Thanks, didn't know about that site.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
these guys are playing chicago tomorrow, I am pondering going but probably won't because I am lazy.
― dr johnson (askance johnson), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I thought about going to that, but with all the Pitchfork fawning over Girls, I'm a little wary of the annoying crowd this might draw.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Saw Real Estate @ The Funhouse (Seattle) tonight. Really nice, and a good deal more propulsive/energetic than I expected. Drummer & bassist hammer the tunes surprisingly hard. Reminded me of a bunch of different stuff: surf music, the "rhyming guitars" of Pell Mell & Love Tractor, a sort of John Frusciante version of late Pavement (plus they had Malkmus clothes), even Dire Straits. Only knew "Fake Blues" and "Pool Swimmers" going in, off a Woodsist 45 I picked up a while back, but I liked just about everything they played. Bought a copy of the new LP off them, which I'm listening to now. It's excellent, though much more relaxed & dreamy than the live show.
Band afterwards was Pill Wonder, who sounded too much like Animal Collective for my taste, so I split. A guy shooting hoops in the rain told me about clown cults in Italy, and how they used to eat people and terrorize them and so forth. The red mouth of the modern clown supposedly symbolizes the bloody jowls of this hideous cannibal clown ancestor. I dunno. Is this true? Did there used to be clown cults in Italy, and did they used to eat people? I would like to think so.
― my full five minutes of iguana time (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 November 2009 08:51 (fourteen years ago) link
The internet provides little to no evidence supporting the existence of cannibal clown cults.
:(
― my full five minutes of iguana time (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 November 2009 09:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay so I've fallen really hard for Real Estate, but I'm not sure I can say the same for Ducktails. Backyard didn't feel like anything I'd really want to return to.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 November 2009 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 ducktails, kinda meh on real estate (tho it's certainly not BAD). and i'm getting more mileage out of 'landscapes' than 'backyard' fwiw
― psychgawsple, Thursday, 19 November 2009 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
cosign ^^
― 69, Thursday, 19 November 2009 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Like em both about equals, and yeah, Landscapes is my favorite Ducktails so far.
― my full five minutes of iguana time (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 November 2009 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Like the s/t on NNF, too.
― my full five minutes of iguana time (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 November 2009 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link
add note - i also picked up a real estate "live on the radio" lp at that show, which is much more like what i thought they'd sound like live: a clean, bright, unreverby version of the studio stuff, with a v understated rhythm section. looses some of the melancholy psychedelia, but still nice back porch jams. nowhere near as revelatory as woods' "acoustic family creeps" radio session ep.
― contenderizer, Friday, 20 November 2009 22:05 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i like that woods AFC LP too
― 69, Friday, 20 November 2009 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, one of my favorite records of the year - wish it were longer
― contenderizer, Friday, 20 November 2009 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah
Still haven't been able to find Landscapes, but am listening to the self-titled Ducktails right now and loving it a lot more than Backyard.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 11 December 2009 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm not max or anything but tht sunlounger track is amazing
― conezy (cozwn), Friday, 11 December 2009 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link
julian lynch album i like, kinda like a canaxis version of this
― plax (ico), Monday, 8 March 2010 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I really like the new album, even if it has veered more towards Real Estate territory than his previous albums (i.e. more "songs" and less textural, for the most part). Fair warning though, I'm a sucker for this particular vibe right now.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, been listening to the new one a lot too, "porch projector" and "killin' the vibe" do it for me
― the tune is space, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
― conezy (cozwn), Friday, December 11, 2009 8:32 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
haha. glad ppl were feeling my sunlounger jam
― *gets the power* (deej), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/ducktails-the-flower-lane
― mizzell, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
???
Ducktails - Letter of Intent (my new single, premiered on Vogue today) http://www.vogue.com/culture/article/new-song-debut-ducktails-letter-of-intent-featuring-a-duet-with-jessa-farkas/#1
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
Are the ??? For the Vogue connection? Song sounds pretty good. Better than the title track, though the Supertramp whistle makes me chuckle every time.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 00:41 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, just seemed an unlikely place to premiere a Ducktails song.
― a Christmas .gif for you from (seandalai), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
I really, really like the new one. I get why its kinda divisive, I can see how people who loved the bedroom sound of the self-titled or Landscapes might be put off by how crisp and smooth this is. But I dig how it kinda hits the midpoint between Real Estate, Ford & Lopation 80s sounds, and like Kaputt era Destroyer.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
This guy totally lost me A dud in every sense of the word IMO. No identity.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
OldHamSweat
― groundhog-enorme-toute-grosse-253x300.jpg (clouds), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
hadn't heard these guys before, but i like the latest release, especially the duets with the lady singer. i take it it's kind of a departure from the other stuff?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
Well he started out doing pretty lo-fi, fuzzy guitar based stuff, but subsequent releases (esp 2011's III) saw him meandering a little closer to Real Estate (his other band) territory. this one is a huge leap in sound quality and collaboration. the Ford & Lopatin dudes also show up, there are a lot of guests on this.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
it's pretty good! especially like the "letter of intent" tune.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
i dig this. i'm very happy that the pointless sax solo has made a comeback.
― Spectrum, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
I like Planet Phrom (apparently a cover, he played it at Woodsist Fest and credited the songwriter, can't remember who) off Flower Lane. and Killin the Vibe is all time. other than those standouts though I think I liked Ducktails better when it was more distinct from Real Estate. (maybe not coincidentally my opinion of Real Estate went way up in the meantime, Days was fantastic ... didn't really get into the debut much)
― dmr, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
oh here's the original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP9gFGjebBw
― dmr, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
that is a great tape, dude was in the NZ band Snapper.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLLAmmqElzM
― 888 (Lamp), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone else at the Lexington show last night? Phenomenal stuff; the new material is so much better live; looser, freer etc. And Matt Mondanile's guitar work was absolutely sublime. Could happily listen to him puttering about for hours.
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
Flower Lane grew on me. it's pretty cool, especially the first half.
― dmr, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
Hastily put together review of said gig...http://crackmagazine.net/music/ducktails-2/
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Flower Lane is gorgeous. What Pitchfork listed as a defect of Ducktails -- Mondaile's preference for surfaces over substance, the fact that his songs do not "cohere" as neatly as Real Estate's songs do, for instance -- I think is one of his great strengths. If the songs felt like they were "going somewhere" they wouldn't have the magical, meandering quality that they do.
― Treeship, Saturday, 22 June 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
Best Ducktails, imo.
― chromecassettes, Saturday, 22 June 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
it's hard for me to choose between this one and arcade dynamics, which is an album that make me happy whenever i listen to it. i think they accomplish different things.
― Treeship, Saturday, 22 June 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
*makes
every time I see this damn thread I keep hearing "Life is like a hurricaaaaaaaaaaaaane" and having to remind myself that it's about something different
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 00:40 (ten years ago) link
Egyptian Sports Network collaboration w/ Spencer Clark from Skaters is sounding pretty good.
https://soundcloud.com/new-images/egyptian-sports-network-leo-in
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 23 June 2013 07:39 (ten years ago) link
finally got around to The FLower Lane and it's pretty great imoone of those times where for a second i was mad at myself for not delving in earlier but then it sounds totally OTM right now while staring out at the bright frozen wasteland out the window. so i Ain't mad at me
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
it's a great album, one of my favorites from last year. the cover of "planet phrom" is a treat
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
Can't say I care much for Ducktails, but DJ Sprinkles' remix of "Letter Of Intent" is phenomenal, if you haven't heard Queerifications & Ruins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDv5-IfshwM
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 22:22 (ten years ago) link
Is there another thread dedicated to Ducktails' new album, St. Catherine? I thought there'd be more fans. I didn't even realize this was released until now. Listening. Reviews seem tepid, but I loved the last two albums, so...
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Sunday, 9 August 2015 22:53 (eight years ago) link
this one is kind of growing on me, but as of yet i'm still listening to it more out of loyalty to magic first impressions with the last one than for what it does on its own
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 9 August 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
Wait, what?
There's a new album?
― groovypanda, Monday, 10 August 2015 07:14 (eight years ago) link