hes alright live but p terrible in gen
lol @ covering all your bases here
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 15 August 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
retro of a different era (50s noir), and sounds vital/edgy.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, August 15, 2011 4:54 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark
^^^ is what did it for me, + knowin me and d,esq have similar tastes
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 15 August 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
xp Hype Williams is an original name, at least. What were some other names he was tossing around, Wolf Castles? Beach Bear? Crystal Beach?
Also, Hype Williams shits all over this dreck, sorry
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 15 August 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
Hype Williams is an original name, at least.
lmao
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 15 August 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
Holy shit
― 50000000 elves (blank), Monday, 15 August 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
cool dude but i kind of hate this stuff, makes u realize there was a reason 50's musicians were confident and poised and perfect and endearing rather than mumbly and volatile
― back in a .gif ;) (flopson), Monday, 15 August 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
xpost lollll
― just sayin, Monday, 15 August 2011 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't say it was a good name fer chrissakes. It's actually a miracle they haven't been sued yet. My point is that you're not likely to confuse a band called Hype Williams with dozens of faceless bands with animal-and-beach-themed names.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 15 August 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
that kurt gif is really hypnotic
― shannon goon (symsymsym), Wednesday, 17 August 2011 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
i like this dude. he's playing in sf this friday and i'd go if i wasn't already gonna be outta town
― jaxon, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
hair-based musichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OqjG2uL4X8
― bamcquern, Thursday, 18 August 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
ok finally hearing this
ctrl+f cramps 0 results
why
this is basically just grimier cramps with some sprinklings of suicide
lux interior always seemed like he was gonna stab you with his toy knife and then try to sleep with you
this dude seems like he wants to stab you with his real knife and then try to sleep with you
― steens furiously (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 18 August 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
this doesn't really sound like Suicide or The Cramps, so much as the music James, the motorcycle "dreamboat" records in Twin Peaks.
― sarahel, Thursday, 18 August 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
listen harder.
― steens furiously (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 18 August 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
seriously, you're telling me you don't hear any frankie teardrop in "speedway king" or human fly in "horses" and all over the rest of it?
― steens furiously (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 18 August 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
lord that cobain gif is awesome
― markers, Thursday, 18 August 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
irl lollin
okay, i can hear suicide similarities, but I dunno about Lux Interior/Cramps -- like The Cramps were pastiche of Orbison, Elvis, etc.
― sarahel, Thursday, 18 August 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
'this band sounds like another band!'
― Lamp, Thursday, 18 August 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
"this band sounds like another band who sounded like another band"
― sarahel, Thursday, 18 August 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
like The Cramps were pastiche of Orbison, Elvis, etc.
― sarahel, Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:40 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark
sure, but with a foregrounding of the uncurrent of creepiness in the latter
― steens furiously (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 18 August 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
and this is carrying that on
Bought a copy today. Listening now. It's fantastic.
― chromecassettes, Saturday, 17 September 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
it is. and his older stuff, which is now available on bandcamp, is just as good.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 4 October 2011 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
new stuff has a very different sound. abandons 50s vibe in favor of something more electro-y, maybe? certainly more propulsive. sax is distinctive on these new cuts.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 23 October 2011 10:43 (twelve years ago) link
― back in a .gif ;) (flopson), Monday, August 15, 2011 7:07 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark
badlands is a great album
― flopson, Sunday, 23 October 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
yep. one of my favorites of the year.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 23 October 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
it's so short, too
― flopson, Sunday, 23 October 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
well, i think it's technically billed as a "mini-album" or "extended EP," or something like that.
yeah, it's short.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 23 October 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
the old material he put out on various cassette-only labels (e.g., night-people; italian beach babes) is now available on bandcamp. it's also outstanding.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 23 October 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
Man. "Dune Walker" sounds like Iggy Pop and Steve McKay over a seriously reduced, almost fried Basic Channel track. And then the guitar starts.
― Frances HELL NAW (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 1 June 2013 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
This new album is incredible.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 10 June 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
i do not get this dude
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Monday, 10 June 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
Late at night working, seems just about perfect right now.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 10 June 2013 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
new album's really interesting, i like how he switched it up just a little bit, like another album of murky rockabilly would've been a retread but it's still super-recognisably dirty beaches
― flopson, Monday, 10 June 2013 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
This track is a highlight, especially the electro-doom second half:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonGD22sGKo
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
Just heard the August At Akiko's soundtrack and finding it difficult to believe this is the same guy. Some really nice jazz improv here. Was there talk about this album somewhere I might have missed? Also is it weird that Factory released this?
Anyone seen the film?
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 00:42 (four years ago) link
I've seen it! one of my favorites in recent history
― winters (josh), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 00:47 (four years ago) link
Ah, good to know! I'll seek it out. Thanks!
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 03:39 (four years ago) link