idek if that's irony or post-irony or satire or post-satire or trying too hard or anything but no matter what that is just bad bad baaaad
― Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
does he play on this song
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 October 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
pretty sure he produced it i.e. made the instrumental...he did the EP for sure, and this sounds the same to me.
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
almost saw this guy live last week but did not know until like 15 minutes after I left the building
― katherine, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link
cannot get 1:30-2:30 of 'if it wasn't true' out of my head now
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 30 October 2014 05:26 (nine years ago) link
so he is saying 'had an Epiphone, Tonka, Fisher-Price' in 'On the Regular', right? he is saying that because (as he says in the line before) he's loved and played music since he was very young, so there was a guitar in the mix with these other toys. feel like most people posting the video are misinterpreting this line and saying shit 'lol he's talking about toys. so random. fisher-price phone? what?'
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 31 October 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
ok this is awesome
― the late great, Sunday, 2 November 2014 04:28 (nine years ago) link
Needed to play this at a bar tonight but not on jukebox ;_;
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 2 November 2014 04:36 (nine years ago) link
ok apparently he sang a ... brandy clark cover?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg3m6z6pE9U
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Sunday, 2 November 2014 04:40 (nine years ago) link
The new album is mostly quite fun.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Friday, 8 May 2015 06:08 (nine years ago) link
good news. what are the parts like that aren't fun?
― the late great, Friday, 8 May 2015 06:31 (nine years ago) link
So, the album is... just fine, imo :-/
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 15 May 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
way, way too many recycled sounds and structures and motifs; so many parts of songs sounds almost exactly like parts of other songs
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 15 May 2015 18:11 (eight years ago) link
sounds really 2005 to me
― soyrev, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 08:47 (eight years ago) link
went to see him last night with relatively low expectations but he put on a good show, surprisingly rousing material, full backing band & he came into the audience at the end to hug ppl. he's a charmer
― ogmor, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 09:04 (eight years ago) link
i know what you're talking about stevie, but i guess it doesn't bother me. there are maybe three tracks i skip but the rest are jams.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 22 May 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link
the album is growing on me, surprising there aren't more mentions of it on ILM tbh.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 12 June 2015 13:45 (eight years ago) link
It's just OK. The beats are weak imo.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 June 2015 13:46 (eight years ago) link
I don't dislike it though.
yeah i'd be interested in hearing him over production that doesn't sound like 2003 DFA
― J0rdan S., Friday, 12 June 2015 14:06 (eight years ago) link
genuinely curious what sort of production you think would be more suitable?
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 12 June 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
Wouldn't have minded Holy Ghost! backing him.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 June 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
He should do an album with Will.i.am
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 12 June 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
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this is what i thought too, like something dredged up from a forgotten myspace. not in a good way. mostly in an annoying but also uninvolving way.
― lex pretend, Friday, 12 June 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
what does 2015 sound like?
― billstevejim, Friday, 12 June 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
"Trap Queen" and Drake
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 12 June 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
really couldn't believe how ordinary the songs were on this. reminded me of the Aeroplane album. just nothing-y.
― piscesx, Friday, 12 June 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
Live, he covered Joyce Manor, Christmas Card. Fun stuff.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 15 June 2015 04:06 (eight years ago) link
yeah my first thought when I heard Shamir was will this bad 2007 blog house aesthetic ever go away?
― The Reverend, Monday, 15 June 2015 04:14 (eight years ago) link
Seeing him next weekend for free. I enjoyed the one song, but that's all I've heard.
― Greer, Monday, 15 June 2015 08:01 (eight years ago) link
"Head In The Clouds" is amazing I don't know why it's tucked away at the end there.
― got a long list of ilxors (fgti), Monday, 15 June 2015 11:58 (eight years ago) link
I get if you're cool on the rest of the album but yeah "Head In The Clouds" <3
― got a long list of ilxors (fgti), Monday, 15 June 2015 11:59 (eight years ago) link
Yeh the album is mega-disappointing. Shame.
― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
Went to their show at the U Street Music Hall tonight. I was meh on most of the songs, but his energy was good and Head in The Clouds is a total stormer.
― Greer, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 02:44 (eight years ago) link
I love this & him
― cerealbar, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
odd-numbered mid-00s years
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Thursday, 2 July 2015 10:21 (eight years ago) link
what does that mean
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 3 July 2015 01:23 (eight years ago) link
this record sounds like them apparently
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 3 July 2015 02:53 (eight years ago) link
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― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 3 July 2015 02:54 (eight years ago) link
lolol
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 3 July 2015 03:38 (eight years ago) link
got to see him on sunday, love his current live band. the drummer is especially killing.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 17:42 (eight years ago) link
...
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:33 (eight years ago) link
um
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
?
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
omg you are freaking me out just tell us wtf happened to Shamir
― Ina-Garten-Da-Vida (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
ok forget it
xp ha nothing, apparently i just can't post a link.
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
just paste the url ffs
― Ina-Garten-Da-Vida (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/chantssound/you-had-me
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
i think i'm seeing him tuesday; curious how well this holds up live over an hour
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
haha thx. i was just trying to drop an innocuous little link for those who might be interested and now i feel like an idiot.
forks, his live show is great (i think he was nervous on Colbert and overcompensated with too many sousaphones).
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
yes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXRG-WWDk7w
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
ohhhh boy
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
that was... better than I thought it would be.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
I give him tons of props for rejecting the path that was laid out for him and putting out exactly what he wants, and it's obviously very important to him to go back to DIY in terms of honesty/artifice/presentation.
Is there any precedent for an artist putting out a lo-fi, home-recorded album to follow up a very polished & produced debut?
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 26 October 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
https://www.musicdirect.com/Portals/0/Hotcakes/Data/products/00014d67-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/medium/LDB7620.jpg
― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 26 October 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
http://hw-img.datpiff.com/m90ba814/Chief_Keef_Bang_Pt_2-front-large.jpg
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 27 October 2017 01:36 (six years ago) link
Does in utero count lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 27 October 2017 01:48 (six years ago) link
Also: "90s Kids" sucks.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 October 2017 01:57 (six years ago) link
Seeing Shamir tonight, no idea what to expect. I suspect ticket sales aren't great as I keep seeing giveaways on twitter.
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 7 December 2017 00:07 (six years ago) link
this weird persistent idea that in utero was "lo fi" is so strange
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 December 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
Update: decent turnout for the Entry, good show. Played a new song with the telling line "my screams were too melodic, no one took me seriously."
― geoffreyess, Friday, 8 December 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
No talk about the new album? It's really good!
― zchyrs, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 00:35 (six years ago) link
Gonna listen to "Panic" for the dozenth time
― zchyrs, Wednesday, 28 March 2018 13:03 (six years ago) link
https://shamir.bandcamp.com/album/be-the-yee-here-comes-the-hawspinning now; he's gotten a lot more***kozmik*** by the sound of it
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 7 June 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
well maybe just a little really.
Since there's no need to be coy or mysterious about it anymore, here's the track we did together years ago (that came out uncredited):https://open.spotify.com/track/5sbAQIOBfK6yeNm8TMbICF?si=9kk2kwuKQj600W6cEhQiJA
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 7 June 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
Three tracks in and I'm really liking this
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 7 June 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link
https://shamir.bandcamp.com/album/cataclysm
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 18 March 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link
I am loving the new single a LOT, it's a definite step up in quality from his initial basement-indie output, I'm v glad he's found his footing a bit.
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 27 June 2020 13:47 (three years ago) link
Hey, I think Shamir has stopped sucking and is putting out good music again:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1HxXq8uBgSy8Yg1vicBVTe?si=a1cjyqK1Scy6nw2pys2Yuw
― Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 18:11 (three years ago) link
i.e. is comfortable working with outside producers again?
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
i am discovering shamir ... in 2021
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Saturday, 19 June 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
MATT!!!
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 1 July 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
^lol
i've listened to "on the regular" like 100 times
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 23:19 (two years ago) link
hi hi howdy howdy hi hi
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 23:38 (two years ago) link
Isn't there a thread for artists hating their biggest hit?
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 23:58 (two years ago) link
My single "Gay Agenda" is OUT NOW🦋Listen here: https://t.co/70laK0b3gs pic.twitter.com/aL1w9JN0mk— Shamir (@ShamirBailey) October 12, 2021
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
wow - "our song"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dabTk82fqvY
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 17:37 (ten months ago) link
i mean the song and shamir's vocal performance are excellent but i would like to point out that the woodland camo crop top with the heart on the front is absolutely perfect as well.
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 17:40 (ten months ago) link