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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Omar comes out with some strange album names and song titles, but this coupled with the album art is loving bizarre It looks like a Black Moth Super Rainbow cover.
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Jul 24, 2012 19:12
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I like how he's using any and all press lately to tell everyone he's going to stop being such an rear end in a top hat hahaha. I'm just imagining that he went and made a list of all the people he's been a poo poo to...got to a certain point and said "you know what, it's going to take a lot less time to just say this to all the magazines I can get into and hope they see this"
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Jul 24, 2012 19:27
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I have only listened to the first two tracks of that first 2012 album. I think I'll listen to them all today.
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Jul 24, 2012 23:17
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Deantoni Parks' solo album is out. http://deantoniparks.bandcamp.com/ it's quite good and chill
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Jul 31, 2012 18:34
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The single he released a while back was so utterly boring and generic sounding, but I'm going to give the album a shot anyway.
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Jul 31, 2012 20:33
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In regards to the Octopus Kool Aid album,Webbeh posted:Despite the name, this album is a lot more accessible than his last two releases. Although it sounds a lot like Tychozorente, just with a different female lead and a lot darker. I feel that his albums are getting more "accessible" which to me translates to boring. I know he'd going a new direction and exploring, but it seems like his exploration is limited to mid-tempo synthesizer tracks. I miss the insanity of his old stuff, and most of all, I want him to play guitar again.
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Aug 29, 2012 19:25
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I dunno if y'all knew, but Omar has a new group that's touring right now with all new music. It's called Bosnian Rainbows and it's Omar on guitar, Deantoni on drums and synth, Teri Gender Bender on vox and Nicci Kasper on keys. More info is here: http://rodriguezlopezproductions.com/ Sadly I didn't get to see them live (found out about all this a couple days after they passed through my town)... but there are bootlegs and this is my favorite song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4IGJWB3pNI
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Oct 31, 2012 07:08
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Here's a studio recording: https://vimeo.com/51430038
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Oct 31, 2012 07:17
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It's nice to hear Omar finally noodlin' again.
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Oct 31, 2012 13:31
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Full disclosure: despite a few mis-steps along the road, I do love TMV, but I've never really gotten into Omar's solo work. One of the big reasons for this is that he seems to bury his melodies beneath a deluge of knob-twiddling effects, messy riffs and plain old noise. I find it really impenetrable stuff, even when there's something cool going on underneath. I guess it speaks to a lot of TMV's catalogue, wherein I love Deloused and Noctourniquet (my favourite album of the year), but really can't deal with some of the other stuff. The other day, I watched this, recorded (presumably) back before Solar Gambling dropped, and I loved it. I was so loving ecstatic to hear something from Omar that eschewed the "layers upon layers of crazy bullshit" in favour of something cleaner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ZgytCOBw8 I decided to go check out the album proper and the song was still there, but apart from Ximena's vocals and the driving riff, again, everything's just kinda muddled together. The crispness of the live performance just isn't there, and most of the other tracks don't grab me. I don't know why he actively avoids letting the groove of each song shine even though I maintain he's one of the best out there at creating it. Is there a non-TMV album amongst his ridiculous discography that will give me what I want, or is it all really hit and miss in that respect?
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Dec 15, 2012 19:32
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The first thing I would do is make sure you check out the live album that the version of the song you put on is from and an early live album- http://omarrodriguezlopez.bandcamp.com/album/- http://omarrodriguezlopez.bandcamp.com/album/los-sue-os-de-un-higado As far as cleaner and more focussed Omar albums go have you tried Xenophanes? It`s probably the closest to TMV sound in terms of sound. There`s Ciencia de los Inultiles as well, but that`s an acoustic album and unlikely to be what you`re looking for. From what I`ve heard about their plans for recording the new Bosnian Rainbows stuff, it sounds like it`s going to be very underproduced. That`s not to say it won`t have mountains of effects, but I think they want to put what they`ve been doing live onto the record with not much post production. Oh and the Mars Volta are on hiatus now, and I think we all know what that means. Especially coming from Omar and Cedric.
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Dec 16, 2012 03:32
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Shelf Adventure posted:The first thing I would do is make sure you check out the live album that the version of the song you put on is from and an early live album- http://omarrodriguezlopez.bandcamp.com/album/-  This is so sad to me.
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Dec 16, 2012 09:49
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Shelf Adventure posted:The first thing I would do is make sure you check out the live album that the version of the song you put on is from and an early live album- http://omarrodriguezlopez.bandcamp.com/album/- I've heard similar words about Bosnian Rainbows, but a stripped-down Omar still tends to be heavy on the wank. My fingers are crossed.
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Dec 16, 2012 14:42
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I had somewhat mixed feelings about it when it came out, but I have been listening to Noctourtinquet a lot lately. It's very different from any other album they've done and from most of Omar's work and I kind of like it the best at this point. Omar's playing is so much more restrained than usual and I feel like with the drums and keyboards up front instead the compositions themselves are a lot clearer. There are still a lot of layers but the layers seem to work with each other better and are more subtle.
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Dec 16, 2012 16:31
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Earwicker posted:I had somewhat mixed feelings about it when it came out, but I have been listening to Noctourtinquet a lot lately. It's very different from any other album they've done and from most of Omar's work and I kind of like it the best at this point. Omar's playing is so much more restrained than usual and I feel like with the drums and keyboards up front instead the compositions themselves are a lot clearer. There are still a lot of layers but the layers seem to work with each other better and are more subtle. I love that there are still plenty of interesting things to draw your attention, but they're not fighting for position anymore. Criminally overlooked album, in my opinion.
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Dec 16, 2012 18:32
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See, the thing I like about the Mars Volta is the noodlin', the long rear end jams, the sheer number of instruments fighting for my attention... I like it when the Mars Volta, you know, sounds like the Mars Volta. I guess those days are over though, seeing as how their last two have been so different and Omar is claiming that he will not be dictatorial in whatever they do next.
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Dec 16, 2012 19:07
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It sounds like 2013 is the year of Bosnian Rainbows for Omar, so we won't be seeing new TMV for awhile. If you're looking for unfuzzy Omar albums, Old Money is a good album. Same with Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus.
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Dec 16, 2012 23:23
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Yeah, I've ended up really loving Noctourniquet. Just a wonderful series of colorful songs, sometimes intense, sometimes gorgeous. It's the shorter, more restrained album that Octedwhatever should have been. I'm fine with whatever direction they go in. Yeah, their noodle-psycho-prog stuff is great. But they put out four really great records with that sound that'll keep me satisfied for a long, long time.
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Dec 18, 2012 07:07
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I've been a fan of TMV since Francis and I have to say I have never been this immediately grabbed by an album of theirs. I LOVE Noctourniquet. It feels so fresh and yet so familiar at the same time. The standouts so far (I'm just starting my second listen) are Aegis, Empty Vessels and In Abesentia. The synths work sooo well with the album aesthetic.
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Dec 18, 2012 23:17
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Did they really never return to the Pacific NW after someone threw pee at them at Seattle's Endfest? I figured I just missed them during periods where I didn't look at a local paper.
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Dec 18, 2012 23:38
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Did they really never return to the Pacific NW after someone threw pee at them at Seattle's Endfest? I figured I just missed them during periods where I didn't look at a local paper. They haven't been here in like three years.
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Dec 19, 2012 00:30
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Omar has two new albums out. Equinox and the long-expected Woman Gives Birth to a Tomato!. 
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Jan 2, 2013 02:56
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What makes it long-expected?
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Jan 2, 2013 03:06
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WASDF posted:What makes it long-expected? The album art for it, along with a few other unreleased albums, are in the Telesterion booklet from 2011.
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Jan 2, 2013 03:14
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travislopes posted:The album art for it, along with a few other unreleased albums, are in the Telesterion booklet from 2011. Exactly. It's the one album that was teased in the booklet once the anthology album came out, and its taken a long time for it to see the light of day. Sounds like both of these albums can be qualified as experimental guitar noise albums, but there's saxophone on them. Makes me miss Adrian in the band.
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Jan 2, 2013 03:19
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Album is weird as poo poo (pretty cool, though), but that is an amazing cover.
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Jan 2, 2013 03:51
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And another one. Unicorn Skeleton Mask Sounds like this one is a lot more focused, sounds like the sequel to Octopus Kool Aid (but with a lot more Juan, on first listen). Webbeh fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Jan 3, 2013 |
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Jan 3, 2013 01:02
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Looks like this one has a fan-favorite from the 2010 ORLG performances - see track Sea is Rising.
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Jan 3, 2013 01:05
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Maria te canta is also from those black and white videos. About time!
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Jan 5, 2013 01:07
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Shelf Adventure posted:Maria te canta is also from those black and white videos. About time! Sea Is Rising live Maria te Canta live
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Jan 5, 2013 03:04
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RIP in Piece ;-; 
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Jan 24, 2013 04:14
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Very sad day
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Jan 24, 2013 04:24
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i never got to see them live. i can't help but hold resentment for Omar for some reason. Why do I have feelings??
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Jan 24, 2013 04:30
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now bring back AtDi
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Jan 24, 2013 04:35
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poo poo, that's a real bummer I wish I'd gotten to see them live more than once at a festival while standing pretty far back from the stage.
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Jan 24, 2013 04:38
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WASDF posted:RIP in Piece ;-; That very last one is heartbreaking. Jon Theodore back with The Mars Volta would have been amazing.Crimson Sox posted:now bring back AtDi Trying to imagine AtDi with everyone BUT Omar. Because that's what I assume it would be if that were to happen right? 
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Jan 24, 2013 04:42
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At this point they should just do ATDI with a comedy option such as Buckethead, Slash, or John Reis. EDIT: Not really sold on this Bosnian Rainbows business. I think I like Anywhere (Cedric's new band with Mike Watt) better.
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Jan 24, 2013 05:20
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You could probably do AtDI without Omar, honestly.
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Jan 24, 2013 05:56
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Can't say I'm surprised, I couldn't see them touring for music two years after they recorded it. That said, anyone going to Bosnian Rainbows in Detroit?
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TMV used to be like my absolute favorite band. They took my live music virginity. It sucks to see them go. I haven't listened to De-Loused in years but I decided to give it a listen, and it still sounds every bit as amazing as I remember.
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