(Thomas Dolby also produced three Prefab Sprout records, including Steve McQueen)
― lazyitis, Sunday, 29 November 2015 06:27 (eight years ago) link
Not quite as luxurious and sophisticated as Kaputt or Avalon, but still quite enjoyable: China Crisis Flaunt the Imperfection and What Price Paradise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBpbpxjSzZo
― lazyitis, Sunday, 29 November 2015 06:35 (eight years ago) link
Just discovered Gigi Masin. I'm only on the album opener from "Talk To The Sea" (2015), but I'm already impressed. Echoes of Tea In The Sahara-era Sting! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iq6vNW6Bh4
― pplasma, Monday, 30 November 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
ooh, that's lovely. good share!
― artisanally blended vape juice smoothie (bernard snowy), Monday, 30 November 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
so i picked up a shift last night at my bar on "college tuesday"...put this on and got surprising reactions. Lots of "who's this?" and to top it off Song for America actually had people dancing and sexy girl dancing. Although there were a few odd looks during the whole animals...deaths embrace thing. Meanwhile I was doing lots of pelvic thrusts behind the bar. Im sure this is exactly what Bejar was going for.― Beardie you disappoint me (chrisv2010), Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:14 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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this post still haunts me whenever i listen to this record
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 November 2015 17:25 (eight years ago) link
China Crisis Flaunt the Imperfection is great! good recommendations itt
Danish singer/songwriter CV Jørgensen's late masterpiece Sjælland has more of a 90s vibe, but not far off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tujEAbQIwXo
― niels, Monday, 30 November 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
2)Al Stewart- Year of the Cat― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Tuesday, November 17, 2015 1:36 PM (3 weeks ago)
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Tuesday, November 17, 2015 1:36 PM (3 weeks ago)
had somehow never heard this song/album but holy shit it would fit right in on kaputt
― gr8080, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
You've never heard Year of the Cat? Must be a youngster!
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 19:13 (eight years ago) link
i wouldnt really associate year of the cat with kaputt except for maybe the title track, the rest is too earnest and folky to sound like destroyer ever
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 9 December 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
Year of the Cat is great, and a good point of reference - Kaputt is (among other things) a perfect mix of sophistipop and yacht rock, Al Stewart's a good yacht rock example
― niels, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:03 (eight years ago) link
i've always thought of al stewart as being the precursor to stuff like the decemberists, okkervil river, that sort of earnest high-concept storytelling rock, rather than the cynical smooth dudes that take after yacht rock. he's kind of an oddball in rock history in that way, probably why he's been largely forgotten while a lot of his peers get canonized
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 December 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
point taken
― niels, Thursday, 10 December 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
kaputt
― ciderpress, Saturday, 28 May 2016 03:50 (seven years ago) link
not sure if i should be embarrassed by how much of spotify's prefabbed "Late Night Indie" playlist overlaps with my own playlists
― ciderpress, Saturday, 28 May 2016 03:53 (seven years ago) link
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― gr8080, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
i was thinking about this album just yesterday, and how it's just about that time of year
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 16:51 (seven years ago) link
http://springfieldop.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/StCat_ToTheServentOf_God_IMG_0121.jpg
― nomar, Tuesday, 13 September 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link
holy cow, Destroyer is playing here on Friday??
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 31 October 2016 12:39 (seven years ago) link
I think his current tour is just a solo acoustic one
― ufo, Monday, 31 October 2016 12:53 (seven years ago) link
fine by me!
show's at a tiny-ass campus venue, and, other than bejar himself, i will probably be the oldest person there
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 31 October 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
that sounds perfect
― niels, Monday, 31 October 2016 13:15 (seven years ago) link
11/01/16 Milwaukee, WI Colectivo Coffee Solo performance Add to google calendar11/02/16 Chicago, IL Art Institute of Chicago Solo performance Add to google calendar11/03/16 Madison, WI The Sett (University of Wisconsin) Solo performance Add to google calendar11/05/16 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall Solo performance Add to google calendar11/06/16 London, ON The Aeolian Performing Arts Solo performance Add to google calendar11/07/16 Halifax, NS The Seahorse Tavern Solo performance Add to google calendar11/08/16 Quebec City, QC Le Cercle Solo performance Add to google calendar11/10/16 Hamilton, ON Mills Hardware Solo performance Add to google calendar11/11/16 Saskatoon, SK Amigo's Solo performance Add to google calendar11/12/16 Calgary, AB Festival Hall Solo performance Add to google calendar
definitely an interesting choice of tour dates
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Monday, 31 October 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
weird -- the show here isn't on there
(it may not ~actually~ be open to the public)
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 31 October 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
thought we had a "sounds like kaputt" thread...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D8L40-WuIM
― gr8080, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 21:01 (seven years ago) link
roxy mentioned above but this one was sounding especially Kaputt-y last weekhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsTyNcmiXm0
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 21:08 (seven years ago) link
Avalon was the OG inspiration mentioned in all the interviews / press releases iirc, and Kaputt was actually my way into Avalon
beautiful track
― niels, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 13:02 (seven years ago) link
Always thought Lindsey Buckingham's Trouble had some Kaputt like elements:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO1sQPs3U8k
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 16:17 (seven years ago) link
def.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Perhaps Mirage scratches a bit of the same itch - ethereal vibe with focus on melody and percussion
― niels, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
Buckingham track is smooth as hell
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
the laziest river is soo good
― just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, 16 February 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link
yup
― niels, Thursday, 16 February 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
you’re a permanent figure of jacked up sorrowI want you to love me
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 10 January 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
posters going ham on the sophisti-pop revivals the last couple days, I see
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
Time of the season?
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:00 (six years ago) link
I really really like the production on this one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
yeah, someone on the p4k thread suggested it sounds even better than its influences and I think that's true, at least production-wise
― niels, Thursday, 11 January 2018 06:00 (six years ago) link
I’m not even a big fan of the supposed sound he’s channeling in here and yet the production on this one makes it work.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 11 January 2018 07:43 (six years ago) link
Maybe somebody in this thread can help me with this one: Is there a Destroyer song where he cribs the line "It's time I had some time alone"? I seem to remember one (or maybe I saw him play it live?) but I can't recall for sure and maybe I'm just making it up because I think it'd be a great line for a some to appropriate
― Evan R, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
Listening to As Falls Wichita, So Falls Witchita Falls by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays, getting very strong Laziest River vibes
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 25 May 2018 04:15 (five years ago) link
They don't really sound that similar, but are both mellow epics
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 25 May 2018 04:41 (five years ago) link
I'm getting those vibes too, thx for the recommendation
― niels, Friday, 25 May 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
― omgneto and ittanium mayne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 May 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
xp
Sweet, glad you checked it out. It's a pretty unusual piece. I've been able pick up a pile of pristine Metheny vinyl for super cheap lately, and have really enjoyed digging into his catalog. Such a wide range of interesting recordings, especially from the ECM days.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 25 May 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
This record.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
Yeah, this record. <3
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 23:02 (five years ago) link
my 3.5 yo son blew my mind by singing parts of Chinatown. Turns out my wife had an old CD of Kapput in the car.
― President Keyes, Saturday, 25 August 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
don't let the terrible name scare you, mr twin sister delivers sophistihouse sure to delight any Kaputt fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-XHeBLwTE
― niels, Sunday, 11 November 2018 22:25 (five years ago) link
does this come in instrumental?― jaxon, Saturday, January 8, 2011 5:45 PM (seven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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this man sounds like an elf
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