is james brooks grimes?
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:11 (eight years ago) link
no, he's james brooks
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
she brought out blood diamonds on one of her shows recently, def not him. is it that interesting though?
― Leonard Pine, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
it is interesting if you're wondering if there'll be more collaborations
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
between those two artists specifically. not in general. there will always be more collaborations.
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
There was that quite public exchange of words with Ariel Pink, I hope it's about him if it means they'll never collaborate because he sucks
― Leonard Pine, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link
otm
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:26 (eight years ago) link
Win Butler reviewed it, so the matter is settled:
Pop traditionally tries to recreate the world the listener already lives in, just with bigger cartoon eyes and soft corners on the tables. If you’re the victim, you’re always righteous; if you’re the aggressor, you’re always just. Weirdo music (I use the term broadly) creates its own esoteric world – makes up its own constants to plug into the physics equations that determine whether life ever evolves on the planet.
In Art Angels, Grimes is coming, to a large extent, from the world of 2000s pop, but she creates a giant, esoteric, viable world teeming with all sorts of poisonous Jurassic life.
My problem — my personal problem — is that I grew up prejudiced against 2000s pop, and that the atmosphere of the Jurassic period has the wrong ratio of elements for my organism. I’m more Cretaceous.
I appreciate and admire Art Angels. That sounds lame — no, it’s like how Orthodox Jews and devout Mormons get along. “I respect your devotion, and you probably understand me better than, say, anyone else on this F train — but I really, really don’t care that much about your Jesus. High fives on father Abraham, though.”
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
flesh without blood is about pc music
― George W. Lucas (diamonddave85), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
win butler sounds like an asshole tbqf
― marcos, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
ok "will butler" nm
― marcos, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
Who the fuck is this Will/Win/Won't Butler. Apart from a colossal cockfarmer.
― La Düsseldork (Branwell with an N), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
He is more Cretaceous than a cockfarmer
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
take so hot it ended the cretaceous period
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
can't wait for Carlos D's review in the guardian
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
What the actual fuck does that first paragraph even mean?
― La Düsseldork (Branwell with an N), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
you're living in the Triassic Period, Branwell
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link
Not sure why this guy's take is so important he needs to write all those words about how he's personally unwilling to engage with the record on its own terms and that's just how it is
― Leonard Pine, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:56 (eight years ago) link
just generating some content for TheTalkHouse
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:58 (eight years ago) link
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― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link
In “Scream,” there’s angry joy at how well the pieces fit together. It feels like solving a murder. It feels like Elijah calling down fire on the priests of Baal. (So: Elijah and the priests are in a sacrifice-off. They each have a cow on the altar, and they’re trying to call down fire from their god to light it. And the priests can’t do it and Elijah’s like, “What’s the matter? Is your god asleep? Is he taking a crap?” and then he’s like, “Pour water on my logs. Do it again. Do it again.” And then he’s like “BOOM” and the fire comes down from the heavens, and then he’s like, “Now let’s murder these assholes.” It’s so extreme.)But on the other end, the song “Artangels” brings up the same suspicions I feel about “She Moves in Mysterious Ways.” I just keep wondering if the funkiness is justified.
But on the other end, the song “Artangels” brings up the same suspicions I feel about “She Moves in Mysterious Ways.” I just keep wondering if the funkiness is justified.
itt the arcade fire accuses both grimes and bono of unjustified funkiness
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 12 November 2015 20:02 (eight years ago) link
let's murder this asshole
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 November 2015 20:07 (eight years ago) link
srsly there's nothing worse than Bible stories given the fifth-rate Andrew Dice Clay paraphrasing nursery rhymes routine.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 November 2015 20:08 (eight years ago) link
i didn't know this was a genre until today but i am ready to agree!
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 12 November 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
Oh. He is in Arcade Fire? Never mind, that is punishment enough.
― La Düsseldork (Branwell with an N), Thursday, 12 November 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
christ, who is this asshole - the sheriff of funkingham?
― gabba cadaver (NickB), Thursday, 12 November 2015 20:25 (eight years ago) link
thank u
― welltris (crüt), Thursday, 12 November 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
jesus this Butler review really wants me to like this album
hope Claire comes with an answer
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:12 (eight years ago) link
to be fair that's not the best song on 'achtung baby', i'd reserve that honor for "you were talking about the end of the world" or "like a fly on the wall"
― nomar, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link
wantingneedingwaitingfor grimesto justify the funk
― gabba cadaver (NickB), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:18 (eight years ago) link
Didn't he say "2000s pop"? I guess Achtung Baby came out in 2001 after all.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
a propos of nothing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryOMCA8J30o
― avant-garde, sissy bounce, zombie rave, aquacrunk, warlock, oceangrunge, (imago), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:33 (eight years ago) link
srsly there's nothing worse than Bible stories given the fifth-rate Andrew Dice Clay paraphrasing nursery rhymes routine.― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:08 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:08 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It reads like he's watched some Drunk History and is picturing Will Forte as Elijah, making the paraphrasing funny.
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:34 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjw3WWGmTQU
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:43 (eight years ago) link
listened to this on a walk tonight. it was damn nice.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:59 (eight years ago) link
obv i mean i felt like Adam having his ribbed pulled out by his god and hearing the siren song of the cherub farting while holding the flaming sword of eden. it is very intense.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 November 2015 23:00 (eight years ago) link
damn, I guess the bible is cool
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 November 2015 23:12 (eight years ago) link
well it is 2007
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 November 2015 23:18 (eight years ago) link
Fucking self righteous rock vocalists always have to ruin it all by thinking their genre is better than anybody's else. Suck a tit Will.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 13 November 2015 08:34 (eight years ago) link
Now I feel bad for buying the Funeral vinyl on a dollar bin after 10 years of considering the purchase. I'm sure this is how Noah felt after letting the mosquitoes enter the ark.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 13 November 2015 08:37 (eight years ago) link
tbf he doesn't hate all early-2000s pop
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iiMSxUHdL._SY300_.jpg
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Friday, 13 November 2015 08:57 (eight years ago) link
I'm sure this is how Noah felt after letting the mosquitoes enter the ark.
ahahah.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 13 November 2015 09:12 (eight years ago) link
he isn't the vocalist, that's his brother
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 13 November 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
tbf he probably shouts in the shouty parts of their songs
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 13 November 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
<i>Title track reminds me of Is there a name for that genre of turn-of-the-90s pop-rock with the positive vibes, huge guitar leads, and gated drums?.
― jaymc, Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:07 (Yesterday) Permalink</i>
At points the album also makes me think a bit of:00's girl-fronted radio-pop songs that sounds like pop-punk/power-pop/blondieand maybe The over-produced female vocalist mor-pop to art-pop continuum of the 80s and sometimes early 90s, often but not necessarily from Canada
Gotta love ILX and it's strangely specific genre threads.
― MarkoP, Friday, 13 November 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link
***SETLIST SPOILERS**** ugh why tf would you go on tour to promote yr new album and not play the fucking lead single and best track from the new album. The show is tomorrow and I am so pre-emptively disappointed :(
― Ina-Garten-Da-Vida (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
i missed the Atlanta show for various reasons (incl. that I didn't know it was happening)
― welltris (crüt), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
stevie plz report back i am still considering buying outrageously $$$ scalped ticket
― flopson, Friday, 13 November 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
Our tickets were scalped but not outrageously so (super sold out and only $35 when face value is $25)
― Ina-Garten-Da-Vida (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link