Agreed -- and btw having caught up on the Jazmine Sullivan album, I am totally on board with it, great record. Even in a perfect world, the D'Angelo and Kendrick albums have some built-in hype generators that are going to eclipse a lot of other worthy things. It's just jarring that so much of what's lauded about those two -- ambition, adventurousness, musicianship, personal vision, sheer talent -- is also true of the Dawn/Jazmine albums that you'd hope there would at least be a little more notice.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
#BlackWomenVisionariesMatter
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
I love Dawn's album but it feels diffuse in a way that Kendrick's doesn't. I listen to it way WAY more than D'Angelo, though.
― DJP, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 15:48 (nine years ago) link
built-in hype generators
well it's exactly these that don't get interrogated, isn't it
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
The fact that #ATellTaleHeart is so quiet/nmastered means I can rly only listen to it in bed at night, which is maybe actually to its advantage
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 17 April 2015 13:48 (eight years ago) link
*u
A very underrated record even in the context of Dawn's discography IMO
― Tim F, Friday, 17 April 2015 13:49 (eight years ago) link
It's gorgeous so far. Listened to DJP's playlist off the Kendrick thread and fell for it hard enough to want to listen to everything chronologically
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Friday, 17 April 2015 13:51 (eight years ago) link
you know, I've never actually heard it
― DJP, Friday, 17 April 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
(A Tell Tale Heart I mean, I've heard all the songs I listed on the Kendrick thread lol)
― DJP, Friday, 17 April 2015 13:56 (eight years ago) link
a tell tale heart is amazing but i would return to it so much more if the sooooound quaaaaaality was proper
― lex pretend, Friday, 17 April 2015 14:38 (eight years ago) link
http://www.datpiff.com/Dawn-Richard-A-Tell-Tale-Heart-mixtape.198526.html
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 April 2015 14:38 (eight years ago) link
There's a sexy sense of fun on Tell Tale Heart (like on Hey, Vibrate, Biggest Fan) which I kinda miss on what's followed, great as it is
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 12:03 (eight years ago) link
*Starts a kickstarter for a proper remastering of a Tell Tale Haert*
― 龜, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 12:04 (eight years ago) link
Yes pls. A cpl of tracks're actually kinda disconcerting to listen to w the way the levels peak/fade
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 12:08 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxjgpZSmUVw
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 13:41 (eight years ago) link
<iframe width='460' height='259' src='http://cache.vevo.com/assets/html/embed.html?video=QMGR31508582&autoplay=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe>
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 13:49 (eight years ago) link
(or however Vevo embeds work with BB code)
That's a vid for Calypso btw.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 13:51 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT1ZtAo31J4
― 龜, Friday, 1 May 2015 13:32 (eight years ago) link
Thank you!
― Jeff W, Friday, 1 May 2015 13:47 (eight years ago) link
"adderall/sold" prob my soty
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 1 May 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
yeah, could be. the autotune acapella into guitar gets me every single time
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 May 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
This ain't rock'n'roll…
http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/05/dawn-richard-new-song-premiere-genocide?utm_campaign=musictw%2Bsocialflow%2B05%2B2015&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
This ain't Dawn Richard any more either, apparently.
― Jeff W, Monday, 4 May 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
yeah i'm kinda scared of her working more with the fade to mind crew tbh. "honest" is really good but i fear them overly influencing her sound/aesthetic
― j. winters (josh), Monday, 4 May 2015 17:35 (eight years ago) link
that ship has sailed
― r|t|c, Monday, 4 May 2015 17:41 (eight years ago) link
she's working with fade to mind crew? Fuck. And the triangle... Still love her, tho, but this Isn't good news. At all.
― Nourry, Monday, 4 May 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link
Apparently "Calypso" is very ~~divisive~~ among her fans.
― The Reverend, Monday, 4 May 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
dawn richards is not someone who i would second guess artistically right now; she's driving in her own lane new song is interesting, but very much a demo
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 4 May 2015 21:16 (eight years ago) link
― The Reverend, Monday, May 4, 2015 2:35 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the song or the video? always liked the song in the context of the album, think it stands out in a good way
― some dude, Tuesday, 5 May 2015 01:28 (eight years ago) link
i love the "calypso" video, very bizarre and arresting
― dyl, Tuesday, 5 May 2015 08:29 (eight years ago) link
"calypso" video is way too on the nose w/r/t stuff i've seen in björk and fka twigs videos i think; rev did you mean the song or the video are divisive?
she was working with the fade to mind crew at the same time as she was making blackheart so i hope she can still stay away from their lane
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 5 May 2015 10:33 (eight years ago) link
no comment on the triangle
song. half the comments on the youtube are complaints from fans who don't get it
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 07:47 (eight years ago) link
surely her actual fans have had the song for 5 months already tho? i can see why it'd be divisive to casuals or the danity kane fandom remnant but oh well
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 07:52 (eight years ago) link
Titans x new single James Dean
https://youtu.be/qUmi3F5gau0
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 14:41 (eight years ago) link
this video RULES
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 16:20 (eight years ago) link
i almost missed this because of wacky name change but she's playing PS1's Warm Up series in August with Matias Aguayo and Murlohttp://www.eventbrite.com/e/warm-up-matias-aguayo-kingdom-dwn-murlo-false-witness-tickets-17086988643
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 16:38 (eight years ago) link
James Dean is pretty good!
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
i'm glad the "titan" video goes back to her dance roots, but at the same time, i'm sad we came /this close/ to a "warriors" vid and didn't get it. "james dean" is good tho
― j. winters (josh), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link
"james dean" is amazing
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 May 2015 00:10 (eight years ago) link
so what does one wear to a Dawn Richard gig?
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link
You dress well.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
mirrored surfaces imo
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
deconstruct yourself into a dodecahedron sliced into a thousand equivalent pieces
― 龜, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
^^ also sound life advice
― DJP, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 17:35 (eight years ago) link
omg lex: https://twitter.com/DawnRichard/status/605889279949012992
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 04:46 (eight years ago) link
nice.
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 05:21 (eight years ago) link
Not included in Lex's rapturous rundown, her version of 'Champagne Supernova'.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 08:45 (eight years ago) link
punching myself in the face as i type but tbh that is quite an apt cover actually, turned inward to interrogate self-reinvention/abnegation
wake up the dawn and ask her why, a dreamer dreams she never dies #neverthesubtlest
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 09:11 (eight years ago) link
new song coming in three days courtesy of the Adult Swim Singles series
― misterjoshua, Friday, 5 June 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link