Oneida -- You'e having a laugh

Second: We’ve made some recordings of our two “Practice Space” Shows – they sounds sweet and we’re gonna do something with them so you can hear them. No idea when that will happen.

fuckin awesome

haven't listened to the whole thing yet but the run from "the river" through "ghost in the room" is pretty fucking awesome. not surprised one bit since these guys put on one of the best shows i've ever seen at the last terrastock

Can't wait. Favorite band ever, I've seen them ten times.

Really looking forward to this. The bits I've heard sound potentially album-of-the-year great.

Stooges!

don't even know where to start with Rated O, in a good way. i've listened maybe 5-7 times and can't find anything that isn't mind blowing about it

I saw them live last saturday, playing a lot of Rated O stuff.

The keyboard player was a bit, er, confused.

But in a good way.

Rated O is well up there in my top ten of the year

omg

what!

am listening to 'rated o'

it is quite something

I suck for not buying this yet.

It is feckin' brilliant.

yeah, keep meaning to, keep putting it off. shame on me...

i listened to the excellent first 5 songs...will get round to the others soon, but so far so good. droney krauty loopy goodness.

is this your first step into oneida's world, louis? if so, how many TRAETS await you...

I'm currently listening to 'Up With People' from Happy New Year. In fact I played it down the pub on Saturday when Louis was there. (If it's the same Louis, and not Louis Walsh or Louis XVIII of France or Blue Lou Boyle from True Romance.)

i played 'up with people' on 6music once, at 830 on a monday morning. the fill-in DJ who hosted the show in Jupitus's absence was visibly displeased by the song.

The only pub I was in on Saturday was one in which I watched Villa-Spurs :-/

Anyway, this IS my first trip into the Oneidic sphere. They seem promising.

What the fuck is wrong with these people? It's fucking disco . . . Admittedly pretty fast, fuzzy disco but disco nonetheless . . .

XP: Sorry, another Louis from this board it was then.

said stand-in DJ was very much of the Ocean Colour Scene school of musical diversity

There's another? I must hunt him down and we must fight. That school of musical diversity persists? Mother of god.

Pubmeet fake Louis, oh no!

My Oneida album pick is "The Wedding" w. much love to "Each One Teach One" too, but I have not given "Rated O" the time I know it deserves

okay, so i picked up Rated O the other day. holy shit this is great! by far by far BY FAR the best thing i've ever heard oneida do, like Each One Teach One made more and better longer louder crazier crazier world without end. on that note kinda funny how the MC who does vocals on the opening epic dub track even namechecks EOTO (each one a teacha waaaan).

surprised by the mixed reviews. i mean, if yr averse to epic length hammering on a single change (or chord!) this obviously isn't the band for you, but if yr at all interested in the space btwn heavy garage rock, noise & space/kraut hypnosis, this is the fucking GODHEAD. space ritual shit right here. three lps, each aesthetically/conceptually distinct, and all fucking fantastic. i even like "the human factor", which seems to be the sticking point/bellwether for folks who don't quite "get it". yeah, he's shrieking hoarsely for like five minutes, but it's kinda funny and the drumming is awesome.

SO glad i made time for this. instant top-of-the-heap album of the year contender, displacing a lot of potential favorites.

one use of "epic" would probably have sufficed

Welcome to the club. This has been a lock for my top ten since I first heard it.

re: Human Factor: That is definitely the track that separates casual fans from the dedicated for life.
I love that track! celebration station step into the O

yeah, glad to be here, "the river" is such a fucking jam, just unreal

i don't know when i last had so much fun getting to know an album. listened twice yesterday, and am on my second round for this morning. i don't think there's a bad track on here. been a good year for crater head psyche shit (this, blues control, shit & shine, fuck buttons, lips).

Kid just emailed me the other day. He's sending me the triple vinyl. Stoked!

anybody heard kid millions' man forever lp? basically a drum solo record, with tons of tracks layered together until it turns into a big, blurry, throbbing mess. some very alien-sounding bass guitar from one of the sightings dudes, but otherwise just kits, kits and more kits, all pummeled within an inch of their lives. pretty unique and cool - reminds me of lightning bolt more than anything else, in the way these mushroom patterns emerge and disappear into a seething morass of noise. i can't image that 40 minutes of droney percussion fog is gonna do it for everybody, but it's working for me.

Doubt it'll do it for me, tbh, but here's a NY Times story about it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/23/arts/music/23drummer.html

hey, they're on tour

So, I've heard almost all of their albums, but I still don't understand the title of this thread.

Forget what I said 7 years ago. Saw them Thursday w/ Kinski and The Lights opening. Oneida were a 5-piece, with another keyboard player, and Shaheen (ex ex-models, seconds) on 2nd guitar and vocals.

Oneida killed it, and Kid is the main reason, as stated several times above. Overheard at show: "dude is like Jaki from Can but on CRACK!"

"So, I've heard almost all of their albums, but I still don't understand the title of this thread.

― xhuxk, Saturday, August 21, 2010 8:27 PM (Yesterday)"

Ditto. Been wondering.

suspect thread title concerns the caesar's column 12", contents and packaging, released 7 years ago in ye olde UK:

http://www.avatune.com/pics/18020764.jpg

show at the sunset (ballard) on thursday night was amazing by the way. missed the openers, but no loss. oneida were more than enough on their own. and yeah, kid, but the whole damn band, really. best live performance i've seen in quite some time.

Saw them Thursday w/ Kinski and The Lights opening. Oneida were a 5-piece, with another keyboard player, and Shaheen (ex ex-models, seconds) on 2nd guitar and vocals.

― Sock Puppet Pizza Delivers To The Forest (Sock Puppet Queso Con Concentrate)

oh hai, you was at the sunset, too. cheers! twin guitars and keys were fiendish yeah.

Both openers were at their best too. Kinski's Chris Martin is becoming better and more confident as a singing frontman. Also new songs are Alpine-Static good.

But anyway, Oneida U HAZ LAAFS

Oh, man. Rated O would be my #1 album of the year this year, except it's last year's album. Aw, fuck it, it's still my album of the year.

I want more stuff like it. Lots more. It fills the need I've had for some years for a new NEU! album - that relentless propusliveness, mostly instrumental, "out there" but never spaced-out. It's hitting all the right neurons.

I've got NEU!, Can, Fela, and now this; what else fits the bill? Suggestions, anyone?

Hmmm, maybe some Plastic Crimewave Sound? Amon Duul II?

cave
some boredoms (vision creation newsun)
i'm assuming you know cluster, harmonia, etc. since you mentioned neu

Good call with Cave, definitely.

Some album recs:

Amon Duul II - Yeti
Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei
Plastic Crimewave Sound - No Wonderland

Oh man...there are a plethora of threads on here re:krautrock that will keep you busy (and happy) for a while ;)

Cave recommendation thirded

the Plastic Crimewave stuff I have is more goth-y than krautrock-y imhp

imho

maybe check out the plastic crimewave split w oneida? then if you like the PCS side, get some of their stuff!

lot of recommendations for cave. not saying no, but if you're interested, aim for the hunt like devil/JAMZ album (dbl EP combo, whatever). best thing they've done so far, imo.

recent mother of fire EP has an oneida-ish quality here and there, but gothier, and not quite so rhythmically intense.

Hawkwind - Space Ritual