love this shit.
"universal mind" is the jam.
― max, Saturday, 28 February 2009 01:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know anything about this but both the band/act name & the title you cite are fuckin rad.
― Whiney G. Weingarten (J0hn D.), Saturday, 28 February 2009 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
artificial intelligence is my fave.
― mizzell, Saturday, 28 February 2009 01:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I love "Artificial Intelligence." Was surprised to find out she had only just signed to IDIB after putting out a few singles elsewhere; that name is just so on-the-nose.
― Telephone thing, Saturday, 28 February 2009 02:49 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i just assumed it was a johnny jewel project.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 28 February 2009 02:57 (fifteen years ago) link
just listened to it for the first time. it's pretty great. i wish it wasn't AS lo-fi. i dig the concept of it, but i think it could use to get rid of some tape his and eq it better. it reminds me of a lost minimal synth record.
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Saturday, 28 February 2009 03:40 (fifteen years ago) link
max, you didn't mention that she went to your lolcollege
check out Fan Death if you haven't. not lo-fi at all, but mining the same IDIB terrain
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Saturday, 28 February 2009 03:42 (fifteen years ago) link
i've only got the 12", it's aight. is it the girl from chromatics on vocals as well? if anything it proved that jj knows how to write a really infectious bassline
― rio (r1o natsume), Saturday, 28 February 2009 13:06 (fifteen years ago) link
it makes me think more of early 80s electro rnb than it does minimal synth
i like this a lot more than fan death, the stylized lo-fi production def does it for me. it seems like she's aiming for something more like bedroom pop than anyone else on idib, almost like that tickley feather record from last year but slightly danceable
― all-seeing eye of horus (psychgawsple), Saturday, 28 February 2009 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah this shit is mellow as fuck, thank you max, really enjoying
― Whiney G. Weingarten (J0hn D.), Saturday, 28 February 2009 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
johnny jewel doesn't have anything to do w/this, does he?
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Saturday, 28 February 2009 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
not with anything she/they've recorded so far, i don't think. but nite jewel is part of an idib party next week, which would be tempting if i didn't have plans that night. (although tbh i'm kind of skeptical of how that stuff plays live. it seems more tailored to headsets, car stereos and late-night living room soundsystems.)
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 28 February 2009 22:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I love Artificial Intelligence to death.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 1 March 2009 03:12 (fifteen years ago) link
great set on fmu a week or two back, worth checking out. even spacier than on record.
― schlump, Sunday, 1 March 2009 04:26 (fifteen years ago) link
can't wait til 'want you back' is in my hands (april i think)
― deveraux billings (schlump), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
loved these dudes live last week.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 04:36 (fifteen years ago) link
album is so hot.
― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 09:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i need to check this out
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 16 April 2009 09:20 (fifteen years ago) link
It's only available on vinyl, right? I love all the IDIB stuff (a lot) but this one hasn't appeared for sale on iTunes or eMusic or anything. I have heard one song on a sampler and it was really, really great. Can't get enough haunting icy horror movie soundtrack-y stuff.
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Thursday, 16 April 2009 09:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i think i like "universal mind" much better than everything else on here, and sonically it's quite an outlier. the rest is there but doesnt do much for me
― europeen handball (k3vin k.), Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
its available on CD too! or it was--may be sold out. mike had it at the italians store for a while. the album is actually out on human ear (vinyl) and gloriette (cd), not italians... she just has done a couple 12" w/ them, plus opened for glass candy a couple times.
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
A+ album
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:31 (fifteen years ago) link
still waiting on "want you back" 12" on idib. i will flatly not hear most of this summer's best songs but it is the kind of thing i want to christen THIS SUMMER'S SUMMEREST JAM.
lp is a real grower. the lover cover used to fade by but its slink has swayed me.
― corps of discovery (schlump), Thursday, 16 April 2009 15:34 (fifteen years ago) link
the album is actually out on human ear (vinyl) and gloriette (cd), not italians...
aha... looks like it's the reverse: Human Ear has the CD, but it's still listed as a "pre-order" (even though the release date is listed as December 25th, 2008). It's $12. The vinyl on Gloriette is sold out. Another Google link showed there was some other CD-R thing (different from the album) sold exclusively through the Other Music site last year, but that's all gone.
Is it not really worth it, money-wise, for small labels like IDIB/Gloriette/Human Ear to sell stuff digitally? Or why else wouldn't they?
Mike was putting the IDIB stuff on iTunes for a while, but the newest ones (Bottin, Nite Jewel, Twisted Wires) haven't shown up on there.
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
whoops yeah, youre right
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link
the CD-R that was other music only is mostly stuff that ended up on good evening i think
in one form or another
yeah I think "Good Evening" = "My CD" (the cdr thing) plus some bonus tracks off her 12"s
― dmr, Thursday, 16 April 2009 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THIS FUCKING RECORD! So goddamn good!
― ken taylrr, Friday, 31 July 2009 17:30 (fourteen years ago) link
^^Exactly....252 listens in a week. "What Did He Say" is pretty damn special.
― Spinspin Sugah, Friday, 31 July 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
still haven't heard the album but the first 12" has been played all year since i got in like november i think. really good. i see it as a dark and moody take on all those great sassy female vocalled west end tracks like "another man"
is she good live? playing over here in august
― damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Friday, 31 July 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i remember askin someone - maybe slocki? - and he gave her the thumbs up
― just sayin, Friday, 31 July 2009 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i never usually buy $10 12" singles but the new one is so great
― the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Sunday, 16 August 2009 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
<3
― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 16 August 2009 04:51 (fourteen years ago) link
so dreamy. "want you back" is like a melted fantasy of madonna.
― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 16 August 2009 04:53 (fourteen years ago) link
her weakest track...the ONLY weak track.
― Spinspin Sugah, Sunday, 16 August 2009 05:18 (fourteen years ago) link
ha, no. the album does have some weakish tracks, but they don't bother me in the context of the album. but "want you back" is peak material. it's not afraid of itself.
― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 16 August 2009 05:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't stop listening to Want You Back
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 27 August 2009 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
that "artificial intelligence" song upthread is really nice. the synths are very nostalgic to me. they remind me of joe jackson or something. or like 80s yes.
― Thought you were regal/Now who needs "Boston Legal"? (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 27 August 2009 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
i like the new song, bass is really huge and gets me
― d.o.a. - y? (k3vin k.), Friday, 28 August 2009 04:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Want You Back is pretty awesome
― dmr, Friday, 28 August 2009 06:13 (fourteen years ago) link
yea - love want you back. not lo-fi at all compared to her other stuff
― just sayin, Friday, 28 August 2009 07:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Really loving Want You Back.
The video: http://vimeo.com/6148270
― plazzTT, Friday, 28 August 2009 10:17 (fourteen years ago) link
this reminds me of pauline murray and the invisible girls...in places, it's a great record.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
yea this record rules hard
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
also julee cruise
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Love this. Heard from folks who saw her in London that it was a bit dull live, but I guess I can see it might. Great stuff though.
― craigboney (Mister Craig), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
nite jewel + dam-funk = Nite-Funkhttp://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2009/12/am-i-gonna-make-it.html
― mizzell, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
dope!
― just sayin, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Thks mizzell! lovin' it!
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
he's been dropping her name a bunch. makes so much sense now.
― jaxon, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 22:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Me and my dad love these two. This new wave of lo-fi/no-fi goodness keeps getting better and better. It's all very "cable access performance".
― Spinspin Sugah, Wednesday, 9 December 2009 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link
stop smoking that shit for once
― quiet and secretively we will always be together (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 10 December 2009 07:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I had high hopes for this but my goodness, is this ever the wrong end of the 80s for me
I do like the hook on the chorus, though, when her voice comes in and it's all pretty
it just reminds me of the "nightclub" scene in so many cop operas on telly in the late 80s
― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 10 December 2009 10:29 (fourteen years ago) link
But that shit is bomb, Shasta...oh so bomb.
― Spinspin Sugah, Thursday, 10 December 2009 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
good evening being reissued on stones throw?http://www.stonesthrow.com/messageboard/index.php?showtopic=18121
also nite funk= whole album! (sorry if that's old news but i just assumed am i gonna make it was a 1 off)
― no fear, Sunday, 25 April 2010 12:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I assumed Nite-Funk as a one-off as well, but this news of a whole album is the kind of shit that gets me excited.
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), Sunday, 25 April 2010 13:22 (fourteen years ago) link
There is going to be a Nite Jewel thread on the roof of a building in my town in a couple of weeks and I'm pretty stoked.I just hope it gets some promotional help, or that the right few people tell their friends about it. It's the kind of event that could easily fly under the radar.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Nite Jewel show.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
weird! i was just trying to think of nite jewel driving last night, keep meaning to investigate
― the Rob Based god (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
"Want You Back" is my favorite. I've only got a crummy rip of Good Evening, it'd be nice to hear that on vinyl.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
new ep comin'
https://digital.othermusic.com/img.php?s=175&i=46942
― Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful (schlump), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 11:57 (thirteen years ago) link
woo at tonightmakes me want to walk down the street shadowboxing like a dick
― Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful (schlump), Thursday, 29 July 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
YOU F O sort of came and went without anyone noticing it seems.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
new song "am i real?" w/ teen inc is really good:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/off-the-record/nite-jewel-teen-inc-am-i-real-mp3/
speaking of teen inc, they rule. "fountains" is ridiculous:
http://teen-inc.net/
― akaky akakievich, Thursday, 29 July 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
you f o was pretty hard to get hold of though. some of the new one is revised versions of what was on it.
― Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful (schlump), Thursday, 29 July 2010 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
what was that? new alb??
― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 July 2010 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I figured it was maybe tour only. I got one from them on the road.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 29 July 2010 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
that's how i bought teh first one
― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 July 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
tour only, uh huh. some of it was on a japanese 7" too i think. i liked another horizon the most. think stones throw are rereleasing her LP, too.
― Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful (schlump), Thursday, 29 July 2010 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
this teen inc stuff sounds like level 42. not a knock of course
― uptown churl, Friday, 30 July 2010 00:31 (thirteen years ago) link
teen inc is good when they have more than 2 songs we should give them a thread
― max, Friday, 30 July 2010 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
oh cool someone tell them
― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Friday, 30 July 2010 03:16 (thirteen years ago) link
nose goes
― max, Friday, 30 July 2010 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Forget You and I is gorgeous.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Weak For Me is perfect. The rest of the songs tend to get a little too moody and lost.
― coolsundays, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
The newer stuff is much more consistent imo.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i hadn't been paying attention and missed this whole EP, but it's gorgeous.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 04:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i'm just waiting til the next LP to see if she's kinda jumped the shark in terms of ditching her woozy futuristic bedroom-synths thing, in favour of overtly celebratory eighties music. i like it all just as much, but it seems like a weird, deliberate step, that doesn't usually bode well for musicians.
the new one is pretty jiving anyhow
― schlump, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
How many copies of Good Evening were made on vinyl? I wanna bid on one but don't wanna over pay.
― sarahsmiles, Friday, 21 January 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
^^a bunch, i thought?, in case you're still thinking about it. it's getting re-pressed on stones throw sometime, anyway.
she's collaborating with julia holter at the minute, which sounds like a good combo
― your LiveJournal experience (schlump), Friday, 8 April 2011 12:29 (thirteen years ago) link
it does go for crazy money though, yeah
Blatant self-promo: I'm DJing with Nite Jewel after their show with James Blake tonight in San Francisco. Shock is playing, too (new band w/Dan Judd aka Sorcerer also from cosmic disco outfit Windsurf).
info: http://publicsf.com/events/nite-jewel-dj-set-4597
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Monday, 23 May 2011 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
8/10/2011 Nite Jewel plays Kraftwerk’s Computerworld at Hard Rock Cafe (Hollywood, CA)
― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Monday, 18 July 2011 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p2MrgTVY9A
gonna keep propping up this thread because ^^^her new rec is done i think
― bruce actual springsteen (schlump), Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
thats good to hear, i've been wanting some new nite jewel in my life for a while.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
the ep & 12" were both v compelling in different ways, i thought. 'natural causes' or its remix popped up on shuffle a few days ago and really struck me. so nice texturally. i'm kinda curious to hear what the new one's like - i think because i assume it'll be hi-fi & lively, & so not bear the lo-fi, slo-mo & slinky characteristics that made me love the first one - but sorta feel like i'll just love it regardless. NJ are kinda special to me because i didn't listen to a lot of this kind of synth music beforehand, or only to some of the particular reference points it seems to swirl up, & so they maybe get extra credit for like concocting stuff they didn't actually invent. but yeah it thrills me that some is en route!
― bruce actual springsteen (schlump), Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
I was at the Computerworld show. Was v. cool
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 14 August 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
the clip above is terrific. it sorta sounded like live drums on another clip, but it was just her or ..?
― bruce actual springsteen (schlump), Sunday, 14 August 2011 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
Just her. The drums/rhythm track seemed to originate from her laptop.
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 14 August 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
Any news?
What happened to Nite Funk/Dam Jewel???
― The One Good Taco Place In London (admrl), Thursday, 22 September 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
Also why isn't thread like 10 times as busy???
Jamming this all the live long dayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPK1NsAQYxU
― The One Good Taco Place In London (admrl), Thursday, 22 September 2011 02:18 (twelve years ago) link
She should work with Sasu Ripatti next
― The One Good Taco Place In London (admrl), Thursday, 22 September 2011 02:19 (twelve years ago) link
also uh oh
She has collaborated with Julia Holter and Cole M.G.N. of Haunted Graffiti, curated two exhibitions at the Tiny Creatures gallery, and performed the work of Michael Pisaro. She was a philosophy student at Occidental College in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles.
― The One Good Taco Place In London (admrl), Thursday, 22 September 2011 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
Did Max go to school w her? CAN THE SUBALTERN SPEAK?
― The One Good Taco Place In London (admrl), Thursday, 22 September 2011 02:26 (twelve years ago) link
oh ADAM
― max, Thursday, 22 September 2011 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
MAX...hello
― The One Good Taco Place In London (admrl), Thursday, 22 September 2011 05:11 (twelve years ago) link
the NJ record is done & occasionally people on twitter are all omg you gotta hear this!, but there's no release or anything, yet.& yeah at jamming it goes through my head on repeat -- the dam funk remix particularly, and 'natural causes'. nj is so slinky.i think nite funk finished an ep, idk what's happening with it though.
her & j holter play with linda perhacs semi-regularly, now, too, i think. oh & there's this -- http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12440-see-blind-through-ft-ramona-gonzalez-of-nite-jewel/
― 347.239.9791 stench hotline (schlump), Thursday, 22 September 2011 08:56 (twelve years ago) link
Every once in a while I listen to "Want You Back" just to remind myself it's one of my favorite songs of the last whatever many years. More plz.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 22 September 2011 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
oh word, so classic. i seldom buy 12"s but that's such a keeper.
― 347.239.9791 stench hotline (schlump), Thursday, 22 September 2011 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.laweekly.com/content/printVersion/1081737/
old news but i dig her writing style
still bump "am i real" on the regular these days
― fennel cartwright, Thursday, 22 September 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
woooooooooooooooooooohttp://yourstrulysf.bandcamp.com/album/nite-jewel-shes-always-watching-you
― honest weights, square dealings (schlump), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 08:32 (twelve years ago) link
Hmm.
― She Got the Shakes, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 10:55 (twelve years ago) link
no what happens is you are all 'hmm' and then a month later you are all swinging around lampposts shouting IT-GOES-THRU-YOUR-HEAD (YES-IT-DOES) on the street
― honest weights, square dealings (schlump), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
What's not to like? That song's great.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 7 October 2011 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
maybe its guitar backbone is less appealing than synths to some. i kinda love her in this hi-fi mode, now, though, & that as someone for whom the bedroom-synth thing was special, felt v current, etc.
just went back to her stonesthrow podcast, loving the patrice rushden & prophet picks
― honest weights, square dealings (schlump), Friday, 7 October 2011 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
i kinda love her in this hi-fi mode, now, though,
Was just gonna say the same. I love the drifty earlier stuff too, but I also like that she's not afraid to actually make great dance pop, not just sort of reprocess it. And I love the hard, bright edge on the guitar there. Sounds great.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 7 October 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, agree. i think, i guess because after the first record there was her new stuff, & also finding out about her touchstones & hearing her spin & stuff, there is that danger that she would make the leap into just adoringly, meticulously recreating music she loved. but i think that this is all kinda sharp & quick & sincere enough to skirt that - elements like the bass-playing are definitely learnt from previous music but she is making great, new, collaborative music. i still play good evening all the time anyway, & things like 'natural causes' are back to that mindset.
anyhow i can't wait for the lp, if it wasn't mentioned above it's early 2012 on secretly canadian.
― honest weights, square dealings (schlump), Friday, 7 October 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
No, I LOVE 'It Goes Through Your Head'! This one's not happening for me (I'm willing to grant that could be a 'yet').
― She Got the Shakes, Friday, 7 October 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
let us reconvene. i ordered the single & i don't think will hear 'sister' til it lands on my doormat, so we can see how it has aged then. really wanna catch her playing sometime soon - think it might be solo shows? - but won't be in the right place at the right time.
― honest weights, square dealings (schlump), Friday, 7 October 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
but yeah it goes through your head is great, dam funk remix just as dope too
http://secretlycanadian.com/blog/2012/02/nite-jewel-pre-order-starts-today-instant-download-with-purchase/
i am not in the us, so am not, but getting i am real free would sway me into pre-ordering.
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
alsohttp://nylonstylus.tumblr.com/post/17605980978/in-the-dark-off-of-la-based-nite-jewels this lp is gonna be really weird & is gonna slay
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
new song at the secretly canadian link rules
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
this album is pretty chill
― Number None, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
is it out?
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
it's "out". Autograph is really dreamy
― Number None, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
yeah. i'm still playing in the dark, all day long. i have a bunch to write about the record but might wait until more people have heard about it. because there are parts - the first song! - & there is the cover, which make those moves towards affiliation and kinda more overt affectation, i think, w/a lot of '80s music, all of which i think came up upthread when she was releasing it goes thru your head, &c, in hi-fi. i'd imagine the angle from which it does this is probably some of the subject of the big sprawling ilm destroyer thread, playing with a genre, playing with a form. even the sleeve, to me in some ways it's kinda a retro image to make, and in other ways i think it's just trying to be strong like those records, like a patrice rushen lp that puts the singer up front as a face on the lp, & making a record that will look the same way ten years from now. but it's interesting in a lot of ways. there are a couple of songs where the live drums make me really miss the nj slink, & some where the synth sounds don't coast or glaze or ride like good evening did in its way - just has become a preexisting form it loved & descended from instead of the weird, evolved byproduct that thing had produced. but it hits some really great highs too, & like memory man, say, becomes something that sucks me in more the more of a hold i get on it, which i think will happen with all of it. the words etc. i can't work out if she mentions heating up something in the microwave at some song towards the end of the record. she's so my fav, just so pleased to be around for these records.
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Thursday, 16 February 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah this is awesome. Lot of cool little left field touches - country twang on "Memory Man", Frippesque guitar on "Sister"...
― Number None, Thursday, 16 February 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
sister is still one of my fav things she's done, it's perfect. there is another jam on the lp that is in the same territory but doesn't quite synthesise as well.
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Thursday, 16 February 2012 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
and it's a bonus track, weirdly. Not that that means much these days
― Number None, Thursday, 16 February 2012 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
yeah. i bought an expensive seven inch from yours truly, w/it, & it's warped. i need to fuss around & try to get another.
in the dark, i played it all day long. singing a little below her range & then all up, high, little skips where the drums quicken, occasional edges of guitar strings, it's so great.
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Thursday, 16 February 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
favorites:
She's Always Watching YouIn the DarkMemory ManAutograph
― calstars, Saturday, 18 February 2012 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
i have a fondness for mind, mind, mind, mind, mind, mind, mindandeyes
― john-claude van donne (schlump), Saturday, 18 February 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
She sounds like Yukimi Nagano on 'In the Dark'
― calstars, Sunday, 19 February 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
i kinda get a Beach House vibe from that one
― Number None, Sunday, 19 February 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
unearthly delights & clive slowly unfurled, revealed themselves, after more listening. they feel a nice evolution of the other part - the kinda less '80s/disco part - of the dna of good evening, which you hear a little in natural causes & elsewhere. i am really into this now, after being slightly thrown at first.
― john-claude van donne (schlump), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
clive just kills me. the words.
― john-claude van donne (schlump), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
if she took this record, put a load of hazy disco filters over everything then, like, recorded it over an old reel to reel to degrade the sound.. it would be 100%
― merked, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
nah
― Number None, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
this shit is mad smooth, didn't know she had it in her.
one has to think though, is CGN really the mastermind behind her new found pop shininess? you could kinda hear it on good evening, but it was skewered and just slightly off in a good way and now this...
― gaspard von trier, Thursday, 23 February 2012 06:01 (twelve years ago) link
Well it was produced by Cole MGN of The Samps and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti but i see no reason to think it wasn't an entirely collaborative effort. That's why i don't understand merked's comment, the pop smoothness of the thing is what makes it work. Couldn't get into Good Evening at all
― Number None, Thursday, 23 February 2012 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
that's what i liked about Nite Jewel in the first place, the bedroom sonics.. the songs on the new one are sculpted with a lot more purpose and confidence, and so are the vocal performances (this new assurance is probably what's allowed her to step out from behind the haze) - but i still liked that old sounde
― merked, Thursday, 23 February 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
Looking forward to hearing this
― used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue (admrl), Thursday, 23 February 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
Love this.
Sounds like a Dirty Projectors record at times ('She's Always Watching You' esp.)
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 23 February 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
shit is mad smooth
― Luomas (admrl), Thursday, 8 March 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
hoping that she plays with a band on the tour
― calstars, Saturday, 10 March 2012 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
really like mind & eyes
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 10 March 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/tv/yours-truly/1894-nite-jewel/3097-shes-always-watching-you/
Completely in love with this girl
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:37 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDhVSoRGT40
i heard this on a mix NJ made for bomb, it's so funny how it's the same kinda palette/genepool as her first rec
― john-claude van donne (schlump), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 11:41 (twelve years ago) link
She played Kraftwerk's Computer Love last night in LA...wish I was there.
― calstars, Saturday, 2 June 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
I was there - it was pretty great. I'm not a big Nite Jewel fan but they did a good job of it after a slightly shaky start.
Also it was the headlining portion of a "Krautrock Classics" night. First half of the night was a bunch of bands doing one-off covers. DNTEL did Faust's "Jennifer," Ariel Pink and White Magic teamed up for a song (I didn't recognize who the originator was), ESP did Can, Sun Araw did Krokodil, and another group did a Popol Vuh song. Whole night was pretty awesome.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Saturday, 2 June 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
feel like everyone would be into this: nice Russian thing, prod. by NJ:
http://www.lookatme.ru/my/my/10-new-names/168733-10-molodyh-muzykantov-ifwe-i-nite-jewel
― blossom smulch (schlump), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 12:11 (eleven years ago) link
@gr8080
I keep coming back to this album, "Autograph" and "In The Dark" are amazing songs but the whole thing is so smooth and languid, yet with all these idiosyncratic sonic touches that keep it interesting, and her vocals on this are stunning in places.
Why does she have to call herself Nite Jewel though, Ramona Gonzalez is such a brilliant name.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 30 June 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
haha. i think nite jewel's totally apt tho. nite jewel ft. ramona gonzalez
― blossom smulch (schlump), Saturday, 30 June 2012 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
i just caught these guys. so great! the live band kills in a totally different way from her & emily bopping to keyboards. prophet cover, too <3
― , Blogger (schlump), Sunday, 15 July 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
They will be covering Computer World live in NY next month
― calstars, Sunday, 15 July 2012 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
saw her/them last night, was v good although the audience was tiny. i thought she was popular/hip/whatever! my favourite bit was the vocoder-free version 'all out of order,' it sounded incredible.
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
so true!, i saw them in a kinda full-enough room but i thought they would be a cool thing & it'd be rammed. it was nice though, eventually everyone was dancing & all; from the start it felt like it would've been a better show to be dancing to than staring at foot-tapping. i had thought all out of order was natural causes, not really recognising it. i really liked let's go (the two of us together), for being the first really explosive weird disco thing, & it goes through your head, which was so exciting.
― , Blogger (schlump), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
yes it would have been good for dancing but i feel a bit self-conscious doing that in a mostly empty room, so i settled for head nodding instead. 'it goes through your head' was another highlight for sure :)
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
first record fiiiinally reissued on wax, w/bonus tracks inc a dam mix of what did he say:
http://secretlycanadian.com/blog/2012/08/nite-jewel-announces-reissue-of-debut-album-good-evening/
woop
― , Blogger (schlump), Thursday, 9 August 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
the cover of the inner space song is good too.
going to see her in NYC in a few weeks
― calstars, Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
Finally got around to hearing the newer stuff. I'd almost forgotten about her, even though I'd expected her to become somewhat popular. 'In the Dark' is great, her voice is really strong. Reminds me of Tracey Thorn, perhaps, maybe because of that wistful quality? It'll be that kind of song you love that ends up on an anodyne chill-out compilation. I was a fan of Good Evening and played it a lot for about a year but its appeal wore off a little. I think the production worked for most songs, especially in that it had a specific kind of tone and texture that appealed to my sensibilities, but I'm glad she's gone for a more polished, less dank kind of sound on the latest album. I've seen some of her influences, and she strikes me as someone who's been angling to make this kind of music for a while. It seems quite comfortable for her, which is not to say the music's perfunctory, but I could see her wanting to move on from the gauzy lo-fi thing, which probably wouldn't have gone anywhere esp. interesting after an album that suffered from sameness and lethargy at times.
― bed raggled (qiqing), Monday, 10 December 2012 11:44 (eleven years ago) link
good evening is a classic for all time
― what is google (schlump), Monday, 10 December 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1R7GWh3CNY
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
I could care less about the rapping but NJ is great as usual
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
love this stuff so much. hits all the right buttons.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 15 February 2013 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
"nite jewel" really does sound like some italo disco studio ensemble whose lead sings the english language phonetically. which is great.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 15 February 2013 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
saw an interview with her from her australian tour recently where she said she was finishing up a new record that was more uptempo
― monotony, Friday, 15 February 2013 05:39 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAWtCeemo-Efeeeeling this
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
ilx play this in your kitchenson your patioson your expensive headphones
new jam so nice
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 23:12 (ten years ago) link
man that LA show is tremendous
― Oral Sex in Sharp’s Ridge Park (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 23 May 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
I have no patience or something because whenever I turn it on I just have to turn it off or put something else on :(I really like the melody she was fuckin w/ in the first 30 secs or so
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 23 May 2013 00:17 (ten years ago) link
Saw her last night. She played at least one new song, I think it will be called 'Mean What You Say' or something like that. Nice uptempo thing. She said it's going to be a long time before we get to hear the album. The rest of the show was older, slow stuff.
― calstars, Saturday, 14 June 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
Instrumental project thing: http://maia29.bandcamp.com/album/29
― dem bow dem bow need calcium (seandalai), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
A pleasant atmospheric listen, probably best experienced in a convertible driving around LA on a summer night.
― calstars, Thursday, 24 July 2014 02:32 (nine years ago) link
hear it feeling like a hal hartley protagonist striding ever forward into crisp bright engulfing summer wind
― schlump, Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:31 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/damfunk/can-u-read-me-nite-funk
New thing with dam funk
― calstars, Thursday, 3 September 2015 19:04 (eight years ago) link
Oh wow!! I just got obsessed with her music a few days ago. This is a treat.
― welltris (crüt), Thursday, 3 September 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
beautiful
― crime breeze (schlump), Thursday, 3 September 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
New soundcloud joint Smooth and silkyhttps://twitter.com/nitejewel/status/654705172757614593
― calstars, Friday, 16 October 2015 18:39 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/nite-jewel/words-w-batmanonthebeatz
― calstars, Friday, 16 October 2015 18:40 (eight years ago) link
This AMTHST ep is pretty but maybe a little too drifty. For very sedate listening only.
― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Friday, 19 February 2016 14:45 (eight years ago) link
yeah. I bought it but I prefer her pop stuff, cf. "It Goes Through Your Head"
― calstars, Friday, 19 February 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
New joint!
https://soundcloud.com/nite-jewel/boo-hoo-2
― calstars, Wednesday, 6 April 2016 01:47 (eight years ago) link
I think I might kinda like this, but who knows.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 01:53 (eight years ago) link
think this is my fav lp sleeve ever
― 1st Amendment absolutist in favor of the unltd publication of sextapes (schlump), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 01:56 (eight years ago) link
also v surprised that this doesn't visibly seem to consist of any of thr great between-lps songs that came up once in a while. so hyped
― 1st Amendment absolutist in favor of the unltd publication of sextapes (schlump), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 01:58 (eight years ago) link
wasn't thrilled by this song, seems to lack some of the sharper song writing from the last album
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 02:23 (eight years ago) link
She vocal sounds a bit like Grimes on the first half or so of the track
― calstars, Thursday, 7 April 2016 01:21 (eight years ago) link
Totally, don't know if that's what she's going for or if it is more of a callback to her earlier stuff
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, 7 April 2016 01:47 (eight years ago) link
whole record is home-recorded straight to tape just by ramona i think! so i hope so
― 1st Amendment absolutist in favor of the unltd publication of sextapes (schlump), Thursday, 7 April 2016 02:35 (eight years ago) link
I wonder how much Cole had to do with the record.
― calstars, Thursday, 7 April 2016 11:26 (eight years ago) link
liquid cool comes out tomorrow...first listening now and I'm in love with her all over again. it's a much different record than One Second...more homemade, more emotional
― calstars, Friday, 10 June 2016 01:24 (seven years ago) link
does it have hooks?
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 10 June 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link
Not as many as One Second
― calstars, Friday, 10 June 2016 03:14 (seven years ago) link
It sounds a lot more full-bodied than anything before, thd production is very thick and humid. Not a great deal of hooks and her voice feels somewhat obscured but I still enjoyed it.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 10 June 2016 07:09 (seven years ago) link
hmm, new one not hitting the sweet spot very often. feels a little underworked at times; the songs sometimes seem to go on forever with minimal variation. feels like a holding motion, honestly.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 18 June 2016 05:15 (seven years ago) link
i hate this thread
― schlump, Saturday, 18 June 2016 05:26 (seven years ago) link
except calstars
― schlump, Saturday, 18 June 2016 05:27 (seven years ago) link
congrats all of you on being in the company of the guy from p4k who wrote a review complaining that this is not a wilco album
you now & running out of time so so classic
the first song also
I'm into this album, which is a relief because I didn't think much of the last one.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 18 June 2016 05:30 (seven years ago) link
congrats all of you on being in the company of the guy from p4k who wrote a review complaining that this is not a wilco album― schlump, Saturday, June 18, 2016 12:27 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― schlump, Saturday, June 18, 2016 12:27 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
get off the internet
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 18 June 2016 11:12 (seven years ago) link
Nothing But Scenery is awesome and deep
― calstars, Saturday, 18 June 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
yeah so heavy & unusual; bc it starts so unadorned it was v surprising to play the record & hear it, but it has shades of the weird repurposing mission nj records have generally, i think. i remember reading some interview w her forever ago where she talks abt synthetic sounds from the eighties having a second act, like there having been a literally creative phase in which instruments were invented but their use being sort of truncated by the limits of the era in which they were populated, & it's so hazy & kind of eerie to hear her duet in sync w/ chiming synth noise
― schlump, Sunday, 19 June 2016 00:26 (seven years ago) link
agree, it's a very strange *sounding* album but can't put my finger on exactly how
― calstars, Sunday, 19 June 2016 03:01 (seven years ago) link
i don't like the vocals
― ejemplo (crüt), Monday, 20 June 2016 13:43 (seven years ago) link
Too much echo and reverb. There seems to be some good singing underneath all of tgat, but it's hard to tell.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Monday, 20 June 2016 13:57 (seven years ago) link
Nite Funk is out today. Dam's jams are nice and Ramona plays a subdued role vocally for the most part.
― calstars, Friday, 1 July 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
i will pay for the next year of ilx hosting if i am allowed to delete this thread
― schlump, Sunday, 3 July 2016 03:06 (seven years ago) link
mods
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 July 2016 03:27 (seven years ago) link
?
― calstars, Sunday, 3 July 2016 04:07 (seven years ago) link
i am just being difficult but i am enjoying this record so much !, + then halfway thru listening i remember the internet's ambivalence + kick a hole in the speaker, snap the arm from the turntable, take a bite out of the record + beat my chest wailing like harvey keitel. i saw her play w julia holter a few nights ago. it is such a good record, i think, + super interesting to hear her talk abt it existing as a kind fundamental full-circle nj record, like sharing so much dna w the first lp. the slow jams really grow on me too.
i bought the lp + read the v spare words for the first song i'd been getting hung up on, i still can't tell why it's spookin me so, living in this quiet zone. so gd !
― schlump, Sunday, 3 July 2016 04:22 (seven years ago) link
im gonna go see her on wed im excited, not planning on listening to the new alb before that tho
― johnny crunch, Monday, 4 July 2016 00:30 (seven years ago) link
there was some local witchhouse opener i dug it tbh
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 7 July 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
nothing but scenery really stands out imo
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 12:07 (seven years ago) link
this is as good as the first lp i think, rly classic
― schlump, Friday, 23 September 2016 14:33 (seven years ago) link
I'm warming up to it, but I wish it had more hooks
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 23 September 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
this is rly the 'i wish it had likable characters' of music to me
― schlump, Saturday, 24 September 2016 00:33 (seven years ago) link
will always be enamoured with Ramona but yeah I can recommend her Maia thing on Bandcamp
― calstars, Saturday, 24 September 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDeiQvoCT_A
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
OK wow I love her again
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
Nite Jewel's last full length was pretty decent (particularly like "Running Out of Time"). Opening with "Nothing But Scenery" was an odd choice though as it feels like the album loses momentum instantly.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
Do all the LA artists go to the same beach up the coast to shoot their videos? I feel like I just saw one like this starring weyes blood.
― calstars, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 23:12 (seven years ago) link
3 listens inSounds like a jammier version of "goes through your head"Happy to hear the major key cues
― calstars, Saturday, 25 March 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
this is so damn good, it's been stuck in my head all weekend
― joshywinty (josh), Monday, 27 March 2017 03:34 (seven years ago) link
Sounds good blaring from the stereo
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 27 March 2017 03:56 (seven years ago) link
Love this track she did for GTA too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkBwPmExtv8
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 27 March 2017 04:00 (seven years ago) link
Heard an advance of the full thing...it's nice? Not deathless.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 March 2017 04:28 (seven years ago) link
Tell us more Ned...does it sound like the last one or is it brighter? Like the hypnagogic pop of her first one or less slanted?
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 27 March 2017 05:22 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/Gc-uwh12myM
New one not as upbeat as the other but still very welcomeKind of wish I could make out the words though?
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 01:16 (seven years ago) link
Here's my attempt at most of it:
I saw you outit was in a dreamyou talked to mebut what did it mean?
took me homesitting on the couchit was darkI was out
please don't let the light incuz we're tryingto find you in the space that's in between usyeah
i still believe in spacecover up my eyes againseem like you're away (?)
is it you (??)
....
the answer is lovethe answer is love
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link
I thought it was "the answer is no"
― calstars, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I think it's "no". Seems like this album is a logical progression from Nite-Funk so far
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 02:03 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqGO9VkoX-U
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
Looks like Nite Jewel also just put out an EP called "Obsession", all tracks below
http://www.gorillavsbear.net/stream-nite-jewels-obsession-12-ep/
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Friday, 21 April 2017 01:58 (seven years ago) link
Newest one "had to let me go" is the most funky of the singles so far:https://open.spotify.com/track/520q1SyVf34r6sz44383bJ
― calstars, Sunday, 30 April 2017 16:52 (seven years ago) link
Wish the Meters could play rhythm on it.
― calstars, Sunday, 30 April 2017 16:55 (seven years ago) link
^ Nice track. "Obsession" EP has grown on me; it's uniformly chill which initially turned me off, but I found it compelling in the rain today. Sublime and insular, with the highlights "Real High" and "Real Low", gorgeous tracks with alien, aquatic synth bursts.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:55 (seven years ago) link
Haven't heard the EP but will ASAP
I also think this latest one is the one she's most invested and engaged in
― calstars, Thursday, 4 May 2017 00:49 (seven years ago) link
Yeah this might be my favorite since One Second days
― calstars, Saturday, 6 May 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
This album is so good
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
"Clive" from One Second goes perfectly into Death In Vegas "Girls". Tracks separated at birth
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNqUrPN0FE4YpGgfMydVZ23ohE-bvKOqI
Here's the Obsession EP
― calstars, Monday, 8 May 2017 21:51 (six years ago) link
^ Awesome, calstars. "Real Low" is beautiful.
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 8 May 2017 21:53 (six years ago) link
very much in character but i love this record
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 12 May 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
this record is so dreamy and beautiful. i've loved her since good evening and it's so great to see her produce a record as solid and confident as this without losing her character, like brad said
― joshywinty (josh), Friday, 19 May 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
This album is so good. I really wasn't that excited when I put it on as Liquid Cool didn't do a lot for me. I think this could be her best album.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 20 May 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
Starting to think kitchen is right that this is her best album. It's gorgeous
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Sunday, 21 May 2017 00:20 (six years ago) link
Pretty bummed I can't see her tomorrow night cuz I'm unemployed/broke. That's life
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Monday, 10 July 2017 23:15 (six years ago) link
album's been growing on me, might have to give last year's ep another shot.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 01:58 (six years ago) link
Moodles, you mean Nite-Funk? Yeah that's a good one and indicative of where she ended up on this new one. Turns out I'm seeing her tonight after all, so stoked - one of my favourite artists
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
I should give that one another shot too, but I was thinking of Liquid Cool, which I forgot was a full album.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
Saw her last night and she was great. Duo with a keyboardist which allows Ramona more of an open air to sing and not play keys primarily. She's a wicked musician and a great singer, particular highlights were a blistering version of "Running Out of Time" and "What Did He Say?"
Also "Obsession" EP has become the dark counterpoint to "Real High". It contains many of the same tracks but is much more sullen and comedown than the LP. "Real Low" revisits the title track from her last LP in instrumental form and is lovely.
― Paisley Window Pane (Ross), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
Kitchen person OTM this is her best album
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:21 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I would definitely take away the "think" part of my original post. This is her best work and one of the year's nicest surprises.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:47 (six years ago) link
it's just 2 good 2 b true
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:48 (six years ago) link
yeah i love her first but this is the record she was born to make. course correct of One Second of Love. felt a bit weird hearing a track in starbucks
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 20 August 2017 02:01 (six years ago) link
this album is definitely not front-loaded. it seems to peak in tempo in the middle and carry that for 3 tracks, culminating in a suite of some of her finest chill songs to date. The only weak spot is "I Don't Know"
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 11 September 2017 03:35 (six years ago) link
I like that song. Pretty much like the whole album, in fact.
― Moodles, Monday, 11 September 2017 06:22 (six years ago) link
it was great live, loved the break
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 11 September 2017 06:46 (six years ago) link
I went to see her last week because it was only £7 and I thought that seemed like a decent deal. I had forgotten just how many truly great songs she's made over the years and it was brilliant, her live voice was flawless.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 11 September 2017 08:49 (six years ago) link
the answer is the soty imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc-uwh12myM
― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 7 January 2018 07:14 (six years ago) link
of 2017, time lapse
― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 7 January 2018 07:16 (six years ago) link
Not to rank on her latest stuff, but I really miss Cole’s participation
― calstars, Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:36 (six years ago) link
Real High was one of my favorite albums from last year, I'm surprised it didn't get more love on here.
― Moodles, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:28 (six years ago) link
right there with ya Moodles
― kolakube (Ross), Saturday, 10 February 2018 04:48 (six years ago) link
― Moodles, Friday, February 9, 2018 5:28 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
same
― joshywinty (josh), Saturday, 10 February 2018 07:17 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erjtza8eSaU
ultra lush, from the "Obsession" EP - which is a perfect transitional record from "Liquid Cool" to "Real High". EP starts with the title track from the newest and is book-ended by "Real Low", an instrumental version with more pronounced surface noise and an extended outro. Whole EP feels like a come-down and falls more in line with the nite-funk feel. PM me if you're interested
― tinnitus the night (Ross), Friday, 30 March 2018 03:39 (six years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/1999281/nite-jewel-on-your-own-the-jokes-on-you/music/
new nite jewel
― k3vin k., Friday, 1 June 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
Yup yup! Will be listening later
― calstars, Friday, 1 June 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
New one has some of the old joyful bump of her earlier EPs
― calstars, Friday, 1 June 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
I like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA-kEdVp2to
― Piedie Gimbel, Thursday, 24 June 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
: )
― calstars, Thursday, 24 June 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
wow that's great
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Thursday, 24 June 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
oh wow, love it
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 24 June 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
love her, love the new track, excited for the record
― winters (josh), Friday, 25 June 2021 05:08 (two years ago) link
was just listening to real high yesterday and was wondering what she was up to. this is beautiful
― just sayin, Friday, 25 June 2021 05:46 (two years ago) link
I’m guessing from the notes to this single that she and cole have split ?
― calstars, Friday, 25 June 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
First para of the press release
In 2018, Gonzalez’s twelve year marriage dissolved. This left her alone and displaced, drifting from friend’s couch to friend’s couch. At the same time, she began her PhD in Musicology at UCLA. Gonzalez’s research on women’s musical lament practices formed a historical backbone for what became No Sun. Dating back to ancient Greece, the lament has utilized female voices as a vehicle for expressing communal and personal grief. In her research, Gonzalez considers this tradition within the context of contemporary pop divas, asking the question “What does it mean to be a professional mourner?” or to be a woman hired as an emotional vessel for a historically male composer? Gonzalez’s research considers the creative power of such singers, arguing that while often seen as visceral performers alone, these women are agents in their own right.
― Piedie Gimbel, Friday, 25 June 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/6GlrYBxZk67foyYiNvoU0a?si=TNA0iEg6Ti6xV7ZtkY_58g&dl_branch=1New uptempo Collab sounds great , heart shaped / want you back era vibes
― calstars, Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link
I prefer happy jewel to recent reflective sad jewel
― calstars, Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:31 (two years ago) link
i am deeply here for reflective sad nite jewel - super excited for her artistically at how she's taken her core sound and driven it somewhere you wouldn't have thought it could go? listening to that first single felt a bit like watching s3 of twin peaks - the familiar made somehow strange, the denial of expectations leading to something more deeply satisfying
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Friday, 6 August 2021 00:24 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLPvUTJIRBI
― ncxkd, Saturday, 7 August 2021 07:09 (two years ago) link
No Sun is out now, going to check it out today
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 27 August 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
I listened, sounds pretty mopey and introspective if that's your thing. A lot of songs seem to start with "I..."
― calstars, Friday, 27 August 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
Actually I like the vibe of this. I wasn’t sold on the tracks that came out pre-release, but overall I think it’s really nice. A “mature” album I guess? Contemplative and all that. But still has some of her late-night grooves.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 27 August 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
Title track is downright jazzy.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 27 August 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
loving this so far
― aegis philbin (crüt), Saturday, 28 August 2021 03:26 (two years ago) link
eternal sea of darknesseternal sea of darknesseternal sea of darkness
― aegis philbin (crüt), Saturday, 28 August 2021 04:09 (two years ago) link
hmm this is interesting, really quiet and restrained but then lets loose more on the last two tracks, those are great
― ufo, Saturday, 28 August 2021 05:48 (two years ago) link