Dirty Beaches - Badlands

I know it's been talked up a bit on some other threads, but I'm curious what you all think of this one.

I'm digging it but the appropriation of so much is nagging at me a bit - "A Hundred Highways" is built around a huge Rallizes Denudes sample, "Lord Only Knows" is Francoise Hardy's "Voila" and "horses" is som Link Wray song ("I'm Branded")...

and I know I know who cares, sampling is fine - no big deal

but coupled with his full-on Suicide vocal thing... it does seem pretty pastiche-y

but then again I do really like it and maybe I should just get over it

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love this disc. wasn't aware of the sampling, but who cares. it's retro, but retro of a different era (50s noir), and sounds vital/edgy.

obv have to hear this

Saw him open for Dum Dum girls way back earlier this year....

....oh my God, if there was something meritable about the music the guy was totally ruining it with his showmanship. I must've smoked about 6 cigarettes through his entire set and even seemed to influence the large majority of the crowd to take up smoking out of boredom.

smoking = stepping outside the venue, as it's prohibited to smoke indoors here in Denver. As I assume elsewhere...mostly.

Dirty....Beaches?

(loads gun, points into mouth, pulls trigger)

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lol yr making fun of a band called dirty beaches.... didnt you start a thread abt 'hype williams'?

I haven't seen him live, so can't say if he would have made me smoke six cigarettes... the stuff I've seen on YouTube seems cool, if a little self-conscious...

hes alright live but p terrible in gen

lol @ da hoos saying he 'has to hear this' tho

hes alright live but p terrible in gen

lol @ covering all your bases here

retro of a different era (50s noir), and sounds vital/edgy.

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, August 15, 2011 4:54 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark

^^^ is what did it for me, + knowin me and d,esq have similar tastes

xp Hype Williams is an original name, at least. What were some other names he was tossing around, Wolf Castles? Beach Bear? Crystal Beach?

Also, Hype Williams shits all over this dreck, sorry

Hype Williams is an original name, at least.

lmao

Holy shit

cool dude but i kind of hate this stuff, makes u realize there was a reason 50's musicians were confident and poised and perfect and endearing rather than mumbly and volatile

xpost lollll

I didn't say it was a good name fer chrissakes. It's actually a miracle they haven't been sued yet. My point is that you're not likely to confuse a band called Hype Williams with dozens of faceless bands with animal-and-beach-themed names.

that kurt gif is really hypnotic

i like this dude. he's playing in sf this friday and i'd go if i wasn't already gonna be outta town

hair-based music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OqjG2uL4X8

ok finally hearing this

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why

this is basically just grimier cramps with some sprinklings of suicide

lux interior always seemed like he was gonna stab you with his toy knife and then try to sleep with you

this dude seems like he wants to stab you with his real knife and then try to sleep with you

this doesn't really sound like Suicide or The Cramps, so much as the music James, the motorcycle "dreamboat" records in Twin Peaks.

listen harder.

seriously, you're telling me you don't hear any frankie teardrop in "speedway king" or human fly in "horses" and all over the rest of it?

lord that cobain gif is awesome

irl lollin

okay, i can hear suicide similarities, but I dunno about Lux Interior/Cramps -- like The Cramps were pastiche of Orbison, Elvis, etc.

'this band sounds like another band!'

"this band sounds like another band who sounded like another band"

like The Cramps were pastiche of Orbison, Elvis, etc.

― sarahel, Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:40 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

sure, but with a foregrounding of the uncurrent of creepiness in the latter

and this is carrying that on

Bought a copy today. Listening now. It's fantastic.

it is. and his older stuff, which is now available on bandcamp, is just as good.

new stuff has a very different sound. abandons 50s vibe in favor of something more electro-y, maybe? certainly more propulsive. sax is distinctive on these new cuts.

cool dude but i kind of hate this stuff, makes u realize there was a reason 50's musicians were confident and poised and perfect and endearing rather than mumbly and volatile

― back in a .gif ;) (flopson), Monday, August 15, 2011 7:07 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark

badlands is a great album

yep. one of my favorites of the year.

it's so short, too

well, i think it's technically billed as a "mini-album" or "extended EP," or something like that.

yeah, it's short.

the old material he put out on various cassette-only labels (e.g., night-people; italian beach babes) is now available on bandcamp. it's also outstanding.

Man. "Dune Walker" sounds like Iggy Pop and Steve McKay over a seriously reduced, almost fried Basic Channel track. And then the guitar starts.

This new album is incredible.

i do not get this dude

Late at night working, seems just about perfect right now.

new album's really interesting, i like how he switched it up just a little bit, like another album of murky rockabilly would've been a retread but it's still super-recognisably dirty beaches

This track is a highlight, especially the electro-doom second half:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonGD22sGKo

Just heard the August At Akiko's soundtrack and finding it difficult to believe this is the same guy. Some really nice jazz improv here. Was there talk about this album somewhere I might have missed? Also is it weird that Factory released this?

Anyone seen the film?

I've seen it! one of my favorites in recent history

Ah, good to know! I'll seek it out. Thanks!