so, all i know
― elan, Friday, 14 March 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
El Guincho signs to XL/Young Turks: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/49423-el-guincho-signs-to-xlyoung-turks
The remastered edition of "Alegranza" (cd and lp) will be out in may/june.
― abbysmyname, Sunday, 23 March 2008 11:42 (sixteen years ago) link
^That is really good news.
I just heard it for the first time in a local record store. Even just from hearing 5-6 songs in there, I can tell it's the obvious best record of 2007 that I was missing last year.
― Z S, Sunday, 6 April 2008 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I like this but I don't understand why Instituto Mexicano del Sonido has been overlooked while this is being hyped to the maximum.
― danzig, Thursday, 24 April 2008 00:10 (sixteen years ago) link
this is pretty good - a little bit repetitive for my taste and not as murky as Person Pitch. Not sure if it was worth the $30 I had to spend on it :(
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 27 June 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah when is the XL version coming out?
― Alex in SF, Friday, 27 June 2008 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Definitely one of the greatest bits of Sonar, and he only played instead of a DJ set because Konono no.! pulled out, a mixed blessing.
― I know, right?, Friday, 27 June 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone into his band, Coconut?
― pinkie, Monday, 6 October 2008 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Neat mix:
http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2008/10/mp3-el-guinchos-gorila-contra-bear.html
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
it's hillllllarious how people will do ANYTHING to distance themselves from what's considered "cool" or "good", a la saying "el guincho is much better than panda bear". aside from the obvious musical superiority of person pitch, what alegranza has is utter soullessness. i think it's a great album, but one's a party album and one's art. whatever, keep striving to be different
― Kevin Keller, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
El Guincho is much better than Panda Bear. Yay for soullessness.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
"but one's a party album and one's art"
I was trying to figure which one is which in your equation, but then I decided I didn't care.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
xposts. are you a sockpuppet?
Although I do agree that Person Pitch is the better album.
― what U cry 4 (jim), Friday, 24 October 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I like Person Pitch more than Allegranza but the argument that one is a party album and one is art, or that one is soulless, is such bullshit that I want to change my ranking of the two albums just so I can be on the other side from Kevin Keller.
― Tim F, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I like Person Pitch (I'm listening to it right now just to remind myself that I liked it) but Alegranza was like this year's perfect summer driving/running record (even though it came out last year) for me.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I think it's less that I don't like Allegranza (your encapsulation sounds about right Alex) and more than Person Pitch was my second favourite album from last year.
― Tim F, Friday, 24 October 2008 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
These albums don't really remind me of each other that much, but yeah, I like Person Pitch a lot more.
― I know, right?, Friday, 24 October 2008 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I think each record has a similar vibe, but they are going for a very different effect.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay I've listened to Person Pitch and I still like Alegranza better so yeah apparently I'm soulless.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
so promos of this are out on XL now, I forget what the street date is.
― sleeve, Saturday, 25 October 2008 02:43 (fifteen years ago) link
It's out for real. I saw it last week.
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 25 October 2008 03:11 (fifteen years ago) link
It came out on the 6th October in the UK at least. Vinyl to follow on Monday (27th).
― krakow, Saturday, 25 October 2008 06:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Instore at Rough Trade East in approx. 2 hours time. Might pick up an XL copy while I'm there as my original cd seems to have packed up. Although I might wait for the vinyl instead.
Can't get into Person Pitch at all the way I got into this, although I don't get Animal Collective much either. I try, I really do.
― bocken (j.o.n.a), Saturday, 25 October 2008 11:53 (fifteen years ago) link
stfu kevin keller
― max, Saturday, 25 October 2008 12:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i saw him on fri night and he was great!! hilarious show, looked like a holiday camp cabaret act from the 80s, rinky-dink keyboards and tacky lights and his napoleon dynamite-looking friend goofing around next to him. totally disarming banter between songs too. audience did a conga line. basically, awesome.
― dugong.jpg (jabba hands), Monday, 2 February 2009 02:12 (fifteen years ago) link
tanlines remix of kalise (and their track bejan, hat tip to 20jfg) are both cool: http://www.myspace.com/tanlinestheband
― caek, Monday, 2 February 2009 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I like this.
― Local Garda, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
wow i just posted a huge disgusted rant about this in the poll thread. makes sense that people compare it to p***a b**r. dude sounds like a drunken tramp and i am disgusted with you all for liking this terrible music and indirectly allowing it into my world
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
seriouslexiznotamuzed.jpg
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
(it does suck though)
i gotta say it made a lot more sense live than on record - having an audience brought out the carnival vibe a bit better.
― unaustralian (jabba hands), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
so, so, so good
― Matos W.K., Wednesday, 11 February 2009 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
lex when you abandon your "i like it=it's not indie, i dislike it=it's indie" rule you might actually enjoy yourself
― Local Garda, Thursday, 12 February 2009 01:03 (fifteen years ago) link
the more drunken tramp music the better over innocent smoothie pop
― Local Garda, Thursday, 12 February 2009 01:05 (fifteen years ago) link
still dig this record
― LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Thursday, 12 February 2009 10:07 (fifteen years ago) link
iz gr8!
― the lexx of extreme metal (Ioannis), Thursday, 12 February 2009 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
off-topic, but Ioannis, did you end up digging that Saft album?
― Mordy, Thursday, 12 February 2009 10:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i need to listen to it some more really, but i do appreciate its range at the very least.
― the lexx of extreme metal (Ioannis), Thursday, 12 February 2009 10:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I keep seeing this in the shops and keep thinking I ought to get it but I don't know about the "drunken tramp pop" thing - as long it's not like hauntology Pogues I guess it's worth checking out.
― Bernard Braden Misreads Stephen Leacock (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 12 February 2009 11:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Would I like this?
― Kiitën (admrl), Monday, 28 June 2010 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
yes
― max, Monday, 28 June 2010 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
alright then
― Kiitën (admrl), Monday, 28 June 2010 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
it's good
― Sensational Howard (admrl), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i like it too. its like, avalanches is shortwave radio from the adjoining island, this is dancing up next 2 the speaker on the dancefloor
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
New album sounds really good on first listen. Shiny rhythmic uptempo dancehall pop, a lot sharper than Alegranza. It's ridiculously cheerful.
― Tim F, Thursday, 19 August 2010 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
"FM Tan Sexy" kinda amazing.
― Tim F, Thursday, 19 August 2010 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Not heard the new one, but I'm looking forward to seeing him live in November. It's at a really small venue, which is going to be very different from seeing him rock the crowd at Primavera '08.
― emil.y, Thursday, 19 August 2010 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I enjoyed this a lot. He just played at Spaceland and I missed it
― .. help? (admrl), Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think there was any better place to hear El Guincho than at Primavera '08 with several people jumping around going bonkers as the sun was coming up (or was it going down? I can't remember too well!) I'm sad I missed most of his set. Alegranza was my Person Pitch of 2008. For me it's the ultimate in galloping dance beats, latin rhythms and Beach Boy/Animal Collective call and response.
Emily, when/where you seeing him?
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Hiperasia
http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/El_Guincho_Hiperasia_1500.jpg
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 21:20 (eight years ago) link