https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waiwJ5rW4xw
new single which is a sort of spoken word response to criticism of the band over a free jazz freakout? it's cool
― ufo, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
more info from Matador:
ALGIERS have released a collaborative audiovisual piece, “Can the Sub_Bass Speak?”, a new work from the band and production duo Randall Dunn and Ben Greenberg. The new piece pits charged language and free jazz collage by ALGIERS multi-instrumentalist Franklin James Fisher, saxophonics pioneer Skerik and drummer D’Vonne Lewis against a maelstrom of visuals by award-winning filmmaker Sam Campbell and typographer Farbod Kokabi.Inspired by a chance encounter with artists Moor Mother and Harrga at Wysing Polyphonic in 2018, “Can the Sub_Bass Speak?” contorts ALGIERS’ post-punk deconstruction of racial and class sonic politics into new collaborative directions. “Can the Sub_Bass Speak?” is the centerpiece of a larger web installation thereisnoyear
Inspired by a chance encounter with artists Moor Mother and Harrga at Wysing Polyphonic in 2018, “Can the Sub_Bass Speak?” contorts ALGIERS’ post-punk deconstruction of racial and class sonic politics into new collaborative directions. “Can the Sub_Bass Speak?” is the centerpiece of a larger web installation thereisnoyear
There are some new UK/euro dates as well
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
Looking forward even more to the new album now.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
Has there been any indication that's forthcoming?
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
new single which is a sort of spoken word response to criticism of the band
And that goes for all of you punks in the pressThat want to start shit by printin' lies instead of the things we saidThat means you andy secher at hit parader, circus magazineMick wall at kerrang, bob guccione jr. at spinWhat you pissed off 'cause your dad gets more pussy than you?Fuck you! suck my fuckin' dick!You be rippin' off the fuckin' kidsWhile they be payin' their hard earned money to read about the bands they want to know aboutPrintin' lies, startin' controversyYou want to antagonize me? antagonize me motherfucker!Get in the ring motherfucker! and I'll kick your bitchy little ass! punk!!I don't like you, I just hate youI'm gonna kick your ass, oh yeah! oh yeah!You may not like our integrity yeahWe built a world out of anarchy oh yeah!
― j., Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
xpost -- Per J's post, it'll be a note-for-note cover of both Use Your Illusions.
(Actual answer: I'm not positive it's totally done but I'm pretty sure it is, and there have been quiet rumblings that it's en route -- no idea whether it'll be before the end of the year or not, though.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
enjoyed this, wonder if the whole album will be a bit like it
― imago, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 10:04 (four years ago) link
not heard this yet but i do find 'Whaaa we've been misquoted by the meeja' songs tedious on the whole
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 11:14 (four years ago) link
i tend to agree but this sounds cool enough and is delivered compellingly enough for me to forgive that
― ufo, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 11:15 (four years ago) link
I am listening to this song now and a) it rules, and b) I do not think this is addressing criticism of the band as such
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
like, I don't think anyone is telling the two white members of the band that they aren't real niggas, like that Chris Rock sketch
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Tuesday, 3 September 2019 17:25 (four years ago) link
the reference of the title btw for those who dont know https://cup.columbia.edu/book/can-the-subaltern-speak/9780231143851
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 00:10 (four years ago) link
I'm listening to "Can The Sub-Bass Speak?" again and I am impressed with the level of restraint I showed here in responding to the description of the song
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
one of my tracks of the year, easily, but first time I've read that description and fucking hell
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 22:13 (four years ago) link
The new album is quite lovely, BTW; my review of it runs next week I believe.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 22:58 (four years ago) link
there's really a lot going on in "can the sub-bass speak?" so my apologies for not capturing all its intricacies in a very brief description upon first listen
― ufo, Thursday, 9 January 2020 04:53 (four years ago) link
but ill maintain that critical attempts to pigeonhole the bands music etc. is one of the many things it does address
― ufo, Thursday, 9 January 2020 04:55 (four years ago) link
new long-ass remixes of "Cleveland" just in time for the election
https://open.spotify.com/album/2ttGvriuz92KNvllIjp30A?si=MdXPB0PySj6hTTmaF4blyQ
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 30 October 2020 15:08 (three years ago) link
Oh great, thanks!
― Gerneten-flüken cake (jed_), Friday, 30 October 2020 15:21 (three years ago) link