― you want pastrami? (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 01:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― tom west (thomp), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:02 (eighteen years ago) link
If you think of it real simply, like "I like this record by so-and-so and there are so many people who like it as well," then you think, "OK, I'm going to make a record inspired by that," but it's not going to sound the same, so you have to make a whole bunch of decisions in making your record, and each time you make a decision half the people who liked the original record won't agree with you, they'll want you to make the decision the other way. So you get a record at the end of it that 1 out of 16 people who liked that original record will like."
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=12126
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 24 August 2006 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― FACEBRACE (FACEBRACE), Thursday, 9 November 2006 22:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― diane airbus (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 9 November 2006 22:55 (seventeen years ago) link
"Mr Fried Burger, I Resume" has 27 Google results, 0 reviews and is also available as an app.
The guy's dived so far under the radar it feels like discovering a wonderful & completely unknown new artist, not the principal songwriter behind one of the most hyped indie bands of the previous decade.
Oh, and because he no longer gives one fuck what people think of him, he's taken to only releasing mad (certifiably insane) synth-rock operas. Coz, like, that's what he's always wanted to do (and has always done, except now they're even weirder)
It's one of the best albums of the year but I also fully expect to be the only person on ILX who thinks this
You can hear 3 tracks here: https://mfriedberger.bandcamp.com/releases but I bought the whole thing and found this to be an excellent choice.
And to think I only found this after being overtaken by a spontaneous pang of missing the Fieries and idly wondering what the old devil was up to...
― Yul Brynner playing table tennis with a deviled kidney (imago), Thursday, 3 September 2015 22:59 (nine years ago) link
I'd say this project alone pretty definitively killed any mainstream-indie interest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solos
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Thursday, 3 September 2015 23:45 (nine years ago) link
Wow- never even heard about that "Solos" thing. I like those "Mr Fried Burger" tracks on Bandcamp. May have to pull the trigger and buy it.
― o. nate, Friday, 9 October 2015 02:07 (eight years ago) link
i enjoyed parts of 'solos'
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 9 October 2015 02:13 (eight years ago) link
Saqqara Mastabas is the new band comprised of Matthew Friedberger of Fiery Furnaces and Bob D’Amico of Sebadoh. They’ll release their debut album Libras on June 3 via Joyful Noise Recordings.
Libras Track List:1. Walking Through The False Door2. Fixed By The Tiny Talons Of The Future Goddess3. No Escape For The Serfs On The Surf4. Uto On The Upswing5. Parade Of The Prisoner Priests On Parade6. Smoking On The Mountain, Embalming In The Valley7. The Failure (Of The Fencing Of The Underground Apart From The Apartment’s Part)8. Unknown Term For Butcher9. The Cosmetician’s Knife
― mizzell, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:10 (eight years ago) link
"Parade Of The Prisoner Priests On Parade" is very "Birmingham School of Business School"
― goodoldneon, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
omg yay
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
I did end up buying the Mr. Fried Burger album and found it pretty enjoyable, both the mini-operetta at the beginning, and the more rock-oriented tracks after.
― o. nate, Friday, 13 May 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
yeah you and i are responsible for 1/3 of its rym ratings lol
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Friday, 13 May 2016 08:29 (eight years ago) link
preview track off the saqqara mastabas album is great btw :)
It's oooooouuuuttttttt
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Thursday, 2 June 2016 23:11 (eight years ago) link
And it's only half an hour long! So I've just listened to it.
It's the oldest music in the world, you know. A charm of instrumentals from before anyone knew singing could exist
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Thursday, 2 June 2016 23:41 (eight years ago) link