Rolling Art-Rock Thread 2009

Just got my test pressing in the mail last week! Best album I've ever been a part of.

No genres. No boundaries. Beauty and terror. Billy Anderson produced at Smegma Studios.

22 minutes of music that was composed over a year and produced over another year. Guitar + Drummer are identical twins and for real telepathic.

Please listen to an excerpt. First track on http://www.myspace.com/thebettertoseeyouwith

I'll drop another note in here when the vinyl arrives. I think you can pre-order through Celestial Gang. We are about to finalize the cd version with one of my favorite labels too... but I can't talk about that yet.

haha john did you go to the release party at the double deuce??

how sad that i only hear about this by clicking on the ilxor.com rolling luey jagger thread!

wait auto googleproofs l0u1s jagg3r now?!?!?

― ian, Friday, 2 January 2009 23:49 (Yesterday) Bookmark

Consequence of a couple of ppl regularly google-bombing the guy, I'm afraid.

hey louis, what do you think of the tv on the radio album?

i'm terrified to post here suddenly but the new john frusciante album is art-rock to the core, tons of indie guest stars plus IT IS A CONCEPT ALBUM CALLED 'THE EMPYREAN'. it's okay but he doesn't have an original thought in his head.

that's no surprise really? frusciante been hanging with mars volta for many years now

not a surprise, but i'm waiting for lj to PUT DOWN THE HAMMER; frusciante has continued to put out his own albums all along but no one ever talks about them, or listens to them maybe. his guitar prowess is pretty well decided -- the first track here is an "homage" to (or ripoff of) "maggot brain" but has nothing on the original or any of the subsequent p.funk versions of same, or even the j.mascis version.

gr8080
Gettin' our pretensions on in the oh-niner. Haters and naysayers, keep away, this is where the genu-ine ludicrous shit goes down. Death to genre, yes to abrasive noises in wacky time-signatures, and a big double-deuce to the mainstream...
me
hmmm
louis?

no one ever talks about them, or listens to them maybe

i reviewed one of them for my high school paper back inna day and quite liked it! but it wasn't interesting enough for me to buy the subsequent 234982374978 records he put out.

Apollo Heights
http://www.myspace.com/apolloheights

Influences: Arthur lee and love, Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Mayfield, Stylistics, The Equals, Muddywaters, The Wailers (with petertosh), The Cocteau Twins, Mercury Rev, Spaceman3, Spiritualized, Gunclub, Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, AR Kane...

new album due in the Spring

― djmartian, Friday, January 2, 2009 6:24 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol ned is in thier top friends

I'm not gonna come down on ANYONE unless they DOUBT whether their contribution is valid. This is a thread for everything contemporary that anyone considers art-rock or at least original, innovative music.

aha...so you must mean, like, hip-hop/r&b, right? (j/k)

― Ioannis, Friday, January 2, 2009 5:55 AM Bookmark

fwiw, lj did big up my "sideways r&b" thread

that was/is a really good thread!! i haven't posted anything of substance to it coz it ain't my area of expertise, but nothing but utter approval from here

and Ian, I've never heard of those bands. Publicising them is what this thread is for!

if you approach frusciante with modesty there might be some good stuff to it, but what's so offputting is his fans have all of his 234255890 records and believe it's all divine work

we've posted about frusciante plenty of times

this thread sucks

it's super easy to understand what louis means and what kind of music he likes so why not just suggest shit he might like and other ppl might like instead of haggling over what's "art rock" and what's "prog" and blah blah blah

Strawberry Fields, Polish art-rock band with a female vocalist who sounds like Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering/ Agua De Annique) and Paatos and White Willow

Strawberry Fields
http://www.myspace.com/strawberryfieldspoland

press release

Strawberry Fields "is a rock band from Poland. Created in 2008 by Wojtek Szadkowski (Collage, Satellite, Peter Pan) fascinated by the voice of Robin (Marta Kniewska). Strawberry Fields’ music is a strange blend of the old and the new, of rock guitars and soft keyboards, loops and psychedelic soundscapes. But what is most important here is the magical voice of Robin, a beautiful female lead singer."... "It’s a perfect album for the lovers of such bands as Goldfrapp, Portishead or Massive Attack. Marta’s voice will also satisfy fans of Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering/ Agua De Annique).But you can find strong pop melodies and a bit of Enya, Pink Floyd too. "

Strawberry Fields - Rivers Gone Dry - is set to be released by Metal Mind Productions on 26th January in Europe / 10th March in USA.

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s2011195.jpg

https://moonrelay.bandcamp.com/album/imi

fantastic sort of motorik/no-wave/art-rocky type album from this Norwegian band here.