moloko is in my personal "i don't get it" pile
― goole, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the secret to getting Moloko is digging the first album, then discovering that she can sing like that live and is also like amazing beautiful
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
ha even that part is "idgi" and i like redheads :/
they just sounded kind of fakey to me, like someone's textbook example of 'experimental literate pop' come to life
but this is not my thread!
― goole, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
well they definitely started out super theatrical and put on, there's no question about that; you can't do a song like "Fun For Me" or "Where Is the What If the What Is in Why?" and claim 100% earnestness
by the time you get to stuff like "Sing It Back", "Familiar Feeling" and "Forever More" though, the theatricality is less dadaist and more grounded in realistic narrative, and then you have face-meltinginly beautiful things like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gXoBvR9pA8
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
At one point I thought "I Am Not A Doctor" was the finest album ever recorded and those youtubes are making me think I may just have been right
that wobbling bass noise on "Knee Deepen" is a work of art
not sure I ever actually heard all of Things To Make And Do as I felt kinda betrayed by hit Boris Dlugosch remix etc, but Indigo is a pretty rad song, so I probably should get over decade-old kneejerking
― atoms breaking heart (a passing spacecadet), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
"Pure Pleasure Seeker" is also rad
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
posting here to prevent sufjan stevens related suggest ban
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
please can someone explain to me....why
I doubt anyone here will be able to help you out
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
here, use this to cleanse Sufjan from your brain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuX_zwX3jPg
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
will be on that after Britney has done with me
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a TI single from the album right before the one that just charted, which is why I didn't post it on the thread but srsly it's my favorite thing by TI of all time
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
this has got crazy bounce
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
but this is not my thread!― goole, Monday, July 12, 2010 8:25 PM (1 hour ago)
― goole, Monday, July 12, 2010 8:25 PM (1 hour ago)
this is a thread for everyone!
i had a negative reaction to things to make and do when i first got it but i just listened to it again on my way back to the shop and it would seem that i was dumb and wrong. way stranger than i recall.
so good. goole some time we will booze up and i have a moloko vs. that weird young lady you were talking about a few weeks ago listening party.
― SAIL HATIN' (jjjusten), Monday, 12 July 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha wow i just looked over the results list and i could pretty much go ahead and post my "so not going to happen" ballot right here on this thread without spoiling anything, but i suppose i'll wait and be good about it.
― SAIL HATIN' (jjjusten), Monday, 12 July 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
it is a shining example of non-tactical voting. which also only got me 2 albums on the countdown so
― SAIL HATIN' (jjjusten), Monday, 12 July 2010 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
ha sounds good :) xps
― goole, Monday, 12 July 2010 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
jj i am finding we have weirdly un-aligned tastes!
a; grumh aside
lol
A; Grumph brings ppl together
― MOATY I'M HERE (HI DERE), Monday, 12 July 2010 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i'll be fucked, there's a lot of the grumh on youtube!!
― goole, Monday, 12 July 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
THROUGH GUESSTIMATING I HAVE DEDUCED JJ'S TOP TWO
APPARENTLY SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM ALBUM IS BETTER THAN BLOOD INSIDE
I still need to hear it + the others :(
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
You win!
― bearotaur say "I am so sorry" to me! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
please post the whole thing now!
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
ALBUMS (RANKED)
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - in Glorious Times - 40 pointsUlver - Blood Inside - 39 pointsFuture Of The Left - Travels With Myself And Another - 38 pointsSparks - Hello Young Lovers - 37 pointsMSTRKRFT - the looks - 36 pointsGay Witch Abortion - Maverick - 35 pointsPresets - Beams - 34 pointsFuture of the Left - Curses - 33 pointsSupersystem - Always Never Again - 32 pointsMan Man - Six Demon Bag - 31 pointsSlough Feg - Ape Uprising! - 30 pointsUlver - Shadows Of The Sun - 29 pointsThe Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree - 28 pointsSystem Of A Down - Mezmerize - 27 pointsBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum - 26 pointstorche - meanderthal - 25 pointsBelphegor - Bondage Goat Zombie - 24 pointsDevin Townsend Project - Addicted - 23 pointsDethklok - the Dethalbum - 22 pointsFlat Earth Society - Psychoscout - 21 pointsThee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band - 13 Bluesfor Thirteen Moons - 20 pointsThe Decemberists - Picaresque - 19 pointsThe Books - Lost and Safe - 18 pointsStars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline - 17 pointsSchool of Seven Bells - Alpinisms - 16 pointsRodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela - 15 pointsPaleo - Misery, Missouri - 14 pointsMastodon - Crack the Skye - 13 pointsLady Gaga - The Fame Monster - 12 pointsharvey milk - life...the best game in town - 11 pointsFoetus - Love - 10 pointsEarth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull - 9 pointsLily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You - 8 pointsPink - Funhouse - 7 pointsAgalloch - Ashes Against the Grain - 6 pointsBaroness - Red Album - 5 pointsBohren & der Club of Gore - Geisterfaust - 4 pointsCraig Wedren - Lapland - 3 pointsCurrent 93 - Black Ships Ate The Sky - 2 pointsKrallice - Krallice - 1 point
TRACKS (UNRANKED)
Against Me! - Thrash UnrealAvril Lavigne – GirlfriendBat for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do?Battles - Atlaschamillionaire ft. krayzie bone - ridin dirtyDaft Punk - Robot RockDepeche Mode - WrongDJ Khaled f/ Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman and Lil Wayne -We Taking OverFuture of the Left - Arming EritreaHot Chip - Over And OverImogen Heap - Hide and SeekKanye West - StrongerLady Gaga - Bad RomanceLady Gaga - PaparazziLily Allen - The FearLiars - The Other Side of Mt. Heart AttackLil Wayne - A MilliNeko Case - Hold On, Hold OnOf Montreal - The Party's Crashing UsPink - FunhouseRihanna - Umbrella (ft. Jay-Z)Sparks - Dick AroundThe Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your MotherThe Killers - When You Were Youngthe presets - if i know youThe Thermals - A Pillar of SaltThe Raconteurs - Steady, As She GoesThree 6 Mafia ft. Project Pat - Poppin My CollarVeronicas - Hook Me UpYoung Jeezy - My PresidentZombi - Spirit Animal
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion GumBelphegor - Bondage Goat Zombie
― bearotaur say "I am so sorry" to me! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
despite being one of like 3 Devin Townsend fans on ILM I haven't heard OF that one let alone heard it! also yes, I need to hear Gay Witch Abortion, as has been discussed. FOTL are great and I've seen them live and they were great live too and really funny between songs!
I've heard and liked Psychoscout too, would you believe. I put it on a few times during my stint at that classical and jazz store because the cover looked promising. Sold a few copies! One of the better nu-jazz acts - need to relisten.
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 02:36 (thirteen years ago) link
That is devin townsends pop masterpiece and no, I am not being at all tongue in cheek
― bearotaur say "I am so sorry" to me! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I can well believe he made a pop masterpiece! Dude was in The Wildhearts after all. Plus he's one of the great modern producers.
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, and he wrote 'Hide Nowhere' which is nothing if not a mile-wide slab of pure fucking pop genius
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 02:39 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGvi6GeXnLg&feature=youtube_gdata
― bearotaur say "I am so sorry" to me! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link
holy shit
^_______________________________________________^
I didn't think it'd be THIS pop!! awesome x20
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah that's prob my favorite track, but here is something to appeal to the blood inside voter in you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUtMdDSUFM8&feature=youtube_gdata
Be sure to lock in for the full 9 minutes, things will get good and weird
― bearotaur say "I am so sorry" to me! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I just listened to the opening track and yeah this is good shit - about to bed in with yr suggested dementia tho
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 03:08 (thirteen years ago) link
when that dance-beat takes over I am like O_O
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link
this whole album is massively dope
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i know! now of course there are 2 of us who give a shit about it, but man i really wish it had gotten more of a foothold. lady who is singing was in "The Gathering" who i never gave a shit about, but man she works well on here, and the vocal harmonies are just O_O. Really well written, prob too pop pretty for the metal dudes, and too metal for the mainstream so obscurity here we come.
― bearotaur say "I am so sorry" to me! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
thinking i should maybe resurrect the blog w/a youtube laden countdown of stuff i voted for (although some of it will prob not be anywhere, they only pressed 1000 of that Paleo album iirc).
― bearotaur say "I am so sorry" to me! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
btw just to derail and talk some more about Ellen Allien/Apparat/Modeselektor, this is Apparat's "Arcadia" off of Walls which I think is really awesome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3bkmD-70e4
― Hot Tub Fellatio Machine (HI DERE), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
thought of doing the countdown here and then realized "hey how many threads can i start about me and my fascinating opinions before i become king douche" was a valid question. xpost
― bearotaur say "I am so sorry" to me! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Bend It Like Bender! is currently rocking my sweet world like a giant male/female duetted popsharktopus
Really well written, prob too pop pretty for the metal dudes, and too metal for the mainstream so obscurity here we come.
well, speaking of which, have YOU heard...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK_trE9qdfY
I've been going mental for the record that's on for the past week. Very different production-wise to Devin's work (or anything else ever made), but equally kickass.
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmmmmm. thats going to have to grow on me i think, first listen didnt catch me (despite shouty childrens choir bits, which seem to be in that "sounds i like" category most of the time.)
idk, lead vocal has that post ministry pixelated thing going on thats tough for me to deal with anymore so
fair notice: stuck listening to it on the internal iphone speakers so theres i am sure much going on that i am not hearing.
― bearotaur say "I am so sorry" to me! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
ha at first I thought you were talking about the Apparat track and I was all "...waht"
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
it's one of the most wilfully distorted, fucked-up recordings in the history of pop-metal, I'll give it that - maybe you'd prefer their cleaner recordings! endless, nameless was very much a 'fuck-you' experiment - I just happen to love it in all its abrasive glory
slightly low quality but what can ya do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPs02a1bie0
If that fails, I'll get back to praising Devin Townsend, and not a word more of this shall e'er be spoken
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
LJ, did you ever hear Black Moth Super Rainbow? Their Dandelion Gum album kind of comes across as Boards of Canada on ecstacy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYQMs_zXF9k
also they are willing to go much creepier than anything I've seen from BoC (whom you know I love):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC6aAs4kkbY&feature=related
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Lollipopsichord starts off sounding like every band Pitchfork has 'broken' for the past 5 years, finds a flute and some meaty synths, doesn't come from anything remotely like the same fragile pastoral-hip-hop sound-world of BoC, has some mysterious vocals, ends. Nonetheless, I refuse to discount them.
Sun Lips is much better - like, MUCH better, while still being a bit garishly this-must-belong-to-some-wave-right. I like the video, even if it is a bit silly. The flute works really well this time. Even less BoCesque. Got a sorta psych-folk vibe, just done with synths. I bet they read their blogs.
Still, I may give their stuff a proper go...
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i have started this countdown thing www.jjjusten.blogspot.com
― bearotaur say "I am so sorry" to me! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
was gonna say Resolve! is my new fave track but tbh there isn't a song that's any less than balling on Addicted and that is glorious truth
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
just wanted to post and thank JJJJusten for "Bondage Goat Zombie" - because this is why i don't vote in polls like that one, because the likes of Bondage Goat Zombie has no chance of winning
― sarahel, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i live to make the lives of others better in some small way
― bearotaur say "I am so sorry" to me! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
btw JJ the 'big reveal' was gonna be that Devin Townsend is an ex-member of The Wildhearts and the two are mutually enamoured of each other in a big sorta way - 'Resolve!' is a Wildhearts tribute, in fact
I have absolutely no doubt you'll go ape for quite a lot of Wildhearts material (if not necessarily the distortion-bomb blow-out) so take it as a VERY strong recommendation
― RIP la petite mort (acoleuthic), Thursday, 15 July 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
joanna newsom just placed in the 2010 so i thought id better bump this to avoid being a shitheel on the main thread
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link