i did. i don't know their catalogue real well—a couple-few of the late-90s ones that i heard then (ok) or revisited in recent years (to better effect), recent ones like 'peri' that i enjoyed a lot, and the new one. they've always struck me as pretty awesome when they're awesome and not-quite-heavy-or-messed-up-enough when not, a little inconsistent at what i was getting from them, but lately they've been more satisfying to me and the new one seemed to really hit a zone even on the kinds of songs i would have been impatient with in the past.
i think it's partly a drums and bass thing—have they sorted out their rhythm section a little better now?
― j., Wednesday, 23 February 2011 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds like i rly need to hear the new one!
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link
have they sorted out their rhythm section a little better now?
God, I hope not.
― curation and dilletantage (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 03:41 (thirteen years ago) link
P4k gave it a 6.5, which really got on my nerves...I dunno enough about them either but I think you're right j, the new one hits a sweet spot and stays there...
― if music be the fuiud of love then piss off (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 03:50 (thirteen years ago) link
still love the new one, but if I had the chance, I would change my vote to "Set and Setting"
― schizophrenics think I'm hilarious (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 6 May 2011 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
solid line-up for lucky nyers
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/2255
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 2 June 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
that show is so goddamn early i'm gonna miss mtns & pond because of work. love metal mountains; one of my fave bands at the moment.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess you're also gonna miss Guided By Voices, White Fence, Thee Oh Sees, Eleanor Friedberger and Spectre Folk who are all playing different shows that night.
Busy weekend.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i would rather see bardo pond than all those, although god bless robert pollard
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I would too probably, that weekend is crazy though. Not to mention this Oneida thang:
http://enemyhogs.com/site/index.php?id=365
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
good interview w/ one of the Bardo guys on altered zones -
http://alteredzones.com/posts/1398/artist-profile-bardo-pond
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 3 June 2011 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
jason kourkounis is a monster
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 19 June 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
their latitudes release from last month, yntra, is unbelievable
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
wtf didn't even know about this, RIP their web presence.
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
Don't even know how I can pick up their last vol. CD-R!
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
seriously this is really great vintage stuff
http://blog.southern.com/2012/09/bardo-pond-grace-us-with-a-divine-latitudes-session/
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 20 October 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
i listened to the first 2 tracks on youtube. its really really good so far
― skeevy wonder (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 21 October 2012 04:12 (eleven years ago) link
two great (relatively) straightforward rock songs then a twenty minute hawkwind meltdown makoto kawabata would give his left nut to have been part of
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 21 October 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
I would've voted Ticket Crystals, but I'm hardly a completist.
― Raymond Cummings, Sunday, 21 October 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
Who's the lead vox on the second track of the new one?
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Sunday, 21 October 2012 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know why it's taking me so long to get into these monster freakout jams now, but I'm finally digging on "A Crossing" now.
― Godspeed You Black Emperor Tomato Ketchup! (Leee), Monday, 19 November 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
Man, Ticket Crystals sounding so good this morning. "destroying Angel" is my favorite Bardo Pond song right now. Isobel's voice reminds me of a (relatively) more tuneful Toody Cole, and when the flute comes in and you think it's just another vocal track at first, it's seriously a Fripp-guitar-solo-on-"Hammond Song" kinda moment
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah imo Ticket Crystals is the start of a major upswing for the Bardos
― x-gau, uncut gau, The Bomb! (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
attn bardo pond enthusiasts:http://open.spotify.com/track/0aC2O1Md5jNf2xmeRfl7sQ
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Sunday, 21 April 2013 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
going in...
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Sunday, 21 April 2013 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
(thx lech)
Holy shit this maggot brain gets really molten
― Trip Maker, Sunday, 21 April 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
:)the creator has but one demand: peace and happiness throughout the land
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Sunday, 21 April 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
<3
― Drugs A. Money, Sunday, 21 April 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
damn, that was a hell of a thing. and yeah, "molten" is the word, at least in the second half. can't touch the liquid precision and dialed-in emotional intensity of the original, but provides a spectacular platform for bp's sense-dulled flame & glide.
"the creator has a master plan" is proceeding v nicely, too. shades of spacemen 3's take on "transparent radiation". these are no shit two of my very favorite songs in all the world, and i can't imagine them channeled through a finer medium.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Sunday, 21 April 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
this rules
― original bgm, Sunday, 21 April 2013 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
listened to this on repeat for most of the morning. helps ease the descent.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Monday, 22 April 2013 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
Located a copy in St Louis!
― Trip Maker, Monday, 22 April 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
Playing their side from Harmony of the Spheres in anticipation. I think I like them them most when they extend further.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
then yr gonna love this
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
that harmony of the spheres box is so great though. haven't played it in ages. wanna rectify, but it's 3,000 miles away :(
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
What's going on for those of us without Spotify?
― R = J - L (Leee), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
isobel blowing pharoah sanders licks on her pipe rules
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 25 April 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
Aw man the copy that I thought I was getting fell through. Well...at least it is on spotify.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
Isobel's flute on "Maggot Brain" makes it sound like an On the Ellipse outtake so far, though the production is a little grungier.
― Hoster Tulleee, Lord of Riverrun, Past Eve and Adam's (Leee), Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:21 (eleven years ago) link
this is great! I mean, I expected it to be, and it didn't disappoint. These guys are getting better imo...
― pink lady lemoncankles (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 28 April 2013 07:20 (eleven years ago) link
nice doom flute on "chance" on the new one, peace on venus
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 12 October 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
I am fail for not even knowing that they have a new release till now! :(
― Shannon Leeedles (Leee), Saturday, 12 October 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=release&releaseid=00000001014
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link
Listening to the first
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Sunday, 13 October 2013 22:03 (ten years ago) link
... track now, and I think this "midtempo dirge with loads of crushing bass distortion" direction has legs for the band.
oooh that sounds good
― Untt (La Lechera), Sunday, 13 October 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
BP has been on a massive roll this decade
― nypc blue (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 14 October 2013 01:02 (ten years ago) link
I should catch up, was a big fan in the Bufo / Amanita / Lapsed era
― dmr, Monday, 14 October 2013 01:57 (ten years ago) link
Oof, the last track just pummels me in slow motion.
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Monday, 14 October 2013 02:08 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL0N8nCdf2g
― Duke, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:41 (three years ago) link
Previously unreleased track from Amanita, which is getting a deluxe reissue
― Duke, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
https://thekey.xpn.org/2021/04/01/bardo-pond-amanita/?s=09
I thought it sounded like something from their early catalog!
― Ovid-19 (Leee), Friday, 2 April 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
I had no idea that they did this NTS thing SEVEN years ago: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/bardo-pond-live-in-session-22nd-september-2014
― A Frome of One's Own (Leee), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 22:48 (two years ago) link
Amanita remaster has a couple bonus tracks, and "Clean Sweep" sounds like Pixies x AMT.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
They really dialed up the skronk on these two tracks.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
gotta check those out
been really into the s/t 2010 album (fucking amazing!) and revisiting their early stuff lately, such a great great band.
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 11 December 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
They rule
― tobo73, Saturday, 11 December 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
A track that I just realize I loved is "Chance" on Peace on Venus, such a great balance of crushing noise and pretty, floating flute melodies.
― Fartleby the Scrivener (Leee), Thursday, 13 October 2022 20:22 (one year ago) link
Volume 9 out! I was a little bit worried having not heard new material in a long time (though this is stuff recorded from 2000).
Anyway, it's on the sedate side, but "War is Over, Part 2" is really something.
― Selune Gomez (Leee), Friday, 1 March 2024 18:49 (three months ago) link