Clipping - Midcity (noise rap)

whoa nice! intriguing softer sound, interpolating pop-rap tropes while keeping it decidedly recondite & modernist

CLIPPING has become my favourite rap group, probably. above even Dalek these days (well, they're on hiatus really)

Ha, was just about to post all this, thanks Rev.

that sounds much better than the earlier album

also I still h8 lyric videos but that lyric video is cool

what didn't you like about the earlier album? one of my favourite rap albums of...all time, really - completely stunning to me

it was literally unlistenable iirc

to me it mostly sounds like bad rapping over bad noise

this track sounds great though

xp

Williams Mix (Feat. Tom Erbe)

very cool Tom chose this way to put this out instead of some new music compilation. this track is actually a realization of a piece by John Cage from 1952, thousands of samples all splices together in under five minutes. original version took 1-2 years for Cage / Tudor / the Barrons to assemble by hand, Tom's written software that assembles a brand new edit from a library of source files every time you hit play. but yeah if they ended their last album essentially with a cover version of 'It's Gonna Rain' putting a Cage realization at the end of this one makes perfect sense

their SF show at Public Works last year was great, want to hear this

album is phenomenal btw

which one?

sub pop one

this album [the second one] is FANTASTIC

It's got some crazy strong points but the sound of his singing in the chorus of "Tonight" is grating as hell and really drags down the middle of the album for me. When I remember to skip it the album's significantly more satisfying.

I like the way "Get Up" blossoms around 2:15, but for the first two minutes I want to smash the snooze button on my stereo.

Am I being crazy or does the chorus of Tonight sound like a purposeful vamp on fun.'s big hit?

New album streaming:

http://www.npr.org/2014/06/01/316471065/first-listen-clipping-clppng

this is alright. quite like the video for work work too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GozE6XEqg

this is so good, damn.

^

This is ok but lyrically gross.

I think its a mistake to take all of the lyrics on face value.

i was grabbed by the production first, with a mental note to come back and figure out what's going on with the lyrics.

'story 2' is a fun little time signature game, it works too.

Yeah I'm assuming there's some irony/subtext/etc going on with the lyrics I didn't catch on my one superficial listen but for now file it under https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF2ayWcJfxo

See my posts upthread for the same concerns, addressed

Yeah I don't know, "satire" is a pretty weak defense if the satire just consists of repeating the same tropes. I really have no interest in debating about this, I'm just saying it's keeping me from fully connecting with the album.

luckily i'm suuuper good at ignoring lyrics

not sure which lyrics ppl are thinking of but all the women on this album are badass/in control whereas all the male characters are despondent/ridiculous/doomed. that's what I took away from it

King T's spot excepted I guess

king tee!
holy shit!!!

mencap otm

this has really grown on me, especially once I took out "Tonight"

oh hey

https://clppng.bandcamp.com/album/something-they-dont-know-b-w-mouth

The group consists of MC Daveed Diggs (who stars in the Broadway musical Hamilton)

only just found this out!

it's why they haven't been touring much this past year

http://clppng.bandcamp.com/album/remxng

a bunch of new stuff on their bandcamp

new ep is goooood

this is pretty fucking cool
http://www.barsworkshopnyc.com/

New album, Splendor and Misery is out on September 9. It's an (deep breath)...

Afrofuturist, dystopian concept album that follows the sole survivor of a slave uprising on an interstellar cargo ship, and the onboard computer that falls in love with him. Thinking he is alone and lost in space, the character discovers music in the ship’s shuddering hull and chirping instrument panels. William and Jonathan’s tracks draw an imaginary sonic map of the ship’s decks, hallways, and quarters, while Daveed’s lyrics ride the rhythms produced by its engines and machinery. In a reversal of H.P. Lovecraft’s concept of cosmic insignificance, the character finds relief in learning that humanity is of no consequence to the vast, uncaring universe. It turns out, pulling the rug out from under anthropocentrism is only horrifying to those who thought they were the center of everything to begin with. Ultimately, the character decides to pilot his ship into the unknown—and possibly into oblivion—instead of continuing on to worlds whose systems of governance and economy have violently oppressed him.

New album, Splendor and Misery is out on September 9. It's an (deep breath)... Clipping, bitch

this is amazing

incredible, even

this is a superb interview as well, endlessly quotable: http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/09/clipping-interview

'A Better Place' is a track of the year contender

saw them live last Sunday. Surreal and great.

this is pushing Jute Gyte for my album of the year, it's absolutely extraordinary

look even if you hate this can more people please talk about it

listening now! I saw these guys in Oakland a few years ago (Sarah you may have been at the Lobot show?), and they were cool. Tellingly, all the opening bands were punk or noise, and I remember Jon Snipes from the wild/funny/aggro Capt Ahab -- I'm guessing if there's not so much talk, it's because this is WEIRD. ??

anyway, liking the rhythm arrangement on All Black at the moment

yah they rule hard!
snipes is a legend.
daveed stars in hamilton!

Pretty damn impressive album

This is great!

Sadlol though at the line in "Keep Pushing" about Gitmo being forgotten. Guessing they didn't expect that to be rendered obsolete in the window between recording and release.

Yes, this is really good (as usual). I particularly like the song with Aesop Rock, and the bouncing track that kind of sounds like a Lyrics Born song.

I am lowkey obsessed with “Scams”

I love their percussion robots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-k7vW9Xek

The whole setup is wild, I love it