Salem - What kind of music genre is this ?

link please

Also, one song in, the new Gate album reminds me favorably of Salem, The Knife, et al, right down to the pitchshifted vocals. Morley's always been ahead of the curve and these days I prefer Gate to The Dead C.

Nevermind the link request, got it:

http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/05/salem-i-buried-my-heart-inna-wounded-knee-mix/

that fader description is actually pretty good! ok, report back here, people. um, if you feel like it.

http://i46.tinypic.com/14udeeh.jpg

I love the Bury mix. It's probably my favorite of their mixes, followed by the "we make it good" one. I love how quiet and slow it is compared to the other ones they've done. And finally there's a Black Metal jam in the mix.

The first song is a drag mix of Crime Mob's KNUCK IF YOU BUCK.

I've already pre-ordered their KING NIGHT album, and can't get enough of the first two singles.

The album's very different. I hated it on first listen but I can't stop playing it now.

Where can you pre-order it? Really excited for this one. Link please?

thread was better when people hated these idiots

Idiocy and great music aren't mutually exclusive.

when people hated these idiots

First post:
I'm totally in love with this kind of screwed-up minimalistic electronic musicits the the perfect soundtrack for sleepless nights in a big city during a heatwave...

Although that Wounded Knee mix is pretty piss poor compared to some of their earlier ones. I liked the bit with Nico on it.

You can pre-order it at Insound... And how has this been heard already?

http://www.insound.com/Salem_King_Night__PRE-ORDER_CD/productmain/p/INS78289/

So, this leaked.

...and?

And I'm really digging it. I need to give it more listens, but the initial one went down well. For some reason, and obviously there are a ton of differences, the album was giving me some Geogaddi vibes. They don't sound alike, but I could see both records being good companion pieces. I mean, if nothing else, they both share that haunted, creeped-out groove thing. I dunnnno.

I need to listen again. At first I was blown away, second I was unerwhelmed and assumed it was a matter of diminishing returns. Geogaddi vs 30 Second Wipeout it is.

60 second wipeout, i mean

yeah tbh - my enthusiasm for this whole genre has waned pretty quickly. once you get used to the sound, the whole things seems pretty repetitive and devoid of song/hook/imagination.

responding to the question "worst rapp you’ve ever heard?", Noz links to Salem, "Tent" Live at the Levi's/FADER Fort

http://tumblinerb.com/post/1116858284/21-questions

Worse than baadero's comment is hearing the actual tools' footprint put out there completely nude, e.g. that new Korallreven mix, a load of paul's extreme sound stretch chaff. Nitzer Ebb tribute band forms to the left.

The NY Times highlighted them in their fall arts preview this past Sunday--

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/arts/music/12ratliff.html

never heard of this band before, but the title track from their new disc is massive.

i read, in some article, that this and similar stuff is called "witch house" or "drag"? not really sure it makes sense as a genre, but whatevs.

yeah, those are two of the genre tags thrown about for Salem

"Asia"

Asia

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gonna head down to Salem, MA for Halloween dressed as the rapping dude from Salem and just walk up to people quoting from the Fader Fort performance

http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2010/09/midnight-mass-bewitching-midwest

Salem embodies a generation that doesn't care about race, sexual orientation, authenticity, and a lot of other stuff that used to be a big deal.

or, "being white is awesome?"

I realize I'm supposed to hate these douchebags more with every interview I read with them, but, inexplicably, the opposite has occurred. In this irreverent, revisionist sorta way, they remind me of Crystal Castles, but less, umm, calculated, somehow. Authenticty? I think they're authentically stupid and tragic.

Love this band.

But, you know, I bought the last ARE Weapons album and, if there's another one, I'll buy that too, so, you know, grain of salt.

comparing these guys to juggalos is an insult to juggalos

also i think it's okay to love children for being authentically stupid

idk about adults that make "dream-crunk"

have a feeling this record's gonna be really good

not trolling, either -- plan on getting it

hey fyi fuck all of you i love this

Fader Fort performance is all time lols for me, but this is awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weDQIkGhEkY

This album is fucking phenomenal. You don't have to hang out with them or dress like them remember.

I haven't read or seen anything about this band except this thread. Great album!

Authenticty? I think they're authentically stupid and tragic.

Love this band.

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 6:45 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I know them personally, and they are absolutely 100% authentic. It's actually a great word for them. They have personalities that, on first impression, one assumes must be acts. Trust me, they're not.

That's just it. They remind me of Girls, in that, I feel like the 'realness' is palpable, just as palpable as when you see a band with an overt LACK of authenticity (like a hundred thousand college age dudes aping Animal Collective ad nauseum, etc), it's striking if you know anything about underground music at all.

This would all be meaningless if the music was terrible. Yeah, they're fucked up junkie screwballs, throw a dart, amirite? But as many have also said upthread, this band is doing something special. They may not be meaning to, but I don't care. I love that there are already scores of imitators, and there's even that Witch Haus blog, and all these compilations of bands trying to jump on the Now That's What I Call Witch House bandwagon, and, true to form, Salem are nowhere to be found on any of these dumb comps. Totally cool.

Dash Snow Lives, VICE Magazine The Band, you're a sucker if you get into intentions. If they can afford (through acceptance of poverty or benefit of wealth) to ignore expectations, critics = no moves left.

i'm relieved to learn guys aren't acting like insufferable, entitled, talentless dipshits; but actually ARE authentic insufferable, entitled, talentless dipshits

can't wait to see how this simplistic murky insular twaddle translates to a 4pm performance at Pitchfork Festival

it's almost as if you're asking for the fader fort video to be posted again

i mean, this voice thing nails it but then still ultimately champions them?

Their sound isn't rooted in a codeine-laced desperation to escape the trap life, but they still betray a deep admiration for the culture; what they produce as a result binds eerie, menacing lyrics to soaring, triumphant vocals, almost parodying the more violent aspects of the sounds that influenced it. Nowhere is this more obvious than on "Trapdoor," which begins, "Nah, I ain't tryin-a look bad/My expectation has my mouth run dry/I see a bitch run/But I doubt she know why." It's a celebration of image over substance, a celebration of swag, the embodiment of distancing ourselves from the darker elements of the music we enjoy. It's the appeal of hip-hop, without the accountability; though obtuse, Salem appear to be sincere, at least, but still, without that accountability, there's the constant danger of lapsing into caricature.

you know who else did that? AL FUCKING JOLSON

Al Jolson, hip-hop scholar.

lol at

'tryin-a"

ha

OMFG listen to this shit LOOOOOOOOOOOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA13-Ykrob4

i love that hipsters laugh at Reh Dogg but find this transcendent, uplifting and emotionally stimulating