Bitchin Bajas

I can't wait to hear this whole thing! Joshua Abrams is a local treasure and I get a stronger rhythmic feel from BBs with him (& all of his people) around. I hope they play together (at least locally) to support this album!

I think this is pretty great, and a nice counterpoint to Transporteur. Would def. drive to Chicago to see them play together!

I get super heavy Pelt vibes from the A-side; and I have no problem with that whatsoever.

Big Abrams fan here and imo this is just the latest in a fantastic run of albums. Dude is positively on fire right now. All three of those Eremite LPs are so great. Could take or leave BB but I like the spirit of this collab.

I hadn't checked those out, but will now be making a beeline.

not actually very familiar w/ abrams/natural information society, but i love this collab LP -- what should i get? these eremite things?
& yeah, dronestreet, some pelt vibes, some necks vibes, all good.

Whoa, all these descriptions sound A++. Everything I have heard off of that last Natural Information Society is great.

mine arrived today! my prediction is that this album is where it's at

what should i get? these eremite things?

Absolutely. All three are kinda pricey (and the first two may be out of print on vinyl by now, though there are CD versions with bonus stuff), but well worth it. If forced to choose, the second of the three, Represencing, is my favorite, but if you like one, you'll like 'em all. They're each excellent in their own way.

ok i gotta check this out
feel like i would have already been super into this band if they didn't have a dumb name

i like their dumb name. i know a lot of people who hate it though.

it's one of those things that makes them seem kinda arrogant (too cool to care, too good for anyone to question their dumb name) but i can't really be bothered by it one way or the other

like the diy venue called "club rec+um" or rectvm or something like that
whatever, young ppl

i can't imagine ppl saying the phrase "bitchin bajas" without a big annoying grin on their face like "haha can you believe this silly band name"

also it reminds me of mountain dew, but that's a +

i've never thought it to be too awful but i've never actually had a conversation about them in person so maybe i'd feel differently.

anyway, transporteur is sweet and so is this latest one

it doesn't bother me but it's just, if i ran across a random review or article in the past i might not have clicked on it

i used to be in a band called unbelievable jolly machine, i'm in no position to judge

This record rules

i like their name, don't like that they're too good for CDs

Went to a store today, they didn't have it, our main distro doesn't even list it (everything else on Drag City they have), our second distro lists it as TBA. I WANT MY BITCHIN BAJAS MFERS.

revisiting both bitchin bajas 2015 joints and dang, these guys are good.

i like their name, don't like that they're too good for CDs

Hmm, that's interesting. I happen to dislike their name but congratulate them on their anti-cd stance.

Yeah, Transporteur may be my favorite release of theirs yet -- but both are really good. Still hunting for that Live at the Hideout triple cassette.

Tapes are cool

whatever you think of their name i think you have to admit that it's A+ trolling

cf. eagles of death metal

but congratulate them on their anti-cd stance

how, why

Cuz CD's are gross...

gross?

they're slimy

and they smell bad

there are 144 of them

how square

44.1kHz of them

i like all the medias

media snobbery is pretty wack IMO

Deep breath people. Not snobbery, just personal preference.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2014/7/28/1406561403975/The-new-CD-dazzles-80s-co-012.jpg

Not really that big of a BPB fan, but shit, I can't get enough of Bitchin Bajas...and they've done something pretty great once again.

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/03/16/bonnie-prince-billy-bitchin-bajas-epic-jammers-and-fortunate-little-ditties/

yeah, this one is really nice

I generally enjoy every fifth BPB release, and this is right on schedule. Concept seemed silly to me at first (lyrics taken from fortune cookies), but I'll be darned if it doesn't work. I still have yet to hear a Bitchin Bajas album (ugh, that name!), but I like this a lot and I loved their collab with Abrams, so maybe I'm overdue.

yeah they're great -- the self-titled BBs LP from a couple years ago is pretty amazing.

Feel like if they just used the main guy's name they'd be getting more serious attention as like a Terry Riley/Niblock/Eternal Music/whatever style artist.

this is cool! (and bajas related) http://lakeparadiserecords.bandcamp.com/album/flux-bikes-sue-olas

idk if there are any other bitchin bajas trainspotters, but they repressed the krausened ep: http://www.permanentrecordschicago.com/store/p570/LP_-_Bitchin_Bajas_-_Krausened_EP_%28Black_Wax_Repress_Ltd_300%29.html

saw them on friday and they had copies of transporteur, no live at hideout though ):

i was at the friday show too, though i left during the break/intermission

ah nice. yeah they picked it up a bit for the second set because everyone was drunk at that point i imagine. some sax wailing and motorik beats

programmed beats or human-produced?

ah sorry, programmed beats

cheers to tylerw to posting this in the drag city thread; been caning their 2016 performance of "in c":

http://sweetblahg.tumblr.com/post/154773932543/bitchin-bajas-in-c-2016

awesome!

some of their newest material (which they've been playing live) has beats, which is welcome here as Krausened EP is my favorite Bajas release

i really am starting to love these folks... any other similar acts out there? i sense a ton of obvious terry riley moves ofc but there have to be some other bands that are similar