saw him at zebulon last night
― fleetwood (max), Thursday, 3 September 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
played through "a modern promise" in the middle of the set--ILL guitar solo during 'strawberries'
― fleetwood (max), Thursday, 3 September 2009 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link
swedish band o'spada is so great. tiny bit jamiroquai-ish, but i'll forgive em for it. kinda like a female version of these guys. amazing boogie synth and skittery drums.
http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/02/freeload-o-spada-time/http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/11/ospada-ten-strikes-mp3/
― jaxon, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 06:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Glad to see people other than me have started updating this thread. To date still have only made one show, but I'm a homebody like that. You'd think I didn't even live in a city by the tiny number of shows I go see.
― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 07:26 (fourteen years ago) link
all his music is up on his website for free right now for only a couple weeks
― max, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 23:28 (fourteen years ago) link
So is he maybe recording a new one in UK since all these dates in UK on his twitter but no UK shows?
― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Saturday, 28 November 2009 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
if you've already downloaded his stuff in the past, redownload the zip file. there are alternate versions of the EPs. demos and stuff. pretty cool
― jaxon, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah. and everything is 320kpbs
― max, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i like the ospada stuff jax but it kind of reminds me of like, uk house music more than francis
― max, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
i dont much like the ospada stuff cuz i feel like ppl have been mining that exact vein for awhile now & its still fairly conservatively done
― ice cr?m hand job (deej), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
really? who else?
― max, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean it uses some zapp synths but it doesnt sound much like zapp to my ears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT5Ir1OKwpU
― ice cr?m hand job (deej), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
or, like, chromeo
― ice cr?m hand job (deej), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
"time" is def better than the new one, tho
This guy is good, I was gonna mention the Peter Gabriel feel to bits of it but I see max already did. Fine Young Cannibals wd be another reference in the clipped 80s funk stakes I guess. Liking "The Top" the best I think.
― SBanned of Brothers (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6CQppNOfNQ
― ice cr?m hand job (deej), Wednesday, December 2, 2009 3:30 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i cant listen to the video you posted lol work but this is what im saying--chromeo is doing zapp and lisa lisa--admittedly i havent heard all the ospada stuff but that genuinely sounds more like what i think uk funky sounds like than it does like "boogie." but it has the "boogie" keybs.
― max, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean, the reference points are slightly dif but its basically the same kind of revival-y 80s thing right? its not so much that this is a problem per se -- 'reckless with your love' has been like my most played track this year -- the thing is it feels like it requires so much more work to overcome such a familiar template, so while i dig 'time' i cant imagine these guys dropping an album packed w/ great music or something
― ice cr?m hand job (deej), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
xp hmm im relistening but im not so sure its as different from the 80s stuff? the vibe is sooo similar
― ice cr?m hand job (deej), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
ryan leslie imo
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
ehh im not really committed to my position. also i think ive only actually listened to ten strikes
― max, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
just sent the video to a friend. he said: is like prince meets david byrne meets pee wee herman
― jaxon, Thursday, 10 December 2009 06:04 (fourteen years ago) link
lolz
He actually reminds me a lot of Vincent Gallo in that video.
― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Thursday, 10 December 2009 06:06 (fourteen years ago) link
meets pee wee herman
― jaxon, Thursday, 10 December 2009 06:27 (fourteen years ago) link
EXTREME VINCENt GALLO!!
plus like contort yourself uh huh. SO mesmerizing and i wld pay to watch him freak out in slow motion. or like consider it and then not go. good track tho. the singing is...
uh
― a dimension that can only be accessed through self-immolation (contenderizer), Thursday, 10 December 2009 06:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean, arriving late and all, but shit
― a dimension that can only be accessed through self-immolation (contenderizer), Thursday, 10 December 2009 06:56 (fourteen years ago) link
and, digging through other vids, much less of a novelty thing than "the top" suggests - pretty damn great
― a dimension that can only be accessed through self-immolation (contenderizer), Thursday, 10 December 2009 07:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Waiting for the show to start. There are 15-25 middle age to senior citizens in the audience. Weird
― jaxon, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 04:59 (fourteen years ago) link
That's the jewiest band I ever did saw.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 07:19 (fourteen years ago) link
It was like the cast of Seinfeld up there. With slocki on guitar.
Matching wool jump suits. Amazing performer.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 07:20 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah when i saw him it was a weird mix of like middle aged white dudes, mid 30s boho black chicks, young hipsters of many races
― max, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Hardy har har
― jaxon, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Ask Jimmy. This was like the fieldtrip from Coocoon.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
im saying... i believe you
― max, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
http://cdn.nahright.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/away-from-home-tour-450x581.jpg
― jacka in the box (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:56 (fourteen years ago) link
put strawberries on a mix for work a couple months ago (we all did this and agreed not to complain abt anybody else's choices) and now this is super popular. workmates thought it was pretty funny that this song we all sing all the time now is by a not very well known unsigned band from NY.
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
striking
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
francis is playing my city in a couple weeks, gonna try to go
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 13:37 (fourteen years ago) link
strawberries is a jam and a half
http://itllbebetter.com/embed.html
Just started listening to it. Will report. Psyched.
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I got these headphones from the library desk and I think they're kind of shit, so the production sounds too thin but I think it's probably just the headphones. Songs seem strong so far.
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
breakdown @ the end of 'for days' is straight outta peter g
― max, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:10 (fourteen years ago) link
first two songs are duds but it's picked up from there
― vikings: name your reasons why they are so bad and hated (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:11 (fourteen years ago) link
further proof that i only like the guy when he's doing lite-funk
only like 3 of his songs count as lite-funk!
― max, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:12 (fourteen years ago) link
hurting u get tix to the bowery show?
― max, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
prob my three favorites then
― vikings: name your reasons why they are so bad and hated (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't go to the Bowery show - final the next morning.
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
yea i like this
― johnny crunch, Monday, 26 September 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
Friends has ten mil plays on Spotify, guess the Bon Iver and Kanye connections help. In general the album seems to be getting more play than past ones.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
May I Have This Dance gets a lot of radio play on WFUV (AAA station). Not my fav tune but glad for him to get some exposure anyway.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
I kind of slept on Just For Us. Drags a little for me at times, but a couple of tracks are really standing out for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg85km95Etc
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Saturday, 10 November 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uruDvCDLod0
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Saturday, 10 November 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
A lot of his songs feel like they really want to be hits but are produced a little too stiffly, like demos.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 11 November 2018 02:39 (five years ago) link