Postal Service and the like...

ffa · #1 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

Who likes these guys? I was given their album in 2003 and have been HOOKED since. They are WICKED. The whole album from start to finish rulez... it is like Radiohead met Ladytron met Joy Division or something... :-)

I am totally into stuff like this these days...

Some of the artists I am listening to these days include:

Le Tigre
Postal Service
Ladytron
!!!
Franz Ferdinand

basically stuff that is a combinations of indie/punk/disco/electronica...

If you know other artists like these, PLEASE let me know! I need to expand my play list :-)

peace.

-f.

-ff- · #2 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

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Originally Posted by ffa

I was given their album in 2003 and have been HOOKED since.

'I was into these guys WAY before YOU knew they were cool.'

Gusto · #3 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

Never heard them, but will probably like them. I'll get some tonight.

ffa · #4 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

Quote:

'I was into these guys WAY before YOU knew they were cool.'

hehehhhhhee... I was not trying to turn this into a "who's cooler cause they have known about these guys longer" ... I merely wanted to tell poeple that Postal Service exists and they rule. I was in San Fran and half the record stores I went to had never heard of these guys... kinda sad, cause they deserve a lot more attention. Oh yeah, and I also posted so poeple can help me find other music like theirs, so if you got any suggestions, by all means, please post them :-)

-f.

dapimpstress · #5 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

they will see us waiting from such great heights, come down now, they'll say, but everything looks perfect from far away, come down now, but we'll stay...

i *heart* them BIG

ffa · #6 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

/\ that song RULEZ!!!! I usually mix that on top of the silver Studio 1 (minimal techno track) and it works SOOO well.... :-) Kinda sounds like ska actually... hehehehehe... and I have been known to work "Tweet - Oops (oh my)" in there somewhere as well... sounds wierd, but you gotta hear it... so much fun! :0)

-f.

dapimpstress · #7 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

you gotta mix? i'd like ta check it out... u going ta be at u-neek or doomsnight?

robyn · #8 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

You can blame Mr. David Grapes for my Postal Service addiction.

ffa · #9 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

Ashes: I usually play that mash up live (when I am spinning)... but I can try and record a mix for ya :) (I am over due for making a new mix anyways) or record the set live next time I am spinning... we are doing a new night at the Lotus on Wednesday nights starting this week, where we will be playing stuff like this all night (info is here http://www.fnk.ca/board/showthread.php?t=60135 ).

Unfortunately, I won't be going to Dooms Night.. we are having our own little halloween party :0)

Robyn: hahahhahhaha! and you can blame me for getting Grapes addicted to them :-)

-f.

Sykonee · #10 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

Seek out mixes from Erol Alkan. They're a might bit rare on this side of the world, though.

dapimpstress · #11 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

ffa- if i was from canada i would hit up yer wed nights! however, its a long ways ta go fer a wed from seattle... what about u neek? thats next sat, and my man is headlining that sho, if u can get a mix fer me, you should bring it to that! it would be tight, there arent many ppl who play anything like that down here... its all bout the jungle/DnB and shit like that... there's barely a trance scene (thank god fer my SC, bustin out tha hard trance, trance, and prog fer me!) and there is CERTAINLY no tek, and MOS DEF no minimal tek which is what i LOVE.

ffa · #12 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

/\ damn! you like techie stuff AND Postal Service? You are totally gonna miss out on our Wednesday nights :-) hehehehehhee... (teasing).

U-Neek... no, I won't be going this Sat... BUT, I can put the mix up as an MP3 and send you the link :-)

and perhaps someday we will meet when you are here for another gathering. I used to go to Seattle parties back in 1998... they were fun, but then they got too big and the vibe was lost (same as the massives here in a way I suppose). And I know what you mean about Seattle's scene... last couple of times we went down there, we did not find any good electronica (house/tech/prog) nights on a weekend (I thought may be we are from out of town and not in the know ;-)

-f.

stringbeans · #13 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

i can make postal service songs in mario paint!

dapimpstress · #14 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

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Originally Posted by ffa

/\ damn! you like techie stuff AND Postal Service? You are totally gonna miss out on our Wednesday nights :-) hehehehehhee... (teasing).

U-Neek... no, I won't be going this Sat... BUT, I can put the mix up as an MP3 and send you the link :-)

and perhaps someday we will meet when you are here for another gathering. I used to go to Seattle parties back in 1998... they were fun, but then they got too big and the vibe was lost (same as the massives here in a way I suppose). And I know what you mean about Seattle's scene... last couple of times we went down there, we did not find any good electronica (house/tech/prog) nights on a weekend (I thought may be we are from out of town and not in the know ;-)

-f.

i'd love tha link, that'd b tight, sorry u wont be comin, its gonna be a bangin party, we'll be up there again tho im sure, my man's played up there like 4 times in the last 2 months so i dont doubt we'll be headin up again soon... there is good prog sometimes, and def tonz of house, u jus gotta find the right party.. and the scene seems to be looking up again, all the weekends are booked till february! so we should be havin some kick ass parties soon, i know there is ONE that would b worth comin down here for >> the goodbeat 2 yr anniversary flyer.. im designin tha flyer, i will post it when its done! the party is gonna b on dec 11th which is the day after my man's b-day and the day b4 mine! so its also OUR b-day celebration.. u should hit it up!

charly · #15 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

weird.

i was listening to 'nothing better' when i saw this thread. heh

unfortunately, i have no recommendations for you at the moment.

Rhianna · #16 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

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Originally Posted by ffa

Le Tigre
Postal Service
Ladytron
!!!

-f.

I love all of them, The Faint, The Notwist and Metric.

jono · #17 (**permalink**) Oct 05, 04

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Originally Posted by stringbeans

i can make postal service songs in mario paint!

Haha... Mariopaintcore owns Casiocore.

ffa · #18 (**permalink**) Nov 25, 04

OK, I had to dig this thread up because I just bought the Postal Service album on vinyl (just got released last week) and I realized how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE this album.

SOOOOO GOOOOOOD!

:-)

-f.

Dr. Doom · #19 (**permalink**) Nov 25, 04

All of you should be listening to freezepop.

ffa · #20 (**permalink**) Nov 25, 04

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Originally Posted by robyn

You can blame Mr. David Grapes for my Postal Service addiction.

we can blame mr. david grapes for a lot of things! :P

glyn

.anya · #21 (**permalink**) Nov 26, 04

Postal Service are a new discovery to my but, my, they are lovely! and the concept of the band is very neat...

"I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles
in our eyes are mirror images and when
we kiss they're perfectly aligned
and I have to speculate that God himself
did make us into corresponding shapes like
puzzle pieces from the clay..."