"EVP Pop"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94IKAEAEBvE&feature=channel
― Jamie Harley (Snowballing), Friday, 10 July 2009 10:58 (fifteen years ago) link
This is my favourite track by these guyshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weDQIkGhEkY
― Number None, Friday, 10 July 2009 11:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Re: Salem In Rome - Metro Video OTM in a strange way. They came onstage after a serious set by Peter Christopherson (sp?) of TG/Coil fame where one of the pieces was accompanied by snuff footage from a 2nd-hand cellphone of a man being executed (didn't watch. I walked out after his warning to senstive audience members and just listened from the lobby). I filmed a bit of Salem's set and may Youtube it if I ever get an account together.
― Marcus Brody Ta-Dow! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 10 July 2009 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
This is NSFW I guess, and a little bit scary too :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi7HgmGgTpw
Also if you want to get in touch with Salem, here's where to write (according to the website) :Nick Vonrudolphsky inmate # m02899Vandalia correctionp.o. box 500Vandalia, IL.62471
― J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
So it's not the Israeli death metal band called Salem then?
― Neotropical pygmy squirrel, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
No this one is three guys from Chicago.
― J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/whytering
another goth crunk band. i guess this is like the opposite of chillwave
― jaxon, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 06:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Thx jaxon, this is really cool. Sounds so close to Salem I'd be surprised if there isn't some kind of connection.
― J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 06:26 (fifteen years ago) link
love how the thread's initial question has now been answered by "goth crunk"
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 07:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes "Goth Crunk" is indeed a very good way to decribe that genre. Well done Baaderonixx !
― J4mi3 H4rl3y (Snowballing), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 10:30 (fifteen years ago) link
The new sound for the 10ies!
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.buttmagazine.com/?p=2102
Here's a nice interview with John Holland, one of the members of the band.
the interview makes the band sound awful awful awful somehow, but I listened to one of the clips and it ain't half bad
― Ivan, Thursday, 10 September 2009 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
How did I miss their cover of 'Streets of Philadelphia'?
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Thursday, 10 September 2009 08:10 (fifteen years ago) link
that butt article is sooooo o_O
― jaxon, Thursday, 10 September 2009 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6q5ayn
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/01/salem-remix-gucci-mane/
― jaxon, Saturday, 3 October 2009 07:49 (fourteen years ago) link
so I'm kinda smitten with this band. Heavy rotation the past two days.
― Ivan, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
salem are great.
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link
so these guys are about to get big, right?
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 7 October 2009 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
yep, they should be on the front cover of the NME
― djmartian, Friday, 9 October 2009 11:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Big like The Knife, maybe, big like My Morning Jacket, not a chance. Because life is unfair and people are stupid.
Totally my favorite band of the year so far
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 9 October 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
It seems that Salem released a full 12 track album (on CDR) in 2008 on Disaro Records in Texas. It was called "Fuckt." I'm assuming that it was released in an insanely small run (the label just lists it as "out of print"). It shows up on SLSK and as Rapidshare .rars, but in really shitty sounding rips (one seems to be a 96 kbps rip, and the other is, strangely, a 384 kbps rip (whatever that is) - both sound really bad). I guess none of the people who ever bought the thing were rip-savvy or whatever... how can I track down a decent sounding copy of this?
The obscurity of Salem's music in physical/digital form is obviously part of their mystique (last couple 7"s, "Ohk" and "Yes I Smoke Crack" were one time runs of 500 - both are selling for about 50 pounds on eBay). They do have the one ep on eMusic and iTunes, which is great.... I just want to hear more songs!
― Hobocamp, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/24/we-make-it-good-mix-series-v-11-salem
― jaxon, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 05:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess i meant to link this one (more direct)http://wemakeitgood.com/mix-series/volume-11-salem
― jaxon, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 05:44 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/09/fadersouthern-comfort-7-inch-series-11-salem-and-tanlines/
split thing with Tanlines, who I wasn't familiar with before. both are good songs.
― Ivan, Thursday, 24 December 2009 05:25 (fourteen years ago) link
tanlines is eric emm of the brothers and one of the dudes from professor murder. fun stuff.
― bum-sniff deviant (cutty), Thursday, 24 December 2009 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Have the potential to make either a half-way there disappointment or one of the coolest records of all-time
― dreamsonvhs, Friday, 8 January 2010 03:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I've seen it called Juke-Goth, goth juke and other variants. I have no idea wtf it means though.
PS: if you like it, you should also check out OoOoO. Search for it on The Hype Machine. There are also some good SALEM remixes. Great stuff.
― dikonstrukt, Friday, 8 January 2010 06:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i only really like the blends with rap vocals. can't seem to get with their own vocals much
― rionat, Friday, 8 January 2010 06:47 (fourteen years ago) link
in the nyt now
― just sayin, Friday, 8 January 2010 09:44 (fourteen years ago) link
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), mercredi 7 octobre 2009 19:27 (3 months ago) Bookmark
― spiny doughboy (baaderonixx), Friday, 8 January 2010 11:37 (fourteen years ago) link
According to the NME Radar special for 2010, the debut Salem album is due in May
― djmartian, Friday, 8 January 2010 11:43 (fourteen years ago) link
that butt interview is hilarious! somehow very "my own private idaho" meets electro scenester. they should call themselves Crystal Meth Castles.
― pshrbrn, Friday, 8 January 2010 12:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i really like these guys
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 8 January 2010 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
they just played in new york, wanted to go but I missed it. JW said they were pretty great when they did a show w/ excepter somewhere in the midwest last fall
― dmr, Friday, 8 January 2010 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I like their tracks under their name but have no desire to hear them remix gucci mane or any other rap shit tho
― dmr, Friday, 8 January 2010 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been saying for years that ether was due for a comeback.
― Reassuring Drops, Saturday, 9 January 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
courtesy of http://www.homo-neurotic.com/2009/06/23/salem-butt-bang-2009/#more-8661
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover1.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover2.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover3.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover5.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover6.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover8.jpg
http://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover9.jpg
― dreamsonvhs, Monday, 25 January 2010 07:53 (fourteen years ago) link
The more pictures I see of these people, the more I'm afraid this is going to be an RIP thread.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 25 January 2010 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I see what you're saying.
― dreamsonvhs, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 05:21 (fourteen years ago) link
not inevitablyhttp://www.booksincanada.com/authors/ChetBaker.jpg
― meisenfek, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty great. not them, but part of this whole genre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zYmPKAP18
― jaxon, Monday, 22 March 2010 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah tbh I find oOoOO more interesting than Salem for the moment
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 22 March 2010 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Here are several other oOoOO tracks on SoundCloud. Some of these are really good.
― bmus, Monday, 22 March 2010 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
http://illogicalcontraption.blogspot.com/2010/03/breaking-news-band-hyped-on-internet.html
― harry lame irl (Curt1s Stephens), Monday, 29 March 2010 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Was there ever a point when people thought Salem was going to all be about the live show? (That said, that video is godawful and I wish I could unsee it, because the awesome creep factor of those songs just got halved).
― Shannon Whirry and the Bad Brains, Monday, 29 March 2010 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
this mix sounds like they're playing rave songs (pretty lil rave girl) at 33 http://dismagazine.com/disco/3360/salem-mixraver-stay-wif-me/
and this is fucking greathttp://www.thefader.com/2010/04/22/ooooo-hearts-mp3/
― jaxon, Friday, 23 April 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
this album is pretty cool. the new salem album. it's weird. the c&s vocals work really well. like the horror movie vibe. so sick of getting edbanger-esque crapola in the mail and i feared this was more of the same. you would think that any group that mixes goth eurorave with dirty south beats would be making a bloody mess, but these dudes make it work somehow. there is still SOME justice-ness in here, but not enough to bug me. (in the red treble sickness being my least favorite modern dance music development)
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
this album is prhttp://www.homo-neurotic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/salem-cover1.jpg
― super sl0cki double dare (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm excited to hear this, even though that other "Witch House" thread made me revisit those horrific FADER YouTube videos.
I love the cover art:
http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2010/06/KINGNIGHT_COVER_LO-608x608.jpg
― Becky Facelift, Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:53 (fourteen years ago) link
LMFAO!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7pRqaIX64
― markers, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
"Salem's cover of Alice Deejay's immortal trance anthem "Better Off Alone""
(((d-_-b)))
― markers, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
I'll start paying attention when they cover Ian Van Dahl.
― Admins did ILX Haven (crüt), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
this is apparently from a new ep they have coming out
― markers, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
does this band still exist?
― badg, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
naw...they're out on the skreets
― too many encores (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 15 November 2012 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― ya bish called wanda (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 15 November 2012 05:53 (eleven years ago) link
http://rapgenius.com/Salem-sick-lyrics#note-587099
― ya bish called wanda (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 15 November 2012 05:57 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktsBvDm9-Bk
no one seems to have posted this here yet. it's pretty amazing...
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Friday, 3 May 2013 11:17 (eleven years ago) link
i love seam
― groovy replacement (electricsound), Friday, 3 May 2013 11:32 (eleven years ago) link
after a few years of avoidance due to all the hype at the time of release, i picked the SALEM album up today.3 spins in ..love it.are they still working together, or have things fallen apart due to vice magazine related excess ..
― mark e, Thursday, 29 August 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
I think theyre still together. The album is great though. Also check out their remix of gucci mane's "round one"
― Treeship, Thursday, 29 August 2013 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
yeah .. i need to track that remix down due to the love on this thread.the album still sounds amazing.love the dark claustrophobia vibe.
― mark e, Thursday, 29 August 2013 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
a one off album i guess.
― mark e, Thursday, 11 February 2016 23:22 (eight years ago) link
To this day every time I hear "Fader Fort" I initially assume it's shorthand for the band's performance there, like it's some sort of "Never Forget" reference
― Evan R, Monday, 27 June 2016 21:04 (eight years ago) link
lol. Me too.
― how's life, Monday, 27 June 2016 21:42 (eight years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wWHhV5TDKnA
new mixtape
― boxedjoy, Monday, 14 September 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
gross
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 14 September 2020 22:13 (four years ago) link
Lol
― treeship., Monday, 14 September 2020 22:22 (four years ago) link
They're no Mora Prokaza.
― pomenitul, Monday, 14 September 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link
i tried to give this a relisten lately and i couldn't believe how bad it sounded
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 00:08 (four years ago) link
i mean just in terms of the production, they should have hired someone to clean it up
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 00:09 (four years ago) link
we did this recently
defend the indefensible: Salem
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 September 2020 00:11 (four years ago) link
I still laugh at this SXSW performance:
https://youtu.be/Ej7s8Bnq5_o
New article on stereogum about salem / witchhouse:
https://www.stereogum.com/2089949/witch-house-salem-king-night-turns-10/franchises/columns/sounding-board/
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 28 September 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
skreets is watchin
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 September 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link
That pan across the audience at 1:57 is the best.
― Quiet Storm Thorgerson (PBKR), Monday, 28 September 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
xps that could be said of a lot of music c2010 tbf
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Monday, 28 September 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
that Fader video though..
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Monday, 28 September 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
Although it was overlooked in many reviews (including, regrettably, my own), King Night’s penultimate track “Tair” features a vocalist unspooling a druggy tale of criminal exploits that seemingly includes the following couplet: “These niggas calling me, it’d be rude if I don’t go.” The questionably reliable user-contributed lyrics site Genius appears to confirm Salem’s use of the word, but in a statement to Stereogum today, Salem refute that transcription; per the band, the actual lyric is “Think it’s calling me it’d be rude if I don’t go.”
Oh look, Salem is still full of shit
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 28 September 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
new salem is what the new opn wants to be? strange times ...
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Saturday, 31 October 2020 17:14 (three years ago) link
i tried to give this a relisten lately and i couldn't believe how bad it sounded― the late great, Monday, September 14, 2020 7:08 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglinki mean just in terms of the production, they should have hired someone to clean it up― the late great, Monday, September 14, 2020 7:09 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― the late great, Monday, September 14, 2020 7:08 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― the late great, Monday, September 14, 2020 7:09 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
this struck me from the very beginning — lots of hard digital clipping iirc
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Saturday, 31 October 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link