Ducktails

The LP on NNF is the fist real official jam. I guess there was a 7" or two before that? I like it well enough but... not all the time. If you guys like this I would also suggest checking out the "Dolphins Into The Future" LP.

Awwsome stuff especially the track " Daily Vacation"

been jamming this pretty much nonstop

all i've got is backyard tho

let's rock the beach on permanent repeat basically all day long can you even stand it

i try to avoid getting hoos but srsly this track actually sounds like kicking it on a beach around a bonfire with yr bros, i'm getting misty over here

no one cares

i do, let's rock the beach is one of my favorites

it's great and i love it

pretty sure my roommate's sick of it by now

what is out there besides his s/t??

the one they're talkin about is Backyard on (I think) Woodsist, it's pretty good

Kiptok, there's a discography on his website: http://alexphelan.com/ducktails/index.html

I really like this stuff, but think I dig his Real Estate project even more: http://www.myspace.com/letsrockthebeach

I love Real Estate too, especially Beach Comber...
Also one of the rare myspace where the influences list makes some sens :

Paul Mccartney
Doobie Brothers
Kokomo
The Clean
The Boss
Julian Lynch
New Jersey

I was just listening to the Real Estate single, it's not bad if yr on the 80s indie fuzz wagon

Sounds like Galaxie 500 meets Bo Hansson to me (not an insult at all.)

Is any of this available digitally? I can't find any on eMusic or iTunes...

feelin' this, have yet to check out real estate

the new parasails is pretty good too. hey, does anyone feel like posting a copy of "dancing with the one you love?" mine doesn't work and i would be forever grateful

i like the real estate singles. i also like that they were recorded at "yeah buddy HQ" in new brunswick, new jersey.

real estate singles are nice, agreed.

MVC, i don't think they're available as downloads yet, but the underwater peoples 7"s come w/cds in them if that's any added attraction

Good live, especially when he stood up (w/solo).

A lot of this sounds like he's jamming directly over Thai music. Or sometimes like he just threw a bunch of distortion on some of that stuff. I'm not complaining. There was a period after I got back that it was the only kind of music I wanted to listen to. My friend got this CD that has 30 min songs where they just jam the fuck out on like one or 2 chords with electric 3 stringed guitars (forget their name). Sounds totally like it could have been made by jap or wburg noise kids.

Love the song titles. Sounds like a bro.

this is where i got on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI-v35kPUco

this stuff is pretty boring. what does it have going for it other than 'it reminds me of being 7 yrs old in the 80s bcuz the wooziness is like an overplayed cassette tape'

how old are you?

26

this stuff kinda reminds me of harmonia/cluster, except at 45 rpm.

^otm^

considering that every post in this thread is in praise of ducktails, what on earth is the point in coming just to talk shit? go and start a poll for the 17th greatest pop single of the 00s or something dude

the above youtube reminds me of a new age of earth era ashra

i'm liking "parasails", i wouldn't normally seek out that split 7" but this is good stuff

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Yeah, only ONE opinion per thread here, fella. Be down, or get beat down.

heard this the other day, pretty much love it, yup.

considering that every post in this thread is in praise of ducktails, what on earth is the point in coming just to talk shit? go and start a poll for the 17th greatest pop single of the 00s or something dude

the above youtube reminds me of a new age of earth era ashra

― damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Sunday, August 30, 2009 11:46 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol u dont follow my posts at all do you
anywayz im not so sure whats wrong with asking someone to explain its appeal -- im not here to talk shit, im here to understand why ppl whose taste i follow i.e. max are repping for this when i think its pretty zzzz & im not sure what its doing thats so unique. i mean if were gonna go easy listening why not go all the way? this is a jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQavisBDeFU

that IS a jam

tbh i just said "i dig this" which i do, also that is a jam

i don't see that liking sunlounger and ducktails is mutually exclusive, though. deej, if you don't like it, you don't like it. i'm not going to try and convince you of its endearing musical qualities. try smoking some weed.

fair enough if you don't like it but i dunno it just seemed like you stormed in, listened to half a youtube and decided to tell everyone it's boring in a snarky manner. my apologies if i caught the wrong end of the stick.

anyway i'm not max or anything but i think it has lots of appeal beyond the lofi recording aspect, much like nite jewel, the tunes are top notch and would be great regardless of the recording context. i agree alot of stuff like this suffers by making the lofi aspect its only virtue, but at the same time "overplayed cassette" wooz and hiss is to me pretty refreshing after hearing so much immaculately produced music over the last few years

nite jewel is pretty rad at least.

The song "Neptune City NJ" from Backyard has a mellow Terry Riley vibe to it. I like it.

deej u like crazytown so

its ok that youre not max rio not everyone is

http://www.facebook.com/people/Max-Rio/1622657007?ref=search

max rio, p.i.

so the ducktails dude also does real estate right? cuz the real estate album is really great. i haven't kept up much with in vogue beachcomber seaweed indie but i like this a lot. there are def songs that sound like the shins but i think it's got a very CCR quality about it imo, laid back, backwoods guitar strumming kinda thing

Made a mix for my friends at the Bakery centered around the Real Estate "Fake Blues" 7" It also includes "Let's Rock the Beach" by Ducktails. They were listening to it today when I got my lunch!

"Dolphins..." seconded.

I missed this guy a few weeks back, too bad (saw Shoji Hano and Dean Roberts instead, which was worth it).

Man what has Dean Roberts been doin?

A few weeks ago he played a really good set with a drummer (not sure who) here in Auckland. Slow quiet improv, about what I expected his songless stuff would sound like (I'd only ever heard Be Mine Tonight). I think he's living in New Zealand again. No clue, aside from that.

Real Estate wouldn't sound out of place entertaining the evening beach crowd at the Myrtle Beach Holiday Inn. And I mean that as a compliment.

Did Julian come back to replace this dude?

This is pretty disturbing.

Dude's whole persona is about being chill, taking it easy, and wearing oversized oxford shirts. Getting sort of Jimmy Saville vibes from the gap between an orchestrated appearance and a sinister reality.

This must have been very serious for his high school friends to fire him.

damn, that is lame — will not be checking out this dude's new record.

Good on them for sacking him *before* the allegations were even public knowledge, that's rare.

but then not saying anything about those allegations to anyone?

article makes it sound like he only got fired bc of the guy who was not already friends with him

damn, that is lame — will not be checking out this dude's new record.

― tylerw, Friday, October 13, 2017 3:54 PM (four minutes ago)

yeah i just threw it on the other day . i liked a few tracks but i'd have a hard time going back to it now

but then not saying anything about those allegations to anyone?

I'm honestly not sure if it's all that important to reach out to anyone except whoever was directly affected? Otherwise all you're doing is letting your fans know how correct and righteous you were to kick him out.

or warning other women to stay away from him

OK, that's fair.

yeah i get not wanting to publicly shame someone (especially someone you were close with), but an abuser will often just keep abusing if there's not something specific put out there.

I suspect someone argued this exact point with them, hence the public clarification 1.5 years on

Not directly related but obv relevant

BREAKING: Alex Calder dropped form @capturedtracks due to " an allegation of sexual assault". https://t.co/M39rxSVt42

— jesse d-s (@jesseds) October 13, 2017

oh no. the national gallery of art is going to have a hell of a time uninstalling those mobiles.

I've heard things over the years about MM but nothing specific, vague things about him being a 'creep' & a predator. Behavior that was completely at odds with the 'take it easy' 'killing the vibe' pose from him. Several years ago some friends played with Real Estate & walked in on MM doing a ton of coke right before Real Estate's set. 'Duckrails' is a name I've heard often.

Pitchfork reporting Gaslamp Killer raped 2 women, Millions of Dead Posers posted on Facebook and said it was true

Feel like this next week is going to be stomach churning

damn it

first heard rumours about Alex Calder being a creep in montreal ages ago

"Creepy" seems like an imprecise term for people who are alleged to have assaulted people. I guess this is just what people say when they don't want to give details.

oh i didn't mean to imply i didn't know details. it was an open secret for at least the last... wanna say 2 years?

I remember hearing this about Matt Mondanile some time ago... like 2009, 2010? It was after a tour in Australia. And then another independent account a few years later...

"The world of 2017 is really getting me down, time for something lighter, oh here's a thread on the delightful theme tune to Ducktails. Oh... oh..." 😔 😡

A new story

https://www.spin.com/featured/matt-mondanile-ducktails-real-estate-sexual-misconduct-allegations-detailed/

...this guy.

https://pitchfork.com/news/matt-mondanile-addresses-sexual-misconduct-allegations/

Whole lotta garbage here.

https://pitchfork.com/news/julia-holter-says-matt-mondanile-was-emotionally-abusive/

Julia Holter's story

*fart

Matt "I respect women because I donated to RAINN" Mondanile sure loves liking anti-feminist, conservative MRA crap on Twitter pic.twitter.com/Qa9PARCkGl

— Kat Bee (@katbeee) January 26, 2018

Calling someone out over their Twitter likes is a bit unfair though as I know a lot of people who use it as a bookmarking system rather than for agreeing with a Tweet's sentiment.

Not saying that's the case here but there's been plenty of threads about it in the last week now that other user's likes are showing up in people's feeds.

It's shite tbh and we should bh

I mean, he admits he is an “abuser” in that facebook statement and kind of pleads for a second chance. He apologizes to Julia Holter. Maybe it’s not sincere — I wouldn’t want my female friends going near him — but it seems like a weird opportunity to pile on again. More people know Matt Mondanile is a predator than can name even one Ducktails song—he’s done.

It is a very self-pitying post, I’ll admit. But he’s trash—it shouldn’t be surprising.

Ok screenshotting the donation page in the plea for absolution is pretty lol/transparently self-serving

So I finally got around to listening to The Flower Lane and it's good!
Too bad this guy's a sex pest, though.
Any recommendations for music like this, but not by a sex pest?

ecstatic sunshine

will try, ty!

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