*on the next one.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 June 2015 16:38 (eight years ago) link
So she'll solicit an unheard Dylan song?
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 June 2015 16:47 (eight years ago) link
and date Don.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 June 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
I like her weird noun-verb compounds (or whatever you want to call this).
"Fair evades his way down the 96 tram line"
"Headphone wielding to the Nicholas building"
"Big business overtaking, without indicating"
― jmm, Monday, 15 June 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
Dog latin and I were emphasizing that LIVE she is much more rock than pop. She speeds her tunes up, mumbles the words, and puts her guitar near the amp shaking it and creating feedback. As far as I can tell, Crow doesn't do that. I also don't think Crow has ever covered the Breeders "Cannonball".
― curmudgeon, Monday, 15 June 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/06/14/australian-guitarist-and-singer-courtney-barnett-gets-grungy-and-gnarly-at-930-club/
But onstage Saturday, the first of two sold-out nights at the 930 Club, Barnett and her band were more gnarly and grungy than sly and subtle. Barnett’s electric guitar tangled with bassist Bones Sloane and drummer Dave Mudie in a hour-long set that channeled burly 90’s alt-rock as much as it followed up on the buzz surrounding her latest album.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 15 June 2015 17:25 (eight years ago) link
If I were to trace the influence of "All I Wanna Do" on popular music, I'd locate it more within the realm of "bro country" than Barnett. Like, I get where she got the conversational phrasing from the earlier song (as Easy ID'd above), but her phrasing is a lot knottier than Crow's. And her words are infinitely less banal.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 June 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
Mostly it's the "All I Wanna Do" conversational phrasing
great comparison... and also a little disturbing
― skip, Monday, 15 June 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
y'all are way too sensitive about this comparison
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 15 June 2015 17:31 (eight years ago) link
Eh, not being sensitive. Just wondering why this awesome, punkish, wordy new record that I like keeps getting compared to Sheryl Crow.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 June 2015 17:33 (eight years ago) link
Like, I *really* could not fathom it until today's discussion, and now I'm just like, "oh, *that's* why!"
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 June 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link
I was thinking her studio voice was more Liz Phair than Sheryl, but whatev.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 15 June 2015 17:42 (eight years ago) link
A Sheryl Crow comparison is a compliment!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 June 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
Though I do loathe "All I Wanna Do," I'm by no means a Sheryl hater--I owned the self-titled once upon a time. It was just puzzling to me to see that this was the comparison that was coming up most often w/r/t this record (and as I mentioned above, I don't wholly get the Nirvana one, either).
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 June 2015 17:54 (eight years ago) link
Watching left-handed guitarist Barnett turn and twist with her axe, slur her vocals and crank up the noise last night reminded of Nirvana; plus even a few quieter ones had a Nirvana Unplugged feel.
I understand the Crow mention is meant as a compliment, and I like some of her stuff ok, I just don't hear it as strongly. Barnett is still seemingly developing her sound, so we can all be right--different songs are drawn from different sources.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 15 June 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
wow this record rules... my brother is a huge fan and now i'm bummed i didn't go with him to see her a couple weeks ago. "an illustration of loneliness" and "depreston" stand out but the whole thing is so fucking good. shit, "dead fox" too
― flappy bird, Saturday, 27 June 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
"Small Poppies" is a bit overlong and meandering, but there's a bunch of great tunes on this album. I overlooked her debut.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 27 June 2015 22:50 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAn3JdtSrnY
― Treeship, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 01:57 (eight years ago) link
eff
meant to post this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NVOawOXxSA
― Treeship, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 01:58 (eight years ago) link
i like the whole album, but this track is especially excellent in my opinion
― Treeship, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 02:00 (eight years ago) link
She was terrific at Pitchfork yesterday! She sounded even more like "If It Makes You Happy"-era Sheryl Crow.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 02:02 (eight years ago) link
She was terrific at a festival in Minneapolis a few weeks ago, too. Her soloing and vocals on "Small Poppies" were really heavy. Was Sheryl Crow ever such an intense performer?
― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 05:21 (eight years ago) link
How do the festie crowds react? She a hit?
― Adam J Duncan, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 05:53 (eight years ago) link
Hard to tell. At my show she began rather tentatively.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 11:56 (eight years ago) link
(a) I saw Ms Barnett play a small pub in Hobart late last year, I have never seen a human enjoy playing the guitar as much as she does.and (b) my nine year old daughter, who is waking up to a deep interest in music I think, is OBSESSED with this record, knows the lyrics inside out. I think it might be her "ground zero".
― MatthewK, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 12:07 (eight years ago) link
<3
― j., Tuesday, 21 July 2015 13:40 (eight years ago) link
I love the way she plays guitar in concert, physically, slinging it up and down and waving her arm at it like you're not sure she's even going to hit the strings. Like it's an extension of her body, but a kind of awkward extension that she can't help flailing around with.
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 14:00 (eight years ago) link
Just noticed what sounded like her on a TCM commercial, and indeed it is ("Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party"). Still haven't gotten around to the album. I did like that one better than the other two I've heard.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 19:10 (eight years ago) link
When I saw C.B. there was to my right a young girl on her dad's shoulders, singing along tentatively w/ "Avant Gardener." Couldn't tell if she'd been coached or if it was genuine, but either way I think Barnett provides a good opportunity for adults to invite kids to their musical world.
She is such an amazing guitarist. Everyone talks about her as a lyricist so it took seeing her live to understand that her guitar playing is really what shapes her songs.
― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11755062_979509195402558_5882669198378646600_n.jpg?oh=a190f8c462287979d9fa00307e26c007&oe=565658D4
― j., Saturday, 25 July 2015 13:05 (eight years ago) link
They'll callus soon enough.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 26 July 2015 03:37 (eight years ago) link
My five-year old daughter is always "oh I love this song!" when Elevator Operator comes on in the car.
― Darin, Sunday, 26 July 2015 06:28 (eight years ago) link
Wonder how loud they got at the Newport Folk festival (which I guess goes beyond folk these days)? Saw photos but didn't look for video
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 July 2015 13:42 (eight years ago) link
Sharing an ACL ep with Gary Clark Jr. which'll debut on/around Halloween.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 22:37 (eight years ago) link
more decent aussie stuff ive heard lately - Good Morning, Twerps
― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, 26 October 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
Twerps are ace
― pep ponk aliyev (seandalai), Monday, 26 October 2015 22:18 (eight years ago) link
Maybe someone could start an Aussie music thread? Not me*, but I would occasionally consider lurking. No general threads showed up in a search – and it's been a long time since S/D Aussie Music Videos and What is the greatest Australian single of the last 25 years? (10 years ago).
* sadly I'd need one of these first
― flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 04:52 (eight years ago) link
Feel like there has been talk about this sort of music generally in the Dick Diver thread.
― carly bae jepsen (monotony), Tuesday, 27 October 2015 05:44 (eight years ago) link
Courtney Barnett, The Grammys Like Her
Best New Artist nod
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Monday, 7 December 2015 19:26 (eight years ago) link
she's playing SNL's season finale. i find this fairly shocking.
― alpine static, Thursday, 5 May 2016 06:54 (eight years ago) link
how come? i bet the sound will be shitty
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 5 May 2016 16:55 (eight years ago) link
really excited to see her tonight. glad she's doing one last victory lap tour for this record. i only heard it after she had been thru last year. also just found out the opening band The Sandwich Police has Evan Dando in it???
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
Fun show?
She was good enough on Saturday Night Live. I guess she likes having the mikestand set up high, and standing on her toes to reach it...
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 May 2016 14:24 (seven years ago) link
it was good. she seemed a little tired, sorta just barreled thru the set. not surprised, she's been playing the same songs - except for Three Packs a Day and Pickles from the Jar - for 2 years now. maybe she got stoned with evan dando beforehand. i'm bummed that she doesn't have a second guitarist, I love her lead playing on the record. songs like Depreston and Sleepless in New York felt empty without their lead lines.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 May 2016 15:43 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qL2Fvbg.jpgL-R C. Barnett, Callie (age 10), J. Cloher
― MatthewK, Friday, 5 August 2016 06:41 (seven years ago) link
i need to get the records. i like listening to her a lot. i love her voice. i get the sheryl thing more than the liz thing mentioned on here. also i'll bet she was a fan of car wheels on a gravel road. (i'd much rather listen to courtney than lucinda though...)
― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 03:39 (seven years ago) link
huh...anyone heard this?http://pitchfork.com/news/73817-kurt-vile-and-courtney-barnett-announce-tour-new-collaborative-album/
― campreverb, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
I wish I could be more excited about this, but frankly Vile puts me to sleep.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 23:46 (six years ago) link
me too... this is a drag. was hoping for a new solo record from her this year
― flappy bird, Thursday, 8 June 2017 01:22 (six years ago) link