i'm not sure (yet) about the melody of that new streaming song, but the production is A+:super clear and beautiful.love those gentle trumpets and piano touches near the end.
― Zeno, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
steely dan Aja era?
― Zeno, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm weirdly anticipating th new records and I TOO gave up on th attendant sparkle huzz of fuckedfulk. Its just her willingness to go on and on and on and on with all those lyrics. It kinda makes me feel safe in a dolphin net kinda feeling. A dolphin net w pillows and bubblehash. And a blanket. And NPR. Mmmmmmmmm
― danbunny, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
very diane cluck. Except diane was better. Easy to be around is classic
― Emily's Cheese, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 23:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I wasn't repping for her chops, just saying it looked really hard to play that pattern on the harp and sing a somewhat complicated melody at the same time. I do like Dorothy Ashby tho.
― Mark, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd rep for her chops. Technical proficiency is one thing, but she's writing consistently interesting stuff for what is essentially either a diatonic or pentatonic instrument. I could go for some non-waltzes more often, but waltzes do fine.
It's just so hard to keep it all straightWith all the proficiency
― Megadeth Panel (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 00:25 (fourteen years ago) link
can i just
http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2002/10/bellplay.jpg
― men lie, women lie, hips don't (zvookster), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 00:39 (fourteen years ago) link
look isnt everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5bo10takGE
― Zeno, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Taking bets: last song on this will be a 25 minute autotune solo
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link
last track is :
6 - Does Not Suffice 06:44
show me the money
― Zeno, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 01:23 (fourteen years ago) link
That is what I get for not using Google.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 02:07 (fourteen years ago) link
does not suffice
― Zeno, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
albums not out for weeks and already this thread has given us unicorn tears and scifi boners
joanna don't ever stop proficiently playing yr magical africa harp
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.dragcity.com/system/artists/photos/59/large.jpg?1264474164
― danbunny, Thursday, 4 February 2010 01:40 (fourteen years ago) link
"have one on me"
― velko, Thursday, 4 February 2010 01:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i hope this sells 1,000,000 copies so drag city can reissue more bert jansch records
― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Thursday, 4 February 2010 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
also: sort of shocked that joanna newsom is still in her 20s. surprised that anyone is still in their 20s actually.
― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Thursday, 4 February 2010 02:12 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3OkXi5osfU
― Altoids for your vagina. (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 4 February 2010 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I love how deliberately 70s "Good Intentions..." is.
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Thursday, 4 February 2010 05:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't worry. You're likable enough, J0hn.
― M.V., Thursday, 4 February 2010 06:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i thought first of mary mccaslin, and then, very strongly, of joni mitchell (it's the phrasing).
― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Thursday, 4 February 2010 08:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, I definitely hear that.
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Thursday, 4 February 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
so glad this will not leak//brings back the old excitement of going to a record shop and picking it up!
― tincub, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
"According to the website what the new album will sound like is a bit of a mystery, since advance copies are not being sent to critics in an effort to avoid a leak of the album.[9] Joanna's last album, Ys, was leaked two months before its original release when it was left unprotected on servers belonging to music review website Pitchfork"
wiki
anybody knows whos the producer?"good intentions" sounds like something Jim O'rourke could produce and it's surprising to see her move from freak-folk to 70's rock-jazz.very good track.
― Zeno, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 05:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Ugh. Tell me all about the "no review copies." I get mine the day it comes out. Boooooo.
― Kat Bee, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:01 (fourteen years ago) link
No review copies is a good idea. The album will sell fine.
― kshighway (ksh), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, it is. But GIPCo. can't hold me over forever.
― Kat Bee, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:03 (fourteen years ago) link
blame pitchfork
― Zeno, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh man, Ys was one of the records people took from that unprotected P4k folder, right? massive lols
― kshighway (ksh), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:07 (fourteen years ago) link
wait, you guys haven't heard the leak of this yet? wow
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Hope you listened to all three discs in one sitting.
― kshighway (ksh), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:16 (fourteen years ago) link
the difficult life of the music criticxpost
― Zeno, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:17 (fourteen years ago) link
The album of the year does not leak, it must be purchased.
― kshighway (ksh), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:17 (fourteen years ago) link
"blame pitchfork"
i tend to do this with everything in my life.
sink overflowing? FUCKING PITCHFORK.cigarette prices go up? FUCKING PITCHFORK.12 year old girls with braces saying "I LOVE YOU PANDA" at animal collective shows? FUCKING.PICKFORK. INDEED.
― Kat Bee, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:18 (fourteen years ago) link
pickfork, pitchfork, same difference.
― Kat Bee, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:20 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/28kspbk.png
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:35 (fourteen years ago) link
^Totally disagree about the lack of emotional resonance on Ys. *angry face*
― Kat Bee, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 06:42 (fourteen years ago) link
New song up. "Kingfisher"
http://www.dragcity.com/
― Evan, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
nothing's different from Y's but no complains here
― Zeno, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i like it quite a bit better than the abrasively busy production on Ys. these tracks breathe
― ramadaan muhammad asalaamica rasoul allah supana watallah (jk), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/37875-joanna-newsom-gets-her-own-scholarly-tribute-book/
I'm buying this.
― ksh, Thursday, 11 February 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
My general indifference has suddenly become massive appreciation for her comedic timing (starting here and going forward in Sophie's feed):
Interviewing Joanna Newsom yesterday, we sat beside the pool at a Hollywood hotel and the sunshine was so bright we had to move tables.Which meant moving away from Quentin Tarantino who was busy holding court very loudly about how he wrote Inglourious Basterdsand how he "woke up one day and wrote on a piece of paper 'JUST KILL HIM. JUST FUCKING KILL HIM'"to which Joanna muttered "damn, he stole my line"
Which meant moving away from Quentin Tarantino who was busy holding court very loudly about how he wrote Inglourious Basterds
and how he "woke up one day and wrote on a piece of paper 'JUST KILL HIM. JUST FUCKING KILL HIM'"
to which Joanna muttered "damn, he stole my line"
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
hahahaha
― kshighway (ksh), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 18:40 (fourteen years ago) link
that book has the potential to be amazing or horrid, probably both in alternation. a kind of scansion of her lyrics wouldn't be so bad. i'd hire nabisco to write that.
academics writing about music is a near-guarantee of total fail.
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Joanna Newsom confirmed for Matt Groening ATP Festival
( insert Lisa Simpson joke here )
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Thursday, 18 February 2010 01:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Not sure how over 2 hours of Joanna Newsom in a triple album format could be ALL GOOD. I find it highly unlikely and already don't LOVE all the new songs, but I'm intrigued to say the least. That said 2 + hours of her singing (generally non stop) is just too much
― Emily's Cheese, Thursday, 18 February 2010 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
you don't need to listen to it all at once no?
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:03 (fourteen years ago) link
its really only 40 mins cause youre supposed to listen to each cd simultaneously on three different players
― jeff, Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i've seen the new album reviewed in a few places...i thought DC decided against promos?
― tincub, Thursday, 18 February 2010 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link
there isnt supposed to be any info released before 2/19--they were hella strict about it
― max, Thursday, 18 February 2010 23:24 (fourteen years ago) link