Witch House. Pitchfork Article Worth listening too.

This article has been up for a while now on Pitchfork. My ears skimmed it over once and I found myself keep going back for more.

http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7806-ghosts-in-the-machine/

Some of these tunes are really good (in my humble opinion).

oOoOO: "Seaww" sounds like a late 80s cure instrumental.

balam acab sounds like an uninspired joker track.

not feeling white ring.

i like the idea of this music, but imo it's not executed so well here. the silent diane track at the bottom was good though. it's like she took those old, bombastic mu-ziq beats, hushed them a bit, and then pulled seefeel into the studio to stretch their gauze over the rhythms. very promising.

not feeling most of the tracks, but Balam Acab's "Heavy Living Things" is in a realm that Joker couldn't touch even with Burial in his lap telling him what to do

this boy, and this boy alone out of the whole lot, is going places

juss sayin

heavy lifting things was indeed better than see birds. still wasn't feeling it as much as the silent diane.

i like witch house very much.

i've got the oOoOO / White Ring split on 7".

still looking into this—there was a compilation tape called Dark as Night (http://godofblues.blogspot.com/2010/05/dark-as-night-reissue.html) which has some of the aforementioned artists.

might not be hella witch house, but REALLY digging this track as of late (it appears on the comp tape):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHUqlcqHH1s

I find the tracks improve with more plays. I will be keeping an eye out for more of this.

Glad some of you like it.

I had been wondering why this label was exploding, didn't know it was posted on pitch fork.

I'm not that into it but I haven't listened to any whole albums or anything.

The problem is that all these people sound absolutely the same. It seems that they are trying too hard to be like Salem.

this trac is quite good-does balam acab have an album out i wonder?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNvrOiQZP-0&feature=related

None of these guys have an album. They just have some EPs and some free-to-download tracks. That´s how "the scene" works.

  On 6/3/2010 at 12:51 PM, raan said:

The problem is that all these people sound absolutely the same.

Agreed, lack of diversity oftens kills these genres/scenes/whatever before they become more influencial and interesting.

I enjoy Salem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weDQIkGhEkY

I like the sound, it's just that the quality of a lot of the tracks (on that pitchfork page) could be better. I think I might check out salem, though. am I right that the name witch house doesn't refer to house music at all, but like a haunted house?

  On 6/3/2010 at 11:24 PM, nene multiple assgasms said:

am I right that the name witch house doesn't refer to house music at all, but like a haunted house?

that's a good question. i think it really refers to house music but i don't know.

I think it refers to house music.

Been following this movement a little in the past few months. Some stuff is pretty good. I absolutely love White Ring - Roses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLlZKfmTy0Q

Salem have announced their debut.

http://forum.watmm.com/topic/56920-salem-king-night/

http://www.iamsoundrecords.com/2010/06/salem-announce-debut-album/

I bet it will have some fantastic artwork. This genre has wonderful art.

I was listening to the fever ray album last night and realized that concrete walls sounds just like witch house/drag/screwgaze.

fad

I've dug a few of the songs I've heard. It feels like if David Lynch made dubstep or something to that effect.

It's definitely a fad though.

this music is not bad, some of it (the more industiralish stuff) sounds like a much less diverse and minimal version of what Katabatik out of oakland are doing right now. you can download their newest comp for free here - http://www.katabatik.org/kollektion/

some of it can be described as shoegazy or minimal wave, but it's executed a hell of a lot better than the majority of the stuff on the pitchfork page. i guess katabatik has a lot more in common with weird records than this witchhouse phenomenon though

Salem, I yearn for thee

Witch-Murray!

Chill-witch!

too bad the names get more attention than the fact a community of beat producers have joined the dots between demo culture, hip hop and paganism.