I think Ghostyhead is really interesting: sort of a "belatedly ride the trip hop wave" effort on the surface but that dismissive take belies what's really going on which is that Rickie makes the obvious connection that these more rhythmic but still-guitar-driven soundtracks provide the perfect foil for her to really lean into her beatnik impulses - most of the album takes that kind of 'spill over the lines of the song' profusion aspect of her vocal approach to its logical conclusion. And musically I'm not sure what I'd compare it to: I imagine it was sold to Warner Bros as being in the vein of the first Beth Orton album but it's almost more like if New Kingdom decided to produce a folk artist.
― Tim F, Sunday, June 20, 2021 3:12 AM (one year ago)
so glad someone besides me loves this album
Pop Pop is great too, that Jimi cover is perfect
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Friday, 17 March 2023 03:54 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAPCmubduvk
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 April 2023 23:05 (one year ago) link
yo sleeve! Sean and I both spoke for Ghostyhead, way upthread, so that makes four of us who Know. She understood how trip-hop can play well with words, for one thing.
― dow, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 02:19 (one year ago) link
<3
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Tuesday, 18 April 2023 02:20 (one year ago) link
(Counting her, that makes five who Know.)
― dow, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 02:21 (one year ago) link
omgomg just lucked into a ticket to her chicago show! so so so excited
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 17:58 (eleven months ago) link
She put on a fantastic show last night. Opened w/ a solo piano version of "Living It Up" that she sang as though she'd written it last week. The set was mostly from her new album -- "There'll Never Be Another You" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street" were highlights -- but pulled from Pop Pop and the first album. She played guitar on a couple songs, incl "Weasel and the White Boys Cool" and was very obv having a blast. Her band is terrific, too.
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 18:00 (ten months ago) link
No Atlanta dates. :(
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 18:07 (ten months ago) link
yeah, jealous
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 18:11 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru_7YGRLoG8
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 09:20 (eight months ago) link
Aw crap, she did a free show in Brooklyn on Saturday and I totally missed it. (I was at another show anyway, but still, would've considered going to hers instead.)
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 18:45 (eight months ago) link
Xpost that video of Rickie Lee talking about movies was awesome. Great storytelling chops and humor but I guess that was evident in her songs.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 14:29 (eight months ago) link
I kinda love that she took The Blob.
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 14:53 (eight months ago) link
No mention of that hefty Fellini box though, which was odd.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 15:39 (eight months ago) link
The set was mostly from her new album -- "There'll Never Be Another You" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street" were highlights
― dow, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 17:35 (eight months ago) link
Happy birthday!
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 15:54 (five months ago) link
well, I'm ugly toono, no, no, you're not beautiful no, you're ugly toocause you've been traveling in so many universes and you manifest here
― hogarth brooks (unregistered), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 02:59 (two months ago) link