Also, my two favourite albums of 2009 were both written and helmed by women! I feel like hegemonies are bein' challenged.
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Saturday, 9 January 2010 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
actually forget i brought lex into this, sorry. ima let you guys have your fun, it's a new year.
xp congratufuckinlations imo
― k3vin k., Saturday, 9 January 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I haven't composed an official favorite 09 list or anything, but I'd guestimate it's at least 60% women (or more).
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 January 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha kevin take a chill pill, did a dog eat yr lunch or something?
I think my list stops being female pretty sharply after Micachu and St Vincent but I'm still willing to hear more before casting my BALLOT
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Saturday, 9 January 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
lol no but my dog did get mud all over the house tho
― k3vin k., Saturday, 9 January 2010 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
funny you should say that, because track 12 of 'jewellery' features a vacuum cleaner as its main hook
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Saturday, 9 January 2010 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
does the St Vincent album feature a teeth solo?
― Audrey Wetherspoons (sic), Saturday, 9 January 2010 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
It has a neck solo.
― Megadeth Panel (Ówen P.), Saturday, 9 January 2010 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
There was a video on the TV for a really short song with a weirdo guitar lick that I liked a lot. Can't remember what it was called. Totally charming attitude on that kid, tho.
― retrovaporized nebulizer (╓abies), Saturday, 9 January 2010 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoEA_xYaLBw
^ this?
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Saturday, 9 January 2010 23:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah that one.
― retrovaporized nebulizer (╓abies), Saturday, 9 January 2010 23:52 (fourteen years ago) link
That little grin at the end
― retrovaporized nebulizer (╓abies), Saturday, 9 January 2010 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Something a bit Captain Beefheart about that riff.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Saturday, 9 January 2010 23:56 (fourteen years ago) link
i like them they're good fun
nice ppl as well
― Karen Tregaskin, Saturday, 9 January 2010 23:58 (fourteen years ago) link
FEMALE MARK E SMITH
lol ok maybe not
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Couldn't get the album to stick like I wanted it to stick. But I hope she's going places. There's a naturalness (like The xx) that stands out, even if the stuff doesn't always hold together. Still admire Prinzhorn Dance School's recordings more than either of Micachu or xx, but I can't imagine them going places.
― bendy, Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link
this is from the opposite end of the musical spectrum to the xx! one all controlled, restrained, harmonious and boring as fuck 'sophisticated', and one, well, challenging, dissonant and mercurial.
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:37 (fourteen years ago) link
How do you get 5 Micachus in a Mini?
― Chelsea Rabbit Rapist (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i lost all faith in this stupid band when i found out she didnt call herself michachu after pokemon
morelike michapoo and the shits imo
― Lamp, Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Joke still works imo
― Chelsea Rabbit Rapist (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
don't get it
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Poke 'em on
― Chelsea Rabbit Rapist (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
-_-
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
That's one of the top 3 jokes of all time. OF ALL TIME.
― Chelsea Rabbit Rapist (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:49 (fourteen years ago) link
ok fine `v`
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link
for posterity: a lot of ILX posters talk absolute horseshit about micachu and terminologies and whatnot here simon reynolds: classic or dud when starting a nice thread like this would have sufficed
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 03:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i like the kitchen sink feel to this album, all those pots & pans as percussion.louis have you heard Tune-Yards? she has a similar sort of ascetic, but less dissonant & more soul based.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqV5KzbNYIQ
― zappi, Sunday, 10 January 2010 03:36 (fourteen years ago) link
dammit slow connection load quicker
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 03:45 (fourteen years ago) link
ok that was decent enough but not in the same ballpark as micachu - also more likely to reach a wider audience on account of being less abrasive?
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 04:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Jewellery was my favorite album of 2009.
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 04:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Missed these dudes here an hour ago due to their stage running late and Roots Manuva overlapping their entire set - but saw the gear being bumped out and there was no miced-up Dyson. get yr cv in quickly imo lj.
― Audrey Wetherspoons (sic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 08:44 (fourteen years ago) link
I never expected to read these things on ILM
― Megadeth Panel (Ówen P.), Sunday, 10 January 2010 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Saturday, January 9, 2010 11:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark]
there is some really dissonant shit on the tune-yards album, the clip posted is not very representative of what she's all about and kind of blows tbh. the album is all samples she recorded and mixed with a minidisc recorder, not schnazzy studio musicians in black shirts. check it out, it might be your third favourite female fronted record of the old year.
― samosa gibreel, Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
seeing as the ebony bones record was little more than decent, quite possibly XD
― a gruff but kind-hearted badger in an english children's fable (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't stand the tune-yards record, some may take that as a recommendation
― journey to the center of fat butt (electricsound), Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
ha, the reason i checked out the micachu record was because certain people were hating on it so much on that other thread.
― zappi, Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link
:D
― a gruff but kind-hearted badger in an english children's fable (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck ME!!! tune-yards is shaping up MIGHTILY
― a gruff but kind-hearted badger in an english children's fable (acoleuthic), Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
dammit the first two tracks are EPIC, the next two less so. please recapture spirit of first two tracks
― a gruff but kind-hearted badger in an english children's fable (acoleuthic), Monday, 11 January 2010 00:09 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't know if anything bangs (as in BANG!) as hard as the first two until "fiya" but there are some other great tunes.
― samosa gibreel, Monday, 11 January 2010 00:36 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it's not bad at all! 'fiya' starts in like 10 seconds so
― a gruff but kind-hearted badger in an english children's fable (acoleuthic), Monday, 11 January 2010 00:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i oughta listen to the st vincent album
― samosa gibreel, Monday, 11 January 2010 00:38 (fourteen years ago) link
with haste. and bearing in mind that the first 7 tracks are without exception booming
― a gruff but kind-hearted badger in an english children's fable (acoleuthic), Monday, 11 January 2010 00:39 (fourteen years ago) link
ok re: 'fiya' was gonna say 'a bit too graceland for me' but the last two minutes are rectifying issues (even though things have gotten even more graceland...hmm)
still not quite...there imo, although this will get further chances
― a gruff but kind-hearted badger in an english children's fable (acoleuthic), Monday, 11 January 2010 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
"Hatari" is my favourite.
― Megadeth Panel (Ówen P.), Monday, 11 January 2010 03:49 (fourteen years ago) link
If this is scaring ppl off because it's too dissonant and challenging then I just don't know what... :\ Does the rest of the album get a little more adventurous than the vid above or?
― Miss Bannister (╓abies), Monday, 11 January 2010 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
it does. that's about as simple as the album gets
― Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11 attacks (acoleuthic), Monday, 11 January 2010 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Blergh sorry, not meaning to open up some who-has-edgier-taste contest er nothin.
xpost, ah ok. I'll need to get my hands on it some time.
― Miss Bannister (╓abies), Monday, 11 January 2010 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link
here's the best track (imo)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFu0HfQFSUs
― Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11 attacks (acoleuthic), Monday, 11 January 2010 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
and here's the other best track (also imo)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY9dvzE5HAs&feature=related
― Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11 attacks (acoleuthic), Monday, 11 January 2010 23:00 (fourteen years ago) link
The Tirzah EP is my favorite 10 or so minutes of music this year. a little more direct and pop-focused than some of the Micachu stuff with vocals that are more approachable. still plenty weird. here are some links so you can check it out.
Rdio: http://rd.io/x/QBOgPnLtmA/Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/0qm9bFqwd6IxeD36tC4sxw
― fffv, Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
ilx has form when it comes to trashing any sort of genuine art-pop
micachu obv >>> pc music in terms of compositional ability, but the battle lines are consistent and clear
this place is utterly stupefying sometimes
― imago, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
front cover of wire magazine this month
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:20 (nine years ago) link
so so so so so so happy Micah is getting recognition she deserves
but hope she keeps making pop music and doesn't go full Zimmer
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link
i'm just gonna do a lazy-journo categorisation thing w/this chick and throw her in with the rest of this era's pestilent Quirky Girls who think wearing bright colours and singing like a toddler are substitutes for talent
― lex pretend, Tuesday, January 5, 2010 5:06 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
never fucking forgive, never fucking forget
― rae sredrum (imago), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
not that we didn't all say stupid things about music five years ago (ahem) but this attitude from the ongoing Campaign For Real Pop ensures that my work here is never done
― rae sredrum (imago), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
not that into her pop music but i hope she releases more dance music & beats like she played on her Boiler Room set, for instance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3JPXQszhHA
― virtuoso thigh slapper (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
I don't know how often I screamed this or if it was often enough but the Micachu mixtape from only two months ago is prettttty much the best thing in the world.
― my booty it clean (fgti), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
It is called "Feeling romantic, feeling tropical, feeling ill" iirc it is 53 minutes long and never stops serving aces
i really loved her under the skin score! would never have guessed. her early work itt is still pestilential
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
i wanted to hear that tape, couldn't find a legit digital version anywhere though.
― virtuoso thigh slapper (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:30 (nine years ago) link
wait
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
only just now understanding that micachu did the under the skin score
holy shit
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
Jewellery is such an perfect album I bought ten copies and gave them away to strangers. I wasn't as much a fan of Never as imago but I'm warming to it... re mixtape, Jordan and anyone else, msg me
― my booty it clean (fgti), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
have done so! cheers for the offer!
nice to see some reevaluations from certain ppl here, although yeah if they could go back and reevaluate the pestilential stuff too (or accept that it COULD to some ears be great) that'd be dandy :P
― rae sredrum (imago), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link
Never is seriously one of the best albums of the decade Iimo. Do still want to listen
― all that glitters ain't cyber gold (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 04:20 (nine years ago) link
Lol: *do still want to listen to the Under the Skin sdtk. & that mixtape sounds really cool.
― all that glitters ain't cyber gold (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 04:22 (nine years ago) link
not feeling the new one
feels like a retreat into…somewhere dark and uncomfortable where we don't really need to be. where are the good ideas, the cool sounds, the weird melodies, the manic euphoria amidst the sadness?
― imago, Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:16 (eight years ago) link
maybe more listens will open it up but it occasionally hints at growing into something mighty before pulling back every time, acting all inscrutable, hiding behind lo-fi mumbles & a blank refusal to sound appealing.
maybe this last quality is proof of its brilliance but for now i'm left cold
― imago, Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:18 (eight years ago) link
you means its even more shittier than the previous shit?
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:32 (eight years ago) link
never is a towering masterpiece u goon
― imago, Saturday, 12 September 2015 00:35 (eight years ago) link
randomly decided to give them a listen for the first time today... (i think i just auto-dismissed any music where band members wore screenprinted tshirts in the 00s). four listens of both albums later... wow.
the highs of jewellery may be a bit higher but i really love the cohesiveness of never. everything flows perfectly from one track to the next and that strange pitchshifted silvery-metallic production all over everything.
what i love the most is how hooky everything is even when it's bursting at the seams with ideas and deviations. really quite smitten.
― linee, Saturday, 12 September 2015 05:50 (eight years ago) link
I've listened once so far to the new one and it just sounded so plain. I think "lo-fi mumbles & a blank refusal to sound appealing" describes it pretty well. I've loved most of what she's done since the start, and the Under the Skin stuff was as exciting as any of it, but I need to work with this one.
― Eyeball Kicks, Saturday, 12 September 2015 18:33 (eight years ago) link
Never is def one of the great LPs of the decade, CS, what are you on about?
― watermelon nuns from Calgary (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 12 September 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
Lol I just posted that right before the break, nm
― watermelon nuns from Calgary (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 12 September 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
I loved Jewellery, and thought Lips was the best single of that year. I find the new one absolutely unlistenable.
― Roaming gang of aggressive circlepits (ithappens), Saturday, 12 September 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
oooh, can't get enough of those glissando strings: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/fyc/film/jackie/soundtrack/
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
^ I love the track "Children" from the OST. So gorgeous. Has anyone heard the new album she did with Oliver Coates?
― Ross, Friday, 25 November 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
No, is it good?
― imago, Sunday, 27 November 2016 14:31 (seven years ago) link
Early uniformed opinion: It's good if you're a fan of Mica's penchant for experimental classical music. First track has subtle similar warped cello effects to what can be heard on "Under The Skin". The album is quite short with 13 tracks, so the compositions lack the build up or sustained mood of something like "Love Theme" or even the work she did with London Sinfionetta. However, it contains engaging soundscapes, splayed beats and a playful approach to the avant garde.
― Ross, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 00:27 (seven years ago) link
And plenty of beautiful cello sounds!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F00oI7iTXY
classic
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 15 September 2017 04:35 (six years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WPpBWPVsphc
― Ross, Thursday, 20 September 2018 06:42 (five years ago) link
First thirty seconds of the new album (the band is now called Good Sad Happy Bad) are quite something...
― Chip-vill-A (imago), Friday, 16 October 2020 09:10 (three years ago) link
did you listen to any more? the first tracked felt like a table setter.
there are some corkers on the record's second half, tho
― covidiot wind, blowin every time you lift your mask (voodoo chili), Friday, 16 October 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
*first track
Yeah I heard the whole thing! It's really good. Much closer to Never than GSHB on quality. Will enjoy relistening
― Chip-vill-A (imago), Friday, 16 October 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
Title-track especially stunning
― Chip-vill-A (imago), Friday, 16 October 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link
title track was a definite highlight, "bubble" and especially "universal" were my other faves.
― covidiot wind, blowin every time you lift your mask (voodoo chili), Friday, 16 October 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
This has a shout at being their best album. Earphones have really brought it to something special
― Chip-vill-A (imago), Friday, 16 October 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
Whole second half is incredible
― Chip-vill-A (imago), Friday, 16 October 2020 18:21 (three years ago) link
i really like the opener, im a sucker for that mac demarco lazy strummed detuned wet guitar sound
i haven't listened to any micachu music since the debut so idk if her singing style changed, but i like the singer on this better (even if she's a bit unremarkable)
it's cool that an artist with a reputation for being an avant-garde genius made a low-stakes post punk album w her friends; makes me miss playing in dumb short-lived bands w my pals :')
― flopson, Sunday, 18 October 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
"shades" is trippy for sure
― flopson, Sunday, 18 October 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
God it's so good. Reminds me of The The in places ('Bubble' especially).
― tangenttangent, Thursday, 22 October 2020 09:29 (three years ago) link
Totally obsessed with this record, "Bubble" and "Star" are the standouts for me
― Roland Pemberton, Thursday, 19 November 2020 00:44 (three years ago) link