this is a band
― Treeship, Thursday, 1 December 2016 05:26 (seven years ago) link
Was playing A Weird Exits in the car on tuesday to my two-year-old. "Drum music!" was her first response. Then, when I asked if it was too loud, she replied, "I like it too loud, daddy. I need it too loud."
― Herpes Bizarre (stevie), Thursday, 1 December 2016 13:43 (seven years ago) link
Congratulations on your awesome two-year-old.
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 December 2016 14:06 (seven years ago) link
awww that rules
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 1 December 2016 14:22 (seven years ago) link
excellent
A Weird Exits is good, gotta give it a full listen
the Live In San Francisco set is also a savage, reverb-soaked treat
― sleeve, Thursday, 1 December 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link
Was biking by The Chapel last night and remembered they were playing. Goddamnit regret not getting a ticket when I could
― octobeard, Thursday, 1 December 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
A Weird Exits is so good. So is An Odd Entrances, but that's floatier. But uh "Plastic Plant" is a fucking jam btw
― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 27 May 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link
new album is great, maybe the best thing they've done with the new lineup? i loved weird exits though
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 24 August 2017 00:36 (six years ago) link
I love Orc but I can't stop playing the first track. I have listened to the first track like a billion times more than the other tracks, which I also love. That thing he does with the high-register guitar sounds, all screechy with delay on it, is just so fucking exciting.
― not not not not yr academy (stevie), Thursday, 24 August 2017 09:27 (six years ago) link
Also my commute the last few months has more often than not been soundtracked by Contraption from the live album, over and over again. Its like the platonic ideal of John Dwyer skronky guitar noise.
― not not not not yr academy (stevie), Thursday, 24 August 2017 09:28 (six years ago) link
Does anyone know why this band hates Washington DC and never plays here? (I mean, I can guess)
― Chris L, Thursday, 24 August 2017 13:43 (six years ago) link
i am going to see this band 2nite
― gbx, Monday, 29 October 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
Saw them two weeks ago, first time. Also my first mosh pit (at 40! only fell down once). Had a great time. Probably goes without saying, but earplugs are recommended (I didn't wear them, and everything sounded like garbage for a day or so afterward).
Also, Smote Reverser is my fave Oh Sees since Floating Coffin and I am playing it right now. They ride grooves better than ever before, I think, maybe a benefit of the double-drummer lineup.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Monday, 29 October 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
Five piece at the moment, so I heard!
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Monday, 29 October 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
can confirm: guitar, bass, keys/synth, double-drummers
also this, uh, how you say frikkin owned
first time i've been in such an active (and positive!) pit in a very long time, feeling very pleasantly worked
― gbx, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 07:41 (five years ago) link
also, if you get a chance, see the opener, prettiest eyes. they played an incredible set, too
― gbx, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 07:43 (five years ago) link
Double drummer line-up, you say? No wonder this album is such a trip.
― days of rags and noses (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 15 April 2019 05:08 (five years ago) link
Haven’t seen them in a while, but when they were touring as a five-piece/double-drums lineup around Putrifiers II I saw them as often as I could, some of the most exciting shows I’ve ever seen, just everything I want out of rock & roll music. I remember thinking that Dwyer reminded me of James Brown for the way he was able to perfectly work the tension & release dynamics of the crowd, commanding this ultra locked-in band that could go off like a nuclear bomb but also stop on a dime at the slightest glance or gesture from him.
― One Eye Open, Monday, 15 April 2019 13:29 (five years ago) link
Holy guacamole, that was a killer, killer set. Definitely in my top 5 live bands now. The tone he’s pulling out of that guitar + the two drummer beat downs . Crowd at the Albert Hall was absolutely bouncing too.
Cigarettes aren’t cool but when he lit one up two thirds in I couldn’t help but think damn you deserve one. Rock and fucking roll.
Prettiest Eyes were excellent too.
― fancy the Dirkishness of carrying Doré a round (fionnland), Saturday, 18 May 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
I'm an old boring person now but geez, really the best show I've seen in ages
― gbx, Saturday, 18 May 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
glad I finally pulled the trigger on this tour, catching them later this year
― Simon H., Saturday, 18 May 2019 22:37 (four years ago) link
they're one of my top shows too. one show i went to had some active antagonism between the openers and OCs and the crowd and OCs and it made it even better, a little rock and roll danger going on. john dwyer also chugged an entire corona with just his face and mouth, pretty impressive
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 18 May 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
i lost track of keeping up with the albums around Memory of a Cut Off Head, but picked up a handful newish Dwyer-related stuff recently and my favorite surprise has been this Witch Egg LP - Dwyer and some others doing improvised(i assume?) kosmische-psych-jazz jams complete with upright bass and sax, excellent grooves, has really been hitting the spot this month.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I've really enjoyed this turn Dwyer has taken over the pandemic into this whole jazz thing. I actually haven't heard the Witch Egg one yet, but I'm loving the hell out of the newest one, Gong Splat.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 24 January 2022 18:36 (two years ago) link
Yeah I'm loving it too. Its so satisfying bc those influences have obv always been there with him, but as he's gotten better over the years he's just honed it so much that he can actually credibly pull of this sort of full-bore Can/electric Miles thing. What an arc this guy has had over the last 20 years.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, 24 January 2022 19:01 (two years ago) link
it's very good
― Bongo Jongus, Monday, 24 January 2022 19:41 (two years ago) link
Gong Splat is his best in this vein yet, strong Lawrence Of newark vibes
― There's A Goots In My House (stevie), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 10:39 (two years ago) link
Saw Osees this weekend, it was a terrific show. Pretty killer setlist, mostly focused from Drop era stuff onwards to the latest albums.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 September 2023 13:54 (seven months ago) link
Apparently these guys are big among the King Gizz crowd... SO MANY younger kids in King Gizz shirts at the show, including a trio of people in matching King Gizz hockey jerseys.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 September 2023 13:55 (seven months ago) link
If you thought King Gizzard was big with OSees fans try going to a Ween show!
― zacata, Monday, 18 September 2023 13:56 (seven months ago) link
Have never seen these guys because as far as I can tell they haven't been to the DC/Baltimore area in well over a decade. They must really hate it.
― Chris L, Monday, 18 September 2023 14:07 (seven months ago) link
Castle Face put out an early Gizz record and I believe put on shows/played with them on their early trips to the US. And there's a lot of similarities between early Gizz and mid-period Osees - the double drums, the FX-laced high register guitars, even the echo-laden yelps that punctuate both bands' sets.
― Lumpy pillows, kiss my ass. Put that in your book (stevie), Monday, 18 September 2023 14:08 (seven months ago) link
Oh yeah, I can see why they'd like both bands, just surprised by how much King Gizz swag was in the crowd.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 September 2023 14:09 (seven months ago) link
Anyway, back to Osees, it was my first time seeing them and I don't know that I could have asked for a better setlist. The way they put Rincon and Quattrone right up front really helps emphasize the heft and drive they bring to the band.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 September 2023 14:44 (seven months ago) link
I was at the same show, jon (assuming you're referring to the Saturday show, as I also saw the hockey jerseys)! It was great. My brother and a rotating group of companions have been coming to town to see them every September for a number of years but this was my first time back (and my first live show period) since before the pandemic. Fantastic way to break the seal.
― Prop Dramedy (Old Lunch), Monday, 18 September 2023 14:46 (seven months ago) link
Yep, I was indeed at the Saturday show.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 September 2023 14:49 (seven months ago) link
I'm seeing them at Gonerfest in a couple weeks and really psyched about it, amazed to realize its been close to 10 years since the last time. From 2008-2014 I used to make a point to catch them whenever I could, but as they started graduating to fests and bigger venues they stopped coming through my neck of the woods. Happy that it sounds like the set will be mostly stuff I've never heard live.
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Monday, 18 September 2023 16:44 (seven months ago) link