Gang Gang Dance is complete and total crap, right?

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Am I wrong? I'm listening to this nonsense and I feel like the band is playing a joke on me. They're somewhere laughing at all the jerks like me who actually gave this piece of garbage a try.

Someone enlighten me. Someone show me the way to appreciate this. Or pat me on the back and hate it with me.

― Mackey, Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

they would be so awesome if they had a different singer. she cops yoko ono, which seems super-promising, but she's just so awful. its sort of nightmarish in the way it intends, but when you add the vox, it becomes infinitely more nightmarish, and not at all in a good way.

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

i downloaded, listened, deleted.

― Geoffrey Mark Maddock (cutups), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

i only saw them live - maybe my opinion would be slightly different otherwise.

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

shite.

― ddb (ddb), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

i thought they were crap (mainly because of their name) until i saw them live @ knitting factory this year, but they were really (really) great-- even better than the headliners, animal collective, and that's saying a lot. Maybe I would have liked AC better if they hadn't played, like, two songs of excessively droney crap the whole time.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

droney crap >>>>>>>>>>>> elephant 6 nostalgia >>>> gang gang dance

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 7 January 2005 01:11 (twenty years ago)

i like the fusetron album.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Friday, 7 January 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

It amazes me that Animal Collective gets called drone.

― Carl Winslow and Jeanne-Claude (deangulberry), Friday, 7 January 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)

TURN OFF ONE RADIO

― Carl Winslow and Jeanne-Claude (deangulberry), Friday, 7 January 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Just kidding. I haven't heard it yet. If it pisses off ILM I usually guess it's reasonably good; I am right maybe 55% of the time. What kinda stuff is this and what makes it "bad"? Or "nightmarish"?

― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Friday, 7 January 2005 02:01 (twenty years ago)

improv, atonality

― answerz (sexyDancer), Friday, 7 January 2005 02:02 (twenty years ago)

uhoh

― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Friday, 7 January 2005 02:14 (twenty years ago)

plus pitchfork hates it! -0.1

― Carl Winslow and Jeanne-Claude (deangulberry), Friday, 7 January 2005 02:15 (twenty years ago)

not so much the improv/atonality aspects as the "onoriginal" aspect of it bothers me. not even executed terribly well.

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 7 January 2005 02:23 (twenty years ago)

well, Sung Tongs isn't really drone-- but some of their earlier stuff and ESPECIALLY their live performances are very.... well, droney.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Friday, 7 January 2005 02:24 (twenty years ago)

You can tell Animal Collective are onto something purely from the genre-based arguments that their music inspires. Some people hear it as Syd Barrett-ish, others as Beach Boys-ish, others as some kind of hellacious Caroliner/Cro-Magnon style caterwaul-fest, others hear it as "noise"/"noize"/noise, others hear it as Romper Room nostalgic kinder-core . . . it's like the blind men and the elephant.

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Friday, 7 January 2005 03:18 (twenty years ago)

er and some people just hear it as nothing much soaked in lots of reverb and delay.

SORRY.

anyway, ggd, i like one of their songs okay, it's sorta dubby, but i can't see buying the album, personal politics notwithstanding.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 7 January 2005 03:20 (twenty years ago)

Campfire Songs was definitely drone. I'd say Sung Tongs has a few tonal "washes" cause I'm feeling wanky. But that could definitely be considered a pop record. Older Animcal Collective, as stated above, tended toward a more drone bent.

But about Gang Gang Dance: I've not seen them live. Perhaps that'd change my opinion, but I seriously doubt it. I could see this being somewhat engaging on stage. In the same way carwrecks tends to grab my attention when I pass by.

However, both of their records have done absolutely nothing for me. And it ain't like I loathe noisey stuff. This just seems like the din of a first grade classroom packaged and passed off as outsider art. That's fuct.

― Mackey, Friday, 7 January 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)

it's more the "two songs" bit of that "droney crap" that bothers me. every show i've seen or heard recently consisted of more than two songs and doesn't seem very "droney" to me ... more like a medley. anyhow, the comment reminds me of certain criticisms of the band that seem to say more about the listener hearing more than listening. but yeah, they're juvenile so they can't possibly be complex, right?

― Carl Winslow and Jeanne-Claude (deangulberry), Friday, 7 January 2005 03:54 (twenty years ago)

animal collective is SO NOT DRONE

― LSD ARISTOCAT (ex machina), Friday, 7 January 2005 03:55 (twenty years ago)

b-b-b-b-but the songs are so long!

― Carl Winslow and Jeanne-Claude (deangulberry), Friday, 7 January 2005 04:02 (twenty years ago)

They're an enchanted jam band.

― Mackey, Friday, 7 January 2005 04:07 (twenty years ago)

GGD varies wildly. I don't like much of their recordings, aside from Rugs of Prayer. But live sometimes they play these really interesting and great pop songs, which sound like they are coming from different parts of the world. Tim is a an amazing drummer, too.

― Magic City (ano ano), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:28 (twenty years ago)

And I can't believe stencil hasn't dropped this reverb nonsense. One of AC's best albums features nothing but guitars and voices without effects. And I don't rerally hear reverb on Sung Tongs. It's fine if you don't like them, but you need a new argument.

― Magic City (ano ano), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:30 (twenty years ago)

dude i have not heard their albums, just seen them live, which was a reverb-and-delay-(and not much else)fest. And it was clear I was joking above anyway, so lighten up. It's not like I killed your dog just because I don't like some band you like.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:33 (twenty years ago)

are you telling me my dog is dead?

― Magic City (ano ano), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:34 (twenty years ago)

dude, no, fido is okay. trust me.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:35 (twenty years ago)

stop callimg me dude. i don't even know you.

― Magic City (ano ano), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:37 (twenty years ago)

i call everybody dude, dude. even chix. stop being so testy on teh internet!!!

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:38 (twenty years ago)

o you were obviously kidding but I am really upset.

― Magic City (ano ano), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:44 (twenty years ago)

it's so hard to tell!!! perhaps more "emoticons" or whatever the kids call them.

I could banter all night, or at least until the caffeine wears off.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:45 (twenty years ago)

;)

― Magic City (ano ano), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:46 (twenty years ago)

that's the ticket!

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:46 (twenty years ago)

Anyway my only point was that they write actual songs, good ones, I think. I can understand that not coming through in the live show, though.

― Magic City (ano ano), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:48 (twenty years ago)

interestingly enough, i know the guy who engineered one of their records (uh, the latest one?) and that makes me curious, but I'd never buy. not until i get my headphones back, maybe.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:50 (twenty years ago)

you know rusty? i used to live with him for a little while. he was never around but was a swell guy.

― Magic City (ano ano), Friday, 7 January 2005 05:52 (twenty years ago)

rusty rules! i love you magic city, who are you? GGD are hardly complete and total crap.
SORRY.

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 7 January 2005 09:13 (twenty years ago)

I saw AC at both their North Six show and Knitting Factory show late last year...there was a greater degree of reverb and delay than on the albums, and elements of drone...but, in reality, the songs are becoming quite more intricate and less droney than previous full-band outings...they seem to be combining the experimental elements of HCTI with the melody of Sung Tongs and Campfire Songs...its possible that they're the type of band you have to have watched evolve rather than one you can make a judgement from seeing one show...but I'm surprised anyone could dismiss them as crap after seeing either of those breathtaking performances....Gang Gang Dance were intresting, but nothing I'll seek out a CD from

― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Friday, 7 January 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

not rusty, paul oldham. I can't really imagine GGD chilling out in Shelbyville, KY but weirder things have probably happened.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 7 January 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

i like ggd well enough based on the fusetron cd.

― reed (smile), Saturday, 8 January 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)

I bought the first Gang Gang Dance album, at least i think it was the first. It was self titled. I like it. My girlfriend doesn't.

Speaking of bands you suspect are a huge joke, the Junior Boys. Can someone please explain to me what that is all about?

― Daniel Spencer, Monday, 10 January 2005 13:22 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

new album is actually listenable!!

― a, Friday, 25 March 2005 00:08 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, someone was telling me they play actual songs now. I haven't heard any of it, though, so I can't be positive.

I don't trust it.

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:27 (twenty years ago)

No, I heard it, it's sounds good. It's all the songs I descibed above thusly:
"But live sometimes they play these really interesting and great pop songs, which sound like they are coming from different parts of the world."
But really they sound like they are being influenced by the sounds of pop songs from all over the world.

― mitch dub (ano ano), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:35 (twenty years ago)

http://www.urban.ne.jp/home/ubik/cinema/neverend.jpg

― Elric Gelfling (sexyDancer), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:37 (twenty years ago)

well shit if ian doesn't trust it, back to the drawing board...

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:50 (twenty years ago)

Kids these days...

― Mr. Harvey Weinstein (mr harvey weinstein), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:58 (twenty years ago)

http://servicios.elcorreodigital.com/vizcaya/pg040906/prensa/fotos/200409/06/091D1VIZ001_1.jpg

Ian, hard at work not trussin' it ... also, lampin'.

― Mr. Harvey Weinstein (mr harvey weinstein), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:59 (twenty years ago)

dan hougland: eat a dick. i'm sorry i do not like every trendy NYC shit band.

i smoke less rock than flava flav.

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:06 (twenty years ago)

methinks ian doth protest too much

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:07 (twenty years ago)

thanks for spelling my name right tho

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:09 (twenty years ago)

methinks dan has crappye taste in musicks. go listen to one ariel pink, brody.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:09 (twenty years ago)

blah, blah, blah. go listen to ariel pink or something.

xpost roffles.

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:09 (twenty years ago)

roffle!

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:10 (twenty years ago)

i would happily listen to ariel pink
he's trendy LA shit band tho, tigerz

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:12 (twenty years ago)

people have to like something in order for it to be trendy. oh wait.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

we're aware, truly we are; we hardly need pointers from you (i.e. typical other music snob/employee), but he's still boring schtick.

xpozstsdsafdsafsd

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

yeah i heard he was booed off stage in lou- ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:15 (twenty years ago)

louisville's a sleepy town full of people not entirely on animal collective's collective dick.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:21 (twenty years ago)

b-b-but i think it was your homey mcmahan who brought him onto the bill? how else would it have come about at all? i mean do slint have as bad of taste as me?

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

boche, natch.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:25 (twenty years ago)

it was brother of dude who was playing guitar

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

galang galang dance

― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

how do you know who plays what when they put you to sleep?

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

it's like a free ride when you're already late

― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:33 (twenty years ago)

slint don't put me to sleep
but indie schadenfreude does, boys

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:44 (twenty years ago)

i'm the same age as you, "boy." and quit calling yourself duke, you're nowhere near as interesting or funny as hunter (FROM LOUISVILLE, NATCH).

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:46 (twenty years ago)

http://gr.bolt.com/games/dreamcast/racing/looney_tunes_space_race4.jpg

― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:46 (twenty years ago)

big time roffles! the only time i was in other music, i was thoroughly unimpressed, with the glaring exception of their large stock of Excepter and GGD cds! take that, Interpol in-store!

― Mr. Harvey Weinstein (mr harvey weinstein), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:57 (twenty years ago)

Collective Dick - my new band name

― amon (eman), Friday, 25 March 2005 05:07 (twenty years ago)

RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE WEARING A GREEN ARMY CAP, YA'LL

― Mr. Harvey Weinstein (mr harvey weinstein), Friday, 25 March 2005 05:21 (twenty years ago)

hey as long as you guys all realize that you can't really hold anything against the band, fusetron, or other music, that you would against me personally...then i'm fine

after all they're not to blame ;)

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 25 March 2005 09:45 (twenty years ago)

i think josh d. is one of the sweetest humans on this earth.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

i think josh m. looks like a clown.
i think gang gang dance sucks.
chris fusetron is a totally nice dude, though.

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 25 March 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

in london on the 25th April, there is a bill of James Chance and the Contortions + Magik Markers + Gang Gang Dance - should i go - i have heard gd things abt the Magik Ms...

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

that's a good bill. I'd go.

― Great, Brave, True, Strong, Great, Real, Wise, Great, Crazy/Beautiful, Grea (nor, Friday, 25 March 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

hey joel, why did you top one of russ' old lit threads (from like a year ago? did you do a search for it or something?) to promote your upcoming siberia shows ? that was creepy and misleading.

― weekendprince (weekendprince), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

uh, hey person i don't know, i did that because it was a "good upcoming shows in nyc" thread, and i didn't want to start a thread on any individual thread. i'm not sure exactly how that's "creepy" considering 1. russ is one of my best friends, i don't think he'd care and 2. it was just sitting around, being an old thread that nobody clicked on. it's more creepy to get called out by some anonymous person on the internet, frankly.

josh m. has been a friendly acquaintance of mine for at least 10 years now. chris fusetron totally rules, too.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

http://www.usagers.umontreal.ca/ambassaj/fv_travaux/ETA3730b-A1998/top-five/RADIOHEAD2.GIF
http://www.visi.com/fall/news/pics/04may-creep-claus.jpg

― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

http://www.duke.edu/~tdm3/road%20trip%20summer%20

― BOATPEOPLEHATEFUCK (ex machina), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

By the way, which one's Pink?

― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

this shit is hostile.

― why are the stars so tiny? (crablangoon), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:50 (twenty years ago)

yes, hostile and creepy.

PLUR, people.

― lauren not logged in, Saturday, 26 March 2005 16:47 (twenty years ago)

TS: BEING "NICE" VS. BEING N0!Z3

― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Saturday, 26 March 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

JUST A BIT OF FUN. LET'S ALL BE COOL.

― hstencil (hstencil), Sunday, 27 March 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

i refuse to be nice until lauren returns to new york and buys me beers.

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 27 March 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)

hi there, i likes the new gang gang dance album!

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 27 March 2005 01:32 (twenty years ago)

http://www.cosmicjive.org/80s/graphics/dc_comic1.gif

― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Sunday, 27 March 2005 01:56 (twenty years ago)

you guys should kiss

― Mr. Harvey Weinstein (mr harvey weinstein), Sunday, 27 March 2005 01:02 (twenty years ago)

how do you know we haven't already?

the acoustic drums are a lot more prominent on this one, and it's recorded better than any of their previous releases.

there's one weird section where they go into some godspeed-like dirge..? very weird for them.

best listened to straight through also...

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 27 March 2005 01:03 (twenty years ago)

how is the weed in miami? is it KILLER?

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 27 March 2005 01:04 (twenty years ago)

let's just say it's a nice place to visit. wait, what thread is this?

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 27 March 2005 01:07 (twenty years ago)

i think it's about having just a bit of fun, and being cool while doing it.

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 27 March 2005 01:10 (twenty years ago)

yeah, but you and dan have to squash this beefery. sexyDancer will arbitrate.

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 27 March 2005 01:13 (twenty years ago)

oh relax.

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 27 March 2005 01:13 (twenty years ago)

JABOFLBC

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 27 March 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

New Gang Gang Dance is superb. Fans of Cocteau Twins will love it, I think.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

You seem to be forgetting something: 9/11.

― BOATPEOPLEHATEFUCK (ex machina), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 02:04 (twenty years ago)

i gave the new one a listen, it's much different/way better than their older stuff. they have a very strange sound... gamelan techno-rock?

― Amon (eman), Monday, 11 April 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)

will anyone believe me when i say i saw a gang gang dance lp on ebay that was recorded with nate maddox...
this was before the cd-r

what was it ?

― na dur, Monday, 11 April 2005 04:36 (twenty years ago)

why hasn't anyone reviewed this yet?

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Monday, 11 April 2005 04:54 (twenty years ago)

i have, here: http://www.kindamuzik.net/mars/article.shtml?id=9128

― rizzx (rizzx), Monday, 11 April 2005 09:55 (twenty years ago)

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2910

― Joris (rizzx), Monday, 11 April 2005 10:19 (twenty years ago)

I LOVE this album; I have it on heavy rotation right now. "Glory In Itself/Egyptian" and "Before My Voice Falls" (Those were the track names that they list on Amazon, anyway - nothing came up when I stuck it into iTunes) are pop songs from another planet. So into this.

― Waking Up Onstage at Jumbo's (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

I really like the new album. Its what I imagine Sun City Girls would sound like if there was a girl.

― hector (hector), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

God’s Money is weer iets anders, maar net als zijn voorgangers uiterst fascinerend en wederom, buitenaards.

rizzx OTM.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Thursday, 14 April 2005 00:51 (twenty years ago)

word 2 yo momma

― rizzx (rizzx), Thursday, 14 April 2005 09:50 (twenty years ago)

CAN"T WAIT

― Samuel Glickstein (nordicskilla), Thursday, 14 April 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

yes they are crap. and now they have three threads going on here. I'm partly to blame for that. didn't use the search engine (slaps knuckles)

― breezy, Thursday, 14 April 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

thye're killing it on the internet today

― noizem duke (noize duke), Thursday, 14 April 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

saw them tonight with Excepter. Excepter kind of dissapointed, were probably high as a kite on all sorts of shit but Gang Gang Dance totally delivered. They were on some tribal goth shit, heavy percussion, very tight and those eerie synthmelodies were spooky as hell. I like Lizzy's voice too, tribal goth, how bout that?

― rizzx (rizzx), Saturday, 7 May 2005 22:30 (twenty years ago)

I saw 'em at ATP and was not feeling it. She sings one fucking note. And it's a bad one.

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Sunday, 8 May 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

you are talking about Excepter right?

― rizzx (rizzx), Sunday, 8 May 2005 11:16 (twenty years ago)

no.

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Sunday, 8 May 2005 23:29 (twenty years ago)

I'm digging God's Money in a big way.

― - (smile), Monday, 9 May 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

no.

well try cleaning your ears first before going to a gang gang dance show ;-) cos she sings in a very wide range

― rizzx (rizzx), Monday, 9 May 2005 07:12 (twenty years ago)

I like the new album a lot - don't see why it's caused such an outrage.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 9 May 2005 09:50 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Sugarcubes with a lot of drums. Total borefest.

― Smatty Pith, Thursday, 9 June 2005 17:29 (twenty years ago)

Sugarcubes with a lot of drums

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Thursday, 9 June 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

This is analogous to calling Loveless "The Velvet Underground with lots of FX pedals".

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Thursday, 9 June 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

I read somewhere on here that a whole bunch of you were claiming to know the guy who engineered and recorded God's Money and that his name is Rusty. Wrong, his name is Sean Maffucci. Thanks.

― Jamie, Thursday, 9 June 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

You're welcome.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 9 June 2005 23:29 (twenty years ago)

I just saw them last month at Bowery Ballroom. I had heard a few dribbles of hype, a few mp3's (which are okay) and was already put off by their own description of themselves, but I was really impressed! I heard alot of unexpected melody and structure in their sloppy sound emulsions. I really enjoyed it. It's modular music, I don't think it's meant to be taken in "songs" specifically, just take in the ideas and see how they overlap. Like Merzbow or a kaleidoscope.
and now to discredit myself : I must admit I haven't had the nerve to go out for many years now, so i found them refreshing after years of bedroom concerts of John Adams on the headphones. I still think they are a good band, at the very least they have surprises for fans as well as haters. More than I can say for things like Bloc Party and...ughhh...The Killers.

― django (django), Friday, 10 June 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)

What does this album sound like? For those who've heard Survival of the Shittest, i found this release quite intriguing, relatively more straight-forward than their S/T album, which I found just a mess of useless unlistenable garbage. So which does God's Money most resemble?

― Aaron Ef. (aaron ef.), Friday, 10 June 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

can't stop listening to "egowar". i love it's house false start, like a glimpse of a possible future.

― jermaine (jnoble), Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:23 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

yo did GGD get their name from this tepid looking World Music group?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mikata-Gang-Gang-Dance-NEW-SEALED-MINT-LP_W0QQitemZ320134461559QQihZ011QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Mikata - Gang Gang Dance
Label & Number Is Jazzmania 51202.
Track Listing Is:
1. Hunting
2. Ready, Aim, Fire
3. World Upside Down
4. First Strike
5. Gang Gang Dance
6. Do It Slow
7. Sweet Melody

anyone ever heard of Mikata before? what they sound like?

― sanskrit, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago)

I think I remember Degraw saying they got the name from "some African record that isn't very good." Perhaps that's it.

― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 21:56 (seventeen years ago)

When is new record out? Not Retina Riddim, new new record.

― admrl, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:01 (seventeen years ago)

yeah it don't look that great

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3774/c46d1li8.jpg

― sanskrit, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago)

Africans

― admrl, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:09 (seventeen years ago)

GGD DJ SET >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FIRST NATION

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:09 (seventeen years ago)

this is otm

― strongohulkington, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:10 (seventeen years ago)

and i didnt even see first nation

― strongohulkington, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:10 (seventeen years ago)

First Nation were all kinds of troubling. I wish I knew what they were supposed to sound like. I am hoping that was not a par-for-the-course set for them.

― Jon Lewis, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:15 (seventeen years ago)

i kinda feel bad for first nation, all anyone has said about them since saturday is "they were crap."

― bell_labs, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:16 (seventeen years ago)

GUYS LET'S MAKE EVERY THREAD A BOADRUM THREAD!

― sanskrit, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:17 (seventeen years ago)

there's crap, and then there's first nation. seriously, probably the biggest mismatch of opener and headlining event in the history of music performance.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:18 (seventeen years ago)

What's "Boadrum"?

― admrl, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:19 (seventeen years ago)

TELEPATHE>>>>>xINFINITY>>>>FIRST NATION

― sanskrit, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:20 (seventeen years ago)

say it backwards. it's a Dune reference.

― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:20 (seventeen years ago)

What's "Dune"?

― admrl, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:22 (seventeen years ago)

It's like an ipod right?

― admrl, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:22 (seventeen years ago)

See? I know ipods.

― admrl, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:22 (seventeen years ago)

what does first nation even sound like?

― bell_labs, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:23 (seventeen years ago)

maybe they are not worthy of my pity

― bell_labs, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:23 (seventeen years ago)

That's the thing, did they want to sound like that? Why? I'm going to end up buying their fucking record because they were so horrendous!

― Jon Lewis, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:33 (seventeen years ago)

first nation has the h1s h4m buddy card.

― ian, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 22:38 (seventeen years ago)

uh, anyone who'll excuse hisham's awful Soft Circle bullshit but hate GGD has a head in the sand.

― the table is the table, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 23:00 (seventeen years ago)

Umm...GGD kick ass. Live and on record.

― brightscreamer, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 02:42 (seventeen years ago)

soft circle also kicks ass. do you hate b&c???

― creme1, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 03:28 (seventeen years ago)

when i saw soft circle it did not kick ass. more like stubbed toe.

― lfam, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 03:29 (seventeen years ago)

there is another record with gang gang dance as/in the title, a jazz record, i forget who by tho. it's supposed to be good.

they were great a couple weekends ago at bowery, seriously have come a long way.

and soft circle blows goats.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 03:45 (seventeen years ago)

someone pleaaaaase humor me and tell me what first nation actually sound like cos all the dismissive comments make me 2398473x more curious

(did not get into show on sat)

― bell_labs, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 04:20 (seventeen years ago)

to ian's point, i think they have an1mal co11ective luv too.

bell labs, you are a peach so with great reluctance i give you: http://www.myspace.com/firstnationlove
but you should also check http://www.myspace.com/telepathy (not that i equate all women bands)

GGD supporters, i like half of their stuff, i was just curious about their name and only revived this thread because search is broken.

― sanskrit, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 04:44 (seventeen years ago)

i like ggd. i'd sort of forgotten about them but i know they played in l.a. recently and i'm sorry i didn't go.

― get bent, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 04:56 (seventeen years ago)

GGD fans, what do you think of the DVD? I love God's Money and would've picked this up faster if it were a CD or LP.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 05:00 (seventeen years ago)

to ian's point, i think they have an1mal co11ective luv too.

family relations, dude.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 05:06 (seventeen years ago)

2.5 yahrs later: GGD still good, AC live show still bad.

― poortheatre, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 05:44 (seventeen years ago)

AC depends on the show, as with most.

― the table is the table, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:06 (seventeen years ago)

yeah i saw animal collective on 2 consecutive nights and it was like a completely different band.

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 15:22 (seventeen years ago)

ie, a good band and a sucky band

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 15:23 (seventeen years ago)

i've seen AC be both good and bad as well, but more good than bad. however i've not seen them for at least 2 years because the last show itself was such an awful experience aside from the music (at webster hall...worst of worst.) i just have trouble enjoying bands i am used to seeing play in smaller places in huge douchey venues.

never like GGD live but on record not as bad.

thanks for the link sanskrit, u a treat

― bell_labs, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 15:36 (seventeen years ago)

GGD seems like a band I would like but the more I hear of em the less I like em

their newest (Rawwar EP) not doing much for me

I watched some of the DVD and didn't get into it at all. but later I realized there's 2 movies on it - along w/ Retina Riddim there's a second "film" of chopped-up tour footage and that's what I was watching. so I gotta go back and give it another shot. I liked the promo clip of Retina Riddim that was on Youtube and was surprised that the movie I was watching was nothing like that.

― dmr, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago)

i wasn't at the show, so maybe the "technical difficulties" created something worse than what they were, and i realize a buncha people don't like Soft Circle, but from those myspace clips, First Nation kinda sound like soft circle w/o the technical drumming. nothing too terrible, but nothing too exciting.

― jaxon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 18:58 (seventeen years ago)

both FN and SC suffered sound & tech problems, most likely stemming from lack of soundcheck and unfamiliar equipment, etc, but what doth thee angry mob care?

― sexyDancer, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 19:01 (seventeen years ago)

GGD fans, what do you think of the DVD?

Musically, I think it's a strange move. It reminds me of glitchy, IDM stuff from the mid- to late-90s -- stuff like Hrvatski. That's not a bad thing, but it's taking me a while to digest the DVD.

― QuantumNoise, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 19:07 (seventeen years ago)

ive seen 1st nation put on 2 good shows that sounded nothing like their set on sat. i think their record was very ok. just not everything i had seen them do otherwise.

its not like everone was forced to sit through some terrible scrawl by those exceptor dudes or something.....

i still have not seen dvd...must get on that. new ggd records coming...coming

― bb, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 19:14 (seventeen years ago)

i for one am anticipating the forthcoming protectionist backlash by relying completely on american effects (and getting away from music per se, with its myriad foreign influences)

― noizez duk, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 19:24 (seventeen years ago)

taking up CGI are ye?

― sexyDancer, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 19:27 (seventeen years ago)

i for one am anticipating the world where we forgot delay pedals were ever built (those people that choose to use a delay rather than depend on are forgiven).

― bb, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 19:34 (seventeen years ago)

no-input delay pedal (american made)

― noizez duk, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 20:34 (seventeen years ago)

strapped to chest

― noizez duk, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 20:35 (seventeen years ago)

all plastic parts electro-harmonix removable neck

― sexyDancer, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago)

it was the excessive delay pedal (or whatver effect this was, it's been maybe 4 years since i've seen them) on the vocal was what most annoyed me about ggd. did they stop doing this yet?

― bell_labs, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 20:38 (seventeen years ago)

no she still sometimes uses the delay. i thought it was used to good effect at their last show, not overdone, etc.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 20:57 (seventeen years ago)

Delay-pedal-on-vox was certainly the blanket rule on 77 Saturday.

― Jon Lewis, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 21:00 (seventeen years ago)

yeah, the AC thing is the same with GGD. on the tour of 04, when GGD opened for AC, GGD played for so long and so awesomely that i became overwhelmed and had to leave the venue to replenish my sugar levels. AC really sucked hard.

then, when i saw AC in the spring of 05, it was one of the best live shows i've ever been to. it was so good, in fact, that AC took two tracks that the lfam recorded and put them on the live bonus disc of 'feels.'

the second time i saw GGD, they played for a short period and really weren't that good. thus i was not excited to see them this past fall, but when they played, they were really awesome and bhangra-hallucination. also, they are fun and interesting people to hang out with-- i nearly failed an exam because i opted to chill with them instead of study.

― the table is the table, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 22:51 (seventeen years ago)

you nearly failed because you're stupid.

(sorry. don't blame it on the band tho, maaaaan.)

― hstencil, Thursday, 12 July 2007 06:45 (seventeen years ago)

this dude packages his uppercuts with a kiss ^^

the trouble is that too many people use the line 6 to take the cheap way out. the damned machine just grew ubiquitous in a very unintersting way.

but now im rather entertained by herr noizez duk communicating only via mooger fooger.

― bb, Thursday, 12 July 2007 12:56 (seventeen years ago)

(those people that choose to use a delay rather than depend on are forgiven) = "in the air tonight"

― creme1, Saturday, 14 July 2007 05:42 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

anyone see them last night in London?

― micarl, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 22:48 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, they were great but as I tried explaining how great they were somewhere else I realised my descriptive style is roughly at the local newspaper level. Anyway, yep, great, keyboard broke, borrowed a keyboard off Alexis Taylor which helped but they still couldn't do loads of stuff, seemed to just jam for ages with massive 4-person drum freakouts.

Uh. I'd see them again, maybe w/Animal Collective in Brixton.

― Stryder's on the Orme (j.o.n.a), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 23:20 (sixteen years ago)

How could you look at that Mikata album and think it would likelier be crap than great?

― bamcquern, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 16:33 (sixteen years ago)

seven months pass...

Just saw them last night. Was completely blown away. One of the best live acts I've seen in a really long time.

Just got signed to 4ad too. They deserve it. I suggest you all go see them if they come around.

― gman59, Saturday, 16 January 2010 20:26 (fifteen years ago)

yeah they're great live. i took my brother and his girlfriend to see them a few years back, they'd never even heard of them, and they both completely loved the show. hoping to catch them at big ears.

― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 16 January 2010 20:29 (fifteen years ago)

They've signed to 4ad?

― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Saturday, 16 January 2010 20:35 (fifteen years ago)

do they sound different after all their equipment burned up ??
i haven't seen them in a really long time.. kind of regret i was not in a position to go last night..
was there a good crowd ? i dont think it sold out

― tramp steamer, Saturday, 16 January 2010 21:57 (fifteen years ago)

nothing much soaked in lots of reverb and delay

this is a nice thought, about AC or in general.

― ogmor, Saturday, 16 January 2010 22:23 (fifteen years ago)

i thought i heard that at the show. maybe they didn't get signed.

anyhow show was great. yah it sold out day of. crowed was cool. everyone seemed to be genuinely into what was going on.

― gman59, Saturday, 16 January 2010 23:22 (fifteen years ago)

ive not been into the last few albums but saw them live in june here and they were like a noisey soca jam band, really entertaining

― straightola, Monday, 18 January 2010 18:56 (fifteen years ago)

Gang Gang Dance sign to 4AD; new album this year

^ hey, good call gman

― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Friday, 22 January 2010 13:39 (fifteen years ago)

like a noisey soca jam band

Not another one of those, they're everywhere (I'm kidding)

― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:55 (fifteen years ago)

i dunno, everytime i've been excited by a new album by a band going from "under">"over"ground its been pretty disappointing, but i do feel like these guys r on a + trajectory

― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:58 (fifteen years ago)

hmm i cant see them going overground in any big way; seemed like the last album was the real leap into artistic aceness. but then a thousand people will tell me source tags and codes was the big trail of dead moment when i know it was Madonna, so whatever

― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 22 January 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)

I wonder if the new record will have Lil Wayne guest verses.

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:48 (fifteen years ago)

I listened to their last album a couple times on ILMs recommendations and it was fucking horrible. I can understand how they could be different live but on record... ugh

― I'm bored, I think I'll become a beatnik (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:49 (fifteen years ago)

even house jam? come on

― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:49 (fifteen years ago)

he crazy. the whole album rules. Warp are silly for letting them go, if indeed they did (maybe wasn't a long term deal)

― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 22 January 2010 21:53 (fifteen years ago)

this was at least a year ago so I couldn't differentiate any of the tracks from one another at this date, but my memory was just that I didn't really ... get the point of it, I guess. I don't have any trouble with atonality or improv or dance beats or tribal drumming or weird production or whatever but it just seemed like this amorphous, directionless mess, full of ugly sounds with no coherence or melodies or even ideas really. It was the aural equivalent of sifting through garbage.

― I'm bored, I think I'll become a beatnik (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:53 (fifteen years ago)

This is Saint Dymphna you are talking about?

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:54 (fifteen years ago)

and REALLY don't get how this could have any conceivable commercial appeal. people (not necessarily me, but audiences at large) are engaged by song structures and hooks and repetition and so on, and I didn't hear anything like that

― I'm bored, I think I'll become a beatnik (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:55 (fifteen years ago)

gimme Oneida or AC any day

― I'm bored, I think I'll become a beatnik (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:55 (fifteen years ago)

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, January 6, 2005 9:08 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark

im almost certain id feel different now

― 69, Friday, 22 January 2010 21:56 (fifteen years ago)

seems like shakey mo was listening to the earlier recordings and not St. dphymaxia!! cuz his complaints were exactly like mine until i heard St. dpnynmaxiapedicab...

― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:58 (fifteen years ago)

maybe I downloaded the wrong thing or something

― I'm bored, I think I'll become a beatnik (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:58 (fifteen years ago)

u dont get it

― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:00 (fifteen years ago)

seems like shakey mo was listening to the earlier recordings and not St. dphymaxia!! cuz his complaints were exactly like mine until i heard St. dpnynmaxiapedicab...

― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, January 22, 2010 9:58 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

LOL secret scrabble reference

― 69, Friday, 22 January 2010 22:01 (fifteen years ago)

i mean, there are 2-3 songs that i can see how your assessment fits, but most of the rest of it is way more focused, realized, "pop", "grime", "hey wouldn't it be cool if we were the post-00s Boredoms too!", etc.

xp lol

― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:01 (fifteen years ago)

I actually really like the last couple of things. God's Money and the Rawwar EP both have some pretty poppy moments. Not Vampire Weekend or whatever though.

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:02 (fifteen years ago)

saw em live after their drummer got his arms fucked up and holy shit that dude rules

― super sexy psycho fantasy world (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:03 (fifteen years ago)

last few times i've caught them they've been particularly amazing. we had them support animal collective at a huge 4000+ capacity show in london last summer and they were incredible.

― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 22 January 2010 22:06 (fifteen years ago)

I just listened to House Jam again and um yeah, I don't get the appeal. is it just me or does no one notice that stuff sounds, well, sequenced wrong? Like the beats don't maintain an even tempo, samples aren't synched together, pieces come in and out of the mix off-beat...? or is that the appeal

― Prof. Einstein Geniuspants (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:36 (fifteen years ago)

Like the beats don't maintain an even tempo, samples aren't synched together, pieces come in and out of the mix off-beat...? or is that the appeal

they are not das robots!

― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:39 (fifteen years ago)

oh so the "House Jam" title is ironic

― Prof. Einstein Geniuspants (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:40 (fifteen years ago)

st dymphna is sooooo fuckin good

― call all destroyer, Friday, 22 January 2010 23:11 (fifteen years ago)

Yes I was at that AC Brixton show and they were absolutely awesome, possibly even better than the headliners ;)...I should give them another chance.

― David Katz (davek_00), Friday, 22 January 2010 23:12 (fifteen years ago)

that night was so good; forget all the AC haters, we were just loving the fact that a band who despite their success are still a REALLY weird group playing to so many people and nobody really walking out! pretty heartwarming to see them get that success after so much work over 10 or so years.

― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 22 January 2010 23:31 (fifteen years ago)

two months pass...

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, January 6, 2005 9:08 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark

im almost certain id feel different now

― 69, Friday, 22 January 2010 21:56 (2 months ago

Saw 'em live in DC last night. Instrumentally fun (all the percussion, the keys, etc) but repetitious, vocally weak. Her vocals were definately the weak link.

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:40 (fifteen years ago)

i think she's great?, kinda confused to hear otherwise. she has a pedal to bring some of the radio-swirliness to her live vox too iirc. feel like her vocals sort of broaden their sound a lot, they can get too guitarry i think.

― egregious apostrophising (schlump), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:45 (fifteen years ago)

Impatient for the new LP, whenever that's going to arrive. Anyone hear the track on the 4AD ep?

― Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Farting in Space (NickB), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:48 (fifteen years ago)

x-post. I like the idea of vocals broadening the sound, I just did not like the way live her yelps and screaching and sounds fit in. Some of the time they were buried live last night as was the guitar, with the keyboard, samples, her percussion and the drummer being most prominent in the mix.

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 14:57 (fifteen years ago)

six months pass...

Anyone hear this new 15 minute single (that sounds like Gang Gang Dance's version of "Djed" hah)?

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Friday, 8 October 2010 12:40 (fourteen years ago)

five months pass...

this latitudes EP is pretty awful.

― not everything is a campfire (ian), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 18:51 (fourteen years ago)