RANGDA (Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny, Chris Corsano)

i felt the same way! there was a guy there who i know would have known what i was talking about, but he was not the one helping me.

oh wow a new rangda record!

Just saw C. Corsano play solo last night and holy shit was that good. Dude is just great.

aye got a ticket for the london show

so is the new one better than the last (my only gripe with the last one was that the show was 100000000x better, but maybe that's just the nature of the thing)

lol okay i just had a similar conversation to LL's just now. called my local shop to see if they got it in and ask them to hold a copy for me.

me: "Yeah, I just wanted to see if you got the new Rangda album in?"
sleepy sounding dude: "Uh, who was that?"
me: "Rangda. R-A-N-G-D-A."
ssd: *types away* "Hmm, nothing coming up for that in the system. How was that spelled again?"
me: "R-A-N-G-D-A"
ssd: "Nope, nothing, not even an entry for other albums by them."
me: "That's weird, I know I bought their first album from you guys."
ssd: "What's the name of the album?"
me: "Formerly Extinct."
ssd: "Oh yeah, here it is. We've got a couple copies. It's actually spelled R-A-N-G-D-A."
me: *slaps forehead* "Okay, cool, thanks."

fwiw, dude was super friendly and helpful, was just a funny exchange and made me think of LL's post.

haha!

btw, the album hasn't really electrified me all that much, but i like it. i guess anything is going to sound minimal after listening to a bunch of SWANS. the sound seems to be a little heavier on the sir richard this time? the drumming isn't nearly as crazy as i remember it?

anyway, i like it and hope that they find a way to tour again. the show was GREAT and corsano is really fun to watch.

on my First listen now and i like this a lot. i

yeah love this, not sure if it's as good as the first one, but really strong. i do know what you mean about corsano being a bit reined in -- i almost imagine he thinks of rangda as his most non-out-there project.

btw, bishop has put up a bunch of his albums for free download over here: http://deliradio.com/sir-richard-bishop
not entirely sure what the deal is, but he was tweeting about it, so i assume that's what he wants!

Kinda feel like this project is a grab at straight-ahead power trio rock format for all three of these dudes.

Not that that's what it equals up to, of course.

yeah that is true

oh wow he is releasing a record with David Oliphant(Maybe Mental, Life Garden)!!! That guy rules. They must know each other from the old Phoenix/Placebo days.

long chasny/bishop chat here
http://bombsite.com/issues/121/articles/6769

Great chat there. Love Chasny the guy so much. Super nice but no bullshit (other than the good kind i.e. a sense of humor) and a real cool insight. Bishop is of course from another planet or something.

yes, great read

BC: You would think that, but I had to put on 12-gauge strings recently and, man, did I suck. I use 10s, same as Angus Young. He plays guitar in a band called AC/DC.

RB: Never heard of him! I bet he dresses funny.

I lol'd. Also 12-gauge is horrible, I tormented myself with those for years.

The tuning discussion was hilarious.

Saw these last night. So much better live than on record and the records are pretty great.

Does anyone know their tour schedule?

apparently a west coast tour is planned for february.

YES

'bout time

will see

:(

;_;

i got a message from ilx robot regarding rangda, but i don't know if a real person sent this or if someone is i dunno marketing or whatever?

http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/the-chronicles-of-rangda-according-to-chris-corsano
pretty good interview. mention of a possible live record towards the end?

I still don't know where/who that message came from.

mysterious. they just wanted to talk about rangda?

It was a recommendation for another record but it sounded kinda like a marketing ploy -- but why would anyone use me for their promotional target? So I figure it must be a normal ilxor. Just don't know who!

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surprised there isn't more post-release discussion in this thread. loving the new album, but i never gave the first one a ton of time, so maybe my perspective is different.

is the first one better, according to hardcore Rangda-o-philes?

i think the first one is better, but the second one is great, too. i just want these guys to make an album every month.

The first one is definitely more improvy and less songy. If that seems like it would appeal to you, I recommend it! I like it.

I definitely prefer the first one. The 2nd seems a bit restrained in comparison, which is not really what I want from these guys.

I feel like all three of them took the opportunity to freak out a lot more on the first one; the second one is more organized/normal.

rangda and blues control at eagle rock center for the arts, feb 22! i'm so there.

http://www.songkick.com/concerts/14991154-blues-control-at-eagle-rock-center-for-the-arts

did we talk about this? http://www.badabingrecords.com/store/products/pre-order-dead-c-randga-split/
still need to see rangda, but richard bishop is playing near me next month, so i'll take it!

whoa thanks for that Badabing update!

lol i really was thinking just the other day that rangda have the same line-up as the dead c

this split LP is sounding goood, just put the Rangda side on the good turntable to rip it. What I initially thought was vinyl distortion turned out to be Corsano doing some kinda muffled cymbal thing at the beginning.

I just picked up "Formerly Extinct" the other day and am loving it, though in an odd turn of events they released their 1st album second and 2nd album first kind of.

Also just got the Rangda/Dead C split...the Rangda half is good....the Dead C side is like some real prime slab from them, awesome

yeah i dig that split.

speaking of which could any of you guys hook me up w/ mp3s of this thang? i'm not set up to rip 'em.

I think I might like "Formerly Extinct" more then the first one

Hey tyler I can hook you up with that, I'll email you later tonight.

sweet, thanks dude!