That's exactly my sentiment, ilxor. But if a crazy low price like that leads to more people getting into her music, it's all for the better. She deserves it.
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 17:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
Baffling, pointless review on Tinymixtapes of the live show:
The show is sold out, but most fans are waiting to pile in after the opening act, Grouper — a one-woman showcase of bullshit. Imagine Enya making airport symphonies for hipsters. I try to salvage something from the fuzzy reverb and her long, lonely wails, but I can’t stop picturing her masturbating in front of a full-length mirror. Self-indulgence, indeed.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 12 June 2009 04:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
...but you write for tinymixtapes.com
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Friday, 12 June 2009 04:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
ugh.
― picture me lolin' (Alan N), Friday, 12 June 2009 16:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
Really? That's news to me!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 12 June 2009 18:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
if you're going to choose such an ambiguous username...
― suggestzybandias (jim), Friday, 12 June 2009 18:16 (4 years ago) Permalink
Hahaha, no no, that was meant as a response to the reviewer, for some reason. I saw my comment this morning and wondered what the hell I was talking about, because I don't really have any beef with tinymixtapes.com.
That AOL sonned thread has me thinking about who I do and do not have beefs with today.
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Friday, 12 June 2009 18:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
it's kinda weird with reviews like that where you can't tell if the reviewer is trying to be funny... or if they're just trying to come up with the most awe-inspiring humorless zings to satisfy their explosive rage at the act in question.
― guammls (QE II), Friday, 12 June 2009 19:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
I don't really mind Enya as a reference (Enya is pretty awesome imo tho) and I have been digging pretty heavily on Dead Deer for the last couple weeks.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 12 June 2009 20:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
Enya making airport symphonies for hipsters is the kind of stuff my friends say about the downtempo balearic cheeze i listen to. it kind of goes hand in hand with "elevator music for grad students", a term which used to bug me but i think i'm ok with it know
― guammls (QE II), Friday, 12 June 2009 20:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
Hahaha, no no, that was meant as a response to the reviewer, for some reason.
Ah, makes sense now. I laughed out loud. Nice one.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 12 June 2009 20:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
WAY THEIR CREPT and DRAGGING A DEAD DEER are two of my favorite records right now. Is there any other stuff out there like this? Melodic, atmospheric, experimental, droning, and emotional?
― dreamsonvhs, Friday, 12 June 2009 23:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
this album is kinda staggered by the one two punch of heavy water and stuck
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 21:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
dead deer obv
I really wish we could edit the title of this thread!
― PIN number at the ATM Machine (Z S), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 22:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
Video for HOLD THE WAY
http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/07/video-grouper-hold-the-way/
― dreamsonvhs, Thursday, 8 October 2009 16:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Should have mentioned I saw her last month as the final act of the On Land festival. Entrancing, mesmerizing, etc -- if a band like School of Seven Bells is (mostly) about shoegaze as propulsion and pop, Grouper is (mostly) about it as immersion and flow.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 October 2009 16:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
Gooooorgeous live set over at the free music archive http://freemusicarchive.org/curator/WFMU/blog/ATP-NY_2009_Grouper_MP3 From ATP last month ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 8 October 2009 17:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
saw her columbia university when she was in NY for ATP. was great. loved the swirls of white noise running through the whole set.
― ( - _ - ); (Alan N), Thursday, 8 October 2009 17:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm pretty sure I'm going to splash out and see her on Sunday, based on these last few comments. Anybody disagree with the decision?
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 30 October 2009 00:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
Glasgow then? See you there!
― krakow, Friday, 30 October 2009 09:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
Didn't know there were UK/Euro dates! Would love to see her live. Don't think I can make any of them, sadly, but I'll have to think about it.
I have fallen in love with (mp3s of) her tour split 7" from last year with City Center and it's totally out of print, alas. Anyone know if there is a tour release this time round, so I can act more promptly?
― ein fisch schwimmt im wasser · fisch im wasser durstig (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 30 October 2009 12:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
Are the new myspace tracks "Hold The Way" and "Vessel" available to download anywhere?
― plazzTT, Friday, 30 October 2009 12:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
(just noticed Vessel EP coming out in Late 2009)
― plazzTT, Friday, 30 October 2009 12:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
she had this 7" when I saw her but not the city center split:
http://www.discogs.com/Grouper-He-Knows-He-Knows-He-Knows/release/1771400
― ( - _ - ); (Alan N), Friday, 30 October 2009 13:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
as a 7"? I bought that from her as a 3" CD.
― sleeve, Friday, 30 October 2009 21:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
yep, as a 7"
― ( - _ - ); (Alan N), Saturday, 31 October 2009 21:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
Went to see her play on Friday night. It was pleasant if unremarkable, she only played for 40 minutes too.
― Number None, Sunday, 1 November 2009 15:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
I don't get that complaint. Forty minutes is a perfectly reasonable amount of time for a set, imo.
― Trip Maker, Sunday, 1 November 2009 15:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
if you only have 1 album and only charge a fiver then maybe
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 1 November 2009 15:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wasn't really a complaint, more of an observation. It was actually a double headline show with some noise dude, tickets were 12.50. It was BYOB though so worked out cheap enough.
― Number None, Sunday, 1 November 2009 15:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
doesn't she have three albums?
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Sunday, 1 November 2009 16:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
Has a Grouper / Julianna Barwick tour happened yet? Seriously would be an awesome double bill.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 1 November 2009 17:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
Great live set from London in Nov 2009 available to download free here: http://milesofsmiles.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=548002
― Barnaby, Hardly, Friday, 12 February 2010 12:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
i wonder if this dude ever interviewed grouper
― tza tziki sauce (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 12 February 2010 14:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
I missed this news:
Grouper to release two new albumshttp://www.factmag.com/2011/01/21/grouper-to-release-two-new-albums/
“The process of making these albums reacquainted me with what I want to explore in music,” she continues. “Friction, exploration of something large and outside of me, describing and traveling to intangible objects and places, unseen movements and connections between people and spaces. Songs that move on their own, that have an autonomous monstrous quality, songs from another world.”
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Monday, 24 January 2011 10:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
A I A, TWO PART VINYL, SELF RELEASE, APRIL 11th, 2011. Vinyl can be ordered through Mississippi Records, digital downloads will be available as of the 4/11/2011. CONSISTS OF: -DREAM LOSS, FULL LENGTH 12", GR-006A. -ALIEN OBSERVER, FULL LENGTH 12", GR-006B.**Mississippi is no longer taking orders for this. If folks are still wanting vinyl (digital will be widely available, I have a direct agreement with a distributor) this summer than will repress**
aw man. i hope this is gonna be in stores, and stuff, on wax.
― your LiveJournal experience (schlump), Friday, 25 March 2011 22:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
ahhhhhhh annoying
― 69, Friday, 25 March 2011 22:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
sux
― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Friday, 25 March 2011 23:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like that she's releasing the stuff on FLAC. I won't pay for mp3s, and the vinyl is just too hard to get a hold of.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 25 March 2011 23:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
she is actually really righteous about re-pressing her LPs, which seems kinda unusual now. like i saw her a while back and was psyched to pickup dragging a deer ..., which i'd figured was one of those things i'd never get because i slept on it in the first place. there's a note inside saying it's pressing three. so it's cool that the vinyl is gettable and isn't going to disappear. hopefully some of this has been ordered by stores, anyhow, i can't really tell.
― your LiveJournal experience (schlump), Saturday, 26 March 2011 01:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
Samples up on Amazon...
Dream Losshttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004TPTL0W/
Alien Observerhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004TPTNTG/
― Barnaby, Hardly, Saturday, 26 March 2011 15:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is a funny group to listen to samples of.
― j., Sunday, 27 March 2011 04:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
"group"
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Sunday, 27 March 2011 06:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
er...
― larry buttz (Z S), Sunday, 27 March 2011 06:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
yknow. them all. with the name. the entity.
― j., Sunday, 27 March 2011 06:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
FUCK. I have a decent amount of Grouper vinyl but failed to get paid in time.
― the worst dong of the last ten years (Craigo Boingo), Sunday, 27 March 2011 12:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
I emailed Mississippi a few weeks ago, and no fucking reply. Fuck them and their shadow way of doing things.
― van smack, Sunday, 27 March 2011 14:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
another ltd release ive missed out on by grouper. At least I got the early ones i suppose but this is annoying
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 27 March 2011 16:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
hoping this shows up on some distros
― tyler 'scratch' perry (diamonddave85), Sunday, 27 March 2011 16:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
Did that help?
Meantime, there's a new mix from her up at FACT
http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/22/fact-mix-379-grouper/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 April 2013 17:16 (1 month ago) Permalink
I like the cryptic thread title!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 22 April 2013 17:30 (1 month ago) Permalink
Can't please everyone.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 April 2013 17:31 (1 month ago) Permalink
I wish Grouper had been on 3-2-1 Contact.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 22 April 2013 17:32 (1 month ago) Permalink
oh wow she is playing in austin soon! in a church!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 17 May 2013 04:31 (1 month ago) Permalink
her music is so beautiful it feels like god's joke
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Friday, 17 May 2013 05:30 (1 month ago) Permalink
saw her play tonight! it was dreamy and spooky and out of this world
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 1 June 2013 06:37 (2 weeks ago) Permalink