I really like this stuff, but have only heard one cd. Not crap.

this band is essentially the Bill & Ted band taken to lengths far beyond what they needed to be.

CRAP 0

mackro wrote:this band is essentially the Bill & Ted band taken to lengths far beyond what they needed to be.

Funny and Fair, but that dud'es got some great guitar tone. seriously.

still kinda crappy.

Ratatat. Hmmm.

Rat At Rat R? Cool. This other thing? I'm not so sure.

i once had an unlabeled mp3 on my computer. just said "track 1", no name. i put it on and it rocked incredibly hard. i danced around like crazy and put it on 20 times in the next few days.

then i found out it was "17 years" by ratatat. i went to a ratatat + mouse on mars show. ratatat came out drunk and played sloppily over their drum programs, no fun sloppy, just dumb sloppy. there was very little energy in any of their other songs. mouse on mars came on. i didn't know what to expect, but man they had lots and lots of energy and they got me dancing, a rare thing. for some reason i got the ratatat cd, listened to it a little bit and gave it to my mom.

these guys had one song which combined the good bits of the fucking champs and the good bits of daft punk, and surely some of you think neither of those bands had any good bits. well, i liked that song, but the rest was crap.

I loved their s/t album, and it made my top ten of the year in 2004. I saw them live, and i thought they were fantastic.

Plus, their (hip hop/rap) remix album is so good I can't deny I like it and play it loudly in my car.

they are interesting.
they sound like video game post-coital lounge.

i can't decide. at random i'm going to let another poster choose for me.

next person to post gets to decide whether i like ratatat.

tommydski wrote:they are interesting.
they sound like video game post-coital lounge.

i can't decide. at random i'm going to let another poster choose for me.

next person to post gets to decide whether i like ratatat.

You like them.

Christopher_Dragon wrote:

tommydski wrote:they are interesting.
they sound like video game post-coital lounge.

i can't decide. at random i'm going to let another poster choose for me.

next person to post gets to decide whether i like ratatat.

You like them.

Any news of their latest?

very very not crap

the self titled record is great. the last song makes me tear up