its available on CD too! or it was--may be sold out. mike had it at the italians store for a while. the album is actually out on human ear (vinyl) and gloriette (cd), not italians... she just has done a couple 12" w/ them, plus opened for glass candy a couple times.
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
A+ album
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
still waiting on "want you back" 12" on idib. i will flatly not hear most of this summer's best songs but it is the kind of thing i want to christen THIS SUMMER'S SUMMEREST JAM.
lp is a real grower. the lover cover used to fade by but its slink has swayed me.
― corps of discovery (schlump), Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
the album is actually out on human ear (vinyl) and gloriette (cd), not italians...
aha... looks like it's the reverse: Human Ear has the CD, but it's still listed as a "pre-order" (even though the release date is listed as December 25th, 2008). It's $12. The vinyl on Gloriette is sold out. Another Google link showed there was some other CD-R thing (different from the album) sold exclusively through the Other Music site last year, but that's all gone.
Is it not really worth it, money-wise, for small labels like IDIB/Gloriette/Human Ear to sell stuff digitally? Or why else wouldn't they?
Mike was putting the IDIB stuff on iTunes for a while, but the newest ones (Bottin, Nite Jewel, Twisted Wires) haven't shown up on there.
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
whoops yeah, youre right
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:11 (4 years ago) Permalink
the CD-R that was other music only is mostly stuff that ended up on good evening i think
in one form or another
yeah I think "Good Evening" = "My CD" (the cdr thing) plus some bonus tracks off her 12"s
― dmr, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THIS FUCKING RECORD! So goddamn good!
― ken taylrr, Friday, 31 July 2009 17:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
^^Exactly....252 listens in a week. "What Did He Say" is pretty damn special.
― Spinspin Sugah, Friday, 31 July 2009 20:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
still haven't heard the album but the first 12" has been played all year since i got in like november i think. really good. i see it as a dark and moody take on all those great sassy female vocalled west end tracks like "another man"
is she good live? playing over here in august
― damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Friday, 31 July 2009 21:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
i remember askin someone - maybe slocki? - and he gave her the thumbs up
― just sayin, Friday, 31 July 2009 23:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
i never usually buy $10 12" singles but the new one is so great
― the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Sunday, 16 August 2009 02:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
<3
― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 16 August 2009 04:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
so dreamy. "want you back" is like a melted fantasy of madonna.
― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 16 August 2009 04:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
her weakest track...the ONLY weak track.
― Spinspin Sugah, Sunday, 16 August 2009 05:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
ha, no. the album does have some weakish tracks, but they don't bother me in the context of the album. but "want you back" is peak material. it's not afraid of itself.
― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 16 August 2009 05:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
Can't stop listening to Want You Back
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 27 August 2009 22:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
that "artificial intelligence" song upthread is really nice. the synths are very nostalgic to me. they remind me of joe jackson or something. or like 80s yes.
― Thought you were regal/Now who needs "Boston Legal"? (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 27 August 2009 22:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
i like the new song, bass is really huge and gets me
― d.o.a. - y? (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 August 2009 04:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
Want You Back is pretty awesome
― dmr, Friday, 28 August 2009 06:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
yea - love want you back. not lo-fi at all compared to her other stuff
― just sayin, Friday, 28 August 2009 07:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
Really loving Want You Back.
The video: http://vimeo.com/6148270
― plazzTT, Friday, 28 August 2009 10:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
this reminds me of pauline murray and the invisible girls...in places, it's a great record.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 20:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
yea this record rules hard
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 20:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
also julee cruise
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 20:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Love this. Heard from folks who saw her in London that it was a bit dull live, but I guess I can see it might. Great stuff though.
― craigboney (Mister Craig), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 21:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
nite jewel + dam-funk = Nite-Funkhttp://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2009/12/am-i-gonna-make-it.html
― mizzell, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 22:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
dope!
― just sayin, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 22:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
Thks mizzell! lovin' it!
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 22:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
he's been dropping her name a bunch. makes so much sense now.
― jaxon, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 22:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
Me and my dad love these two. This new wave of lo-fi/no-fi goodness keeps getting better and better. It's all very "cable access performance".
― Spinspin Sugah, Wednesday, 9 December 2009 01:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
stop smoking that shit for once
― quiet and secretively we will always be together (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 10 December 2009 07:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
I had high hopes for this but my goodness, is this ever the wrong end of the 80s for me
I do like the hook on the chorus, though, when her voice comes in and it's all pretty
it just reminds me of the "nightclub" scene in so many cop operas on telly in the late 80s
― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 10 December 2009 10:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
But that shit is bomb, Shasta...oh so bomb.
― Spinspin Sugah, Thursday, 10 December 2009 18:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
good evening being reissued on stones throw?http://www.stonesthrow.com/messageboard/index.php?showtopic=18121
also nite funk= whole album! (sorry if that's old news but i just assumed am i gonna make it was a 1 off)
― no fear, Sunday, 25 April 2010 12:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
I assumed Nite-Funk as a one-off as well, but this news of a whole album is the kind of shit that gets me excited.
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Sunday, 25 April 2010 13:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
There is going to be a Nite Jewel thread on the roof of a building in my town in a couple of weeks and I'm pretty stoked.I just hope it gets some promotional help, or that the right few people tell their friends about it. It's the kind of event that could easily fly under the radar.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Nite Jewel show.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
weird! i was just trying to think of nite jewel driving last night, keep meaning to investigate
― the Rob Based god (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Want You Back" is my favorite. I've only got a crummy rip of Good Evening, it'd be nice to hear that on vinyl.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
new ep comin'
― Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful (schlump), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 11:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
woo at tonightmakes me want to walk down the street shadowboxing like a dick
― Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful (schlump), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
YOU F O sort of came and went without anyone noticing it seems.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
new song "am i real?" w/ teen inc is really good:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/off-the-record/nite-jewel-teen-inc-am-i-real-mp3/
speaking of teen inc, they rule. "fountains" is ridiculous:
http://teen-inc.net/
― akaky akakievich, Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
you f o was pretty hard to get hold of though. some of the new one is revised versions of what was on it.
― Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful (schlump), Thursday, 29 July 2010 19:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
what was that? new alb??
― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 July 2010 19:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
I figured it was maybe tour only. I got one from them on the road.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 29 July 2010 19:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's how i bought teh first one
― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 July 2010 19:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
tour only, uh huh. some of it was on a japanese 7" too i think. i liked another horizon the most. think stones throw are rereleasing her LP, too.
― Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful (schlump), Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's what i liked about Nite Jewel in the first place, the bedroom sonics.. the songs on the new one are sculpted with a lot more purpose and confidence, and so are the vocal performances (this new assurance is probably what's allowed her to step out from behind the haze) - but i still liked that old sounde
― merked, Thursday, 23 February 2012 21:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Looking forward to hearing this
― used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue (admrl), Thursday, 23 February 2012 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Love this.
Sounds like a Dirty Projectors record at times ('She's Always Watching You' esp.)
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 February 2012 23:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
shit is mad smooth
― Luomas (admrl), Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
hoping that she plays with a band on the tour
― calstars, Saturday, 10 March 2012 02:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
really like mind & eyes
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 10 March 2012 19:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://pitchfork.com/tv/yours-truly/1894-nite-jewel/3097-shes-always-watching-you/
Completely in love with this girl
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
i heard this on a mix NJ made for bomb, it's so funny how it's the same kinda palette/genepool as her first rec
― john-claude van donne (schlump), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 11:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
She played Kraftwerk's Computer Love last night in LA...wish I was there.
― calstars, Saturday, 2 June 2012 19:51 (11 months ago) Permalink
I was there - it was pretty great. I'm not a big Nite Jewel fan but they did a good job of it after a slightly shaky start.
Also it was the headlining portion of a "Krautrock Classics" night. First half of the night was a bunch of bands doing one-off covers. DNTEL did Faust's "Jennifer," Ariel Pink and White Magic teamed up for a song (I didn't recognize who the originator was), ESP did Can, Sun Araw did Krokodil, and another group did a Popol Vuh song. Whole night was pretty awesome.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Saturday, 2 June 2012 19:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
feel like everyone would be into this: nice Russian thing, prod. by NJ:
http://www.lookatme.ru/my/my/10-new-names/168733-10-molodyh-muzykantov-ifwe-i-nite-jewel
― blossom smulch (schlump), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 12:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
@gr8080
I keep coming back to this album, "Autograph" and "In The Dark" are amazing songs but the whole thing is so smooth and languid, yet with all these idiosyncratic sonic touches that keep it interesting, and her vocals on this are stunning in places.
Why does she have to call herself Nite Jewel though, Ramona Gonzalez is such a brilliant name.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 30 June 2012 21:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
haha. i think nite jewel's totally apt tho. nite jewel ft. ramona gonzalez
― blossom smulch (schlump), Saturday, 30 June 2012 21:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
i just caught these guys. so great! the live band kills in a totally different way from her & emily bopping to keyboards. prophet cover, too <3
― , Blogger (schlump), Sunday, 15 July 2012 22:54 (10 months ago) Permalink
They will be covering Computer World live in NY next month
― calstars, Sunday, 15 July 2012 23:43 (10 months ago) Permalink
saw her/them last night, was v good although the audience was tiny. i thought she was popular/hip/whatever! my favourite bit was the vocoder-free version 'all out of order,' it sounded incredible.
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 12:53 (10 months ago) Permalink
so true!, i saw them in a kinda full-enough room but i thought they would be a cool thing & it'd be rammed. it was nice though, eventually everyone was dancing & all; from the start it felt like it would've been a better show to be dancing to than staring at foot-tapping. i had thought all out of order was natural causes, not really recognising it. i really liked let's go (the two of us together), for being the first really explosive weird disco thing, & it goes through your head, which was so exciting.
― , Blogger (schlump), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 13:03 (10 months ago) Permalink
yes it would have been good for dancing but i feel a bit self-conscious doing that in a mostly empty room, so i settled for head nodding instead. 'it goes through your head' was another highlight for sure :)
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 13:13 (10 months ago) Permalink
first record fiiiinally reissued on wax, w/bonus tracks inc a dam mix of what did he say:
http://secretlycanadian.com/blog/2012/08/nite-jewel-announces-reissue-of-debut-album-good-evening/
woop
― , Blogger (schlump), Thursday, 9 August 2012 19:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
the cover of the inner space song is good too.
going to see her in NYC in a few weeks
― calstars, Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:26 (9 months ago) Permalink
Finally got around to hearing the newer stuff. I'd almost forgotten about her, even though I'd expected her to become somewhat popular. 'In the Dark' is great, her voice is really strong. Reminds me of Tracey Thorn, perhaps, maybe because of that wistful quality? It'll be that kind of song you love that ends up on an anodyne chill-out compilation. I was a fan of Good Evening and played it a lot for about a year but its appeal wore off a little. I think the production worked for most songs, especially in that it had a specific kind of tone and texture that appealed to my sensibilities, but I'm glad she's gone for a more polished, less dank kind of sound on the latest album. I've seen some of her influences, and she strikes me as someone who's been angling to make this kind of music for a while. It seems quite comfortable for her, which is not to say the music's perfunctory, but I could see her wanting to move on from the gauzy lo-fi thing, which probably wouldn't have gone anywhere esp. interesting after an album that suffered from sameness and lethargy at times.
― bed raggled (qiqing), Monday, 10 December 2012 11:44 (5 months ago) Permalink
good evening is a classic for all time
― what is google (schlump), Monday, 10 December 2012 15:34 (5 months ago) Permalink
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 22:21 (3 months ago) Permalink
I could care less about the rapping but NJ is great as usual
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 22:55 (3 months ago) Permalink
love this stuff so much. hits all the right buttons.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 15 February 2013 01:53 (3 months ago) Permalink
"nite jewel" really does sound like some italo disco studio ensemble whose lead sings the english language phonetically. which is great.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 15 February 2013 01:55 (3 months ago) Permalink
saw an interview with her from her australian tour recently where she said she was finishing up a new record that was more uptempo
― monotony, Friday, 15 February 2013 05:39 (3 months ago) Permalink