oOoOO

I'm not sure whether these people deserve their own thread, but I didn't think it would fit in any of the current "Rolling..." threads. I found this on this week's Forkast and I immediately loved it. Moroderesque mid 80's synths with epic drums and heavily pitched-down vocals:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zYmPKAP18&feature=player_embedded

A couple of other decent tunes on their myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk

^Forkcast

zOoOoOm

i like it. video is by daniel lopatin aka oneohtrix point never.

we've been discussing them a bit on the Salem thread which by now could maybe be turned into a rolling goth crunk thread

Is that a band name? If so it has to be worst ever. How are you supposed to pronounce it?

TS: oOoOO vs. OOIOO.

loOoOOl

best band name ever.

o_O_o_O_O

snoOoOOze

From the new Tri Angle Lilo tribute EP:

http://hypem.com/track/1165453/oOoOO+-+I+Live+For+The+Day+Lindsay+Lohan+cover+

oOoOO
oOoO
oOoOO
the right stuff!

holy shit. did not know about this LiLo tribute thing!! i'm a mildly obsessive lilo apologist

i've been loving this band's EP for a few months. "No Shore" is addictive and sublime, in particular.

also lol @ "Tri Angle Records"

i still contend that 20JFG is one of hte best music blogs ever, participation in altered zonez or not

i'm just gonna go ahead and believe that the name is tongue in cheek

"The songs are like slave songs for a world where everyone thinks slavery was abolished and the people don’t know they’re slaves. So the music is full of longing, but in an unconscious way. The lyrics might be about wanting love or wanting a new pair of jeans, but they’re secretly about wanting freedom."

-oOoOO on the music on Britney Spears

http://www.wowmagazine.fr/2010/06/23/ooooo-interview/

oo_OO

this LiLo cover kinda sucks

the original is better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMxk8rnsZe0

though it's a sign of impeccable taste that they chose that particular lilo deep cut to cover

that interview is is pretty rad. his description of SF and it's "creative" inhabitants is dead on.

The whole thing can be downloaded here for free. Highlights, IMO, are the oOoOO one, "Bossy" by Autre Ne Veut and "I Can Try To Run (Stuck)" by Babe Rainbow.

that interview is is pretty rad. his description of SF and it's "creative" inhabitants is dead on.

― Loverboy (Spinspin Sugah), Tuesday, July 27, 2010 3:14 PM (8 minutes ago)

lollll, i'mma call BS on all this. SF has a rich history of greedy opportunism, not even starting with "go west", yet little has changed in 162 years. impotent parting shots from a post-hipster.

NB: i don't work in tech/it any of that.

that interview is no where enar as good as the one with the dude from Salem about how he used to turn tricks for crack

I'm glad someone had this idea. I feel like most of these bands are good at creating interesting noises but are mostly terrible/uninterested in "proper" songwriting and coming up with pop hooks etc.

xpost

I guess I was referring to the parts about how dull the city can be, despite the best intentions of creative types here. There are people doing interesting things, but most of it's pretty much paint-by-numbers from what I've seen. The city is in dire need of an artistic renaissance. I'm pretty sure both I and the guy from the band don't believe that the entire city's economy is based on Google.

If his music is what passes as creativity these days, then keep that shit out of San Francisco.

SF needs an artistic 9/11 and oOoOO... as much as it pains me to say it, is our Osama bin Laden.

I bet it doesn't pain you very much.

saw the debut performance last night at aunt charlie's and it was pretty rad. setup was just a laptop + juno synth + effects box for the vocals, but it sounded great

maybe he should keep his mouth shut when it comes to san francisco's creative drought or whatever (even if i sorta agree, it gives people something easy to hate) but this stuff is much more tolerable than salem- seemed more akin to chromatics/the spacier side of idib. nothing groundbreaking, but he has a nice sound that he doesn't eff up by trying to include chopped and screwed raps or incessant references to crack or anything like that

XLR8R have got an exclusive stream of the oOoOO EP up now...

http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2010/09/stream-new-ooooo-ep

this is ooooOOk

I like this so much better than Salem. The vocals remind me of Sally Shapiro.

OK no. I've changed my mind, the Salem album is incredible, still nothing tops seaww IMO.

i kinda like the song "NoSUmmertime4u"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXx5Qk1iP1M&feature=related

the original is better
If you like overdone vocals and electric guitars via Miley Cyrus, then yeah. oOoOO's cover fixes all that. The lyrics are the most gorgeous thing about this song, no matter who's singing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxqU3lcuejM

New EP out on April. In the meantime:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atyaT-tMIf0

Definitely liking this.

ya i am into this ish

lp is out

Two new tracks! Also, upcoming LP with Islamiq Grrrls:

https://soundcloud.com/ooooosounds

New single and upcoming album!

A bit on the lo-fi side even for oOoOO's standard. It's got some interesting ideas sewn together, not sure if they all work. Also, feels somewhat anachronistic, but not in a bad way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSRARbr3qwU