Bes topening line of any song in recent memory and they rock!
― Ensemble Ed (Ensemble Ed), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Ensemble Ed (Ensemble Ed), Thursday, 9 October 2003 16:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Thursday, 9 October 2003 17:03 (twenty years ago) link
Sharin Foo is amazing. The first time I saw them, this friend (girl) I was with was like "oh my god, I think I'm gay" when she saw her, and at the same time I'd gone "oh my god, I think I'm straight".
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 9 October 2003 18:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 9 October 2003 19:01 (twenty years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 9 October 2003 19:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Thursday, 9 October 2003 19:20 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 9 October 2003 23:15 (twenty years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 9 October 2003 23:23 (twenty years ago) link
― cis (cis), Friday, 10 October 2003 08:16 (twenty years ago) link
Or maybe I won't, I mean, I loved the JAMC's one trick for over a decade.
― kate (kate), Friday, 10 October 2003 08:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 10 October 2003 09:34 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 10 October 2003 09:37 (twenty years ago) link
― DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 19:34 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Taxi Dancing in the Soft Prison (Ben Boyer), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
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― mnm, Sunday, 13 March 2005 11:06 (nineteen years ago) link
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― dlp9001, Sunday, 13 March 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 14 March 2005 20:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― piscesboy, Monday, 14 March 2005 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― mnm, Monday, 14 March 2005 20:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― La Monte (La Monte), Monday, 14 March 2005 20:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 14 March 2005 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link
http://carburetordung.blogspot.com/
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 14 March 2005 21:15 (nineteen years ago) link
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― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 14 March 2005 23:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 15 March 2005 00:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― mnm, Tuesday, 15 March 2005 20:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― PB, Saturday, 2 April 2005 04:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― breezy, Saturday, 2 April 2005 05:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 2 April 2005 05:24 (eighteen years ago) link
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― ZionTrain (ZionTrain), Friday, 13 May 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Friday, 13 May 2005 18:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 13 May 2005 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Friday, 13 May 2005 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link
They were great on Conan, by the by.
― PB, Friday, 13 May 2005 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 13 May 2005 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
Seeing 'em again tonight (first time through was opening for Depeche at Staples Center, tonight is the Detroit Bar -- a rather smaller affair).
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 June 2007 16:23 (sixteen years ago) link
...and that was a pretty good set, a bit static but the highs were highs. Also, nice job covering both Sonic Youth's "100%" and the Gun Club's "Sex Beat," I'd say!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 June 2007 07:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I loved Whip It On, but I never exactly fell in love with the second one. I really should check out the third one after reading this thread. Is there a new one on the way or something?
― I know, right?, Friday, 8 June 2007 10:35 (sixteen years ago) link
a new album is TBA for this year, according to some upcoming releases lists.
― StanM, Friday, 8 June 2007 10:40 (sixteen years ago) link
There's some new songs on their MySpace page. Going to see them tonight at the Echo.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Opening act Midnight Movies is pretty good too -- their set started as basic Velvet/Can worship (no complaints, but that's all it was) but as things went on they kept bringing all sorts of other stuff to bear, and ended on a fine high note.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Opening act Midnight Movies is pretty good too
Agreed. I've seen them a couple times before (including the Stereolab show you were at). New album is worthy
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:48 (sixteen years ago) link
including the Stereolab show you were at
THAT'S how I know them. It was really bugging me last night!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 June 2007 14:52 (sixteen years ago) link
toss
― fandango, Friday, 8 June 2007 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link
i like how every interview with them I've read has included a list of their very obvious influences VU ronnettes buddy holly mbv jamc shangrilas etc
― I know, right?, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
haha totally. if ever a band's influences are gonna speak for themselves it's these guys
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:07 (sixteen years ago) link
x-post
'you want the candy' is taking the whole j and m chain thing a little too far, for mine.
Talk about telegraphing an already obvious influence. However, in all honesty I do like that song. I would also add "Hallucinations" to Daniel's list of the best songs on the album (with which I otherwise agree), even though I don't like any of it as much as he does.
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:09 (sixteen years ago) link
its actually the beauty of them. Simulacrum I think; I might not have really understood that Baudrillard book.
i think this albums cover art has been overlooked, as a band who have always had really bad design this is a great cover and probably one of the best there will be this year.
― I know, right?, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:11 (sixteen years ago) link
while i like this album i do think it's their weakest since the debut
― electricsound, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:13 (sixteen years ago) link
yep rockist, i acknowledge it as an already obvious, given influence. just that that particular song annoys me a tad with its even-more-overt-than-usual nod to the jamc oeuvre :)
agreed on cover art
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:14 (sixteen years ago) link
you mean you think whip it on is weak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
what about bowels of the beast or cops on our tail or attack of the ghost riders or beat city. They are fucking brilliant. Minor works for minor works.
― I know, right?, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:17 (sixteen years ago) link
it's all relative 8)
― electricsound, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:21 (sixteen years ago) link
relavitism is the enemy of human rights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is a question of ethics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fuck you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes i suppose its only an opinion.
― I know, right?, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:26 (sixteen years ago) link
"aly walk with me" = sexy fuzzy jam of the year.
― Emily Bjurnhjam, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:31 (sixteen years ago) link
that song's a goodo
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Opener ‘Aly Walk With Me’ merges hip-hop beats and Velvet Underground guitars
nme have never eard ip hop
― I know, right?, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:39 (sixteen years ago) link
raveonettes = noise rockers?
nme have never heard noise music
Q. nme writers = my little sister?
My little sister has heard public enemy and Free Kitten
A. No
― I know, right?, Monday, 17 March 2008 04:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Raveonettes basically denied belonging to any particular music scene when I talked to them at SXSW, which I thought was kinda weird/stupid.
― fukasaku tollbooth, Monday, 17 March 2008 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
hahah!
i saw them twice at sxsw, both times great but one was just exceptionally well done, way awesome show.
― stephen, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 01:50 (sixteen years ago) link
one of my fav songs = "My Heartbeat's Dying", the first bonus track on the US version. so so so good.
Video for 'You Want The Candy'. Really good (quick, jagged cuts; scuzzy; exciting). One of my favorite songs of the year, no matter how obviously derivative it is.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 22 March 2008 23:54 (sixteen years ago) link
he shouldn't do that thing with his hair
― I know, right?, Saturday, 22 March 2008 23:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I like about half the songs on this album but "You Want the Candy" is boring shit
― Curt1s Stephens, Sunday, 23 March 2008 00:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Candy is one of my favorites, but I love a lot of stuff on this disc.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 23 March 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
they don't strike me as an indie-burlesque-friendly sound
― milo z, Sunday, 23 March 2008 01:32 (sixteen years ago) link
lust lust lust is pretty great. obv. the JAMC references are huge on the record, but it works cuz the songs are good....also i was suprised by a few moments (like aly walk w.me) that go into actual hellish noise not just "indie noisy-ish guitars".....
in a way they are sort of doing the same thing times new viking is doing for a different set of historical references (JAMC/Kitchens of Distinction vs. GBV/Stiltbreeze shit)
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 14 April 2008 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
It's all about "Blitzed" these days
― milo z, Sunday, 22 June 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Why did I ignore this band for so long?
― Tape Store, Sunday, 22 June 2008 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
this new album = still excellent, top 5 of 2008 so far
― stephen, Monday, 23 June 2008 08:49 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone heard sune rose wagner's solo elpee?
― Minister for Compression Issues (electricsound), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 02:54 (fifteen years ago) link
how's the new album? how are they live?
― W i l l, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
New album is fantastic, lots of variety for a Raveonettes album, the mood is lighter and more fun, the feedback from Lust is scaled back in favor of bigger harmonies and hooks. And they're great live, too!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
The new album has been getting mediocre reviews overall (the last one did too).
I'm always surprised by critical reaction to this band. They sound like their influences (but update that sound, and they don't become pastiche). And they suffer critically for it, unlike a lot of other acts that do the same, e.g., Interpol; Vivian Girls; Crystal Stilts; A Place To Bury Strangers; The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (I like-to-love all these bands, BTW).
Anyway, classic.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 14 October 2009 15:05 (fourteen years ago) link
The Raveonettes are better and more consistent than any of the acts Daniel just listed. Anyone digging that cloying Pains album would do themselves a big favor to check out this new Raveonettes one. It's in the same vein (generally) but a much better listen.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Good but weird Raveonettes show last night in Austin. Three songs in, "It's too hot to play drums in Texas!" Next 5-6 songs were all drumless, giving them a more freeform, bubblegum-psych vibe. Each of them did a song mid-set completely solo, while the other just stood there. Three guys from the Black Angels joined them for the last two songs -- "Lust" and "Aly" -- which with two guitars, two drum sets and a fuzzed-out bass sounded thick and powerful. Encore break... then they covered "100%" (Sonic Youth) and called it a night.
Anyway... they headlined the first night of Austin Psych Fest, so pretty sure the focus on noise/freeform structure was intentional. They didn't play anything too "poppy," e.g., no "Last Dance," "Dead Sound," "Candy" or any of their other super-upbeat tunes.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, 24 April 2010 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Some of the songs worked really well without drums, by the way. Others fell flat -- "Break Up Girls" for example, which lost all of its momentum when slowed in pace and played with just guitar and bass.
"Love in a Trashcan" was great.
"Ghost Riders" was great.
"Heart of Stone" (this one was done with drums, early in the set) was fantastic.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, 24 April 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Raveonettes cover I Wanna Be Adored. It's for some sort of silly Doc Martens anniversary comp, but the cover is great and worth the hassle to download.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 29 August 2010 23:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks for the tip. That's good!
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 August 2010 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
raveonettes are a sorely underappreciated band.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 29 August 2010 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
One of those 'where did the time go' PR mailouts:
THE RAVEONETTES CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY
New album, Observator, out in the fall.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 June 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
neat. their last album is probably my favourite since their proper debut
― relatively joan rivers (electricsound), Thursday, 14 June 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
i think Observator is a bit thin on proper songs, not to mention i like 'em better in full-on shoegaze mode, or full-on pop mode, than this moody, in-between land of minor key songs with fewer hooks and less guitar noise... opening track is a dagger, tho.
― ilxor, Monday, 17 September 2012 02:39 (eleven years ago) link
man i'm p in love with the new one!
opening track is one of their all time songs for sure
― the best Laid jams (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 September 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think it's quite as good as raven, which was one of their best, but no disappointment certainly
― upset and upsetting (electricsound), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
the lush-u-like guitars in sinking with the sun are glorious
― bansplain (electricsound), Friday, 19 October 2012 11:04 (eleven years ago) link
never heard these guys until observator. I can imagine younger me getting properly obsessed with this record if it were, like, 1986. As it stands it's fantastic alone-in-the-house stuff
― available for sporting events (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 3 March 2013 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
insanely beautiful song from the newest album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa7JfWsMxgs
― Hot Drexel Students (Treeship), Friday, 12 September 2014 05:13 (nine years ago) link
i like this album but it's the first one of theirs to disappoint me since lust lust lust. the previous 3 are immense records
― a cheese has occurred (electricsound), Friday, 12 September 2014 05:45 (nine years ago) link
allow me to repeat myself once more
― a cheese has occurred (electricsound), Friday, 12 September 2014 05:46 (nine years ago) link
observator is amazing, it's true.... but so is lust lust lust. and so is pe-ahi. i feel like this band is underrated. burying lush melodies under mountains of fuzz and laying ehtereal, sometimes cryptic vocals on top of it all is seen as an easy, tried and true formula. i'm not sure it is though. the raveonettes aren't my bloody valentine, but still there aren't many other bands who do what they do as well.
― Hot Drexel Students (Treeship), Saturday, 13 September 2014 11:40 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, they're MBV + JAMC.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Sunday, 14 September 2014 00:53 (nine years ago) link
i have never heard mbv in them at all
― a cheese has occurred (electricsound), Sunday, 14 September 2014 01:15 (nine years ago) link
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2943/15346386411_ea95658f31_c.jpg
I was lukewarm on Observator, but their set at Austin Psych Fest last year was a big highlight and last night's show upped even that. I hadn't really given Pe-ahi a chance yet - but the new songs sound great live. I'll just go ahead and say it - they aren't MBV, but Curve 1993. Their sound is just that unstoppable. Do not miss.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 25 September 2014 11:04 (nine years ago) link
so true
surprised there's never been a "best of"/introduction sort of comp but it would probably be a licensing nightmare
― mit iodine (electricsound), Thursday, 23 October 2014 01:25 (nine years ago) link