It seems that Salem released a full 12 track album (on CDR) in 2008 on Disaro Records in Texas. It was called "Fuckt." I'm assuming that it was released in an insanely small run (the label just lists it as "out of print"). It shows up on SLSK and as Rapidshare .rars, but in really shitty sounding rips (one seems to be a 96 kbps rip, and the other is, strangely, a 384 kbps rip (whatever that is) - both sound really bad). I guess none of the people who ever bought the thing were rip-savvy or whatever... how can I track down a decent sounding copy of this?
The obscurity of Salem's music in physical/digital form is obviously part of their mystique (last couple 7"s, "Ohk" and "Yes I Smoke Crack" were one time runs of 500 - both are selling for about 50 pounds on eBay). They do have the one ep on eMusic and iTunes, which is great.... I just want to hear more songs!
― Hobocamp, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/24/we-make-it-good-mix-series-v-11-salem
― jaxon, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 05:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess i meant to link this one (more direct)http://wemakeitgood.com/mix-series/volume-11-salem
― jaxon, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 05:44 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/09/fadersouthern-comfort-7-inch-series-11-salem-and-tanlines/
split thing with Tanlines, who I wasn't familiar with before. both are good songs.
― Ivan, Thursday, 24 December 2009 05:25 (fourteen years ago) link
tanlines is eric emm of the brothers and one of the dudes from professor murder. fun stuff.
― bum-sniff deviant (cutty), Thursday, 24 December 2009 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Have the potential to make either a half-way there disappointment or one of the coolest records of all-time
― dreamsonvhs, Friday, 8 January 2010 03:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I've seen it called Juke-Goth, goth juke and other variants. I have no idea wtf it means though.
PS: if you like it, you should also check out OoOoO. Search for it on The Hype Machine. There are also some good SALEM remixes. Great stuff.
― dikonstrukt, Friday, 8 January 2010 06:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i only really like the blends with rap vocals. can't seem to get with their own vocals much
― rionat, Friday, 8 January 2010 06:47 (fourteen years ago) link
in the nyt now
― just sayin, Friday, 8 January 2010 09:44 (fourteen years ago) link
so these guys are about to get big, right?
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), mercredi 7 octobre 2009 19:27 (3 months ago) Bookmark
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Friday, 8 January 2010 11:37 (fourteen years ago) link
According to the NME Radar special for 2010, the debut Salem album is due in May
― djmartian, Friday, 8 January 2010 11:43 (fourteen years ago) link
that butt interview is hilarious! somehow very "my own private idaho" meets electro scenester. they should call themselves Crystal Meth Castles.
― pshrbrn, Friday, 8 January 2010 12:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i really like these guys
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 8 January 2010 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
they just played in new york, wanted to go but I missed it. JW said they were pretty great when they did a show w/ excepter somewhere in the midwest last fall
― dmr, Friday, 8 January 2010 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I like their tracks under their name but have no desire to hear them remix gucci mane or any other rap shit tho
― dmr, Friday, 8 January 2010 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been saying for years that ether was due for a comeback.
― Reassuring Drops, Saturday, 9 January 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
courtesy of http://www.homo-neurotic.com/2009/06/23/salem-butt-bang-2009/#more-8661
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover1.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover2.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover3.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover5.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover6.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover8.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover9.jpg
― dreamsonvhs, Monday, 25 January 2010 07:53 (fourteen years ago) link
The more pictures I see of these people, the more I'm afraid this is going to be an RIP thread.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 25 January 2010 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I see what you're saying.
― dreamsonvhs, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 05:21 (fourteen years ago) link
not inevitablyhttp://www.booksincanada.com/authors/ChetBaker.jpg
― meisenfek, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty great. not them, but part of this whole genre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zYmPKAP18
― jaxon, Monday, 22 March 2010 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah tbh I find oOoOO more interesting than Salem for the moment
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 22 March 2010 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Here are several other oOoOO tracks on SoundCloud. Some of these are really good.
― bmus, Monday, 22 March 2010 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
http://illogicalcontraption.blogspot.com/2010/03/breaking-news-band-hyped-on-internet.html
― harry lame irl (Curt1s Stephens), Monday, 29 March 2010 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Was there ever a point when people thought Salem was going to all be about the live show? (That said, that video is godawful and I wish I could unsee it, because the awesome creep factor of those songs just got halved).
― Shannon Whirry and the Bad Brains, Monday, 29 March 2010 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
this mix sounds like they're playing rave songs (pretty lil rave girl) at 33 http://dismagazine.com/disco/3360/salem-mixraver-stay-wif-me/
and this is fucking greathttp://www.thefader.com/2010/04/22/ooooo-hearts-mp3/
― jaxon, Friday, 23 April 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
this album is pretty cool. the new salem album. it's weird. the c&s vocals work really well. like the horror movie vibe. so sick of getting edbanger-esque crapola in the mail and i feared this was more of the same. you would think that any group that mixes goth eurorave with dirty south beats would be making a bloody mess, but these dudes make it work somehow. there is still SOME justice-ness in here, but not enough to bug me. (in the red treble sickness being my least favorite modern dance music development)
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
this album is prhttp://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover1.jpg
― super sl0cki double dare (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm excited to hear this, even though that other "Witch House" thread made me revisit those horrific FADER YouTube videos.
I love the cover art:
http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2010/06/KINGNIGHT_COVER_LO-608x608.jpg
― Becky Facelift, Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I'll probably listen to the LP, but there's no way that at least half of this band's steez isn't the sort of self-mockery you as part of the audience is supposed to be in on. I mean, really, this quote comes from one of the Fader Fort videos:
You the one who's down with itY'all down with shitBut now my dick hard so go down on itHaaaaaaaah!So smoke it out
― ksh, Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
the song "sick" sounds like Cabaret Voltaire having a baby with DJ Screw's ghost. you can quote me on that.
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:57 (fourteen years ago) link
whiney would you please upload yrself saying "Like it or not, Iowa, for better or worse witch house is here to stay, mark my words"
― get your bucket of free wings (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i would totally be okay with this being the future of goth. it should be, actually. cuz its modern/dark/cool in a way that a lot of more, um, vnv nation kinda things aren't. (though to be honest i haven't listened to any recent darkwave/ebm stuff in a long time, so excuse me if it all good in that arena. i LIKE that Metropolis sorta thing.)
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:04 (fourteen years ago) link
HOW TO: One Surprising Way to Record and Release a Salem Jam of Your Own
(1) Listen to a lot of The Knife circa Silent Shout as well as that Fever Ray LP(2) Ramble into a microphone about whatever, preferably something less-than-coherent(3) Pitch shift the vocal down a couple of octaves(4) Set your keyboard to something spooky(5) Play random notes in the minor scale of your choice at a relatively slow tempo(6) Insert arbitrary beats you cook up in Ableton in 5 seconds(7) Send your .mp3 to some blogs(8) Be invited to and subsequently appear at a super hyped show and revel in the fact that you're basically taking the piss
― ksh, Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
i wouldn't really care abt this band if the guy wasn't tragically pretty
― plax (ico), Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty guy + random beats and vocals equals success. i got no problem with that.
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
this is much better than the major lazer ep i got in the mail too. but i was scared of that before i even played it when i saw the words "thom yorke remix" on the cd.
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Didn't Salem do an official remix for Thom Yorke?
― Becky Facelift, Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:29 (fourteen years ago) link
It's pretty great, actually (I guess it's a Radiohead song):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygEJ67ve41I
― Becky Facelift, Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
wish people would stop calling this goth. this kind of music has none of the earnest melodrama or campness of goth, it's all just too-cool-for-school barely can be bothered post-ironic posturing. not that this is a bad thing, just completely removed from what being goth is about imo
― wavestation (r1o natsume), Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
okay, fine, i'm gonna call it Dirty Southern Gothic House. feel better?
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://ferdyonfilms.com/Acre%203.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 June 2010 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Who's selling the LP?
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
― scott seward, Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:18 PM (3 hours ago
i will never have a problem w/ that.
― plax (ico), Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
its fucking Tonetta in American Apparel
― super sl0cki double dare (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 24 June 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
oh stop
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 June 2010 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
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― simon.thisisnotanexit, Monday, 26 July 2010 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Oooops. Meant to just post this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flmbBcfFOa8
you lying wit da fleshlyin' wit da bone
― my dream is to own a fly casino (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 July 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Totally just bought that 12" on the basis of that link.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i tried to give this a relisten lately and i couldn't believe how bad it sounded
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 00:08 (four years ago) link
i mean just in terms of the production, they should have hired someone to clean it up
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 00:09 (four years ago) link
we did this recently
defend the indefensible: Salem
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 00:11 (four years ago) link
I still laugh at this SXSW performance:
https://youtu.be/Ej7s8Bnq5_o
New article on stereogum about salem / witchhouse:
https://www.stereogum.com/2089949/witch-house-salem-king-night-turns-10/franchises/columns/sounding-board/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 28 September 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
skreets is watchin
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 September 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link
That pan across the audience at 1:57 is the best.
― Quiet Storm Thorgerson (PBKR), Monday, 28 September 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
xps that could be said of a lot of music c2010 tbf
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Monday, 28 September 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
that Fader video though..
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Monday, 28 September 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
Although it was overlooked in many reviews (including, regrettably, my own), King Night’s penultimate track “Tair” features a vocalist unspooling a druggy tale of criminal exploits that seemingly includes the following couplet: “These niggas calling me, it’d be rude if I don’t go.” The questionably reliable user-contributed lyrics site Genius appears to confirm Salem’s use of the word, but in a statement to Stereogum today, Salem refute that transcription; per the band, the actual lyric is “Think it’s calling me it’d be rude if I don’t go.”
Oh look, Salem is still full of shit
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 28 September 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
new salem is what the new opn wants to be? strange times ...
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Saturday, 31 October 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
i tried to give this a relisten lately and i couldn't believe how bad it sounded― the late great, Monday, September 14, 2020 7:08 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglinki mean just in terms of the production, they should have hired someone to clean it up― the late great, Monday, September 14, 2020 7:09 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― the late great, Monday, September 14, 2020 7:08 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― the late great, Monday, September 14, 2020 7:09 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
this struck me from the very beginning — lots of hard digital clipping iirc
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Saturday, 31 October 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link