is this band created specifically to do a double bill with Love & Rockets?
― eau de feet (sic), Saturday, 13 July 2013 06:58 (ten years ago) link
Instantly thought Helium but I think that there's more to that than girl + 90s sound.
― Evan, Saturday, 13 July 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
the sports ep feels v. helium to me
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 13 July 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link
who else is making music like this right now?
― j., Wednesday, 14 August 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
<3SO<3
― The Dance Twerking Was MADE So (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
Those sing-song vocals annoy me after awhile
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link
I want to like them, and she comes across as pretty bright in interviews and the band likes lots of 80s and 90s stuff I like, but that narrow vocal range holds me back. Maybe if I listen a few more times.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link
Also, Shark? might be up yr alley
― The Dance Twerking Was MADE So (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 17:35 (ten years ago) link
yes, "Shark?"
Solid stuff, I'm in
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 15 August 2013 03:05 (ten years ago) link
I wonder if the Pitchfork review set me up to expect more, hence my not being so blown away by this. After a bunch of listens, it's putting me in mind of bands like Autoclave (so pre-Helium) and Tsunami and such. Nothing wrong with it per se, but not something I'd get breathless about. I like the Fists album much more, if we're talking about 90's influenced (mostly) girl guitar rock.
― dlp9001, Thursday, 15 August 2013 16:02 (ten years ago) link
A Washington Post freelancer I respect and the W. Post's lead critic whom I also usually agree with are calling this an album of the year, and Pitchfork has it as a best of, and so I was expecting more too.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 August 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
really digging them right now -- have only heard the bandcamp stuff, not the new album...
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Friday, 16 August 2013 20:22 (ten years ago) link
I was very disappointed at first but 3-4 listens in I got hopelessly hooked. Cash Cab, No Below and the closer are my favorites.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 8 November 2013 03:49 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4yJWoViXoI
Sorry for being so obvious.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 November 2013 03:54 (ten years ago) link
They are from Massachusetts!
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 8 November 2013 03:57 (ten years ago) link
they are nice kids. they live around here. here they are in my record store a while back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe3bE0dTudE
― scott seward, Friday, 8 November 2013 04:00 (ten years ago) link
― j., Wednesday, August 14, 2013 12:13 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
P much everything on Exploding in Sound Records
― The Dance Twerking Was MADE So (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
Anyone into Real Hair?
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 17 February 2014 02:58 (ten years ago) link
Sadie is actually singing now
― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 17 February 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
^ first thought
American Horror is their best song yet.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 17 February 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
man, both times i've seen them in the last six months have been pretty disappointing. i can't really fault a band in their position - on the up, touring/travelling constantly, presumably under a ton of pressure - to be 100% into it at every show, but never before have I seen a band just like ooooooze "we really dont want to be here." they played like 6 songs both times. the songs are really good though so I'll see them again when they're in town. haven't heard the ep
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 17 February 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link
Anyone seeing them (hopefully play more than six songs) in London tomorrow?
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Monday, 17 February 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
first time i saw them, last august, full set (9 songs, but the show in january was def half as long). judge for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg26VqX0X_c
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 17 February 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
They were great! Played for the best part of an hour, did most of Major Arcana and a bunch of newer / older stuff. Seemed really pleased to be here - lots of pogoing and jokes about multiplayer Pokemon.
Definitely worth seeing at their other show tomorrow if anyone has the chance.
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 23:24 (ten years ago) link
they rule
― j., Wednesday, 23 July 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
this is such a standout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWMEtcGRoe8
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 6 October 2014 06:48 (nine years ago) link
they played a couple of new songs in boston on saturday night and i was into them
― maura, Monday, 6 October 2014 14:06 (nine years ago) link
^ good 90s revival lyric
― j., Monday, 6 October 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link
my pal matt r. is doing cool stuff since he left speedy. here he is with my pals jen and jeremy. he's been playing with the lentils too. and he's gonna go on tour with the group he has started with my pal olivia and my pal ted of feeding tube records/zebu/egg eggs. so, if you are in europe, go see them. he also has a rad tape label: http://www.hiddentempletapes.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNgorZBqMNo
― scott seward, Monday, 6 October 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
bummed that he's left the band for good it seems - he was great with Speedy both times i saw them
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Monday, 6 October 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
this new(ish) song 'the graduates' is so great, my gf keeps playing it at at random and i'm all 'hey this is awesome, what is it' every time
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Friday, 10 April 2015 06:50 (nine years ago) link
this band is the best
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 10 April 2015 12:34 (nine years ago) link
really odd + refreshing sense of melody in a US pop punk context
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Friday, 10 April 2015 12:40 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/arts/music/sadie-dupuis-of-speedy-ortiz-adds-pop-hooks-to-the-bands-sharp-edges.html?_r=0
She talks about Stephen Malkmus and more...
excerpts--
For its last album, Speedy Ortiz jammed the recording of 14 songs into four days. This time, Ms. Dupuis and her bandmates — Devin McKnight on guitar, Darl Ferm on bass, Mike Falcone on drums — worked for a relatively lavish three weeks...
What do you listen to on tour?
We tour really cheap, in a minivan, and the driver decides. Clipse is probably the biggest overlap. We get so burned out on hearing rock every night that we gravitate a lot toward pop and rap...
What other singers and lyricists have influenced your writing?
Fiona Apple does things with sentences over the course of a verse that I can’t even believe. So I’ll keep that in mind: “What would Fiona Apple do?” I also sang in a children’s choir until I was 16, and we would tour internationally. I was really into stuff that was harmony-heavy because that was what I was spending 10 hours a week doing in rehearsal. I’ve always thought Beyoncé’s vocal harmonies were really weird. A lot of the stuff in the choir was really dissonant, and she’ll do that — the harmony will be in a totally different key. Another one that is obvious to me but maybe doesn’t come across is Aaliyah. There were certain things on this record where I was like: “Oh, Aaliyah wouldn’t push this. She would do it calm.” And the reverse reverb that Timbaland would apply to her vocals, we used that on a couple songs.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 April 2015 14:34 (nine years ago) link
That interview has me curious about their new album
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 April 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
It's very good. Hear for yourself: http://www.npr.org/2015/04/12/398062996/first-listen-speedy-ortiz-foil-deer
― maura, Monday, 13 April 2015 15:14 (nine years ago) link
on the first song, this is literally bursting to throw all the melodies in your face
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Monday, 13 April 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
literally the point where postpunk emocore brad nelson music atomsmashes into imago melodyprog
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Monday, 13 April 2015 19:55 (nine years ago) link
first song has some serious Chavez vibes
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 April 2015 19:58 (nine years ago) link
^^^yes!!!
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Monday, 13 April 2015 20:00 (nine years ago) link
third or fourth song the low-key intertwining verse segments remind me of Slint a bit, or Slint style interplay applied to a pop song structure
(the one that says don't ever touch my ring you fool you'll be curse for a lifetime in the chorus)
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 April 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
there's definitely the hint of math in here, and it's way heavier than other records of its type
is this where I mention the Mitski album from last year too? check it out, srsly
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Monday, 13 April 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
not familiar w/Mitski
yeah i like this because it's definitely got great hooks and pop instincts but i hear elements the aforementioned bands, Polvo, etc that type of stuff without getting too in the capital-M math like Don Cab or A Minor Forest or whatever
guys
i love the 90s
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 April 2015 20:14 (nine years ago) link
yh me too
mitski album is my homework assignment for everyone on ilx who likes punk, emo or the 90s
― PORC EPIC SAVVAGE (imago), Monday, 13 April 2015 20:21 (nine years ago) link
Mitski is so good
― flappy bird, Monday, 13 April 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, April 13, 2015 3:58 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wow you weren't kidding
― call all destroyer, Monday, 13 April 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
how come this sounds so amazing and other indie rock records suck so much
― j., Monday, 13 April 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
o they are lovely live! started off playing the songs maybe 20% slower than on the record but then the weed wore off
they have such chops; they make a muscular racket with such clarity. awesome band
and they man their own merch stand! my gf and I gave Dupuis a note at the end recommending Cardiacs as she's such a Blur fan - hopefully she will give them a try!
― twunty fifteen (imago), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 23:25 (eight years ago) link
man i can't stand this band anymore. the whole hotline thing was so embarrassing, what a cynical push for a floundering album cycle. sadie's got a solo album coming out in november, the lead single is about consent, christ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd94YUSWplo
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 18:55 (seven years ago) link
wtf dude
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 18:59 (seven years ago) link
this bird has flown
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
She should start a synth pop supergroup with Kristin Kontrol.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 22:19 (seven years ago) link
tt has alerted me to Sadie's new album (as Sad13) Slugger - it's great! she's gone predictably in a more electronic direction ('she's been at the Ableton') but the songwriting is really strong, maybe just as strong as on Foil Deer. do give it a listen, even as this year continues to provide album upon album of true wonder
― imago, Monday, 14 November 2016 13:40 (seven years ago) link
the album by hellrazor (fronted by mike falcone, the drummer) is really great in a "meant to soundtrack skate-wipeout videos" way
http://lkhellrazor.bandcamp.com/album/satan-smile
― maura, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 00:36 (seven years ago) link
love the hellrazor album, it's gross
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:28 (seven years ago) link
whoa i was not expecting to like this but
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:46 (seven years ago) link
New Speedy Ortiz single! https://www.npr.org/2018/02/21/586560145/songs-we-love-speedy-ortiz-lucky-88 Album out April 27. Sounds like they've toned things down a bit for this one, but I'm still excited.
― Launch of new ILM school business management programmes! (tangenttangent), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
album stream! https://www.npr.org/2018/04/19/602233938/first-listen-speedy-ortiz-twerp-verse
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:54 (six years ago) link
It's quite good.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
(that's all I can say until next week lol)
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 April 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
A bit frontloaded maybe(?) but pretty solid, lots going on sonically
― Simon H., Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
i underrated "lucky 88" when it came out, that song rules
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
the back half is strongest for me, actually
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:05 (six years ago) link
"You Hate the Title" is the most obvious single they've ever recorded.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
i love "backslidin'" sooo much
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
yep
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 April 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link
I'm Blessed is amazing
― imago, Thursday, 19 April 2018 17:23 (six years ago) link
Opinion totally in character as it's basically a Speedy Ortiz mini-prog-suite
Whole album sounding great tbf
― imago, Thursday, 19 April 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
Only thing I'm not sure about is the new guitarist, but he seems pretty good. I did so like the last one though
― imago, Thursday, 19 April 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
is sad13 actually pronounced sad thirteen?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 September 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link
i think it's "sadie."
― treeship., Saturday, 26 September 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
i hope so
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 September 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
so, actually, it's sad13, according to spotify
people shouldn't believe me all the time. i feel that ilx considers me an indisputable fount of wisdom and --i have to say -- that's only 95% true.
― treeship., Saturday, 26 September 2020 02:49 (three years ago) link
oh, we know
Sometimes I have opinions without having all the facts
― Trϵϵship, Monday, November 5, 2018 11:54 AM (one year ago)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:00 (three years ago) link
lol, good find
― treeship., Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:02 (three years ago) link
i will say though, that is only sometimes. most of the time i have all the facts and more.
are you voting yes tho
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:03 (three years ago) link
in the faulknerian sense? like, do i believe in the survival of mankind?
― treeship., Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:08 (three years ago) link
evidently i cannot accurately gauge your emoness
probably for the best
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:10 (three years ago) link
i'm just drunk, dude
― treeship., Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:15 (three years ago) link
lol you think i'm not?
anyway literally every other ilxor would be shocked that you, like Peter, so casually disavow your savior
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:34 (three years ago) link
lol do ppl here really think i am a death cab for cutie fan--a teenager, preserved in amber, from 2001?
― treeship., Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:38 (three years ago) link
yes
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:39 (three years ago) link
that's cool i guess
― treeship., Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:40 (three years ago) link
there's a subset that wonders if you're cute (seriously), but if they dwelled too much on you, they'd just become misanthropes
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 September 2020 03:50 (three years ago) link
New album sounding good. "Cry Cry Cry" is huge, one of their best.
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Monday, 25 September 2023 02:53 (seven months ago) link
Her voice is great but Rabbit Rabbit album songwriting seems musically formulaic to me .
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 22:10 (six months ago) link