Owen Pallett -- In Conflict

Is In Conflict going to win the end of year albums poll on here? I can kind of see it happening now.

Seeing Arcade Fire tonight. I did not even know until yesterday that Owen Pallett is opening. Talk about a pleasant surprise! This turned a 'yeah, that should be fun' show into something much more. I hope they have the 2-disc vinyl at merch.

Great show! And that includes arcade fire. I don't know what label fuckery keeps In Conflict out of the merch table, but fuck it I'll buy it online.

Also, goddamn this Santa Barbara noise ordinance. I'd rather hear Styxx's show from my bedroom at midnight and be able to see a show I'm actually interested in at an irresponsible Monday hour.

Wonderful show on Friday in Minnesota. One of the highlights was when Owen asked for any requests and someone suggested The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead. It was a lovely moment seeing him doing the first song I ever heard by him, almost 10 years ago now.

yeah I tried yelling "Heartbreaker" by Mariah Carey during that part and he didn't fuckin' play it, what a shithead

I did this email exchange with Owen when the album came out for Hazlitt, it's finally online:

http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/hazlitt/feature/black-notes-owen-pallett

that was great, thanks.

that piece makes me wanna get drunk with dude

^^ totally. Thanks for sharing that.

Just got tickets for the Ottawa show on this coming weekend. Excited!

Way too late to this album but it's astounding - top 5 for me this year. Hivemind OTM.

top 2 or 3 depending on whether I want both Jute Gytes in there haha

xp sell your tickets, it is such a snooze fest esp with that live band

:O

lol this is an in-joke right

PRIMUS SUCKS etc

No way; I saw a photo taken from backstage once and he's not even actually playing music, he's just playing DOOM on his violin while he plays a WAV file

lol

tbrr though I had the priv of seeing him twice (twice!!) this year and it was v magnificent, like unexpectedly so, I mean you know it's gonna be *good* and stuff but

I am bummed I could not see the LA date, but such is life.

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well *someone's* got a new DN waiting for them

i saw him in chicago he was lovely & enchanting

Video:
https://www.nowness.com/story/owen-pallett-in-conflict

Dunno if it's the cold weather but I'm really starting to appreciate this now. 'Chorale' is gorgeous.

i mean like it's year end lists so you're a herb by definintion for even complaining but it is kind of bumming me out some of the really mediocre albums that are getting high placement on lists over this

yep. it's blates among the very best of the year, any way you look at it. and it seems to get better and better with each listen too.. maybe the latter is a possible reason it's not seeing as much end of year action as other stuff which is good on first listen but nothing much to return to.

46th best-reviewed album of the year according to AOTY

http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/13445-owen-pallett-in-conflict.php

The fastest way that I can know a EOY list is useless at a quick glance is if it does not contain In Conflict but does contain the new Jack White.

^^ This. Or that dull as ditch water Beck album.

What if I told you Jack White played a major part in the production of In Conflict?

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You can substitute Beck for White, sure--I'm picking on Lazaretto because a) I've heard it, and b) i liked White's last record, meaning that the inclusion of this horrible one on so many lists feels lazy to me. I'm sure the Beck album benefits from a similar "we can't *not* include this" mentality among Rolling Stone types, though.

"I'm sure the Beck album benefits from a similar 'we can't *not* include this' mentality among Rolling Stone types, though."

This is why I mentioned in the EOY list thread that I was surprised the indie types weren't doing the same with that Spoon record.

Not to derail this thread though...

Given't a shit about year-end lists when I get to play Queen Elizabeth Hall with my cool band and a sextet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ndk2akCdpE

man i gotta see you live

pssst
http://www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com/event/715623-owen-pallett-brooklyn/

thanking you

missed yr show for a difft gig m8, hope this is forgivable. looks mighty, altho the not-really stripped-down loops + violin model I did see earlier this year was phenomenal too

Inneresting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO7NDX2oH44

wait before I watch that is it Tori Amos?

Tori Amos doesn't have a beard.

Damn damn damn I searched a listings website for any forthcoming London gigs a couple of months ago but this didn't come up.

srsly how many ppl are going to this show in Brooklyn on 1/29? Because from people I've talked to it seems like it's at least 45 or 50.

I am. Still need to buy tix but i hate paying the advance "service charge". Gonna hate myself if it's sold tho'.
Stevie D we should meet up.

Man. I wish I had seen him in Chicago. Saw him on the last tour at Lincoln Hall and thought he was fantastic and then ... eh, I just didn't get around to it.

should probably go to this show bc i don't have a complete memory of the last time i saw him (i blacked out and spent the majority of the show making out)

Dude I thought you were already going! YOU HAD BETTER GO

Hour-long interview with Owen: http://vishkhanna.com/2015/01/09/ep-156-owen-pallett/

Brooklyn tnite, still tix last i checked. see you, Stevie. forks?