sick burn tony masud
― max, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
i bet he used to post to ilm...
the video for that remix is p hilarious and part of what i mean re: 90s revival scene
― Lamp, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
this stuff is cool! i like how ravey it is
― goole, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
theyre from mpls bro
― max, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
you're shitting me
― goole, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm so out of it
― max, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha
http://gymnasticscoaching.com/new/2010/07/elite-gymnastics-the-band/
― goole, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Glad this thread exists, these guys are great.
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
The GAGA/WAKA thing is nice, especially the Paparazzi remix, like Irresistible Force, Lady Gaga, a John Hughes film, blissed out: here
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
this video needs to be here:
― fffv, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 20:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
these guys are fun live, too
― max, Sunday, 3 June 2012 12:51 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm a fan! Kinda bummed that I missed their previous shows in mpls, although I remember reading an interview or something with one of the guys in EG where he claimed lots of people hated them live, so maybe they've changed/improved their live show recently? I hope they do more shows here before they inevitably move to NYC as all bands that "make it" apparently must do
― Dan I., Monday, 4 June 2012 20:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
originally they were gonna do this funny elite gymnastics karaoke thing (complete with squaresoft style title screen) but the guy tripped over the cable so they just had a bunch of strobes and they gave out flowers, i dug it
― max, Monday, 4 June 2012 20:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
i still need to investigate these guy more, and like dan i'm finding out about them after they've done a spate of local shows.
i have zero idea what scene these guys are connected to here. there is a small waved-out + frankendance scene here, and i'm pretty sure i recognize one of the dudes from knocking into me on the floor at one of those events
― goole, Monday, 4 June 2012 20:28 (11 months ago) Permalink
Pitchfork: What's the music scene like in Minneapolis?JB: There isn't a scene. I feel like we wouldn't really fit in wherever we lived. We're just really weird people interested in really weird things. We have cats and girlfriends and sometimes we like to go to this torta place because they make really good tortas. As far as we're concerned, our musical home is the internet-- our points of view, lyrical style, and writing style all come from there.
JB: There isn't a scene. I feel like we wouldn't really fit in wherever we lived. We're just really weird people interested in really weird things. We have cats and girlfriends and sometimes we like to go to this torta place because they make really good tortas. As far as we're concerned, our musical home is the internet-- our points of view, lyrical style, and writing style all come from there.
― Number None, Monday, 4 June 2012 21:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
on saturday they introduced a song "this song is about andrea dworkin the most important person who has ever lived"
they have a mix called "I Want a 38-Minute Truce During Which There Is No Rape mix" after the dworkin speech
― max, Monday, 4 June 2012 22:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
another song they said "that song was about the male gaze. this next song is about how people who smoke cigarettes are fucking retarded."
― max, Monday, 4 June 2012 22:04 (11 months ago) Permalink
wow these guys seem really cool
― goole, Monday, 4 June 2012 22:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
hahaha i thought they seemed pretty cool. they handed out flowers. the big one was wearing a hospital gown
― max, Monday, 4 June 2012 22:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
love these guys but here in heaven 3 (cover by how to dress well) is one of the worst songs ive ever heard
― diamonddave85, Monday, 4 June 2012 22:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
digging these guys
also dig max music threads bc I usually find digworthy goods that I wouldn't hear o/w, keep up the good work
― Euler, Monday, 4 June 2012 23:13 (11 months ago) Permalink
I read the title of this thread as having something to with quiddities and agonies of the ruling class.
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Monday, 4 June 2012 23:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
gymnastics is an exurban pursuit surely
― goole, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 01:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
The first thing I heard from them was ALL WE FUCKING CARE ABOUT IS KPOP WHITEHOUSE AND OUR CATS which is basically a K-pop mixtape. I really like their democratic approach to influences. I guess its kind of a played out aesthetic ("post-internet" or whatever)but they bring a personal touch that I really like.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:54 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
I thought this was a really bad mixtape fwiw but maybe I will listen to some of these youtubes so that I can have an opinion about this hot new internet badn
― chris paul george hill (dayo), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 02:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
i dig what ive heardthey make me wish i had made an honest effort to make music
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 15:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
these dudes remind me a lot of the music ILX's lynsky used to make ca. 2005
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Friday, 8 June 2012 16:54 (11 months ago) Permalink
http://elitegymnastics.tumblr.com/post/29469325388/kinda-bummed-josh-isnt-in-the-band-anymore-i-kinda
― goole, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 16:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
Aw, sad.
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:46 (9 months ago) Permalink
Fuck real life.
― Dan I., Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
Their visual aesthetic was one of the best things about them, and I guess the guy that left was responsible mostly for the visuals and very little for the music. That seems like something I've heard of other bands doing (having a visual artist who does all the album covers and other visual stuff and who is considered a full member of the band), but I can't think of any other examples right now. It would probably be insulting to compare it to Bez, but maybe kind of like a Terry Gilliam in Monty Python thing?
― Dan I., Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:40 (9 months ago) Permalink
Errr.. drawing analogies to Terry Gilliam might be stretching. As much as I hate to admit it, they definitely have struck me as a Tumblr band, if that's how you're reading the visual aesthetic.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 16 August 2012 20:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
He wasn't comparing their styles...
― Number None, Thursday, 16 August 2012 20:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
Well, neither was I.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 16 August 2012 20:59 (9 months ago) Permalink
new track (about andrea dworkin)
http://www.adultswim.com/promos/201206_singles/index.html
― max, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:32 (8 months ago) Permalink
also, James interviewing 2ne1 may as well go here:
― I don't even know wtf this band sounds like I'm just trollin (fffv), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 01:19 (8 months ago) Permalink