I just heard Miho on a Towa Tei album, was pretty good too! But I don't understand why people like this group :S
― frogbs, Friday, 15 June 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
Awww. Well I have an embarassing past as a Sean Lenon fangirl (thanks to seeing him open for Beck in..98?) Through Sean, I got into Cibo Matto and Yoko Ono and stopped listening to his stuff.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 15 June 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
it's so cool that Yuka Honda is married to Nels Cline, never would've guessed 15 years ago that they'd even cross paths musically
― bronytheus (some dude), Friday, 15 June 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3zX_AT0Xco
YEah.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 17:54 (ten years ago) link
pretty much what you'd expect, huh
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
i guess it isn't 1999 anymore
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 20:30 (ten years ago) link
touring US again anyway
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
I was really obsessed with Stereotype A when I was like 16-17. I find it nearly unlistenable now. It's funny how the brain changes.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link
CIBO MATTO TO RELEASE HOTEL VALENTINE FEBRUARY 14FIRST RECORD SINCE 1999
Chimera Music is excited to announce the release of Hotel Valentine, Cibo Matto's first record since 1999 Coming out on February 14, 2014, the album was self-produced over a two-year period by Cibo Matto founders and co-conspirators Miho Hatori and Yuka C. Honda. Helping to create the kaleidoscopic, post-regional grooves and funky blasts of pure danceability on Hotel Valentine are guitarist Nels Cline, drummer Glenn Kotsche, percussionist Mauro Refosco, vocalist Reggie Watts, trumpeter Michael Leonhart, trombonist Aaron Johnson, Douglas Wieselman and many others. Hotel Valentine is their most impressive release to date as it finds them constructing a rich concept album, a love story amid the ghosts traversing the hallways of a hotel. Underneath the lush sonic palate, they have created the soundtrack to an invisible film as they've continued to refine their sound and remain fully committed to an ethic of fun. The first track the band is sharing from Hotel Valentine is "MFN." The colorful, avant-psychedelic video was directed by Georgia.
Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, Cibo Matto announced a reunion at a benefit concert in New York City. From that point, they continued to perform and tour sporadically while working on new material. Says keyboardist/sampler Honda, "Having spent some time apart, we became more aware of our magical chemistry, our magnetic bond. We both realized we had unfinished business." On February 14, 2011 a Cibo Matto light bulb flickered and they struck upon the idea of an invisible film, a score without motion, an album called Hotel Valentine. Hotel Valentine is a metaphor, a question, an answer, an idea, a feeling; A strange and vivid scene. "Hotel Valentine is the cinematic bricolage of Yuka and me," says vocalist Hatori. "Our medium is music. For me, making an album is like raising a child. We don't know what kind of person (story) they will end up to be." The full track list for Hotel Valentine is below: 1. Check In2. Deja Vu3. 10th Fl.Ghost Girl4. Emerald Tuesday5. MFN6. Hotel Valentine7. Empty Pool8. Lobby9. Maid Song (House Keeping)10. Check Out
The Cibo Matto North American tour dates are below: February7 - New Haven, CT - Spaceland8 - Boston, MA - Sinclair9 - Kingston, NY - BSP Lounge11 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot and Saddle14 - New York, NY - Les Poisson Rouge15 - Washington, DC - Black Cat16 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle Backroom17 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl18 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks19 - Austin, TX - Mohawk21 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent22 - San Diego, CA - Casbah23 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room24 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater26 - San Francisco - Slim's28 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom March1 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café4 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club5 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews6 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall7 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 12 December 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
"Don't throw the funky oyster shell at me"
― KMFAO (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 13 December 2013 12:17 (ten years ago) link
I was huge into Stereotype A back when it came out too, and I still like it more than the debut; I think I've defended it somewhere on ILM. Kaleidoscopic is a word that gets thrown around too much, but it fits that album perfectly. Will hesitantly check out the new album. Has anyone seen 'em live - how were they?
― Vinnie, Friday, 13 December 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
They're both great albums IMO
― KMFAO (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 13 December 2013 14:43 (ten years ago) link
Cibo Matto (like Seefeel) are one of those bands that I have not found a single other band that really sounds/feels like them or captures their vibe; I basically have two albums in an entire (micro)genre to listen to and I'm super stoked abt adding a third
― KMFAO (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 13 December 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
At the time, I thought Stereotype A was horrible. The last time I listened to it, it was okay but boring.
The debut remains one of my favorite albums of all time.
― SHAUN (DJP), Friday, 13 December 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
I've defended Stereotype A here before, too. It pales only in comparison to the debut. On its own terms, it's quite good if not great, but it's also a much different animal than V!LW. I love them both.
― Sandwich Slobber (Old Lunch), Friday, 13 December 2013 15:08 (ten years ago) link
I guess I do like "Sci Fi Wasabi," but I'd rather listen to "Birthday Cake."
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 13 December 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
New Video.
It's cute.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 01:01 (ten years ago) link
Why is it that no national/international bands I wanna see in 2014 are playing Baltimore? DAMN.
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 01:53 (ten years ago) link
They're playing DC - just a stone's throw away! I'm planning to see them when they come in Feb.
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
It's an issue because I live in northeast PA and hate driving in DC.
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link
Still can't pretend that song does a lot for me.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
They're playing Philly - just a ston'es throw away! I'm planning to see them when they come in Feb.
― queen bey backers (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
Haha I was thinking about making that post myself Stevie.
I basically think of Baltimore as DC, considering bands usually play one place but not the other - can't count how many times I've gone up there for a show. But driving in DC ain't fun, that's for sure.
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
Philly show has a capacity of like 120 though and is sold out :-/
in other news I might pee when I see them
― queen bey backers (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link
I LOVE THIS NEW "MFN" SONG SO MUCH
― vylvyt ylvis (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 3 February 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
I can't decide how much I like it yet (right now, I'm at like, not love). It's definitely not complacent - makes me excited for the new album.
― Vinnie, Monday, 3 February 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
I keep singing it when I'm walking places.
― vylvyt ylvis (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 3 February 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
I listened to "Hotel Valentine" this morning and it really did not grab me... I'm hoping it gets better w/ repeated listens
― vylvyt ylvis (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 7 February 2014 13:30 (ten years ago) link
There's a stream here btw:
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/02/267029140/first-listen-cibo-matto-hotel-valentine
― vylvyt ylvis (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 7 February 2014 14:10 (ten years ago) link
Cool, thanks man
― Vinnie, Friday, 7 February 2014 14:12 (ten years ago) link
I'm predicting a 6.9
― vylvyt ylvis (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 7 February 2014 14:44 (ten years ago) link
was looking at the upcoming shows of a local club online and say Cibo Matto/Buffalo Daughter double bill on the schedule i was like did i fall into a time warp?
― sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 February 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
Oh shit, I forgot they were playing tonight- now I have to scramble to finish my classwork and make it in time...
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 23:15 (ten years ago) link
I am SO EXCIIIIIITED
― vylvyt ylvis (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 23:20 (ten years ago) link
I like this a lot more than Stereotype A
― Fight the Powers that Be with this Powerful Les Paul! (DJP), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 00:37 (ten years ago) link
Ohhhh that was a great show.
― vylvyt ylvis (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 04:54 (ten years ago) link
Yes but did you pee? I'm seeing them tonight.
― Vinnie, Saturday, 15 February 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
I peed so much.
― vylvyt ylvis (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 16 February 2014 05:21 (ten years ago) link
Viva! LA woman has gradually become one of my favorite albums from the mid-90s. It’s quite the creative take on trip hop and I’m not sure I’d even classify it inside that genre. It’s too zany and closer to Beck than say Portishead.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 03:17 (five years ago) link
I tend to lump it almost closer to Hello Nasty era Beasties, and Grand Royale type stuff than most trip hop.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 03:45 (five years ago) link
It’s better than that shit xxxtentacion thrash
― stoker (Ross), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 12:25 (five years ago) link
is that supposed to be funny, controversial or just a stupid non sequitur ?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
I know it's canonical to a lot of ppl but it still feels underrated to me, it's such a fun, funny, unique record, kind of B-52's-y in the way it manages to be silly without being frivolous or novelty bcz it is so musically skillful
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
The vocal performances are always enthusiastic which makes it feel more like punk-hop. The beastie boys comparison is apt I think.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
Sugar Water is one of those iconic mid-'90s tracks for me, it's got a particular haunting vibe and one of the best music videos of its time.
― omar little, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
It samples Morricone and the Cure so maybe that’s where the haunting vibe comes from?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
carne if you have to ask, it ain't funny.
― stoker (Ross), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
YO ANYONE GOT THAT SONG FROM THAT PRE CIBO MATO BAND THEY WERE IN WITH THE SKELETON KEY DUDE? BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT FOR YEARS. DOUG WOLK SAID THEY WERE LIKE THE BEST BAND OF ALL TIME AND ZORN WOULD PLAY WITH THEM.
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
LOL
― stoker (Ross), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
For whatever odd reason I've pumped "Know Your Chicken" 5 or 6 times in the past few months and it still bangs.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 June 2018 03:49 (five years ago) link
I stumbled into Cibo Matto by accident with I “Know your chicken”... it was back in the Napster days, I was looking for something else entirely but I got curious and downloaded it.
It was such an addictive and groovy thing... but also I was 14 and felt too self-conscious to share it with anyone else at the time. I just knew it was one of those songs that would give you weird looks from most people if played out loudly or even worse, it would get a snarky observation that might ruin the whole song for me. So I saved it for myself for years until I stopped caring.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 05:24 (five years ago) link
https://youtu.be/HuNtddD8dzs
Here they are playing it live with Sean Lennon on bass in some dude’s bedroom in the 90’s.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 05:37 (five years ago) link
It sounds too weird for me in rock format.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 28 June 2018 05:39 (five years ago) link
I love when they were on Squirt TV! (That was a fun show in general.)
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 June 2018 05:53 (five years ago) link
otm. Cibo Matto always reminds me of Squirt TV
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 28 June 2018 10:21 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MFpy-yw9G0
just now noticing the Yoko-like turkey wails at the start of "Birthday Cake"
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 28 June 2018 10:22 (five years ago) link
I saw them at a Matador showcase at CBGB in ‘95 w/Railroad Jerk and some other bands :P
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 28 June 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 29 June 2018 03:37 (five years ago) link
Nah, that was a later side project / supergroup.
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Friday, 29 June 2018 03:52 (five years ago) link
Leitoh Lychee!
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 29 June 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/deserter_fm/leitoh-lychee-nothing-to-do-os-ms-dan
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 1 July 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
my weight is 300 pounds...my favoreeet is beef jierky
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 July 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
who cares?
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 6 July 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
i don't care
Miho Hatori's new album as Miss Information is sounding really great.
https://pioneerworkspress.bandcamp.com/album/sequence
― geoffreyess, Monday, 5 November 2018 00:54 (five years ago) link