Django Django

Oh hell yeah what a cool discovery.

This was pretty cool! Definitely hadn't heard of them but brit art rock can be fun. A couple of tracks I'd def revisit. I thought it started strong, ok middle, decent finish.

This felt long and I was surprised that it was only 50 minutes. That said I didn’t dislike it. Might have to give it another listen.

Another release that goes on my very good, but not great list. This is imminently listenable and enjoyable. When this was released, it struck me as a mishmash of styles that worked but didn't create anything more than a sum of the parts. I hear elements of Beck, Beta Band and a nod or two to Krautrock. Creative, but not groundbreaking. Four stars but wouldn't make my 1001 list.

An interesting mix of styles. This album reminds me of prog rock, Beach Boys harmonies, guitar led rock and electonica. I usually really don’t like that last genre but it didn’t bother me in this blend.

This was pretty good, though I'd hardly call it essential listening. It kept my interest throughout and the production was very strong. The blend of styles here is pretty unique and I'm guessing that's why it was on this list. Was this album bigger in the UK? I have no memory of it being big here in 2012.

I'd give this a listen again. Never heard of them before. Some songs, like Zumm Zumm, sound like the soundtrack to a video game. Standouts: None Others: Hail Bop, Default, Firewater, Zumm Zumm, Rating: 3/5

dit vind ik wel heel leuk ja, moet veel sterren krijgen

Even after listening to this, I don't remember anything about this album.

Electronic sounding. Kind of cool

Maybe it's because I was forced to listen to this on YouTube, but every song sounded like it would be for an ad promoting a 'revolutionary' new crypto exchange platform, a hemp inspired make up cleanser or some green fuel for future generations. That bored me. Needs more grit. 2.5

I remember hearing this for the first time on BBC Radio 2 when it first came out. I was sitting there having a poopoo in my family bathroom. I just thought it was Franz Ferdinand at the time, which says if all really.

Blast from the past this. Served best with camel chinos and a bottle of bulmers pear cider. Can't say it offers too much more than default though, a pretty easy listening album but could easily be any band from the time

Osittain ihan kiinnostava mutta suurilta osin ihan sietämättömän ärsyttävä (esim. Default ja Waveform kappaleet). Kiinnostavuus nousee jostain tollasesta polyrytmisyydestä jossa on promille talking headsia. Harvoin on näin ärsyttävää levyä. Se varmaan tekee tästä jotenkin poikkeuksellisen ja olennaisen. 1/5

Huoh aika väsynyttä. Kulki rasautuksen rajamailla ja vaikuttaa isolta brittibiakselta tunkea tämä listalle. Nippa nappa säästyy ykköseltä. Kokemusta ei auttanut, että sporassa vierustoveri taisi kusta housuun.

Vaikea muodostaa tästä mielipidettä. Musiikillisesti ihan kiinnostavaa ja erilaista, ehkä pitäis kuunnella uudestaan myöhemmin. Mennään turvallisella 3/5 kun ei ollut mitenkään erityisen pahan kuuloista myöskään.

(－.－)...zzz

petite aprem tranquillou rien à signaler

I would be impressed, if this had been done like 50 years ago. But well.

"Django Django" was one of the bands I meant to listen to for a long, long time. So when 1001albumsgenerator revealed the album to me, I couldn't wait any longer. I wasn't disappointed! Now let's click the repeat button and play "Default" nonstop. ;)

Repetitiveness in these songs definitely has a lot of charm and makes them super catchy and fun, but over 40 minutes of that somehow feels like too much. Tiring.

I don't know what to think about this album. It has high points. It has low points. It is a bit more than 3 but not enough for 4

The whole opening of this album sounds like a Danger track. It builds up really nicely. There's a lot of interesting composition and production going on, but it's still very easy to listen to. The synth section in Life's A Beach is fucking killer.

Every track is a banger!! Such unusual meshing cutting and manipulating of sound throughout I absolutely love it. So nostalgic too - brings me back to a really really fun time of life!

I recognised a couple of these and I feel I know what this was going for... Maybe Hot Chip vibez but it didn't real the spot for me tbh. I guess it was fun and might be good to see at a festival but I wasn't fussed tbh

Really good. I know Django Django a bit but only through osmosis, never really listened to them properly and quite enjoyed this.

I enjoyed this more than I expected to!

Aimless electronic noodling. It felt like a 3 for a long time but the “harmonies” soon got old and they never quite found a decent chorus.

A big album of nothingness. Why is this even on the list? Far better albums out there.

Different! I liked it!

Not a bad album, but I fail to see how this album could be counted in any “best of” list. It’s simply not good enough. At the time, I actually quite liked the band’s Born Under Saturn album, whereas this one never attracted my attention.

Nice surprise, good tip for if you need to relax.

Django Django is the debut album by British art rock band Django Django. This electronic rock/neo-psychedelia album was full of groovy, trippy tracks. It was well received by critics and the public, being certified silver in the UK. Their debut album tried its best at bringing back psychedelia rock into the mainstream. I really enjoyed this album, partly for the rock type beats and also for the electronic music elements. I believe more people should be introduced to this album, so give it a listen if it's recommended.

I think WOR is my favourite song of the decade. I started off unsure, then beguiled, but when that surf rock rhythm started pounding, I was enthralled.

Rock alternativo.

It’s like the postal service made some trippy acid pop. Excellent electronic composure but the falsetto harmonization can get a little tired. Lord of half hashed ideas that sometimes stick, and sometimes don’t. That’s the beauty of music after all, they’re being creative and sometimes something fresh and wonderful can be created. However, only some of it hits for me. As the album progresses it resembles new age sea shanties where the harmonies float on waves of consistent rhythms mixed with well placed instrumentals. Nothing captured my attention, but I did enjoy a few songs. Overall, a bland record for my taste, mostly due to the vocals not taking any chances.

Música ambiental sin pena ni gloria

This was an album I haven’t heard before and exceeded my expectations. I thought it was light, minimal, and innovative. The beats were pretty simple and easy to enjoy. The lyrics were like an 80s tone of robotic speak. Overall it was something I’d revisit and listen to more. 7.2/10

Had never heard this before, but really enjoyed it.

Not heard anything by this band previously. Entertaining with a gentle flow although parts sounded like something from a decade earlier.

That "Default" song annoyed the hell out of me when it was released, but the rest of this album is pretty interesting.

I went in totally ignorant of this record and artist. At first I was getting Kraftwerk vibes but then the harmonized vocals kicked in which remind me of some sixties groups like The Hollies, The Association, or The Byrds. All said, I find myself drawn to records that successfully fuse cold/mechanical machine noises with warm/human musicality. Django Django certainly scratches that itch but when it veers into the longer, jammier songs I admit to getting bored. I love Stereolab but they are guilty of the same tendency. I think some editing of the longer tunes would be an improvement.

Love love love love - so good

Wow! How have I never heard these guys before?! This is going in rotation, stat! So many good sounds: driving rhythms, sound fx, textured vocals…

So... the is art-rock. Or art-pop. Or something like that. So this is what kids were listening to in 2012, eh? Is it a modern mix on 1960's psychedelic pop? That's what it sounds like to me, a modern revivalist of that era. And I'm not a big fan of that genre of music in the first place, so it was probably never likely that I was going to like this. Perhaps I'm just too old. But more likely there just isn't anything that attracts me here.

Good

It was good, I think I would have enjoyed it if they amped up the psychedelia on this. It was solid I just feel like maybe they kept it a bit safe at times. It’s playful and I liked it, Default was great, Wor may be my favourite though with that siren followed by a garage rock style rollicking lick to follow. Overall really good stuff. 3.5 stars

Not particularly memorable, but pretty good light rock album.

Meh. Kendte godt sangen Default, men den er rimelig gennemsnitlig.

Tja, ok? Ikke viktig ti år senere?

Lo cierto es que me ha gustado a pesar de no conocer en absoluto al grupo. Canciones con ritmo, mezcla de algo de electrónica y de buen pop. Estilo diferente y divertido de escuchar

I don't know, I just can't get into this album or artist. Aussie beach boys have so much potential. Default got played all the time on my indie radio station in '12.

Begins like a John Carpenter soundtrack - very exciting. Then some catchy indie-dance reminding me of Hot Chip collaborating with Beta Band. Good music.

Pleasant psychodelia electronica with a sense of movement. Zumm Zumm is weird and infectious.

I am sure someone loves this album, but it’s not for me.

This one wasn't really for me. Most of the songs had some repeating electronic line or beat that was irritating and stupid. I can see how folks would be into this though. I liked the lyrics and songwriting, just not the execution. Wouldn't say it sucked just didn't like it.

Good debut album but nothing really special that stands out

I was not familiar with this one going in, so I had no idea what to expect. It was surprisingly good. Experimental and folksy electronica with a beat. The only negative is that all the songs start to sound the same pretty quickly.

Pop-rock electrónico experimental. Ni fu ni fa.

Me ha gustado más de lo que pensaba. Es un poco hipnótico. Art rock, neo-psychedelia, electronic rock, experimental pop.

Was okay, very middle of the road for me. Neat ideas but a lack of distinct songwriting hurts this album a bit I think.

Loved this when it came out 11 years ago and was happy to see it pop up here for me today. Quirky & groovy without feeling forced, and consistently good all the way through. Love an album with an introduction track too, so this will be 5⭐

Surprised to see this album here. Never heard of them and even after listening I will probably never hear of them again. It's ok music, nothing bad, but there are no stand out tracks. Really nothing standing out at all...

I like the one that starts ‘Ha-ha-ha-kop-buh-buh-me-me-me-kop-ha-ha-me-me-me’ etc.

django!

7/10

7/10. Critical Reception: "The track "WOR" has been recently used in a Toyota Australia advertisement for the 2019 Toyota CH-R Next Gen Turbo." Pretty good album, all in all

Exceedingly boring even though it seems like it should be interesting. 5/10

I had heard a few songs off the album and am questioning why I hadn't listened to the full album before. It's a fun neo-up beat album!

Listened to these guys a lot in high school, so this was a great blast from the past for today. Love the reedy guitar, rhythmic focus, and actually good use of unusual rhythm elements from the dreary hay day of clap-stomp indie. Definitely frontloaded in terms of the energy and better tracks, but a fun album for a car ride or other casual listening.

Art rock - meh

I appreciate the attempt they made but I just feel the album wasn't as cool as they wanted it to be

Really interesting album

When this album came out iTunes gave you three free songs weekly or monthly, usually from new artists and “Life’s a beach” was one. Never listened to the full album and really enjoyed it, really remind me of alt-j (coincidentally, breezeblocks was an iTunes free song) 4/5

Reminded me of animal collective when I first listened, saw another review that said anco and The Beach Boys and I think that is pretty spot on. Fun high energy album

I like it. Won’t listen again. Sounds like Depeche Mode.

It started out hopeful, but I kinda got bored after a few songs. It's definitely an interesting sound though. I wish the songs had more aim. My favourite song was Hail Bop.

Has it's moments. It's interesting but not enough to keep me interested for the whole album.

found this to be very good

That was kinda cool. Clearly a lot going on in the song arrangement and vocal harmonies. My 7 year-old loves the album, which is a compliment with his good taste in music. Pleasant to listen to overall, but I probably won't come back much. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding

Perfectly adequate music

Never heard of this group and it was definitely a pleasant listening experience.

I cannot describe why I like it, but I do! A lot reminds me of the Pogo remixes of Disney.

7/10 interesting first half

3.5

Understand why this was acclaimed at time. Interesting sounds and nice to listen to. However, no compelling songs at the heart of the soundscape.

Musically, I don't really have a problem with this, but I'm mostly not feeling it. I'm usually pretty tolerant of most music, but this I just found to be unfocused and mildly annoying. Coming back the next day, it improved somewhat, but I'm unlikely to revisit this. Fave Songs: Life's a Beach, Skies Over Cairo, Storm, WOR, Hand of Man

made very little impression on me

love it

A few good hits. Some interesting grooves and a cool blend of dance with country twang. But some of it is pretty dull and the singing is passable at its best

One hit wonder, vreemd genoeg. Want de rest van het album is ook wel leuk

Quan van aparèixer tothom n'anava ple. Van passar a ser els nous reis de l'indietronica per un breu període. Entre l'horrible portada i que les primeres escoltes no em van impressionar, els vaig passar de llarg. Recuperant-los ara reconec part de les virtuts que en aquell moment es vitorejaven. Molt musicals i temes que destaquen per sobre de molts dels seus contemporanis. La portada no ha millorat amb el temps, però

An intriguing one. Clearly there's an amazing producer/electronics tech in n the band, but the sad thing is there is no songwriter in the band. As a result you have these lovely exciting ideas whizzing about, but nobody to refine them into a song you can care about. Live a cross between Belle and Sebastian and LCD Soundsystem, but lacking the melodic loveliness or wit.

I never have heard of this band before, but I will definitely be checking out more of their discography. I was impressed by how easy this was to listen to and enjoy. Very cool sound.

Cheerful modern psychedelic pop. I hear some 60's influences, including The Beach Boys here and there, in addition to more recent influences like Animal Collective. I dig it. I’ll keep this band on the back burner and listen to more of them. I appreciate a band that goes out of their way to make every song sound unique. I also like when an album cover immediately signals what kind of music this is going to be. —— I get a kick out of how yesterday’s album was Nas’ “Illmatic” featuring “Life’s a Bitch” and today we have an album with a song called “Life’s a Beach.” (And personal fun fact: the first screenplay I ever wrote was called “Life’s a Beach” — it wasn’t very good but that phrase will always hold a special place in my heart.)

Interesting album cover. It's striking and I'm assuming it's some kind of mixed media? I love the intro and the seamless transition into the second track. I've never heard of this band before now so it's fun to go into an album blind and have no idea at all what the style will be. Even more so as this is a more recent release. Interesting sound. Indie rock-first but there's a lot of influences in there; I think I'm hearing some Beach Boys. Producing is cool too, lots of intriguing layers. The consistent adjective that's popping up is "interesting". It's not music that is really "out-there" but I keep noticing songwriting and production choices that aren't completely the norm for this style of music and I appreciate that. It's adding some nice depth. It made me enjoy the album and the only downsides were that it didn't have many big standout moments. Each track would have it's own idea and live inside of that idea, but then not really take my interest to the next level. "Defaults" is probably my favorite of the bunch. It's nicely diverse and yet still cohesive. They'll have tracks that have electronic drums and instruments in the foreground ("Waveforms", "Zumm Zumm", "Hand of Man"), a delta-blues Nick Drake inspired song like "Firewater", then an straightforward indie rocker track like "Life's A Beach" that you would hear on a Vampire Weekend album. It's cool and eclectic. As this was their debut album, I feel the need to see their direction after this one. Lots of promise. 3.3/5 I think.

Remember this when it came out. Good, lightweight fun.