Diane Cluck

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So, Diane Cluck. I've got her s/t album, which I bought on the strength of "Monte Carlo" from the Antifolk comp. It's really pretty beautiful in an ethereal/spooky kind of way throughout, sometimes sounding like a circus and sometimes sounding like crying. Her voice is distinctive enough; at least she enunciates and doesn't rely on upper-register, traditionally pretty "girl vocals."

What do you say?

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Friday, 27 August 2004 03:44 (twenty-one years ago)

bump-a-lump back onto today's new answers. TELL ME IF HER OTHER ALBUMS ARE GOOD, DUDERS.

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Friday, 27 August 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

she is on AIM. monte carlo is good. dom is yr man, I think.

― cºzen (Cozen), Friday, 27 August 2004 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

she did a song with my buddy Jeff Lewis (on a split with the abhorrent Kimya Dawsom) that was one of the most beautiful songs I ever heard. I spent a year emailing Diane and Jeff trying to track down a copy. It's called "The River," I think.

She's really nice. Was almost in W00den Wand & The Van!shing Voi!ce but she backed out to concentrate on her own stuff. Haven't heard any of her recent work. I'm sure it's good.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 27 August 2004 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)

gonna hunt slsk for that track. thanks for the tip, my man.

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Friday, 27 August 2004 22:35 (twenty-one years ago)

know the name of the tune? i found three tracks from a Jeff Lewis album that feature her--"The River" "Travel Light" and "Finish Line."

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Friday, 27 August 2004 22:38 (twenty-one years ago)

"The River"

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 27 August 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

sweet. it's queued... excited, fo sho.

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Friday, 27 August 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

"Travel Light" is really nice too

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 27 August 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

six months pass...

discography
she released 4 albums so far. ova nil is her latest gem.

diane cluck s/t
macy's day bird
black with green leaves
oh vanille

and you know that she is on devendra banharts beautiful "golden apples of the sun" compilation. she doesn't belong to the antifolk-circle. she owns too much heart for that bunch. diane is capable of songwriting from which you soak every syllable into you. Her voice doesn't sound like this and that. It's purely diane. I think she is still not very known just because she likes to keep it small and private. I truly understand.

― mister zane (mister_zane), Friday, 11 March 2005 13:03 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

she really is incredible. the song about the coal mining is incredible. no clue what it's called though.

― breezy, Wednesday, 13 April 2005 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

nine months pass...

"she owns too much heart for that bunch."

crap.

diane is amazing and so are most other artists related to the antifolk scene.
turner cody
herman düne
rachel lipson
the purple organ
prewar yardsale
coming soon
schwervon
jeff lewis
phoebe kreutz
lucas crane
the wave pictures
barry bliss
cheese on bread
dibs
secret salamander
the wowz

they all own heart

― sibsi (sibsi), Saturday, 14 January 2006 21:29 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/c/cluck_diane/oh-vanille-ova-nil-countless-times.shtml

this is a horribly written review of her two albums, lumped together...tis a real shame because I think she's really wonderful and not nearly as baffling or pretentious as this idiot reviewer seems to think she is

― arrrjrlkjregh, Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Holy fuck that's PFM's worst review of the year so far.

"Oh Vanille" is lovely, if unmemorable.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:51 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Has anyone heard the new album, Monarcana?

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 23:20 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

I just heard the songs "Real Good Time" and "Easy to Be Around" and promptly ordered Monarcana.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

Diane Cluck is lovely. I have Oh Vanille and another pink album of hers which I don't really listen to. I listen to OV every once in awhile, though, and I love a majority of the songs, especially "easy to be around."

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

Such a unique voice. I've been captivated by Oh Vanille for awhile now.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

I was kind of surprised she's grouped with that anti/freak folk thing too, heard "that coal mining song" (aka Easy To Be Around) quite randomly and really like it! Can't say a great deal of recent singer/songwriter stuff charms me so effortlessly.

Hope to catch her next time she's playing live near me, sadly missed a recent gig she did.

a URL up in this ILX - http://www.unicornsounds.com/diane.htm

― dance dance counter-revolution (fandango), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

be there or be square all you hudson valley citizens:

diane cluck
dec 12th
jean deux
339 warren st hudson ny 12534
8pm
5$
jeandeux.com

― scott seward, Monday, 30 November 2009 01:56 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

there are a lot of good diane videos on youtube.

― not everything is a campfire (ian), Sunday, 13 March 2011 05:40 (fifteen years ago)

lovely singer. had the chance to briefly chat to her once, kind lady. i missed an opportunity to see her play at the morden tower in newcastle, UK, too - just near where i live. the venue is no bigger than a living room. the room sound on her recordings is really nice

― jumpskins, Sunday, 13 March 2011 23:30 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

The new album came out in 2014, really great stuff
http://download.dianecluck.info/album/boneset

― s1bs1, Thursday, 1 January 2015 22:20 (eleven years ago)

I liked that one when it came out, I should go back to it and see if it holds up.

― Dinsdale, Friday, 2 January 2015 06:58 (eleven years ago)

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