Scout Niblett: the *WORST MUSIC* in the WORLD.....

having said that, her vocal contribution on the new songs:ohia wasn't that bad (i was expecting worse)

sxxx

A very good sign. But is it better than Vince Guaraldi's "Linus and Lucy"?

Whatever.

The best record label in America at the moment.

Not enough silence in this case, if you ask me. :::rimshot:::

If it's silence as an instrument you seek, check out Talk Talk's SPIRIT OF EDEN and LAUGHING STOCK, and ignore this shrill little harpee, whose contrived childlike voice makes Victoria Jackson sound like Madeliene Albright.

best description evvah!! (i still have never heard her)

(drum roll)

Not enough.

(Yawn)

Let's keep it on topic - not Killing Joke's last ten albums.

Me: "Excuse me, good record store clerk. Pray tell me, what is this music playing over your stereo system?"
Record Store Clerk: "(Proudly, for his choice of music has been heard and admired by another) It's the new Scout Niblett album."
Me: "I HATE IT." *leaves shop*

2003 was a long time ago.

The worst music in the world is made by Manheim SteamrollerNew Young Pony Club. I mean, it's not even close.

-- Jazzbo, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 16:17 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Fixed.

Not while Scouting For Girls exists.

Mind you I quite like NYPC.

^^ ban

Not while Scouting For Girls exists.

Yes! I've NEVER heard anything worse than the SfG tracks I've (thankfully briefly) heard.

Is that a challenge?

ysi?

i thought 'chelsea dagger' was the worst music in the world

Lol, Alex, you went to Denison. No wonder you have zero taste in music and sound like an ass that sat on a nail. It's ok, it's not your fault; if that nail weren't there you'd just be an ass.

--zing--

haha- this thread is still unimpeachable.

Isn't she dead yet?

musically? prob so.

Isn't she dead yet?

stay classy

she has a record coming out on Drag City in a month

chris ott might be the only dude who would have read dom's infamous tori amos review in stylus and thought, "that might be a good idea..."

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/music/Playing-Favorites.html

(I feel a little guilty reviving this thread. I don't think she deserves the "so bad and hated" treatment.)

i don't hate her but there doesn't seem to be anything compelling about her music. it seems like a lot of attitudinizing to me, in its own sort of indie-obscurantist-twee way. actually given that drag city has such a strong track record i've tried numerous times to get into this but it doesn't take. is she friends with the right people?

Drag City has a long track record....in purposeful imperfection. Some of their releases are outright crap....in a good way. I love their artists in bits and pieces but I end up passing on 80% of their stuff.

well some of their stuff is mediocre coz it's like, some neil hagerty side project, or bill callahan's roommate, or something like that. but most of the stuff they seek out, reissue, etc. has some pretty redeeming qualities. this stuff just seemed kind of inconsequential/unmemorable to me. surely not worth the ire of this thread?

Yeah, but look who started the tone of the thread. Not at all surprising.

I'm sure it's fine but Scout Niblett is a creepy name.

It's like the name of a girl scout cookie made from actual girl scouts.

her face looks like a girl scout cookie.

you should see me give the cold shoulder to the girl scouts that sit near the entrance to the supermarket. they don't know what hit them. see, i've still got my ignoring-the-salvation-army-guy routine down from christmas! i'm still in the groove.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT6h7Sfn4bc

NIBLETT... JUST A LITTLE BIT

i can't be bothered...

to keep up with deleting porn in the forum area….. too much trouble. too much time.

so please just indulge in it.

scout

xxxx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVNet8Xp09g

her new album "it's up to you emma" is pretty good. here is a song from it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_EYmtHbiZ0

"it's up to emma"

Bon Iver gonna be pissed

Thread title still otm

god bless drag city for keeping her on the label. her records must sell like 7 copies each.

I'm sure it's fine but Scout Niblett is a creepy name.

Sounds like a dog treat.

where does all that hate and negativity come from? her new album is absolutely brilliant, great tunes, a good voice, a phantastic, unique sound of her guitar play. i haven't listened to the lyrics but i doubt they are crap. so what is the problem, people? she is much better and much more interesting than cat power these days, that's for sure and i loved cat power ten years ago.

Can't wait to see everything you trash in our EOY poll after stanning for this.

this thread gets really nuts circa 2006. in case you've never seen it.

Never understood the hate on here, I like her just fine though I haven't caught up with the new one yet.

Has the sound of her voice changed over the years? I'm not familiar with older stuff

I think she exercises a bit more control over her voice now than she did early on, but it's not a huge change. Some of the I Am-era stuff was really out there; her last few have been a bit more conventional.

Hong Kong Phooey

― KarateBoy, Sunday, April 30, 2006 4:05 PM (7 years ago)

Just listened to Scout Niblett again. Still awful.

you sound like me posting on a blue nile thread, quite sad. i am not sure about scott niblett, not very memorable as i have more or less forgotten about her. but definitely not the worst music in the world. there was this hard hitting song (that wonderful liquid guitar sound) which i really liked:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0n9r622mKo

bout time someone cut Scout Niblett down to size again!

xp -- I had forgotten about Scout Niblett -- there was time about 10/11 years ago? When Pandora first came out ... and the novelty of "if you like this, then you will probably like this" was a big thing, and so I tried it out, and invariably, Pandora would serve up a Scout Niblett track because I like "x, y, and z" ... and I would cringe. I would hate it even more each successive time. I came to consider "Scout Niblett" shorthand for the inability of computer programs to reliably predict human taste in music.

Even when I wasn't looking at the screen, and just listening to the songs, I thought it was awful -- like, this was independent of the artist having the first name of an annoying character in that smarmy book I read in junior high and a last name that reminded me of gross canned corn.

My first introduction to her was watching Giant Sand in 2002, and Howe was talking about how he'd been captivated by a woman playing drums and singing, and had done a little dictaphone recording of her playing and turned it into a loop, which he then played while singing and playing along. I don't remember what the song, either that Howe was singing, or the song that Scout was playing that he'd sampled.

Although, a google reveals that they did a cover at some point of "I Want Candy"

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

Next I heard of Scout was "Kidnapped By Neptune" and the title track in particular touches the same parts of my brain as Silver Apples, there is something breathtaking about the simplicity of the songs and the off-kilterness of the performance that it becomes its own drama, the beauty of an unsteady groove.

It is interesting to me to read Jessica Hopper write in her review of "It's Up To Emma" (2013) that "her seventh album, is her best since her debut... is her first without Steve Albini producing and is markedly fancier for it". Albini's production and Scout's songs/performance felt like a perfect union to me, it is so thrilling to have such loose drum performances sounding sonically so GOOD and his vocal mic'ing/guitar recording is so perfect at all times. There is nothing about this music that is awful to me. My favourite part of "Moon Pix" (and Cat Power's discography as a whole) is when the guitar and drums slide out of time when Chan sings "American flaaaaaag" and this is an entire discography that pays tribute to that moment.

awwww you're convincing me to reassess my opinions! i love ilx! (also you are rad!)

I just got a copy of This Fool Can Die Now, incidentally. Good album imho

Aw thanks sarahell!!

To be clear, I like/love a lot of Scout's guitar-based stuff, but some of it doesn't appeal. Her cover of "Uptown Top Ranking" was a live staple for a while and it, well, it sucked, as far as I'm concerned, but it's one of my favourite songs to begin with and I don't think it could be covered well by anyone. Give me "Kidnapped By Neptune" and "Fuck Treasure Island" for days