NP: 7/27 to 8/2

e-stone · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:44 pm

Drinky Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

this is probably blasphemy to califone hardcore fans, but this is starting to sound to me what wilco coulda been had nels been heading the band this whole time.

The problem with that isn't that I hate to see Califone compared to Wilco or that I think they're necessarily superior to Wilco. It's just that they're very, very different beasts. Califone never comes anywhere near the kind of syrupy pop that Wilco regularly churns out.

And Nels hasn't really changed Wilco very much anyway, IMO. O'Rourke steered them closer to Califone territory than Nels has.

true on that last part. loose fur would be a better comparison. and i'm not necessarily trying to lump them together at all...just kinda thinking out loud. the noisier bits kinda remind a bit of what nels does for them, live at least. i was thinking if nels was a huge part of YHF or something, it might've veered closer to this sound.

really good shit though...i'm glad i'm at least checking it out now. better late than never.

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:09 pm

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:40 pm

e-stone Wrote:

really good shit though...i'm glad i'm at least checking it out now. better late than never.

Now check out Red Red Meat Bunny Got Paid (if you haven't already). Same kind of fucked-up take on rootsy Americana, although sounds somehow more planned out than the Califone mutation.

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paper · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:13 pm

nobody · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:07 am

The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire

These guys were way more than wild costumes and cocaine. Not that any of that hurts. Rock solid funk with syrupy melodies dripping all over everything. One of those bands I need to take the time one of these days and dip further into, but they do have a pretty large and daunting catalog to dive into.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:13 am

Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine
The Dodos - Time to Die
Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom
A Minor Forest - Inindependence
Racebannon - IV: Acid or Blood
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Liars/Oneida - Atheists, Reconsider
NoMeansNo - Mama/Betrayal, Fear, Anger, Hatred
Red Red Meat - Bunny Gets Paid (Deluxe Ed.)
The Walkmen - You & Me

harry · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:16 am

Drinky Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

this is probably blasphemy to califone hardcore fans, but this is starting to sound to me what wilco coulda been had nels been heading the band this whole time.

The problem with that isn't that I hate to see Califone compared to Wilco or that I think they're necessarily superior to Wilco. It's just that they're very, very different beasts. Califone never comes anywhere near the kind of syrupy pop that Wilco regularly churns out.

And Nels hasn't really changed Wilco very much anyway, IMO. O'Rourke steered them closer to Califone territory than Nels has.

I love both bands, but yeah, I don't hear it. Wilco is pop, country, classic rock, even Brit invasion, cohesive, arranged ... Califone is folky, ambient, fragmented, partial, falling apart...

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:18 am

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:25 am

A lot of iTunes today.
Most recent (on random):
Out My Way (live) - Meat Puppets
It Beats for You - My Morning Jacket
Suddenly Awake - The Webb Brother
Little Blue Pills - Jay Bennett
Those Were The Days - Shrimp Boat
Dreamdancer - Polarkreis
Sins Of Children - Martha And The Muffins
I'm Pathetic (7/24 mix) - Hop On Pop
Hello Helen - Dogbowl
Whiskey - Cash Cow
Photo Jenny - Belle & Sebastian
Degree'd Or Denounced - Fake Problems

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:00 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

really good shit though...i'm glad i'm at least checking it out now. better late than never.

Now check out Red Red Meat Bunny Got Paid (if you haven't already). Same kind of fucked-up take on rootsy Americana, although sounds somehow more planned out than the Califone mutation.

i will seek this out later today.

but first, another listen:

e-stone Wrote:

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:01 pm

califone - roomsound

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:40 pm

e-stone Wrote:

Radcliffe Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

really good shit though...i'm glad i'm at least checking it out now. better late than never.

Now check out Red Red Meat Bunny Got Paid (if you haven't already). Same kind of fucked-up take on rootsy Americana, although sounds somehow more planned out than the Califone mutation.

i will seek this out later today.

I have it with me today and can rip/upload.

discostu · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:51 pm

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:05 pm

Drinky Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

Radcliffe Wrote:

e-stone Wrote:

really good shit though...i'm glad i'm at least checking it out now. better late than never.

Now check out Red Red Meat Bunny Got Paid (if you haven't already). Same kind of fucked-up take on rootsy Americana, although sounds somehow more planned out than the Califone mutation.

i will seek this out later today.

I have it with me today and can rip/upload.

thanks for the offer, i did find it on google blog search earlier though. i think i may be making an amazon order soon on all of this.

np:

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:05 pm

oh yes, this is good

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:42 pm

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:44 pm

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DumpJack · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:02 pm

e-stone Wrote:

After all the Califone talk in that one tourney thread I got curious and checked them out further. In the AMG review this caught my eye and got me searching too:

Quote:

The album's centerpiece has to be the title cut though: a nearly 15-minute-long delicious slab of detuned avant skronk blues that strongly echoes Captain Beefheart's Mirror Man album.

I fucking love Mirror Man.

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Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:29 pm

The Dodos - Time to Die
Stereolab - Chemical Chords
Lhasa - s/t
Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:25 am

Miles Davis - Birth Of the Cool
Dolly Varden - Mouthful of Lies
Tim Armstrong - A Poet's Life
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
The Millennium - Begin
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, & Delivered

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:10 pm

paper · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:21 pm

NP: 7/27 to 8/2

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