Random Music Talk XCVIII: When the Music's Over...

[U2inUtah]

the only good thing to come out of the Twilight movies = Grizzly Bear + Beach House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzrTPB9O5M

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

"burning bridges" is the shit. was it "swing"? that's my favourite of theirs (and a favourite amongst fans).

 

[bono_212]

I'm really not sure at this point...I do think they were back to back but I can't find where I wrote down what tracks I enjoyed most.

 

[iron yuppie]

The most new-wavey of new wave album covers.

 

[LemonMelon]

David Sylvian (and Japan) would be one of your favorite artists, iYup. Dead serious. He's quietly been making albums to get your attention but he hasn't achieved his one objective.

 

[iron yuppie]

I fully intend to give this band a try. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[IWasBored]

I thought that was a pirate hat on his head at first, and was intrigued. Then I realized it was some black graphic thing instead, and ceased to care.

 

[bono_212]

It's an umbrella, IWB, can't you see the rain?!@

 

[Kieran McConville]

Why is the lightning striking his pirate hat?

 

[LemonMelon]

He's standing in the rain because it's the 80s.

 

[IWasBored]

It's an umbrella, IWB, can't you see the rain?!@

I thought lighting bolts were pouring cups of water on his pirate hat because that would be a way better album cover. Call it wishful thinking.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Ok you know what, fuck it, I will denounce Flume. Dreary, run-of-the-mill garbage. About as much interest there as the paint drying on the wall. Is there something about this continent that predisposes people to easy-listening?

Flume should go and listen to a couple of Orbital records, and then take up drinking.

Don't even get me STARTED on the 'kite string tangle'. Blah. Yeah, uh, whatever dude. WHATEVAH!!!! All you people who want to kinda sorta be James Blake, stop doing that. That's an order.

 

[Axver]

Now that's the Kieran I know.

I have a real knack of managing to see fairly dull and sedate Aussie electronic artists as support acts performing to about seven people just before they inexplicably blow up. The Kite String Tangle is the latest in that line. I felt like I could see why nobody else was there, but apparently the other six people loved it and told all their friends. The best part of his set was a very bizarre cover of City High's "What Would You Do?", which should tell you all you need to know about that particular performance.

 

[cobl04]

I fucking love that song. A bunch of us sang it impromptu a capella at trivia a couple weeks back.

 

[Hewson]

I thought that was a pirate hat on his head at first, and was intrigued. Then I realized it was some black graphic thing instead, and ceased to care.

The photographer suggested the pirate hat, but he said "But I don't wanna be a pirate".

 

[Kieran McConville]

You know who else denounced Flume? THE NAZIS!

 

[cobl04]

You know who else denounced Flume? THE NAZIS!

And how fuckin dumb are they

 

[bono_212]

The best part of his set was a very bizarre cover of City High's "What Would You Do?", which should tell you all you need to know about that particular performance.

Ohhhhh my God...was it a super serious indie performance?

 

[bono_212]

Well, I'm loving this "So Blonde" track by EMA, but for whatever reason, it really reminds me of "Catch" by The Cure.

 

[corianderstem]

the only good thing to come out of the Twilight movies = Grizzly Bear + Beach House

Nah, there was also this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7nz6-UVrmU

 

[Axver]

Ohhhhh my God...was it a super serious indie performance?

Oh yes indeed.

Well, I'm loving this "So Blonde" track by EMA, but for whatever reason, it really reminds me of "Catch" by The Cure.

I'm sometimes a bit lukewarm on "So Blonde", but "Satellites" and "When She Comes" are really, really great.

 

[bono_212]

This album is really great, in general.

 

[lazarus]

Brian Eno and Karl Hyde have another album coming out already. That's kind of cool.

Here's the description from Amazon:


Within weeks of the release of their acclaimed debut album
Someday World, Warp is excited to reveal that the collaboration
between Brian Eno and Karl Hyde continues with a
second full-length album, High Life, to be released July
1st.
Written and recorded across a series of recording sessions
in April of 2014 (some of which were open to selected
media from around the world), none of the music on High
Life existed before Someday World was completed! The
resulting record, at 6 tracks and 45 minutes, is the clearest
expression yet of the 'Reichkuti' (Steve Reich meets Fela
Kuti) direction that first brought the Eno Hyde collaboration
into being. And as the polyrhythms and melodies build, swirl
and syncopate, the album feels truly alive with the energy of
this time in the studio.
High Life reunites Eno and Hyde with the 20 year old
producer/multi-instrumentalist Fred Gibson, previous
Eno-collaborator Leo Abrahams on guitar, drummer Chris
Vatalaro, and keyboardist Don E. Taken alongside Someday
World, it provides a fascinating insight in to how consistent
influences can lead to very different but connected music, and
continues to tell the story of two iconic musicians collaborating
and exploring together. We look forward to seeing how fans
select their own favorites across the two albums.


also:


Brian Eno’s Quiet Influence : The New Yorker

 

[martha]

the 'Reichkuti' (Steve Reich meets Fela Kuti) direction

I may have to check this out. I saw it this afternoon at Fingerprints.

 

[iron yuppie]

Some funny shit in here:

Robin Thicke assaulted by Twitter users who knew he wanted it · Newswire · The A.V. Club

 

[cobl04]

Ehh that annoyed the shit out of me to be honest. People keep acting like Blurred Lines is the first ever song to feature questionable lyrics. I had to endure the feminists I follow on twitter making really lame jokes for hours. Blurred Lines is a good song and people read what they wanted to into the lyrics.

 

[cobl04]

So this happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=socZJzu5hAU

 

[Axver]

Blurred Lines is a good song

Friggin' Cobbler.

 

[iron yuppie]

Ehh that annoyed the shit out of me to be honest. People keep acting like Blurred Lines is the first ever song to feature questionable lyrics.

Yeah I get that. Guy's still a tool, though, and plenty deserving of the criticism coming his way.

 

[bono_212]

Ehh that annoyed the shit out of me to be honest. People keep acting like Blurred Lines is the first ever song to feature questionable lyrics. I had to endure the feminists I follow on twitter making really lame jokes for hours. Blurred Lines is a good song and people read what they wanted to into the lyrics.

I agree with you about Blurred Lines, but everything that I can tell about this new album is creeeeepppyyy as fuck.