all i know is that that song 'antillas' samples a charles chepkwony song and i can't figure out which. fuck this bullshit.
― elan, Friday, 14 March 2008 00:40 (sixteen years ago) link
so if you like that guitar sound check chepkwony
so maybe it's not a chepkwony song if i can't find the sample, but it sounds like chepkwony and he is a genius
― elan, Friday, 14 March 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
so, all i know
El Guincho signs to XL/Young Turks: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/49423-el-guincho-signs-to-xlyoung-turks
The remastered edition of "Alegranza" (cd and lp) will be out in may/june.
― abbysmyname, Sunday, 23 March 2008 11:42 (sixteen years ago) link
^That is really good news.
I just heard it for the first time in a local record store. Even just from hearing 5-6 songs in there, I can tell it's the obvious best record of 2007 that I was missing last year.
― Z S, Sunday, 6 April 2008 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I like this but I don't understand why Instituto Mexicano del Sonido has been overlooked while this is being hyped to the maximum.
― danzig, Thursday, 24 April 2008 00:10 (sixteen years ago) link
this is pretty good - a little bit repetitive for my taste and not as murky as Person Pitch. Not sure if it was worth the $30 I had to spend on it :(
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 27 June 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah when is the XL version coming out?
― Alex in SF, Friday, 27 June 2008 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Definitely one of the greatest bits of Sonar, and he only played instead of a DJ set because Konono no.! pulled out, a mixed blessing.
― I know, right?, Friday, 27 June 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone into his band, Coconut?
― pinkie, Monday, 6 October 2008 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Neat mix:
http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2008/10/mp3-el-guinchos-gorila-contra-bear.html
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
it's hillllllarious how people will do ANYTHING to distance themselves from what's considered "cool" or "good", a la saying "el guincho is much better than panda bear". aside from the obvious musical superiority of person pitch, what alegranza has is utter soullessness. i think it's a great album, but one's a party album and one's art. whatever, keep striving to be different
― Kevin Keller, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
El Guincho is much better than Panda Bear. Yay for soullessness.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
"but one's a party album and one's art"
I was trying to figure which one is which in your equation, but then I decided I didn't care.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
xposts. are you a sockpuppet?
Although I do agree that Person Pitch is the better album.
― what U cry 4 (jim), Friday, 24 October 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I like Person Pitch more than Allegranza but the argument that one is a party album and one is art, or that one is soulless, is such bullshit that I want to change my ranking of the two albums just so I can be on the other side from Kevin Keller.
― Tim F, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I like Person Pitch (I'm listening to it right now just to remind myself that I liked it) but Alegranza was like this year's perfect summer driving/running record (even though it came out last year) for me.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I think it's less that I don't like Allegranza (your encapsulation sounds about right Alex) and more than Person Pitch was my second favourite album from last year.
― Tim F, Friday, 24 October 2008 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
These albums don't really remind me of each other that much, but yeah, I like Person Pitch a lot more.
― I know, right?, Friday, 24 October 2008 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I think each record has a similar vibe, but they are going for a very different effect.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay I've listened to Person Pitch and I still like Alegranza better so yeah apparently I'm soulless.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 24 October 2008 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
so promos of this are out on XL now, I forget what the street date is.
― sleeve, Saturday, 25 October 2008 02:43 (fifteen years ago) link
It's out for real. I saw it last week.
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 25 October 2008 03:11 (fifteen years ago) link
It came out on the 6th October in the UK at least. Vinyl to follow on Monday (27th).
― krakow, Saturday, 25 October 2008 06:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Instore at Rough Trade East in approx. 2 hours time. Might pick up an XL copy while I'm there as my original cd seems to have packed up. Although I might wait for the vinyl instead.
Can't get into Person Pitch at all the way I got into this, although I don't get Animal Collective much either. I try, I really do.
― bocken (j.o.n.a), Saturday, 25 October 2008 11:53 (fifteen years ago) link
stfu kevin keller
― max, Saturday, 25 October 2008 12:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i saw him on fri night and he was great!! hilarious show, looked like a holiday camp cabaret act from the 80s, rinky-dink keyboards and tacky lights and his napoleon dynamite-looking friend goofing around next to him. totally disarming banter between songs too. audience did a conga line. basically, awesome.
― dugong.jpg (jabba hands), Monday, 2 February 2009 02:12 (fifteen years ago) link
tanlines remix of kalise (and their track bejan, hat tip to 20jfg) are both cool: http://www.myspace.com/tanlinestheband
― caek, Monday, 2 February 2009 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I like this.
― Local Garda, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
wow i just posted a huge disgusted rant about this in the poll thread. makes sense that people compare it to p***a b**r. dude sounds like a drunken tramp and i am disgusted with you all for liking this terrible music and indirectly allowing it into my world
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
seriouslexiznotamuzed.jpg
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
(it does suck though)
i gotta say it made a lot more sense live than on record - having an audience brought out the carnival vibe a bit better.
― unaustralian (jabba hands), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
so, so, so good
― Matos W.K., Wednesday, 11 February 2009 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
lex when you abandon your "i like it=it's not indie, i dislike it=it's indie" rule you might actually enjoy yourself
― Local Garda, Thursday, 12 February 2009 01:03 (fifteen years ago) link
the more drunken tramp music the better over innocent smoothie pop
― Local Garda, Thursday, 12 February 2009 01:05 (fifteen years ago) link
still dig this record
― LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLA (deej), Thursday, 12 February 2009 10:07 (fifteen years ago) link
iz gr8!
― the lexx of extreme metal (Ioannis), Thursday, 12 February 2009 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
off-topic, but Ioannis, did you end up digging that Saft album?
― Mordy, Thursday, 12 February 2009 10:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i need to listen to it some more really, but i do appreciate its range at the very least.
― the lexx of extreme metal (Ioannis), Thursday, 12 February 2009 10:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I keep seeing this in the shops and keep thinking I ought to get it but I don't know about the "drunken tramp pop" thing - as long it's not like hauntology Pogues I guess it's worth checking out.
― Bernard Braden Misreads Stephen Leacock (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 12 February 2009 11:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Would I like this?
― Kiitën (admrl), Monday, 28 June 2010 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
yes
― max, Monday, 28 June 2010 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
alright then
― Kiitën (admrl), Monday, 28 June 2010 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
it's good
― Sensational Howard (admrl), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i like it too. its like, avalanches is shortwave radio from the adjoining island, this is dancing up next 2 the speaker on the dancefloor
― blap...tremendo (deej), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
New album sounds really good on first listen. Shiny rhythmic uptempo dancehall pop, a lot sharper than Alegranza. It's ridiculously cheerful.
― Tim F, Thursday, 19 August 2010 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
"FM Tan Sexy" kinda amazing.
― Tim F, Thursday, 19 August 2010 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
― max, Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:32 AM
'antillas' is still a jam
― fuck google analytics (am0n), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
this is one of the best albums of the 2000s/vastly superior to person pitch
― yellow jacket (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
cool! new record soon
http://pitchfork.com/news/62857-el-guincho-returns-with-hiperasia-shares-comix-featuring-mala-rodriguez/
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link
Hiperasia
http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/El_Guincho_Hiperasia_1500.jpg
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 21:20 (eight years ago) link