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Originally Posted by Diesel

^jajajaja

There's a few ridiculous blog posts online pertaining a narrative along the lines of if you support this artist then you don't condone the abuse and have no empathy for the alleged victims. No separation between music and person and a cancel culture piece. If this man can't make money from his music then what must he do, go flip burgers etc? which raises the question: would the state and/or his manager then be guilty of supporting him? Should he live on welfare handouts? At which point are the government liable? there's no logic, where is the line drawn. The blog writer's clearly want revenge and to simply ruin this guy's life even though he's wholeheartedly apologised.

It's a similar situation to Ducktails and Alex Calder who incidentally make similar dream pop which raises a further question: what is with these jizz-jazzer's making chill un-offensive music and yet owning obnoxious offensive personalities?

Anyway, if you like Acid Ghost I'd recommend the aforementioned artists if you can get past the personal business. If you can't then there's always early Beach Fossils and early Diiv, but then the Diiv bassist was outed as being a bit of a racist so just be ready to cancel him and EQ the bass out for safe listening pleasure.

yeah it is a good question, speaking of drawing the line. I guess it depends on a full picture and circumstances of what actually happened speaking about whether to support the guy. according to each individual opinion/faith/conscience. I think few other girls came out and cofirmed similar experiences like the first one. obviously it seems like he had/has some problem/issues. not nice if that is the case and obviously it came back to him in that or another way. it seems he accepted it anyway and disappeared from the internet alltogether. I just hope he realizes he has issues and needs treatment if that should be a case. was he ever proven guilty?

me personaly? I did not support him anyway so... I do not feel guilty liking his stuff, it just that thought of what I know now messing with my head a bit while listen to his music. I have to admit I listened to few songs again today.

thanks very much for the tips I will check them out. hahaha, I will certainly not eq the bass out, hahaha, fair enough...

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Originally Posted by _slavo_

the dude invented a new genre 'harrasment-gaze'

not funny, I know.

sorry I had to laugh... a bit...

tirestires - Shadowdog

James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual

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Originally Posted by greenlight

... was he ever proven guilty? ..

He pretty much admitted the guilt in his apology.

Dream-pop 4eva!!

Olafur Arnalds - some kind of peace.

Very good.

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Originally Posted by _slavo_

Have you head volume 2 from this year?

James Ferraro - Jarvid 9: Gecko

A little Saturday morning Arkestra

Tim Hecker - Virgins

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Originally Posted by g.

Yep, all new and all good. It's probably the best one in a while for me. Same playful joy mixed with melancholy. It tells the tale of E's failed marriage and child from the relationship. Well worth a listen.

From Paste:

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Jon Hamm Gets Burgled in the EELS Video for "Are We Alright Again"

EELS (the project of Mark Oliver Everett) released a new album, Earth to Dora, last month via E Works/[PIAS]. Now they have shared an amusing video for the album's "Are We Alright Again," which stars Jon Hamm, who is so lost in grooving out to the song on his headphones that he doesn't notice his house is being burgled.

[...] Everett had this to say about the video in a press release: "We could all use a little comfort from the past year. Perhaps this song can provide a little for you like it does for the guy in this video."

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Originally Posted by Antagon

James Ferraro - Jarvid 9: Gecko

This again. Because it was a great immersive listen, but is just ambient enough to keep me going through my tedious interlinear translation process.

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Originally Posted by Antagon

This again. Because it was a great immersive listen, but is just ambient enough to keep me going through my tedious interlinear translation process.

Thank you for the heads up. Though I haven’t found Jarvad 9: Geco, I do have Requiem For Recycled Earth in the queue for late night listening whilst at work.

Audrey & Kate : Candy splash

https://youtu.be/h5x9MY9qfYE

The new record by Lamps is great. Take that Coronavirus, YOU MONSTER!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilYdVN4V80M

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Originally Posted by Antagon

Ayyyyy

Listening to the most recent Ashtray Navigations release on Bandcamp.

I swear, must be the most prolific act in music.

Outside of this board, I’ve never met anyone who knows who they are.

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Originally Posted by Severian

Outside of this board, I’ve never met anyone who knows who they are outside of this board.

Let this wash over you......pay attention to the underneath!

Gloga - Material Hangover

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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

Yeah, I fucked up the sentence because I don’t care

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Originally Posted by Severian

Yeah, I fucked up the sentence because I don’t care

Nice punk reply. :D But you do care about Ashtray Navigations, so...

Anyway, there's nothing to fight about here - I was just messing with you a bit, Riddlin' Severian. ;):)

Holly Golightly - Painted On

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Originally Posted by Antagon

YES! Oh MAN, 13 years in this joint and FINALLY another Gillian fan (or at least listener).

The moonshine is on me! :cool:

My life's a piece of shit
That got caught in my shoe
And I've been grinding that stink into the dirt
For a long time now...

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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

Nice punk reply. :D But you do care about Ashtray Navigations, so...

Anyway, there's nothing to fight about here - I was just messing with you a bit, Riddlin' Severian. ;):)

That’s ok I’m not fighting, I just really don’t care, or I would have edited the post lol. The THE BATMAN Riddler outfit looks super uncomfortable by the by

my brother's listening to that guy, i was trying to listen to him but his music kinda just flew had flew through me without any trace. so i'm re-listening to it

also this:

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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

YES! Oh MAN, 13 years in this joint and FINALLY another Gillian fan (or at least listener).

The moonshine is on me! :cool:

No one else? That's kind of hard to believe. But yeah, great stuff. Only just got into it to be honest. Really hits that sweet spot.

Yesterday evening. Had heard only recently of David Roback's passing. Completely slipped under my radar back in February. My mind was kind of occupied back then. What a sucky year.

And now:

I wonder if it'll ever get the recognition it deserves. Recommended it to someone the other day in a passionate, lengthy post. This one's been done dirty, certainly.

NYCgaf is one of my most fav sy records! i don't recongize the second one tho :P

is it only me or do only i feel like g&f has some sort of a ghost in it?

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Originally Posted by Antagon

I wonder if it'll ever get the recognition it deserves. Recommended it to someone the other day in a passionate, lengthy post. This one's been done dirty, certainly.

Most of the derision is linked to that retarded 0.0 Pitchfork "review". (If Pitchfork really wanted to be contrarian cool, they should have done a 180º and ended up naming it 2000's album of the year - Creem Lester Bangs style!) Anyway, Robert Christgau didn't buy that bullshit:

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NYC Ghosts and Flowers
Maybe the trauma of guitar loss jolted them past songform, or maybe they're acting out with David Geffen gone bye-bye. Either way this impressionistic poetry-with-postrock is the most avant-sounding of their DGC-etc. product, and either way its avant parts are more listenable--nay, beautiful--than anything on Washing Machine if not A Thousand Leaves. Songform guy that I am, it put me off at first. But heard refracting the dusk on the Taconic Parkway or spattering through the rain on Second Avenue, its refusal to distinguish between abrasive and tender or man-made and natural is a compelling argument for their continuing to do whatever they damn well feel like. A

He even liked it better than Murray Street (!).

Don’t let this harsh noise diddy miss your “Best Of 2020” list!

GASHKADIN - Shooting Meth

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Originally Posted by Antagon

[...] Had heard only recently of David Roback's passing. Completely slipped under my radar back in February. My mind was kind of occupied back then. What a sucky year.

It happened to me with Silver Apples' Simeon - I read about it only this month and he died on September 8. I cannot believe nobody here posted about his death at the time it occured. :(