Death Grips

ha yeah, i didn't even notice the venue. i'll more likely see them in seattle. and the crocodile isn't ideal, really, but it'll do.

― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 April 2012 04:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

Slims sucks too, tbh, though there are suckier SF venues

― sarahell, Thursday, 26 April 2012 05:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

Not many though.

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:17 (1 year ago) Permalink

they're gonna be on the new Bug album. can't wait for that.

― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah, i heard about that and am VERY interested in hearing

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol, almost as surprising as the fact that they're gonna be on their own album

― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://www.spin.com/reviews/death-grips-money-store-epic

― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

Lex did a great review of their album on the Guardian, definitely going to buy it after reading this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/26/death-grips-money-store-review?newsfeed=true

― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yeah, that makes me wanna listen to it again

― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

great review, c

― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 15:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

:)

― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

A good point/counterpoint:

― bendy, Friday, 27 April 2012 16:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

heavy repeat favorites at the moment in order of preference:

Hustle Bones
The Fever
I've Seen Footage
Get Got
Double Helix
Punk Weight

I don't think Lost Boys and Blackjack are gonna click for me unfortunately but the rest of the album has potential

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

and not to pick a fight with you whiney but the emphasis on this being rap is weird to me as hip hop is really not how i'm identifying this internally
just feels like fleet footed hardcore to me

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

HUSTLE BONES COMING OUT MY
HUSTLE BONES COMING OUT MY MOUUUUUUTH

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

somebody is gonna have to convince me that there's not a push it sample in I'VE SEEN FOOTAGE

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

the thought of l.a. reid air-drumming to death grips is p amazing

― ogmor, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

i care about lex's opinion about death grips about as much as i care about tuomas' opinion about cabin in the woods

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

mb view it as a tiny bit of karmic payback for clueless rnb reviews by indie critics filled w/ unenlightening reference points that only underline their inability to hear it properly

― ogmor, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

okay the first 20 seconds of this are already more interesting than what I hear od Exmilitary yesterday

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

i agree with whiney that the anarchic energy is tamed more than just somewhat but there's a lotta good good in here

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

lex getting assigned the death grips album is my favorite lex assignment since lex got assigned the klaxons debut

― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 April 2012 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

it's kind of funny seeing someone who champions Cassie use "one-note" in a pejorative manner

this is kind of hitting me like Shabazz Palaces on PCP, which is a concept that gets better and better the more I think about it

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

and not to pick a fight with you whiney but the emphasis on this being rap is weird to me as hip hop is really not how i'm identifying this internally
just feels like fleet footed hardcore to me

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu)

rap is a big part of the dna though. it's a hybrid, not a this or that.

shabazz palaces comparison otm

― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

"emphasis"

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeh okey

― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

lex's review seems pretty positive to me, y'all are being a little "omg you brought down the avengers' rotten tomatoes score!!" at him

― some dude, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

I don't understand how can you identify this as "not hip-hop"? I think referencing MC 900 Ft Jesus as a very canny move as this really does slot into that type of weirdo industrial-goth-hop vein that nu-metal/hip-hop hybrids did their damnedest to destroy.

Then again, I've called a whole bunch of bizarre things hip-hop (like "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors") so maybe that's just one of my default filters.

xp: It is pretty positive for a 2/5 review, I'll give you that.

― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

ok maybe not 'pretty positive' but it's far from a hatchet piece

xpost -- i didn't see the numerical score on the review, admittedly

― some dude, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

it was either 2 stars or 3 stars and 3 stars seemed way too generous for an album that in all honesty i am never going to play again and frequently didn't actually enjoy in any way

my drake commission must be an all-time favourite

― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink

death grips need more promo photos

― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 April 2012 18:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

just feels like fleet footed hardcore to me

whaaaat?

― sarahell, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

it's all thrashy punk to me but i'm not picky what you call it as long as you scream it hoarsely when you call it that

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

the rhythms and sonic "palette" are totally not thrashy punk. do you listen to much thrashy punk?

― sarahell, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 of 5 is the default "this is not bad for what it is, but it's definitely not for me, idgi" score. it's like abstaining from passing judgment. 2 of 5 is a slam.

― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

"i'm not picky what you call it"

― "in this super-sexy postracial age" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha a SLAM ooh

like i said i didn't see the star rating when i said what i said though

― some dude, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

thank you ma'am

― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol if two stars is a SLAM what is one star, as per drake and klaxons?

star ratings and scores are kind of not the point anyway but it seems fair for "some elements i really like but overall i'm not feeling this"

― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

one star is for me to poop on

― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

the drums/beats are less pronounced on this than on ex-military ... at least on first listen.

― sarahell, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

5) holy shit!
4) good shit
3) shit, i dunno
2) a bit shit
1) shit sandwich

― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

enlightening music discussion

― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 27 April 2012 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

this is why they pay me the big bucks to post on ILX

― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Friday, 27 April 2012 19:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

it's definitely a rap album for ppl that know what Hella is

― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 27 April 2012 19:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

ouch

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 27 April 2012 20:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

what? i mean it's kind of rap for underground rock peeps. which is fine w/me.

― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 27 April 2012 21:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

death grips is for the children

― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 27 April 2012 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

Sorta damning it with faint praise there. Then again, I was talking about this album favorably the other day and I heard myself compare dude's delivery to HoP-era Everlast.

Like don't love this album, but it's doing that thing where it sorta keeps beckoning me back to listen to it, which usually means I'll end up liking it a lot more about six months from now.

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 27 April 2012 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink