This album is rad as fuck and I am SO EXCITED TO GO SEE THEM ON SATURDAY
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
lol we need crut's 77 laws of psych
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
this was a good show, v entertaining, def some psychrock elements and many other elementsnice light projection show (def psychedelic)young people danced in front of the stagei swayed a bitDRUM MACHINESi only laughed twice at the beatz, i mean, in an entertained, nice way. sometimes things are funny when you listen to yr fair share of electronic music.v happy i went :)
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 4 October 2012 04:05 (eleven years ago) link
Would I like Moon Duo?
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
MAybe? Check out the video upthread. It's a pretty fair representative.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 4 October 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
I heard Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down A Dream" yesterday and it made me think of Moon Duo
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Monday, 8 October 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
on first impression the new one feels a little tame compared to Mazes.
― dmr, Monday, 8 October 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
i love tom petty
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Monday, 8 October 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
Moon Duo makes a mix for The Fader. Said mix is an enjoyable listen:
http://www.thefader.com/2012/10/30/download-moon-duos-fader-mix/
Tracklist:1. Aphrodite’s Child – Do It2. Mustafa Ozkent Orchestra – Dolana3. Benny Soebardja And Lizard – Candle Light4. Muddy Waters – Herbert Harper’s Free Press News5. The Outsiders – CQ6. Vangelis – We Were All Uprooted7. Jang Hyun – Pushing Through The Fog8. Magic Lantern – Dark Cicadas9. Pink Floyd – Beset By Creatures Of The Deep10. David Crosby – Cowboy Movie11. Herbcraft – Road To Agartha12. Achim Reichel and Machines – Das Echo Der Gegenwart
― alpine static, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i enjoyed this. mix very much in character.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, is this not working anymore? It was yesterday.
Is it working for others? My computer does kinda suck.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
Seems fine for me.Who stole my copy of CQ?!?!? Still pissed about that one.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
OK, thanks. Will try again.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
Who stole my copy of CQ?!?!? Still pissed about that one.
Now is probably the best time in recent memory to have it stolen, it's been reissued on both vinyl and CD recently.
Cool mix. Personally I find it hard to use an Aphrodite's Child song that isn't "Magic Mirror" in a mix, though.
― spittin all over my sweater of fine material (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 1 November 2012 04:32 (eleven years ago) link
Scored a used copy of the new vinyl last week. Think I prefer Mazes, as it still comes off a little more muscular. Thanks, hipster-who-sold-it-back-a-week-after-release-were-you-just-in-it-for-the-download-card?
― dronestreet, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
new album, Shadow of the Sun, streaming on npr http://www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listenhaven't been keeping up with WS or MD but this one sounds great.
― mizzell, Monday, 23 February 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
new album is cool -- my usual response to these guys when they have a new one is to first think: "huh they're still doing this ho hum" and then a minute later to think "I LOVE MOON DUO."
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Shjips have a new album out too, correct?
― the saer returns (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 01:38 (nine years ago) link
Not that I know of?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 02:14 (nine years ago) link
Somehow this album seems less jammy than the other ones. Either that or it's all starting to blend together.
― skip, Monday, 9 March 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link
This one is definitely less jammy and more straight up song oriented, but I don't think it's a bad look for them.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 March 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
i started this thread quite enthusiastically, but in the long run wind up something of a fence-sitter. i dearly love their sound and went through brief but intense honeymoon periods with both mazes and circles, but in the long run, neither had much staying power for me. i tend to get bored a few tracks in. maybe the new drummer will help.
― 2-chords, a farfisa organ and peons to the lord (contenderizer), Monday, 9 March 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
I get where you are coming from contenderizer, but I actually think the more straight ahead songwriting approach might get you there more than the new drummer. It helps things feel more focused and less open-ended.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 March 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link
they have a drummer now? damn
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 March 2015 22:15 (nine years ago) link
oh! well that changes thingsi was getting bored with them too but if they have a human drummer it might be better.
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 9 March 2015 22:26 (nine years ago) link
maybe the drummer helped with their songwriting
― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 9 March 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link
yetimike interview!
http://www.metrotimes.com/city-slang/archives/2017/03/15/why-you-should-be-extra-stoked-today-for-moon-duos-show-next-month
mostly-European tour with some East Coast and Midwest US dates:
http://moonduo.org/shows
new album rules btw, relentless motorik freakouts with guitar shards flying everywhere
― sleeve, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
I like the new one despite them having bi virtually no personality or unique sonic identity at all.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
they put on a good show, worth seeing (even if it's weird that there's no drummer).
― skip, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
i love every moon duo album for about a week. then i never want to hear them again.
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link
MOON DUO (meh)
― jorts l0chinski (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 16 March 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
wow Occult Architecture Vol. II is really, like, different????
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
also they were SO great live a few wks ago
different how
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
A lot of softer textures, less aggressive guitars, all the ingredients are still there but the proportions are different. This is the first album of theirs that sounds different from all the rest to my ears.
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 23:44 (six years ago) link
got both Vols I and II and yeah II def has some departures from their signature style. interesting! both are grebt
― Οὖτις, Friday, 20 October 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
I kind of hope we treat these two volumes as one single double-release for the eoy rollouts. I wish they would've been ballsy enough to release it that way.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Friday, 20 October 2017 22:41 (six years ago) link
I don’t know if I’m on board with the new album. Feels like some sort of indie version of U2’s pop. As if they’re trying to make some sort of psychedelic disco album but ultimately it ends up sounding overwrought and it’s drenched in way too much effects. It’s dizzying... not in a good way.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 30 September 2019 05:22 (four years ago) link
huh, this is quite different to what i knew of them (which admittedly I heard years ago now)
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 30 September 2019 11:50 (four years ago) link
i can't say i am interested in this band anymore oh well!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 30 September 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
in retrospect, this band's work is a pretty good study on how to run a couple of good ideas into the ground
― sleeve, Monday, 30 September 2019 14:19 (four years ago) link
yeah they did not evolve in a way i found interesting enough to follow
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 30 September 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
I’m actually digging the new one more than the last few. I like this droney spacey psychedelic-electronic ear cotton candy.
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 00:45 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I dig this new one quite a lot! Especially that bottom-heavy dub one towards the beginning.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
Likewise, I'm enjoying this one a lot!
― skip, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
yeah i love this record. very surprised that my two favorite 2019 albums are Ripley Johnson projects (Rose City Band is really great), as I haven't been into any Moon Duo or Shjips stuff in a while.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
Rose City Band is definitely great too! Yeah, it's been a really good year for Ripley, especially considering the two vastly different directions he's swinging.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
definitely a shift with this one. Sonic Boom's second career as a mixing-engineer-for-hire continues to produce some interesting results
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
New Rose City Band track sounds excellent
https://rosecityband.bandcamp.com/album/summerlong
― mizzell, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
twangier than the first and i’m all for it.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 21:19 (four years ago) link