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
― ||||||||, Monday, 12 November 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
this man sounds like an elf
― ||||||||, Monday, 12 November 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
it's that time of the year folks
― gbx, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
get the elf off the shelf
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
I'd say he sounds like a smurf. His voice is really beyond bearable. The music can have its moments though. Like "The laziest river" for example. Very eclectic stuff rooted in the eighties. Reminds me of my student years. Retro but pretty good retro.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 23 November 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
the sound of an entire generation of music critics ossifying about half-remembered childhood referents
just playing, ilx!
― imago, Friday, 23 November 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
his actual speaking voice sounds like that so he's not putting it on (he was in front of me at the waldorf cold beer and wine once)
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 23 November 2018 22:23 (five years ago) link
it's not the terrible name that puts me off.
― brokenshire (jed_), Saturday, 24 November 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
oh then what is it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 24 November 2018 01:12 (five years ago) link
sophistihouse
― brokenshire (jed_), Saturday, 24 November 2018 01:36 (five years ago) link
haha
well see what descriptor you can come up with
anyway people who dislike Bejar's voice I don't mean to say you're not welcome itt but I will say you're wasting your time because Bejar is a great singer
― niels, Saturday, 24 November 2018 09:49 (five years ago) link
polite no
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Saturday, 24 November 2018 11:06 (five years ago) link
a friend of mine once described his voice as a cross between nick cave and kenny everett
― . (Michael B), Saturday, 24 November 2018 11:32 (five years ago) link
I actually like that Mr. TS song but I'm struggling to see much of a connection. That name though, sheesh.
― brokenshire (jed_), Saturday, 24 November 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
here's an interesting anecdote:
Frontman Dan Bejar had largely completed his soft-rock opus before asking Shabason to improvise over the recordings, where his ghostly saxophone lines proved to be the perfect complement to Bejar’s alternately hedonistic and weary narrator, hanging over every story like a heavy cologne.
― niels, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
i got a new tattoo
https://i.imgur.com/Nge8t6i.jpg
― gr8080, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 13:37 (four years ago) link
Excellent <3
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
8 years old. How.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
one of the greats
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link