wtf
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 1 June 2022 22:03 (two years ago) link
oh no. That's my fave Shabaka project
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 June 2022 22:52 (two years ago) link
FUUUUCK I missed them in March because they played on a Monday, I'd had a crazy packed weekend, and I was seeing D/D and Low on Tuesday.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 3 June 2022 16:13 (two years ago) link
i missed them too as was away when they came to town. it looks like my only other chance to see them would have been primavera but they are playing the other week i'm not there. bah!
― stirmonster, Friday, 3 June 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
i'll catch them when they reunite in five years
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 3 June 2022 17:09 (two years ago) link
that was a joke, but i'd be pretty surprised if these four guys never play together again
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Friday, 3 June 2022 17:14 (two years ago) link
yeah tbh I wonder what prompted the announcement. Prior to this, I could've easily seen Comet, Ancestors, or Sons never putting out another album without having to make it formal
― rob, Friday, 3 June 2022 17:20 (two years ago) link
From the Basement session sounding great:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB4-eH5mGf0
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 30 June 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link
.@SonsOfKemet @NewportJazzFest pic.twitter.com/b0lAB1ZE2A— jeff (@jazyjef) July 30, 2022
― dow, Saturday, 30 July 2022 23:52 (one year ago) link
New The Comet Is Coming album, Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam, in September. I haven't heard all of it yet but what I have heard is very good. Here's the first single, "Code":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUiI1SJqgRo
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 31 July 2022 00:17 (one year ago) link
Hey, I was just at the Newport Jazz Festival, they slayed! I don't know the material well enough to know if it was from an album or entirely improvised (which it often felt like).
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 31 July 2022 01:28 (one year ago) link
Barely took any photos at #newportjazzfestival today, but here’s a moment from the incredible @SonsOfKemet set 🔥 pic.twitter.com/SKaAI2bjvn— Nate Chinen (@natechinen) July 31, 2022
― dow, Sunday, 31 July 2022 02:53 (one year ago) link
Join us for #KEXP50, our 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday, August 6! The event is FREE, open to the public, and featuring live sets from @chkchkchk @SonsOfKemet @thaogetstaydown @tomonakayama @LIV_musiq + MORE special guests! Info: https://t.co/mNCVJts5Ya pic.twitter.com/4baqnNtdez— kexp (@kexp) July 22, 2022
― dow, Sunday, 31 July 2022 02:55 (one year ago) link
Boy I am not responding to the new Comet is Coming album as I'd hoped. I think I have to admit that I like it when they're more "rock," and maybe liking rock in my jazz is corny, but so be it.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 29 September 2022 21:58 (one year ago) link
i'm liking it a lot, though i'm hearing less rock than EDMwhy they are scheduled to play NYC at the same time as BRIC Jazzfest is beyond me
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 September 2022 23:35 (one year ago) link
edm and 70s Miles Davis fusion
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 September 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link
Revisited the Shabaka & the Ancestors albums this week. Those are fucking brilliant, and really slept-on IMO (probably because they can't tour as much as TCIC or Kemet could).
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 30 September 2022 14:09 (one year ago) link
Agreed, Wisdom of Elders is probably my favorite SH-related album.
The new one has sadly confirmed that I don't really like TCIC that much.
― rob, Friday, 30 September 2022 14:21 (one year ago) link
The new one has awakened my interest in TCIC
― imago, Friday, 30 September 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
As one door closes, another opens
Tour started last night. They're phenomenal live, so if they're in your neighborhood and you're feeling good about going to shows, definitely do it.
Fri, SEP 30 The Crocodile Seattle, WASat, OCT 1 Revolution Hall Portland, ORMon, OCT 3 The Independent San Francisco, CATue, OCT 4 The Independent San Francisco, CAWed, OCT 5 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CAThu, OCT 13 Thalia Hall Chicago, ILFri, OCT 14 The Axis Club Theatre Toronto, CanadaSat, OCT 15 Le National Montreal, CanadaTue, OCT 18 Crystal Ballroom Somerville, MAWed, OCT 19 Underground Arts Philadelphia, PAThu, OCT 20 Union Stage Washington, DCFri, OCT 21 Bowery Ballroom New York, NYSat, OCT 22 Bowery Ballroom New York, NYWed, NOV 2 Tama Poznań, PolandThu, NOV 3 Zaklęte Rewiry Wrocław, PolandFri, NOV 4 Hype Park Kraków, PolandSat, NOV 5 Praga Centrum Warszawa, PolandSun, NOV 6 Pitchfork Music Festival Berlin 2022Tue, NOV 8 Alte Feuerwache - Halle Mannheim, GermanyWed, NOV 9 E-Werk - Clubbühne Erlangen, GermanyThu, NOV 10 MEETFACTORY Prague, Czech RepublicFri, NOV 11 Transcentury Update 2022 Leipzig, GermanyWed, NOV 16 La Gaîté Lyrique Paris, FranceThu, NOV 17 L'Aéronef Lille, FranceFri, NOV 18 Babylon Istanbul, TurkeySat, NOV 19 Pavillon Hannover, GermanyThu, DEC 1 Shibuya WWW 渋谷区, 日本Fri, DEC 2 Shibuya WWW 渋谷区, 日本Sat, DEC 3 Live House Anima Osaka, JapanThu, DEC 8 Oxford Art Factory Sydney, AustraliaFri, DEC 9 Meredith Music Festival 2022 Meredith, AustraliaSat, DEC 10 Corner Hotel Richmond, Australia
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 30 September 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link
Unsurprising if reactionary ol' ILM turns against TCIC just as they go imagocore tbh. That chord flourish near the end of The Hammer is so me, you must be disgusted
― imago, Saturday, 1 October 2022 13:18 (one year ago) link
Yeah wasn't sure what to make of EDM jazz at first but it's really clicking. "Angel of Darkness" is especially a standout.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 1 October 2022 13:49 (one year ago) link
Yeah that song is SO sick, reminds me of Ex Eye, the Colin Stetson post-metal thing from a few years ago
― imago, Saturday, 1 October 2022 13:53 (one year ago) link
Ha didn't know you were a fan - Ex Eye was great.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 1 October 2022 13:54 (one year ago) link
Really confused, are we all using EDM as a term for dance music in general now? Or does the new Comet Is Coming truly sound like the Chainsmokers?
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 3 October 2022 10:24 (one year ago) link
There is flashy, poppy techno in this jazz, and I am here for it
― imago, Monday, 3 October 2022 10:31 (one year ago) link
Spaced out where SoK is earthy, The Comet Is Coming's "Channel the Spirits" starts off sounding kind of like an update on "Lawrence of Newark," but touches down in a thumping dance club towards the end.
― rob, Wednesday, September 26, 2018 5:06 PM (four years ago)
^from my opening post. This isn't a departure or anything, it's a core element of their sound and hardly represents some turn to "imagocore," whatever that could possibly mean smh.
― rob, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:00 (one year ago) link
They used to be noisier and more "out"; they've definitely moved further in the direction of synthwave and 80s retro on this album (and to a lesser degree on the LP and EP before it).
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 3 October 2022 13:07 (one year ago) link
True, I don't think they've been static, and I'd have to listen to them all again to discern the trajectory. But the dance music element was a big part of CtS.
I'm more than happy to think of "imagocore" as 80s retro, excellent
― rob, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:18 (one year ago) link
oh no
― imago, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:23 (one year ago) link
do feel like there's a certain flashy balance of pop, prog, avant-garde noise and melodic grandstanding that constitutes a Sweet Spot, and that this album locks onto it to an extent
― imago, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:34 (one year ago) link
yeah fair enough, please just do not call me "reactionary" though ;)
― rob, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:46 (one year ago) link
EOY season preparations seem to get earlier every year
― imago, Monday, 3 October 2022 13:51 (one year ago) link
New album is terrific
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Monday, 3 October 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
"Angel of Darkness" is a massive track.
― Indexed, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
― imago, Saturday, October 1, 2022 8:18 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
yes we reactionaries want a return to the classic oscar peterson-style coffee shop be-bop of earlier the comet is coming!
the first song reminded me of a song that would be in the bourne identity soundtrack with sax
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 21:09 (one year ago) link
lol sorry, that was quite boorish in retrospect. but I really think the new album is an exciting leap into...something
― imago, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 21:12 (one year ago) link
it's not grabbing me at first but he's a great artist and i'll definitely keep giving it a go
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
The ARE Prject EP that he did with Hieroglyphic Being and Sarathy Korwar is my favorite thing he’s been a part of— could listen to that record on a loop, and in fact, I have done so for hours at a time
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Monday, 17 October 2022 19:22 (one year ago) link
table otm
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 22:46 (one year ago) link
I had to stop the new Comet, forget the idea that it's jazz, put it back on, and it works much better now. I have no idea what synthwave is but I could picture this in a video game all right.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 13:56 (one year ago) link
This is what I mean! Come over to my side, we have fat breakdowns
― imago, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link
Synthwave is just a term for Carpenter obsessed synth soundtrack stuff.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link
If it is that then it def can't also be EDM.
Gonna go listen to the damn album now and find it.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link
*out
I'm on "Frequency" and the groove is quite formidable, it's very much ethno porn sax skronk but I don't mind. The developments and sonic contrast with the synths and beats are... incongruous and funny ? It's the first album in a while that seems to have a sense of humor and make me want to laugh. It's a rather strange mix of subversive and meditative, but I can take it as it is.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 14:18 (one year ago) link
Comet would have been great at Megadog
― kraudive, Friday, 21 October 2022 14:09 (one year ago) link
The genre of TCIC is "music that kicks ass" I think.Had the pleasure of seeing them live this week and they were incredible.
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Friday, 21 October 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
incredible live band
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 October 2022 15:42 (one year ago) link