Okay, I'll be fair from now on. *thinks*: what did i do wrong???
― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 26 December 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
dont think just do btw hav u heard animal collective merriweather post pavilion
― ice cr?m, Friday, 26 December 2008 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
no i hav not, not really intrstd why
― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 26 December 2008 14:59 (fifteen years ago) link
well do u like the beatles then
― ice cr?m, Friday, 26 December 2008 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
they r okay but i dont really listn to thm a lot, y r we havng ths convrstn in ths contxt
― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 26 December 2008 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
do u ever try to remember some amazing song thats in the back of yr mind only to realize you dreamed it
― ice cr?m, Friday, 26 December 2008 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
have u ever heard a angel sing
― eman cipation s1ocklamation (max), Friday, 26 December 2008 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link
ws
― ice cr?m, Friday, 26 December 2008 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
do u ever wonder what it would song like if god played the guitar and sang songs
― eman cipation s1ocklamation (max), Friday, 26 December 2008 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
> Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
― ice cr?m, Friday, 26 December 2008 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link
go back there or start a new thread called 'quasi-philosophical and/or stoned musings from me' or something
― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 26 December 2008 15:16 (fifteen years ago) link
u catch on fast dimension five i admire that tell me tho have u ever heard the true story behind 9/11
― ice cr?m, Friday, 26 December 2008 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
have u every wondered what it would sound like if the whole world had an orgasm at the same time
― eman cipation s1ocklamation (max), Friday, 26 December 2008 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
>> Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
― ice cr?m, Friday, 26 December 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
god dammit please dont keep being a dick
― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 26 December 2008 15:50 (fifteen years ago) link
omg totes unreasonable request
― ice cr?m, Friday, 26 December 2008 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
To be fair, Matt, she's been promoting this as a "debut" album even though it isn't in any sense. There does seem to be a bit of a clear break from her first album, being that the new one is a lot more vocal-oriented, but that's rather meaningless as far as chronology goes.
― CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (The Reverend), Friday, 26 December 2008 10:25 (9 hours ago)
Yeah, but her first album was on a fairly small jazz/latin imprint from the looks of it and her current "debut" is on Heads Up
― ichard Thompson (Hurting 2), Friday, 26 December 2008 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Alright, didn't realize that.
(Matt, you may want to check out the Animal Collective thread. It only contains the greatest hoax ILX has ever has ever perpetrated against the internets.)
― CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (The Reverend), Friday, 26 December 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
by which above poster means 'a rickroll'
― thomp, Friday, 26 December 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, but it's highly elaborate rickroll
― CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (The Reverend), Friday, 26 December 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
and perpetrated against Animal Collective fans
well you kids are too meta-nu-skool for me, I think I have seen the date on my ILM tombstone today. ("and not a moment too soon," they replied)
― Dimension 5ive, Friday, 26 December 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
didn't think there was much i'd be less interested in than "animal collective" or "animal collective fans" but "a highly elaborate rickroll against animal collective fans" qualifies, kudos
― lex pretend, Friday, 26 December 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
esperanza spalding otoh sounds awesome
Rev pls start a new Spalding thread so I can follow along and enjoy the music...
― intersting moran (PappaWheelie V), Friday, 26 December 2008 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link
She's solid; much prefer the first album but v v v real live.And super gorgeous.
― plastic toy shark (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Hmm. Well I listened to the entirety of the album and it was nice enough, but maybe too much of a good thing. Or maybe just not enough of MY kind of thing. She sure is nice for putting a song into a mix, though. And I'd certainly go see her live if I had a chance.
― With Oatmeal Sauce (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I wish I had gone to that show she did with Joe Lovano and Francisco Mela last month. I guess I'll have to wait until the record comes out. I did go and see this show. When did you see her, forks?
― ilx chilton (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
she's got a lovely voice and yeah, very talented, but ugh that coffee shop jazz template needs to go
― expletive for lady parts (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 23:24 (fifteen years ago) link
The other day I heard the WBGO run down the Year In Jazz and she was the number one event.
― ilx chilton (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 23:33 (fifteen years ago) link
xp: You can't blame the jazzists for being co-opted, even if some of them have been complicit. As (I think it was) Ice-T once said, "Don't hate the player, hate the coffeeshop." XP
― The Reverend, Thursday, 1 January 2009 22:17 (fifteen years ago) link
The combination of her recent profile in The New Yorker and finding Esperanza in a bargain bin at B0rd3r's led me to finally checking her out, I really like it. Not completely sold on the vocals just yet (I have a very difficult time with jazz vocalists that aren't the classics) but its pretty entertaining. Very interested to hear the imminent new album.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 April 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ joe & max pimping the mpp rickroll upthread
"I Adore You" is still one of my favorite tracks of the past few years
― goon vibrations (The Reverend), Friday, 9 April 2010 04:17 (fourteen years ago) link
This could be cool:
http://www.amazon.com/Chamber-Music-Society-Esperanza-Spalding/dp/B003OFHMKO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1280843535&sr=1-1
I didn't take to the last one that much, but I definitely consider her someone for me to keep an eye on.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
The new stuff is probably still too "la la la" mellow for me. I don't find it objectionable but I doubt it's something I'd ever be in the mood to listen to (at least not at this point in my life).
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
EOMG I LUV BIEBER! ESERANZA GO KILL URSELF!
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ok i wondered why a jazz album was in the itunes top 10
― he do the waka lyfe (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i haven't heard her solo recs, but she sounds good backing joe lovano on his new one
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
start here if you haven't already:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f8hACrttII
― a professional climbing axe is a rich man's toy (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Hope people just now checking her out don't judge her solely on Chamber Music Society. IMO, Esperanza is much livelier and more accessible.
― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
(Haven't heard the first album.)
I like her. The album is a bit busy -- very much has the feel of a freshman "Look at all my talents!" effort, but good. I predict a more AAA radio-friendly follow-up.
― ichard Thompson (Hurting 2), Thursday, December 25, 2008 2:41 PM Bookmark
yeah she might as well get that norah jones money, if that's still a thing.
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, December 25, 2008 2:47 PM Bookmark
lol we were so right
― hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes but there was some un-otm right here: why are there so many women bassplayers?
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean here: why are there so many women bassplayers?
ha, that was in '02! esperanza was what, 12?
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
(18, but still)
I've seen some female upright players that are older: Jennifer Vincent, Mary Ann McSweeney, Marion Hayden. There's also this list
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f29/great-female-double-bassists-61567/
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://enigmaticalchemy.com/enigma_mea.jpg
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
And don't forget http://kimclarke.8m.com/
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Apparently Gloria Coleman played bass before she switched to organ.
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
so this album is WONDERFUL and also got bnm
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 4 March 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link
OBSESSED WITH THIS
― Tim F, Saturday, 5 March 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
ohhh?
― Hey (Extended Mix), Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:32 (eight years ago) link
Earth to Heaven has some pure Joni vibes. Beautiful
― calstars, Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:43 (eight years ago) link
Holy shit, "Rest in Pleasure" - I'm getting major King Crimson flashbacks. The guitar is a bit shoegazer indie too; I dunno, like Chapterhouse or something.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 6 March 2016 12:51 (eight years ago) link
Omg this album. I was going to make Hejira and KC/Yes comparisons as well.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Sunday, 6 March 2016 15:47 (eight years ago) link
this album sounds like fusion Janelle Monae? predictably, I love it
― Hey (Extended Mix), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 09:56 (eight years ago) link
Ebony and Ivy is insane
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 18:09 (eight years ago) link
Nothing constructive to add here except more breathless praise. First album in recent memory I've listened to more than once in a row (and may go for a third today). The run from "Judas" to "Rest In Pleasure" is fucking amazing.
Also, Joni + Steely Dan + King Crimson + Yes + "sorta pretentious modern jazz / r&b" sounds like an album someone tells me about in a dream and I wake up cursing the universe that no such record exists
Maybe dangerous terrain here but how does this sound on vinyl? I'm wary of modern pressings sourced from the same master as the CD but I kinda want this
― Wimmels, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link
Haven't listened to this (or any of her albums) yet but this Pitchfork interview is fucking great and makes me want to check her out.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 23:35 (eight years ago) link
that interview is so bad ass
― just sayin, Thursday, 10 March 2016 04:01 (eight years ago) link
annette peacock, guys
― cock chirea, Thursday, 10 March 2016 05:17 (eight years ago) link
fuck, she sounds like harriet wheeler on "noble nobles"!
― cock chirea, Thursday, 10 March 2016 05:18 (eight years ago) link
Noble Nobles reminds me of Airbag
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 March 2016 05:45 (eight years ago) link
some pure Joni vibes. Beautiful
― calstars, Saturday, March 5, 2016 5:43 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea definitely
the p4k interview w/ her is great btw
― marcos, Thursday, 10 March 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
loving this record!
― niels, Thursday, 10 March 2016 17:39 (eight years ago) link
hehe and that no bs interview too
― niels, Thursday, 10 March 2016 17:44 (eight years ago) link
this album is exceptional
― akm, Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:03 (eight years ago) link
although, it is also exceptionally long and I can only take it in small doses
― akm, Thursday, 10 March 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
This is cool, happy to hear it's exactly as described (Joni, Yes/Crimson). Has Pitchfork ever covered her before, or is this a new thing?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 March 2016 21:30 (eight years ago) link
want to like this so bad. it's like screaming headless torsos meets joni. some great playing and arrangements, yet it's still falling flat on me. like the production is too slick. too much funk/fusion clinic kind of playing. never really grooves. not a lot to hold onto. like the kamasi washington album, im glad this music is being made but it's just like... going through the motions or a genre exercise or something.
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 11 March 2016 01:01 (eight years ago) link
― akm, Thursday, March 10, 2016 2:13 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
dude it's like 46 minutes long
― Wimmels, Friday, 11 March 2016 02:26 (eight years ago) link
xpost I don't really like the funk/fusion clinic playing/production too much, either, and the novelty of the arrangements and busyness of the vocals does get a little exhausting, imo, so I can easily see why 46 minutes could feel twice as long.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 March 2016 13:27 (eight years ago) link
is it really only 46 minutes long? it feels longer.
― akm, Friday, 11 March 2016 21:53 (eight years ago) link
tbh I could have done without the Willie Wonka song but I think the rest is perfect
― Wimmels, Friday, 11 March 2016 22:23 (eight years ago) link
whoa this is great
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 12:07 (seven years ago) link
this thread title
― normcore strengthening exercises (benbbag), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 12:55 (seven years ago) link
xp: absolutely, this is very good except the proggy elements in the beginning which i don't like too much. she really sounds like joni's reincarnation of around "the hissing of summer lawns".
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 24 May 2016 12:57 (seven years ago) link
want to like this/her, and i prob need to listen to it more to be fairer, but i feel like she just has no personality to latch on to.
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 15:05 (seven years ago) link
Saw her last night and she was just so talented and charismatic and doing her own thang it was almost uncanny. She was in character (as such), prancing around in a white jumpsuit and her goofy glasses, singing impossibly well into a headset mic and rocking what looked like a 5-string fretless. Music, per the album, was Living Colour (esp. her guitarist, who reminded me a lot, sonically, of Vernon Reid) meets Joni Mitchell. There was a stage set, a crazy "program" handed out at the start, backup singers/dancers, and she just killed it with no concern for the head-scratching it no doubt inspired.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 October 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
caught her June 23 2010 with McCoy Tyner -- and Reverend and this thread came to mind immediately
really was a fantastic show (and the DJ played "Ain't No Half Steppin'" as she left the stage iirc)
― PappaWheelie V, Friday, 28 October 2016 22:05 (seven years ago) link
Next project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAOezi2Ea0k
"This project is going to be a little different from other ones I've done. You buy a blank CD. Then over 3 days, I'll fill it with beautiful, spontaneously created music. And you can watch the whole thing unfold over Facebook Live. September 12 starting at 9 AM.
Order your blank CD now: http://found.ee/EspWeb-j
Only 7,777 copies will be available, so first come first served."
-Esperanza
― Jeff W, Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/07/jazz-star-esperanza-spalding-flutist-claire-chase-join-harvard-faculty/
I have been dying to tell ppl about this for the past week.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
The Facebook Live feed has started...
http://www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding/videos/10159220183305527/
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
New album sounding very cool!
― imago, Friday, 19 October 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
What happened to 'first come, first served'? Does the Spotify self-destruct after 7,777 streams lol? (Not that I'm complaining either way.)
― Jeff W, Friday, 19 October 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
oh wait, my bad, this isn't Exposure, it's a whole new Thang:
http://www.esperanzaspalding.com/12-little-spells/
http://www.esperanzaspalding.com/home-12littlespells/
Still working through this, but "Touch In Mine" captures well what she seems to have been aiming for.
― Jeff W, Friday, 19 October 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
12 Little Spells is kind of a prog-pop masterpiece, no?
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link
I like ES, she’s got the groove
― calstars, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 00:19 (five years ago) link
I liked it a lot when I listened to it and posted to the jazz thread. Haven't come back to it but I should.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 03:03 (five years ago) link
new song is incredible!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5l0Wu821Ww
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 August 2021 23:50 (two years ago) link