New from the DFA...

slept on so much dfa over the last few months, just really beginning to catch up on the big hitters. still haven't heard the holy ghost album despite how much i was anticipating it. couldn't believe it when i saw it in record shops before i even knew it was released.

The Rewards/Solange collab-o_O is excellent despite being hipster-bait. I've already had to endure a conversation about how much braver and more interesting a singer Solange is than her singer.

BUT it is still fantastic.

than her sister obv.

Especially when it cuts to that stabbing house bassline, the strummy guitar chords and pizzicato strings.

i like how she's dealt w/ her sister's shadow

Wow, "Gabriel" is really good

i know right? i think some ppl wouldnt bother listening to it since its a hot chip side project

Yeah, i think i would have dismissed it if it wasn't for the recommendations in this thread (and the DFA association probably). I actually like Hot Chip at times, but i listened to Goddard's solo album when it came out and i remember finding it actively irritating and pretty much everything that Alexis Taylor has done outside the group has been mediocre.

you're probably right, sic, but i never think of hot chip as dfa since they aren't and never were in the uk, i don't think.

missed this! no they weren't, but Gabriel is in the exact same position of DFA licensing it for foreign because they like it - it's on Goddard's own label Greco-Roman in the UK

I'm going to the dfa party at XOYO with James Murphy DJing tonight, but two of our friends can't go, so have two spare tickets. Anyone want one? They were £10 each plus booking, so would do 'em for £10 or nearest offer. ILXmail me if you're interested.

Also, I really love that Pylon remix.

i went to that night at xoyo, it was good. jam factory played some cool stuff too incl an amazing low-bpm vocal track just before jm came on. dying to id that one.

holy shit, apparently Cut Copy remixed Happy House?!??!?!? just got a promo mailer saying that it'd be on the Juan Maclean EP (probably worthy of several exclamation marks itself imo) in Nov. WANT.

dfa feels like has been flawless for a long time. i really like that grateful exit release, goofy and all as it is.

this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfh_h62Q1So

guess so - thanks for pointing that out! can't believe it's been out there for 2 years and I'm just now hearing about it.

that is perhaps the least necessary of all the unnecessary Happy House remixes I have heard

so for the 10th anniversary london got a james murphy dj set (which was great) and nothing else. but barcelona gets this sickness: http://www.salarazzmatazz.com/imagenes/artistas/th_cartelDFA554x333.jpg

I didn't realize Shit Robot played live sets. Wish I woulda seen Crystal Ark in one of their NY shows. I think there's been two.

What would DFA be without Nancy Whang? Seriously.

a sausage fest

Zing.

But really, she should have her own records, more props, something.

She certainly gets props round these parts

but barcelona gets this sickness:

Future Music (at Randwick!) in March is having a DFA stage with James & Pat DJing, The Juan Maclean, Holy Ghost!, The Rapture and Hercules & Love Affair, and it seems Azari & III and Horse Meat Disco will be honorary DFAs for the day.

God damn those fascist misogynists for continuing to block Nancy from recording a solo album though http://www.fingerflipinc.com/forum/Smileys/default/Smiley_Shake_Fist_by_Mirz123.gif

oh my

i could hope for sideshows but maybe i'll just go

come to Sydney! I'm going just for that stage. will go catch Aphex or Frank Ocean if they fit into changeover points I guess.

if there's a sideshow with HG! supporting Juan I'm down too. (also am wondering if lineup hints that Pat is HG!'s new drummer and/or Nancy is joining)

is he a bearded due? HG had something on their FB about 'new drummer' a coupla daze ago

usu yeah

http://www.trashmenagerie.com/images/James%20Murphy/pat-and-james-fabric.gif

when did jams get on the silver fox bandwagon

pat's lost a hell of a lot of weight, no?

having seen pat for a few years now both onstage in jogging shorts and out and about s. williamsburg, i'd say no.

watching video of HG! live in Berlin from two days ago - new lineup is six dudes, no mahono

drummer is no Pat, or Jerry, or Nick tho

A side of the Factory Floor 12" can be heard over at Quietus http://thequietus.com/articles/07326-listen-factory-floor-two-different-ways

The Sound Of Silver Fox

i'm pretty into that factory floor thing (is it hipster house? more in the spirit of older dfa singles? etc etc)

portlanders take note: whang is coming to town ... just a dj set but it's still p exciting

so not hipster house

Holy Ghost cover Ministry with Juan Maclean and Nancy Whang

sandro perri remixes is quite lovely.. the eluvium mix is particularly beautiful

DFA RECORDS ‏@dfarecords
just found an alternate carl craig remix for relevee we never used. we should correct that, me thinks.

!!

this is like some unreleased scrap of SMILE for 00s dance nerds

YSI?

last time DFA YSIed we leaked like a drunk bum pissing through a sieve and they left ILX

I joked.

nobody cares about the crystal ark album? save for the crappy sleeve it's really good

haven't heard it yet. is anything on it as good as "The City Never Sleeps"?

"Runnin'" by Sinkane is pretty cool.

yeah DFA album good

last time DFA YSIed we leaked like a drunk bum pissing through a sieve and they left ILX

― all-mod scone (sic), Saturday, November 10, 2012 7:21 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha, really?