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
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), 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
this is the opening track, 3rd best imo, also maybe the most confrontational/experimental
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnWCM2KZFDY&feature=related
― Inspiration for the sex robot sprang from the September 11 attacks (acoleuthic), Monday, 11 January 2010 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvuNIQO1Zrg&feature=related
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 21 January 2010 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i just heard this album and it is pretty good, singer girl has a hot androgynous thing
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 22 January 2010 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
how do you "mix" with a minidisc??
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 January 2010 17:47 (fourteen years ago) link
oj hi
― moullet, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
New Micachu?
― mmmm, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
there's a live album last year
― moullet, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
ILX you're fucking useless
anyway, this week's avid splurge (which was mooted for Ulver's 60's psych covers album - that can wait though) concerns Micachu's second album, which is better than the first one, and boasts an array of wonderful little songs (well, Easy, Waste Sick, OK, Holiday (especially Holiday) and Nothing are all prime LJnip) as well as a thematic and musical coherence that hasn't been so much in evidence
here it is: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/jul/17/micachu-shapes-never-album-stream
so if you don't have some tasteful indie-house to listen to...
― once a week is ample, Thursday, 19 July 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
At work but am totally on this when I get home. Thanks!
― Mercer Finn, Friday, 20 July 2012 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
important development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To39sfLShv4
― veneer timber (imago), Thursday, 21 November 2013 05:01 (ten years ago) link
whoa, thanks. belated!
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 21 November 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
would have expected ILX to be aaaaaallllllllllllllll over that but strangely not
― veneer timber (imago), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
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― veneer timber (imago), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
lots of people here just don't do micachu y'know?
gonna give it a whizz shortly
― Papa Roachford (NickB), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
i think the abrasiveness of her first record scared people off basically
shame cos the amount of raw invention on that thing was amazing
― Papa Roachford (NickB), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
also, quite a low profile since then really?
― Papa Roachford (NickB), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
her second record was even better than jewellery and you only have to look upthread to see how much ILX cared
― veneer timber (imago), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
anyway that song I just posted is square in the Venn intersection of me & the shit you generally find at the top end of the ILM trax poll. mandatory listening
― veneer timber (imago), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
I was so loud in my love for Jewellery that I kind of shut up after it seemed like I was alone in itAnd I liked her second record less than the first (though def liked it a lot)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
i still jam 'golden phone' but haven't listened much otherwise, will try some more now perhaps
― ciderpress, Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:18 (ten years ago) link
It was for a while my favourite record ever and it's still way way up there, I listen to it a lot. She's also a great DJ
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
these two songs are yoga jams 4alltime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_vh6Gjdhyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6pSU7ug0JE
love the aesthetic of her videos. every single track on the album has one. possibly the best way to experience the album
― veneer timber (imago), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
whole-album video stream:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5FCF8E26A1A4B2A4&feature=edit_ok
it's all wondrous but if anything the second half is stronger, bear in mind
― veneer timber (imago), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
nah listening again the whole thing is complete brilliance.
anyway, the song upthread. get to it.
― veneer timber (imago), Thursday, 21 November 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
As of right now, Never is the one album from last year I most regret sleeping on
― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:54 (ten 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
And plenty of beautiful cello sounds!
― Ross, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 00:27 (seven years ago) link
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