Exactly the same as 'a passing spacecadet' really, haven't heard anything from Ticket Crystals on. Voting confidently for Lapsed, what a beast!
― La descente infernale (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 13 February 2011 23:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Kinda wish I could vote for a live-in-concert option...
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 February 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
if they could capture on record what they do on stage, that would be my pick too. isobel (and her flute) works better for me in person, for sure, riding that sound they build
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 14 February 2011 00:18 (thirteen years ago) link
They haven't toured the West coast in forever, considering I got into them big-time circa Dilate and still have never seen them.
My fav era starts with Set up till On The Ellipse, I've kept up with the main albums as much as I can, but they've have felt very hit/miss for me. I like Circuit VIII a LOT, though, since it's very much from the Set/Lapsed era psycho-crunch.
― Asparagus Peee (Leee), Monday, 14 February 2011 00:28 (thirteen years ago) link
(though I might take either Hash Jar Tempo above any of these)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― blond BBQ teen chipotle while angus bacon movies (crüt), Monday, 14 February 2011 00:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Amanita will likely always be my favorite Bardo Pond album. It was in the right place at the right time.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 14 February 2011 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey that's pretty much what I was going to say! But Amen 29:15 deserves some respect for being monumental.
― stately wang manner (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 14 February 2011 03:09 (thirteen years ago) link
This is impossible.I love this band so so so so much. I've seen them live maybe a half-dozen times. I love them. I haven't even heard all of these records due to my format prejudice, but i have never heard a bad record by this band.
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Monday, 14 February 2011 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
BIG LAUGHING JYM
I have literally never seen a copy of this. Reissue time.
― stately wang manner (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 14 February 2011 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link
It was the first Bardo album I owned! Pretty lowfi iirc.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 14 February 2011 03:25 (thirteen years ago) link
(all my cd's were stolen out of my car senior year in high school. Pretty sure Big Jym was a casualty)
― Trip Maker, Monday, 14 February 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
dilate. not real picky when it comes to these dudes tho
― adam, Monday, 14 February 2011 04:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I have BLJ. (It's OOP? Explains why there's a new copy going for $50 on Amazon (used for $9 though).) Except for "Dragonfly," not much memorable on it.
― Asparagus Peee (Leee), Monday, 14 February 2011 05:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 20 February 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Set & Setting or On The Ellipse for me...
― Asparagus Peee (Leee), Sunday, 20 February 2011 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd vote for the "LSD POND" thing they did with LSD March if I could.
― ryan, Sunday, 20 February 2011 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
not going to vote because I haven't heard many of these, but Ticket Crystals was what stuck with me. the only one I still play with any regularity. haven't been able to get into the s/t either.
― rockapads, Sunday, 20 February 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Leaving aside the early cassettes, I've heard ALL but 2-4 of these. (Also own LSD Pond, and a fistful of side/affiliated projects.)
― Asparagus Peee (Leee), Sunday, 20 February 2011 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
thats a lot of albums
― billstevejim, Sunday, 20 February 2011 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link
You're telling me.
― Asparagus Peee (Leee), Sunday, 20 February 2011 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man just saw this poll
gotta go dilate as hearing "two planes" as my first bardo pond tune just totally did my head in, instant fan for life. agree the hash jar tempo and lsd pond releases are worthy & missing. likewise w/ the tom carter collaborative live thing. used to have the prairie dog flesh, vapour theories, 500mg stuff too but then sold it. i think i had like 25+ bardo things on my shelf. went a bit overboard there for a while!
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Sunday, 20 February 2011 03:09 (thirteen years ago) link
ahh dont forget -- alasehir/alumbrados, those are pretty good too
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Sunday, 20 February 2011 03:10 (thirteen years ago) link
went a bit overboard there for a while!
Makes sense to go overboard with Bardo, hah. You got me beat, too: I only have 19 Bardo-related things on my shelf.
There's no Cypher Documents either, and that's straight up real Bardo. :(
― Asparagus Peee (Leee), Sunday, 20 February 2011 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
(19 not counting various boots I have hidden everywhere.)
― Asparagus Peee (Leee), Sunday, 20 February 2011 04:15 (thirteen years ago) link
voting Lapsed and only own four albums, all from the mid 90's. need to listen to the new one.
― World Series champion San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Sunday, 20 February 2011 04:33 (thirteen years ago) link
These guys should win an Album of the Year Grammy.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Sunday, 20 February 2011 06:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted for the wrong one. :(
― Asparagus Peee (Leee), Sunday, 20 February 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Of course they're all great, but a curveball vote for me this poll - 'Ticket Crystals'
― BlackIronPrison, Sunday, 20 February 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Wtf is up w people in this thread? New one is great. Fantastic, even. Making me regret once again not voting in the past end-of-year poll.
― kingkongvsbasedgodzilla (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 20 February 2011 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
its great. just ignore leee..
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 20 February 2011 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Right on Algie!
― kingkongvsbasedgodzilla (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 20 February 2011 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 21 February 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought Lapsed would walk this
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 21 February 2011 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
set and setting is the one i heard first and probably still my fav
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 21 February 2011 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
4 votes for the new one is kind of a shocker! who else voted for it???
― if music be the fuiud of love then piss off (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 23:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i did. i don't know their catalogue real well—a couple-few of the late-90s ones that i heard then (ok) or revisited in recent years (to better effect), recent ones like 'peri' that i enjoyed a lot, and the new one. they've always struck me as pretty awesome when they're awesome and not-quite-heavy-or-messed-up-enough when not, a little inconsistent at what i was getting from them, but lately they've been more satisfying to me and the new one seemed to really hit a zone even on the kinds of songs i would have been impatient with in the past.
i think it's partly a drums and bass thing—have they sorted out their rhythm section a little better now?
― j., Wednesday, 23 February 2011 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds like i rly need to hear the new one!
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link
have they sorted out their rhythm section a little better now?
God, I hope not.
― curation and dilletantage (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 03:41 (thirteen years ago) link
P4k gave it a 6.5, which really got on my nerves...I dunno enough about them either but I think you're right j, the new one hits a sweet spot and stays there...
― if music be the fuiud of love then piss off (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 03:50 (thirteen years ago) link
still love the new one, but if I had the chance, I would change my vote to "Set and Setting"
― schizophrenics think I'm hilarious (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 6 May 2011 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
solid line-up for lucky nyers
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/2255
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 2 June 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
that show is so goddamn early i'm gonna miss mtns & pond because of work. love metal mountains; one of my fave bands at the moment.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess you're also gonna miss Guided By Voices, White Fence, Thee Oh Sees, Eleanor Friedberger and Spectre Folk who are all playing different shows that night.
Busy weekend.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i would rather see bardo pond than all those, although god bless robert pollard
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I would too probably, that weekend is crazy though. Not to mention this Oneida thang:
http://enemyhogs.com/site/index.php?id=365
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
good interview w/ one of the Bardo guys on altered zones -
http://alteredzones.com/posts/1398/artist-profile-bardo-pond
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 3 June 2011 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
jason kourkounis is a monster
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 19 June 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
their latitudes release from last month, yntra, is unbelievable
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
wtf didn't even know about this, RIP their web presence.
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
Don't even know how I can pick up their last vol. CD-R!
― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
Acid Guru Pond is on Spotify!
― Duke, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:30 (seven years ago) link
bardo pond are playing at a very small venue this weekend two nights in a row -- i am going to miss the first night because richard pinhas is also playing a very small venue but should i make an effort to catch bardo pond?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
I've never seen them live. But based on their records - yes!
― Duke, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link
well yeah i mean i obviously like their records i just wondered what their live show is like
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
liiiiike are they gonna play pharaoh sanders covers or are they going to play one note for 45 min or all of the above or ?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
AFAIK they play stuff from their albums, the weirder skronky stuff is saved for like Third Troll or other side project names.
― Godspeed You! Black Widow (Leee), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
seriously thinking about driving up to Chicago for the sunday show...that place is really tiny, though? i mean...could be cool, but could be terrible. a recent live set on nyctaper had a mix of recent, new, and old stuff, all of which sounded greeeeeat.
― dronestreet, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
it's definitely small, yeahalso the sat nite show is being billed as Alumbrados?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 20:32 (seven years ago) link
Alumbrados is going to be skronkier!
― Godspeed You! Black Widow (Leee), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 21:34 (seven years ago) link
I've only seen Bardo Pond once, sadly, but it was a great show. Big oceanic waves of titan hippie groove
― "raw buttin' these toilet seats" (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 23:15 (seven years ago) link
i love this band
― marcos, Tuesday, 4 October 2016 23:55 (seven years ago) link
i kind of forget about how much i love them
Dang, Saturday night in Chicago is going to be a tough one!! I guess I'll figure it out.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 October 2016 23:58 (seven years ago) link
under the pines is killer
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 20 April 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
More of the same, yes? (Would totally be down with that, btw.)
― Sadavir Entwhistle (Leee), Thursday, 20 April 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
yeah except no super-long jams
― na (NA), Thursday, 20 April 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link
it's the closest thing to a pop album they've ever released, and it totally works
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 20 April 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
I think it's great though I must admit I never heard the last couple
― Odysseus, Thursday, 20 April 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
the 'acid guru temple' thing from last year is worth your time
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 20 April 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link
Oh yeah, that's a jam, thanks for reminding me to buy it though!
― Sadavir Entwhistle (Leee), Thursday, 20 April 2017 23:58 (seven years ago) link
Listening to the new on Spotify -- I swear I've seen "Crossover" on an old compilation or EP.
― Bashir-Worf Hypothesis (Leee), Thursday, 4 May 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
"Crossover" appeared in set-lists in early 2016. Any earlier?
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 5 May 2017 02:19 (seven years ago) link
Listened to Under the Pines again and I'm not feeling it. HOWEVER, Curanderos (I guess an EP?) is exactly my kind of jam.
― Leee Media Naranja (Leee), Friday, 28 July 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
curanderos is really good
― marcos, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
yeah it is. took me way too long to listen but now oh man
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
there is a god
http://thekey.xpn.org/2017/11/20/bardo-pond-kailash/
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 30 December 2017 01:00 (six years ago) link
Too short!
― Leee. Earl Grey, hot. (Leee), Saturday, 30 December 2017 02:06 (six years ago) link
power children
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link
And I will
― Rick Wokeman (Leee), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 22:39 (six years ago) link
Scaruffi:
Bardo Pond (2010) is a good display of both what they do best (the avalanche-like 13-minute The Stars Behind) and not so well (the self-indulgent 21-minute Undone).
Does he have ears? A heart, even?
― In a station of the metro / My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard (Leee), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 00:02 (five years ago) link
Big Laughing Jym reissued: https://bardopondmusic.bandcamp.com/album/big-laughing-jym
― Shoegazi (Leee), Friday, 21 June 2019 16:01 (five years ago) link
Two long-form, single-track, CD-only albums being reissued by Three Lobed: https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/adrop-circuit-viii
― dronestreet, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 14:15 (four years ago) link
Circuit VIII is good!
― Camina Burana Drummer (Leee), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
This arrived today, listening now, its great! Circuit VIII is indeed a monster, and the pressing sounds great. I missed these releases the first time around, glad they got this reissue
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 13:39 (four years ago) link
🔥
― j., Thursday, 11 June 2020 23:33 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL0N8nCdf2g
― Duke, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:41 (three years ago) link
Previously unreleased track from Amanita, which is getting a deluxe reissue
― Duke, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
https://thekey.xpn.org/2021/04/01/bardo-pond-amanita/?s=09
I thought it sounded like something from their early catalog!
― Ovid-19 (Leee), Friday, 2 April 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
I had no idea that they did this NTS thing SEVEN years ago: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/bardo-pond-live-in-session-22nd-september-2014
― A Frome of One's Own (Leee), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 22:48 (two years ago) link
Amanita remaster has a couple bonus tracks, and "Clean Sweep" sounds like Pixies x AMT.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
They really dialed up the skronk on these two tracks.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
gotta check those out
been really into the s/t 2010 album (fucking amazing!) and revisiting their early stuff lately, such a great great band.
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 11 December 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
They rule
― tobo73, Saturday, 11 December 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
A track that I just realize I loved is "Chance" on Peace on Venus, such a great balance of crushing noise and pretty, floating flute melodies.
― Fartleby the Scrivener (Leee), Thursday, 13 October 2022 20:22 (one year ago) link
Volume 9 out! I was a little bit worried having not heard new material in a long time (though this is stuff recorded from 2000).
Anyway, it's on the sedate side, but "War is Over, Part 2" is really something.
― Selune Gomez (Leee), Friday, 1 March 2024 18:49 (six months ago) link