i know jd doesn't like to answer work related ?s but i have always been curious as to what 4AD's policies are w/r/t album art, because every time a band that didn't start on 4AD -- like for example the goats, blonde redhead, or TV on the Radio -- sign to 4AD all of a sudden their album covers totally start to look like 4AD albums
― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
wau @ dan
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost -- this one's on Merge, Matt!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 February 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that's what i mean, this one looks sorta not-4AD in a way i can't quite describe...
maybe i'm nuts tho, but i feel like i can eyeball a 4AD record at 50 paces
― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 February 2011 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
DJP awesome workBright Mountain Choir Men's Division
― Odult Ariented Rock (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
high five DJP
― ullr saves (gbx), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
the raddest of collabs
― fuck wit my dinner with andre day (m bison), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:12 (thirteen years ago) link
"outer scorpion squadron" is really really beautiful
― odd future wolves GM trade them all (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:20 (thirteen years ago) link
it sounds like nothing else in the back catalog
― odd future wolves GM trade them all (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:21 (thirteen years ago) link
this is awesome so far (4 tracks in)
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i was gonna wait to listen to the full album on release (still am, probably, because i like to hear things in hi-fi, not NPR webstream quality) but there's no way i couldn't listen to "high hawk season" and holy shit this is incredible
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah this is really nice on first listen. the production is bugging me a bit, i feel like it's a bit underarranged and empty on some tracks, but that's probably because i'm mentally comparing it to Heretic Pride which to me is definitely the best-sounding mountain goats album in terms of production and use of space.
but yeah the songs are good as always!
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
i really like "spare" mountain goats—not so much the early lo-fi stuff, but like, get lonely + the life of blah blah... both totally great. excellent restrained arrangements, flat-out gorgeous production. i haven't listened to heretic pride too much (compared to the other 4ad albums) for some reason, need to pull it out again.
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
omg 'for charles bronson' FEATURING BOARDS OF CANADA :D
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:21 (thirteen years ago) link
haha 'this song is called 'for charles bronson'' made me lol at my desk today
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i am super excited about this (omg dan!) but i'm gonna wait until release day and buy it i think.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Loving this on first listen, kudos JD (and DP!)
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
prowl great cain is pretty oustanding; i especially love the ending
― kaygee, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 05:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't listen to the mountain goats but it was hilarious when john self-banned cause he had to finish writing this album. kind of makes me want to hear it. tho i guess an album written in between intermittent bursts of ilx would be even better
― flopson, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 05:38 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ don't like to post on this thread but the person you cite wrapped the album in August, December thing was diff
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 11:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Elsewhere on the tMG front:
Hi, friends. If you're not familiar with The Best Show on WFMU, the show that has provided three hours of Mirth, Music and Mayhem every Tuesday for over a decade on WFMU thanks to geniuses Tom Scharpling (brilliant host, writer, producer and director--most recently for the New Pornographers' "Moves" video and Ted Leo's "Bottled in Cork" video) and Jon Wurster (brilliant comedian, writer and drummer for Superchunk, The Mountain Goats, Bob Mould, A.C. Newman and others), I'd love for you to become that way (here--you're welcome: http://wfmu.org/playlists/BD). If you are already amongst the throngs of TBS devotees, you won't balk at what I'm asking, which is for you to help spread the word about the Best Show pledge drive happening tonight (March 1st) and next Tuesday, March 8th. PLEASE repost this, tweet it, call people about it--and call in yourself and pledge. Don't worry--aside from the inherent joys of giving, there's a lot in it for you. Tom explains below:"WFMU is a listener-sponsored station that doesn't take corporate sponsorships or sleazy grants that would compromise our ability to be 100% freeform. I am doing two fundraising shows for the station during our two-week marathon - Tuesday March 1st and Tuesday March 8th, from 9-midnight EST. I'm offering a premium called the DONT STOP ME NOW FANTASY PACK. Any pledge for 75 dollars or more automatically secures it. The pack consists of:RATED G.G. - a vinyl single comprised of songs by notorious scum rocker GG Allin cleaned up and recorded by people exclusively for this single! The single will feature tracks by BEN GIBBARD, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, TY SEGALL, FUCKED UP and TED LEO! There will also be a bonus DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of the single that will feature additional content by HOME BLITZ, SCHARPLING AND WURSTER and MORE!The single will not be for sale in stores and will only be available by pledging DURING MY MARATHON SHOW!
"WFMU is a listener-sponsored station that doesn't take corporate sponsorships or sleazy grants that would compromise our ability to be 100% freeform. I am doing two fundraising shows for the station during our two-week marathon - Tuesday March 1st and Tuesday March 8th, from 9-midnight EST. I'm offering a premium called the DONT STOP ME NOW FANTASY PACK. Any pledge for 75 dollars or more automatically secures it. The pack consists of:
RATED G.G. - a vinyl single comprised of songs by notorious scum rocker GG Allin cleaned up and recorded by people exclusively for this single! The single will feature tracks by BEN GIBBARD, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, TY SEGALL, FUCKED UP and TED LEO! There will also be a bonus DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of the single that will feature additional content by HOME BLITZ, SCHARPLING AND WURSTER and MORE!
The single will not be for sale in stores and will only be available by pledging DURING MY MARATHON SHOW!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
(There's also other stuff in the pack besides the single obv.)
listened this morning; super, even w/ a head cold (mine)
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Yah, was listening to this in the car via NPR iphone app on the way home from my mom's chemo. A+++ work on the vocals stuff, Dan. Some of these songs remind me of late-period Walk-Ins, which is a VERY GOOD THING.
― Du Musst Calamari Werden (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Hi, I'm new here, and I love tMGs
― jacobfiala, Sunday, 6 March 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
hi jacob
listened to the new album yet? any thoughts?
― save a bike, ride a hipster (bernard snowy), Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Heck yeah, I love it! It's different and all but I'm really loving it. Can't wait to hear the real thing instead of the crappy NPR stream though. (not that I don't appreciate your amazingness NPR)I was trolling through here and read something about one of you guys being one of the backup singers in high hawk season, were you serious?
― jacobfiala, Monday, 7 March 2011 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Nah he wasn't serious. No-one on ilx knows J0hn Darn3ll3. Nope, not here.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Monday, 7 March 2011 01:06 (thirteen years ago) link
lol :)
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Monday, 7 March 2011 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
For the record I think Jacob was asking about DJP? Who apparently did do some arranging & voc'ing on the record, which is fuckin rad. Wherever this goth barbershop quartet sings I'm getting my next haircut there for sure.
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 7 March 2011 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
jacob since you're new here I'll let you in on the secret: the lead singer of the tmgs occasionally posts on this site under the alias 'acoleuthic'
― iatee, Monday, 7 March 2011 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay that is hilarious but maybe we should stop injoking the new guy
― goth barbershop quartet (DJP), Monday, 7 March 2011 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
― flopson, Tuesday, March 1, 2011 1:38 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, March 1, 2011 7:34 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark
damn, flopson got flopsonned
― Neu! romancer (dayo), Monday, 7 March 2011 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 7 March 2011 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
*flop*
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 7 March 2011 03:06 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ winning
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 7 March 2011 03:08 (thirteen years ago) link
sonned by a cat from boston after a quitting-the-internet beef
― save a bike, ride a hipster (bernard snowy), Monday, 7 March 2011 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link
SO MANY [potential] JOKES, SO LITTLE TIME
― save a bike, ride a hipster (bernard snowy), Monday, 7 March 2011 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
jacob i like the album too i think the charles bronson song is my favorite one
charles bronsong
― save a bike, ride a hipster (bernard snowy), Monday, 7 March 2011 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i kind of wish it was 'this song is called a song for charles bronsong' tbh
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 7 March 2011 04:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Lol. I like it. And I had heard that JD posted hear occasionally but due to the lols I assume that's no his real username.
― jacobfiala, Monday, 7 March 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
*sitcom saxophone*
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 March 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
he used to post here but then got SB'd, guy was a real dick
― I love priest but I've chosen maiden (Edward III), Monday, 7 March 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
what? i don't know what sb'd is and JD is a king!
― jacobfiala, Friday, 11 March 2011 01:35 (thirteen years ago) link
the 'power in a union' vid made me tear up in my cube @ work
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 11 March 2011 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that was real nice. posi. powerful.
― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 March 2011 02:44 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah loved that
― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Friday, 11 March 2011 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
big hoos at work
http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2010/01/01/1225815/214545-news-image-hezi-dean-20100101.jpg
― J0rdan S., Friday, 11 March 2011 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
hoos be cryin in the cube
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 11 March 2011 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
As learned via Twitter, a response!
http://www.fivetools.com/blog/2011/03/10/and-all-the-men-who-learned-to-hate-them/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 March 2011 09:41 (thirteen years ago) link