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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
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 Posted - 05/07/2012 : 17:35:55
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I liked the Grand Duchy post. I like it when artists lash out at critics. It may turn some people off, but you can't deny that it's honest and I dig honesty. That's a rare thing these days.
On the other hand, I also respect it when artists ignore their critics.
Whatever they want to do is fine. I don't ask anything of anyone.
(I don't care at all about Pitchfork and don't read it, but that review actually made me more curious to hear the album.)
Bottom line: Right after I read that post (just now, posted here, I didn't see it originally on Facebook), I bought "Let the People Speak" new on CD at Amazon. I was putting it off because... I don't know why. But I enjoyed that post and it made me quit sleeping. |
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1965
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
799 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 05:35:42
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Where Is John Frum? = I like.
I have the key to #902 |
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
1446 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2012 : 10:44:43
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Got the CD today. Haven't played it, yet (it's coming, looking forward to it).
A couple of notes about the three songs most of us have heard already (ie. the three songs for which the band's made videos):
Writing credits for "Silver Boys" are Black Francis for lyrics and Justin Warfield for music.
Black Francis has sole writing credit for "Shady" (he also plays bass, as well as guitar, on it)
Violet Clark has sole writing credit for "White Out"
Violet Clark also has sole producer credit for the whole thing. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
1446 Posts |
Posted - 05/11/2012 : 16:04:18
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I couldn't hang with the haters of the first Grand Duchy album and I can't hang with them on this new album, either. I think "Let the People Speak" is really cool and entertaining.
Favorite song on these early listens: "Geode", written and sung by Violet. It's very melodic and dark in a sexy way.
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
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Posted - 11/03/2012 : 23:02:16
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Something on this weekend, maybe Wednesday too, non-album tracks included.
I'm still not sure how to listen to this or download it, or what time it's on.
http://www.jlradio.com
@GrandDuchyMusic: Today and tomorrow you can here Jonathan L's radio program "The Lopsided World of L" obsess about all things Duchy. Check for times. |
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The Maharal
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 11/30/2012 : 07:00:29
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Listening to this for the first time now (I usually listen to anything BF-related as soon as it's released, so note the apprehension). Only a few songs in but it's already a chore and the radio bits with Jonathan L in particular are fucking awful, really cringey shit. Had high hopes for John Frum but it peters out halfway through.
Listening to Annie Bliss now and it's alright, kind of a hybrid of Neil Young's Dead Man and something Tom Waits would do. |
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matto
= Cult of Ray =
USA
954 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2013 : 11:04:15
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World Radio Premiere- *Violet Clark "Interesting Parties"
http://jonathanlradio.blogspot.com/
*APRIL 6 (2013) *not aired yet
THE "SHE SHOW-VOLUME 3"
All women artists -SPECIAL EDITION
*Nina Hagen "Berlin" (2012 reissue-originally 1993), *Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Sacrilege" (f/ Karen O), *Shirley Levi "Office In The Sky", (World Radio Premiere- *Ruby "Rain" (f/ Leslie Rankin), IAMEVE "Throw Me A Line" (replay), *Blue Flower Project "Rain", *Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside "Party Kids", *Cold Specks "Holland" (f/ Al Spx), *Claire Hamill "The Lily Field", *Ummagma "Kiev" (f/ Shauna McLarnon), (World Radio Premiere- *Concrete Blonde "Rosalie" (f/ Johnette Napolitano), Portishead "Only You" (1998 Classic), *Cora Lee "Rock 'n' Roll Megastar", Polly Scattergood "Wanderlust" (replay), (World Radio Premiere- *Violet Clark "Interesting Parties", *Tonya Watts "El Cerrito Place", *Anoxia f/ Crystal Jordan "Justify", *Brooke Waggoner "Rumble", JOAN JETT SONG OF THE WEEK: The Runaways "Black Leather" (1979), Doro Pesch "Engel" (replay), *Sofia Talvik f/ Bernard Butler (Suede) "It's Just Love" (2007), *Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra "Berlin", Stereo3 f/ Paula Jean Brown "Mercy" (replay), (World Radio Premiere- *Annabelle Lord-Patey "13" (Big Star cover), (World Radio Premiere- *Becky Cooke w/ Dean Heslop "The House Of The Rising Sun" (live club version), *BentCousin "I Think I like Your Girlfriend More Than You" (f/ Amelia), *The Pale Faces "No More Kisses" (f/ Janice), *Hunter Valentine "Little Curse (Shit Happens)"
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lucmove
- FB Fan -
Brazil
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Posted - 10/14/2013 : 19:37:15
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I just listened to this album for the second time, the first one was as soon as it was released. I had actually forgotten what it was like.
I think it's a really good album... thirty years late. Imagine it being released in 1983, it would have been a jewel. Now, it's hard not to dismiss it. Still, there are some pretty good songs and sounds in it if you manage to get over how passé it seems. It definitely deserves a few more auditions.
Of course, that DJ speaking at the end of every track is one of the most hideous things I've ever heard in music, and yes, I'm counting Bon Jovi. I think I am going to edit each track in Audacity and remove that annoyance, then reserve this album for some repeated listening in the future. I am looking forward to it.
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 10/15/2013 : 13:49:56
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"Geode" sounds like a great song that Prince wrote for one of his ingenues. It's my fave from the album.
I've never heard her mention it, but I do wonder if Prince isn't a conscious influence on Violet. Her cover of Aerial Pink's "She's My Girl" (it's the B-side of her new single) totally transforms the original's Joe Meek mistiness into hard and loud Paisley Park party-funk. It's really good.
Grand Duchy are underrated as heck. |
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Grand Duchy, Let the People Speak debut this wknd
