School me Ghostland Observatory

duhbreez · Post by **duhbreez** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:30 am

anyone heard of these dudes...any albums you recommend me peepin?

SeanieCameras · Post by **SeanieCameras** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:32 am

For whatever's it's worth, I saw these dudes, at a sold out, 930 Club show...It was epic, the lead singer sounded like he was the leader of a 400-piece, street band, and dude in the back was rocking a cape and a digital organ, bung....And the light show = retarded....

ObeseJesus · Post by **ObeseJesus** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:08 am

Timely thread. These guys are playing here in two weeks and I was thinking about going. They seem kinda queery but I can get past that if they put on a dope show. What's their main fanbase like?

deepfriedjellol · Post by **deepfriedjellol** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:48 am

They played right after us at lollapalooza. I've never been more confused. Two of my friends were religiously devout fans after that. I've never given them much of a listen cause singer dude had a braid longer than my torso. Which is one of my fears. Long braid a freak a me out.

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:55 pm

an austin band with a great frontman who is entertaining with his singing and dancing (lots of comparisons to freddy mercury). beats are kind of like chromeo: retro, uptempo, 80s drum sounds with trippy, ethereal synths. most people that are into them are white hipsters, but they have a huge hot girl fanbase. i hear they put on a great live show, but their albums are underwhelming. here are their best songs, the only ones you really need to worry about.

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LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:00 am

^^will check those later.

last few times i've ventured back to the motherland i've grabbed a stack of old mix-cds made from roughly 03-06 to listen to on the drive back and this fucking song is on every one of them
pretty sure it's the only song of theirs i've ever heard, but apparently i once loved it (still pretty great)
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kind of surprised that (to my knowledge) they never even made it to clap your hands say yeah level of 'famous' considering they were the first band i really remember the hipster blogosphere (:vomit:) rallying behind

wheels · Post by **wheels** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:31 am

I saw them at that lollapalooza, and they were great.

I might be alone in really liking their album material, but it's great stuff. Kind of hard to describe. FATL funky with chromeo appeal and almost a Mick Jones vibe.

Cool band. I don't quite know how to say this but if you've heard of this band you're a hipster. Sorry to have to be the one to tell you dudes this.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:11 pm

Even if I first heard of them from a Mason/pitaria co-worker two years ago?

wheels · Post by **wheels** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:33 pm

Absolutely

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:23 pm

Haha, they're alright. I think I would dig the live show more than their recordings.

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:44 pm

NEW Ghostland Observatory album "Codename: Rondo" is streaming for FREE on their MySpace page RIGHT NOW!!! // http://ow.ly/2XpJx