Dear Odd Future – Steve Albini is not a Liar but…

Dear Odd Future – Steve Albini is not a Liar but…

OddFuture Mash-ups vs Steve Albini of Shellac He heard what he heard and wrote what we wrote about his experience in a shuttle airport van in Barcelona about the artists known as Odd Future. Steve Albini is a bluesman by trade and a engineering purest by profession. For all intent and purposes he is not a starfucker. You won’t find him remixing shit. He records things as he hears them and uses the tools at his disposal to capture the noise in the room. Clearly though the internets loves some good gossips. Personally we find nothing redeeming about Odd Future just some kids making a rukus but remixes and mash-ups are not so bad – we respect the “art” form in a cultural sense. We do think Tyler The Creator and his gang should make as much money as they can now and put it away for their future because it’s not going to last. Here’s a direct quote from Albini’s always more than entertaining old school Electrical Audio message boards that started the war of words. Enjoy!

“The whole trip they complained about not being at a McDonalds and repeatedly shouted for the motherfucker to pull over so they could get some fucking McDonalds nigger. Interspersed with the McDonalds requests were shouted boasts about how often they masturbated and fucked bitches nigger and got paid like a motherfucker fifty grand like a motherfucker. They continued complaining that the trip was taking too long and insisted they be fed immediately all the way to the airport, where their minder presumably fed them.”

“I am quite happy none of them engaged me directly, because at least one of us would have regretted it.”

We admit this is a cheap trick and we’re adding to the noise because we actually like some of the indirect output.

See the full Odd Future music debate and rant on the Electrical Audio’s message board Hilarious.

Odd Future Mash-Ups:
This first one of these is the best one of the two mash-upsbelow but download both and compare for yourself.
King of Assmilk Flowers MP3 by Gnarlo (Neutral Milk Hotel).
Communist Future MP3 Neutral Milk Hotel vs. Tyler, The Creator by Cyclpsrock MP3 (Aka Rob Duffy)
Prayer to God MP3 by Shellac from 1,000 Hurts This is not a mash-up but would love to hear somebody make one with the song below.
The Admiral MP3 by Shellac from At Action Park

Shellac shows:
8.20 Echo Lounge, Los Angeles, CA, with Autolux
8.21 Echo Lounge, Los Angeles, CA
8.22 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
8.23 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
8.25 TBA, Portland, OR
8.26 TBA, Portland, OR
8.27 The Vera Project, Seattle, WA
8.28 The Vera Project, Seattle, WA
9.30 Asbury Park, NJ (all tomorrow’s Parties) w/ Chavez!

Crop O’ Singles: From New York, Canada to Mass

Crop O’ Singles: From New York, Canada to Mass


Not Enough MP3 I’ve only seen J play solo once. actually i think there was violin player cranking on the distortion just as much as he was during the solo parts – the shit was loud. This is actually a complete acoustic album that is just as much Crosby Stills Nash & Young as it completely Mascis. He always had that southern thing in his voice even for a hippie from Mass, not to say he could not layer on electric guitar with his riffage. Here’s proof he doesn’t have to at all. Great shit. [Buy]

The Breakup MP3 The Rural Alberta Advantage from Departing. I went to see these Canadians at the Mercury awhile back. Totally great show. All the tracks I’ve heard from this record are consistent love songs of sort or another. For lack of a bass player this music is pretty full. Also check out “Two Lover” which reminds me very much of something off of In The Aeroplane, Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel. [Buy]
Two Headed Boy MP3 by NMH
Two-Headed Coin MP3 by Obits Live at the Cake Shop 1/12/08

Vapor Transport System MP3 By the artist known as tymekz from vERTICAL eXIT 5 song ep. His music is foreign like the first time you heard radiohead get weird. It’s alien space trip hop with vats and vats of pharma and at the same time like puffy little clouds but with out the vocals getting in the way. If this music were a film it’s about space. [Get it here ]
Puffy Cloud MP3 by Ween from God Ween Satan the Oneness (Crank this because it’s recorded really really low)