The songwriting and melodies are fine. Some of the production choices in regards to mixing levels for certain tracks, what sounds to use and arrangement, seem really random and jarring to me.
― John Lennon, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
guys I don't know if you heard but it's hard to make a living selling records these days
just fyi
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
It represents a pretty big change, I think, maybe not for the better but I bet better for her.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
Of course aero. I have an aesthetic gripe about that particular ad not an ethical one with Justin taking the money. There are good ads and bad ads.
― Science, you guys. Science. (DL), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
this album is really fucking good
i will be listening to it a lot this winter
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 October 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
Sure, fine, fair enough, but big money booze strikes me as pretty gnarly to get in bed with. Bushmills' parent company does some pretty heinous lobbying. Not everybody's gotta be Fugazi, but sheesh.
Besides - he seems to be doing just fine selling records (and selling out multi-night stands at very big venues) all over the place.
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 28 October 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
(I know, it's all pretty tiresome to get into. This one just bummed me out a little bit, between the gross press release speak, the bro-out vibe, and the fact that admittedly this time it's a dude I kind of like).
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 28 October 2011 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
At least in the one in my neighborhood, he's wearing a Jagjaguar shirt and giving those guys some exposure.
― She Got the Shakes, Sunday, October 23, 2011 11:18 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
didn't he give "those guys" some exposure when he released his very successful albums on jagjaguwar?
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 October 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
"kanye told me, go 'head change ya style up - and if they hate then let 'em hate and watch the money pile up"
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 October 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I suppose so. I guess I thought it was a cool gesture, since I've always thought of it as a little American label, and seeing it on a huge billboard by the A4 motorway is pretty insane. (He's on a different label here in the UK, btw).Wait, why did you put "those guys" in quotes?
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 28 October 2011 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
i guess it just read weird, like that's his label, your post made it seemed like he was coming down off the mountain to give some little label props...
i guess it's probably pretty small, but i guess these days it doesn't much matter.
anyway i didn't mean to phrase it unduly snarky, but i guess i think of him as the big jagjaguwar artist (rip the wilderness)
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 October 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, I see - I didn't mean it that way. I suppose I admire 'label pride,' though I have no idea what that is based on and can come up with no examples outside of the Nick Lowe tune! Maybe Tad wearing the Sub Pop "Loser" tee? (Reaching...)He's on 4AD here.
― She Got the Shakes, Saturday, 29 October 2011 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
I heard a little voice it said 'fuck you' it was little
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 4 February 2012 05:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://awards.music.yahoo.com/blog/158-indie-band-bon-iver-turns-down-offer-to-perform-at-the-grammys
Turning down the grammys eh.
― dr dre throwing dubstep balloons (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Sunday, 5 February 2012 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://vimeo.com/36365467
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 17 February 2012 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
Is that what goes on in those "cool" churches?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 February 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing like religion to ruin a perfectly good song; although it would've been nice to see a pit form when they kicked it into "Oh, Night Divine".
― suspecterrain, Monday, 20 February 2012 09:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/jagjaguwar/s-carey-two-angles
― djh, Friday, 23 March 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
!
http://boniverotica.tumblr.com/
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
Bizarre S Carey packaging question: the CD packaging looks like it has space for two things - a CD and a booklet, I suppose; possibly two CDs - should it come with a booklet or is it just a packaging quirk?
― djh, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 07:22 (ten years ago) link
Bon Iver: Band to Release First Album in 5 Years, Titled '22, A Million'
read this as they announced they would release the album in 5 years
― Treeship, Saturday, 13 August 2016 16:42 (eight years ago) link
So, I'm the guy who's never liked Bon Iver, but who thinks the two new tracks sound pretty brilliant.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 13 August 2016 23:26 (eight years ago) link
that tumble linked above is pretty hilar.
― no poke balls (rip van wanko), Sunday, 14 August 2016 02:39 (eight years ago) link
tumblr
lmao at that tracklist, did he just discover Aphex Twin?
― flappy bird, Sunday, 14 August 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link
The two tracks I've heard really are v good.
― djh, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
Lucid Vanguard started as a music sharing process between Karl Remus and Warren Thomas Fenzi. Feeding and flowing off each other, they share many aspects of the songwriting process. To bracket them in one genre is to do them a disservice. Thoughtful vocals infused with neo-soul, world music and R&B beats. Borrowing from the method of Bon Iver and the dissolving of the ego that often comes with the singer/songwriter denotations, this band seeks a higher musical consciousness through what they create. What can be said for sure is that what Lucid Vanguard has released so far gives us a taste of the beautiful future for sound they are currently crafting.
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:21 (eight years ago) link
https://tractsofrevolution.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/ego-3.jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:24 (eight years ago) link
Could sure go for some fried eggs right now.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 14:28 (eight years ago) link
hang on to your eggo
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
a bunch of my friends played sax on this.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 15:49 (eight years ago) link
good stuff? they are playing in st. paul soon
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 16:13 (eight years ago) link
haven't heard it yet (i don't think they have either), nor are they in the touring band. sounds like the recording was a cool experience though.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 16:24 (eight years ago) link
I looked at the trackless, and it sounds like there's a bunch of sax on it. The whole project seems weird, but I love it so far, and I did not expect that.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 18:06 (eight years ago) link
Ahh so Justin finally listened to that copy of Age of Adz he had lying around
― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 18:48 (eight years ago) link
eh it's not suprising given who his musician friends are in the twin cities
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 18:51 (eight years ago) link
Ahh so Justin finally listened to that copy of Age of Adz he had lying around― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, August 17, 2016 2:48 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, August 17, 2016 2:48 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is so otm loli like these songs a lot. never listened to the 2011 record. haven't really paid attention since for emma, this new shit is wild, didn't really see it coming at all... http://pitchfork.com/news/67876-bon-iver-share-new-song-33-god-listen/
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 August 2016 05:49 (eight years ago) link
33 God is pretty good. the main things different from the last album are the programmed drums & samples floating about. the 80s soft rock at the core of these are basically what the last album was
― ufo, Monday, 29 August 2016 07:11 (eight years ago) link
wow this is stunning
― Evan R, Monday, 29 August 2016 13:57 (eight years ago) link
Not my thing, these two new tracks. Perhaps in the context of an album I'll enjoy them more. I remember loving the first single off the s/t and then disliking the record a great deal, so heh, who knows.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 30 September 2016 03:29 (seven years ago) link
Second LP left me completely cold; two listens thru the new one and I'm utterly blown away. One of the freshest approaches to music I've heard in some time.
― Davey D, Friday, 30 September 2016 06:21 (seven years ago) link
this is pretty good
― bitcoin bajas (diamonddave85), Monday, 3 October 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
i could do without some of the data decay stuff tho
― bitcoin bajas (diamonddave85), Monday, 3 October 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
This seemed really impressive on my first few listens. Some of the grotesquely over-Auto-Tuned stuff is hard for me to stomach, though. I feel like he's really driven that aesthetic into the ground.
― Evan R, Monday, 3 October 2016 19:41 (seven years ago) link
this is like when you download some gimmicky Waves Audio plugin demo and dick around making junk sound all goofy until it runs out
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 October 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link
Obviously there's a lot more craftsmanship and vision to it than that. But it does sound very gimmicky, at times distractingly so.
― Evan R, Monday, 3 October 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
This is absolutely terrible. And that's coming from someone who has much love for his first and mostly his second record too. But this is just straight up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. It's idealess. Using effects for the sake of it. Coming up with dreadful tracknames for the sake of it.
You can't just transform or further develop by merely using vocoders, autotune and "mysterious" song titles, you know. It takes soul, a sense of direction, and neither is even remotely present on the new record. Shambles. #trenchant
― the tightening is plateauing (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 3 October 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
"8 (Circle)" really reminds me of Marc Cohen the "Walking in Memphis" guy
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 October 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
This is great. Fuck music with soul and direction.
― Frederik B, Monday, 3 October 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
Don't know if you are a first time customer to Bon Iver, Frederik, but if that is your stance you will hate his first two records I suppose.
I'm all for auto-tune and vocoders. But a teeny weeny bit of genuinity would be nice. 22, a million, offers none.
― the tightening is plateauing (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 3 October 2016 20:59 (seven years ago) link