http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/08/joanna-newsom-announces-new-album-divers-shares-sapokanikan-listen/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky9Ro9pP2gc
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 10 August 2015 13:53 (eight years ago) link
old lady cat voice
― scott seward, Monday, 10 August 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
CHICKENSANDWICH
― j., Monday, 10 August 2015 13:56 (eight years ago) link
I miss the garlic pressed goose vocal stylings
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 10 August 2015 13:58 (eight years ago) link
Been pretty desperate for this album to be announced.
― abcfsk, Monday, 10 August 2015 13:59 (eight years ago) link
Song is great. hits me hard when it moves into its 2nd form
― abcfsk, Monday, 10 August 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link
awesome
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 August 2015 14:03 (eight years ago) link
yes! hurrah!
― listener to of Radiohead (cajunsunday), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:05 (eight years ago) link
I liked that one time when she rhymed "caravel" with "Cair Paravel"...
― Sam Weller, Monday, 10 August 2015 14:10 (eight years ago) link
Sapokanikan was the name of one of several Lenape villages that archaeologists have identified as existing on Manhattan Island prior to the coming of Europeans. It was located in the southwest portion of the island, on the shores of a trout stream the Indians called Minetta. Stretching things just a bit, one might say the members of this seasonal community were the first residents of Greenwich Village.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 August 2015 14:11 (eight years ago) link
Yes, this is very good news.
I'm sure I've said it elsewhere, but I spent way too long avoiding Joanna Newsom because she seemed, on paper, pretty distinctly Not My Thing. If, however, that paper had read "dark fairytales by a female Cormac McCarthy", I'd have been much more intrigued.
― Those Jorts Are Upsetting (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:22 (eight years ago) link
hyped
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
melanie vibes
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link
oh hey it's not a 6xLP
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:37 (eight years ago) link
I am not in the mood today to have the word "ozymandian" sung at me
Also her house looks like Aladdin fucking the Genie http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/07/41_photos_inside_andy_samberg_and_joanna_newsoms_mindblowing_moorcrest_estate.php
― got a long list of ilxors (fgti), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:39 (eight years ago) link
*patiently awaits the unicorn memes*
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:42 (eight years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/80/46/cb/8046cbaa82e8b6e481e58a9ddc287c75.jpg
― Those Jorts Are Upsetting (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:45 (eight years ago) link
No harp!
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link
(On the single, that is. Also: video ^^ directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.)
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:52 (eight years ago) link
that is pretty sweet house i must say
― 9 days from now a.k.a next weekend. (dog latin), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link
i love that house
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 August 2015 15:00 (eight years ago) link
I feel like I could live there and no one would notice
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Monday, 10 August 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link
Have we determined definitively that Joanna Newsom isn't an extended Kaufman-esque SNL sketch?
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 10 August 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
that song is like a warning to all the ukulele cutesy poos out there. pack your ukes up, bitchez, big momma's back in town!
― scott seward, Monday, 10 August 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
i love joanna so much and i hate you all
― j. winters (josh), Monday, 10 August 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
jk
― j. winters (josh), Monday, 10 August 2015 15:51 (eight years ago) link
It sounds a lot like a Have One On Me track. She had been doing pretty well at finding new styles from release to release up to now.
― jmm, Monday, 10 August 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
i think it starts off sounding like hoom (lol, hoom) and then develops into something else
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 10 August 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
gone full patrick wolf with the recorders I see
― oh, i am a lonlely poster. i live in a box of posts. (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 10 August 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
ad;lfkkjadf'df;lkakjdff;!!!!
wasn't expecting this news at all, very excited! I really like this new song although it does seem to stick fairly closely with the HOOM vibe, which is ok by me. I was starting to thing that she was basically retired.
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Monday, 10 August 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
also, nice cover art. Strong cover connection with:
http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/2252/cover_41211028102010.jpg
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Monday, 10 August 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
I was starting to thing that she was basically retired.
Me too. Unfortunately, it is not so.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 August 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
hey everyone, no one cares that you find Joanna Newsom bothersome or whatever
― geoffreyess, Monday, 10 August 2015 17:33 (eight years ago) link
"gone full patrick wolf" yes please
um welcome to a joanna newsom thread on ilm, a music message board on the internet
http://grandchalonpoker.com/assets/images/Adherer/unicorn-riding-rainbow.jpg
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 10 August 2015 17:41 (eight years ago) link
http://joannanewsomfashion.tumblr.com/post/33857487709
^ Explains the reference to Florry Walker.
The restoration started at the top left-hand corner, but it was only near the end of the process, as Varcoe-Cocks reached the bottom right-hand corner, that he discovered that Streeton had scratched the name of a woman, "Florry Walker", into the still-wet paint three times, probably using a pin.As the conservator went back over the artwork with a microscope he found there was also "Florry is my sweetheart" and "Florry/Smike", the artist's Dickensian nickname. All were invisible to the naked eye.An X-ray of the painting taken before the restoration began had shown that Streeton originally had painted a naked woman with her back turned and long hair falling over her shoulders. This figure was later painted out and replaced by male bathers.Could this have been Florry Walker? And if so, who was she, and what did it all mean?
As the conservator went back over the artwork with a microscope he found there was also "Florry is my sweetheart" and "Florry/Smike", the artist's Dickensian nickname. All were invisible to the naked eye.
An X-ray of the painting taken before the restoration began had shown that Streeton originally had painted a naked woman with her back turned and long hair falling over her shoulders. This figure was later painted out and replaced by male bathers.
Could this have been Florry Walker? And if so, who was she, and what did it all mean?
― jmm, Monday, 10 August 2015 17:42 (eight years ago) link
One-stop hateration shop, y'all: Things You Just Don't Care About
― Those Jorts Are Upsetting (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 August 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
Well that's clearly not true.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 August 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
so mad that pta directs this video. do videos by great bands, you good directors. gah already, feh
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link
more like joanna noisome
― five six and (man alive), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
I would love for a linguist to break down her singing accent for me
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
wish she'd troll w/ the full Milk Eyed Mender harsh voice on this album
― oh, i am a lonlely poster. i live in a box of posts. (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
Well the jabs against her are the same as back then, so job done I guess.. Wish the haters didn't take as much space as they do, though.
― abcfsk, Monday, 10 August 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
I think she developed a vocal condition which means she can't sing that way anymore.
― jmm, Monday, 10 August 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 10 August 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link
Breaking news: people who didn't like Joanna Newsom before still don't like Joanna Newsom. Please keep us updated on all the developments in this story. Please.
― Those Jorts Are Upsetting (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
feel like only a podcast could cure them
― oh, i am a lonlely poster. i live in a box of posts. (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
update 4 u. I still don't like her music.
― Spottie, Monday, 10 August 2015 18:50 (eight years ago) link
probably less "developed" and more "was asking for", given the mechanics behind singing and how painful (to the throat, not the ears) what she was doing sounded
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:50 (eight years ago) link
RIP larynx
― how's life, Monday, 10 August 2015 18:58 (eight years ago) link
lex, if it's any help, the shorter songs helped me get the rest of the album.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 14:06 (eight years ago) link
The last time I was listening to this new one I found myself wondering what it would be like to hear her growl.
Last time I saw her live she had to tune her harp, so set her fancy parlor guitarist off to do some speed metal riffs.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 14:32 (eight years ago) link
really love this. i know 'same old man' doesn't seem like much of a stand-out track, but i really appreciate the presence of a fairly plain traditional song amidst the intricate footnoted fancies of the rest of the album. it's arrangement is fairly simple and her vocal delivery marks her stylistic debt to karen dalton, almeda riddle, et al. it's much like 'three little babies' a la texas gladden on MEM in that way, but here 'same old man' also reflects themes and images found elsewhere on the album. clever way to anchor what otherwise feels like a metaphysical concept album.
i got the LP and the lyric sheets are gorgeous, one for each song, with the same sort of surreal magical landscapes as featured on the cover. i'm seeing her in december, can't wait. i kinda love her the most right now.
― gwyneth anger (patron sailor), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link
further to DJP's question about joanna's singing accent, i suspect the answer might be 'appalachian' imho
― gwyneth anger (patron sailor), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
you going to the boston show by any chance?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 15:07 (eight years ago) link
i am indeed! with the husband and a couple friends. would love to see you there, if you're going as well!
― gwyneth anger (patron sailor), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
sweet, yeah, i'll be there!
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
I think melody is one of her strengths. But then I just can't understand people liking her but not getting into YS. Talk about generous, I feel like she was just rolling one beautiful melody onto the next in the most riveting way, emotionally captivating and catchy.
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
further to DJP's question about joanna's singing accent, i suspect the answer might be 'appalachian' imho― gwyneth anger (patron sailor), Wednesday, November 11, 2015 2:58 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― gwyneth anger (patron sailor), Wednesday, November 11, 2015 2:58 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there's a really old WFMU interview where she talks about her accent being a result of coming from a very small country town and some mixture of speech impediments (she mentions a lisp) and corrective speech therapy.
― lamonti, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 17:25 (eight years ago) link
Try Time, As a Symptom Lex. The ascending melody in the "joy" section is hair-raising.
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
melodies that aren't memorable, then. i always feel like her songs meander pretty aimlessly in terms of where the next note goes
― lex pretend, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 1:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i get this feeling a bit. more than ever on this record it seems like there are some gorgeously composed and arranged melodies which have some pretty interesting lyrics set to them, rather than some tunes and words that were thought of at the same time
― thwomp (thomp), Thursday, 12 November 2015 10:17 (eight years ago) link
though now she's more likely to stretch a syllable over a few notes, and less likely to crowd her lyrics with some extra syllables at risk of destroying her syntax -- which seems more confident, i think, in a couple ways, though less of a high-wire act
― thwomp (thomp), Thursday, 12 November 2015 10:18 (eight years ago) link
http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/62522/e9f3593c.jpg
― nomar, Friday, 18 December 2015 07:47 (eight years ago) link
I just put this record on at 45 rpm by mistake. I was kinda taken with it for a while. I guess that's exactly what the haterz hear.
Is this gonna get much love in the aoy poll? I'll vote it high. It's lovely. It's really stayed with me - I've listened to it every week since it's come out.
― kraudive, Friday, 8 January 2016 19:16 (eight years ago) link
I vote it high, album knocked me out. Her 2nd best probably. Seems she didn't get any hype help from the usual sources this year though so I'm guessing just her loyal fans vote.
― abcfsk, Friday, 8 January 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, second best after Ys I would say.
― jmm, Friday, 8 January 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
I loved it.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 January 2016 19:49 (eight years ago) link
for some reason i didn't connect to this record at all. idk why
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 8 January 2016 19:51 (eight years ago) link
no synth stabs
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 January 2016 19:51 (eight years ago) link
of course
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 8 January 2016 19:52 (eight years ago) link
it's easy to imagine Newsom singing "Wood Beez" tbh
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 January 2016 19:53 (eight years ago) link
i feel really unmotivated about voting but if i do it will only be to try to place this record
― call all destroyer, Friday, 8 January 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
for me the first 5/6 songs are amazing and then it really drops off into less interesting territory... pretty much exactly the first 2 sides on the vinyl version. anyone else find this?
― linee, Friday, 8 January 2016 23:56 (eight years ago) link
it's definitely her worst album imo but it still might scrape into my 25. the title track is probably the only place where all the keyboards on it really work texturally I think
― ufo, Saturday, 9 January 2016 00:10 (eight years ago) link
"Goose Eggs" is the only track where I'm still iffy about the keyboards. It sounds like a product of her goofing around with a bunch of instruments that she doesn't know very well. I like it okay, it has its own character, but the closing instrumental stretch especially is a little rickety. I love the keyboard touches on "Anecdotes" and "You Will Not Take My Heart Alive".
― jmm, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 16:13 (eight years ago) link
I am not a fan of her singing voice
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
She was great in Dublin last night - the new songs worked very well and the arrangements seemed a bit looser and less fussy than when I saw her on the HOOM tour. Robin Pecknold was the support and he came out and sang On A Good Day with her towards the end of the gig. Selection of older songs was spot on too - she ended with a great encore of Sawdust and Diamonds.
― the_ecuador_three, Friday, 4 March 2016 12:26 (eight years ago) link
Yeah she was absolutely wonderful last night. The second half of the show in particular, leading up to the encore of Sawdust & Diamonds was intense.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Friday, 4 March 2016 16:11 (eight years ago) link
I somehow missed she was playing Dublin
arrrrrgh
― Number None, Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:28 (eight years ago) link
hitting those high notes at the end of this one, wow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uixz1JTdwpQ
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 21 May 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
Concert tonight! Wheeeeee!
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 7 September 2016 16:52 (seven years ago) link
I missed this new song. It's charming - could easily have fitted on Divers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGoqZ4zWSsg
― jmm, Sunday, 6 November 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
It's no "Whip My Hair", but I'm still digging Willow Smith's jazzy version of "The Book of Right-On"
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPS4c31gltD/
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
Some solo performance dates announced, hopefully more will follow.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
apparently played new material tonight at a fleet foxes gig *eyes emoji*
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 March 2023 03:45 (one year ago) link
! hope a new album isn't too far away at last
― ufo, Thursday, 23 March 2023 04:02 (one year ago) link
It's about time!
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 23 March 2023 04:34 (one year ago) link
I heard she is doing a flute and harp album with Lizzo.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 23 March 2023 13:17 (one year ago) link
https://www.reddit.com/r/JoannaNewsom/comments/11zbxw6/marie_at_the_mill/https://www.reddit.com/r/JoannaNewsom/comments/11zczx5/the_air_again/https://www.reddit.com/r/JoannaNewsom/comments/11zcu2f/no_wonder/https://www.reddit.com/r/JoannaNewsom/comments/11zc8qa/bombs_are_whistling/https://www.reddit.com/r/JoannaNewsom/comments/11zdw7z/little_hand_commentary/
5 new songs!
― ufo, Thursday, 23 March 2023 13:34 (one year ago) link
https://www.reddit.com/r/JoannaNewsom/comments/11zd18x/good_intentions_paving_company_with_robin/
and good intentions paving co. with fleet foxes
― ufo, Thursday, 23 March 2023 13:35 (one year ago) link
well this is an absolute and unexpected delight, it all sounds fantastic, although I hope she plays more harp on the supposed forthcoming album.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 23 March 2023 14:36 (one year ago) link
all sound like you would expect new joanna newsom songs to sound. "the air again" is a highlight
― ufo, Thursday, 23 March 2023 14:38 (one year ago) link
waiting until i have time to give a close listen before i dive into these new pieces, but just seeing her pop up on the newsfeed has me down the youtube rabbit hole with joanna, and stumbled on this show from the initial ys street band tour that has absolutely immaculate sound. wow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEIH7FUwbfE
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:34 (one year ago) link
I saw her solo a month before that show, at Bennington College. It was a peak live music experience: was only familiar with the Milk-Eyed Mender material to that point, and was totally unprepared for the grandeur of the Ys tracks. As I remember it, the show was in kind of a modest multipurpose room, with a few hundred people sitting on the floor in front of a stage that was a foot or two elevated from us.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:38 (one year ago) link
Yeah, that is an amazing recording, I've listened to it many times. I don't think she's ever been better than in that period.
― jmm, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:43 (one year ago) link
hoo boy i sure would like jn to do like... the rest of her music with robin pecknold involvement. that's a collaboration that needs to endure.
― ''i am the kanye west kanye west thinks he is.'' (Austin), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:53 (one year ago) link
ugh no i know i am the minority but i liked her as a noisy loner not as a mannered decadent
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 14:56 (one year ago) link
ya don't know if i can agree with that statement but she's definitely too iconoclastic for that to become her primary aesthetic
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link
The Bottletree gig is an awesome recording indeed, a classic in itself. I think I still have a CD-R with it burned somewhere lol.
Worth noting that fairly recently a guy on YouTube cleaned it up (getting rid of the glitches in "Emily" and "Monkey & Bear"). He also uploaded high-quality recordings of shows from every one of her tours, all with links to MP3 320 kbps downloads on Google Drive as well. Well worth checking out!
Here they are:http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMhu9WD0R5W2UtpGX_GaLML8HyWwgg0_f
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:09 (one year ago) link
This tour was the first time I saw her perform, exact same set, and still my favorite version of her band. As soon as she started "Bridges and Balloons" it was clear that she had been working on her singing, and had added much more breath, control, and subtlety than on the original recording.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:13 (one year ago) link