Seriously, one of my favorites for the year.
― Bomb Bomb Iran (san frandisco), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
A handy pop cousin to Eric Copeland's 'Hermaphrodite'. Totally acecakes.
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
“A Jeep commercial, a tampon commercial, anything,” she said. “We’re a band, we make music, and that’s what we want to be known for.”
this is sad.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
what do you do for a living that's so incredibly noble, internet poster Shakey Mo Collier?
― Whiney G. Torture Garden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I work for an energy efficiency engineering firm during the day and play music by night. Because music doesn't pay. And that is sad. That's all I was referring to.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
it would be a pretty rad tampon commercial though shakey
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah I got what Shakey meant: good luck to Gang Gang Dance (and they may well make excellent radio jingles) but the implication is that their desire to do commercials has been forced upon them by their financial circumstances.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
ah, sorry for the snark, shakey!
― Whiney G. Torture Garden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
haha yeah fair enough!
I'm just saying you can look at the downward trajectory of how musicians make a living in the 20th century and its fairly depressing - at first you could make a living by playing live constantly (weeklong engagements, gigging nightly, etc.), then you could make a living selling records/tapes/CDs, etc. Now the only way to make a living is to attach your music to some shitty product.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
seriously. even touring is cost-prohibitive thanks to gas prices. if any band sells out, more power to them, IMHO.
― Whiney G. Torture Garden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, and even that's for just one song's worth of download money anyway. It doesn't seem right that genuinely talented musicians have to do it as a hobby instead of a profession.
― matt2, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
itll be awesome when theres a band w/gang gang dance/excepter style sensibilities that has more conventional awesome songs and singing - this is by no means a criticism of said bands - btw are there any bands like that
― 888 (ice crӕm), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
so this new Gang Gan Dance LP strangely sounds a lot like http://www.greenplanetmusic.com/images/TheLostScrollsOfMoses.jpg
― 888 (ice crӕm), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Animal Collective?
― Whiney G. Torture Garden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
And GGD is def moving in that direction. There's some super SONGS on this rekkkkkid.
― Whiney G. Torture Garden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
so this new Gang Gan Dance LP strangely sounds a lot like: mad professor - the lost scrolls of moses
― 888 (ice crӕm), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
o wait i misunderstood - yah i guess animal collective
― 888 (ice crӕm), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
but i was thinking like more pop and stronger singing
― 888 (ice crӕm), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
kate bush?
― mizzell, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I was waiting for that (or someone to say Sioxie and the Banshees.)
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I definitely hear a little Siouxsie.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
new stuff u guys awesome new sensibilities dont u see
― 888 (ice crӕm), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
"itll be awesome when theres a band w/gang gang dance/excepter style sensibilities that has more conventional awesome songs and singing - this is by no means a criticism of said bands - btw are there any bands like that"
This is basically what I'm always looking for. I do like that there are several bands (Gang Gang Dance, Animal Collective, Air France) that are closing in on this space from different directions. But I don't know of anything right in that interzone just now.
― Tim F, Thursday, 30 October 2008 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
wish I woulda seen the whole show at Santos last friday, they were dope but they didn't go on until 2am and I had to work the next day. it was ridic to have Growing go on before them, they shoulda been either first or last on the bill imo.
by the way who were the djs that night?? holy trainwrecks. painful.
― dmr, Thursday, 30 October 2008 00:39 (fifteen years ago) link
totally love this album. so good.
mostly leo fitzpatrick, i think.
― mizzell, Thursday, 30 October 2008 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
― Tim F, Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:38 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I think "summertime clothes" from the new ac album may be the best contender for this so far.
― mizzell, Thursday, 30 October 2008 00:53 (fifteen years ago) link
i listened to this album for the first time today and not much more can be said that hasn't been said already. one of my top albums of 2008 without a question and i've only listened to it once. it's like one of those albums that just comes at you out of nowhere and blindsides you. this reminds me of what i felt and thought when i first listened to studio
― oscar, Thursday, 30 October 2008 02:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, Studio is a good reference point in feel if not in style.
― Tim F, Thursday, 30 October 2008 02:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I think "summertime clothes" from the new ac album may be the best contender for this so far.― mizzell, Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:53 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― mizzell, Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:53 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
"Summertime Clothes" is gonna pwn all when it is released!
― Whiney G. Torture Garden (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 30 October 2008 02:12 (fifteen years ago) link
jeez not everything is goth, guys
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xp and those guitar licks that breeze in around the middle of the first song are more than edging towards studio territory, no?
― lucas pine, Thursday, 30 October 2008 02:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah there's that same corny spanish guitar sound (see also the last track on the Lindstrom album).
― Tim F, Thursday, 30 October 2008 02:21 (fifteen years ago) link
man the transition from the first track into the second one i could listen to on repeat for hours.also the production on this is like shimmering prisms in flight. haha i need to stop, bottom line is this a great fucking record.
― oscar, Thursday, 30 October 2008 02:22 (fifteen years ago) link
""itll be awesome when theres a band w/gang gang dance/excepter style sensibilities that has more conventional awesome songs and singing - this is by no means a criticism of said bands - btw are there any bands like that"
whoever it ends up being they had better have some uncommon surnames
― noizez duk, Thursday, 30 October 2008 04:52 (fifteen years ago) link
saw these guys with of montreal tonight. was pretty awesome all-around.
― s1ocki, Thursday, 30 October 2008 04:58 (fifteen years ago) link
― Bomb Bomb Iran (san frandisco), Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7:04 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^ this
― jaxon, Thursday, 30 October 2008 06:37 (fifteen years ago) link
― mizzell, Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:52 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^ lolz
^^ el guincho
― jaxon, Thursday, 30 October 2008 06:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah I thought of mentioning El Guincho. I think he's slightly subtler in his use of zany rainbow coloured samplestuff than the others - or perhaps the better way to put it is that side of him is more subtly blended into his other influences.
― Tim F, Thursday, 30 October 2008 06:41 (fifteen years ago) link
The better parts of The Beta Band LP catch this vibe a bit, I think.
El Guincho is kind of shit live compared to Panda Bear
― Kramkoob (Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃), Thursday, 30 October 2008 07:01 (fifteen years ago) link
love how amazingly clear the production is on this
― t_g, Thursday, 30 October 2008 08:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Probably worth mentioning High Places as falling into this area as well. Their album is v. pretty.
― Tim F, Thursday, 30 October 2008 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
is the el guincho worth listening to? you know, considering my tastes.
i love the gang gang dance album - the word springing to mind is crystalline, it just seems to have endless angles and facets to it, plus it's crystal clear sonically, you can hear EVERYTHING - but i pretty much hate all the comparisons here...beta band, panda bear, animal collective ugh. don't see the similarities at all, they're all so bloodless while GGD is full of life.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Chromatics maybe?
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
So am I the only person who thinks their new album is a lot duller than their earlier ones? (Haven't read the thread, so maybe I'm not...)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
i've never heard their earlier albums and really want to now! have been meaning to check them out for years now
― lex pretend, Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:06 (fifteen years ago) link
El Guincho album is great
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
the vocals are a deal breaker for me on this one, they seem silly, not very thoughtful, quite annoying
― futuristic vacuum cleaner adaptor (later arpeggiator), Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link