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Post by parenthesees on Jun 12, 2011 15:39:54 GMT -8
Consequence of Sound, on point as usual:
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Post by parenthesees on Apr 9, 2011 12:03:33 GMT -8
I forget if we figured out whether Fitz and the Tantrums are any good or not. Just found out in the paper they're playing here Tuesday and wanna figure out whether they'll be worth seeing. Help? Since when is musical taste a group decision?
Since the invention of the message board
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Post by parenthesees on Mar 22, 2011 6:41:11 GMT -8
Maybe one the tricks up their sleeves will be a reasonably priced selection of good beer, which they could now afford to grant us due to less money spent on lineup!
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Post by parenthesees on Mar 10, 2011 20:08:55 GMT -8
Thank you ;D
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Post by parenthesees on Mar 9, 2011 12:39:39 GMT -8
For some amazing friends of mine that will be traveling cross country for this thang. I don't think any of us saw the quick sell-out coming.
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 23, 2011 9:42:05 GMT -8
^^ It's a headphones kinda album for sure
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 19, 2011 14:22:49 GMT -8
Interesting article on AtEase about the exchange of influence between FlyLo and Radiohead: www.ateaseweb.com/2011/02/19/flying-lotus-flower-radiohead-vs-the-king-of-beats/For those who prefer to stay on the board: Flying Lotus Flower: Radiohead vs The King Of Beats
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Posted by atze on Feb 19, 2011 • (14) We came across some interesting tweets from music journalist Atze de Vrieze Today on Flying Lotus’ influence on Radiohead or vice versa. We asked Atze to guest blog his thoughts on The King Of Limbs and Flying Lotus.
“Im trippin out right now.. this radiohead shit is cold! gawd. i need to slap someone in the face .. someone come over.” Flying Lotus kind of lost his mind on Twitter yesterday, and he knew it. “Sorry i gotta tweet thru this radiohead joint”, he apologized. “Its kinda a world event for me.”
Understandable, because the British band quite literally honor the Los Angeles beat producer on their new album The King Of Limbs. Some fans even mistakenly called the new single Flying Lotus instead of Lotus Flower, a Freudian slip the band itself could have invented. The song starts with a minute of electronic sounding rhythms, with a deep, slowly lapsing bass, guitar glitches and distorted handclaps. Only after that minute Thom Yorke starts singing, with his falsetto, with more soul than he usually has.
Last year Flying Lotus had breakthrough with his third album Cosmogramma. He perfected the sound he developed on his first two records, an amalgam of hip hop, bass music and experimental jazz (his great-aunt was Alice Coltrane). It’s a cosmic electronic opera. A layered, intense and totally unique album, and no doubt a big influence for producers in the coming years. Not in the least for Radiohead.
If Lotus Flower doesn’t convince you, just put on Bloom, The King Of Limbs’ opening track. It has a looped piano, jazz drums that sound like samples and that seem to ignore the direction the piano pointed out. A signature Flylo technique. After three minutes, an orchestra is coming up, slowly but overwhelming. Horns and strings it seems, but so distorted they get an extraterrestrial feel. It’s a clear nod to Cosmogramma’s overture. The producer must have felt as if the track was produced just for him. “Fuck.. I was sittin outside in the chair and the speakers said BLOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM #thekingoflimbs pow powpow pow.”
The cross-pollination is easy to substantiate. Their paths crossed continuously in recent years. Flying Lotus remixed Radiohead song Reckoner and Thom Yorke lent his voice to Flylo’s … And The World Laughs With You. Last month, the Radiohead frontman presented an award to the producer at the World Wide Awards, hosted by BBC DJ Gilles Peterson. Backstage after the show he interviewed him. Well, more or less. It’s a safe bet to say new Radiohead track Feral will end up in Flylo’s live set.
But wait, isn’t it the other way around? Aren’t Radiohead the mentors here, Flylo the protege? Contrary rhythms and electronic experiments, isn’t that what Radiohead have been about since the turn of the century? If there’s one record The King Of Limbs builds upon, it’s Thom Yorke’s solo album The Eraser. Flylo’s LA buddy The Gaslamp Killer plays songs from that album in his dj-sets all the time, and in his own work, the influence is undeniable as well.
“For me, OK Computer is not the classic, Kid A is”, Flying Lotus said in and interview I did with him last year, one month before Cosmogramma was released. In his live set that night, he incorporated Idioteque, a classic from that period. “And Amnesiac is my personal favorite. Rhythmic as well as melodic. Interesting rhythmic patterns always attract my attention.”
There are still people who believe Radiohead lost it after OK Computer and everything they release after that was navel-gazing. That Radiohead were trapped in their own world, that the A&R manager of the good old record company was sorely missed. All nonsense. Radiohead have turned away from the mainstream and leave big stadium anthems to Muse and Kings Of Leon, but they have never been blind to what’s happening in the frontline of today’s music. This is how Flying Lotus puts it: “Studentteacherteacherstudent.”
Atze de Vrieze is a music journalist for 3VOOR12, the prime online and radio platform of Dutch public broadcasting company VPRO. The King Of Limbs is the album of the week on their website. You can find him on Twitter.
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 18, 2011 4:04:18 GMT -8
Incredibly excited for this set. I hope it does not overlap with the Flaming Lips.
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 15, 2011 9:26:20 GMT -8
^^ For sure. In the past, some people I knew had like an hour plus walk to get form campgrounds to stages. And getting front at main stage means being there in the AM when it opens and sprinting to the stage and needless to say, staying there all day long.
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 15, 2011 9:21:10 GMT -8
Christ that is an intense lineup for sure. Just out of curiosity, how many people attending does Bonnaroo usually have compared to Squatch? Bonnaroo has 80k
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 15, 2011 9:17:25 GMT -8
So happy Radiohead isn't playing so I don't have to consider dragging my ass to that hot, dusty field once again.
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 14, 2011 14:23:39 GMT -8
:: waits for Radiohead to be announced as true headliner, Death Cab as joke headliner ::
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 14, 2011 10:01:17 GMT -8
Gang Gang Dance!!! Booze yeah!!!!! Hugely excited for this. When I saw them about a year ago, they played lots of beautiful unrecognizable sounds- very tribal and dance-y.
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 11, 2011 15:28:18 GMT -8
Ecstatic Flying Lotus
Excited Flaming Lips, Washed Out, Gold Panda, Deerhunter, Bonobo, Guided By Voices, Major Lazer, Chromeo, MSTRKRFT,
Intrigued Twin Shadow, The Antlers, Ratatat, Robyn, Sleigh Bells, The Radio Dept, Yeasayer, Beach House, Local Natives, Modest Mouse
Ambivalent Wilco, The Decemberists, Iron & Wine, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Bassnectar, Death From Above 1979, !!!, Death Cab For Cutie,
Dissapointed Foo Fighters,Bright Eyes, Flogging Molly,
Unexposed Pink Martini, Cold War Kids, Old 97s, Wolf Parade, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Matt & Kim, Trailer Park Boys, Skrillex, Tokyo Police Club, Fitz and the Tanrums, Archers of Loaf, Against Me, The Thermals, Best Coast, Surfer Blood, CSS, City & Colour, Jenny & Johnny, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Head & The Heart, Reggie Watts, K-Os, Gayngs, Tim Minchin, The Drums, Sam Roberts Band, Young The Giant, Sharon Van Etten, Villagers, Stornoway, Aloe Black, Black Mountain, Rival Schools, Moondoggies, Noah & The Whale, Smith Westerns, Secret Sisters, , Das Racist, Wye Oak, Tig Notaro, Wheedle's Groove, Albert Cross, Foster The People, S. Carey, White Denim, Dan Mangan, Axis of Awesome, The Globes, Cotton Jones, Jaill, Mad Rad, Basia Bulat, Other Lives, The Bronx, Rebecca Gates and the Consortium, White Arrows, Pepper Rabbit, Talkdemonic, The Young Evils...
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 11, 2011 9:59:36 GMT -8
Not to derail this thread, but I saw Chromeo play an amazing show last night. They are currently listed as playing the main stage in what I imagine will be an afternoon set. It will be a travesty if they are not moved to a late night slot. They should switch places with Ratatat
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 10, 2011 6:16:56 GMT -8
Sounds good man. He's playing a free show in Belgium next week. I was planning to check it out because I'll happen to be there. Perfect. Love it when traveling coincides with great live music. Definitely let us know how the show is if you make it out
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 9, 2011 17:25:10 GMT -8
For those who don't know Gold Panda...
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 7, 2011 8:07:11 GMT -8
This list of bands just seems more like an indie rock history lesson a huge party at the Gorge.
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 5, 2011 9:38:59 GMT -8
Hope that lineup is for realz, but there seems to be too many bands that are headliner-worthy
Foo Fighters/Pixies/Arcade Fire/Kanye West/The Postal Service/Phoenix/Echo and the Bunnymen/The Chemical Brothers
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Post by parenthesees on Feb 4, 2011 11:45:57 GMT -8
Or after one time. I saw it once, enjoyed it, but have no need to see it again.
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