The Gamer's Quarter

[dhex]

i loved gybe (outside of albini killing the last album) and i will go see a silver mt. zion in brooklyn later this year, but he's either really bad at expressing himself in print (which is possible) or i just honestly have no fucking idea what he's getting on about.

not everyone in the audience has anything interesting to say, anyway. (as was concretely expressed, much to his visible disappointment, at the last silver mt. zion show i was at.)

then again, i enjoy listening to music. i don't even have to see the band.
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[Dracko]

I'm really not sure what he expects either. It's all well and good that one views a concert as an opportunity for debate, but there's really no say in audience.
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[dhex]

some new reviews up after a six month break at dhex.wordpress.com.

i am surprised to be liking wolves in the throne room as much as i do.
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[daphaknee]

I FOUND A FRENCH ESTRADASPHERE I THINK if you dont know who estradasphere is they're like another secret chiefs genre-bending (from indian to death metal in the same song kind of thing) band

anyway i dont know where ANATHEME came from

although theres a lot of boring indie guitar and not enough accordion but who can expect the french to get EVERYTHINGright

[Harveyjames]

What have I been listening to recently??

- A special compilation of Beck tracks I made that takes the good songs from Sea Change, and all the good Beck songs that would have been at home on Sea Change, and attempts to imagine what a good version of Sea Change would have been like

- Juno soundtrack

- Air, but only because they're the first fucking band that appears when I start Itunes and I click it through sheer force of habit

- some tracks from Jay-Z's American Gangster album

- Lots of 'Screwed and Chopped' remixes

Oh shit, and Kim Wilde's Kids In America, what a good record that is

[daphaknee]

the only beck i REALLY like is his 8 bit album of remixes from guero or however you spell it

the only air i like is their remix album

screwed and chopped is for kids taht love chugging cough medicine

ps whos on hte jiuno soundtrack i havent seen the movie and everyone is RAAAVING ABOUT IT but im sure its bands im already SICK OF becuase im so AHEAD of the itmes

[helicopterp]

Kimya Dawson (sp?) of the Moldy Peaces is the Juno soundtrack. I dated a girl recently who's really into them. They're pop de-constructionists, they thrive on no-fi, irreverence, and exuberence, but that was just from one listen. They make the phrase "Who's got the crack?" into a rimshot-worthy punchline.


I'm pretty over chopped and screwed. But I don't chug enough cough syrup.
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[Harveyjames]

I only had a brief flirtation with Screwed and Chopped when it came out, and then it was Japanese and French takes on it, so I never got to hear where it all started.

Man, she's of the Moldy Peaches?? I've only heard like 3 Moldy Peaches songs and I've loved all of them, I need to check them out properly.

The best Beck stuff is on the tapes he made in his garage before he even got a record deal, all the pre-Mellow Gold stuff. If you listen to that stuff you can hear why Bob Dylan once touted him as 'the next Bob Dylan'. Then he kind of got off track, but I still like him.

[daphaknee]

the moldy peaches are great they make such silly music adam green makes some good stuff too

[daphaknee]

i hate it when i get into bands like the residents tehy have so many albums which ones should i go out and buy RIGHT NOW

[Harveyjames]

None, no-one buys records and anyway you don't have a job, young lady.

[B coma]

[Dracko]

Tea with Diamanda Galás.
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[daphaknee]

edit wow this review is great

[helicopterp]

15 step is an awfully good song
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[Harveyjames]

My favorite songs from recent-period radiohead are Arpeggi and house of Cards, but the studio versions are nowhere near as good as the live bootlegs. I have them here somewhere if you'd care to search: http://www.maudevintage.com/jamesharvey/files/

they should be near the top.

[daphaknee]

does anyone have any residents albums that they would be willing to share/trade? also we sholud make an album dump thread kind of lik ehte AXE's but we dont have PRIVATE FORUMS GOD CANT THE GAMERS QUARTER HAVE AN AXE I MISS CYCLE AXING

residents albums i have: fingerprince, the way we were

albums i would die for :warner bros album, our tired, our poor, our huddled masses

but beggars cant be choosers

[helicopterp]

oh man, harvey. the way the bass kicks in with that killer lick about a third of the way through arpeggi. oh man. this beats the pants off of the album cut.
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[Harveyjames]

YEAH!

I know! I was so disapointed that they stuck in two measures of just drums and spooky sound effects that completely negate the impact of that moment. Arpeggi and House of Cards were really the only songs out of that whole mess that showed that their songwriting was maturing and going places, and they ballsed them up for the album cut. BOO

[helicopterp]

I still adore the album version of House of Cards, though. The echo on the chill drum beats and the way that the most spare guitar chords sound percussive.
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[daphaknee]

LET THE BASS KICK
DUNDUDNUDNDUDNU N

[sediment]

for some reason i find the VNV Nation remix of AFI's "Miss Murder" very personally satisfying

it really took a futurepop approach to have AFI come off as anything but blandly emo.

just throwing that out there.
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[helicopterp]

I bought that Basement Jaxx album Kish Kash after having my eye on it for years. I played it while dancing and folding laundry and grading papers.
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[simplicio]

The first half of Kish Kash is so insanely movable. dance moves you never new you had in there. it drops off, unfortunately; all their stuff does, but the good bits are like wobbly-kneed heaven.

[helicopterp]

I've been biting my tongue on a Vampire Weekend opinion for awhile now, mostly because I was so disgusted by the hipster-whipped froth lent them by everyone. But now that I've grown accustomed to the idiocy surrounding their emergence, I can confidently say that my toe taps when I listen to their music. That's not high praise from me; nor is it at all low.


The Magnetic Fields' new album, Distortion, is silly in mostly bad ways.
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[helicopterp]

Oh, and Simplicio. Good call on that Silver Apples song. The drums, especially.
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[Dracko]

http://ghosts.nin.com/

He's at it so soon? Well, it would seem so.

I'm still in the process of downloading the first of the four volumes (Try your luck with RapidShare, though, as the site is understandably swamped and being difficult), but my understanding is its supposed to be an instrumental series. This might be great news to some who've found Reznor's lyrics insipid, if not insufferable, and it won't cost you much at all to give it a go either. The other volumes are streamed at the site too.

Trent going instrumental was bound to happen sooner or later, really.
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[Cycle]

I think Ghosts IV is the definite standout.

Also yeah, this is pretty rad.
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[Isfet]

i'm really enjoying what i've heard so far (in the process of acquiring all the Ghosts as we speak, since my download link won't work). Ghosts I hit me...interestingly at first. sometimes, i'll hear some songs and they won't really sink in, but the next time i hear them, they'll complete catch me off guard and show me something i wasn't expecting. that's what's happening here and i'm really excited about it.


also, i missed all that jazz about GYBE being officially broken up. i guess it doesn't really matter since i think we all assumed it, but plus, ASMZ seems to have carried on most of the spirit of Godspeed with it.

Efrim is sort of an odd guy, as can be expected. he seems basically pretty nice but he has a very...piercing stare. like when i tried talking to him, he sort of just has this look that cuts through you and completely makes you feel insecure, like he's looking at your brain or something. no artist (let alone person) has ever really done that to me, so i just sort of said "hey" and then left him the fuck alone. maybe that's his intent.

anyway, he's pretty into the idea of communication in a rock show, but i think he's trying to figure out how to do it. a lot of times, in concert, he'll just say "so anyone have anything to say?" or something similar, and the floor will open up to whatever left-wing college student will take it. the results are generally less than stellar.

they play a mean show, anyhow.

[helicopterp]

I love how Trent Reznor periodically lights up this thread.


I've been on Madvillain's album Madvillainy. As much as I appreciate his anti-pop song structure--not to mention the samples and his ludicrous rhymes--I want to see what he could do with a hook, dammit!

But he's very good.
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[The Great Unwashed]

I have also picked up Ghosts but not yet heard it! However, I Can't Stop Listening to I Created Disco by Calvin Harris. Does this make me a bad person? I think not.
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[Dracko]

[helicopterp]

Hey I didn't say anything about Reznor's music. But have you listened to In Rainbows? I don't care how they released it.
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[dhex]

i think the most interesting bit about that release was that people still stiffed them and then tossed it up on servers asap.

people are worthless cunts.
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[Harveyjames]

Well, not really. It just gave the people who were prepared to pay nothing an easier way to pay nothing. Since they were giving it away free anyway, they didn't get stiffed for anything!

[dhex]

i stand by my statement.

it's the whole real/not real thing. it's just the way things are these days. a cultural shift, if you will.

and of course a lack of appreciation for craftmanship. and i say this as someone who pretty much loathes radiohead.
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[Dracko]

[dhex]

i was actually going to buy it because i figure hey that's neat. and no vocals which means i could listen to it and stuff.

it's totally different when someone says "go forth and enjoy this." and i do like how he's released the multis for so many tracks.

on the other hand, it really only works when you're a huge superstar. it's no loss for reznor, and actually a huge money maker due to the limited edition stuff.
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[Dracko]

Yes, there's no denying he'll have a guaranteed audience, but I wouldn't doubt others might be encouraged to try the same.

I believe, but again, this is on account of the NINnies, I'm sure, that the new Saul Williams album that Reznor produced, and that's selling for $5, sold more in two months than the previous one did in two years.
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[dhex]

i think it relies quite heavily on the name recognition. for example, would saul williams have been selling that well had reznor's name not been attached?

it's not a bad idea at all, and would work for a mid tier artist - someone like aphex twin, for example - even in niche groups, but they would have to have some kind of name recognition to start with.

but there's very little payoff for people with less built-in star power.
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[helicopterp]

[Dracko]

In Rainbows was about as harmless as it gets. It's just so dull a listen. You could play it to plants and lab rats and they'd self-mutilate if only to experience something that isn't the essence of castrated Britannia.

Pitchfork love them and that's enough reason for me.
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[Harveyjames]

[Dracko]

An intriguing notion!
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[helicopterp]

And harmful = better? In Rainbows is harmless pop, but it isn't easy or safe.
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[Dracko]

It epitomises easy and safe. And not even in a good "fragile" way.

It's the musical equivalent of locking yourself inside your car and pumping exhaust through your windows.

Radiohead didn't have much balls to begin with, they're practically less than eunuchs on this one.
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[helicopterp]

Your nipples epitomize safe and easy, as discussed in another thread here.
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[Dracko]

I have many itches to scratch, but jabbing someone's eye out with my titlets isn't one of them.
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[helicopterp]

We'll just have to agree to argue about this face to face one day. I will outfit myself with protective eyewear.
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[Harveyjames]