Posts Tagged ‘GROUPER’

BEST OF 2011: ALBUMS

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
If you’ve been even remotely regular in following this blog, our number one shouldn’t come as a surprise – I believe I’ve already bothered you enough with my love of Gang Gang Dance’s latest effort (and GGD in general). I’ll leave the list unnumbered because, except for the first 7-8 entries, the rest come in kind of (but not entirely) particular order. And it’s not a strictly albums-of-the-year list, as I’ve included some mixtapes/remix albums/ compilations. Also, I just realised we haven’t covered half of this on the blog… Don’t know how that happens to us every year! Anyway, enough with the explanations, here be the list:

Gang Gang Dance: Eye Contact
John Maus: We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
Julia Holter: Tragedy
Prurient: Bermuda Drain
Water Borders: Harbored Mantras
James Pants: James Pants
The Weeknd: House of Balloons
Nguzunguzu: The Perfect Lullaby
Silk Flowers: Ltd. Form
Belong: Common Era
Planningtorock: W
Shabazz Palaces: Black Up
King Midas Sound: Without You
Tropic of Cancer: The End of All Things
SLEEP ? OVER: Forever
Austra: Feel it Break
Peaking Lights: 936
Clams Casino: Instrumentals
Frank Ocean: Nostalgia, Ultra.
Araabmuzik: Electronic Dream
Chelsea Wolfe: ??????????
U.S. Girls: U.S. Girls on Kraak
Leyland Kirby: Eager to Tear Apart the Stars
Death in Vegas: Trans-Love Energies
James Blake: James Blake
Soft Metals: Soft Metals
Demdike Stare: Triptych
Kindest Lines: Covered in Dust
Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica
Steve Hauschildt: Tragedy & Geometry
Grouper: A I A : Alien Observer / A I A : Dream Loss
Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise
Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972
Maria Minerva: Cabaret Cixous
Bvdub: Tribes at the Temple of Silence
Kate Bush: 50 Words for Snow
Tearist: Living: 2009-Present
ASAP Rocky: LiveLoveA$AP
Zola Jesus: Conatus
Rustie: Glass Swords

GROUPER/ROY MONTGOMERY – SPLIT EP

Sunday, December 6th, 2009
The split EP with Roy Montgomery we mentioned some time ago is now available for pre-order. It features a live recording from their show in Christchurch and four new songs by Grouper. Comes with silk screen art insert.
Here’s what Liz wrote on her Myspace blog: “Some folks asking about new songs – will be on self release split with Roy Montgomery coming out January 1st 2010. Available mail order for folks on the google group, otherwise by distributors/stores. Will be online for download at most sites that do that kind of thing, too.”
Check out those new songs on Grouper’s Myspace.

BLACK DICE, GROUPER – LIVE @ ATP NY

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys posted these the other day. Except for the already hyped Panda Bear live set, you can also download the Grouper and Black Dice sets from ATP NY 2009. The recordings come from various sources, glad that someone collected the download links in one place.
As for the rest of the artists who played ATP NY 2009, Atlas Sound and Suicide tracks are available at the Free Music Archive.

GROUPER – VESSEL, HOLD THE WAY

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

There are some new songs up on Grouper’s Myspace page, Vessel and Hold the Way.

A split 12″ with Roy Montgomery should be released some time later this year. It will feature a live recording from their show in Christchurch on Montgomery’s side and 4 new songs on Grouper’s side. Could Vessel and Hold the Way be some of those new songs to be on that release? Dunno. Anyway, go check ‘em out on her myspace.

V/A – YETI 7 COMPILATION

Monday, July 27th, 2009
2009, YETI magazine
Rare and/or previously unreleased tracks from: Grouper, Zola Jesus, Crystal Stilts, Abner Jay, Dum Dum Girls, Wooden Shjips, Dutchess and the Duke, Jacuzzi Boys, The Great Unwashed, Nodzzz, The Fresh & Onlys, Moon Duo, Explode Into Colors, Eternal Tapestry, Woods, Christmas Island, some Jamaican gospel etc.
The 200-page book includes drawings by J. Bradley Earl of Woods, Grouper talking to Ilyas Ahmed, the life and work of poet/educator Nancy Dupree, interviews with Nodzzz, Wooden Shjips and more. You can get it from the YETI Magazine site.

Suprisingly, the two tracks that first caught my ear were by Nodzzz and The Fresh & Onlys, bands I didn’t really dig so far. Other standouts include Grouper’s False Horizon and Zola Jesus’ Clay Bodies, but I happened to already be familliar with those two. Altough the Yeti 7 CD is announced as the best one yet, I must admit I enjoyed the previous two a lot more…

Nodzzz – In The City [Contact High] [Demo]

The Fresh & Onlys – Be My Hooker

GROUPER – COVER THE WINDOWS AND THE WALLS (2009 EDITION)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

2009, Root Strata

01. Cover The Windows And The Walls; 02. Opened Space; 03. Down To The Ocean; 04. Heart Current; 05. It Feels Allright; 06. You Never Came; 07. Follow In Our Dreams; 08. Drone
Cover The Windows And The Walls was Grouper’s first vinyl-only release back in 2007 and fetches tidy wedges of cash on the second hand market, particularly over the last 12 months when Grouper’s status has sky-rocketed.” A great album, altough a bit different from last year’s acclaimed Dragging a Dead Dear up a Hill.
The limited edition coloured vinyl got out of stock pretty quickly, but you can still get the CD

Opened Space

You Never Came