wait, they spent more words on Liv Tyler's outfit than they did on the band and their set
lol
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Monday, 25 October 2010 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i made yall a mixtape
http://bit.ly/ghostbusting
― O Let's Group Doueh (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 28 October 2010 12:17 (thirteen years ago) link
smh
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link
haw
― O Let's Group Doueh (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:07 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ Agree w/r/t all female band BUT surely all of this stuff is far too style mag to get away with flirting with offensiveness in a manner actually equiv to death metal et al. The fact they're already distancing themselves is evidence of this. It just seems so smug-indie which is the really offensive part surely.
― Tim F, Thursday, 21 October 2010 13:04 (1 week ago) Bookmark
See, before I read anything about them, Salem seemed to me to fit in ostensibly with the death metal/industrial/darkwave continuum (possibly encapsulating horrorcore etc), and in a way they still do. So I don't feel particularly shocked by terms like "rapegaze", when people like VSnares, Throbbing Gristle and countless others also play with irreverant sexual/violent imagery as part of their steez. I also don't know if my opinion of Salem et al has been sullied by threads like this, but I find it confusing that many people equate them with bad hipster culture - I don't hear or see this in anything other than maybe the odd interview comment and certain sartorial choices. The only "hipster" act I would really relate them to is Crystal Castles. These people just aren't fashionable enough to be hipsters.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
you're one of those posters that doesn't think they're a hipster, right?
― O Let's Group Doueh (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe they're just juggasters.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i made yall a mixtapehttp://bit.ly/ghostbusting― O Let's Group Doueh (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:17 AM
― O Let's Group Doueh (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:17 AM
(((((((d-_-b)))))))
― markers, Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
xposts It reminds me of when people started calling Sunn O))) a hipster band, just because their sixth or seventh (can't check right now) album suddenly got Pitchfork plaudits after years and years of them simply being ignored by anyone outside the metal/noise scene.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
except SunnO)))'s big coming out party for their band wasn't at the Fader Fort
― like reindeer bitch we blitzen (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
― O Let's Group Doueh (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:32 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
being a british suburbanite, i only really hear about hipsters through the internet, but i wouldn't deny being one because i'm interested in fashion and music. i think i was behind you on the hipster clusterfuck thread, whiney.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link
good man, dog latin
― like reindeer bitch we blitzen (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
PS:http://www.chicagoreader.com/images/blogimages/2010/03/20/1269103721-p1110980.jpg
Whether that's hipster or not, I'm not one to judge; but they look like roadies at an Ugly Kid Joe concert. Is this cool now?
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
no
(but sadly, yes)
― lol tea partiers and their fat fingers (HI DERE), Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Salem vs. Die Antwoord
― Capt. Extra Tomato (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been listening to the Water EP. I really like this.
― corey, Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Do yourself a favor and avoid the clips of them playing live.
― lol tea partiers and their fat fingers (HI DERE), Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
No that was the first thing I heard and I was like "what is this shit" but this is surprisingly enjoyable. It doesn't seem too far for me from say Garlands.
― corey, Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Of all things to compare them to.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay that just seems insane to me, if only because there's nothing about Garland that says "dub-influenced low-end"
― lol tea partiers and their fat fingers (HI DERE), Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
that's ok I don't expect anyone else to agree
― corey, Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway I'm listening to King Night and the comparison seems less apt
― corey, Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
"Sick" reminds me of "Bob George" from The Black Album but in a not good way
― corey, Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay I listened to all of King Night — they've definitely got a precise idea about their style, but there seems to be little variation within that style. I enjoy the hi-bpm slow tempi with the Dirty South-ish quick snare embellishments and the dreamy vocals but I think the rely too much on the same overdriven synth sound. The Yello rap vocals seem like a huge lapse in consciousness, but it could be that it only seems that way and they are being purposefully tasteless. The title track is probably their best and is genuinely scary in a childlike way — "O Holy Night" always seemed to me a creepy song and I think they understand that.
― corey, Thursday, 28 October 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
"Whisper words of wisdom...let it blow me."
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Friday, 29 October 2010 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Is Salem the rape gaze Beat Happening?
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Friday, 29 October 2010 01:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Insofar as Beat Happening is the rape gaze Monkees.
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Friday, 29 October 2010 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm not sure what you're talking about so w/e
― corey, Friday, 29 October 2010 03:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Can we just agree not to use "rape gaze" at all anymore?
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2010 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
ILM sans memes would be about three pages long.
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Friday, 29 October 2010 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
sans même
― corey, Friday, 29 October 2010 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, but ILM sans rape memes wouldn't lose more than half its posts and would be much more pleasant to read
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Friday, 29 October 2010 04:57 (thirteen years ago) link
or at least memes that aren't willfully opaque and anyone who hasn't drank the "lol hipsters" almond koolaid will understand
― corey, Friday, 29 October 2010 05:03 (thirteen years ago) link
salem more like so lame amirite
― dronestorm (electricsound), Friday, 29 October 2010 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
c'est-ILM
― corey, Friday, 29 October 2010 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
oh hey keep the rape jokes coming, guys! I can sb all day!
― captain extra tomato (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 29 October 2010 12:13 (thirteen years ago) link
(sorry I haven't sb-d anybody & nobody's used the r*** gaze word in like 23 hours)
― captain extra tomato (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 29 October 2010 12:22 (thirteen years ago) link
wasn't "rock n roll" just black slang for rape gaze anyway?
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Friday, 29 October 2010 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean I was using "fuck-core" in 2006, just saying.
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Friday, 29 October 2010 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
braggin 2006
― it's always random in wackydelphia (history mayne), Friday, 29 October 2010 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
(But I stole it from ILM).
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Friday, 29 October 2010 14:05 (thirteen years ago) link
they look like roadies at an Ugly Kid Joe concert
OTM IRL LOL
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 29 October 2010 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEAyHkFd6F4
― markers, Friday, 29 October 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
treat gaze
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
razorapple gaze
― corey, Friday, 29 October 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
A+++++
also i get a lil' of jay from jay and silent bob:
http://www.rustylime.com/content_images/clerks_ii_01.jpg
― underrated joe perry project albums i have sold (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
for all of the hoopla this album is actually quite boring and doesn't really incite much of a reaction from me - it's not like terribly bad nor is it some next level shit, and it doesn't even sound particularly "new" or "groundbreaking" or "different" or anything, I'm just not getting it at all guyz.
― humping and bouncing (The Brainwasher), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm kind of extremely disappointed that this isn't the worst shit i've ever hear or something, the way everyone has been talking about it
― humping and bouncing (The Brainwasher), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
the "worst shit ever" hyperbole is about their live show, not their recorded material
― lol tea partiers and their fat fingers (HI DERE), Friday, 29 October 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link