― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 11 November 2002 20:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Josh (Josh), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 04:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
Free City Rhymesnyc ghosts & flowersrenegade princessand Small flowers crack concrete
i think thay're all brill,ace,fantasticwas aspecially blown when first hearing the "nyc ghosts & flowers"track.now isn't it the most underrated album of 2000 or even of this whole decade so far?
― rex jr., Sunday, 23 February 2003 19:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
this record is really underrated. outside of some sort of embarrassing lyrics (even by embarrassing kim g. lyrics standards the boys go to jupiter thing is bad), it's really a gorgeous sprawl...
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 20:51 (sixteen years ago) link
As years and years go by, this album keeps growing on me. Even beyond Free City Rhymes, which is my pick for their last great song. The lyric thing kind of wears off after time, and I've never had a problem with Jupiter/stupider. At some point there should be a deluxe version and the inevitable critical reappraisal. Playing the end of renegade princess at the moment, which almost sounds like a throwback to Bad Moon Rising (good thing). At the very least, the final time they seemed to be taking any real chances/doing anything particular unpredictable.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 9 November 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link
fuck yeah. it features rafael toral, even
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 9 November 2014 02:18 (nine years ago) link
a few 'karen revisted' -type outros on this album, loose and sprawl-y
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 9 November 2014 02:27 (nine years ago) link
the worst thing about this record is the cover art which is cheap and lame looking
― akm, Sunday, 9 November 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
inevitable critical reappraisal
Brent Dicrescenzo has already reappraised it: http://www.timeout.com/chicago/things-to-do/i-gave-sonic-youth-a-0-0-rating-on-pitchfork
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 9 November 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
I'm a little ambivalent about this album. I think it displays great ideas that are not always fully realized (or that are sometimes bogged down by crappy poetry:P). I agree that it seems like the last time they really challenged themselves, in this case by trying to integrate ideas from out improv and the avant-garde electronica of that time into their songs. The way they played with polymetre in "Free City Rhymes" was pretty unique for them, and in some ways more challenging than what they did on "Rain on Tin", which I also love. I'd still rank that as one of their best songs.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 9 November 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
Ha, just put it on, loved FCR, and turned it off partway through "Renegade Princess".
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 9 November 2014 17:56 (nine years ago) link
boys go to jupiter to get more stupider
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 June 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
(seventeen years ago)......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i am without words.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 26 June 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
this show is unbelievably good: https://sonicyouth.bandcamp.com/album/perspectives-musicales-live-at-cats-cradle-2000
― tylerw, Friday, 26 June 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link
It really is but... you could easily download the decent-sounding boot for free even about a month ago. (I think it was you who shared it here?) I imagine the sound is better on this but it would have to be pretty pristine to justify paying $14 USD. A lot of these live shows they're releasing officially now really are great but I'm having trouble swallowing how much they are charging.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Friday, 26 June 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
this album is good
― flappy bird, Friday, 26 June 2020 04:33 (three years ago) link
oh FUCK-- I had no idea SY put out a board copy of the Cat's Cradle show. Incredible
― flappy bird, Friday, 26 June 2020 04:34 (three years ago) link
OK, this is pretty pristine tbf.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Friday, 26 June 2020 04:49 (three years ago) link
Jonathan never told us whether it was worth it.
― Feel a million filaments (Sund4r), Friday, 26 June 2020 04:50 (three years ago) link
lee and steve need some kind of cashflow after thurston fucked up their solid retirement gig!
― j., Friday, 26 June 2020 04:58 (three years ago) link
Seriously tho
― flappy bird, Friday, 26 June 2020 05:56 (three years ago) link