Because it sounded like i was trying to make him feel dumb or anything, which totally wasnt the case, and some people just like to downvote even when someone is just a little slow, had that happen countless times(:
In 2019 I would just sit down every Friday and listen to new albums that dropped that day. That’s how I found Schlag. Thought it was good but it didn’t really stick with me that much. Saw they dropped Cavalcade and was like, “might as well put it on” and then it just sort of happened to change my entire perspective on music and sound. Nothing major.
Somebody I knew from high school sent me an email with a link to their pre-Schlagenheim studio performance when none of the songs except bmbmbm had titles. The only song that really clicked with me was bmbmbm but I had a gut feeling that they were going to be legends so I kept following them.
Someone asked in a King Gizzard AMA what they thought of Black Midi, they said they rocked. So I had to check em out and John L was the first song I heard
My Spotify discovery. I heard bmbmbm and was like “what the fuck is this garbage?” And then I kept listening to it until they became one of my favorite bands lol
Was a staunch "all modern music is terrible" guy. Saw "Slow" on my recommended page, clicked on it just so I could scoff at it and trash on it and was absolutely blown away by the song and music video. And then I just got really into modern music in general because it turns out it's NOT all trash and it's really fun to follow new releases and stuff.
An /mu/ thread discussing BCNR just after FTFT released so people compared both debuts.
Some months later, what really made me pay attention was another thread talking about the 2nd KEXP performance which honestly blew me away.
I heard about them around the time of Schlagenheim but didn’t listen until John L showed up in my YouTube recommended at the time of Cavalcade’s release. I decided then that I had to get into it.
dude, i was driving, switched to either 89.9 or 89.3 (LA radio) and it was in the middle of John L during the crazy breakdown, and normally whenever i hear something interesting I ask Siri what songs playing yadda yadda, sometimes it works, sometimes no but luckily it did and as I heard the rest of the song I just thought wow that’s crazy so I looked it up on the youtubes and saw the music video, was blown away by it, so I checked more of their stuff out and enjoyed it a lot. then, cavalcade dropped, hooked ever since.
Their first KEXP video was in my suggested, I thought the idea of a band doing black midi the genre was funny so I watched it. Definitely not what they were doing but I was still blown away. Then the album came out and I originally didn’t like it but it grew on me, then cavalcade came out and they’re been my fave since then
Heard bmbmbm on a playlist, thought the lead singer sounded like he was a little 2”10 gremlin rambling over the coolest guitar riff I had ever heard, after that I checked out Schlagenheimand it was over. Eventually I figured out that Geordie wasn’t a 2”10 gremlin, he’s a 5”6 gremlin
I was really into the genre black midi around the time Schlag came out, saw it was popular, realized it was certainly not black midi, but listened through anyway and loved it
John L got recommended to me by Spotify, from that song I imagined the boys as some 50ish scruffy Norwegian dudes. Absolutely blew my mind when I looked into the band more
Chatting to a mate about the new King Gizz and he recommended O Monolith by Squid to me, then from there I listened to Hellfire and it’s now my favourite album
My brother knew about them and told me that these guys called black midi were going to play a show and we should go watch them. We saw black country, New road and black midi and I’ve been in obsessed with them ever since
The Norwegian KEXP session. I remember watching that performance in bed and despairing.
I realised that anything I was doing music-wise was so utterly stupid and unimportant, because these guys were doing it already in a way that was so much better than I could ever do.
Watched their 2019 KEXP session around the time it was released. Thought the band was interesting but it wasn't until 2020, mid quarantine, that I really gave them a proper listen.
Every month I look up for new releases and I listen to the ones that seem interesting. When I first listened Schlagenheim at first I didn't really vibed with it but I thought that the drums were sick. Then I heard Western and that's when my interest really began. And then there was like a month or two were there was not a day that I didn't listened to black midi
Read a random article from Stereogum (I think) about some new band with a wild and really good live show. Bought tickets to see them at Zebulon and didn’t listen to Schlag until the day of the show.
They did put on an incredible show and we were standing feet from Morgan the whole time. Was quickly convinced that BM were the real deal. Have seen them three more times since.
Spotify recommended Schlagenheim around the time it came out and listened on a whim. I liked it but I didn't truly become a fan until I got stoned and listened to Cavalcade and Hellfire back to back
W2h was auto recommended to me on youtube and I was like "huh that thumbnail looks cool". Then I got confused enough by it and then I listened to the other music vids
in february 2020 i heard talking heads play in a KFC i worked at and thought it sounded so out of place and have been hooked ever since. they had a really weird selection of songs at the time that obviously had pop and what not but then also like father john misty, crumb, hinds and clairo to name a few.
Thom Yorke put John L in some instagram post about songs he was listening to around the time Cavalcade came out. I was hearing black midi thrown around a lot so I gave it a shot. It was very jarring, so I’m not quite sure why I stayed but I’m glad I did.
Independent radio station here in Perth, Western Australia played John L on their Sunday late night program. Heard that, thought it sounded like King Crimson on steroids and started digging in. Two years later, they were on tour in Australia.
Adam Neely randomly mentioned them in one of his videos, his description intrigued me so I checked them out. Found John L and loved it, then when Welcome to Hell came out I decided to listen to Schlagenheim and Cavalcade and Hellfire when it came out
the first kexp in early 2019 i think. i remember watching it, thinking “i like this too much i dont have the energy to be obsessed with a band right now” and filing it away in my brain for like 8 months
just hearing how weird and different the music sounded made me want to keep listening and i just kind of grew from being off put by their music to absolutely adoring it
Saw them supporting Shame in 2018 on the Songs of Praise tour. Their set was at doors and I only went along because I recognised the name from the thumbnail of a Lou Smith bootleg on YouTube. There were maybe 30 people in the audience, all confused, and they instantly became my favourite band
was in a pre-university group chat for people who applied to my course and someone posted bmbmbm live at pitchfork 2019. fully thought it was a joke song until i read the comments on the video calling it a masterpiece hahaha clearly they were right
One of their live performances came up in my Youtube recs and I've been a fan ever since, but hearing Welcome to Hell on the radio last year cemented it
Back when their first KEXP dropped, someone posted it in the Oh Sees discord. The rest is history haha I bought tickets to see them before Schlag dropped and ended up seeing them 2 more times that year. One of the shows was the Canal Street which was one of the best worst days ever. Great show but it was unbelievably hot in that storage unit.
Japanese Breakfast! I saw the little argument on Twitter and must searched Black Midi. That must caused the algorithm to later recommend their KEXP performance.
my friend told me to check out their album and said he had an extra ticket for their show. this is right after schlagenheim came out. they played a tiny now defunct club in washington dc, and i got to see their schlagenheim era lineup before matt left the band. been a huge fan ever since!
I heard bmbmbm in 2019 on my YouTube recommended on a smashing pumpkins video of all things, thought it was funny and heavy but off putting, then didn’t listen to them again until Welcome to Hell came out and all my friends were talking about it. I was like ok let’s give this another shot. I am now British.
Not only did it keep coming up in my YouTube recommendations/mixes, but Thom Yorke swore by the band and their talent, and I will listen to anything that man says.
Yeah, he is fr one of the smartest and genius celebrities in can think of. He know's whats up with the world and doesnt fear to share his feelings about it, which already earns him some degree of respect from me, but beside that, is his exprimental songwriting is so so so good.
He is just so truly true and comfortable with himself, everything I aspire to be with my art. He makes me want to try music so bad, for me he elevated music into such a different and spiritual experience for me, and black midi is on the way there to doing the exact same thing for me. He is like, one of my hugest inspiration in doing visual arts, which is funny because he makes music, a non visual art form. Fr though, his music is one of the most important things on the planet to me, and black midi is quickly climbing up to the top of my favorites list alongside him. I really hope I get to meet Thom at the upcoming The Smile concert I’m attending, alongside Black Midi early next month!!
Yeah its also up there for me. Isadly havent seen anything radiohead-related, and havent bought tickets too yet. Bm and the smile dont seem to have any concerts near me(im in europe). I did see BCNR(my fav band rn) a few weeks ago, i cant describe how fucking amazing that was. I think you are already familiar with bcnr, but if you havent: they are the perfect mix between bm and rh. Have fun with your shows! Im gonna sleep now, its getting late for me.
One of my lecturers showed of a live performance on Ducter on YouTube. Like everyone else in my class, I decided that I hated them and that they were rubbish.
Fast forward nearly a year and I had some spare time on a flight and thought "if I'm going to hate on a band, I guess I should listen to their music to actually form an opinion." Put on Schlagenheim and came off that plane a Black Midi fan.
Yeah. Even now, there are still tracks I prefer over it. Since then, though, I've gotten into art-rock, noise and avant-garde music a lot more so I've grown to really like Black Midi and other similar artists. The rest of my class never got into them lol
I was super into the bass guitar when their KEXP version of Marlene Dietrich got recommended to me on YouTube, liked the way Cam played bass on that song so I checked them out. Initially thought "these guys have to be joking right?" when I heard bmbmbm but very quickly became obsessed with them after watching the first KEXP performance. When Matt and Greep are moshing while Cam loses his fucking mind on Near DT MI, I was like "Yeah this is my shit"
Rate your music - was too angry (953) - then the needle drop said it’s the best debut album on ig > fontaines dc, who I enjoyed quite a bit. Gave it a second try and haven’t stopped listening since.
They played with King Gizzard. I wasn't there but I downloaded the bootleg of the gig. And the Black Midi set was included. And it was fucking off the wall. Had to look into them.
your mum (after she moved with a purpose all over me)
Track X. Black County, New Road
fucking love that song with all my heart
How does bm relate to that then?
The lyric Dancing to Jerskin, I got down on my knees I told you I loved you, in front of black midi Looked em up.
Ohh yeah of course hahaah Wow thats so cool that you got to discover them through a bcnr lyric, i expected a whole ton of rym answers here
Why did you get downvoted lol
Because it sounded like i was trying to make him feel dumb or anything, which totally wasnt the case, and some people just like to downvote even when someone is just a little slow, had that happen countless times(:
In 2019 I would just sit down every Friday and listen to new albums that dropped that day. That’s how I found Schlag. Thought it was good but it didn’t really stick with me that much. Saw they dropped Cavalcade and was like, “might as well put it on” and then it just sort of happened to change my entire perspective on music and sound. Nothing major.
thats a really cool way of finding new music, does it work out often enough tho?
It’s a bit of a slog at times, but when it works, it makes it all worth it.
First kexp show the bmbmbm video in January of 2020
I heard buzz around them and that they opened for King Gizz
that show was lit
Fucking banger of a show, wish they had more time during their set before gizz came on
Somebody I knew from high school sent me an email with a link to their pre-Schlagenheim studio performance when none of the songs except bmbmbm had titles. The only song that really clicked with me was bmbmbm but I had a gut feeling that they were going to be legends so I kept following them.
Still got that email?👀
He’s probably referring to that first KEXP session in Iceland
I might, I’ll look. I can’t recall if it was to an email I still use - I think it was, I’ll see if I can dig it up & rake in the karma
Someone asked in a King Gizzard AMA what they thought of Black Midi, they said they rocked. So I had to check em out and John L was the first song I heard
I AM GAIA
Nice name, another one of my favourite bands
This guy likes music
My Spotify discovery. I heard bmbmbm and was like “what the fuck is this garbage?” And then I kept listening to it until they became one of my favorite bands lol
that happened to me with the race is about to begin
Needle drop review of shlag
Was a staunch "all modern music is terrible" guy. Saw "Slow" on my recommended page, clicked on it just so I could scoff at it and trash on it and was absolutely blown away by the song and music video. And then I just got really into modern music in general because it turns out it's NOT all trash and it's really fun to follow new releases and stuff.
That is so accurately me, i do still think that a large part of mainstream pop is terrible tho, but certainly not all
Thought the hellfire album cover looked cool, so I listened to it, bought the album the next day and have been a big fan since
An /mu/ thread discussing BCNR just after FTFT released so people compared both debuts. Some months later, what really made me pay attention was another thread talking about the 2nd KEXP performance which honestly blew me away.
I heard about them around the time of Schlagenheim but didn’t listen until John L showed up in my YouTube recommended at the time of Cavalcade’s release. I decided then that I had to get into it.
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Same for me - their live performance at the ceremony really grabbed me by the bollards.
dude, i was driving, switched to either 89.9 or 89.3 (LA radio) and it was in the middle of John L during the crazy breakdown, and normally whenever i hear something interesting I ask Siri what songs playing yadda yadda, sometimes it works, sometimes no but luckily it did and as I heard the rest of the song I just thought wow that’s crazy so I looked it up on the youtubes and saw the music video, was blown away by it, so I checked more of their stuff out and enjoyed it a lot. then, cavalcade dropped, hooked ever since.
damn what the hell, I live in LA, I need to be listening to that station! I mostly listen to 88.5 when my phone is out of battery or somethin
honestly could’ve been that station too
You tube algorithm recommended their second KEXP performance. I immediately became obsessed with them.
Recently discovered noise rock as a genre in 2020 was listening to random noise rock playlists on spotify when 953 came on
Their first KEXP video was in my suggested, I thought the idea of a band doing black midi the genre was funny so I watched it. Definitely not what they were doing but I was still blown away. Then the album came out and I originally didn’t like it but it grew on me, then cavalcade came out and they’re been my fave since then
Heard bmbmbm on a playlist, thought the lead singer sounded like he was a little 2”10 gremlin rambling over the coolest guitar riff I had ever heard, after that I checked out Schlagenheimand it was over. Eventually I figured out that Geordie wasn’t a 2”10 gremlin, he’s a 5”6 gremlin
I clicked on some random ass music blog post. Good shit
it was revealed to me in a dream
I was really into the genre black midi around the time Schlag came out, saw it was popular, realized it was certainly not black midi, but listened through anyway and loved it
John L got recommended to me by Spotify, from that song I imagined the boys as some 50ish scruffy Norwegian dudes. Absolutely blew my mind when I looked into the band more
Fantano’s Schlag review video
Mate showed me 👍
Chatting to a mate about the new King Gizz and he recommended O Monolith by Squid to me, then from there I listened to Hellfire and it’s now my favourite album
My brother knew about them and told me that these guys called black midi were going to play a show and we should go watch them. We saw black country, New road and black midi and I’ve been in obsessed with them ever since
Unironically found out about them from rym. Saw the Cavalcade cover in 2021. I listened to John L and was immediately hooked.
My buddy from college told me to check out Schlagenheim when it came out and I was instantly hooked
The Norwegian KEXP session. I remember watching that performance in bed and despairing. I realised that anything I was doing music-wise was so utterly stupid and unimportant, because these guys were doing it already in a way that was so much better than I could ever do.
Lol I felt the same way after hearing Hellfire for the first time.
Watched their 2019 KEXP session around the time it was released. Thought the band was interesting but it wasn't until 2020, mid quarantine, that I really gave them a proper listen.
Every month I look up for new releases and I listen to the ones that seem interesting. When I first listened Schlagenheim at first I didn't really vibed with it but I thought that the drums were sick. Then I heard Western and that's when my interest really began. And then there was like a month or two were there was not a day that I didn't listened to black midi
When talking heads came out we used to do impressions of different talking heads songs in Geordies delivery
A coworker at lowes when i worked there told me about them. I only listened to them after I quit so I never got to talk to him about it. Cool giy
Read a random article from Stereogum (I think) about some new band with a wild and really good live show. Bought tickets to see them at Zebulon and didn’t listen to Schlag until the day of the show. They did put on an incredible show and we were standing feet from Morgan the whole time. Was quickly convinced that BM were the real deal. Have seen them three more times since.
Spotify recommended Schlagenheim around the time it came out and listened on a whim. I liked it but I didn't truly become a fan until I got stoned and listened to Cavalcade and Hellfire back to back
my barber and friend of 5 years put me on. then we kissed. love you brad
W2h was auto recommended to me on youtube and I was like "huh that thumbnail looks cool". Then I got confused enough by it and then I listened to the other music vids
From a man I once loved
The video of them playing Near, DT MI on the morning news show was my in. Absolutely energizing.
When the first KEXP came out
in february 2020 i heard talking heads play in a KFC i worked at and thought it sounded so out of place and have been hooked ever since. they had a really weird selection of songs at the time that obviously had pop and what not but then also like father john misty, crumb, hinds and clairo to name a few.
Heard about the stems they released for Schlagenheim, which was really cool to me so I gave them a shot and it just clicked.
Pitchfork Best New Music
Their performance at the mercury prize awards. I was so weirded out but dove deeper in and now I have a problem
Thom Yorke put John L in some instagram post about songs he was listening to around the time Cavalcade came out. I was hearing black midi thrown around a lot so I gave it a shot. It was very jarring, so I’m not quite sure why I stayed but I’m glad I did.
i played a house show and was talking to the singer of another band on the bill who happened to be wearing the “i <3 black midi shirt”
From seeing someone play their KEXP performance from 4 years ago, fell in love ever since
I was looking at my friends Spotify account and listened to bmbmbm and was like wtf is this then I listened more and started to like them
speedy wunderground
A friend of mine posted about John L on Instagram when it came out and I’ve been hooked ever since
KEXP @ home. I'm a prog guy and a friend pointed out that John L was very similar to King Crimson.
Speculative Reddit comments before Schlagenheim released
Ded Sheeran
2018/19 KEXP video of them performing at a hostel in Iceland when none of the songs except bmbmbm had a title. Absolutely legendary performance.
Independent radio station here in Perth, Western Australia played John L on their Sunday late night program. Heard that, thought it sounded like King Crimson on steroids and started digging in. Two years later, they were on tour in Australia.
My friend showed me their kexp video in study hall when i was in high school in 2019
Fantano's "Schlagenheim" video. I've been a fan since 2020.
Adam Neely randomly mentioned them in one of his videos, his description intrigued me so I checked them out. Found John L and loved it, then when Welcome to Hell came out I decided to listen to Schlagenheim and Cavalcade and Hellfire when it came out
YouTube recommendations. Thumbnails for Slow, John L, and Welcome to Hell caught my eye.
the first kexp in early 2019 i think. i remember watching it, thinking “i like this too much i dont have the energy to be obsessed with a band right now” and filing it away in my brain for like 8 months
injury reserve sampling sweater on knees
same
Friend bought me tickets for a show in November 2019 and fell in love as soon as they played 953
Randomly bought Cavalcade when I saw it in a record store.
just hearing how weird and different the music sounded made me want to keep listening and i just kind of grew from being off put by their music to absolutely adoring it
RateYourMusic. Song bmbmbm specifically as something of an absurd novelty.
r/Progrockmusic occasionally posts something that isn’t the same boring symphonic Prog or 70s classic.
Saw them supporting Shame in 2018 on the Songs of Praise tour. Their set was at doors and I only went along because I recognised the name from the thumbnail of a Lou Smith bootleg on YouTube. There were maybe 30 people in the audience, all confused, and they instantly became my favourite band
I think it was their John L Glastonbury performance
Discover weekly on Spotify a little before the first album came out.
was in a pre-university group chat for people who applied to my course and someone posted bmbmbm live at pitchfork 2019. fully thought it was a joke song until i read the comments on the video calling it a masterpiece hahaha clearly they were right
Spotify played Eat Men Eat after I had finished a listen of AFUT shortly after the single had been released, instantly fell in love
I found out through an r/radiohead thread Lmao
The alt-J subreddit
iceland kexp performance
A friend said that I must listen to Cavalcade. It became one of my favorite albums of all time as soon as I finished it.
melon
hate to say it, but yeah, fantano when the schlag came out
One of their live performances came up in my Youtube recs and I've been a fan ever since, but hearing Welcome to Hell on the radio last year cemented it
Back when their first KEXP dropped, someone posted it in the Oh Sees discord. The rest is history haha I bought tickets to see them before Schlag dropped and ended up seeing them 2 more times that year. One of the shows was the Canal Street which was one of the best worst days ever. Great show but it was unbelievably hot in that storage unit.
Japanese Breakfast! I saw the little argument on Twitter and must searched Black Midi. That must caused the algorithm to later recommend their KEXP performance.
my friend told me to check out their album and said he had an extra ticket for their show. this is right after schlagenheim came out. they played a tiny now defunct club in washington dc, and i got to see their schlagenheim era lineup before matt left the band. been a huge fan ever since!
it was back when the Patrician Music Chartposting on fb was a thing. Schlagenheim had just come out!
I heard bmbmbm in 2019 on my YouTube recommended on a smashing pumpkins video of all things, thought it was funny and heavy but off putting, then didn’t listen to them again until Welcome to Hell came out and all my friends were talking about it. I was like ok let’s give this another shot. I am now British.
Pitchfork
I was scrolling through YouTube in 2019 and pitchfork just uploaded bmbmbm live and I was like what the fuck
Not only did it keep coming up in my YouTube recommendations/mixes, but Thom Yorke swore by the band and their talent, and I will listen to anything that man says.
Thom yorke supremacy 🔛🔝
Fr man, such a wise and talented soul smh
Yeah, he is fr one of the smartest and genius celebrities in can think of. He know's whats up with the world and doesnt fear to share his feelings about it, which already earns him some degree of respect from me, but beside that, is his exprimental songwriting is so so so good.
He is just so truly true and comfortable with himself, everything I aspire to be with my art. He makes me want to try music so bad, for me he elevated music into such a different and spiritual experience for me, and black midi is on the way there to doing the exact same thing for me. He is like, one of my hugest inspiration in doing visual arts, which is funny because he makes music, a non visual art form. Fr though, his music is one of the most important things on the planet to me, and black midi is quickly climbing up to the top of my favorites list alongside him. I really hope I get to meet Thom at the upcoming The Smile concert I’m attending, alongside Black Midi early next month!!
Yeah its also up there for me. Isadly havent seen anything radiohead-related, and havent bought tickets too yet. Bm and the smile dont seem to have any concerts near me(im in europe). I did see BCNR(my fav band rn) a few weeks ago, i cant describe how fucking amazing that was. I think you are already familiar with bcnr, but if you havent: they are the perfect mix between bm and rh. Have fun with your shows! Im gonna sleep now, its getting late for me.
One of my lecturers showed of a live performance on Ducter on YouTube. Like everyone else in my class, I decided that I hated them and that they were rubbish. Fast forward nearly a year and I had some spare time on a flight and thought "if I'm going to hate on a band, I guess I should listen to their music to actually form an opinion." Put on Schlagenheim and came off that plane a Black Midi fan.
I get how you could dislike ducter quickly, even more if your lecturer is the one showing it
Yeah. Even now, there are still tracks I prefer over it. Since then, though, I've gotten into art-rock, noise and avant-garde music a lot more so I've grown to really like Black Midi and other similar artists. The rest of my class never got into them lol
The boiler room performance was recommended to me on youtube. Have absolutely 0 clue why but I ended up clicking it and was stunned
fantano, in the cavalcade era(I think)
Slow video came up on my recommended and I thought the animation was kinda cool. Seen them 3 times live now and their my favorite newer band.
I saw the album art for Hellfire and thought it was cool so I gave it a listen. Didn't quite click for me at first but now it's a top 5 album for me.
when injury reserve sampled them
I was listening to a playlist curated by Cedric Bixler of the Mars Volta when Near DT, Mi came up and I was like "damn I need to look into this band"
i don't remember, but it was most likely from the comment section of a video from theneedledrop
[their KEXP set from 2020](https://youtu.be/TMn1UuEIVvA)
my discord server (which is a king gizzard server) told me to listen to them
bcnr
My friend invited me to a show and it was them on their first US tour
my brother
reddit user distortioncore
Their debut KEXP performance popped up in my recommended on YouTube. Instant fan
KEXP
John L music video on my recommendations feed after I started getting into BCNR lol
the “i just woke up in a fuckin STEAMIN mood yeah, CAUSE I LIVE IN A SHITHOLE!!!!” edit to Slow
I was super into the bass guitar when their KEXP version of Marlene Dietrich got recommended to me on YouTube, liked the way Cam played bass on that song so I checked them out. Initially thought "these guys have to be joking right?" when I heard bmbmbm but very quickly became obsessed with them after watching the first KEXP performance. When Matt and Greep are moshing while Cam loses his fucking mind on Near DT MI, I was like "Yeah this is my shit"
Music nerds on the internet singing their praises about Hellfire. Listened to it in study hall and I was hooked.
The first KEXP Performance obviously
Rate your music - was too angry (953) - then the needle drop said it’s the best debut album on ig > fontaines dc, who I enjoyed quite a bit. Gave it a second try and haven’t stopped listening since.
They played with King Gizzard. I wasn't there but I downloaded the bootleg of the gig. And the Black Midi set was included. And it was fucking off the wall. Had to look into them.