What is it with bands mucking their hands [only an interesting link if you like orbital] of late? Ah well...
It was a good ride.
I really can't help but say that I am overjoyed at this news. The Dead was one overlong strange trip, but these folks just tamed what should be a refreshing generational rebellion into a somewhat nostalgic time-waster. Patchouli, crappy hemp jewelry, mushrooms, who hasn't seen it yet?
Out with the old, in with the new.
Jeez, kuuj. I'm hardly a Phish phan, but why dance on a grave?
I'm deeply saddened by Orbital breakin' up, but a little doubtful that we've heard the last of the Brothers Hartnoll.
... but at the same time, Judas Priest and Rob Halford are reuniting! And TOURING!
We will be rocked. Oh yes, we will be rocked.
As long as we're not rocked like a hurricane, it's all good...
I love the shiny music that descends from overhead
Kicking myself for not seeing Phish and TMBG "back in the day", I have to ask what is the next big act that we should see now while they're small & relatively unknown?
Somebody tell me when doug and the slugs get back together. Until then, who or what is this Phish you speak of?
Blaise, I see your Explosions in the Sky, and raise you a Cathode Ray Syndrome*. Oh yes, it's a big game of post-rock poker.
Disclaimer: There's not a chance in the world that CRS* are going to be the next big thing. And unless you live in East Anglia, you're unlikely to be able to go and see them.
I guess from there I've got nowhere to go but Del Rey for some hot drummer-on-drummer action.
Monkeyfilter: It's a big game of post-rock poster
Poster? Poker! Fuck.
Okay, someone else post now. I'm just looking silly.
Monkeyfilter: Okay, someone else post now.
I cross-hatch to Electrelane.
1) Hoping they count as post-rock, 2) Realising we're now playing Mornington Crescent, not poker.
I'll see that, and double up to The 90 Day Men's first album.
so someone just told me they play the same set twice . . ?? Get out.
Honestly, I thought they had broken up years ago. phish is sooooo 1990. People, put down the weed, take a shower, and LIVE IN THE NOW!!
While you've been gone: Welcome to the year 2004, where robots rule the world (after the Great Robot Wars of 2002) and people eat space food and drive flying cars!
Bizarrely, The Great Robot Wars Of 2002doesn't seem to be the name of a post-rock band...
flashboy, i fear the robots have captured you, and successfully reprogrammed your memory!
Fuck.
Not strictly post-rock, but they are called Fuck, and when John Peel played their record one time he said "And now... Time for Fuck" in a very self-satisfied manner.
BBF, John Peel always sounds so self-satisfied and unapologetic when he swears on the radio - I just love it - so damn English it makes me homesick.
I just started listening to the Peel Sessions on Radio 1 again - its been five years. I love the intros "As usual, this show is going to say some things and play some music that you might not like, if your the sort thats going to be offended, please switch off you radio now... Right then, onto the music, and this out on shit katapult records, its the brand new single from I'm-Going-to-Fry-Your-Baby-in-Lard its called "Don't you Fuck with my Banana, you Dogshit"... pling pling whirrrr
The radio stations in the US are so... uh not like that. Good in their own right (some of them) but...
For those (few) that don't know John Peel, he plays the most eclectic mix of music, late night on BBC Radio One. He usually has live performances, and bands often release these Peel Sessions as live albums in the same way as MTV Unplugged...
A lot of the music is crap. But a lot of it isn't. If your in the mood for genre wandering, tune in .
He recently hosted Slipknot and Morrissey I believe (I told you it was an eclectic mix right?)
For the love of Jebus, please tell me that this won't affect my beloved Phish Food.
If those huppie* bastards mess with my ice cream, I'll have to set my nightstick on "whomp".
* A huppie is the hybrid of a yuppie and a hippie.
Aw man, is the post-rock game over already? Without a Rachel's, not even a simple Mogwai? But of course, if Explosions were the next big thing, I certainly wouldn't complain.
But back on topic (briefly), I guess i'm gonna make a concerted effort to be at Coventry now. Let's see if i can get my finances together...
All of you get out of my CD collection. Now. I need those to comfort the hippies who are crying patchouli tears all over my apartment.
Plus I raise you by a Good Friday Experiment.
All o' y'all need to check yourselves before your wreck yourselves.
Grails.
Is this "rock" what "young" people "listen" to?
/feral musical asshat who actually plays an instrument
*apologises for having drunk an absolutely extraordinary chardonnay, tips glass, fortuitously misses keyboard*
Feral musical asshats playing their intruments while drunk is the very quintessence of RAWK.
I can't say I'm a Phish fan but I watched Trey Anastasio on Charlie Rose last night talking about the break-up. They seem to be disbanding for the right reasons and Phish fans should be happy that it's ending. I think they really should have broken up a couple of years ago when they had their hiatus.
So many groups go on for waaay too long and end up destroying whatever magic they may have had in the past. (Rolling Stones, I'm looking at you!)
As for the real topic of this thread, how has this little post rock game gone on for so long without anyone mentioning godspeed you! black emperor or Shellac? Maybe they aren't cutting or cool enough for you guys anymore.
I think we perhaps just thought they were a little too obvious. Slint also. I mean, who doesn't own the original Jennifer Hartman Records release of Tweez?...
/faux music snob
I think it was because it started in response to a request for the next big thing, and continued because obscure post-rock bands have very funny names...
And no, I don't actually own any Slint records at all. Probably should do, though.
I have the entire collection. No Jennifer Hartman, unfortunately.
Uh... The Exploits of Elaine?
kim: yes and no. phish is one of the best -- if not the best -- live musical acts to see. their technical abilities alone easily put most groups to shame. the music is a blend of funk, jazz, folk, blues, alt rock, and more. nice vibe, lots of jazz-style improv; no show is ever same. and plenty of hot chicks with hairy armpits, which makes the more conservative americans a bit squeamish.
hippyhappy dance on their grave*