Oneida -- You'e having a laugh

we put them on in london shortly after it came out on CD, and they played two (2) songs - Sheets of Easter, and then an epic 30 minute cover of 'new day rising'. it was GODLIKE.

did anyone see the "10th anniversary" show at PS1? I was bummed I had to work. I still haven't seen them live and I have like 6 of their records! but I was late to get on board with them, I got The Wedding when it came out and worked my way backward ....

every album I've heard by them is so different, and great in its own way. a couple months ago I was listening to TO SEED AND FLOWER off Anthem over and over. I really need Enamy Hogs ....

ENEMY Hogs

I was invited to DJ that PS1 and really would've loved to but had to go to a wedding. My first DJ experience in NY was actually a tiny house party for that same person who got married, but after that all my DJ gigs were at the loft on N. 3rd where Kayrock lived and had their silkscreening set-up. There were many a halloween or random party where Oneida would play and I DJ'd trying to get some kind of dance party started. A little later I got involved with Mighty Robot and the Twisted Ones and spent many nights DJing there, often shows involving Oneida and their pals. The Twisted Ones stopped when Fitz moved to Berlin and Mighty Robot closed down shortly after, so this 10th anniversary show at PS1 with Fitz visiting and DJing seemed like it'd be a really special event and it would've been cool to take part. Still, better yet I was DJing an old friend's wedding and couldn't have asked for a better time.

dmr, you need to hear their side of the "Live at the Clubhouse" split 12" with 25 Suaves, too. I'm glad that there is some record of their PCRZ line up. I miss that guy in Oneida sometimes, he was like the physical incarnation of their sound. I haven't seen them with Double Rainbow, yet.
I could make you a tape.

STOOGES!

PCRZ! they played the garage in london in 2000 (?) to about 14 people. it was good times. afterwards i got drunk with the band, in that drunken journo fanboy way. we were all hunkered around a tiny table, which i drunkenly managed to pull over myself, twice (2ce). i don't really drink anymore.

anyways, what i remember most of that evening was the heavy amount of classic rock playing on the minibar jukebox, and that with every searing solo that cranked out of the speakers, papa crazy would rise from the table (without knocking it over) and play vigorous and heartfelt air guitar, mane a-flowing. a dude.

http://enemyhogs.com/site/index.php?id=331

This Album Has Been "Rated O"

What can I tell you? Part Two of the Thank Your Parents trilogy is a triple album. I’ve found this information to be confusing to most people and I think the reason for this is a general fatigue for all things Oneida (coming out of my mouth). Now perhaps you’ll think I’m pushing the envelope by daring to suggest that I’m boring you – and I’ll be the first to agree. I’m cutting edge. I know that I’m putting you to sleep and yet I still prattle on about nothing at all!

It’s like the famous review of the Melvins that I’m making up right now, “It was like falling asleep on the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun.” I say this and YET I love the Melvins. Can you keep up?

First: Rated O is Oneida’s next album. It’s a triple album – 3 CDs or 3 LPs – your choice! It is coming out in July and we will be doing a few shows in the US and Europe to celebrate in July and August (of 2009).

Second: We’ve made some recordings of our two “Practice Space” Shows – they sounds sweet and we’re gonna do something with them so you can hear them. No idea when that will happen.

Third: There is an uptick of activity over at Brah Records so you oughta go check that out as well.

We have also just completed a remix of the Constantines’ song “Trans Canada” from their latest joint “Kensington Heights.” I’m not sure where that is and I’m not about to google map it.

I encourage you to contact us with any questions and concerns. . .

Your Brah – Kid Millions

so Rated O has leaked and is coming out in July.

I used to work with the wife of one of the guys from Oneida. They actually have a side band together: http://www.myspace.com/nurseandsoldier

love this band!

S'good this album, have all their others so i better start saving up to buy this new un

Rated O is fucking tremendous.

Second: We’ve made some recordings of our two “Practice Space” Shows – they sounds sweet and we’re gonna do something with them so you can hear them. No idea when that will happen.

fuckin awesome

haven't listened to the whole thing yet but the run from "the river" through "ghost in the room" is pretty fucking awesome. not surprised one bit since these guys put on one of the best shows i've ever seen at the last terrastock

Can't wait. Favorite band ever, I've seen them ten times.

Really looking forward to this. The bits I've heard sound potentially album-of-the-year great.

Stooges!

don't even know where to start with Rated O, in a good way. i've listened maybe 5-7 times and can't find anything that isn't mind blowing about it

I saw them live last saturday, playing a lot of Rated O stuff.

The keyboard player was a bit, er, confused.

But in a good way.

Rated O is well up there in my top ten of the year

omg

what!

am listening to 'rated o'

it is quite something

I suck for not buying this yet.

It is feckin' brilliant.

yeah, keep meaning to, keep putting it off. shame on me...

i listened to the excellent first 5 songs...will get round to the others soon, but so far so good. droney krauty loopy goodness.

is this your first step into oneida's world, louis? if so, how many TRAETS await you...

I'm currently listening to 'Up With People' from Happy New Year. In fact I played it down the pub on Saturday when Louis was there. (If it's the same Louis, and not Louis Walsh or Louis XVIII of France or Blue Lou Boyle from True Romance.)

i played 'up with people' on 6music once, at 830 on a monday morning. the fill-in DJ who hosted the show in Jupitus's absence was visibly displeased by the song.

The only pub I was in on Saturday was one in which I watched Villa-Spurs :-/

Anyway, this IS my first trip into the Oneidic sphere. They seem promising.

What the fuck is wrong with these people? It's fucking disco . . . Admittedly pretty fast, fuzzy disco but disco nonetheless . . .

XP: Sorry, another Louis from this board it was then.

said stand-in DJ was very much of the Ocean Colour Scene school of musical diversity

There's another? I must hunt him down and we must fight. That school of musical diversity persists? Mother of god.

Pubmeet fake Louis, oh no!

My Oneida album pick is "The Wedding" w. much love to "Each One Teach One" too, but I have not given "Rated O" the time I know it deserves

okay, so i picked up Rated O the other day. holy shit this is great! by far by far BY FAR the best thing i've ever heard oneida do, like Each One Teach One made more and better longer louder crazier crazier world without end. on that note kinda funny how the MC who does vocals on the opening epic dub track even namechecks EOTO (each one a teacha waaaan).

surprised by the mixed reviews. i mean, if yr averse to epic length hammering on a single change (or chord!) this obviously isn't the band for you, but if yr at all interested in the space btwn heavy garage rock, noise & space/kraut hypnosis, this is the fucking GODHEAD. space ritual shit right here. three lps, each aesthetically/conceptually distinct, and all fucking fantastic. i even like "the human factor", which seems to be the sticking point/bellwether for folks who don't quite "get it". yeah, he's shrieking hoarsely for like five minutes, but it's kinda funny and the drumming is awesome.

SO glad i made time for this. instant top-of-the-heap album of the year contender, displacing a lot of potential favorites.

one use of "epic" would probably have sufficed

Welcome to the club. This has been a lock for my top ten since I first heard it.

re: Human Factor: That is definitely the track that separates casual fans from the dedicated for life.
I love that track! celebration station step into the O

yeah, glad to be here, "the river" is such a fucking jam, just unreal

i don't know when i last had so much fun getting to know an album. listened twice yesterday, and am on my second round for this morning. i don't think there's a bad track on here. been a good year for crater head psyche shit (this, blues control, shit & shine, fuck buttons, lips).

Kid just emailed me the other day. He's sending me the triple vinyl. Stoked!

anybody heard kid millions' man forever lp? basically a drum solo record, with tons of tracks layered together until it turns into a big, blurry, throbbing mess. some very alien-sounding bass guitar from one of the sightings dudes, but otherwise just kits, kits and more kits, all pummeled within an inch of their lives. pretty unique and cool - reminds me of lightning bolt more than anything else, in the way these mushroom patterns emerge and disappear into a seething morass of noise. i can't image that 40 minutes of droney percussion fog is gonna do it for everybody, but it's working for me.

Doubt it'll do it for me, tbh, but here's a NY Times story about it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/23/arts/music/23drummer.html

hey, they're on tour

So, I've heard almost all of their albums, but I still don't understand the title of this thread.

Forget what I said 7 years ago. Saw them Thursday w/ Kinski and The Lights opening. Oneida were a 5-piece, with another keyboard player, and Shaheen (ex ex-models, seconds) on 2nd guitar and vocals.

Oneida killed it, and Kid is the main reason, as stated several times above. Overheard at show: "dude is like Jaki from Can but on CRACK!"

"So, I've heard almost all of their albums, but I still don't understand the title of this thread.

― xhuxk, Saturday, August 21, 2010 8:27 PM (Yesterday)"

Ditto. Been wondering.