Oneida -- You'e having a laugh

*whispers* yay...

they are a (take your pick) safe/tame/mild version of the providence/brooklyn noise-rock axis. they take less chances = have more appeal (they play slower, embrace just a touch more melody)... give me parts and labor over oneida.

gygax!'s face has been printed on a bank note

To say nothing of the money we spent on geting "EOTO" just so. I guess cursory examination reveals nothing special but go deep with them. They're not the kind of band whose appeal is evident after one or two listens.

http://www.enemyhogs.com for the tour reports. they are good readin.

as for parts and labor -- they definitely have something going on, though going somewhere different than Oneida. parts and labor definitely have potential, though i dont think all their pieces are together yet. the primary difference is see between oneida and parts and labor, though, is the garage thing, the striata of mudhoney etc that free floats in what Oneida is doing.

I think some of their tunes sound not unlike spastik early Sebadoh (esp. some of Gaffneys strange tunes), with a better production. Mind you, I doubt this is a comparison that they would want to have levied upon them.

I'm heading to Bloomington on a CD binge/purge in a few days and probably will search out another Oneida album.

that guy complaining in the onion article is a total ILXOR. ha ha.

Newsonic is a pretty odd space. I think it's a Wesleyan thing. Don't know the people, but they used to have lots of art-music type events. But also heavy on the Shy Child/El Guapo axis. I remember low ceilings and carpeting and lots of Jews outside. Lots of Jews inside as well, but considerably less observant.

By the way, I could use both of those recipes.

I like the suitable derailment of this thread.

To bring it back around, Fat Bobby loves pie.

yikes, glad that it's not much worse ... one of the very best drummers out there ... there's a tune on the new one that features some unbelievable playing.

in better news, just got wind of this:

CHARNEL GROUND is a meeting of Chris Brokaw (Come/Codeine/The New Year etc). on electric guitar, James McNew (Yo La Tengo, Dump) on bass, and Kid Millions (Oneida/Man Forever/etc) on drums, dedicated to exploring the outer and inner regions of instrumental rock music. 'Charnel Ground' was recorded in Brooklyn NY in 2016, and informed and dedicated to pivotal transitions.

https://soundcloud.com/gerardcosloy/charnel-ground-the-high-price

yeesh

the one time i saw oneida live, kid millions was sick, and they had two replacement drummers, because they said that's how many drummers they needed to replace him

Damn, hope he has a speedy recovery. :(

Had dinner with him once when a friend was involved in an early Man Forever piece (the one with the 1/2 hour long single-stroke roll, which was great), just a super nice and genuine dude.

last year's man forever record has some great stuff on it — the Laurie Anderson collab is unreal.

oh no!!!!
kid millions!!! he is total monster drummer and i love his collaborations with other people, he has a generous spirit. get well soon colpitts!!

One of my favorite (secret) ILX posters of all-time. He's doing okay btw.

wait
wut

I've... said too much... never mind! ;-)

i come in peace
just got excited there for a second. he is a person i would really enjoy having a conversation with and maybe i already have!

!

One of the best drummers around, obviously. Feeling for the guy and wishing him a full recovery.

tfw you make a possibly ill-considered joke on Oneida's twitter about this and they finally hit 'like'

"shepherd's axe" is sharp, music for (millions in) hospitals

there is a gofundme thing for kid millions here:
https://www.gofundme.com/manforever

good to hear -- will donate.
the charnel ground record that just came out (kid millions + james mcnew + chris brokaw) is a total blast.
https://charnelground12xu.bandcamp.com/

https://www.secretlystore.com/resources/product/380/jag048.oneida.preorder.silver_ssthumb.jpg

The annals of Jagjaguwar have most unfortunately left a lot of cherished albums and projects from our catalogue long out of print on wax. Others are in need of a first-ever, proper vinyl pressing. The Jagjaguwar Reissue Series seeks to right these wrongs. The cornerstone alumni and albums upon which the House of Jag today stands can now reach new hearts and minds wherever turntables keep turning.

Awesome

Whooooooa. Tempted to get a backup copy...

New Kid Millions record, released under Colpitts, is really good.

Previously, Oneida pushed further into abstract sounds, recording compositions that couldn’t have been more different than the hammering anthems of their past. They return with 'Success', their most guitar-centric, rock album in decades.

https://oneida.bandcamp.com/album/success

fuck yes. been enjoying Colpitts' solo album and was hoping for some more new Oneida.

Pretty Velvets...

youtube.com/watch?v=2LWCfxQJ8Wc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LWCfxQJ8Wc

Digging all three songs out so far, "Rotten" dropped yesterday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWl1XSNT1Q

Guessing there must be some long jams yet to be unleashed on the new one, 3 of the 7 songs have been released and they only total about 12 minutes.

"Paralyzed" is almost 11 minutes and there are two others at more than seven. The record is really on it, a total surprise for AOTY that no one will realize until all the ballots are in.

Just got my copy today, can't wait to dig in!

Sadly, just saw that Kid Millions got COVID and their remaining tour dates are canceled.

Spinning this again today, this really is great. Might even be my favorite since Rated O.

Looking forward to listening to it for the first time soon.

I wasn’t mad on the singles, but it all works much better in context. Digging this, though I do wonder if their 00’s output isn’t everything I’ll ever need from them.

Sane for me. I am always glad they are doing stuff, and find things to enjoy alright about the more recent albums, but they don't work for me like the first run of albums with the original lineup (and the albums post-Papa C that were trio records).

Say, want to hear John Colpitts's old mid-90s band? Sure ya do.

https://astralmishagas.bandcamp.com/album/1996-1997

gosh it totally slipped my mind they were playing a bandshell concert in queens this past saturday with 75 dollar bill. kicking myself.

Still loving the new one, it's so great.

Mildly annoyed by Secretly Canadian with their distribution, ordered the Steel Rod EP and Happy New Year from them back in August, the two main holes in my Oneida collection and hadn't had any luck stumbling across copies in the wild. Every time I check back in I get a response about the items being "delayed coming from the warehouse", which fine, but creeping up on three months for older catalog titles they insist they have in stock seems like a long time. Mostly just annoyed that since I placed the order I've, naturally, came across a copy of each that I didn't buy because they were supposedly on the way.

Anyway, venting over, back to Success!

This is the greatest band, just such a killer catalog through and through.

I wish they would just release an album called You’e Having A Laugh already.

These guys just continue to kill it, Expensive Air might even be better than Success. I was initially disappointed by how slight it is, at only 34 minutes, but they don't waste a second. I like how they're getting a little noisier again.

Title track is amazing. It plays like a really tight EOTO

yeah tbh i couldn't connect with Success at all, but this new one is hitting me better

xp - yeah, it's kind of amazing to hear how they can nail the same vibe in three minutes.

yes the new lp is fantastic, and just completely under the radar of most people + publications...

Yeah, I've been surprised by how quietly this has been received. Not even a Pitchfork review at this point.

I know I'm a massive fanboy, but honestly they've been putting out so many good records for so many years that they almost deserve a Yo La Tengo level of attention.

One of the funniest rock concert memories was at one of their shows. Back in maybe 07-08 when they were playing the basement of the Middle East in Boston with Kinski. The local Latin dance night show had ended and a bunch of people congregated from that towards of the back half. These immaculately dressed people got completely into, bumping and grinding right up front while the O was ripping through “History’s Great Navigators.”

i alluded to this at the very beginning of the thread, but i had a very funny concert experience seeing them in Richmond in the early 2000s. they had been advertised in the free weekly as being psychedelic and so these annoying old hippies showed up. during the opening act, they were doing hippie dances and smoking cigars (?!) and jumping on stage uninvited and playing harmonica, just really obnoxious. then oneida came on and immediately kicked into "each one teach one." at first the hippies were trying to dance along to it but after like 5-6 minutes one of them was laying in a booth clutching his head.

haha that's amazing

Maybe I’ll try this new one on for size.

(Success was the first album where they lost me.)

New albums much more like their 1st couple of albums and a welcome extension of that sound as they were the first albums I heard of theirs

Yep, loving this. Haven’t really connected with any of their work since Rated O(!) but this rules.

i think they hit a real sweet spot with this one - bookend the album with the longer O-head tracks and put some quality tight material in-between. basically what i wish every yo la tengo was.

also, "romance" and the "positions" ep they did are fantastic. former probably suffers from sequencing but the latter is straight up for the people that want their "folk wisdom" and "wicked servant" O.

Just adding to the chorus here, love this one. Absolutely the best since Rated O.

I'm not as down as most of you guys on what came between, but spun this again today and it really is top tier Oneida.