I wonder if Koenig got this African guitar-playing guide from afropop.org leader and writer Banning Eyre. I'm guessing the 'pale by comparison' groups could use it.
http://www.afropop.org/news_flash.php?ID=147
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 17 January 2010 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
is that Sting album an Italo Calvino concept album? Cuz I had that idea first. >: I'm liking contra!
― cajunsunday, Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i haven't heard 8-10 yet but this is wonderful.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
well judging from all the hullabaloo surrounding the 1st album the guys particular granular intelligence was a big part of the draw - but now hes singing like it occurred to me that we could ruuuun and it doesnt sound half as convincing
― ice cr?m, Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:48 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
but doesn't this whole song hinge on the "but with her fund" line that reveals the narrator to be as insincere as ever?
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
"run" and "horchata" are the most emotionally naked songs that ezra has ever written i think-- i don't like "run" that much, i think the chorus melody is a bit strained, and i think joe is otm about it vis a vis getting the fuck out of cape cod
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh i find horchata relatable
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
me too! i'm just saying
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i was more tbhing myself - if the whole album was like that song id prob like it a lot
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
always be honest with yrself
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:53 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQlHfv-NQkE
(via Stereogum)
― kshighway (ksh), Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link
i always think he's singing "those lips that ass"
― samosa gibreel, Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link
good performance
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i find this band pleasant in general; they've got some nice sounds and i don't mind dude's singing or lyrics like other people seem to; but dang this a boring album and i don't really get people making such a big deal out of it. the whole thing just kinda floats by really quickly with no hooks or anything that sticks, just seems totally insubstantial and inoffensive
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, it's a great performance! Although I think the bassist's backing vocals are hilarious, esp. when he abruptly cuts out a couple times towards the beginning.
― kshighway (ksh), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link
eh i disagree n/a i think there's a lot to dig into with this one.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
The only thing that really grates right now for me is the M.I.A. sample on "Diplomat's Son." It just seems really unnecessary, and it doesn't feel natural at all; it sticks out.
― kshighway (ksh), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
would be better if he was rocking a balaclava - they seem to have kinda negative charisma as performers
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link
that was a massive improvement over ezra's early performances for their first album iirc--dude was awkward as hell
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, January 17, 2010 2:04 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah but rumor is the guy looks psychotic in a balaclava
― max, Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I like the videos of them playing at Reading Festival. Its great when the crowd singalong with the instrumental bits.
― cajunsunday, Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.bikyle.com/images/AssosBalaclava.jpg
Who gives a fuck about an Oxford Comma?
― kshighway (ksh), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Sunday, January 17, 2010 1:02 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
hmmm nah gonna have to go ahead and just ... disagree with you on that one
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
cool man let's agree to disagree
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:22 (fourteen years ago) link
they may not be super deep but saying they dont have hooks is just strange
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i've thought abt this for a while and i'm pretty sure this album is good so this matter has been settled fyi
― plaxico (I know, right?), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
what abt how the singer is always looking out the side of his eyes while the rest of the band is all yeah welp - dont u find that a bit off putting
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
ppl you're doing it again
― Do the english boil pizza? (acoleuthic), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i stopped listening to them because of that, actually.
― kshighway (ksh), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
sometimes knowin wht things are called is a class signifier
― cozwn, Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
believe its called the internet tbh
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i had to look up "hyannisport" on wikipedia 1st time i herd their first album and i never heard of horchata b4 so i dont think that really matters(?)
― plaxico (I know, right?), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
the lol cape - if they really wanted to snobby abt it they wouldve gone full nantucket
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it's a little weird he looks like he's trying to find a sniper
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
nah iv heard of nantucket so
― plaxico (I know, right?), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
im talking relative social status not obscurity here
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
also nantucket is a ghetto doesn't really work with the meter so u might as well admit u were rong
― plaxico (I know, right?), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
lol im just sayin even poors go to the cape
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
if they wrote a song called "man from nantucket" i probably still wouldn't like them but i might lol a little.
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't think "inoffensive" is a insult when referring to this band. It's hard to speculate when a band's only made two albums, but I suspect these guys are, like Spoon, a really good minor band.
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 January 2010 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i agree w/that
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
So who's a major band right now then? Not disagreeing, just axing.
― Did you say you were going to mangle the light? (staggerlee), Sunday, 17 January 2010 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Why does everyone talk like Hipster Runoff on this thread?
― Mordy, Sunday, 17 January 2010 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
bands that fall under the category "bands for people who listen to too much music" xp
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2010/01/have-u-caught-vampy-fever.html
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I didn't mean inoffensive as an insult but it's not exactly a bragging point either.
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 17 January 2010 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
is that HRO link worth clicking on?
― kshighway (ksh), Sunday, 17 January 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Is an HRO link ever worth clicking on?
― Mordy, Sunday, 17 January 2010 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
without apparently doing anything particularly original or special, an album by an indie outfit that 'builds upon' previous works becomes one of the most talked-about and feted records of the year
― Do the english boil pizza? (acoleuthic), Sunday, 17 January 2010 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
why
Writing solid, non-novelty, hooky album earns band fans. Who would've thought it???
― Mordy, Sunday, 17 January 2010 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link