'story 2' is a fun little time signature game, it works too.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I'm assuming there's some irony/subtext/etc going on with the lyrics I didn't catch on my one superficial listen but for now file it under https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF2ayWcJfxo
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
See my posts upthread for the same concerns, addressed
― xelab V¸¸ (imago), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I don't know, "satire" is a pretty weak defense if the satire just consists of repeating the same tropes. I really have no interest in debating about this, I'm just saying it's keeping me from fully connecting with the album.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
luckily i'm suuuper good at ignoring lyrics
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
not sure which lyrics ppl are thinking of but all the women on this album are badass/in control whereas all the male characters are despondent/ridiculous/doomed. that's what I took away from it
― From Tha Crouuuch To Da Palacios (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
King T's spot excepted I guess
― From Tha Crouuuch To Da Palacios (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
king tee!holy shit!!!
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
mencap otm
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 05:47 (nine years ago) link
this has really grown on me, especially once I took out "Tonight"
― Simon H., Wednesday, 6 August 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
oh hey
https://clppng.bandcamp.com/album/something-they-dont-know-b-w-mouth
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 3 October 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
The group consists of MC Daveed Diggs (who stars in the Broadway musical Hamilton)
only just found this out!
― just sayin, Monday, 30 May 2016 05:08 (seven years ago) link
it's why they haven't been touring much this past year
― sarahell, Monday, 30 May 2016 05:24 (seven years ago) link
http://clppng.bandcamp.com/album/remxng
a bunch of new stuff on their bandcamp
― sarahell, Monday, 30 May 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
new ep is goooood
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 22:30 (seven years ago) link
this is pretty fucking coolhttp://www.barsworkshopnyc.com/
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 7 July 2016 23:29 (seven years ago) link
New album, Splendor and Misery is out on September 9. It's an (deep breath)...
Afrofuturist, dystopian concept album that follows the sole survivor of a slave uprising on an interstellar cargo ship, and the onboard computer that falls in love with him. Thinking he is alone and lost in space, the character discovers music in the ship’s shuddering hull and chirping instrument panels. William and Jonathan’s tracks draw an imaginary sonic map of the ship’s decks, hallways, and quarters, while Daveed’s lyrics ride the rhythms produced by its engines and machinery. In a reversal of H.P. Lovecraft’s concept of cosmic insignificance, the character finds relief in learning that humanity is of no consequence to the vast, uncaring universe. It turns out, pulling the rug out from under anthropocentrism is only horrifying to those who thought they were the center of everything to begin with. Ultimately, the character decides to pilot his ship into the unknown—and possibly into oblivion—instead of continuing on to worlds whose systems of governance and economy have violently oppressed him.
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 1 September 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
New album, Splendor and Misery is out on September 9. It's an (deep breath)... Clipping, bitch
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 1 September 2016 21:07 (seven years ago) link
this is amazing
― imago, Monday, 19 September 2016 10:33 (seven years ago) link
incredible, even
this is a superb interview as well, endlessly quotable: http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/09/clipping-interview
― imago, Monday, 19 September 2016 11:17 (seven years ago) link
'A Better Place' is a track of the year contender
― imago, Monday, 19 September 2016 11:42 (seven years ago) link
saw them live last Sunday. Surreal and great.
― sarahell, Monday, 19 September 2016 17:00 (seven years ago) link
this is pushing Jute Gyte for my album of the year, it's absolutely extraordinary
― imago, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 14:53 (seven years ago) link
look even if you hate this can more people please talk about it
― imago, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 21:49 (seven years ago) link
listening now! I saw these guys in Oakland a few years ago (Sarah you may have been at the Lobot show?), and they were cool. Tellingly, all the opening bands were punk or noise, and I remember Jon Snipes from the wild/funny/aggro Capt Ahab -- I'm guessing if there's not so much talk, it's because this is WEIRD. ??
anyway, liking the rhythm arrangement on All Black at the moment
― Dominique, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 21:59 (seven years ago) link
yah they rule hard! snipes is a legend.daveed stars in hamilton!
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
Pretty damn impressive album
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 21:32 (seven years ago) link
xxp - I saw them at Terminal. Hutson is tight with the dudes who live(d) there.
xp - you should have come to the SF show on the 11th ... it was great. They had a harpist.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
i know i saw ton of video but i had to do my radio show :(
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 21:53 (seven years ago) link
you gonna be at El Rio tonight?
― sarahell, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
yah my gf is djing
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
cool I will tell you in person how awesome it was
― sarahell, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 22:15 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm65PCbUMZI
― electric wight dorkestra (crüt), Wednesday, 2 November 2016 03:23 (seven years ago) link
it's their year
― imago, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 09:14 (seven years ago) link
remember really loving "Work Work" a couple of years back though I didn't really investigate the rest of their catalogue. totally floored to find out dude is the new love interest on this season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (not to mention in Hamilton).
― evol j, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
also they are up for a hugo award!
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
And he was on Sesame Street
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
http://songexploder.net/clipping
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
friends, they have gone deeper into the sickness
― imago, Monday, 23 September 2019 06:45 (four years ago) link
Indeed they have. Someone on the tracks rollout thread was complaining about the decline of speed rapping. There Existed an Addiction to Blood sports at least a couple of fine instances. And 'Piano Burning' is classic for its literalism and shameless length alone.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 20 October 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
"Blood of the Fang" is such an addictive track
― Simon H., Sunday, 20 October 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
Run For Your Life is one of the most electrifying things I've ever heard tbh
― imago, Sunday, 20 October 2019 18:43 (four years ago) link
'bloodless'
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 October 2019 08:33 (four years ago) link
bloodless insofar as bled dry
― imago, Monday, 21 October 2019 09:01 (four years ago) link
this is only their second most brilliant album but that's only because S&M (lol) was an all-timer
― imago, Monday, 21 October 2019 09:02 (four years ago) link
This album is glorious
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Thursday, 14 November 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
:)
did you hear Splendor & Misery? if not I think you will be blown away by that too
― imago, Thursday, 14 November 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
I will go back to that after I finish this (also amazing) Sudan Archives album
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Thursday, 14 November 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
fair, and I will give SA a listen
― imago, Thursday, 14 November 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link
I still haven't gotten to the other clipping. album because I am very stuck on "Story 7"
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Thursday, 14 November 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link