oh there's a boston date as well djp
― feargal czukay (NickB), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 09:09 (nine years ago) link
ASRGH! everything cool in the world seems to be happening during the crucial weeks of me moving house :-(
― (no offence to people) (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 09:11 (nine years ago) link
Finally catching up here a bit. Very intrigued.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link
this is the one performance that made my hair stand on end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cq4TdDB4-0
― feargal czukay (NickB), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 14:29 (nine years ago) link
oooh Sep 17, eh
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 14:51 (nine years ago) link
while listening to this record i can't stop thinking about the difficulties of mixing handclaps as your main source of percussion. the best sound in the world when there's not much else happening, but so easily swallowed up once the guitars & synths come in.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 15:02 (nine years ago) link
cool record btw.
Kind of wish I could poll this album without fear of it being a pointless exercise. So far track 3 'And When You Fall' is doing it for me best.
― (no offence to people) (dog latin), Thursday, 30 July 2015 14:49 (nine years ago) link
OMG I love this more than life.
― Tim F, Sunday, 9 August 2015 07:30 (nine years ago) link
OK, Spotify's discover playlist pointed me to this album, and holy shit is it thrilling!
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 00:00 (eight years ago) link
saw these guys last night - absolutely smoking set, one of the best bands i have seen in YEARS. they do need some more songs cos it was a bit on the short side tbh, but seriously: head, heart, body and senses - everything just chewed up, spat out and set on fire
― djp HOOS clouds (NickB), Monday, 9 November 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I saw them on Friday night alongside _jed and it was really, really good. Amazing stage presence from every member too.
The support act Jupiter-C were very different but really good too, minimal wave disco with lots of shoegaze effects.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 9 November 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link
finally got around to this album and it's goddamn incredible
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 17:40 (eight years ago) link
I will be the one naysayer, or maybe subsequent listens will win me over. On first listen, some of its too goth and industrial for my tastes. I like old-school post-punk, but am less of a goth and industrial fan. I love the 4 Tops aspect, but its done in a too abrasive manner for me. Plus, am not hearing the Adrian Sherwood dub aspects I like.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
It's definitely more on Maffia side of the On-U catalogue, but I still think Sherwood would be a good touchstone for some dub remixes. If he's not available, I'd be happy for Liam Farrell (producer behind Mbongwana Star, one of this year's more comparable albums) to do some knob twirling.
― There's no Hell, so we'll improvise (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link
Not sure I can hear much goth unless you mean a birthday party / gun club / wolfgang press gutter blues thing?
― gabba cadaver (NickB), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 20:33 (eight years ago) link
A few weeks back I know Mekon Sally Timms was extolling these guys on Facebook, and for some reason all I could think of was that band Bastille. But yeah, this album is pretty cool, and yeah, I get a hint of the Goth stuff, too. A la Fields of the Nephilim or something, though yeah, I hear a lot of that junkyard skronk blues stuff, too. Also, maybe TV on the Radio had that band existed in 1982.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
it's more American Gothic than 80s goth to me.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link
^^^
― gabba cadaver (NickB), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link
someone needs to hook mark e up with this thread btw, think he would like this A LOT
― gabba cadaver (NickB), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 22:18 (eight years ago) link
It's the mechanical rhythms combined with the gospel/blues stuff that give it that Goth vibe, imo. Or, sure, whatever Wolfgang Press gets categorized as. But I'm definitely not getting the American Gothic vibe. It's way too theatrical, too dramatic, too minor-key, less mysterious more aggressively dark.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 22:48 (eight years ago) link
That said, there's tons of stuff in here, from the gospel-y vox to the skronk AR Kane guitar to the nods to blues, electro, the spooky backing vox ... just a cool album, sounds really fresh to me.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 22:51 (eight years ago) link
I've been rly on the fence from listening to the album. saw them last night and they were rly good. very posey in some ways, which doesn't play to my tastes, but there's an innocence to their... i guess they feel like religious "enthusiasts" in the old sense: there's an earnest innocence to the aggression, which I find immensely appealing. franklin's voice is wonderful.
don't get sherwood, don't get fœtus. not sure entirely what I do get but this I guess is uncertainty is part of what I like about them. they're really up front and central. venue cocked up the sound which distracted from the intensity a bit - all a bit farcical in fact - but very glad to have seen them.
― Fizzles, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 00:45 (eight years ago) link
"The Mute Sessions were undertaken as a way of using alternate instrumentation to accentuate different sonic and conceptual contours, which may not have been so heavily in the foreground in the album versions.
Tape manipulation, musique concrete and synthesizer programming were some of the techniques employed here.
We endeavoured to strip a few of the songs of their machinations, as if re-sung from sheet music at the end of times to a tape loop and a broken piano."
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mute-studio-sessions-single/id1057988459
― etc, Friday, 1 January 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link
http://lpr.com/lpr_events/brendan-canty-christoph-greens-burn-to-shine-6-atlanta-april-13th-2016/
― ulysses, Monday, 4 April 2016 17:03 (eight years ago) link
About a month ago my dad sent my brother and me a text asking "Who set up this Algiers Pandora station on my computer? It's WONDERFUL!"
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 4 April 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
yeah someone on twitter nudged me on saturday re one of their tracks.he said it reminded him of Mecca era Age of Chance.and in my drunken state, i could not disagree.its on my list of "get it in fopp for a fiver".
― mark e, Monday, 4 April 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
Can you claim the credit, djp?
― a hairy, howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 10:41 (eight years ago) link
I can!
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 15:23 (eight years ago) link
saw these guys play a show last night & it was amazing! go see them, everybody
― arts and crafts THIS GUY (daria-g), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 22:44 (eight years ago) link
don't get fœtushearing this first time today, but oh man, the climax of irony.utility.pretext. with the repeat mock-orchestra stabs over staccato beats is totally hole-era foetus imo.
― we have no facts and we're voting no (Hunt3r), Thursday, 27 April 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
As long as this is revived, thread on the new album here:
Algiers -- The Underside of Power
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 April 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
Playing Baby's All Right in BK on July 22https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1472342
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 28 April 2017 14:42 (seven years ago) link
I couldn't make it last night, but I heard that advance tickets for the Chicago show, in a tiny club, were apparently pitiful.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 October 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
seeing them tomorrow night in TO, I pledge to buy a fuckton of merch if the turnout here is bad
― Simon H., Saturday, 21 October 2017 03:49 (six years ago) link
Wisdom.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 21 October 2017 13:37 (six years ago) link
A M A Z I N G live band. thankfully people in my town showed up, but I picked up both LPs anyway. they deserve bigger venues and a fifth member so they can ease up on the multitasking.
― Simon H., Sunday, 22 October 2017 06:14 (six years ago) link
!!!!!!!
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/algiers-announce-new-lp-tour-share-dispossession-video/
https://youtu.be/bwKTIQuH5ug
― Simon H., Tuesday, 29 October 2019 18:00 (four years ago) link
what an incredible album cover
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2019/10/algiers-there-is-no-year.jpg
single is great. $15 tickets to their only NY play at St Vitus in April go on sale nov. 1.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
Going to be awesome.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
Looking forward to it, and love the single. Kind of glad 'Sub Bass' is not on it, not sure I could listen to that over and over again.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 2 November 2019 08:06 (four years ago) link
New single at Adult Swim:
https://www.adultswim.com/music/singles/5
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
The cleaner, less goth/industrial sound on these songs is a bit of a bummer for me
― Simon H., Thursday, 5 December 2019 03:32 (four years ago) link
New one's out today. Fingers crossed for gr8ness
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 17 January 2020 13:17 (four years ago) link
Not sure about this one after a couple of listens. A lot of songs seem to peter out just as they're gaining steam.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 20 January 2020 18:40 (four years ago) link
“Chaka” is amazing. I like this new album a lot.
― Tim F, Monday, 20 January 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link
Three tracks in and I think this is sounding pretty cool - it's a sonic step forward again - all sorts of lovely details in the mix
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
This album is great, cosign on "Chaka"
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP) at 8:50 27 Jan 20I was trying to remember why I didn't ever try to investigate Iceage and on a hunch googled Iceage racistnow I remember
iirc correctly there's a thread here where Fred explains how his fellow Danes are not racist and everyone was too dumb to understand
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 January 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
plz do not summon anyone to this thread based on northern european politics
― babu frik fan account (mh), Monday, 27 January 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
lol that’s all coming back to me now
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Monday, 27 January 2020 16:03 (four years ago) link
they went on Colbert
https://youtu.be/JmzwOG06iUg
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Sunday, 2 February 2020 00:49 (four years ago) link
Put up a full live set from a couple of weeks ago in Dublin:
https://algierstheband.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-dublin-8-feb-2020
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 February 2020 00:09 (four years ago) link
And this one from the other day! Apparently they're going to make a thing of it.
https://algierstheband.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-amsterdam-13-feb-2020
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 February 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
NYC show rescheduled to December 11. Something to look forward to.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
and then it wasn't
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 23 January 2021 22:33 (three years ago) link
Been a couple of good solo things lately -- here's Ryan's:
https://dedmeet.bandcamp.com/album/the-end-of-their-world-is-coming
And here's Lee's:
https://algierstheband.bandcamp.com/album/mondo-decay
Meantime the band themselves put out this for the election -- a hell of a thing:
https://algierstheband.bandcamp.com/album/cleveland-20-20
And even a Christmas single!
https://algierstheband.bandcamp.com/album/algiers-crew-holiday-fan-club-digi-7inch
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 January 2021 02:06 (three years ago) link
So Lee's Nun Gun project is out today per the link above -- and there's a dub version due in a couple of weeks. You might recognize some of the names (he said, drily).
https://algierstheband.bandcamp.com/album/stealth-maxi-dub-companion
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 February 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
New album en route and the new single is here with Backxwash and billy woods and it rules.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17SmU2Q_Qt0
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 14:22 (two years ago) link
oh this rules, hopefully the album is similarly cool because the last one just didn't quite do it for me
― ufo, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 23:17 (two years ago) link
omg this is fantastic, full portishead prog-rap-soul trip
― imago, Thursday, 15 September 2022 07:21 (two years ago) link
I felt like "Chaka" was a near-pinnacle for them and this isn't quite at that level but yes it's very promising for the new album.
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 September 2022 07:42 (two years ago) link
yeah I quite liked the last album but it def had Internet Backlash
― imago, Thursday, 15 September 2022 08:04 (two years ago) link
oh i didn't know RYM hated it lol, i just remember it being mostly more-of-the-same except not quite as strong as TUOP
― ufo, Thursday, 15 September 2022 10:13 (two years ago) link
just a little underwhelming rather than being awful or anything
― ufo, Thursday, 15 September 2022 10:14 (two years ago) link
Fantano apparently piled in, you know the rest etc
― imago, Thursday, 15 September 2022 11:22 (two years ago) link
Piled in full knowing their history of sub(bass)tweeting their critics, even. Time for a sequel lads
― imago, Thursday, 15 September 2022 11:23 (two years ago) link
― imago, Thursday, September 15, 2022 3:04 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
now this one has internet backxwash
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Thursday, 15 September 2022 13:27 (two years ago) link
😎
― imago, Thursday, 15 September 2022 14:15 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkWWzQPNrs
another very cool new single
album shook out feb 24
― ufo, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 21:30 (one year ago) link
late pass but bite back is fucking great
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 January 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
Saw some IG video clips of a December 15 gig in NY where they were joined onstage by guests including Billy Woods and Mark Cisneros; and I was impressed
https://www.thisisnotaphotograph.com/blog/2022/12/16/algiers-and-special-guests-at-national-sawdust
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 January 2023 15:17 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ2Uw9llbrg
the new album is sure shaping up well
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 20:39 (one year ago) link
extremely cool, touch of Mars Volta to it dare i say
― imago, Thursday, 9 February 2023 09:11 (one year ago) link
interesting/awesome remix-not-remix album by nyc doing-it-wrong hiphop impresario king vision ultra aka geng aka head of ptp
https://algierstheband.bandcamp.com/album/shook-world-hosted-by-algiers
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Thursday, 9 February 2023 14:04 (one year ago) link
new album sounds pretty good on first listen
― ufo, Friday, 24 February 2023 06:08 (one year ago) link
It does indeed.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 February 2023 13:45 (one year ago) link
Enjoying this
― imago, Saturday, 25 February 2023 14:46 (one year ago) link
Will be seeing them in a few weeks at Bottom of the Hill; they were great when I caught them for Underside of Power a while back but I suspect this show, with the catalog even deeper now, will be a hell of a thing.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 February 2023 15:55 (one year ago) link
Algiers not happy with Under the Radar site negative review
no one could accuse under the radar of knowing what theyre talking about— Algiers (@AlgiersMusic) February 25, 2023
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 February 2023 15:31 (one year ago) link
Haha. Well presuming they read all the criticism of them, this is easily their best album yet imo
― imago, Sunday, 26 February 2023 16:02 (one year ago) link
yeah it's fantastic, definitely their best
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 08:22 (one year ago) link