"beth/rest" is playing in starbucks & i'm on the table on my knees holding a lighter up & sobbing
oh man I heard this at Starbucks on Friday too.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
is that the fake 80s song
― The Not Liking Radiohead Awards (Turangalila), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
the Jack Wagner number, yes.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
I wish the tempo was double on all his songs
― calstars, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
I bet he ran out of coffee in the woods
― calstars, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Just noticed: the album debuted at #2 last week, with sales of 104,000. (Jill Scott was #1.)
― jaymc, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
really feelin this album now
― just sayin, Sunday, 17 July 2011 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
just sayin'?
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 July 2011 13:13 (twelve years ago) link
loving this. i havent been paying attention to the lyrics so much as this really has a nice mood. "beth/rest" is great, like A-Ha on valium.
― Michael B, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
scratch that "beth/rest" reminds me more of bruce hornsby than a-ha
― Michael B, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
I think that might be why I like Active Child much more when it comes to the a-ha deal.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Unfortunately I googled the lyrics to "Beth/Rest."
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 July 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
bought this on friday and listened to it out at the coast over the weekend. pretty and hypnotic, but it never quite reaches any destination for me. reminds me a bit of a triple-tracked peter gabriel
― Darin, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
The opener blew me away straight off. The rest of the album sounded like shit.Played it again.Then again.Then got it.
Fucking beauty. Seriously great.
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 14 August 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
Halocene is almost as good as Flipper's "The Way of the World"
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 14 August 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
Red House Painter
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 14 August 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
There's a huge picture of this guy on a Bushmills billboard outside of my house, and it creeps me out a lot. I like the guy and everything, but it's pretty sleazy.
― She Got the Shakes, Sunday, 23 October 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
I tried to Google image search it, but I couldn't find it. Here's another one, though:
http://sidewalkhustle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bushmills-Since-Way-Back-Bon-Iver.jpeg
At least in the one in my neighborhood, he's wearing a Jagjaguar shirt and giving those guys some exposure.
― She Got the Shakes, Sunday, 23 October 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
He probably made a decent chunk of change off that Kanye album, no?
― She Got the Shakes, Sunday, 23 October 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
I like this second record just fine, but dude sucked the life out of the new Kathleen Edwards.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 October 2011 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
you already heard new kathleen edwards?? i thought it doesn't come out till jan?
― Mordy, Monday, 24 October 2011 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
Real ugly ad. Lazy copyrwiting and bad art direction overall. It doesn't seem like it took them longer than an hour to arrange it.
― Moka, Monday, 24 October 2011 08:22 (twelve years ago) link
Also you kind of suck at google she got shakes. If you type 'bon iver bushmills' the first images are the ones you mention:
http://www.ellenwood-ep.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bushmills.jpg
http://jagjaguwar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/BonIverBanner1.jpg
― Moka, Monday, 24 October 2011 08:27 (twelve years ago) link
I use Ask Jeeves
― She Got the Shakes, Monday, 24 October 2011 09:45 (twelve years ago) link
The founders of Bushmills developed a recipe that lasts. We hope to do the same with our music.
― She Got the Shakes, Monday, 24 October 2011 09:46 (twelve years ago) link
xpost I don't know when the Edwards comes out, exactly, but I've heard it and have it. It represents a pretty big change, I think, maybe not for the better but I bet better for her.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 October 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
I guess I should give up my dream of Asking for Flowers Pt. 2
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
Ew, that ad. Just hangin' with my bros, makin' some music, drinkin' some Bushmills.
I also like the guy a lot though. Not quite my favourite album of the year but it's the one I play when I can't think of what to put on.
― Science, you guys. Science. (DL), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
ok waht. I had no idea he was involved -- or why. He's got more to learn from her.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
They are a couple now (she divorced her longtime ... guitarist?). He produces, collaborates and plays a bunch of stuff. And Norah Jones is on the record, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
The songwriting and melodies are fine. Some of the production choices in regards to mixing levels for certain tracks, what sounds to use and arrangement, seem really random and jarring to me.
― John Lennon, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
guys I don't know if you heard but it's hard to make a living selling records these days
just fyi
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
It represents a pretty big change, I think, maybe not for the better but I bet better for her.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
Of course aero. I have an aesthetic gripe about that particular ad not an ethical one with Justin taking the money. There are good ads and bad ads.
― Science, you guys. Science. (DL), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
this album is really fucking good
i will be listening to it a lot this winter
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 October 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
Sure, fine, fair enough, but big money booze strikes me as pretty gnarly to get in bed with. Bushmills' parent company does some pretty heinous lobbying. Not everybody's gotta be Fugazi, but sheesh.
Besides - he seems to be doing just fine selling records (and selling out multi-night stands at very big venues) all over the place.
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 28 October 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
(I know, it's all pretty tiresome to get into. This one just bummed me out a little bit, between the gross press release speak, the bro-out vibe, and the fact that admittedly this time it's a dude I kind of like).
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 28 October 2011 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
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didn't he give "those guys" some exposure when he released his very successful albums on jagjaguwar?
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 October 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
"kanye told me, go 'head change ya style up - and if they hate then let 'em hate and watch the money pile up"
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 October 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I suppose so. I guess I thought it was a cool gesture, since I've always thought of it as a little American label, and seeing it on a huge billboard by the A4 motorway is pretty insane. (He's on a different label here in the UK, btw).Wait, why did you put "those guys" in quotes?
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 28 October 2011 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
i guess it just read weird, like that's his label, your post made it seemed like he was coming down off the mountain to give some little label props...
i guess it's probably pretty small, but i guess these days it doesn't much matter.
anyway i didn't mean to phrase it unduly snarky, but i guess i think of him as the big jagjaguwar artist (rip the wilderness)
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 October 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, I see - I didn't mean it that way. I suppose I admire 'label pride,' though I have no idea what that is based on and can come up with no examples outside of the Nick Lowe tune! Maybe Tad wearing the Sub Pop "Loser" tee? (Reaching...)He's on 4AD here.
― She Got the Shakes, Saturday, 29 October 2011 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
I heard a little voice it said 'fuck you' it was little
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 4 February 2012 05:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://awards.music.yahoo.com/blog/158-indie-band-bon-iver-turns-down-offer-to-perform-at-the-grammys
Turning down the grammys eh.
― dr dre throwing dubstep balloons (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Sunday, 5 February 2012 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://vimeo.com/36365467
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 17 February 2012 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
Is that what goes on in those "cool" churches?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 February 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing like religion to ruin a perfectly good song; although it would've been nice to see a pit form when they kicked it into "Oh, Night Divine".
― suspecterrain, Monday, 20 February 2012 09:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/jagjaguwar/s-carey-two-angles
― djh, Friday, 23 March 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
!
http://boniverotica.tumblr.com/
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
Bizarre S Carey packaging question: the CD packaging looks like it has space for two things - a CD and a booklet, I suppose; possibly two CDs - should it come with a booklet or is it just a packaging quirk?
― djh, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 07:22 (nine years ago) link