MOON DUO (yes)

yeah, I noticed that the solution is on the other side of the maze.
Mazes is the best record to come out of the moon duo/wooden shjips axis, imo.
Heard nothing but great things about both acts in concert, though.

Wooden Shijps were great when I saw them in London a year and a half ago. I think Moon Duo are playing here around now too- might have to go see them.

now you are making me want to buy the vinyl.

I prefer the Escape EP/LP but that may be just because I was exposed to it first.

Sonic Boom's remix of Scars rules.

live show recommended but the record is better! need to track down the remixes. helpppp?

My vinyl copy of the Mazes album is waiting to be picked up now from the post office. Can't wait. Should also be seeing them on Tuesday in London - will report back. Loved the Shjips live a couple of times now - I see comments above saying this lot are better? Belter!

Tylerw my copy of "Mazes" came with the remix CD, webmail me and I'll get you a copy

"Mazes" is really really great, btw. Better than "Escape". I keep missing the opportunity to see them live.

yeah this album is incredible & so much better than the 12" from last year

I actually prefer Escape to Mazes as well, although that may change...Escape hits a sort of sweet spot between the first Snapper EP and Loop's Fade Out that I can't get enough of.

Not sure why Mazes doesn't do the same...

Mazes is just a lot mellower and therefore better for this time of year, imo. I love Loop, Suicide and The Heads but then I also love VU's Live In 1969, The Silver Apples and Neu! as well.

Mazes is the best record to come out of the moon duo/wooden shjips axis, imo.
Heard nothing but great things about both acts in concert, though.

yeah, this. wooden shjips are revelatory live, but the records (other than vol 1) always left me a little cold. not that they're bad or anything; they just never quite got in under my skin. and i like mazes a hell of a lot more than previous moon duo. concision, hooks and space = <-_->

liking this a lot, heaps heaps more than shjips

i've been silent on this too but it's one of my most-played (and therefore favorite) albums this year. so so catchy and great. super simple formula—organ/guitar hook, couple lyrics, huge overdriven guitar outburst—but it works well.

also echoing others, yes, shjips are fantastic live. missed moon duo so far though.

Hey, this is growing on me. I thought it was shite to start with.

Especially "Fallout". Didn't think much of them when they played at Primavera, but they were on right at the beginning of the first day and might have been better at a more ethereal time of night.

this is pretty good but I do not like it as much as that Shjips 12" on Mexican Summer, which is my fave thing from these folks so far.

I assumed I would love Mazes but it turns out I don't...its more laidback approach to the Shjips' usual shjtick just seems to come out boring for me. I'm sure I'll give it another chance or two though.

I am digging Mazes. Took a while. But I am bullish on evolving Neu!-sounds this year, with this and Follakzoid.

new live recording over here http://soundcloud.com/incubate/sets/moon-duo-live-at-incubated/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZEm0dcBGtI

So weird to hear Moon Duo during Maddow's commercial breaks.

Moon Duo, soon to be heard in a grocery store near you.

ltd edition mazes remix lp for the vinyl heads

finally got around to picking up Mazes

i snagged the "Killing Time" 12" EP at my favorite record shop in the nearby large town last weekend.

agree that "Mazes" is the best release from Ripley's universe so far...

new album out in October, new song here:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13994-sleepwalker/

stoked!

grab it while you can: http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/releases/sbr083/

cool, missed that there was a new one. also missed that they live in colorado now?

oh so goooood...

http://www.spin.com/articles/stream-moon-duos-full-kaleidoscopic-circles

i feel like they built this band in a lab specifically for me

yeah, really into this.

sounds great. guy is such a cool guitarist.

Moon Duo: YES

i feel like they built this band in a lab specifically for me

I am lightly put off by the pamplamoosey couple in this video, but it is otherwise v enjoyable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgqTh6uoenc

also: saw them this past weekend and it was great, with (DELL) projector and everything. very fun to watch. i felt like i was in a really cool movie except there weren't enough people dancing.

I don't like the video but the album is immensely pleasurable.

I like the video because I like dancing, but it's a little fluffy/daytime for me. Would rather just watch the band play if I have to watch something. Video aside, this is top notch music for dancing.

ok then I'm def going to this show tonight!

Jealous of you all. Still would love to see Moon Duo or Wooden Shjips. Watching their sets on youtube ain't the same.

It was totally worth it, saw a bunch of people there alone even though it was a Friday night (so I didn't feel too weird) and also some guy with recording equipment. I should have talked to him to find out what he does with the recordings. Anyway, you will have a good time at the show!! You must go.

something about the combination of the song with the trendy alt-video really brings to mind Clinic

anyways <3 <3 <3

the new album was playing over the pa today during my lunchour vs fopp session.

sounded bloody good.

haw, that video should have a disclaimer -- "from the makers of portlandia" or somesuch. anyway, this album rocks!

yeah -- it smells strongly of portlandia
but just think about the leotards and the gyrating rather than the guru or the window (or the mustache dude) and it gets better
better yet don't watch it at all and take a look at this cover

http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2012/08/Moon-Duo-Circles-608x608.jpg

going to miss the show due to a real analysis exam tomorrow morning so i am crossing my fingers it is not too good /sorry robyn

xp yeah that's great. like steeleye span on acid

innocuous thing that makes me irrationally angry: fuzzed-out pop packaged itself as though it were mind-warping psych. Also: the american apparel aesthetic of the video above. Still, decent song.

oh man post above made me think about clinic for the first time in a decade. what happened to them?

innocuous thing that makes me irrationally angry: fuzzed-out pop packaged itself as though it were mind-warping psych.

rhythmic pop can be mind warping too if you give in to the groove

^ the california way

King Khan! who here hates on King Khan I will stab you

I heard Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down A Dream" yesterday and it made me think of Moon Duo

on first impression the new one feels a little tame compared to Mazes.

i love tom petty

Moon Duo makes a mix for The Fader. Said mix is an enjoyable listen:

http://www.thefader.com/2012/10/30/download-moon-duos-fader-mix/

Tracklist:
1. Aphrodite’s Child – Do It
2. Mustafa Ozkent Orchestra – Dolana
3. Benny Soebardja And Lizard – Candle Light
4. Muddy Waters – Herbert Harper’s Free Press News
5. The Outsiders – CQ
6. Vangelis – We Were All Uprooted
7. Jang Hyun – Pushing Through The Fog
8. Magic Lantern – Dark Cicadas
9. Pink Floyd – Beset By Creatures Of The Deep
10. David Crosby – Cowboy Movie
11. Herbcraft – Road To Agartha
12. Achim Reichel and Machines – Das Echo Der Gegenwart

yeah, i enjoyed this. mix very much in character.

Wait, is this not working anymore? It was yesterday.

Is it working for others? My computer does kinda suck.

Seems fine for me.
Who stole my copy of CQ?!?!? Still pissed about that one.

OK, thanks. Will try again.

Who stole my copy of CQ?!?!? Still pissed about that one.

Now is probably the best time in recent memory to have it stolen, it's been reissued on both vinyl and CD recently.

Cool mix. Personally I find it hard to use an Aphrodite's Child song that isn't "Magic Mirror" in a mix, though.

Scored a used copy of the new vinyl last week. Think I prefer Mazes, as it still comes off a little more muscular. Thanks, hipster-who-sold-it-back-a-week-after-release-were-you-just-in-it-for-the-download-card?

new album, Shadow of the Sun, streaming on npr http://www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listen
haven't been keeping up with WS or MD but this one sounds great.

new album is cool -- my usual response to these guys when they have a new one is to first think: "huh they're still doing this ho hum" and then a minute later to think "I LOVE MOON DUO."

Shjips have a new album out too, correct?

Not that I know of?

Somehow this album seems less jammy than the other ones. Either that or it's all starting to blend together.

This one is definitely less jammy and more straight up song oriented, but I don't think it's a bad look for them.

i started this thread quite enthusiastically, but in the long run wind up something of a fence-sitter. i dearly love their sound and went through brief but intense honeymoon periods with both mazes and circles, but in the long run, neither had much staying power for me. i tend to get bored a few tracks in. maybe the new drummer will help.

I get where you are coming from contenderizer, but I actually think the more straight ahead songwriting approach might get you there more than the new drummer. It helps things feel more focused and less open-ended.

they have a drummer now? damn

oh! well that changes things
i was getting bored with them too but if they have a human drummer it might be better.

maybe the drummer helped with their songwriting

yetimike interview!

http://www.metrotimes.com/city-slang/archives/2017/03/15/why-you-should-be-extra-stoked-today-for-moon-duos-show-next-month

mostly-European tour with some East Coast and Midwest US dates:

http://moonduo.org/shows

new album rules btw, relentless motorik freakouts with guitar shards flying everywhere

I like the new one despite them having bi virtually no personality or unique sonic identity at all.

they put on a good show, worth seeing (even if it's weird that there's no drummer).

i love every moon duo album for about a week. then i never want to hear them again.

MOON DUO (meh)

wow Occult Architecture Vol. II is really, like, different????

also they were SO great live a few wks ago

different how

A lot of softer textures, less aggressive guitars, all the ingredients are still there but the proportions are different. This is the first album of theirs that sounds different from all the rest to my ears.

got both Vols I and II and yeah II def has some departures from their signature style. interesting! both are grebt

I kind of hope we treat these two volumes as one single double-release for the eoy rollouts. I wish they would've been ballsy enough to release it that way.

I don’t know if I’m on board with the new album. Feels like some sort of indie version of U2’s pop. As if they’re trying to make some sort of psychedelic disco album but ultimately it ends up sounding overwrought and it’s drenched in way too much effects. It’s dizzying... not in a good way.

huh, this is quite different to what i knew of them (which admittedly I heard years ago now)

i can't say i am interested in this band anymore
oh well!

in retrospect, this band's work is a pretty good study on how to run a couple of good ideas into the ground

yeah they did not evolve in a way i found interesting enough to follow

I’m actually digging the new one more than the last few. I like this droney spacey psychedelic-electronic ear cotton candy.

Yeah, I dig this new one quite a lot! Especially that bottom-heavy dub one towards the beginning.

Likewise, I'm enjoying this one a lot!

yeah i love this record. very surprised that my two favorite 2019 albums are Ripley Johnson projects (Rose City Band is really great), as I haven't been into any Moon Duo or Shjips stuff in a while.

Rose City Band is definitely great too! Yeah, it's been a really good year for Ripley, especially considering the two vastly different directions he's swinging.

definitely a shift with this one. Sonic Boom's second career as a mixing-engineer-for-hire continues to produce some interesting results

New Rose City Band track sounds excellent

https://rosecityband.bandcamp.com/album/summerlong

twangier than the first and i’m all for it.

YES to this new Black Sabbath "Planet Caravan" cover, holy shit

https://sacredbonesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/what-is-this-that-stands-before-me

YES to this new Black Sabbath "Planet Caravan" cover, holy shit

https://sacredbonesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/what-is-this-that-stands-before-me

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