"Out of touch and not afraid to admit it"

'So what does that digivolve into ?'

'Why is he called Mr. Ass ?'

'So are you preparing for your SATs ? '

b) "Why is Robin Page endlessly wheeled out by the London media as representative of rural Britain, and why do 'liberal thinkers' often regard all ruralism as utterly beneath them?"

(the answer is a convoluted set of arguments related to Thatcherism and punk which I won't go through again. But I forgot. I'm only 20, so I shouldn't care. Sorry. Fuck off.)

*we apologise for the interruption in debate and will return to ILM's true subject as soon as possible*

Robots in Disguise write songs about life as they experience it and regularly engage in discussion forums to rival Ricki Lake and The Late Show. The Robots' unique blend of robotic rocking, mystery and sci-fi lullabies is currently causing a stir across the capita l(and on its airwaves- already being played frequently on XFM and also getting plays on Radio One and London Live). Since their first gig at the ICA, their live parties/gigs have been avidly followed by fans with similar haircuts.

Robin, you are slipping just like the C.Palace! at least you can be in touch with the latest football scores ! here

Did anyone see advertising for the KoC album quoting a journo, this deserves to win the Technics Mercury prize. (as this prize is for British/Irish artists only - it was a stupid thing to write)

Apparently, she invited him over to listen to records, and he was really upset when it turned out all she wanted to do was *listen* to records. Or, so sez Mr. Gossip.

And my question is... why do members of indie bands *always* unsuccessfuly fancy members of other indie bands who destroy their hearts and make them turn to writing endless miserable wibbling songs about it? Erm... not that that's ever happened to me. Oh no sirree.

As for the question...oh, there are so many...

On the Mira from Ladytron issue: Yes, she declined my advances. But, hey. One out of two electronica-band-girls ain`t bad scoring for someone resembling a Proclaimers dude.

erlend in kings of convenience

"Hello? Google?"

"We're sorry, but our 'off' switch has had its handle removed. If you don't want someone to find out what you're saying about them on the Internet, then don't post it on a public site. This is a recording." :-)

i fucking HATE autotune

i think of autotune now in the same way i used to think of fretless ebass. that is— kind of cheesy and really bad when it's used in excess, which is unfortunately the only way some people seem to know how to use it. i still like how it sounds sometimes and think it can definitely make a good song better ("why why why why why" by sault is a fine example).

and hell, since i'm on my last leg anyway, might as well come clean and say it: i like the song "heartless" by kanye west. genuine first listen love on that one and maybe one of 5 or 6 things he's ever done that i think is just plain old good music. it was also one of the first things i ever heard that really

yikes sorry quick hands on keyboard

consider this intermission, rest of thoughts coming shortly

so yeah—

"heartless" was also one of the first things i heard that really hammered home the idea of `trust the art, not the artist` in a profound way because i love it without reservation despite two things: 1) i hate autotune and 2) i really do not care for kanye west, as you might already know.

so yeah, definitely love/hate with autotune. i'd like to see it get "hacked" somehow —— like some weird techy musician eccentric figures a way to hook it up to their marimba or something and hitting the "wrong" notes will actually make the "right" ones come out, albeit in this weird, somewhat unnatural sound. definitely has some mad scientist possibilities. i feel like sun ra would've really dug autotune.

oh yeah, forgot to end with the most important part:

i love fretless ebass now, even when it's totally ridiculous and hammed out. so who knows? maybe if i live long enough, i'll love autotune just as much.

believe me, i don't want to hate autotune. i want to be able to like just about anything. but at this point, the only autotune i want to hear is deep on the ocean floor, modulated by deep water flows, time-stretched to 400x length

i don't have too many dealbreakers like that, and whenever autotune comes up in real life i just try to think about other things and let it go by, because i don't want to be that guy who hates on autotune. except on this thread though

honestly i would like a #autotune tag on any review that covers it, though. the worst thing is when the review makes it sound like incredibly pop, and maybe it actually is, but...

another analogy. it is like a great painter who always uses the same exact bright neon yellow green, on top of everything else, very thick, impasto, always, on every single painting

the only autotune i want to hear is deep on the ocean floor, modulated by deep water flows, time-stretched to 400x length

it's been a long time since an ilx post made me weep for the beauty of it. ty The Postman

Autotune is to pop as eyelash extensions are to femininity; performative artificiality that highlights the underlying absurdity of idealised norms. It can either be super fucking hot or a total cringey bore.

I couldn't quite ID why most modern pop music was exhausting for me to listen to until I watched hours and hours of "pop music producer shows you their Logic Pro workflow" videos. What kills me is that most songs now have at least 90+ tracks - each track tweaked and/or worked over.

xp

<3 *puts 2 tacos into the mailbox*

xp ghost club i think on my better days i agree with you, that it can be really good. i just think, imagine if there were a new song with a tambourine solo. and then suddenly, every single song had a tambourine solo. and this went on for like 20 years

no, but what you don't understand is that THIS tambourine solo takes place over some really innovative discordant stuff

("why why why why why" by sault is a fine example).

wow! have listened to this dozens of times and it using auto-tune never crossed my mind.

i'm out of touch with auto-tune use and not afraid to admit it.

Like a lot of people I thought autotune was a fad that would wane, and so subsequently I've wondered if it would be analogous to something like heavy electric guitar distortion for people in the sixties, which also never went away (though rock has become marginal).

Funnily enough I was listening to Caetano Veloso's white album this morning and thinking "this is really good, but the guitar is like someone scrawling all over a beautiful landscape painting," which I assume must have been an intended effect.

wow, the guitar parts are one of the best parts in the '69 album. Lanny Gordin ftw