creatively bankrupt newish chillwave/post-AnCo bands whose names are just '80s ephemera

lol something tells me that 'far side virtual' album is totally up my alley, that track is v similar to ford and lopatin if you ignore the goofy sample

it doesnt sound that much like f+l, really, its much softer and contemporary. its closest analogue is like instrumental passages that wouldve soundtracked 'multimedia' tech presentations half a decade or so ago, or mark mothersbaugh's compositions for the first boomblox soundtrack imo. my biggest problem w/ the album is that lacks any real rigour or larger critique/pov its just sorta oh, yeah, this is disposable music ok

i mean, i am drawn to zoning out in home-listening experiences with drone music, sure. it's not something i seek out for live performances tho, and i saw a p wide x-section of approaches and energies that still translated to the audience having more or less the same reaction (obviously this could just be *my* reaction, i'm def not above projecting)

i'm listening to the album now and it still reminds me a lot of certain tracks on the f&l album, which has some 'soft & contemporary' moments imo. but if you wanna talk abt influences or older stuff i agree with your comparisons. i think it reminds me most of a patrick o'hearn album, the kind of thing that happens when new agey artists decide to play with early computers. thomas dolby did this kind of thing every once in a while, maybe even laurie anderson or david van tieghem or a lot of later pd pop-minimalist stuff. i love this kind of sound, so i guess i am predisposed to not finding it disposable, but i can def see how this album presents it that way

kind of kind of kind of blah

it's like "scumsoft" stretched out for 40 minutes

it is curiously moving at times, like the soaring instrumental break after virtual chef 1 says "1000 pounds" in the track above. maybe i'm just a sucker for his schtick.

Watching whiney watch James Ferraro was a highlight of the weekend imo.

:./

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READING RAINBOW = BLEEDING RAINBOW
REASONS WE CHANGED OUR NAME FROM READING RAINBOW TO BLEEDING RAINBOW:

- We like the name Bleeding Rainbow better.

- It is trippy as shit.

- We didn't want to get a cease and desist letter from PBS.

- We were sick of being named after a children's t.v. show.

- We were sick of people fixating on it and making dumb jokes/comments about it. (even though it was our own damn fault.)

- Carrie Brownstein didn't like the name Reading Rainbow.

There's a band in Atlanta called "Night Court".

i added the quotes, the name doesn't include them

I just got the joke in "Hudson Mohawke." What a jerkoff.

it's a subtle one

i think a friend of mine's going for a UK seaside town variation on chillwave. perfectly pleasant IMO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBsD1SpE-o4&feature=player_embedded

If dude is under 40 years old, that's a p dope reference imo

the moniker comes from an engraving on a statue in his old Glasgow digs, although he later discovered that it's also the name of a river confluence in New York State – "So it's quite cool, it means there's a Hudson Mohawk Kayaking Club," he reveals, proudly

i'll be

i stand corrected, Hudson Mohawke

the extra "e" though...

Not sure about the spelling but I think it's

Indyana Jonz

on his record reviews blog today the dude from Pissed Jeans includes a split LP by 'Peak Twins' and 'Scott & Charlene's Wedding'

so what blog is that? it was only a matter of time till angry wz remembered

that LP is great fwiw

Olsen Twinns

You notice chillwave names are from the most mainstream of 90s children's entertainment.

I still have yet to see that one, but they are local

Not long now until a band called Geocities

or Netscape

yeah actually this stuff has totally moved into Internet/cyber territory over the last year or so. shifted in a large way from analog/video to virtual/digital

there are already last.fm results for bands called geocities and netscape, though not many scrobbles for either yet so there's still a chance to take those names over

nq chillwave, but going off this thread's latest #trend

http://reptarmusic.com/
http://www.collapseboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/reptarzzzzzzz.jpg

dudes gathered a surprisingly big turn-out when they came here to denver. i was really, really astonished.

why were you there?

wait didn't we discuss these guys and their ludicrous outfits somewhere already?

it was this thread, last year: creatively bankrupt newish chillwave/post-AnCo bands whose names are just '80s ephemera

i think Peak Twins is kinda funny tbh

Ex-gf just posted a track by "Chet Faker" on fb and then called me a snob for rolling my eyes at the name.

C'mon, this shit is PLAYED.

It's ironic how little these people care about choosing their band names!

i think that's more in the soundcloud producer school, ala 'juke ellington' and 'kim jong trill'

See you guys later, i'm going to a house show to see Street Fighter II Championship Edition. j/k

i think that's more in the soundcloud producer school, ala 'juke ellington' and 'kim jong trill'

Yeah, but this is the only thread I knew of that even halfway touched on this subject.

what do you guys think of "Bleakend at Bernie's"?

having now actually heard them I fuck w/ the band Scott & Charlene's Wedding fyi

they have their moments

these dudes are called You Bred Raptors? but i don't think they really belong here

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6117/6356110709_d0acd507a0_z.jpg

i think Peak Twins is kinda funny tbh

― J0rdan S., Monday, July 16, 2012 10:06 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark

ok but what about Silent Drape Runners

i don't think anyone playing an 8 string bass with a violin bow belongs here

what do you guys think of "Bleakend at Bernie's"?

― sarahell, Friday, November 16, 2012 3:31 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Weeknd at Bernie's

xp dmr: I just got a booking request from them for a last minute gig.

Silent Drape Runners literally the worst live act I have ever seen

well, I didn't book them, so I hope yr happy

very.