Grimes/Claire Boucher thread

is james brooks grimes?

no, he's james brooks

she brought out blood diamonds on one of her shows recently, def not him. is it that interesting though?

it is interesting if you're wondering if there'll be more collaborations

between those two artists specifically. not in general. there will always be more collaborations.

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

otm

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.”

flesh without blood is about pc music

win butler sounds like an asshole tbqf

ok "will butler" nm

Who the fuck is this Will/Win/Won't Butler. Apart from a colossal cockfarmer.

He is more Cretaceous than a cockfarmer

take so hot it ended the cretaceous period

can't wait for Carlos D's review in the guardian

What the actual fuck does that first paragraph even mean?

you're living in the Triassic Period, Branwell

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

just generating some content for TheTalkHouse

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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.

itt the arcade fire accuses both grimes and bono of unjustified funkiness

let's murder this asshole

srsly there's nothing worse than Bible stories given the fifth-rate Andrew Dice Clay paraphrasing nursery rhymes routine.

i didn't know this was a genre until today but i am ready to agree!

Oh. He is in Arcade Fire? Never mind, that is punishment enough.

christ, who is this asshole - the sheriff of funkingham?

itt the arcade fire accuses both grimes and bono of unjustified funkiness

thank u

jesus this Butler review really wants me to like this album

hope Claire comes with an answer

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.

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"

wanting
needing
waiting
for grimes
to justify the funk

Didn't he say "2000s pop"? I guess Achtung Baby came out in 2001 after all.

a propos of nothing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryOMCA8J30o

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

It reads like he's watched some Drunk History and is picturing Will Forte as Elijah, making the paraphrasing funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjw3WWGmTQU

listened to this on a walk tonight. it was damn nice.

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.

damn, I guess the bible is cool

well it is 2007

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.

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.

tbf he doesn't hate all early-2000s pop

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iiMSxUHdL._SY300_.jpg

I'm sure this is how Noah felt after letting the mosquitoes enter the ark.

ahahah.

he isn't the vocalist, that's his brother

tbf he probably shouts in the shouty parts of their songs

<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/blondie
and 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.

***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 :(

i missed the Atlanta show for various reasons (incl. that I didn't know it was happening)

stevie plz report back i am still considering buying outrageously $$$ scalped ticket

Our tickets were scalped but not outrageously so (super sold out and only $35 when face value is $25)