best US band of the decade?
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2019 03:27 (five years ago) link
bump
serious question
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link
idk probably? certainly one of the only US rock bands i have had much interest in this decade
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 5 April 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
i gotta listen a bit more to these guys, something isn't quite clicking with me. but i trust you guys.
― tylerw, Friday, April 29, 2016 3:41 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha, this is still kinda how i feel.
― tylerw, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:43 (five years ago) link
who are even still the other bands
― j., Friday, 5 April 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
I really like them, especially live. Got to see a double bill of Horse Lords and Mdou Moctar and I must say that was a helluva show.
― grandavis, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
i like their double drummer setup and rhythmic complexityand this sounds dismissive but i don't mean it that way at all since i am uneducated formally -- they seem very well educated in playing music. when i saw them a while ago, someone remarked that they sounded like they had "gone to school" and that was my exact impression upon seeing them the first time too. no one gets to play drums that precisely and also learn the circular breathing technique for the saxophone just sitting in their basement alone.
https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/on-first-solo-outing-saxophonist-andrew-bernstein-breaks-music-down-to-the-fundamentals/
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 5 April 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
xp so jealous
ll otm, they def have "chops"
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah they are working with tools and ideas, not "jamming" or rocking out. I think your enjoyment of them probably depends on how wired you are for the set of tools, which I am particularly wired for!
― grandavis, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:55 (five years ago) link
This is not to suggest that they do not rock
seems like they have chosen to express more complicated musical ideas in the idiom of "rock music" because that means more people have the opportunity to understand it/enjoy it bc they are familiar with the sonic vocabulary (tools) of rock music. it could open people's ears and minds to hearing more non-rock music. that's nice.
gotta say though -- seeing them perform >>> listening to their recordingsfor mei like to see + hear what they are doing. i've seen them...3x? i think?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 5 April 2019 20:59 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah, live is best! Really cool to see the two drummers in action, as well as the other stuff going on of course. Seems that that first statement is right on too based on something or other I have read. Always interested in people using common frameworks (i.e. "rock band") to sneak other things in. Fun way to work.
― grandavis, Friday, 5 April 2019 21:07 (five years ago) link
I dunno I mean I haven't seen them live but I just love all the Mixtapes, and those are definitely not something built for a live translation - I think they excel in both arenas (live & studio)
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
btw Mixtape IV totally rules if y'all have not heard it yet
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 5 April 2019 21:09 (five years ago) link
must be a mother to remember how to play all their tunes
― j., Sunday, 7 April 2019 23:44 (five years ago) link
they don't play them exactly the same every time, they discussed that in some interview. and having a weirdly tuned just intonation guitar probably doesn't hurt
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 8 April 2019 01:01 (five years ago) link
yeah, i would expect as much—but still
― j., Monday, 8 April 2019 01:02 (five years ago) link
saw them live, it was excellent
showed them to a friend via bandcamp
said friend is a drummer nerd who studied percussion in ghana and plays in an almost-famous neo-afrobeat outfit.
he listened to them for like two months straight, exclusively.
i am not “educated”
they are not a rock band to me but i love them
― budo jeru, Monday, 8 April 2019 03:39 (five years ago) link
https://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/the-common-task
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Thursday, 23 January 2020 06:30 (four years ago) link
yesssssss
― j., Thursday, 23 January 2020 07:17 (four years ago) link
HELL YES!
― alpine static, Thursday, 23 January 2020 07:18 (four years ago) link
just preordered the everloving shit outta this
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Thursday, 23 January 2020 13:30 (four years ago) link
excellent excellent news
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 23 January 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
they're one of the many reasons I'm stoked for Long Play in NYC
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 23 January 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
The promo was in my inbox this afternoon. It’s good.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Thursday, 23 January 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
Hope I get to see them live again soon. It has been too long.
― grandavis, Friday, 24 January 2020 15:58 (four years ago) link
!!
― budo jeru, Friday, 24 January 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
BAGPIPES
― ogmor, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:08 (four years ago) link
seriously! still wrapping my head around this, feels like part of their continuum from the start and very cohesive but also some startlingly cool additions
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
deep horse lords
i had high expectations but my initial listen makes me think they've been surpassed
― ogmor, Friday, 13 March 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
can't wait to get home and crank this at high volume!
― sleeve, Friday, 13 March 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
this is great, of course
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 13 March 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
it's another one of these bands (like with Ahleuchatistas' Arrebato album) where I realise I don't really have an aversion to math rock when it's done like this.
― calzino, Friday, 13 March 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
i mean this is just wonderful, ecstatic energy and creativity. i love it
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 13 March 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link
the last ~5 minutes of the closing track definitely has quotations of previous material. kind of a good trick for them to do
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 13 March 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
Saw them live a few years ago at a sit down venue and they had the bagpipes. I think they suggested to close your eyes (? memory’s shaky here, but people had eyes closed) and the bagpipe guy played while walked around the room. Some cool psych phasing going on.
― circa1916, Saturday, 14 March 2020 01:39 (four years ago) link
Was supposed to see them tonight in bk but we're living in a nightmare so going to buy the vinyl/merch instead. Fucking awesome band and amazing album.
― gman59, Saturday, 14 March 2020 17:22 (four years ago) link
they made awesome shirts for the new record but they’re completely sold out on bandcamp :/
― budo jeru, Monday, 16 March 2020 04:54 (four years ago) link
They already are on pressing #2 of the record I believe, they would re-up the shirts I imagine too if they sold out that fast. Especially as they aren't even getting to tour it for a while.
― grandavis, Monday, 16 March 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
this is exactly the record I was hoping it'd be. definitely going to be cranking this a ton over the next few weeks of quarantine
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 16 March 2020 22:33 (four years ago) link
same
also, horse lords twitter confirms new round of shirts on the way
― budo jeru, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link
Cool, figured. Hope you get one.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 02:04 (four years ago) link
Listening to this for the first time right now and fuck am I grinning at how fucking great this is. This is what I need right now. This, and wine.
― kraudive, Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah, so good.
― Sund4r, Saturday, 21 March 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
WOW, this is fantastic stuff.
― jmm, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 13:43 (four years ago) link
listening to this on weed in the dark last night was wild. It's like a science fiction movie
― Chief Kyiv, Saturday, 4 April 2020 00:03 (four years ago) link
Our long out of print 2014 NNA Tapes LP Hidden Cities has been repressed! Available on Bandcamp starting tonight at midnight.
― sleeve, Saturday, 6 June 2020 01:54 (four years ago) link
yo good looking out, just ordered it!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 6 June 2020 04:25 (four years ago) link
same!
― alpine static, Saturday, 6 June 2020 04:47 (four years ago) link
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