― you wish you knew, Friday, 30 September 2005 00:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link
i prefer the field hippies album to the usa album. i am in the minority there!!
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:03 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:06 (eighteen years ago) link
i do too actually!
― huell howser (chaki), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:09 (eighteen years ago) link
Man, the new Broadcast record is awesome.
Pram were great.
I was going to say White Noise and 50 Foot Hose also. I guess I'm predictable.
Quickspace Supersport had a few moments of sub-sterolabness. Friends and all.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:35 (eighteen years ago) link
(as for the original question... julian's treatment?)
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Friday, 30 September 2005 02:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 30 September 2005 02:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― jared66, Friday, 30 September 2005 03:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 30 September 2005 05:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Monade (Stereolab side project)Pram (seconded, or thirded)Spectrum (Sonic Boom from Spacemen 3)
Um, also, you should check out the Broadcast DJ mixes on the Warp website (if they're still posted), because those are fantastic and feature many of the artists that influence their sound.
Also, I found a great comp called "Total Freakout Vol. 3: 1968-1973 Psyche Jello" on Mucho Gusto that you would probably really like.....
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Friday, 30 September 2005 05:55 (eighteen years ago) link
First side is as good as you hope it would be, second side is rubbish
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 30 September 2005 08:28 (eighteen years ago) link
New Broadcast lp sounds like the first Lida Husik album on Shimmy-Disk.
― Raw P at work, Friday, 30 September 2005 10:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Feathers (from Miami) is kinda going in that direction...no vocals, but definitely in the same musical family...
here's their label's website - it's got an mp3 or two....http://www.home-tapes.com
and here's their myspace page with another song:http://www.myspace.com/feathersmiami
― bobby lasers, Friday, 30 September 2005 11:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 30 September 2005 12:13 (eighteen years ago) link
i seem to remember some bands on audiodregs sounding a lot like stereolab in points.
there's also a lot of kraut that isn't so prog and would probably fit your needs, in addition to white noise. later kraftwerk is just pop, eh? and michael noether stuff would sound like stereolab/broadcast instrumentals to many ears; stereolab's collaboration with nurse with wound was just basically a cover of faust's "it's a rainy day"; and the blue print for almost all their songs lies in neu. pushing the boundaries further, there's a lot of electronic deutsche punk, but it usually lacks the 60s influence that broadcast has.
the "america's boy" single is great (or that song is, tender buttons is ok). is the lp out? how is it?
― Dan Gr (certain), Friday, 30 September 2005 12:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― petesmith (plsmith), Friday, 30 September 2005 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link
similar:KomedaLes Rita Mitsouko
― antonio, Friday, 30 September 2005 12:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 30 September 2005 12:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 30 September 2005 12:54 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.last.fm/music/Broadcast/+similar
Robbie
― Lord Bongo (bongoboy), Friday, 30 September 2005 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 30 September 2005 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Gr (certain), Friday, 30 September 2005 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Public Radio (public_radio), Thursday, 10 August 2006 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link
also:
On! Air! Library!
and
Au Revoir Simone
― hank (hank s), Thursday, 10 August 2006 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 August 2006 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah The Free Design are so sugary they're creepy -- but they were talented. I also think it's weird that the band really were all siblings. 'Hey gang, let's start a band!' and they did. This makes it all the weirder when they do love duets, particularly "Never Tell The World," where they sing to each other about how their love for one another has to remain secret because society would never accept them. There's plenty of other Free Design creepiness under the surface.
― Public Radio (public_radio), Thursday, 10 August 2006 17:02 (seventeen years ago) link
Elephant's Memory - Old Man Willow (1969 - Midnight Cowboy SDTK)
More like Broadcast than USA
― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Thursday, 10 August 2006 17:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 10 August 2006 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link
IT IS CRUCIAL TO OBTAIN:
The Cowsills
― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Thursday, 10 August 2006 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh man, how can this not be good?
― Public Radio (public_radio), Thursday, 10 August 2006 17:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Public Radio (public_radio), Thursday, 10 August 2006 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― todd (todd), Thursday, 10 August 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― zappi (joni), Thursday, 10 August 2006 17:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― emekars (emekars), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link
One of those kids with milk is the mother...
― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Public Radio (public_radio), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link
i was never impressed enough to buy the komeda albums. but if i saw the one with the party song on it used, i'd buy it; awesome lyrics:>>There's a pa-pa-pa-pa party going onAnd there's some ga-ga-ga-ga girls we wanna meetAnd then we fa-fa-fa-fa fall in (the) loveWith all the ga-ga-ga-ga girls from the pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa party
― Dan Gr (certain), Friday, 11 August 2006 08:52 (seventeen years ago) link
binarioits alright babyour hospitalitynonsenseifflabbergastblossommore is moredeadfrolic
― zappi (joni), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:32 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpN5MgZHGIQ
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― zappi (joni), Friday, 11 August 2006 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 11 August 2006 11:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ghost Bear Junior High Attendance Party (Ghost Bear Junior High Attenda), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link
The Official Sugar Plant Thread
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:20 (seventeen years ago) link
haha! someone remembers us!!
― zappi (joni), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:29 (seventeen years ago) link
Classic.
That's the only Komeda album I own, but it does have about 4 songs on it that were fun. If you find it used, it's worth buying cheap.
― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ghost Bear Junior High Attendance Party (Ghost Bear Junior High Attenda), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― zappi (joni), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:06 (seventeen years ago) link
ooh! thought of a few more ...Clock Strikes ThirteenDomestic4Rocketship
― Ghost Bear Junior High Attendance Party (Ghost Bear Junior High Attenda), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― cw (cww), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:47 (seventeen years ago) link
Not really feeling that comparison TBH, but great band anyways
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:53 (seventeen years ago) link
how is this not Ectogram (circa early EPs and Reggae, esp.)? also, i can see Ann doing justice to any of Dorothy's USoA parts.
more...
SnapperThese TrailsL'AugmentationCarmineFlowchart (!)
― Ghost Bear Junior High Attendance Party (Ghost Bear Junior High Attenda), Friday, 11 August 2006 19:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Friday, 11 August 2006 19:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 11 August 2006 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Friday, 11 August 2006 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link
Anyway I'm going to set USA apart right now because it's from a different era. In fact let's call that the influence list. So for that we have:
United States of AmericaWhite Noise50 ft. HoseThe Free DesignNeu!Os MutantesElephant's Memory
...and then there are others that I would suspect are influences (Joyce) but I'm guessing.
Then there would be:
BroadcastStereolabThe High LlamasPramLe Futur PompisteKomeda
I don't know where these would fall in the list:
Sugar PlantClock Strikes ThirteenDomestic4Rocketship (I think this one is a stretch but I can see the sunshine-pop intersection)SnapperThese TrailsL'AugmentationLumeny (this band is kinda crap so maybe theyre negligible)CarmineFlowchartJohn SimsEctogramBand of Endless NoiseSchema
...I guess it's hard to figure out. I mean there are so many angles that go into stereolab alone: noise, lo-fi, brazilian, sunshine pop, prog... I dunno, asymmetrical rhythm signatures? I would argue the Beach Boys and The Byrds would have a lot to do with Stereolab.
I agree that the Broadcast Warp mixes are a good place to look. Stereolab's mixes on their site are good as well.
― Public Radio (public_radio), Friday, 11 August 2006 20:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Public Radio (public_radio), Friday, 11 August 2006 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Midnight Movies is a cool band that sounds like a more rock-oriented Stereolab.
― Matt Olken (Moodles), Friday, 11 August 2006 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 11 August 2006 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 11 August 2006 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link
See also Bergheim 34's "Random Access Memory," one track that's absolutely in this nexus.
― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 11 August 2006 21:37 (seventeen years ago) link
so add to the influence, michael roether and la düsseldorf.plus esquivel is a pretty obvious one.
mccarthy is worth a listen for one wanting to get more into a stereolab sound, just to go for the roots, i mean.
and i'd say the best rec i ever got from someone seeing i owned a stereolab record was to try out family fodder. (still can't believe "plant life" didn't make that best of cd... how does that band not have a full rerelease package? there's one for you, selzer.)
― Dan Gr (certain), Saturday, 12 August 2006 11:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Compare Stereolab's Mellotron with Silber Apples Ruby.
Family Fodder reissues are a job for Mr. Wolk, go ask him! I've got my own hassles.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 12 August 2006 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link
Almost too close to the bone at points (hell, lead guy is in Stereolab and the releases are on Duophonic) but still good fun. Also, I love the fact that the liner notes for the first full album include a marriage proposal from said feller to his lady love. (Hope she said yes!)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 12 August 2006 17:07 (seventeen years ago) link
another band which sounds the same and wearss influences on shirts, so to speak, which i don't think anyone mentioned: stereototal. monokini opens with a definite nod to DAF --- who, as the sexed up kraftwerk, can also go on this list.
i got the impression wolk was done with releasing / was leaving the family fodder rerelease catalog at a best of. what i really want from mr. wolk, anyway, is the double lp of alan smithee. the 7" is awesome. (if anyone wants to sell their copy of the alan smithee lp, i'll buy it.)
― Dan Gr (certain), Saturday, 12 August 2006 17:29 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/masoncitywidow
― Ernest P. (ernestp), Saturday, 12 August 2006 17:43 (seventeen years ago) link
more followers...BirdieThe HylozoistsAdventures in Stereo
― Ghost Bear Junior High Attendance Party (Ghost Bear Junior High Attenda), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― everything (everything), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link
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― everything (everything), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ghost Bear Junior High Attendance Party (Ghost Bear Junior High Attenda), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― zeus (zeus), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― zeus (zeus), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link
The Pentangle - Light FlightMort Garson - I've Been Over The RainbowIsabelle Aubret - Casa ForteWendy and Bonnie - It's What's Really HappeningClaude Lombard - Sleep Well
― 3×5, Monday, 26 September 2016 14:21 (seven years ago) link
Great thread! One thing essential to United States of America: the attitude re title entity, more snarky than preachy, though either way would make it more than girly vox x electro-embryonic journeys around the lab (not that I don't like that effect too).
― dow, Monday, 26 September 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
No idea what that post means.
― 3×5, Monday, 26 September 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
Attitude of USA tracks such as "American Metaphysical Circus", "I Wouldn't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar", "American Way of Love", the non-snarky, tender-toned, but implicitly defiant to Cold War establishment "Love Song For The Dead Che", for instance.
― dow, Monday, 26 September 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
Interesting. I read somewhere that the singer from 50 ft. hose was a self-styled Marxist revolutionary. Songs like 'Red The Sign Post' are clearly Marxist. USofA's 'Che' obviously is. And Stereolab obviously are.
― 3×5, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 15:35 (seven years ago) link
newish band that absolutely nails the Broadcast vibe: Lake Ruth
band from 2000s that sounded like a more rocked out version of Stereolab: Midnight Movies
for a more folksy take on the Broadcast sounds, check out the new Hintermass
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
liner notes in the sundazed usa reissue make mention of byrd's avowedly marxist intentions
may be imagining this, but. there's a track on witch cults of the radio age where it sounds like they're sampling a bit from the american way of love
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
The Soundcarriers! Even their name is a synonym for Broadcast.
― 3×5, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link