makes it a massive outlier in that field
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah I kind of feel like the album has a viscous surrealism going for it, which reminds me of nothing so much as the new Le1f mixtape*
*(despite the two albums being like oil & water to my ears)
― Mark Ruffalo! is gonna tell us! about empathy! (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
In contest for worst live show I've ever seen.
― Regional Tug (irrational), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
they were so bad in nc a few weeks back. worst show i've seen in a really long time. this album is fucking great.
― pretzel walrus, Saturday, 2 June 2012 21:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
I probably wouldn't expect this to be anything but an incoherent mess live.
― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, 3 June 2012 05:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
they were so bad in nc a few weeks back. worst show i've seen in a really long time. this album is fucking great
at the Pinhook? I almost got out to that one but my sleep schedule was fucked up from travel so I didn't. last time I saw RTX, at 506, they were great! what happened?
― decrepit but free (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 3 June 2012 14:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
They sucked in Atlanta, too. I'm willing to cut JH so much slack, but that show was tough to endure. Abusively, pointlessly loud. No live drums, much to my surprise, just hesher dudes on electronics not groovin' at all.
Really like the record though, great psychedelic production.
― InternationalWaters, Monday, 4 June 2012 05:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah, at the pinhook. i didn't mind the drum machine, but they waited forever to play (went on after midnight when magik markers finished up well before 11), it was definitely "abusively, pointlessly loud," which killed any of the vibe of the record and replaced it with undifferentiated volume, and they were just totally uninterested in playing. i mean, it was "interesting" in a negative drive-kinda sense, but not, y'know, actually something that i wanted to be around.
― pretzel walrus, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 01:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
man, Earthquake/Overpass/Nightwalker is SLAYING me tonight!!!
― bride of lecherchaun (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 05:53 (2 months ago) Permalink
new track http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15236-hey-rockin/
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 4 April 2013 16:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
blowin my wig off
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 4 April 2013 18:22 (1 month ago) Permalink
makes me miss the Trux
― nostormo, Thursday, 4 April 2013 19:48 (1 month ago) Permalink