Polvo?

PunkerViolence · 05.14.2006, 10:27 AM

Has anyone heared of these guys? Theyre pretty good man, sorta like pavement and a SY kinda sound to it, thats my first impressions anyhow.....does anyone know more about em?

Alex's Trip · 05.14.2006, 10:33 AM

They are awsome! Very underrated. I only have Today's Active Lifestyle. They aren't a band anymore but they have a myspace. Maybe they are still doing things together. Hopefully they will release some stuff or something.

Flen flyys · 05.14.2006, 01:36 PM

I just recently got Cor-Crane Secret and I love it. I also hear a slight similarity to Love Battery there, mostly with the vocals. I've discovered that their records are harder to find than I was expecting, but there is always Amazon.

Everyneurotic · 05.14.2006, 01:41 PM

rad band!!! i have today's active lifestyles too, very original and cool. often lumped into the math rock genre.

apparently, any album by them is great except for their last one called shapes, which sucks for most people. i can't really say, though

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 05.14.2006, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex's Trip

They are awsome! Very underrated. I only have Today's Active Lifestyle.

same here

Dan · 05.14.2006, 02:45 PM

I only have Shapes. I bought it on vinyl a year ago or so because it had an OOP sticker on it and I knew they were lumped in with Pavement and Superchunk, etc. I like it a lot. I can tell that it's probably different from most of their other stuff without having heard anything else, so I can see why other people might not enjoy the album so much.

Trasher02 · 05.14.2006, 03:02 PM

sounds great from the things i've heared.
I don't own an album though... yet.

Magublafix · 05.14.2006, 03:11 PM

where can i find some stuff of them?

Phlegmscope · 05.14.2006, 03:27 PM

1. today's active lifestyles
2. celebrate the new dark age
3. cor-crane secret
4. exploded drawing
5. s/t
6. this eclipse

I dunno... I haven't heard those in a couple of months so not that order necessarily, but along those lines anyway.
Tremendously great band, but you knew it already.

Dan · 05.14.2006, 03:27 PM

"Feathers of Forgiveness" from Exploded Drawing
"Enemy Insects" from Shapes

The 97th Hammer · 05.14.2006, 03:29 PM

Cor Crane Secret and Exploded Drawing are both faves of mine.

_slavo_ · 05.15.2006, 02:11 AM

EXPLODED DRAWING rules!

I remember being in USA in Colorado in Summer 2001 and playing this record while selling tickets at a go-cart race track. The people waiting for the tickets kept asking if there's something wrong with my stereo.

crappydrummer · 05.15.2006, 05:24 AM

today's active lifestyles is one of the best rock records ever recorded. if you, dear sy forum reader, are unfamiliar with this pice of work, do your self a favour and instantly get it.

i don't really hear a lot of pavement in their songs.. i once described them as shellac meets mudhoney.. anyways, they were totally great.

whorefrost · 05.15.2006, 06:20 AM

i've got corcrane secret and shapes... pretty underwhelmed by them to be honest... think they're a bit overrated... the music sounds like it hasn't aged that well... they always seem to be lumped together with unwound who i think are far superior

Rob Instigator · 05.15.2006, 08:55 AM

everything polvo did is fantastic. I love it all
get it all
the EP's, like Pavement's EP's had some of their greatest songs on them.
This Eclipse EP, is genius

My favoirite is CELEBREATE THE NEW DARK AGE EP.
that is the fucking best thing ever.

POLVO FOREVER!

Rob Instigator · 05.15.2006, 08:57 AM

and to me Polvo just took off where sonic youth started, and did their own thing. I fucking LOVE THEM

the trinity of noisy rock bands for me is thus

SONIC YOUTH
UNWOUND
POLVO, with sonic youth as the godhead and polvo and unwound being amnifest examples of the godhead.

SubSonicPumpAction · 05.15.2006, 09:14 AM

overrated? This band is extremely underrated. I love them.

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AllHandsOnTheBigOne · 05.15.2006, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Phlegmscope

1. today's active lifestyles
2. celebrate the new dark age
3. cor-crane secret
4. exploded drawing
5. s/t
6. this eclipse

I would say:

1.Today's Active Lifestyles
2.Celebrate the New Dark Age EP
3.Exploded Drawing
4.Shapes
5.Cor-Crane Secret
6.This Eclipse EP
7.Polvo EP

AllHandsOnTheBigOne · 05.15.2006, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by whorefrost

i've got corcrane secret and shapes... pretty underwhelmed by them to be honest... think they're a bit overrated... the music sounds like it hasn't aged that well... they always seem to be lumped together with unwound who i think are far superior

I like Polvo a lot more than Unwound's early stuff. I can't say I like Polvo more than something like Leaves Turn Inside You, but I've never been all that impressed with Repetition or The Future of What.

golden child · 05.15.2006, 03:19 PM

only heard todays active lifestyles, i have it on my computer.
its really great, id love to hear more by them

i saw some of their boots on slsk the other day but they were ginormous!

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05.14.2006, 10:33 AM	#2
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	They are awsome! Very underrated. I only have Today's Active Lifestyle. They aren't a band anymore but they have a myspace. Maybe they are still doing things together. Hopefully they will release some stuff or something.
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05.14.2006, 01:36 PM	#3
Flen flyys little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 64	I just recently got Cor-Crane Secret and I love it. I also hear a slight similarity to Love Battery there, mostly with the vocals. I've discovered that their records are harder to find than I was expecting, but there is always Amazon. __________________ "That's part of your problem, you know, you haven't seen enough movies. All of life's riddles are answered in the movies."---Grand Canyon
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Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	rad band!!! i have today's active lifestyles too, very original and cool. often lumped into the math rock genre. apparently, any album by them is great except for their last one called shapes, which sucks for most people. i can't really say, though __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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05.14.2006, 02:45 PM	#6
Dan bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 156	I only have Shapes. I bought it on vinyl a year ago or so because it had an OOP sticker on it and I knew they were lumped in with Pavement and Superchunk, etc. I like it a lot. I can tell that it's probably different from most of their other stuff without having heard anything else, so I can see why other people might not enjoy the album so much.
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Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	sounds great from the things i've heared. I don't own an album though... yet. __________________ 666
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Magublafix children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 177	where can i find some stuff of them? __________________ We are the pets of the nature
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05.14.2006, 03:27 PM	#9
Phlegmscope expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 1,246	1. today's active lifestyles 2. celebrate the new dark age 3. cor-crane secret 4. exploded drawing 5. s/t 6. this eclipse I dunno... I haven't heard those in a couple of months so not that order necessarily, but along those lines anyway. Tremendously great band, but you knew it already.
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05.14.2006, 03:29 PM	#11
The 97th Hammer bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Iowa City Posts: 133	Cor Crane Secret and Exploded Drawing are both faves of mine.
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05.15.2006, 02:11 AM	#12
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,886	EXPLODED DRAWING rules! I remember being in USA in Colorado in Summer 2001 and playing this record while selling tickets at a go-cart race track. The people waiting for the tickets kept asking if there's something wrong with my stereo. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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05.15.2006, 05:24 AM	#13
crappydrummer little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 72	today's active lifestyles is one of the best rock records ever recorded. if you, dear sy forum reader, are unfamiliar with this pice of work, do your self a favour and instantly get it. i don't really hear a lot of pavement in their songs.. i once described them as shellac meets mudhoney.. anyways, they were totally great.
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05.15.2006, 06:20 AM	#14
whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,568	i've got corcrane secret and shapes... pretty underwhelmed by them to be honest... think they're a bit overrated... the music sounds like it hasn't aged that well... they always seem to be lumped together with unwound who i think are far superior
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05.15.2006, 08:55 AM	#15
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	everything polvo did is fantastic. I love it all get it all the EP's, like Pavement's EP's had some of their greatest songs on them. This Eclipse EP, is genius My favoirite is CELEBREATE THE NEW DARK AGE EP. that is the fucking best thing ever. POLVO FOREVER! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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05.15.2006, 08:57 AM	#16
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	and to me Polvo just took off where sonic youth started, and did their own thing. I fucking LOVE THEM the trinity of noisy rock bands for me is thus SONIC YOUTH UNWOUND POLVO, with sonic youth as the godhead and polvo and unwound being amnifest examples of the godhead. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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SubSonicPumpAction little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tarzana Posts: 68	overrated? This band is extremely underrated. I love them. s
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05.15.2006, 03:19 PM	#20
golden child expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,672	only heard todays active lifestyles, i have it on my computer. its really great, id love to hear more by them i saw some of their boots on slsk the other day but they were ginormous! __________________ blind
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