Ehhh. One gimmicky solid retro single, one instant classic, several halfassed tracks...
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
well, i'm not saying they're at the heights of say OJ da Juiceman or Kreyshawn
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I never said I was expecting a great album from kreayshawn
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
just OJ?
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Oj has more good songs than azari and iii. Maybe not any as good as "reckless", but def some at the level of "hungry"
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Or better
I thought your bias against contemporary rap production made that point invalid so I initially chose not to engage it
― lebroner (D-40), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
you're kinda funny
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
"Into The Night" is incredibly great too! I think I prefer it to Reckless but don't like it as much as Hungry. PLUS there's that remix of Eurodancer, they're all solid gold.
― jed_, Friday, 10 June 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I find myself reaching for the Prince Language version of "Into The Night" more than the original, it's such a perfect record.
I would love for this album to come out in both an "original" and "pitched up" format, the vocals sound so much better when set to +5.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Friday, 10 June 2011 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
so bummed that all the photos from their first Sydney Opera House show seem to have been taken after Cedric removed his enormous fuzzy hunting cap
― all cats are gay (sic), Friday, 3 June 2011 11:39 (1 week ago)
hey guys stop worrying! he was behind me in the queue for the bar just 14 hours after that post and:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/kitbrash/canadia_hat.jpg
― all cats are gay (sic), Friday, 10 June 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
:D
― The Reverend, Friday, 10 June 2011 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Just been listening to the album and liking it. But since I'm rockist that's probably the kiss of death.
― Trudi Styler, the Creator (ithappens), Sunday, 12 June 2011 14:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Saw their live show last night and it was pretty good - would have been even better if the sound had been configured so you could hear them singing and not just the bass, but the spectacle of it, particularly the dancing, was really fun. I think it also helps to think of them as being in vein of Cut Copy/Junior Boys rather than the likes of Tensnake and Aeroplane; they're more like a pop band drawing from dance, and that perspective helps make more sense of what they're doing.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:28 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, i will agree with lex and say that the two 'main dudes' were among the more nice and interesting interviewees i've ever worked with.
― bitch u ain't british (the table is the table), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
when i saw them dj it was p weak which has def colored my experience ... they played good songs & seemed like characters, but they just werent reading the crowd or something. idk maybe it was an off night
but they actually played much more like a tensnake/aeroplane dance-y style than a cut copy / jr boys one (if i get that dichotomy which im not sure i do), at least relative to classixx, who i had seen just before
― arachno-misogynist (D-40), Sunday, 19 June 2011 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
what they DJ isn't really an indication of how they play live.
(totally disagree with Cut Copy comparison though)
― underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have pwned (sic), Monday, 20 June 2011 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
the album is vg btw
undecided!!!!!!!
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, 20 June 2011 01:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't see them DJ so I can't comment, it was a live show with the two singing and the two at the back generating the music on their equipement.
I don't mean that they sound like Cut Copy or Junior Boys; what I'm trying to get at is that Azari & III's own catalogue seems to be about songs rather than tracks. I think it was Tim who said on another thread that "Reckless" is a great song that you could present in any form, and that's the impression I get from these guys - it's as much about songcraft and their identity as it is about producing dancefloor bombs, it just happens that they can do both simultaneously.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Monday, 20 June 2011 08:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Hercules & Love Affair probably a better comparison point?
Really want the album to leak in the next couple of days so I can be familiar with the songs before Glastonbury.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 June 2011 09:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Also <3 vogue-off in the crowd story.
xpost yeah that's the best comparison point, so obvious and yet I don't understand why it didn't spring to mind.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Monday, 20 June 2011 09:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Azari & III LP Stream
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 25 July 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
did this not get mentioned yet?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph9OiYmSHBU
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Monday, 25 July 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
art dept remix of "hungry for the power" is still my shit
the album's being streamed? EVERYONE GO AND LISTEN TO "UNDECIDED" RIGHT NOW because holy shit that song has been blowing my brains
― lex pretend, Monday, 25 July 2011 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Undecided and Tunnel Vision. This is not a disappointing album.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Monday, 25 July 2011 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, Manic is definitely the stand out track for me.
― viborg, Monday, 25 July 2011 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Undecided is interesting but a little rough sounding, I could see some incredible remixes coming from it.
― viborg, Monday, 25 July 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Ok..I actually didn't listen all the way through before. Did he just say "the final solution" in Manic? Wtf?
― viborg, Monday, 25 July 2011 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, undecided really develops!
― generous doler out of lollies (forksclovetofu), Monday, 25 July 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Manic is SO !!!by which i mean chik chik chik not EXCLAMATORYthough it's kinda that too
― generous doler out of lollies (forksclovetofu), Monday, 25 July 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
stoked
― night of the living based gods (flopson), Monday, 25 July 2011 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
LOVE this album.
― Spencer Chow, Monday, 25 July 2011 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link
this album is p hokey
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
how so?
it's a lot better than i was expecting. actually it's properly good, no caveats.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
makes me think of the first chromeo record. directionless pastiche w/out the songwriting. aside from reckless, obv, which is still amazing
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
obviosuly amazing but still only their 3rd best single imo.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
after what
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
hungry >into the night >reckless.
i have no idea if those are all on the album though.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
They are but no way are any of them touching reckless. "hungry" is exactly what i'm talking about wrt pastiche. And "into the night" works well as an intro track but no way is it as good a song... Its all buildup
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
i've never heard it on the album and so i don't think of it an an intro track. i really love it.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
This album is killer. The comparison to Chromeo is way off mark. It's not some ironic joke for students who wear flat caps.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
really that comparison makes no sense.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i dont think chromeo was an 'ironic joke' either esp by the 2nd album, but it was str8 revivalism much like this
azari's camp-revivalism is too cynical
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess there's never any way of determining a band's motives unless you're in the band, so fair enough, but I've been to see them live and it was a fucking blast. They obviously put their heart and soul into it, whatever their 'deeper' motivations may or may not be.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Which is certainly not something I could say about Chromeo.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
what do you mean, cynical? if anything you could accuse it of being too reverent but what's cynical about it? tbh i think you're just giving it a name like "camp revivalism" then criticising it based on the tag you yourself gave it.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
http://wac.47f5.edgecastcdn.net/8047F5/jamjar/jamjar/_cracks/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Azari-III-CD-packshot-602x602-sized-217-217.jpghmmmm....
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Come on! That's an awesome cover. It's slightly camp but in a straight up superb way.
― Rebekah Brooks Hardsonned My Hamster (Doran), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link