'Success' is a pretty strong word in this context but collaborating with Night Slugs landfill is going to lead to some pretty boring music.
― Matt DC, Friday, 27 May 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
oh we nearly on my page yet.
― r|t|c, Friday, 27 May 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
http://www.adultswim.com/music/singles-2016/
― albvivertine, Thursday, 9 June 2016 04:01 (seven years ago) link
That's pretty excellent, in a spacey way. I think I like her sonics as much as her songwriting.
― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 9 June 2016 04:29 (seven years ago) link
Definitely, her visuals too. Just a great aesthetic all around.
― albvivertine, Thursday, 9 June 2016 04:34 (seven years ago) link
did anyone see her in london? i'm going to see her tonight in lisbon and i can't really believe that this will happen.
― Nourry, Thursday, 16 June 2016 13:42 (seven years ago) link
yeah she was really amazing, even better than last time. exultant energy start to finish, a really surprising setlist inc "meteors" and "james dean". still in awe of her pulling off "calypso" live. (she only did "calypso", "blow" and "titans" off blackheart!)
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Thursday, 16 June 2016 13:51 (seven years ago) link
she's releasing so much stuff these days it's hard to keep up but i'm really into "lemonade lakes"
https://soundcloud.com/oshi/lemonade-lakes-2
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Thursday, 16 June 2016 13:52 (seven years ago) link
i don't think i can get the virtual reality video for "not above that" to work properly though
i guess she plays a lot of new stuff. i would really love to see her play 'black lipstick'...
― Nourry, Thursday, 16 June 2016 14:02 (seven years ago) link
oh yeah extended version of "dance" that stretched the outro out to the proper drumming frenzy it should've been on record
― the hallouminati (lex pretend), Thursday, 16 June 2016 14:05 (seven years ago) link
saw a small clip of the virtual reality video on Dawn's Instagram. Nice
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 June 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
"Black Lipstick" is still probably my favorite song of hers
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Thursday, 16 June 2016 22:33 (seven years ago) link
She was so amazing. And such a sweet and generous person. Really awesome.
― Nourry, Friday, 17 June 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
http://www.vevo.com/watch/USQX91601303
On streaming services, the song is longer than here.
― Jeff W, Friday, 19 August 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link
Sometimes I think it’d be better if I could cater to art and stick to art. But then I wouldn’t be the CEO either. I like being in charge
― Jeff W, Friday, 23 September 2016 21:48 (seven years ago) link
pretty hyped about this.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Saturday, 24 September 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
I went back to Armor On last week; it's still stunning.
― ¶ (DJP), Saturday, 24 September 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link
OK, officially excited now. The last minute drags a bit with too much repetition (and the climactic build doesn't quite reach the peak of euphoria it should) but up until around the 2'30" mark this is bangin'
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― Jeff W, Friday, 7 October 2016 18:34 (seven years ago) link
Goddammit. Link: https://soundcloud.com/dawn_richard/dwn-renegades
― Jeff W, Friday, 7 October 2016 18:35 (seven years ago) link
this is great
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 7 October 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CuLoLYbUAAEBP0M.jpg
― Jeff W, Friday, 7 October 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2016/11/10/500998628/first-listen-d-wn-redemption
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 November 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
for the love of god please be very very very good; I'd appreciate it.
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Thursday, 10 November 2016 16:07 (seven years ago) link
it is
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 November 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
oh thanks. i gotta wait another few hours to have the space but that's something to look forward to.
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Thursday, 10 November 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
she's never really done anything like "la" before
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 November 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link
it starts out as the expected inverse club-oriented album to blackheart's mostly introspective shapeshifting but on "la" it digresses pretty hard, and then again around "vines"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 10 November 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link
thank god for this record arriving when we needed it
― josh, Thursday, 10 November 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
Haven't been as excited about a new album and talking about it on here since this one.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 10 November 2016 19:36 (seven years ago) link
yeah this is great on contact so far
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Thursday, 10 November 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
This is so fucking good.
― Tim F, Thursday, 10 November 2016 22:12 (seven years ago) link
yeah, this is.
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Friday, 11 November 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
Compared to Blackheart? (I'm out and can't hear the stream yet)
― imago, Friday, 11 November 2016 15:48 (seven years ago) link
I'm going to wait until next week, I have a feeling this is going to require more bass and sonic detail than an NPR stream is going to offer.
― Matt DC, Friday, 11 November 2016 16:12 (seven years ago) link
holy shit @ this
― imago, Saturday, 12 November 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link
what the hell is 'LA' and how can we get it in pill form
― imago, Saturday, 12 November 2016 17:33 (seven years ago) link
It feels like this is the first time the weight wasn't so heavy, so the process was calmer, the pace was slower. I knew the Red Era would be a bit different because shit started happening in the world. Goldenheart and Blackheart were more personal
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 16 November 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
Lex just got a really nice shoutout on her iG
― I gotta stop (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 16 November 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link
For this, I assume?http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/music/review-redemption-by-dawn-richard--a-defiant-statement-from-the-underground-dance-queen
― Jeff W, Thursday, 17 November 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
Just listened to the first quarter of this stone cold sober and it pretty much made me want to chew my face off. The best Dawn has always been where she's combining junglist sensibility with gooey melodies and intense rushiness and all three elements are all over this.
Wasn't expecting the rock guitars on LA either but pretty much everything here works.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 November 2016 13:28 (seven years ago) link
I <3 DR so hard
that is all
― brex yourself before you wrex yourself (Noodle Vague), Friday, 18 November 2016 13:30 (seven years ago) link
'The Louvr'e is astonishing, as is virtually the whole record. Only 'Hey Nikki' overstays its welcome, and that's one of the shorter tracks.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 November 2016 14:00 (seven years ago) link
i endorse the repeated use of this product
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Friday, 18 November 2016 14:04 (seven years ago) link
The best Dawn has always been where she's combining junglist sensibility with gooey melodies and intense rushiness
http://i.imgur.com/EjQzLsA.gif
― r|t|c, Friday, 18 November 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
I'm using 'junglist' very loosely there, most of her records have at least one track when her vocals are playing off against skittering rhythms, none of this stuff is remotely jungle in a kpunk.xls way but there are a lot of drums that you can follow like their own melodic lines. Plus she's working with Machinedrum who was up to his neck in fake jungle a couple of years back.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:16 (seven years ago) link
can't we all just enjoy this record as clueless laypeople
― imago, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
seriously finding it hard to listen to this without going back and replaying LA over and over again. and that's no slight on the rest
― imago, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
this album is sick
― just another (diamonddave85), Friday, 18 November 2016 18:19 (seven years ago) link
TBH automatically equating rhythmic complexity with jungle would piss me off as well in a different mood. But I've been listening to 'Black Crimes' on repeat and what she does with the snares is less interesting than what she does with the kicks, the song goes through at least two changes of meter and its difficult to think of many four minute R&B songs that go through as many rhythmic permutations.
Her lyrics are markedly different to the last few records as well - a lot of the fantasy/comic book nerd stuff has gone straight in the bin.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 November 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link