Grimes/Claire Boucher thread

gr8080 back me up on this, there are some cuts on art angels that give me total balearic vibes. i was driving through l.a. on a recent sun kissed day and listening to this and it hit me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2EJMd7ZN7w

Marilyn Manson x Britney Spears

"you died" <3

psyched grimes is here to rehabilitate the aesthetic of the matrix: reloaded

literally thought u meant she had started posting

haha the Dark Souls 'You Died'

wasn't there a Janet Jackson video kind of like this from early 2000s? i seem to remember her in a cyberpunk cgi wonderland that reminded me of this...

this is def my favorite grimes song now

"california" has been in my head for days. i'm another listener that didn't like visions but love everything about art angels.

Yeah can I get a late pass on California please? Undeniable.

i think that song may blow up

It's probably my favorite from the album as well.

thanks for hooking me up with Realiti you guys, didn't like it the first time around but it stuck after sufficiently many tries.

it still sux

U still sux

i am not sure i can get with this girl's voice

― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Thursday, January 5, 2012 1:31 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^^^

I can.

I am generally not a fan of millennials with synthesizers, I am old and rockist. But I absolutely love this record.

http://read.tidal.com/article/grimes-5-albums-that-changed-my-life?sf20255708=1

that's a great 5 tbh, i mean i don't like all of those albums but it's a great 5

Regarding the KillVMaim video: I like the outfits and the videogame references but Claire and her brother should let someone else do the directing and editing of the videos. I can see the potential but it looks very tacky, the whole thing is sort of messy, some cuts going on for too long, some are too short, lips don't sync with the song... it doesn't match the energy of the song at all.

I loved the video for Realiti mind you and they did that one too, but this one clearly required someone with more time and experience.

i gotta agree with ya there. i'd allow a lot of leeway for amateurish charm, but its flaws aren't really charming, just feels off

Exactly what I thought too watching it. This song is so fast, but the video kind of drags.

lol of course aenima is on there. awesome

Video feels like fiftysomething dude's idea of what the young folk like. Tune is great though.

She should have done a twenty something version of what the old folks like

eheh. what do 50smthg people like ?
good restaurants, week-ends in the country, opera... (I'm closer to 50 than to 20 !)

So am I.

She should have done a twenty something version of what the old folks like

She should have done an Adele album?

I saw her live last night! She still doesn't know all the words to "Butterfly" yet and had a lyric sheet in her hand as an aide. Ave Maria cover was pretty ~wut~, but it kind of worked. The last time I saw her was 2012 and she barely spoke and was this intense figure darting between all her gear like she was frantically operating the motherboard of a spaceship. Now she spends a lot more time out front dancing and getting down, which suits her.

A lot of favourites from the new album were paid dust (no "World Princess pt II" or "Artangels") but "Kill V. Maim" was a riot.

She should have done a twenty something version of what the old folks like
She should have done an Adele album?

ahah, following your comment I have checked and Adele and Grimes are the same age : class 88 !

i'm sure that both are pretty happy with where they're at right now

It may me feel really old when she wrote about hearing "Fever to Tell" as some kind of formative listening experience. It seems like that just came out yesterday.

otm

love that anecdote about Person Pitch.

uh this is amazing (this is the dude from Mindless Self Indulgence apparently?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=89&v=m2W5yf_h8gM

whoops no it's this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2W5yf_h8gM

yeah, that's awesome. definitely the song the video wants it to be. love the fake scratching at the end, so perfect.

Video feels like fiftysomething dude's idea of what the young folk like. Tune is great though.

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, February 4, 2016 12:16 AM (1 month ago)

video feels like dressing up in dumb costumes w/ your friends & jumping around to loud music & being amazing ftw

msi rules

http://www.stereogum.com/1865746/grimes-electrocuted-onstage-in-dublin/

Stupid sensationalist headline made me think she had died.

That's one of my pet peeves. Glad she hasn't been electrocuted. When it comes to onstage electrocutions, I mostly just think of the guy from Stone the Crows back in the 70s, but there was a singer who got killed just a few years ago in Argentina.

i've gotten electrocuted before while playing a show but usually that's cos it's in a crappy basement or otherwise makeshift venue w no grounding, not a real venue, that is bs.

0:31

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrKF3IDC6_c

surprised artangels didn't become the best selling album of all time or something.

kill v maim is way better than i originally realized

her ave maria is so gd

She did good, it's all that matters. Sure this could have, should have be more important than say, Taylor Swift in an ideal universe but she did good.