https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZEm0dcBGtI
So weird to hear Moon Duo during Maddow's commercial breaks.
― the box cutter killer from the calcutta gutter (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 13 February 2012 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
Moon Duo, soon to be heard in a grocery store near you.
― skip, Monday, 13 February 2012 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
ltd edition mazes remix lp for the vinyl heads
― diamonddave85, Monday, 16 April 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
finally got around to picking up Mazes
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 18 June 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
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...
― alpine static, Monday, 18 June 2012 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
new album out in October, new song here:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13994-sleepwalker/
stoked!
― alpine static, Monday, 6 August 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
grab it while you can: http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/releases/sbr083/
― diamonddave85, Thursday, 13 September 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
cool, missed that there was a new one. also missed that they live in colorado now?
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 September 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
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
― alpine static, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, really into this.
― sriracha bishop (get bent), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
sounds great. guy is such a cool guitarist.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
Moon Duo: YES
I am lightly put off by the pamplamoosey couple in this video, but it is otherwise v enjoyablehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgqTh6uoenc
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 13:35 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
I don't like the video but the album is immensely pleasurable.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
ok then I'm def going to this show tonight!
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
Jealous of you all. Still would love to see Moon Duo or Wooden Shjips. Watching their sets on youtube ain't the same.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
something about the combination of the song with the trendy alt-video really brings to mind Clinic
anyways <3 <3 <3
― remtrollison (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
the new album was playing over the pa today during my lunchour vs fopp session.
sounded bloody good.
― mark e, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
haw, that video should have a disclaimer -- "from the makers of portlandia" or somesuch. anyway, this album rocks!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
yeah -- it smells strongly of portlandiabut just think about the leotards and the gyrating rather than the guru or the window (or the mustache dude) and it gets betterbetter 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
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
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
― flopson, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
xp yeah that's great. like steeleye span on acid
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― has important things to say about gangnam style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
oh man post above made me think about clinic for the first time in a decade. what happened to them?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
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
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
^ the california way
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
King Khan! who here hates on King Khan I will stab you
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
I feel Hurting's sentiment. "Psych" is a word that gets thrown about a lot these days. I love Moon Duo though; even though it's trippy-by-the-numbers synth-driven drone-pop, it's trippy enough for my liking.
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
my first thought was that it was dance music to satisfy the robots and the freaky people alike. your bottom half can follow the beat and your top half can freak out to the guitar. that's good times right there.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
That cover is kind of terrible but I love it.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
i see 'psych' used in a lot of pr material/press releases and then i go listen to a song or two online and am like fuck you, pr people, this is just indie rock
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
i guess 'psych' is the new 'edgy'
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
or, well, 'indie'
totally agree but buzzword overuse/misuse is not a new problem and it's not going to get in the way of my enjoyment of the moon duo.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
totally
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
i do think there are psych elements to moon duo tho!
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
the cover is amazing IMO!
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
I've noticed 'psych' or 'psychedelic' being appended to indie bands much less than it used to be in, say, the Elephant 6 era... Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, I like indie shit with psychy bits.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
psych enough for me! the drum machine-iness might bring down the psych quotient, i dunno.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
I still see "psych"/"psychedelic" on the label of like every fifth rock/indie promo CD I review. But I see a lot of things on promo labels.
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
this is the dude from Wooden Shjips, right?
love their first EP...i would call it psych in a Bardo Pond / trippier Black Mountain vein. I.e. laid-back, groovin' psych.
just had a listen to the new LP via spotify...i dig. definitely poppier, though it's still nice and fuzzy.
QFT: "buzzword overuse/misuse is not a new problem and it's not going to get in the way of my enjoyment of the moon duo."
― dronestreet, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i mean it's PR shorthand for "there's some fuzzy guitar reverb-y vocals and maybe a swirly organ every now and then"...but have we ever really defined psych? WHAT IS PSYCH.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
i think that what we can learn from pr shorthand is that pr shorthand is hilarious and mostly wrong
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
psych is what you make it man
(pr people not allowed to make it)
pr people too uptight to give in to the groove
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
here's something from the PR email i just received"A laid-back cavalcade of synth washes, toms, layered vocals and organic instrumentation, "SONG" perfectly showcases ARTIST’s ambitions to bring together futuristic soundscapes with hook-laden direct songs." sounds kinda psyche-y!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
i read something recently that contained a sentence something like "dare we say they sound like early Hawkwind mixed with Can?!" and seriously, considering the band they were talking about, my answer is no, you do not.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
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
― sleeve, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
I like the new one despite them having bi virtually no personality or unique sonic identity at all.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
they put on a good show, worth seeing (even if it's weird that there's no drummer).
― skip, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
i love every moon duo album for about a week. then i never want to hear them again.
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link
MOON DUO (meh)
― jorts l0chinski (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 16 March 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
wow Occult Architecture Vol. II is really, like, different????
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
also they were SO great live a few wks ago
different how
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
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.
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 23:44 (six years ago) link
got both Vols I and II and yeah II def has some departures from their signature style. interesting! both are grebt
― Οὖτις, Friday, 20 October 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
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.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Friday, 20 October 2017 22:41 (six years ago) link
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.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 30 September 2019 05:22 (four years ago) link
huh, this is quite different to what i knew of them (which admittedly I heard years ago now)
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 30 September 2019 11:50 (four years ago) link
i can't say i am interested in this band anymore oh well!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 30 September 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
in retrospect, this band's work is a pretty good study on how to run a couple of good ideas into the ground
― sleeve, Monday, 30 September 2019 14:19 (four years ago) link
yeah they did not evolve in a way i found interesting enough to follow
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 30 September 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
I’m actually digging the new one more than the last few. I like this droney spacey psychedelic-electronic ear cotton candy.
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 00:45 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I dig this new one quite a lot! Especially that bottom-heavy dub one towards the beginning.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
Likewise, I'm enjoying this one a lot!
― skip, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
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.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 15 October 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
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.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
definitely a shift with this one. Sonic Boom's second career as a mixing-engineer-for-hire continues to produce some interesting results
― Οὖτις, Monday, 10 February 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
New Rose City Band track sounds excellent
https://rosecityband.bandcamp.com/album/summerlong
― mizzell, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 21:08 (four years ago) link
twangier than the first and i’m all for it.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 21:19 (four years ago) link
YES to this new Black Sabbath "Planet Caravan" cover, holy shit
https://sacredbonesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/what-is-this-that-stands-before-me
― epicenter of the fieri universe (sleeve), Friday, 1 May 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
― epicenter of the fieri universe (sleeve), Friday, May 1, 2020 12:43 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
OTM
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 1 June 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link