Warpaint

Surprised she used the word slut tbh but it's OK to express disappointment with certain decisions made by artists you generally admire. I still have problems with Drunk in Love because of Jay-Z's Ike Turner lines, which is a pisser because it's such a great song.

"White American Culture is deeply imbued with racism and racist ideals" is news to fucking no one. But I'm just suspicious of the way that "White American woman is deeply imbued with racism and racist ideals" becomes a tool not to decry racism or White American Culture, but to decry A Woman, or better yet to discredit Feminism itself. I am not arguing that these ideas aren't pretty terrible, or that remarks like this aren't indicative of a deeply racist culture. But again, it's that thing of picking up an individual and going "X is a racist!" ignores the problem that racism and slut-shaming and misogynoir is not *just* a problem of A White Woman, or White Women or White Feminism. It is a problem of all of White America (and White Europe, too.) But when it becomes a discrediting tool to specifically dismantle A Woman, or the concept of Feminism, rather than addressing racism and misogynoir.

It's disappointing that Warpaint said the things, in whatever context. But having the nous to apologise (even when she veers into apolosplaining) shows way more self awareness than Lily Allen ever did. "What would popular female artists present like if they weren't facing the societal pressures of sexualisation?" is an interesting question that *every* female musicians comes up against, whether it's applied to Rhianna or Warpaint (topless bassist photos and all. Why do sexualised bassist photos count against Warpaint but not against Interpol? That's an interesting question, too.) but recognition of the racalised aspects of sexualisation is way too complex a topic for Q, I guess.

But this whole thing is probably too subtle an argument for ILM, let alone Q Magazine or P4k, who are looking to generate outrage for maximum pagehits and "White 'Feminist' Says Something Outrageously Racist" is a massive page-spinner on many fronts right now. Warpaint are a blip, but the blip is gonna count against them, not against the massive fucking wall of White American Racism.

Warpaint are a bunch of stoner-ass hippies. Of course they're gonna think that people's talents could be put to a higher use than the waggling of butts.

Also, from the interviews I've seen of them, they aren't particularly adept at handling the press. Stella is usually able to handle herself passably well. Jenny kinda. Teresa and Emily have never looked comfortable in an interview I've seen of them.

Hoping to get tickets to see them open for Nick Cave in Milwaukee. P excited.

Still think the new album rules.

It does, but 'Drive' rules especially hard. Buried as penultimate track, where so many of the best songs seem to be. That change-up halfway through! Oof. One of the best songs of the year.

just remembered i'm seeing them on the 20th!

drive is awesome, esp. on an album that is totally in need of a climax.

Wardrobe

man...

saw them open for nick cave this weekend about as disappointed i've been by a band i was excited to see

obviously not sure if a bigger venue is really right for them and the sound was a bit swampy but yeah at least in a theater setting they came off as kind of half-assed and disjointed

they did a "jam" at the end that was just super sloppy and not engaging at all, they just don't have the musicality to pull something like that off

reminds me of when i saw the Blank Dogs who i was in love with and they were so lame and i've never been able to really dig them the same way again :/

aw :/

i'm not super surprised for some reason tho there are some great-sounding live videos of songs from the new record on youtube. maybe just an off day.

yeah it's hard to say, was really excited (though there's also the effect that bad seeds basically dropped a nuclear bomb on the venue after and 99 percent of bands would have suffered in comparison)...

but yeah...muddled is the best word

p large venue though, maybe a better small club band?

I've never seen them, but I've watched a few live shows on youtube and listened to a few bootlegs. Sometimes they're amazing, but sometimes they really don't have it together. Totally agree that the onstage jam sessions don't do them any favors.

Who else besides me is going to see them Thursday in Prospect Park?

i've heard bad things about that jam for a few years. i keep missing them when they play sf.

pretty sexy with the strange brew at Pickathon. Hope they won't change because I said that.
http://new.livestream.com/pickathon/events/3228592

Some excursions, not too jammy. Think they've delicately excised certain effects from Television/solo Verlaine, but not too much.

Kind of Bush Tetras now. Bass gets a chance to shine more here; drums have consistently sharpened focal points too.

Okay, here's a jam, at the end. They like them some Raincoats, Slits, and shoegaze too. Pretty cool.

reminds me of when i saw the Blank Dogs who i was in love with and they were so lame and i've never been able to really dig them the same way again :/

lol never seen warpaint, but had precisely the same exp w/ blank dogs

vmic EOY bump because this album is great

vmnic didn't listen to this album since about a month after it came out. I owe it to them to revisit.

man i wish i'd never seen them live ;_;

yes I bought the vinyl yesterday after taking a long break from it. It's even better this time.

gonna be my #1 most likely

i like this, tho not anywhere close to the first record and ep; relistened to some of it today to try and pinpoint why -- its a little to loose and aimless feeling i think, like in biggie esp as an example, idk tho really

agree, EC and the fool were more cohesive and consistent.

This remix of Biggy is nice:

https://soundcloud.com/warpaintwarpaint/biggy-baardsen-remix

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oh well.

see imo in this record they embraced not being cohesive and its so much better for it.

I agree

Haven't listened to this for a good few months, think I should dig it out again. I listened to it a hell of a lot in the first part of the year.

Just listened again. Still prefer all the cool interlocking guitar parts from the first two records. Mostly just like Love Is To Die and Drive.

This album p much exists at the exact halfway point between I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got and Hail to the Thief, and I like it every bit as much as I would expect to like an album like that.

my favourite album of 2014.

new songs on spotify today

Nice! I've been checking for these ever since I heard "No Way Out (Redux)" a little while ago.

!

Already liking this better than much of the self-titled material.

no way out is very cool, could have fit well on the album. the other song is a little b-sidey but nice to hear them play something a little more active.

Jenny Lee Lindberg working on her solo ish

http://krimsonkrimson.tumblr.com/post/120504602315/making-ma-album-and-its-real-fun-heres-a

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2&v=wYRWTZUK-OY

ooh nice

I wonder if Stella is playing on the album

http://shopusa.roughtraderecords.com/right-on

Jenny Lee Lindberg of Warpaint announces her solo debut album as jennylee, after hinting to fans with studio photos via social media. right on! will be released by Rough Trade Records on December 11th, 2015.

Co-produced by jennylee and Norm Block, the 10 songs on right on! were all written by jennylee, and recorded earlier this spring at Happy Ending Studios in Silverlake, CA.

Joining Jenny on the album are: Norm Block (Plexi, Mark Langegan), Dan Elkan (Them Hills, Broken Bells) and Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa. Additional players include Tony Bevilacqua, Kris Byerly, Katie Burden, Kirk Hellie, Jonathan Hishcke and Cedric LeMoyne.

While right on! retains some of Jenny’s signature Warpaint groove, she incorporates New Wave and Goth elements into her solo work. Her breathy voice and her meticulous bass playing create a new aura that is hazy and dreamy, and essentially all jennylee.

xp: Answer: yes.

nice

And more bitchin' news:

http://www.nme.com/news/warpaint/89280/

Great, another album to add to ever growing list of albums to look forward to in 2016!

Anyone heard the Jenny Lee single?